don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we've been disconnected from who we are good enough to keep the new and be part of today's discussion this dream on out is there. we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms . in his 1st news conference since taking office president joe biden doubles as efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic criticism of the migrant crisis continues to build along the us mexico border. i'm outta here dean and this is al jazeera roy from doha also coming up

a giant containership remains stuck in the suez canal causing a massive backlog for global trains plus. i'm scott heiler on the tide myanmar border stories are saying they are preparing for the possibility of a flow of refugees while on the other side an ethnic army saying they are sheltering hundreds flat the pilots. 64 days into the job and u.s. president joe biden has held his 1st press conference taking questions from reporters about the major challenges facing his country the biden wanted to talk about progress made vaccinating americans against coronavirus and boosting the economy the escalating situation on the us mexico border to center stage kimberly hawk it's 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 200000000 shots of people's arms but joe biden solution to the problem 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 a late 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 in what circumstances do we meet 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 kimberly helped get al-jazeera the white house. republicans in the u.s. state of georgia have passed new legislation and same restrictions on voting access following last year's election the new law includes limits on early voting and additional votes or idea requirements for mail in voting it's also gives more parts of the state legislature currently don't win a seat by republicans critics say it's an attempt to make it harder for minorities

to cast their ballots joe biden won the states last november where the mayor of atlanta boston's a sense reacted to the bill she's called the measure deeply disappointing divisive and unnecessary saying it's designed to suppress voter turnouts in communities of color and other minority groups it is shameless to change the rules of the game simply because you lost she tweets it's get more now from our just here is rosalynn george and she's in washington d.c. and brings us reaction from the democrats. there saying that doing things such as criminalizing giving people who are waiting long long 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 latino's 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. the biden administration is restoring aid programs for palestinians in the gaza strip in the occupied west bank the u.s. state department says $15000000.00 will be made available for humanitarian

assistance so go towards health care facilities and emergency food programs under pressure due to the coronavirus former president donald trump suspended a day after the palestinian leadership rejected his middle east plan so far has broken out as an oil terminal in saudi arabia near its border with yemen after it was hit by a missile though was killed in the attack on she's on saudi arabia's energy ministry has condemned the incident as an attack of sabotage saudi led coalition in yemen has also said it's intercepted and destroyed several explosion leading explosive laden who drones which are aimed at the kingdom. that's one of the world's biggest container ships stark and one of the world's most crucial waterways creating one giant problem or an advisor to the egyptian president says maritime activity or will resume and this is canal within 72 hours but others fear it could

say weeks to shift the vessel charles stratford 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 on tuesday when high winds blew of course about 12 percent of global trade passes through the 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 panama are operated by the 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 to get as a citizen that will present the 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 it 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 which officials say at least 8 tug boats 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 $3810000000000.00 of trade going through the suez canal absolutely fundamental for

europeans flying 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 describe the ships that are stuck throughout the canal and it's the no up and are in a precarious position in the name may not be able just to turn around and take another course as long as it and expensive as it is to go from the mediterranean around africa and vice versa the suez canal thorens he says around $20000.00 ships pass through the canal last year on 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 stock and stationary there are concerns about the financial fallout and impact on global trade chance not that al-jazeera. so ahead so now this era china retaliates its own sanctions on british politicians as tensions over beijing's treatment over the weaker is deepen its. trying to find a shared path out of a shared crisis european union leaders discuss try to get the vaccine supply going . it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways hello there the weather's looking fine and dry 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 us 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 sareen will feel lovely and spring like we got some what's the weather coming into central parts of china meanwhile a little run across at least 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 the showers join up with the show is that we have a 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'm at about. from the al-jazeera london broadcast center to people in thoughtful conversation generally when everyone's book about race the races. with no host and no limitations our society has structural racism built into it part one of the heene and adam brotherhood low pay people tend to be migrant labor disproportionately women in care whether it comes down to prejudice studio unscripted on al-jazeera.

this is al jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour 64 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has finally held his 1st press conference people said about economic progress and a new goal to have 200000000 americans vaccinated against the coronavirus spawning his 1st 100 days in office. i don't also defended his handling of the influx of migrants at the southern border calling it a seasonal increase he said almost of the migrants at the border of being sent back children shouldn't be turned away. and in egypt topples continues to shift a giant cargo ship that stuck in the suez canal could be blocked for weeks at an estimated cost a little would connelly of $3000000000.00 a day. and more security forces have been intensifying their cracks an anti could protesters and their people are starting to flee they've not attempted to leave the

country in large groups yet but neighboring thailand is preparing for the possibility of refugees but one of myanmar is ethnic armies says it's already sheltering hundreds who fled the violence scott heiler has more from the time border town of mae salts mojo was a student leader in the 1988 uprising in me and. for that he spent 12 years in a yangon prison. at a may start museum dedicated to myanmar as political prisoners he shows us the brutality of everyday life. torture techniques that myanmar security forces have used for decades in their attempt to squash dissent the joint is accused of continuing these methods today but he thinks the protests happening now on the streets of myanmar are much different than past uprisings so this is going to be the last fight to end the dictatorship in a fight of judgment even though the civilians do not want to become refugees

fleeing from the situation might arise he was they might have to become refugees along this section of the border there's little preventing people from crossing over because of the volatile state in myanmar thai authorities have stepped up patrols but have also intensified contact with those on the other side when you get paid and we are monitoring this situation and we have been communicating with out maybe us especially and think groups along the border we have been checking information the movie a river here serves as the border between thailand and myanmar one of the korean ethnic armies you can see one of the camps right across the river they say in there they were sheltering hundreds of people who fled the increasingly violent crackdown by me and more security forces. we met the head of m a saad refugee committee in a football stadium local officials will use as temporary housing if refugees start coming across the border as many as 1000 would be housed here. he's concerned about

resources as the area has been home to me and most refugees for more than 40 years fleeing fighting and economic hardship. without anybody to ponder if many new refugees come to thailand there might be a strain on resources for the existing refugees if donor organizations provide funding for the new arrivals will probably lose out the sunsets on friendship bridge ending a day in these uncertain times from a side a community that for decades served as the main gateway between thailand and myanmar both physically and culturally but with the unrest now unfolding in myanmar the differences are becoming more evident the separation becoming more defined well over to scott heide lawyer who joins us now from a cell phone scolds. and we're at that friendship bridge you can see it behind me and that leads straight into myanmar

obviously very quiet now these days and now this is a community may said it was we saw in that story that is really kind of a cultural and physical bridge between these 2 nations obviously things are very rocky now because of what's been happening across the border but over the years of civil conflict between ethnic armies and the tatmadaw the myanmar military there have been a lot of refugees who have come here over the last 40 so years so it's not a situation that is something that's new to the people here but this situation is different in that as we heard there's concern about if there is a flood of refugees coming over what's that going to do to the existing refugees here and how is that going to work into the community here that is also you know really kind of taxed because of the coronavirus situation and because of loss of trade between these 2 countries so moving forward albeit to see what happens here and how this community is able to absorb refugees if that doesn't fact happen case got hired lou that on the scene in thailand scott thank you. well people in the

indian state of missouri are welcoming migrants who fled the military coup in myanmar but the government is now ordering their deportation hundreds of people have crossed the border they include includes police officers and soldiers who say they fled because they were ordered to open fire on prudes of ocracy protesters with piron and reports from new delhi. holding up the 3 finger salute that's become a symbol of resistance in myanmar the soldier looks towards the country he's left behind have chosen not to reveal his identity he says he fled his military camp in myanmar after weeks of being ordered to shoot at protesters. i can no longer tolerate killing my own people innocent people i did not want to hurt them anymore the main reason was i did not support the military regime i hate the giunta the former soldier is one of many army and police officers from myanmar who are taking refuge in the northeast an indian border state of misery at least

400 people are thought to have crossed the poorest border into the town of champigny in the past 3 weeks they are being looked after by locals. many of them came with no money and some of them with families the needs of these refugees were provided by the church of the social the n.g.o.s. a student leader helping the new arrivals says most people seeking shelter in me belong to the chin ethnic group and have close ties with the people here a brotherhood between the people of myanmar. and these are all starts even before bar my dependence and assets. make a wall between the brotherhood of. the indian government has ordered the 4 northeastern states bordering myanmar to immediately identify and deport what it calls illegal migrants the soldier who says he walked for 2 weeks to reach me what i am told is

that would be a death sentence for i think they'll shoot me in the head to execute me. mr arms leader agrees chief ministers and i'm talking to has told prime minister narendra modi india can't ignore what he called the humanitarian crisis unfolding in our own backyard given the historical ties between the people of music in myanmar it appears some have chosen to resist the central government's orders elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. argentina has announced it will suspend flights from brazil chile and mexico to prevent the spread of new strains of corona virus the measures will come into effect on saturday the government says it's concerned about the rising number of infections neighbor in brazil which has recorded more than 12000000 cases argentina has reported is nearly 2300000. european union leaders avoids frustration over a shortfall in corona virus vaccine deliveries but stopped short of backing

a plan to block tranxene exports at a virtual summit the leaders said vaccine manufacturers will have to honor their contracts with the e.u. the divisions over penalties remain and special reports. after a meeting by video conference it became clear that e.u. leaders were not united behind a proposal by the e.u. commission to curb exports of covert vaccines having promoted the plan e.u. commission head ursula von delenn made little reference to it after the summit preferring instead to focus on the use exports track record let there be no mistake the european union can be proud and is proud to be the home of vaccine producers who are not only delivered to european citizens but export around the globe vandelay and said there was a shortage of vaccine doses in the e.u. because pharmaceutical companies including british swedish giant astra zeneca had

failed to deliver the promised doses e.u. council head shell michel said the blocks priority now was boosting the vaccine rollout if you used the urgent imperative is to queue porking in europe to improve the production and distribution of stored member states that is the priority we are totally mobilized the rising cost of it infections and deaths in many countries of put european governments under increased pressure several parts of france including paris are battling a 3rd wave the government has tightened restrictions but unless it runs up its vaccine rollout some doctors say that the country could be heading into another national lock down one in 10 people in france has received a 1st covert vaccine dose compared to half of the u.k.'s population france's president said that the e.u. needs a fresh approach or triple for the i believe very deep. i believe this is one of the lessons of the crisis for europe as for france we must drastically simplify our

responses we are too slow we're too complex we're too stuck in our own bureaucracies cutting covert vaccine exports would be a controversial move for the e.u. and it's not off the table yet for some though the proposal is a sign of desperation as european governments try to end the health crisis for others it would send a strong message to pharmaceutical companies that the block means business natasha butler al-jazeera paris. in turkey weaker muslims have been protesting against the visit of the chinese foreign minister and 40000 weekers live in turkey and hundreds came out to raise their voice against the treatment of their ethnic minority in china edging approved an extradition treaty with turkey into sempre that deal is now awaiting ratification by ankara's parliament. china has imposed sanctions on a number of british politicians lawyers and u.k. based organizations over warts china calls the law is and misinformation being told

about cindy and the u.k. foreign secretary has described china's treatments of its weaker muslim minority of being one of the worst human rights crises of our time while the order affects 9 individuals and their families are in a band from mainland china and hong kong on monday the u.k. u.s. canada and e.u. imposed measures against chinese officials accused of human rights abuses against the weekers separately hong kong officials of sorts number of countries to stop accepting a british travel documents many people use a point for working holiday visa so let's get more on the snow from katrina a year she joins us live from beijing created what is beijing hoping to achieve by sanctioning outspoken politicians in the u.k. . hi hala well really china want to send a message that it warrants stand for any actions that it considers unfair and it will hit back now as you mentioned these sanctions affect 9 individuals that 7

politicians and 2 academics in the u.k. as well as for organizations including a human rights and we go to research think tank as you mentioned this is a travel ban on these individuals and their families and it also freezes any assets they might have an hong kong macau or the mainland now the u.k. ambassador has also been summoned here in beijing which really reflects how angry beijing is about this they said that the u.k. government is guilty of maliciously spreading lies about human rights abuses in shin jiang and of course this does follow this coordinated effort that we saw earlier this week with the u k e u canada and the u.s. all together putting sanctions on officials in china that they consider responsible for enforcing these human rights abuses including putting up to $1000000.00 we get minority members in forced labor camps in shin john beijing of course is furious

and has denied that there are any human rights abuses taking place they say that this is a gross interference and that domestic affairs and they've called these forced labor camps reeducation of our work ational training centers which they sow designed to simply improve the economic opportunities of the population there. is also taking action when it comes to hong kong telling other countries what travel documents they can and can't accept it's. also the suppose. that's right so the hong kong government has said that they've sent letters to 14 different governments saying that they should no longer recognise the british national overseas passport be in a passport is effectively a de facto u.k. passport that was given to many members of hong kong citizens hong kong residents before who were born in hong kong before the handover from the u.k. back to the mainland so if originally the beano guaranteed these holders 6 months

of travel and work in the u.k. but earlier this year prime minister boris johnson and his government basically said that the be in a b. and o. could be used as a migration pathway because of this political overhaul that beijing has been acting in hong kong including this national security law which u.k. says crushes the promised democratic hong kong freedoms now china was angry about this and immediately said that that they would no longer recognise the be an hour and that was in january but there were still some countries that have continued to recognise it as a travel as a valid travel document including japan south korea and italy so so far those countries have still said that they will continue to recognise to be an all except one hungry which says that it's currently reviewing its travel purse s s ok continue their bring is up to date from beijing thank you katrina a lawyer for russian opposition leader alexina vuln the says his health has sharply

deteriorated since he was jailed last month the volleys says he's suffering from acute back pain and is unable to use one of his legs the supporters say they fear for his life of only survive to poison the terms of a nerve agent last year that was traced back to russia's security services he was jailed for violating the conditions of a suspended sentence and embezzlement back in february. playing of that all you'll need work on your snark in my view his health condition is extremely bad he's suffering strong pain in his back and his right leg he's feeling numbness in his lower right leg his legacy disabled one of his legs is almost not functioning at. the previous. he's been suffering for 4 weeks from this pain and he forbids us to say anything we knew the day before that the problems with his legs had deteriorated and then only yesterday we were not allowed inside the prison so we decided to make it public because we were afraid for his life and health. the heads

of facebook twitter and google have testified before the u.s. congress about their company's rule in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation especially in the lead up to the u.s. capitol riots when january mark zuckerberg defended facebook's efforts to remove conspiracy theories and work with law enforcement twitters chief executive jack dorsey was the only one to admit his plan or contributed to the riots. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines 64 days into the job when u.s. president joe biden has held his 1st press conference it will said about economic progress and a new goal to have 200000000 americans vaccinated against the coronavirus of his 1st 100 days in office wise and also defended his handling of the influx of y. grants at the southern border calling it a seasonal increase he said while most of the migrants at the border are being sent

back children shouldn't be turned away or sending back the vast majority of the fair.