the ballots in the central african republic an attempted coup was taking place to bring in the old wooden documentaries and light leaps on air and online. we will by my 100th day in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms. and his 1st news conferences taking office president joe biden doubles his efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic but criticism mine says a migrant crisis continues to build on the us mexico border. hello there i'm however here dean and this is al jazeera life from doha also coming

up a giant container ship remains stuck in the suez canal causing a massive backlog for global trade and in a remote part of mexico vaccine hesitancy in a country that's just hits 200000 coronavirus deaths. 64 days into the job and a u.s. president joe biden has held his 1st press conference taking questions from reporters but the major challenges facing the country though he wanted to talk up progress made vaccinating americans against coronavirus and boosting the economy the escalating migrant situation on the u.s. and mexico border took center stage kimberly hawkins begins our coverage from washington d.c. . he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of administering

100000000 vaccines in record time we met last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule not a dam set is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200 shots of people's arms but joe biden solution to the problem of the flood of migrants attempting to enter the united states from mexico is less clear he denied the surge was due to his policies it happens every single solitary year there is a significant increase the number of people coming to the border in the winter months biden reminded reporters the united states mexico border remains closed and there has been no significant change in immigration policy although it's under review he said now is not the time to come and despite promising transparency

biden declined to reveal when reporters could too are overcrowded facilities housing thousands of unaccompanied minors images released earlier this week showed children asleep on floors in crowded conditions asked whether this was acceptable biden responded angrily that's a serious question right and to accept them coming. on foreign policy biden also promised to respond to north korea if it chooses to ask ali but that the path to diplomacy remains open he also reiterated a may 1st deadline for withdrawing remaining u.s. troops from afghanistan is unlikely it is not my intention to stay there for a long time but the question is how and in what circumstances do we beat that agreement that was made by president trump to leave under a deal that looks like it's not being able to be worked out by outlined his policies

in detail dispelling domestic criticism that he was too old and unfit for the job president biden told reporters he is committed to helping americans recover physically and economically from the covert 1000 pandemic that's why he says he'll be in pittsburgh next week to unveil his plan to rebuild america's infrastructure and bring back jobs can really help get al-jazeera the white house we've got correspondents on both sides of the boards or in a moment we'll hear from manuel republicans in tijuana on the mexican side but 1st here's shihab rattansi who's been monitoring developments in texas. 5000 the children being held in facilities like this one and overcrowded conditions around 10000 and department of health and human services facilities which are at least designed for younger people look biden is getting credit from migrant groups or at

least trying to speed up the process as biden himself said most of the children most of the migrants who come to the border who are undocumented do know someone in the u.s. who they can who they can contact where they can go and stay. in this press conference that he was trying to get the kids to be able to make a phone call within 24 hours of the arrival actually towards the end of the press conference of 48 hours so that was a pretty quick slip but anyway he's trying to expedite that process and in fact you know republicans are trying to make the process even longer their latest proposals are for kids to be able to release spending at least 30 days perhaps and in facilities like this they feel is going to be a deterrent to unaccompanied unaccompanied children but the main problem with with with looking for comfort and what biden was saying for children in facilities like this is the entire framing of the discussion either consciously or unconsciously both biden and the white house press corps have completely absorbed the donald trump framing of immigration of asylum seekers of refugees as

a bad thing that must be stopped. and said you know ok i'll let children in because you know i am a humanitarian look it's not his it's law his decision to make this is domestic and international humanitarian law if so i want is fleeing persecution and insecurity you give them a hearing and due process and you put them in the asylum the asylum in the asylum process and here is. on the mexican side of the border. we are at it right outside the us mexico border this is a tent community a migrant camp that popped up a little over a month ago the rain's been on and off it's quite cold here and unseasonably cold really and these are some of the conditions that people have been living in some of them for over a month when they 1st arrived at this camp and every day there's as there is this slow trickle of migrants that are being returned from the united states there's new

arrivals coming from from the south from southern parts of mexico others from central america countries like honduras and guatemala places other migrants that are coming in from haiti from cuba from colombia so it really is quite the mix of migrants that are that you'll find here at this camp and again when you talk to people you try to get a sense of what it is that there is that they're doing here why it is that they're waiting for weeks or over a month at this point nobody seems to be able to give you a real answer so what they're waiting for but the word that they often use the commonality here is hope people are hoping that u.s. officials are going to see this migrant camp people are hoping that u.s. officials are going to hear their voices and change their minds about the border being closed we heard from. president biden saying sort of dispelling some of these accusations saying that because he said nice nice guy in a and a decent man this is why migrants are coming and trying their luck at the border but it's not at all what we're hearing from people here on the ground people are saying that they're fleeing violence in their home countries that they've been

displaced by natural disasters in their own countries and what they want is an opportunity to plead their asylum cases to u.s. officials and have their chance on the other side of the border. republicans in the state of georgia have passed new legislation adding restrictions on voting access following last year's election the new law includes limits on early voting and adding additional voter id requirements for mail in voting it also gives more parity in the state legislature which is currently dominated by republicans critics say it's an attempt to make it harder for minorities of to cast their ballots joe biden won the state of course last november. let's get more now from russell in georgia and she's live for us in washington d.c. rosalind's on the face of it it looks like the republican party are trying to make it harder for people to votes in the state of georgia is this the case.

certainly that is the criticism coming from the u.s. president joe biden as well as from democrats and from voting rights activists in the state of georgia they are saying that doing things such as criminalizing giving people who are waiting on line to vote food or water while they wait in those very long voting lines criminalizing that is they say just beyond the pale but also they say harkens back to the days of jim crow segregation in the united states where african-americans and to a lesser extent people of other ethnic minorities such as latinas and asian americans were denied the same civil liberties as white americans they're saying that this is the sort of thing that requires congress to pass 2 laws one reauthorizing the voting rights act of 1965 as well as passing a no there are a bill called for the people or house bill one that would essentially invalidate

the georgia legislation it is worth pointing out that georgia is not the only state where local republicans are trying to restrict voting rights access this is one of 43 out of 50 states trying to tighten the rules for how and when people can vote before local elections and certainly before federal elections it doesn't take to get a problem is it's for people to vote in the united states or recovering the election you would see people standing in line for hours which in many other countries it's quite striking given that it takes my experience 2 minutes to cast a ballot in the u.k. how big a problem is votes or access in the united states on the whole. well certainly when you consider that all 50 states excuse me have their own rules for how they administer elections and there's no one single federal law regulating how

people can vote really you then get all of this patchwork some places make it easier for people to vote to vote early to vote without having to present a photo id because in some communities it's difficult to get that kind of documentation to open up special places so that people can vote so that they don't have to take off from work election day in the united states typically as on a tuesday that's a work day and so in the states that value having as many people as possible vote you see all of these programs and process is designed to make it easier for people to vote but in the states which happen to be run by republican legislators where they have lost significant elections in recent years because new voters minority voters tend to vote more along the democratic party lines they are trying to restrict access to the ballot make it harder for people who don't have

a long history of voting from actually exercising the franchise and so this is become a case where now what the actions and congress will do will determine whether or not these state actions on restricting the ballot can actually stand worth pointing out so far no one's yet gone to court to challenge the new georgia law. and then live from washington d.c. thanks rose. now the bike that ministration is restoring a program supposed sins in the gaza strip and the occupied west bank the u.s. state department says $15000000.00 will be made available for humanitarian assistance it'll go towards health care facilities and emergency food programs under pressure due to the coronavirus former president donald trump suspended aides after the palestinian leadership rejected his middle east peace plan a fire has broken out as an oil terminal in saudi arabia near the border with yemen

after it was hit by a missile no one was killed in the attack on g.'s on saudi arabia's energy ministry has condemned the incident as an act of sabotage the saudi led coalition in yemen has also said it's intercepted and destroyed several explosive laden who theater owens agents at the kingdom. that's one of the world's biggest container ships stuck in one of the world's most crucial waterways creating one giant problem one advisor to the egyptian president says maritime activity will resume in the suez canal within 72 hours but others fear it could take weeks to shift the vessel char stratford's reports 400 meters long and weighing 200000 tons stuck in what's often described as the most important shipping lane in the world a maritime accident with global implications the ever given container ship became

wedged across the suez canal and choose day when high winds blew or of course about 12 percent of global trade passes through the a 193 kilometer long canal which connects the red sea with the mediterranean providing the shortest link between asia and europe the vessel carrying around $20000.00 containers is registered in pratham are operated by taiwanese transport company evergreen marine. it was sailing from china to the port city of rotterdam in the netherlands when it got stuck the japanese owner has apologized but says the situation is extremely difficult and there's a citizen that's present that traffic along this year's canal has been disrupted due to the incident and local authorities are working under the issue using tugboats but there is no smith a time for to be dissolved this image posted on a ship tracking website shows the backlog of at least $150.00 vessels stuck in the northern entrance of the canal at ports 8 in the middle in an area called the

bitter lakes and at the southern entrance at sue is the vast majority of oil from the gulf is transported to europe along the canal oil prices rose sharply on thursday industry experts are warning of a flood of insurance claims covering the vast amount of cargo being held up including automotive parts and consumer goods would you be an official's say at least 8 tugboats are trying to dislodge the vessel which experts say could take days if not weeks or a few days of course is very very costly each day and people have made estimates of 3810000000000 dollars of trade going through the suez canal absolutely fundamental for europeans plying chains not just about oil it's just as important the goods coming from the far east china and so on china number one trade with the european union containers may have to be offloaded in order to lessen the weight. ships now

face the prospect of having to travel thousands of additional kilometers around the southern tip of africa a huge cost and potentially delaying delivery of goods by weeks it's a cork in a bottle and there's no way to go in as you've described the ships that are stuck throughout the canal and it's the new up and are in a precarious position to may name may not be able just to turn around and take another course as long as an inexpensive as it is to go from the mediterranean around africa and vice versa the suez canal thorax he says around $20000.00 ships pass through the canal last year egypt billions of dollars in total fee revenue the ever given is $1.00 of the largest container ships in the world but for every hour and every day it remains stuck and stationary there are concerns about the financial fallout and impact on global trade chance not that al-jazeera. still to come on al-jazeera have hundreds of weeks of missiles in turkey have added

their voice she demands for an end 6 human rights abuses in scenes. and issues facing another election with no end in sight to the political deadlock. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways hello there the weather's looking fine and try for the most parts in japan we've got cloud right now in the process of pulling away still a legacy of wanted to show was just tucking in behind a can see there is still a little bit of cloud in play at the moment on the satellite picture but that will ease the way some of those showers there will be wintry in nature over the high ground and not too much to speak of in tokyo fairing quite nicely 22 celsius winds will fall lighter as we go through the weekend so

a real will feel lovely and spring like we got some what's a weather coming of the central parts of china meanwhile a little run across the side of the country through the yellow sea the east china sea pushing up towards the korean peninsula so much of south korea north korea will see some wet weather that's not the case for japan winds for tonight lovely 20 celsius there in tokyo 20 degrees is $68.00 in found high sunshine is showers as per usual across much of southeast asia some heavy showers there around borneo for a time in tunisia seeing some sharp showers that we push up towards the late peninsula so again some showers here and i shall join up with the show is that we have running towards for lanka some of them on the shop side from time to time elsewhere across south asia is fine and dry and could touch 40 degrees and i met up at. sponsored pork qatar airways. a sister turned human rights activist the day her brother is locked in

a notorious goes back to desert prison. per fight for his freedom sees her exiled surveilled and betrayed by those closest to her. but her resolve is unshaken. only the devil lives without hope. witness on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories this hour 64 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has held his 1st press conference he said about economic progress and a new goal to have 200000000 americans vaccinated against the coronavirus his 1st

100 days in office biden also defended his handling of the influx of migrants at the southern border calling it a seasonal increase said one wall so all of those at the bars are being sent back children shouldn't be turned away. and in egypt tugboats continued to try and shift a giant cargo ship that's stuck in the suez canal keep it blocked for weeks at an estimated cost to the global economy of $3000000000.00 per day. a number of people have died from the corona virus in mexico as no past 200000 despite the surge in cases the country is also facing an uphill battle to rule out vaccines in rural areas john homan reports. some miguel is a small minister politician so the mix where news and updates about the coronavirus

pandemic can be limited. but rumors about the government's covert 19 vaccine program appeared to be everywhere. some goes home to several indigenous communities not everyone hears speaks spanish through an interpreter recover them and also tells us she stays abreast of pandemic news through the radio but she says she has no plans to get the coded 19 vaccine happily and you'll see these happens when people don't know how to find traditional medicine which exist for many illnesses i believe in god he gives me life and he will protect me. ricardo is not the only person in town feeling hesitant so he'll garcia says he also sees no need for the vaccine adding that kobe has not affected his community. so put a cue for me as i say to each his own i tell my family to not get the vaccine if god says our time is up then our time is up there's no need to run and hide it's

good that the government is worrying about the people but on the other hand we are free to make our own choice. local leaders say that while everyone over 60 years old is eligible only about half of registered to receive the job you see you ever see you there i think people should just accept the vaccine this community needs it and why because here there are no doctors and there are no hospitals close to us some girl isn't the only place in mexico where people are refusing the vaccine since the country started its national vaccination program dozens of communities in the south of officially expressed opposition to it but that isn't the biggest obstacle to everyone in mexico getting the job. though the overall rate of coronavirus contagion in the country is on the decline experts warn that vaccination efforts have fallen short of what's needed to curb the outbreak in the relational bit and. i think the lesson developing countries must learn mexico latin america africa eastern countries is that we have to produce our own vaccines we

can't be relying and waiting on the goodwill about this to send back scenes because that's what's going on. there are several towns in southern mexico like some ago that been largely spared from the worst of the covert 19 outbreak but authorities are still asking residents to ignore conspiracy theories about the vaccine and get the job to continue to keep this region free of the virus john home and al-jazeera . poland's will be under tougher restrictions on saturday to stem a rise in cases ahead of the easter holidays kindergartens hair salons and sport centers will close under the new rules church attendance will also be limited when 34000 new infections were reported on thursday. european union leaders are struggling to agree in a pandemic strategy and meds pressure over cope with 1000 vaccine shortages and a powerful 3rd wave this frustration because countries like france are vaccinated

just one in 10 people while half of the u.k.'s at a population as at least one job countries like belgium and italy have gone back into locked time a recent study published in the lancet says 40 of the $55.00 african union countries have experienced a 2nd wave of covert infections and though the director of africa center for disease control says he's concerned restrictions on vaccine exports proposed by the e.u. and india could lead to a 3rd search of infections. a truly few helpless. men who for. this intrusion is going to signature. blue to fight is that we have gone through 2 waves of the difference in this economy and that in your street you see that this understood this extent i just it is going in that we had it in peru is that it really and we don't rupture it access

to vaccines we challenge continue to be challenge life would be lost. on them if we continue to struggle. they had to face big twitter and google have testified before the u.s. congress about their company's role in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation especially in the lead up to the u.s. capitol riots in january mark zuckerberg defended facebook's efforts to remove conspiracy theories and work with law enforcement so it is chief executive jack dorsey was the only one to admit his platform contributed to the riots here's what mark zuckerberg of facebook had to say but the impacts of social media on society. some people say that the problem is that social networks are colorizing us but that's not at all clear from the evidence or research polarisation was rising in america long before social networks riven invented it it's falling or stable in many other countries were social networks are popular others claim that algorithms

feed us content that makes us angry because it's good for business but that's not accurate either i believe that the division we see today is primarily the result of a political and media environment that drives americans apart and we need to reckon with that if we're going to make progress it still remains in a political deadlock after final results showed no party winning and it might majority in parliament the election commission says approved binyamin netanyahu book i thought parties won 52 knesset seats in tuesday's pull it needed 61 to claim victory coalition parties that want to ice netanyahu got 57 seats the country 9 faces another election which would be the 5th in 2 years especially game is in west jerusalem she says prime minister benjamin netanyahu might have a plan of his sleeve. there are a couple of things that are expected to be happening on election night netanyahu came out and said that he would be making overtures to members of the knesset who

shared the likud party's ideology that was taken as a signal that now netanyahu is trying to win back former likud members who defected to other far right parties look there is a possibility that if the you mean a party joins his coalition that would mean that he has $59.00 seats so then he'd only be looking for 2 former likud members to defect and he could lure them to defect by perhaps offering a minister seat there's also the united arab list is a conservative newcomer party that has can bring 4 seats there's been discussion underway that perhaps. the leader has that he might support netanyahu but again the far right elements of the that and yahoo bloc strongly oppose any arab support. in turkey week a muslims have been protesting against the visit of the chinese foreign minister

when you held talks with his turkish counterpart. they didn't approve an extradition treaty between the 2 nations in december when the deal is ratification by ankara's parliaments around 40 scientists in weekers live in turkey hundreds came out to raise their voice against the treatments of their ethnic minority in china. has been at one of the protests in istanbul. and the lawyer simple living in perky gathered in a sawmill 'd for the with chinese foreign minister circuit and they have been throwing the finest government falsifiers because they say they want to get their land in their own form for all the same here and prominence in china i seen as this ferguson for those people and they have a stroll in the missile plant of the chinese government down inside and many of those. they have family in laws are in danger and that's why sometimes they cannot

even contrast their family is in china asking charges a. government to release our family member and close the camps and the stop genocide that is over my mother today is the 57 years old and this is the almost of the trial your civil servants you working for government the more than 30 years and she can speak your chinese are very real what kind of education is my mother made my father is taken into concentration camps my father is a business owner they always always help these people in need and now tomatoes and sounds of a not been there since he was taken to a concentration camp and it's been more than 3 years i haven't heard i haven't heard his voice. truth the whole struggle are destroying her now i ask for out in the world and and these people have been absolutely invulnerable especially since 3rd here and try not. signed an extradition deal in 2017 minutes say that is just

the next of this and they all signed just mean any plans for israel says the tricky try not a lation discipline because of economic cooperation the child must live in 3 kids. back full circle are afraid that same. number it over and cut off for them. their fear for their fingers on the government terrorists might mean extradited plus officials have been saying that and they did they give importance of china's territorial integrity and like they are against any kind of mistreatment against their will they are the cold made so much are despicable. this is al jazeera these are the headlines 64 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has held his 1st press conference he boasted about economic progress.