it comes in. just beyond the lakotah old one of a time. to be dogged by his fans for a socialist. as his money goes against the elite football drug on all disease. iran has reported an accident at its main nuclear facility a day after it started and rich in ukrainian using advanced centrifuges. hello there i missed all the tell you this is al jazeera life and also coming up. a top chinese health official warns that it's low key made coronavirus vaccines are not effective enough hundreds of millions of doses have already been distributed around the country and the wild. we look at the version kurdistan which critics say

threatens to return the country toward daraa tarion rule. and evacuation orders have been issued on the caribbean island of st vincent where once dormant volcano has now bust into life. now iran has reported an accident at its main nuclear facility at natanz tehran's atomic agency says it affected the site's electrical distribution grid now power was out across the facilities above ground workshops as well as the underground enrichment holes on saturday president hassan rouhani said iran had launched new advanced enrichment centrifuges at that site this is after several centrifuges were damaged in a fire last year an incident the terror on called an act of sabotage while iran is fairly high on the agenda as the u.s.

secretary of defense lloyd austin visits israel now tensions in the region have been escalating in recent weeks. the to hear run of the day poses a strategic threat to international security. middle east. war closely american airliners to ensure that any new agreement. secured the vital interest of the ward of the united states prevent dangerous you know region and protect the state of israel well said that has this update for us from the iranian capital tehran and a tense nuclear plant is the main nuclear facility for iran under the 2015 nuclear deal there are allowed to enrich uranium there iran has a habit of downplaying. such incidents in last summer we were told that there was just a fire at an outdoor facility at natanz we were shown state t.v.

footage downplaying it then we were told there was an explosion and then we were told that it was an act of sabotage and yesterday it was referred to by an official in the transplant as a terrorist attack also this takes place at a time where an iranian ship was targeted in the red sea by a mine we understand and israel is being blamed for that and at the same plant in 2010 a virus affected the centrifuges but also towards the end of last year in november iran's lead scientist and for his other was assassinated here into her answer all these incidents taking place. raise questions around iran security but also the comp adds complexity to those talks are set to take place and will continue in vienna next week and it does raise suspicions specially here in the iran with some saying there are efforts underway to try try to derail those talks well harry force that is in west jerusalem and he says benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz have been

trying to reaffirm their ties with the u.s. . both of them talked about the long term nature of the israeli u.s. relationship and indeed plans going forward in terms of military acquisitions of course united states gives in a $4000000000.00 a year of duty assistance to israel as well as that talking about the that the nature of the relationship going forward and the fact that it is as strong as it ever has been so you get you get that pretty typical kind of language but obviously we're talking at a time when the iran issue is the main issue and the issue of divergence between these 2 administrations very different from the trump era the biden ministration wants to try to engineer a return to the j.c. p. o. a the iran nuclear deal the government of benjamin netanyahu is very much opposed unless very serious set of. requirements from israel are met which are unlikely to

be met in any such return so what was interesting was that any guidance in the comments that you heard earlier was talking about working closely with the united states to trying to make the best of any deal that's very different from the language you're getting from benjamin netanyahu recent days saying that israel would not be bound by any deal that would simply pave the way to iran getting nuclear weapons in the future as for lloyd austin himself he was also talking about how the alliance remains a strong as ever. 970 people have died during fighting in yemen's marred region just in the past 24 hours according to government forces a battle for control of the oil rich region intensified over the weekend with more than 50 killed on saturday iran back to the rebels launched an offensive on mars back in february the u.s. and the u.n. have increased diplomatic efforts for a cease fire deal to try to end yemen 6 year civil war well meanwhile protesters in

the besieged yemeni city of ties are demanding improved living conditions the government controlled city has now been under a blockade by who the rebels demonstrators denounced the siege and demanded that the government pay salaries and provide better services ties residents have struggled on the high prices and an outbreak of the coronavirus. jordan's king abdullah and his half brother have now appeared together for the 1st time since their big political rift former crown prince hamza joins the monarch and other members of the royal family at a ceremony marking 100 years since independence last week you'll recall the government accused of being involved in a plot to destabilize the country says he was put on the house arrest but he then later pledged allegiance to the king. and. now research in israel suggests that the fire is a close $1000.00 vaccine may be less effective against the variant that was 1st

discovered in south africa scientists compared to $800.00 people who tested positive for the virus half of them on vaccinated and the other half an hour later but the fine is a job now a south african corona virus variant managed to penetrate the protection offered by 2 doses of the vaccine to some degree but the scientists tell of university caution that the study only had a small sample size. meanwhile though the number of corona virus infections in india has hit a record for a 6th day now the country is struggling to contain another wave 879 people died from carbon 19 on sunday that's the highest single day death toll in 5 months and several states are warning also of vaccine shortages in the coming days but india's health minister says state governments should end their fear mongering while china's center for disease control now says their government may need a change in their vaccine strategy after admitting issues with the effectiveness of locally produced jabs china has administered 65000000 doses that was by the middle

of march now its health agency has suggested mixing vaccines or even revising dose timetables but that will all have serious implications for the more than 20 countries that are getting chinese made vaccines that includes chile which faces a surge in infections despiser rollout of the sign of a jab a study there found only 3 percent efficacy after one dose compared to 56 percent after 2 shots were chinese manufacturers have still yet to publish phase 3 trial data all of that leading to accusations of a lack of transparency around their effectiveness i spoke to dr sometimes tsunami he's an associate professor of infectious diseases that australian national university and he told me that despite having lower effectiveness and some vaccines china's jobs are more accessible for many countries. the world health organization when we 1st started this journey into developing vaccines was happy for a vaccine that was 50 percent efficacious so 56 percent after 2 doses meets that

criteria however in light of the extraordinary success we've seen with pfizer and medina being over 90 percent and astra zeneca being close to 80 percent after 2 doses it seems like a lot less and of course it also depends not just on the efficacy in preventing infection but preventing sivia disease and hospitalized patients as i said the world health organization has recommended 50 percent so after at least 2 doses for a vaccine to be considered viable to be rolled out and many vaccines are achieving that and if you are getting 50 percent after 2 doses and you're hearing about all the 70 on percents and 90 percent you'll be looking in that direction that all depends on access to vaccine and of course side effect profile of this well so if you have say facts things that are more efficacious that you can get supply of in a timely manner then you would do that but as we have seen around the world with

the surge in what's being called vaccine nationalism particularly coming out of europe where it is being difficult for other countries to get vaccines from the european region you are just trying to use what ever you have available and that is when mixing and matching might come into play. now human rights groups in lebanon are concerned that migrant workers and refugees are being left out of the 1000 vaccine drive but the government there is blaming the slow roll outs on the limited number of jobs available senator reports now from beirut. isolation is seen as a privilege for palestinian and syrian refugees in lebanon who have died from coronavirus at a higher rate than the national average along with migrant workers they make up 30 percent of a nation of 6000000 people they are included in the national vaccination campaign that is supposed to give equal priority to all but many refugees don't seem to be aware of their rights. nobody came and mentioned anything but if people truly take

it the government data shows only 3 percent of those vaccinated so 4 are non lebanese human rights groups blame this on hesitancy little information on how to register and the government deviating from the national plan. distribution by private sector has meant that they don't have to follow those priorities or categories so you have on the one hand people who are politically connected or work for organizations or couldn't buy the vaccine who have access to it and then people like migrant workers and refugees who depend on the national. who aren't getting vaccinated and now health officials say the private sector is helping in your bankrupt state and limited supplies are the reason why only 2 percent of the adult population has so far been fully vaccinated no one is a prevent you from registering because you are a syrian or if you know it or whatever if you are just. to get the vaccine

one of the priority groups no one is the prize and you are from having an appointment but for the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers registering can prove to be an issue they don't have enough accurate and reliable information on the different vaccines the side effects or any other information related to their illegal status given that a lot of them are undocumented and nothing has yet been communicated publicly to give them guarantees that they will not be deported or arrested and they are not protected by the law the authorities long accused of corruption and nepotism enjoy little trust many question how they are distributing the vaccines for example a donation of 100000 doses is being given out by the priority groups. there is concerned migrant workers and refugees the vulnerable will get their turn if the criteria established is not followed. beirut. also ahead here on al-jazeera

poses an ecuador case of the poles offset a disputed fast round of voting and rising tensions between the 2 candidates. how it's been a lovely week for much of japan fine and dry a similar picture to into the korean peninsula but that's about to change we've got some western weather coming into central parts of china as a memory of high pressure for japan that's what's been keeping it settled and sunny that's getting pushed out of the way over the next day or so so the cloud of rain that winds out there will push out into the east china sea korean peninsula turning increasingly wet some heavy downpours coming into north korea particularly as we go through monday and as we go into the last part of done by the showers longer spells of right started to fade their way into q.c.

southern parts of honshu and they'll continue to move across the save to pan western areas of honshu all cotta turning increasingly wet still some warmth in tokyo shot by the mountains i think it should stay dry at least until mid week 20 degrees celsius for tokyo for the droid say for southern areas of china hong kong at around $29.00 celsius in la she fought in drought say for a good part of the philippines we got some showers into southern areas of the country usual rashes showers across a good part of southeast asia start to see more in the way as showers slightly cooler there into thailand show us to across southern parts of india over the next day or so but further north it stays very hot and sunny. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish on the state line becomes the default media then wait about images that lead to the letter to

these guys that just how did he create a nuisance makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news this coverage the listening posts on a. and again i'm sorry a tender that's reminder of our top stories here this hour iran has reported an accident at its main nuclear facility at natanz it's atomic agency says the incident on sunday morning affected the electrical distribution grid that comes a day after iran resumed enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges. iran is high

on the agenda as the u.s. secretary of defense would often visit israel defense minister benny gantz says his government is ready to work with its allies to ensure any new deal with iran doesn't undermine regional security. china's center for disease control says the government may need a change and vaccine strategy after admitting issues with the effectiveness of locally produced jobs and health agency has suggested mixing vaccines or revising dose timetables. now polls in kurdistan this constitutional referendum have now closed people there been voting on proposed changes to the constitution that could see president sadat jabber of expand his palace charles traffic reports now from the caucus cap the keg as capital voters cast their ballots and cubist on for the 3rd time in 6 months the referendum was called by the new president sort of 2 part of who asked the country to approve changes to the constitution the critics say

they could pave the way for all thora terrorism and misrule. just in your bill is a problem with you i don't think only one man should decide everything there is a proverb that says you only find truth through debate the more opinions you have the better it is for the country's development of who's free from jail by supporters in october jury protests after parliamentary elections were no following widespread allegations of vote buying by pro-government parties. the government collapse the cube is called the 3rd revolution in 3 decades since independence japan says the last 10 years of the parliamentary system under the current constitution has been a failure and kyrgyzstan is not ready for a parliamentary democracy the people have been really feeling that the parliament has been the scene of irresponsibility that there is no. there's nobody with whom at home the bucket stops as it were and the president has really picked up on that

sense of sentiment among the people that we have a constitution that doesn't assign clear responsibility to anyone and i'm the one who is going to take full responsibility myself i will answer for everything that happens in this country and just give me the power supporters of the proposed constitutional changes say freedom of speech and democratic rights will be protected but order needs to be restored to government after gears of mismanagement and corruption. well we've had 33 prime ministers in 30 years can you imagine that and always the appointments in decisions were made by the president behind the scenes which was unconstitutional the prime minister was the victim of those decisions because you tional changes mean the president will be able to act transparently keep this done is often described as the most democratic country in central asia kristof to pull off says that altering the country's constitution will not change that but there are many people here who are afraid that he represents

a problem of the culture wars for democracy because they have struggles to build since independence 30 years ago started out to 0. well votes as an equitable choosing their next leader as polls have just opened in sunday's presidential runoff and follows a disputed fast round of arcing as well as rising tensions between the 2 candidates recent polls suggest a close race between leftist economist andrew rouse and conservative bank again my lasso as a latin america at least in human reports sure whether wins will face major challenges . the. is a rule indigenous community the 3 3 known for its rich agriculture and flower exports but here as in the rest of ecuador the economy and basic services have collapsed long before the pandemic. russified an angle is one of the many unemployed who's had to find a new way to survive she's raising and selling these guinea pigs at $8.00 each 2 2

2. here there are a popular dish at the facebook that's not a job that's all i ask of him. she's referring to and that is sad alice the leading presidential candidate i doubt says a young the economist and protege of former left wing president rafael correa who was in power for a decade until 4 years ago and elses name is frequently placed next to korea as image so they'll be no doubt about the connection that's on the something on the 5th and it's not just me who will vote for a rose everyone says that korea did a lot for us they say he stole but he did a lot. under quota as citizens revolution poverty levels fell social spending soared and so did public works projects but there were also nagging accusations of corruption and persecution of opponents and the media member who lived to korea is now living in belgium and faces 8 years in prison for corruption

if you returns home put korea is still a powerful force represented by 36 year old r.l. so one of his former ministers. from ecuador has pacific coast to the mountains i doused has been campaigning hard falling to reinstate and it's celebrate their citizens revolution movement he says it was betrayed by current president mean more dental but as you know they prefer to pay the foreign debt rather than protecting a quid dorians who had to leave their corpses on the street during the pandemic because there was no money for hospitals. part of his rival more last saw faces an uphill battle he is perceived as close to the discredited current president and worse yet to the i.m.f. the bank of businessman is a 3 time presidential hopeful and a political conservative he warns that a return of korea's party would threaten democracy getting started when your lot at

large for more than a decade they persecuted those who didn't bow to the tastes of their chief we represent those who consider diversity as one of ecuador's principle assets. that i asked former president correa about speculation that he'll return to ecuador as the power behind the throne if i doused the selected plan he's going to please i don't even plan to return to my country rather to continue in academia in belgium with my family furthermore the brainchild of our program to risk ecuador is andras arose with a brilliant economist. backing candour a ph d. degree incline to me or experience in banking i mean very little the only thing people say they want is a president who will remember that they need help to see in human al-jazeera. some families in myanmar say security forces are forcing them to pay $100.00 in order to retrieve the bodies of their relatives who were killed in recent protests

$82.00 demonstrators were killed during a crackdown and go on friday protests are still continuing in several cities including young go on our way and mandalay attorney chang is monitoring things for us from across the border and neighboring thailand. we have had it confirmed by the bunco student union who had to pay to recover a number of bodies they have told us that the rate that's being asked for by the police to recover the bodies of the $82.00 people who are reported to died in their crackdown on friday is 120000 that's the equivalent of about $100.00 u.s. dollars and there have been some terrible stories coming out the case of caking a woman whose husband was lost in the crackdown and was killed she was asked to pay this 120000 she didn't have enough money so had to go to the community where people gathered those funds together including another woman whose nephew and son had both

been killed she didn't have enough money so she decided to contribute what she did so the takings could recover the body of her husband many people are reporting the same thing some were too scared to go for it is still very hard to get information out of me with the new internet so the blocks of the being put in place in the last week but the assistance association for political prisoners which seems to now be the definitive. role. of confirmed 82 people died in just one place in just one day there have been riots in parts of northern ireland nearly every day now for a week now brett said and controversial krenov our sister actions are 2 of the issues being blamed for triggering the violence anderson is reports from belfast. it was called the peace wall but a ceasefire took 3 decades to achieve now 23 years after the good friday peace

agreement was signed it fails to live up to its name again descend on the streets is reborn. for more than a week pro british loyalists have been attacking police some of the worst violence has been near the peace wall in belfast that separates loyalists on one side from republicans on the other billy hutchinson is a formal loyalist paramilitary who served 15 years in jail for murdering 2 catholics in 1974 he points to a mural of loyalty to the british monarchy and talks of a lull in violence during the period of mourning for prince philip hutchinson is now the leader of a political party that doesn't advocate violence but he condemned what's happened i want these young people to feign that they can come back from where they. are not laying they need to be able to step back. and you know i

think that nobody has used this term yet but i'm going to use it as far as i know i don't feel of erotica. the brics a trade deal had a late switch of plan to put a border across the irish sea that separates great britain from northern ireland there's a customs post on this site among the vexed issues has been ok also imports coming in which are also subject to european union regulations put simply even the more moderate loyalists feel they've been betrayed and alienated by brics it but over the peace wall the republican leadership feel that the good friday agreement may have been damaged but it's secure all and will stay that way shin fein says all sides need to play a part of the political process as saints row is on our streets our brightest our game i'm dangerous but i don't think. that i ought to be nurtured dr all the players after ensure that they play their part

and developing not another major issue is a republican funeral question fane leaders fail to observe covert regulations the union is 1st minister of no the law and is calling for the resignation of the chief constable for not making any prosecutions the violence involves a small minority many of them teenage is signposts coal for a suspension of protests until after the period of mourning the prince philip even if those cool. scenes like this could return soon and for now it seems there's no solution andrew simmons al-jazeera belfast. now the lower house of france's parliament has approved a controversial ban on short haul domestic flights in an effort to reduce carbon emissions if passed by the senate but old force airlines to cut all routes that could be covered by train and on the 2 and a half hours it's all part of a broader climate bill that aims to cut france's emissions by 40 percent by 2030

the avian asian industry that has criticized this move to ban flights while pandemic kid airlines are still relying on bailouts. ash from a volcanic eruption on the caribbean island of st vincent is now falling on barbados almost 200 kilometers away thousands of people have been forced to flee and or the artist say this eruption could go on for weeks and next year brian records. the last caribbean island and then sent transformed into a gray gloomy moonscape. streets and buildings blanketed by spewed from a nearby volcano. ended decades of inactivity on friday when it erupted in spectacular fashion there were several earthquakes and a column of air was pumped up to 15 kilometers into the air we want to work on the river. and it's hampering the escape of thousands of

people who are now in shelters across the island i am. everything from. cyprus. means sulfur outlet it's the only potentially active volcano sent which is home to about 100000 people from the eruptions rained down on several neighboring islands including barbados nearly 200 kilometers away countries including venezuela cuba ghana and the united states a sending aid to the island nation. cruise ships have been sandton to help those fleeing near option but because of the pandemic anyone going on board will have to be vaccinated and everyone in a shelter will be tested for covert 19 this is the 2nd they're mad experience in their work enough to force them and they have 10 hours many years they've been 5

explosive eruption zones in france and in the past 300 years the most recent in 979 while there have been no deaths reported. this time an eruption a 1902 killed more than a 1000 people but damage to crops and firearms from the choking cloud of ash is expected to be severe. and experts say the eruption could continue for some time yet brian al jazeera. lettuces al jazeera and these are the headlines iran has reported an accident at its main nuclear facility at natanz its atomic agency says the.