generation hate. one of the special 2 part investigation on the. al-jazeera. every. these are rare either very rare side effects europe's medicines agency says it has felt like between astra zeneca has vaccine and blood clots but insists the benefits still outweigh the risks. i'm given al this is al jazeera live from dog home also coming up it was once ahead of the curve but now argentina is struggling to balance new restrictions with

people who need to work. use modern turkey saudi officers kick punch or anything of that nature or testimony about the use of excessive force against george floyd and the trial of the former police officer accused of killing . and the u.s. commits to removing all remaining combat forces from iraq without setting a tone. europe's medicines agency says it remains overwhelmingly confident and asters that it is covert 19 vaccine after find to get may cause blood clotting in very rare cases the risk is greater among younger people some governments to restrict or advise against its use in the age groups john hall ripples from london. the oxford astra zeneca vaccine uncomfortable scrutiny medicines regulators in the u.k. and the e.u.

have judged that its benefits outweigh any possible risks but they haven't ruled out a causal link between the vaccine and rare blood clot conditions in a tiny number of recipients based on the current evidence the benefits of the covert 900 faxon astra zeneca against covert 90 and its associated risks hospitalization and death continues to outweigh the risks for the vast majority of people. our review has reinforced that the risk of this fred suspected side effect remains extremely small in arms today the european medicines agency said there was insufficient data to isolate risk factors like age and gender and that blood clotting should be listed as a possible side effect of the jab this case also shows us that our pharmacovigilance system is working these very rare and unusual events have been picked up identified analyzed and loudest to come to science based recommendations

to allow the safe and effective use of this vaccine investigations into the astra zeneca vaccine were triggered after rare cases of blood clotting in the u.k. and europe out of 20000000 doses of the vaccine given in britain 79 cases of clotting were reported with 19 deaths resulting in a minute percentage chance of complications affecting 4 in every 1000000 people vaccinated the u.k. regulator went a step further than its european counterpart announcing that adults under 30 could be offered an alternative vaccine if one is available at the time and if they're currently healthy and not at higher risk from covert 19 in reaching their conclusions the regulators have had to weigh up the risks for older people and those at greater danger from covert 19 well the minute risk attached the vaccine is one worth taking but for fit healthy younger people less vulnerable to the virus

those odds are more finely balanced so in these age groups the u.k. regulator is proceeding with more caution. it's not a clean slate for the oxford astra zeneca vaccine already blighted by political disputes and manufacturing delays question marks over possible side effects could further dent its credibility even if the regulators verdict is that it's broadly safe jona whole al-jazeera london. the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil has dipped slightly from the record high of 4200. another 3800 deaths were reported on wednesday were the around 92000 new infections as he has throughout the pandemic president diable said auto continues to play del covert 19 monica nark of has more from rio de janeiro. doctors here and scientists have been warning that the new variants we're going to show up in brazil because not much has been done to

control this outbreak the spread of infections you have mayors and governors of some cities and states imposing restrictive measures to keep people at home you have the president saying that they should not stay home and so there isn't an organized effort to control the outbreak and with this the virus is spreading rapidly and mutating very rapidly and what doctors here have told us is that they're afraid that by the time brazilians are all vaccinated those vaccines might not be enough to control the new variants of food still don't know and which will show what a vengeful. argentina is clamping down with the restrictions on movement and banning non-essential workers from public transport a city is a ball of holes from where the side is a 2nd wave unprecedented covert 19 inspections. this images are from

a central train station in one of. the amount of people here could be one of the reasons why corona virus infections have skyrocketed in argentina in the past days on wednesday argentina's government confirmed over 22000 new infections of covert 19 and that's why president i want to finance this announced new measures to prevent the spread of the virus in in these months we want to help health care aid economic recovery and keep schools open as much as we can if we do this we can diminish the speed of transmission the higher the transmission and the hospital occupation the more restrictions we will have to impose and that's why we need to protect ourselves from memphis also announced a curfew at midnight restrictions on public transport and social gatherings. in private homes last year argentina was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose

a total lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus but the situation is different now. argentina's government is trying to avoid imposing a toll down mostly because of the impact it would have on argentina's fragile economy where millions are struggling to make ends meet and that's why it's focusing on analyzing caseload they tapped imposing short term restrictions and getting hospitals ready to cope with a 2nd wave. the long lines of people at this testing site show mounting concerns with the rice and infections but most of those we spoke to say they cannot afford to stay home you know a single scene is far below when it's impossible to close everything it's impossible i hope they move forward with the vaccination campaign and we can move forward this is a delicate time for president of the for a man this who tested positive a few days ago some 2 months after receiving the russian sputnik vith vaccine later

this year argentina will hold me term elections and he will have to defend his party's majority in congress says the lengthy lockdown last year its popularity has been bruised by a shortage of vaccines and economic troubles exacerbated by the pandemic you know. i would imagine that the solution is going to be very flexible very much handling the day to day and that it will be managed by different levels of government national provincial and for the city of borno say this coordination of some restrictions will be necessary without restraining the economy argentina like most emerging economies is finding it tough to come up with cash for pandemic relief efforts and like many wealthier countries and that's why international organizations like expressed concerns about the mounting cases in this part of the world because they know it cannot make difficulties pose a challenge when it comes to fighting disease. when

a situs. health workers in venezuela have been protesting against low wages and poor working conditions dozens of staff joined a demonstration outside a hospital in the capital caracas they say a shortage of personal protection equipment is forcing them to remain as masks by their own gloves many earn a salary of just $2.00 a month venezuela seen a recent surge in new infections the government's blaming you covered $900.00 variants. an expert witnesses testified at the trial of the former police officer who was accused of killing george floyd jodie steiger said derek show of unused inappropriate deadly force when kneeling on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes ellen fisher reports from minneapolis. back in the witness box on day 8 the man employed by the prosecution as

a use of force expert sergeant jody steiger walks with the los angeles police inspector general's office he investigates police wrongdoing he analyzed what happened to george floyd his verdict this was the unnecessary use of lethal force you have an opinion to a degree reasonable professional certainty how much worse was reasonable for the defendant to use on mr floyd after mr floyd was handcuffed placed in a prone position and not resisting. yet as in my opinion was that i know for sure that the news once. he was in that position. the defense has argued the police officers attending to george floyd were distracted what about a growing frustrated crowd that insisted mr steiger was not an issue because i did not perceive them as being a threat. and why is that. because they were merely filming and

they were most of it was their concern for mr ford. and you the agent in charge of the investigation of the death of george floyd told the court the size of the investigation dozens of agents hundreds of statements in reply to defense question he agreed to 20 george floyd seem to suggest drugs was a factor but then later corrected himself saying he was no clear about what he had hair harry heard in context to tell. mr foreigner's saying yes i believe mr for saying i do not drugs. little different than what you were asked in a. portion of the video yes thursday it will start with legal arguments can the man who was with george floyd on the night of the incident give evidence morris hall is what he that is answers could put him in legal jeopardy that if. and so is keen to hear from alan fischer how does eat up at the dairy sugar and murder trial in

minneapolis. the u.s. has agreed to withdraw all remaining combat forces which were deployed to fight against isis talks with iraq's government did not settle on a timeline some soldiers and coalition forces will say to train and advise the iraqi army mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the u.s. was represented by secretary of state turn to be blinken in his 1st direct or be a virtual talks with the iraqi government. foreign minister fired hussein head of the iraqi delegation emphasizing the high level nature of the discussions and his national security adviser made clear that the u.s. military presence in iraq was top of the agenda. and the 2 sides agreed that there would be no american military bases in iraq and therefore there will be no foreign bases this is what was agreed upon today at the end of the 3rd round of the strategic dialogue relations between the 2 countries have been fraught particularly

following the u.s. airstrike in january last year that killed top arabian general custom sort of money and an iraqi militia leader near baghdad airport. in the wake of the attack iraq he lawmakers passed a non-binding resolution on u.s. led coalition forces leaving the country and the relations have improved slightly off to mr. took over as prime minister some parties like the iran backed fatah bloc continue to demand u.s. withdrawal. the calls for the field after president biden ordered an air strike on a militia base on the syrian side of the iraqi border in january. u.s. soldiers and contractors are the targets of regular attacks by militia groups and the biden and ministrations says it will not hesitate to respond if the iraqi government doesn't. despite all these factors the u.s.

does not in visit imminent withdrawal a pentagon spokesman making clear that though this is a subject of ongoing discussion there is no timeline. the mission still valid the invitation by the iraqi government is still in place and we're continuing as we have been even before today's talks to talk with the iraqi government about what that what that mission in that footprint is supposed to look like all u.s. troops were withdrawn from iraq by december 2011 president obama ordered their return 3 years later to assist iraqi forces in their battle against isis all some 2 and a half 1000 troops to remain in what the pentagon says is increasingly a training capacity. following the latest round of talks it appears they too will leave the question that is when mike hanna al-jazeera

washington. syria says it has intercepted missiles fired by israel toward damascus syrian state media say the southern districts of the capital were targeted it says some of the missiles were fired by israeli warplanes flying of a neighboring lebanon 4 soldiers were wounded in several buildings damaged it's widely believed that israel routinely carries out raids in syria mostly targeting a rainy and allied forces. still ahead on al-jazeera chinese nationals and sri lanka get the made in china job that's not the case with sri lankans plus the bad guy better rights and bad side street ungracious very conditions something to be right is right online giants go on strike in london the world.

it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored point qatar airways this is the season of winds and rapidly changing wind directions the shamali that was blown down the gulf is disappeared bosnia to thursday is more of a suddenly picking up or a westerly that has suddenly of the east and saudi that'll eventually turn into something otherwise it's just quiet sunshine and pretty average temperatures to be honest that on their way up the medina up to 38 and they're on the way down in turkey we've got more winter coming through in korea in particular but the mountains in general we covered in snow and the when this induced by that change will be a strong one into northern parts of egypt western side levant shara seem likely from gaza up to beirut and possibly beyond now this wind is likely to increase this suddenly meeting this rather more coming up from the gulf source sandstorms is possibly society or kuwait briefly on saturday will be a different in the difference in the feel of the weather in qatar doha will be 32

degrees thereabouts but it gets increasingly humid as a wind continues to blow off the very warm gulf waters. the seasonal rains through africa this time the year have taken a big leap north which is still hanging down around madagascar but up the coast of tanzania and back towards gamble this is the line where you see the day developed a pretty big showers if you were to the science enjoy a bit of sunny warm. qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are nowhere be part of the debate 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 have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear from you and each week be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is there. one.

you're watching all just there are a mind of our top stories this hour european and u.k. medicines regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca covered 19 vaccine and rare blood they insist the risk of the corona virus is far greater than the risk posed by crossing. an expert in the use of force is testified in the trial of the former police officer who's accused of killing george floyd 20 stiva said their chosen used in appropriate deadly force were kneeling on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes. the u.s. has agreed to withdraw all remaining combat forces which were deployed to fight

against isis boss talks with iraq's government to not settle on a time like some soldiers and coalition forces will also remain to train and advise the iraqi army. most of the 600000 doses of china's side of vaccines sent to sri lanka are sitting on ice the government has not approved it for use so the only people getting the job so far the chinese nationals living in sri lanka and often and as reports from colombo anyone thinking the scenes are in china could be forgiven it's actually with 900 vaccines and the chinese nationals living and working in sri lanka they were the 1st to receive vaccines from the 600000 doses you need to do the south asian island maybe using we started to give only for the chinese city sense we're living here working and living it and the families and those who are working in after i bought the next thing i think there

is no more i don't have any hard so for now i feel good but these reactions are not enough to sri lanka's regulator the national minton's regulatory authority to clear the use of sign of farm on local it's demanding more detail before making a decision we had to go over the scientific evidence and then only give the poor for anything like over there it's a diagnostic method or drug or rexy so it is therefore the sign of our morals or if the if there is a real liberal regarding. the safety then there's no problem we look for that but with no doors that are definitely we cannot because we can't risk of being something other people. off with 3 are not sure the doolies goes in displeasure within the government would present good to have been his brother mine the rajapaksa have worked closely with china in recent years the president received

a shipment of vaccines from the chinese ambassador in colombo we need to arrive last week off ice i don't see the point danny. out all countries under 2 peoples home would be always striving for money together under use of plenty are hardly a friend to each other we faced many difficulties during the last $2.00 to $3.00 weeks to bring this to sri lanka due to certain unexpected influences from radius parties how we were your home will this influence us and ultimately make it to success not going as the regulatory authority refused to be pushed to grant approval the government removed 7 of its 13 board members describing it as a move to reform the body but a senior doctor gleamed then removal was connected to descend from next scene at

a time when corporate vaccines around the world are coming under scrutiny regulators here they cannot approve the sign off from dos until this study all necessary data they say the sooner they receive this the sooner they can make a decision when to finance our dizzier colombo a new record has been set in turkey for infections 55000 registered on wednesday last week president trichet top one tyson took over 19 restrictions in fearing the return of full nationwide weekend lockdowns during the islamic fasting month of ramadan which starts next week. and qatar has reimpose strict measures variance identified in the u.k. and south africa are being blamed for an increase in deaths and strain on hospital wards the gulf state has one of the highest infection rates per capita in the world from friday restaurants will only be open for deliveries and takeaways. the u.s.

is resuming palestinian aid to the tune of $235000000.00 angering israel american funding was stopped by former president donald trump the plan includes $150000000.00 to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees donis under a $75000000.00 for the occupied west bank and gaza israel's government says on russia to be reformed before u.s. funding is restored israel is strongly opposed to the endos israel and they submitted to the happening in unrest facilities we believe that this u.n. agency for so-called refugees should not exist in its current form and under a school regularly use materials that incite against israel and the twisted the phoenician used by the agency to determine who is a refugee only perpetuates the conflict. palestinian refugees living in

lebanese camps are in desperate need of help there already difficult lives have worsened lebanon's economy has crumbled so hard of reports from beirut. life inside a palestinian refugee camp in lebanon misery is everywhere there's little infrastructure or services that would allow for a decent living many of the 200000 refugees are poor making survival even more difficult and that was before the country's economy began to collapse more than a year ago. the local currency lost its value one kilo of me he's $34.00 a carton of eggs $20.00 book. palestinians live in overcrowded built up areas that decades ago were 10 camps marginalised and vulnerable the community has been hit hard by lebanon's financial meltdown particularly the sharp devaluation of the local currency. the country's. suffering in the camps as well because we

are. lebanon doesn't make life easy for palestinians authorities argue that is the way to discourage them from staying the restrictions in place deny refugees some of their basic rights and that includes working in jobs they are qualified to do. their studies photography but they haven't been able to find a job no matter how hard you try it's difficult in lebanon aid agencies say they can no longer cope as more people rely on food donations. but lebanon's labor ministry obliges them to obtain a visa. then came the current virus pandemic and then the day valuation of the currency. the un relief and works agency unaware provides health education and social services it also provides cash assistance to the nearly 30000 palestinians who fled war in neighboring syria but they turned 3 says it doesn't have enough funds to cover the needs of those 11 on only $61000.00 refugees receive cash

handouts the amount is $130.00 a year or $12.00 a month and the payment is made in lebanese currency this affects purchasing power in a country which imports almost everything. and we can afford to buy many things now i have no one but god it's been crisis after crisis for a people who struggle is not new so who there beirut i mean mars allston leader aung san suu kyi is said to face court on charges of breaching the official secrets act she will appear via video link a local monitoring group says at least 12 people were killed during protests against the military coup on wednesday the army is said to be targeting more rual areas such as this town north of mandalay bay almost 600 people are known to have been killed in violence following the coup home separate 1st and in another development meanwhile as ambassador to the u.k.

says he's been locked out of the london embassy key yours wallman recently broke ranks with the gentle calling for unsound su cheese release. a stolen bus has been set on fire in belfast during unrest in northern ireland police say pro unionists you are responsible it's been a spate of violent incidents law since last week officers have been injured several cars burned this frustration within the pro british unionist community about new trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. which resulted from breaks it. ride is with the app based meal delivery service delivery route are on strike in london demanding better pay and conditions it coincided with a better performance by the company on the stock market and its workers want to biggest slice of its success paul brennan has the story. as demand for takeaway meal sold during europe's kovac $1000.00 lockdowns delivery riders with branded

backpacks have become a common sight in towns and cities since launching in london in 2013th delivery room now operates in 54 cities across 13 different countries but delivers stock flotation has given some investors in the gesture an infield many of these ride as with indignation often i'll grind peak times then on friday night and i might be waiting 40 minutes for a job when i job comes through it might be 3 pounds 50 something i'm not and i might not get another bike for another hour you know 6 i was back up at 3 pounds 5007 pounds in what should be peak times so it's not sustainable. these striking riders a just a few 100 among the 50000 riders that work for delivery in the u.k. becoming just a few weeks after the u.k. supreme court ordered the ride heading apple to treat its drivers as well because the message about rights and conditions in the so-called big economy is having an impact at a corporate level. this conversation by the liberal lot is a slow more than just

a symbolic gesture the full seat of the share price along the retail investors will share with institutional investors many of whom are still concerned about the mobile moment to get the economy in the straight face right as it's a diet that demands. bets of rights and safety you know they've what for out a pandemic that could literally put their lives on the line well they've seen a company. business boom yet they've seen peg conditions get was some was for the pandemic after planning to launch it $460.00 pence per share the liver who floated last week at $390.00 pence and immediately dropped even further to $280.00 pence that's still a valuation of more than $6000000000.00 several big name institutional investors have decided to steer clear investors out among a high or some good will is taking the end. economy style. practices really in terms of the exact extent of what is going to mean for

companies is that really how it's hard to predict the indications are the deliveries so-called retail investors have chosen to hang on to the stock instead of dumping it in the share price rose by a modest 2 percent in early trading on but instead deliver who hasn't yet published financial results for 2020 and the apparent boom in the delivery business during the pandemic year could well bounce the share price back up but the workers who made that possible by demanding their share of the success paul brennan al-jazeera shortage he's learned. from kim bell in dull how with the headlines on al-jazeera european and u.k. regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca covered 19 vaccine and rare blood clots but they insist the risk of the corona virus is fog race and then the risk posed by tossing.