set up a new commission to monitor sources of air pollution across 5 known for deity state's health experts and environmentalists and been warning for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on dogs because the 19. 19 has been harsh reminder. to everyone safe. an international pandemic treaty leaders from 23 countries back the idea of a global strategy to deal with future outbreaks. there and kim burrell this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. mars miter intensifies its crackdown forcing thousands to flee across the border to thailand.

china drastically cuts the number of hong kong's directly elected politicians makes loyalty to the mainland essential to contest elections. central african republic president is said to be sworn in fussin are charged for dead or faces a mammoth task of bringing stability to a country wracked by violence. it's been more than a year since the coronavirus bad took over our lives the viruses affected more than $127000000.00 people worldwide and killed close to $3000000.00 now countries around the world are joining forces to prepare for future outbreaks the world health organization and the leaders of 23 countries are calling for an international pandemic treaty the time to out is no.

the world cannot afford to wait until the parliament is over to start planning for the next one we must not allow the memories of this crisis to fade and go back to business as usual. but stealing with the existing outbreak could get a lot tougher some of the world's leading scientists have warned that the world may have less than a year before current vaccines are no longer effective against future covert 19 mutations that calling on call bigs to share that same technology so more people can be vaccinated and prevent other variants from emerging. and in the coming hours more will be revealed on the origins of this pandemic the world health organization and china will release their findings based on an international investigation into her own. now in a moment we'll speak to katrina you who is live for us from the city of homs where the outbreak is believed to have originated but 1st let's go to natasha butler who

is in paris so natasha tell us more about this pandemic treaty what exactly does it mean. well the idea for this international pandemic treaty came from the head of the council michele because what he said was it's not a question of if we are going to be facing another pandemic globally but when and watch how michelle says is the world needs to be far better prepared next time this kind of health crisis looms now he said that the important thing is that countries work to gether globally because a pandemic is of course a global health crisis it needs a global multilateral response even use the symbolism of the end of world war 2 when countries got together to work better for peace in the future he said it's that kind of multilateral approach which needs to be used for future health emergencies he said governments need to work better on things like research and

development they would need to work better on coordinating the distribution of vaccines pharmaceutical companies need to be able to share. share their recipes if you like from making facts scenes so that all countries can equally access vaccines both rich countries and poor countries and that in the future there should be far less divisions less raul's over pandemic approaches and management than there have been during this crisis he said of course there are many invaluable lessons that we can all learn from the $1000.00 pandemic which of course is far from over yet many countries still battling 2nd and 3rd waves natasha how can this treaty be enforced. well that's the question because at this stage it is only an idea this is a proposal by the e.u. council headed the idea though is in the future for it to become

a treaty is at the moment we've got more than 20 countries supporting the idea of a future trees including countries like france and britain but in the future the idea is it would be a treaty incorporated into the constitution but enforcing it would be very difficult the head of the w.h.o. said it would be up to different countries to try and enforce own rules locally but the treaty would give a framework a structure to what those rules would be and it also says sends a very powerful message and symbol to the world that the countries who would sign up to it would be united in their response to future health crises now of course one of the big issues though is that at this stage there are many countries that are not involved the don't seem to be supporting yet countries like russia the united states and china so unless those sort of large global players if you like are also involved will be difficult to see that this treaty could have the sort of international clout that would be needed right thank you for that natasha butler

there in paris let's head over to katrina youth who joins us live from han with more on the fact finding mission so these are for this report obviously is much anticipated how much light is it really life to be shared given all the challenges that investigators faced. well it's a hefty report can reportedly more than 120 pages and it listen very basic findings but no firm conclusions among the main points that it makes is that it's most likely that covert 1000 originated from an animal and that it's unlikely this came from either rouhani or that it was imported it also suggests that further research needs to be done into the wildlife trade here in china and it raises questions about the role of that original one and seafood market here in the hunt but the 1st cluster of cases was identified now we've only had a few leaked versions of this report it's due out in

a couple of hours but already it's frustrating many scientists who say it raises more questions than it does provide answers there have been a group of more than 2 dozen experts who have signed an open letter demanding that the chinese government let in another research team for more independent and respected investigation many of raised questions about the level of the will of involvement of the chinese go in this mission but the main criticism being that it resembled more of a tightly controlled government tour rather than an independent scientific investigation our contributor view this force thank you. out of prison is a leading her she is leading a global citizenship programme on outbreaks of infectious diseases at university college london she says the speed and strategy are vaccinations bald wide is critical. at the current rate 10 percent only 10 percent of lower middle income countries will actually reduce the vaccines that are off the market to

speed to vaccine rollout that we have out very an incredibly important but it also means that we have to share that and this is something that we all do for instance countries like the u.k. have me a large financial contributions were who backed it it has become a situation where many high income countries are hoarding back and that's a short sighted view because it really creates the ideal conditions with the extra delay this extra last time for other areas the world 'd will vaccination rates but very high transmission coded retention of the little horses. and then that is really where variants are more likely to emerge and what we see in countries like the u.k. for instance we have moved through the elderly the vulnerable and are moving into younger population now and what we should be focusing on is ensuring that we're protecting health care workers and health care systems globally but it's

a politically difficult message already of course for me are working on a 2nd generation research acting so it is like the actually that will be the population getting reback needed that other country will have to wait 345 years or even get there 1st of. chile's health care system and burial services are under increasing pressure because of rising covert 19 infections among the more than 7000 new cases were reported for the 5th day in a row cemeteries in the city of esau a store in bodies in containers chile is under one of the world's strictest lockdowns to cope soaring infections despite having the highest vaccination rate in latin america. in australia the city of brisbane is going into a 3 day snap lockdown after more than a dozen new locally transmitted infections were detected queensland state premier says the cases are of the highly infectious ukase strain under the license

restrictions people will only be allowed to leave home for essential work shopping care duties or exercise schools will also be closed thailand in the philippines have urged me and miles military giunta to stop its crackdown on protesters the statements from ian miles neighbors is some of the strongest since the coup thailand says it has no policy to deny entry to refugees as thousands flee violence in korean state. to activists accuse the thai army of forcing people back at the border more than a dozen refugees who arrived on tuesday have been given medical treatment meanwhile as military has launched airstrikes against the ethnic hour and rebels in the region or than 3000 people are thought to have fled to thailand. and the death toll from the military crackdown on protests in me and mine has surpassed $500.00 that's according to a local rights group 3 armed rebel groups have threatened retaliation against the military if the violence continues and in joint statement they want they would join

protesters and quote fight back demonstrations in towns and cities across the country continued on tuesday more now from phone story who's following those developments from kuala lumpur. appear to be contradictory statements coming from the toy authorities versus what the activists are saying now entire surratt is no less the prime minister himself have denied reports that thai soldiers are pushing back refugees from myanmar thai leaders saying that myanmar doesn't have a policy of pushing back people into conflict areas and that they will accept them on humanitarian grounds however. activists groups have been saying that thai soldiers have been pushing myanmar nationals back into myanmar or not even letting them into the country now and so far more than 500 people have been killed in nearly 2 months of anti can protest and we're getting reports that the protests are still happening on tuesday protesters are out on the streets carrying banners

marching through across cities and towns all across myanmar demanding the release of aung san suu kyi demanding that the military hand back power to the people and we know we're getting reports as well that the myanmar military has pushed back with violence with reports saying at least 2 people have been killed on tuesday. china's top legislative body has unanimously approved sweeping changes to hong kong's electoral system the number of seats is increasing from 70 to 90 but those directly elected by voters will be cast from 35 to 20 pounds for a major overhaul were unveiled earlier this month during the national people's congress beijing has repeatedly said only so-called patriots can ever minister a semi autonomous region. home dong or such a thing for the laws are in line with the constitutional order of the actual situation for hong kong and it also implements the concept of battery it's

a minister in hong kong this is a major exercise this will keep hong kong on the right track to implement one country 2 systems and keep us on the right path. so to come here on al-jazeera outrage at the death of a salvadoran refugee while in police custody mexico. despair on the border and speak to families caught up in violence between venezuela's army and colombian rebels. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways the cherry blossoms to seem to mind a bit of wind and rain is still beautiful in japan and in the korean peninsula a good part of china there is obviously a rain band there and that is part of the spring rains developing now tends to sit

there and move slowly north with the sun but a big policies in it all the time now the 1st proper system went through japan a couple days ago sonera sunshine for you but then we go back to china and if you see the orange top so that suggests a heavy downpour or 2 we'll see a lot more of this in the weeks to come because it means just starting thinking about it still quite warm not really humid but certainly wet and that that particular mass is moving slowly through china might eventually hit beijing who's a quality is teetering on not being particularly good but it's still better than delhi's least in the immediate future this brown you see here is a result of fairly strong winds developing for us the north indian plane and coming into contact with this good old drift up through the bay of bengal that might produce produce some decent showers in the northeast of india otherwise it's a fairly dry picture quality as i said in new delhi is never very good but for wednesday and thursday with those strong winds i think it'll improve may not last

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you're watching al-jazeera the reminder of our top stories this hour the world health organization and the leaders of $23.00 countries including the u.k. france and germany are calling for an international treaty to tackle future pandemics that aims to ensure resources the shared nations are prepared. a survey from nearly $800.00 scientists is warning current vaccines could become ineffective against future covert 19 variance in less than a year calling on companies to share vaccine technology so the world can be rapidly vaccinated to prevent the virus from spreading and mutate. tyler and says it has no policy to deny entry to refugees from being marked as thousands flee the violence and car in state after activists accuse the thai army of forcing people back. in central african republic president fastin are charged to a debtor the said to be sworn in after his reelection last december he was reelected for

a 2nd term in office with more than 53 percent of the vote in an election that was barred by violence december's poll was violently contested by a coalition of rebel groups or than 270000 people were displaced expected nicholas harker's following those developments from said capital dakar so necklace given all of the violence other security concerns around the swearing in. absolutely kim this is happening in the capital bangui a place that was under siege until until not long ago 44 percent of the country is not in the control of the government but in according to the united nations in the control of armed groups they call themselves the coalition for patriotic change a band of armed groups that once fought to each other that are united and they don't want to see president twitter or being swear sworn in today and now the swearing in ceremony is happening as we speak inside the national national assembly

under heavy security we have a president their ministers a prime ministers of neighboring countries gabon cameroon absence of course is the presence of friends who only sent it secretary of foreign affairs in france who used to play a key role in that country but in recent years under the presidency of. we saw the stepping in of russia and russian fighters were involved during the election to ensure that these rebel groups would not come in into the capital now the president . talked to. yesterday the russian foreign minister who congratulated him again for his victory in this election twat era is calling for unity for the moment in this wearing in ceremony we see in the head of the constitutional court or the heads of the executive power i'm calling for unity in this country that is struggling to find stability where there seems to be no end to the violence millions of people have been displaced just in this recent month 300000 people have

been displaced they're living in interleague displaced camps people that are living and require urgent humanitarian assistance so that's the job at hand for the president of course to iraq to unite the country and that's what's ahead for him in this mandate for the next 5 years. all right thank you for that nicholas. 3 female health workers have been shot dead in afghanistan the women were working for polio vaccination program and the eastern city of jalalabad the government says it's not clear who carried out the shootings earlier this month 3 female journalists were killed in the same city i saw have claimed responsibility for that attack a case of police brutality in mexico that sparked protests there and in el salvador 36 year old victoria salazar. a salvadoran refugee died after being arrested in the tourist resort of tulum an officer was filmed kneeling on her back an autopsy

showed her neck had been broken for police officers are being investigated reports . the turia esperanza sellers are was a refugee from el salvador a mother of 2 teenage girls working in hotels in mexico's resort town of tulum now she's the face of protests against violence towards women and police brutality of a stone and barefoot sellers and died on a roadside into limb on saturday police officers restrained her on the pavement and threw her body into the back of a pickup truck the state prosecutor says officers used excessive force. the police technique of body control that was applied of the level of force used was disproportionate to moderate with a high risk to life. according to an autopsy report salazar died of a broken neck after police officers knelt on her it added her injuries were

compatible with so-called submission maneuvers used by police salazar's mother compared her death to that of african american george floyd in the united states last may yet you know. they already gave her reports that my daughter's neck was broken and they broke a lot of ribs because there were 3 men and a woman on top of her. the death comes as mexico is hosting a un forum on gender equality mexico has one of the worst rates of violence against women in the world last year an average of 10 women were killed there every day the rate of femicide has doubled in the last 5 years many believe sellers as death is symbolic also of a worsening treatment of migrants and refugees the police in the streets rick barry heard the migrants of the use of force is incredible is late late. this is a situation in minneapolis in may of 220 this is certainly the same case president

lopez obrador says those responsible for sellers as death will be punished this is from yeah i want to say to her family members to salvadoran and mexican women to the women of the world to all men and women that they should sponsible will be punished they are already in the process of being prosecuted in o.b. no impunity the reasons for sellers as a wrist have not been released those protesting over her death so they won't stop until they get answers and justice. ballasts al-jazeera. i. it was the death of an on black man that sparked america's latest reckoning with racial injustice and led to protests around the world now a white former police officer charged with murder and george floyd has gone on trial in opening arguments on monday the prosecution and defense laid out their versions of what happened john hendren reports from minneapolis

a firm under penalty of perjury the most watched civil rights trial in america opened with a stark accusation of murder mr barrett shaaban betrayed his badge. when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr george for. that he put his knees upon his neck and his back. grinding and crushing him. until the very breath no leisure gentlemen until the very life. were squeezed out of as opening arguments began in the trial of the police encounter that sparked a racial revolution in the streets the lawyer for the white former minneapolis police officer accused of murdering a black man named george floyd shot back you will learn a direction when did exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his

19 year. the use of force is not attractive but it is necessary if we see this morning about the prosecution's 1st witness a police dispatcher who watched on police cameras as officers knelt on the back and neck give george floyd then she did something she'd never done before she called the police on the police alerting a sergeant to what seemed to her like an unusual use of force floyd was on the ground so long she said she thought the video had frozen i don't know if they had to use force or not they got something out of to back up the spot and all of them sat on this man the central question in this case is this did chauvelin kill floyd using unreasonable force as the prosecution suggests or did a combination of drugs covert 19 and heart trouble kill him as the defense contends those arguments are the beginning of what's likely to be a month from long trial filled with painful and potentially inflammatory testimony

. with jurors watching new evidence and really watching that disturbing 9 minutes of video with george floyd using his final breaths to cry out for his life at the. minneapolis is boarding up and bracing for the final verdict and the possibility it could revive the riots of the long and violent summer of 2020. outside the heavily fortified courthouse floyd's family made it clear it is american racial justice that is on trial they say choice the system. they want us to trust a system. where this is just a show was. done we can trust it with judge peter cahill says it's a police officer that's on trial not race but once the jury has its say in the racially charged case of a black man who died under the knee of a white police officer the crowds in the streets of minneapolis and cities across the u.s. will render their own verdict on racial justice in america john hendren l.g.

0 minneapolis. venezuelan refugees in colombia are accusing their country's army of killing innocent civilians and 5000 people have fled fighting between the military and rebels in venezuela and sought refuge across the border. the reports from the border town of a critter 6. for dinner a meter syndrome well enough families the pain is unbearable. yet. yet the 4 of their relatives were killed last week during a military operation ordered by the venice when government security forces accused them of being part of a colombian rebel group and said they died in combat but neighbors and family members insist they were innocent taken from their homes and executed just that up indian i was looking out for my brothers i saw them in their house and gestured to

them then ran back into my home because soldiers were threatening people that's when i heard an armored vehicle stopping in front of their house. neighbors saw our house soldiers took them away so she ran out again let me go to work i know that i told the other soldiers they took my family they said go home that i didn't need to worry that they were taking them to the battalion for questioning before returning them home instead they reappeared in pictures circulating on social networks bed some dressed in fatigues with pistols or a grenade at the side of their body yeah anybody who knows my sister in law will tell you she hated boots she never wore boots like those you don't need to be a forensic expert to know that this was staged. many of the almost 5000 refugees have fled the clashes share similar stories accusing the military of illegal detentions as well as looting and burning homes. and the pressure of inis well as the fence minister vladimir putin enough said the armed forces were to defend the

country from the regular groups but added that human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border would be investigated have been a swell as former prosecutor general now in a poser of president nicolas maduro told al-jazeera that will likely not be the case or you know if there is no type of accountability today in venezuela no any institution that investigates look at how the prosecutor's office controlled by their search has took 5 days before announcing they're going to investigate events at the border such serious facts should be investigated immediately. countless other colombians from this border region that i mean this had fled to venezuela over a decade ago at the height of the conflict between get 3 years in state forces in the country but now the same kind of violence seems to have reached them on the other side of the border alison i'll just see that. ship so once

again sailing through each of suez canal a giant container ship blocking the canal for 6 days was finally moved on monday. the un says it'll take count to 4 days to clear that backlog of marine traffic and they can now try to get better ports. after being stuck in a maritime traffic jam for almost a week this ship was one of the 1st to resume its journey along the suez canal on monday night it will take several days though before shipping along this vital waterway returns to normal. again resumed at 6 pm local time is from both sides within 12 hours 113 ships will cross in different convoys either from port side or from suez this means that within 3 days or 3 and a half days the delay will be resolved earlier on monday the stricken ever given which had been blocking the world's busiest shipping lane for 6 days was finally free. much to the delight of the crew of the dredge who'd worked

round the clock to clear thousands of keep it meters of sand around the giant container ship. 10 tug boats then pulled it out of the bank and into deeper water it has taken as quick as possible to do this to the high tides will help to insult jeffords as well as well but i think it's fantastic news for the suez canal so the suez canal authority needs chipped i think a really good joke has been delayed by all involved 12 percent of global trade normally passes through the suez canal between the red sea and the mediterranean while the immediate crisis is over experts say the ever givens mishap raises long term questions about the canal sustainability is going to be a lot of head scratching and thinking not only about making supply chain more resilient but i'm sure a serious canal thora who's having a good hard think as well about how to make the.