the logs you believed were boiling. it's the. people in power investigate exposes and question the use and abuse of power around the. canal to 0. 'd 0. 0 this is a news hour on al-jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes iran reports an accident at its main nuclear facility a day after it started enriching uranium using advanced centrifuges the iranian nuclear issue is expected to be high on the agenda as c. u.s. secretary of defense makes his 1st official visit to israel also this hour china

admits it's called the $1000.00 vaccines are not as effective as it previously claimed and evacuation orders are issued on the caribbean island of st vincent where a once dormant volcano is erupting. higher truth supporters have deck a mount so yama storms into the lead at the masters aiming to become the 1st japanese man to win a major title. thank you very much for joining us iran has reported an accident at its main nuclear facility at natanz tehran's atomic agency says it affected the science electrical distribution grid power was out across the facilities above ground workshops and underground enrichment holes on saturday president hassan rouhani said tehran had launch new advanced enrichment centrifuges at the site this is after several

centrifuges were damaged in a fire last year and incidentally iran cold an act of sabotage and iran is high on the agenda as a u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin visits israel tensions in the region have been escalating in recent weeks the to hear and of today poses a strategic threat to international security to the middle east. israel in the war closely american allies to ensure that any new agreement with iran would secure the vital interest of the ward of the united states prevent dangerous arms race you know our region and protect the state of israel. harry fawcett is in west jerusalem and we'll have more on the u.s. defense secretary's visit in just a moment but 1st we go to our tehran correspondent asaad big so what more iranian

authorities saying about this incident accident at the natanz facility. well let me just update you with what the latest that we're hearing now a written statement has been given by the head of iran's atomic agency cheering in media here. now what he said is an admission that this is not an accident this is an attack and no he didn't use those words but what he said is today's act against enrichment facilities shows the failure of those to oppose iran's nuclear progress it also shows a failure of those that oppose iran's negotiations to have those sanctions lifted he went on to say that the international community the i.a.e.a. must confront this nuclear terrorism and that iran has a right to respond to those behind the attack and those that ordered it this is come after we 1st initially that this was an incident it was being investigated we thought it was an accident but suspicious nevertheless some lawmakers here said

that there was a possibility that it could have been sabotage or infiltration this is the head of iran's atomic organization clearly now saying that this is more than just an accident this is an attack and icons just a day after iran began gave the news that it was using advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium and this is coming as that the u.s. is about to resume nuclear talks with tehran on the 2050 nuclear deal how might it affect the discussions and negotiations. well it's definitely going to complicate matters if iran feels that it is being under attack by israel because that's where the fingers being pointed although lawmakers and. haven't pointed directly at israel but you can choose the ship was attacked in the red sea and from reports israel is said to be behind that iran's nuclear facility has been attacked

before there's an act of sabotage according to the iranians last year in the summer again iran wants to go back and wants these sanctions lifted and he is saying that this act is carried out by those that oppose iran's negotiations and oppose those sanctions been lifted so it will definitely complicate those talks and make them even more difficult than they already are thank you very much for that big lie forest in tehran let's get the view now from jerusalem and speak to harry fox said harry is assad said there iran seems to be pointing the finger of blame at israel and i know this iranian nuclear issue is featuring high on the agenda of discussions between israeli leaders and the visiting u.s. defense secretary but they're not on the same page when it comes to the iranian nuclear issue. very much not and this is that the key difference between what was there under the trump administration and the situation now that president biden has been sworn in and not just not just on the same page

between the u.s. and israel it's not clear that all of the israeli government is on the same page given what we heard at the top of the show from the defense minister benny gantz now of course he's in this very uneasy coalition with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu the bitter political rivals have just fought an election campaign against each other and so while gansey is talking about working with the u.s. to ensure that any deal meets israel's needs and expectations benjamin netanyahu has been talking very vociferously as he long has for many years against any idea of such a deal israel has reportedly put some very strict criteria behind what it would accept but they're so strict from the israeli perspective that it's very unlikely that any of them or at least not all of them could be met in any deal going forward and so what he's been saying at the same time as these talks have been going on in vienna last week is that any agreement that would pave the way

for iran to have a nuclear weapon in the future is one that israel would not be bound by and so obviously that's talking about freedom of action in the context that we've just been hearing now that the meeting that we've had today between gantz and the lloyd austin the u.s. secretary of state has been one which they've been talking fairly. positively about the longstanding israeli u.s. alliance talking about plans for future military acquisitions in the future and so this is what lloyd austin had to say our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our inquirer. and i pledge to continue close consultations in order to ensure israel's qualitative military edge and to strengthen israel should curate and harry as assad in tehran a noted to this is coming at a time of maritime conflict a shadow maritime conflict anyway playing out between israel and iran is not likely

to fischer in the discussions in israel. well yes i mean there have been discussions already and more to take place and yes that is part of the context that netanyahu and others have been talking about that there have been these reports that for some time now israel has been acting militarily covertly to interrupt iranian ships taking oriel to syria and then we've had in february and march 2 israeli and vessels in the arabian sea that have been attacked israel. reportedly at least seems to have to believe that is an iranian. attack in both cases and then last week this explosion under the waterline of the savvis vessel a cargo ship used by the iranian revolutionary guard corps and again very fast turnaround of leaks being reported in the new york times in this instance that

israel was responsible for that no official confirmation of that from the israeli government obviously but that this is that the key thing that israel appears to be taking these measures against iran at the same time as the united states is talking about resuscitating veejay c.p.o. of the iran nuclear deal so be very interesting to see when austin has his meeting with netanyahu on monday whether netanyahu like guns did talk about trying to make the best of a deal or whether he maintains this very hard line against the very idea of it thank you for that harry fostered life for a say in west jerusalem well let's discuss all this further now with has a son who is an assistant professor of middle east and north african studies at the university of tehran is joining us via skype from the iranian capital thank you very much for being with us a lot to talk about let's start with this incident at the in the tons facility that

iran reported today certainly very worrying every time there's an incident at a nuclear facility and now in the last hour the iranians describing this as an attack. if they're saying this is an attack 1st of all how much damage do you think could have been sustained here well it's not clear what what happened exactly at the facility the obvious the there are conflicting reports but his latest remarks suggest that there were there has been an attack we don't know what kind of attack is it a cyber or an act of. physical so we don't know that we are yet to hear about that but obviously the clues in is that the there is an active. and obviously the israelis are to blame such circumstances because previous incidents have pointed to israel as

well as a track record to the world is that there is no proof right now is israel's response ability but certainly as you say iran in the past has blamed israel for such attacks there was a fire at the natanz the city last year which tehran blamed on israel this is all coming as the nuclear talks are about to resume with the united states trying to revive the 2050 nuclear deal if it is an attack in an act of sabotage as the iranians are saying how might it affect their position in the negotiations. this can potentially have a negative effect on the negotiations obviously the israeli interests and they have you know announced time and time again that they would not like to see. a being revived and the united states getting back to its commitments in the adjacent. so the iranians will be asking themselves whether this kinds of

attacks are in court the nation of the united states or not because previously doing the negotiations leading up to the 2015 nuclear deal with iran the city in the united states has proved that it can put a cap on the israeli activities assassinations within iran if when u.n. nuclear facilities are against its scientists right but now obviously the israelis are increasing their attacks but there is no acts a lot of heat of the united states a huge keep talking about israel and the iranians certainly keep talking about israel as being responsible of what they're calling act to sabotage but israel is not the only country that has concerns about the resumption of the 2050 nuclear deal that the saudis are also very wary. it's not only about the intention it's about the capabilities the israelis many believe in iran many believe that the

israelis and the united states are the only parties that are capable of doing these kinds of attacks within iran the saudis didn't show previously any such capabilities so the points are the blame is pointed to the israelis only not states and in another scenario but obviously the take in the current negotiations indirect negotiations but we you know in the united states into account it's you know it's easy to conclude that the israelis are on their toes on the revival of the j.c. they are willing to do something to negatively thank you for that thank you very much for bringing us a viewpoint from iran there. joining us from tehran thanks. in other news jordan's king abdullah and his half brother have appeared together for

the 1st time since their political rift former crown prince hamza joined the monarch and other members of the royal family at a ceremony marking 100 years since independence last week the government accused holmes out of being involved in a plot to destabilize the country says he was put under house arrest after accusing the government of corruption but he later paid shill agents to the king and to more head on this news hour including we'll look at the vote in kyrgyzstan that critics say threatens to return the country to authoritarian rule. as they make up a 3rd of the population but they're not being vaccinated why refugees and migrants in levanon are being left out and in sports riyadh metry beats boston oh not in el classico to go top of the spanish league that's coming up later with some. china's center for disease control says the government may need

a change in vaccine strategy after admitting issues with the effectiveness of locally produced coronavirus vaccines china has administered 65000000 doses by the middle of last month as health agency has suggested mixing vaccines or revising dose time timetables or that would have serious implications for the more than 20 countries that are getting chinese made vaccines including chile which faces a surgeon infections despite a rollout of the job a study there found one dose was only 3 percent effective compared to 56 percent with 2 shots chinese manufacturers have yet to publish phase 3 trial data leading to accusations of a lack of transparency and chinese vaccine make a scene of iraq is now recommending longer intervals between the 2 doses to increase the jobs effectiveness as spokesman admitted the vaccine could work better in some countries than of this. the protection rate of the vaccine is affected by

many factors such as the intensity of the local outbreak the vaccine immunization program different virus trains the crew to your ear for determining the case the age range of patients under observation and so on this is one of the reasons for the different protection rate of sign of a covert 19 vaccine in a different country. son gyrus in an yaka is an associate professor of infectious diseases at the australian national university he says despite having no effectiveness china's jobs are more accessible. well 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 madonna 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. the number of corona virus

infections in india has hates of record for a 6th day the country is struggling to contain another wave on sunday reported the highest single day death toll in 5 months authorities in several states are warning of vaccine shortages in the coming days but india's health minister say state governments should end what he calls fear mongering. rajeeb does gupta is a professor at the center of social medicine and community health that gel or how narrow a university he says campaigning for regional elections has made the situation worse several doctors associations have written to the country's election commission pointing to more strict and practical guidelines given that given the realities of the indian election and yes in all down states cases are on the rise as in the rest of the country in the southern state of time not to one candidate actually passed we on account of all that in case he wins that

election too that constituency will have to be held again that's as far as the election and the corporate situation goes on the plus side the country was immunizing about an average of $2500000.00 persons but they. in the in in the last fortnight of march that has gone up 2 to 3500000 in the 1st fortnight of april that's on the positive side on the one easy part of it several states actually have got. stocks that that would last for only a few days and on an average of about $8.00 to $10.00 days of stocks in the pipeline and these states are actually wanted and of also there is a large country so a lot of hatred you need in terms of the person page population covered her state it's as low as 3 percent in the northeastern state of money quote and as high as 70

percent of the population in its neighboring state of support are not too far away from this however the large states between 7 to 10 percent on the national average is 6 percent so in spite of an impressive increase in terms of population protection it's still a long way to go colombia has imposed a strict 3 day lockdown in its capital bogota the city of 8000000 is facing restrictions on movement and a ban on alcohol sales go on and eyes cases are rising rapidly across the country the number of new infections as double jaring the last month and intensive care units are approaching capacity in a number of cities. the caribbean island of st vincent is being described as a battle zone after a series of volcanic eruptions many homes are without water and electricity and thousands have been forced to flee ashes falling on neighboring islands including barbados nearly 200 kilometers away alexey o'brien has more.

the last caribbean island sent and 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 ash was pumped up to 15 kilometers into the air we want to work with you. and it's hampering the escape of thousands of people who are now in shelters across the island i am. 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. crew 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 1900. 9 while there have been no deaths reported this time an eruption a 902 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 alexia brian al-jazeera for joining us now on the news hour is called in harry who is a program manager for n.b.c. radio he is via skype from kingston the capital of st vincent and the granite dean thank you so much colvin for taking the time to speak to us we've seen some incredible images coming to us from st vincent can you describe to us the current situation right now well thank you very much for having me on the constitution is that we continue to experience for the explosive process of this volcanic eruption is very much happening here in that said vincent and the effects that regionally as mentioned in your report we continue to have individuals who decided to stay a 2nd deciding to move because that is now

a case where it is getting even more serious the scientists are comparing this to the 1000 to 2 eruption it is now is upon us and terms of the the way it has been erupting the 179 eruption which was the last time that we had such an activity. that increased numbers and it showed him the last figure we had yesterday was at 3000 across 70 a child as i suspect that that number right now since increased tell us more about the evacuations and how they're going you say many people in shelters i imagine they must be very scared. yes they would be scared especially there was an episode early in the early hours of this morning just after 1 am when there was a and i don't want to loss of the electricity supply which leftish out is without power as well and certainly that would have caused some fair among those who were seeking shelter and they were show doesn't and the population in general. as you said there are more eruptions that are expected what sort of plans have the

authorities put in place to to manage this and to manage people and keep them safe well as it is now persons are being moved from from the and so on there is no mandatory quantum to move from that on zones 'd but they often has been extended to those who want to move from the orange areas into the green zones so that we can ensure that as many persons as possible can seek shelter if it if it's so and needed we have received pledges of support from the regional governments and all government is working with these regional organizations and governments to lend support and to see how we can plan the way forward as it is now there are many uncertainties and it's sort of development and things can change rather quickly yeah many uncertainties as you say and this is coming at a time when st vincent's was beginning to discover on a virus vaccine. program i imagine this is going to distract that how is the island coping with the coronavirus pandemic. well we have been we have seen

a number of the numbers come down in terms of 'd the current virus figures and from time to time you would get numbers that fight if you put a day or 2 per day but we've had 15 on one day last week but since then the numbers have dropped off considerably from what we've had in the last few months have been out of spiking the political average numbers thank you so much for talking to us and thank you for telling us about the situation on your islands called in harry program manager for n.b.c. video we appreciate your time. i think not. and still ahead on this al-jazeera news our people in peru is set to vote for their next president and the pandemic has made it and i'm predictable context. clinging on to tradition how the many separate pairing for the muslim holy month of ramadan at a time of war and a pandemic and in sports seen action from the n.b.a.

as a new type jazz defend their incredible record at home that's coming up with sound just sort of us we're back after this short walk on the you. follow the weather slushy set fire across the middle east lots of hazy sun shot across the arabian peninsula but some places a fair weather cloud nothing too much to speak of the clouds that we do have further northwest will still produce a few wintry flurries but it is an improving pitcher so we'll see temperatures 9 crew to around 4 celsius into the mid scenes around the levant these temperatures will pick up as we go through chews day as wintry showers feeding their way out across eastern parts of maybe georgia catching a shower would say we want to show is to just around tech minus down northern parts of afghanistan but elsewhere it is pretty much wall to wall sunshine that sunshine stretches down across the whole of africa somalia lossie dry and finally

a few shows around the pm highlands and what's the weather just coming into southern parts of ethiopia through the rift valley as well will see some big showers southern parts of canada catch a shower ought to tanzania with a chance to say somewhat weather in the shallows across the central parts all the way up towards the gulf of guinea those shows do extend down across the northern parts of a zombie as zimbabwe could catch wanted to show was in the north of the country will neighbors of mozambique or so when to madagascar but to the south of that glorious sunshine too over the next few. vaccines a promising path out of the pandemic but implementing the greatest inoculation in history is testing the global community around the world already a clear gap is emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations from the geopolitics to the pure economics the

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you're watching the news our knowledge is 0 with me for the bad he bore a reminder of our main stories iran's nuclear agency says its main natanz facility suffered a blackout because of what it calls an act of terrorism it says the incident on sunday morning affected the electrical distribution grades this all comes a day after iran began taking steps to enrich uranium faster the iranian nuclear issue is high on the agenda as the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin visits israel israeli defense minister benny gantz says his government is ready to work with its ally to ensure any new deal with iran does not undermine regional security. and china's center for disease control says the government may need a change in its coronavirus vaccine strategy after admitting issues with the effectiveness of locally produced jobs it's healthy agency has suggested mixing vaccines or revising doles timetables. on to other world news now and

voting is you to close shortly in chad where president idriss deby is running for a 6th term in office there he cast his vote early in the capital jemima the opposition call for a boycott of the election it accuses the government of repression and cracking down on anti-government protests as on saturday the interior ministry said it arrested several people for planning attacks on polling stations here morgan has this update from a polling station in germany. as the early hours of the polling when the polls open it around 60 was president deby himself being the want to cast the 1st ballots there were about $100.00 over a 100 voices here at this polling station where we are right now but as the hour was progress and with about 4 hours to go until the polls close you can see that not a lot of people are signing are turning out to cast their ballots this is something that we've seen around polling stations. around the capital into maine and many of

them having very few people attending to the stations to cast their ballots this is something that the opposition his opposition say is the result of them calling on of course as soon as we possibly election 7.3 have registered to vote in this election according to the national electoral commission but the opposition have been calling on their supporters especially after late february when there was an attack on opposition leaders dealer's house the opposition have been calling on their supporters to boycott this election they say the elections will not be free and fair so while driving around town here in the capital in germany now we've seen heavy security deployments especially in the southern part of the capital where there have been protests over the past 2 weeks and where there have been protests over the past 2 days as well opposition members say that they have called on their supporters for most of them in the southern part of india may now to take to the streets to make it heard to the government and to the observers who have come to observe these elections that they are not satisfied with the way things are going

on this election day they say that they want to make sure that people know that they are not happy with the turnout and meanwhile president deby when he calls his votes has called on people. in the capital and around the country to concours their votes and make their voices heard. and voters are also electing a new president in need in west africa where polls have mostly closed it comes at a time of heightened political tension president that's his style always facing a weakened opposition in a vote his likely to win is accused of sidelining most of his rivals talent came to power in 2016 promising to serve only one term and to stamp out corruption i'm a dangerous is following this election for us and joins us now from a polling station in new albany in a so i made a short list of candidates not a lot of enthusiasm for this election certainly in the early hours of voting what's the turnout been like. in the. general mood the turnout is

low in many parts of the new republic here in the capital especially certain areas just saw a few borders turning up some you don't even turn up until later in the day and they keep coming trickling in bit by bit of 2 vehicles in time officially polling has ended in all polling stations that opened at 6 o'clock g.m.t. that's 7 o'clock local time but in this polling station they still have about 10 minutes to go because the or open 45 minutes late so very shortly we will see the counting process of the vote which have been cast since morning taking place in this particular poll instead of polling booths and there are several other places where in 5 to our polling was sort of very very scared to the number of people who parked in the election was very scared even to the polling station where the president voted earlier today and we were there since only morning and we noticed

that of water enthusiasm was b.p. lowell and the election commission by the way alert to the possibility alerted the country about the possibility of not running the elections on time in such a near it's officially a little disruption to the distribution of election materials few days by. what is that stake here made between of course is small country but it's been known to be the birthplace of multi-party democracy in africa is strong been regarded as a democratic model but that reputation seems to not be in question. absolutely and it's it's the way you took democracy in this country it's about the economy it's about jobs it's about infrastructure this plant being a maritime hub in west africa been still likes good infrastructure roads not very good in certain parts of the country and of course it would be copied 19 last year

it would seem the economy. along the way this is a country with an impressive 6.5 growth on average from the par for the past 3 or 4 years but last year we've seen that growth slowed down to 2.3 percent and a lot more is on the way if the current situation persist so there are issues here in terms of employment we spoke to several voters will cast their ballots today their concerns are 2 they cannot be and security they want jobs a lot of young men in this country are looking forward to. jobs will be created and everybody's going to me we spoke to cardenas exporters and importers in this country they said they had to cut short the number or cut the number of employees they have on their plate or simply because it's no longer tenable this is a country that has seen a drop in terms of trade and commerce between that and its neighbors it supplies goods or it's a transit hub for goods. because

a common $1000.00 it has seen its resources and revenues go in dollars and of course now i did also blocked its borders for 8 months not just cost of the country significantly so a lot is that stake here and all the opposition that will tell you that even the fate of democracy in this country is at stake because of the emerging of islam in this country so it's a big worry for many who live in this country on a dangerous reporting live from questionable mean. uganda in tanzania has signed agreements with oil firms to build a $3500000000.00 pipeline it will be used to ship crude oil from fields in western uganda to the tanzanian coast and the giant so talent time is national offshore oil corporation are involved in the project but conservationists have warned the pipeline threatens wildlife in the ecological sensitive albertine rifts. and more now in some families there say security forces are forcing them to pay $100.00 to

retrieve the bodies of relatives killed in recent protests 80 demonstrate design during a crackdown in bongo on friday protests are continuing in several cities including young go and die way and mandalay early on saturday 3 rebel groups in eastern shan state reportedly attacked security forces the 1st since a ceasefire in 2019. polls in kyrgyzstan's referendum have now closed people there have been voting on proposed changes to the constitution that could see president said year jobber of expand his powers for reports on the kirghiz capital bishkek voters cast their ballots and cubist on for the 3rd time in 6 months the referendum was called by the new president saw the richer power of who was the country to approve changes to the constitution the critics saying they could pave the way for all thora terrorism and misrule your future and your will is a battle and i don't think only one man should decide everything there is

a proverb that says you only find true through to beat the more opinions you have the better it is for the country's development. 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 collapsed to. 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 whom 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 off to years of mismanagement to corruption to change through it 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 kyrgyzstan is often described as the most democratic country in central asia and christological are 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 cultural school democracy a policy that they have struggles to build since independence 30 years ago started

out to 0. voters in ecuador of choosing their next leader in the ongoing presidential runoff more than 13000000 people are expected to cast their ballots but straight social distancing roles are in place because of the coronavirus pandemic this comes amid rising tensions between the 2 candidates after a disputed 1st round of voting recent polls suggest it will be a tight race between leftist economists and ours and conservative banker gear more loss. and voting has also begun in neighboring peru for the 1st round of the presidential election there 18 candidates are running but none have a strong enough need for an outright win many peruvian say they still don't know who they will vote for a pandemic has killed tens of thousands and hampered the run up to the election and i am a sanchez reports from lima. it's one of the most unpredictable general elections and produce history 18 presidential candidates and polls to see any of the 6 front

runners could reach the 2nd round it's an unprecedented scenario a few by the pandemic hours ahead of the vote it was too close to call out and only the campaigns have been unusual people haven't had the chance to meet candidates they've been hardly any rallies or town visits nearly 60 percent of people don't know the candidates proposals so they'll be undecided until the last minute and this may be why they are undecided they go for him already running for the 3rd time while under investigation for corruption literally come in those are making a 2nd run with a progressive left wing agenda is ideologically far from the radical leftist teacher. it nonetheless sort of known for his controversial theory of beating poverty through giving them titles to the poor house full flea claimed owning 10 doctorates. nor populist who says the coronavirus can be cured with alcohol and

salt and then there is an ultra conservative. or who says. practices self flagellation when in front of a pretty woman but peruvian seem to be more worried about their health than politics tens of thousands have died of corona virus since august but he's waiting for news of his wife in hospital. with all this happening the election should have been suspended so many people are dying and now what a new president what is he going to do. it was at the crest of the 2nd wave of contagion with the brazilian variety rapidly spreading many are afraid of catching the coronavirus all just say they don't know how many people will not vote it is a big question for many older peruvians trying to decide whether to take the risk of voting and getting infected at polling stations pollsters say the candidates on offer are so unimpressive voters have been constantly changing their minds in. our

findings continue to show that each week each day people change their opinion if the elections were 2 days or one week after we would probably see different results . waiting for news of her son ill with coalwood says she doesn't know if she will vote so they make so many promises i hope the hot sun moved and they take pity on the code 900 patients. in such a fragmented scenario where not one candidate holds more than 13 percent of support in the polls the only certainty is that there will be a runoff vote in june with the innocent to sell just. the lower house of france's parliament has approved a controversial ban on sean whole domestic violence in an effort to reduce carbon emissions if passed by the senate's the law would force airlines to cut all would 2nd be covered by train in under 2 and a half hours a spot of a broader climate bill that aims to cut emissions by 40 percent in france by 2030 the aviation industry has criticised a move to ban fries while

a pandemic hit airlines have relying on bailouts. to lebanon now where human rights groups are concerned migrant workers and refugees are being left out of the scope in 1000 vaccine drive by the government blames the slow roll out on the number on the limited number of vaccines available then a honda report some be at odds. 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 guard's initial campaign that is supposed to give equal priority to all but many refugees still too 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 1st priority categories so you have on the one hand people who are politically connected or work for organizations or could buy the vaccine 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 give the facts one of the prior to go 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 i don't know 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 concern migrant workers and refugees will get their turn if the criteria established is not followed 70. beirut. the cost of living in yemen is going up as aid in imports sobrante in many parts of the country despite the challenges of life during conflicts families are still trying to cling to tradition

as if half of the muslim holy month of ramadan yarding has a story to fit. 6 years of war and a global pandemic now on top of that inflation below is a father and earns a daily wage but he said it's not enough to deal with the rising cost of living and that's making shopping for essential zx in preparation for the start of ramadan a difficult task and i had that on one line my family and i we were not able to buy much we still need to buy rice sugar and flour like everyone else god knows when we are tired of the war we have been displaced we have been left hungry only god is aware of our situation you know maryland. the way the city of tire has is still under a blockade by the hoof the rebels restricting aid and imports forcing prices to increase the un says fuel prices have tripled in some areas and according to a report by the ministry of social affairs 5000000 yemenis have lost their jobs

security so should have an issue also live in same issue merchants buy and sell the way they like and money changers do what they want the government is absent despite an increase in covert $1000.00 cases markets are crowded in preparation for ramadan are not adequate rice is very high especially with the rise in the exchange rates to rise of the us dollar and to saudi radio is increasing our cost of living. this will be the 6th holy month since the start of the war many of these children don't know a different life. like millions of other yemenis and his family will have to make do with what little they can afford. al-jazeera. full ahead on al-jazeera action time the masters including a bad hole in one that's coming up in sports next whatsapp.

the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the u.s. . study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspective dominate american media coverage what part of this case you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it when i go let you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind on al-jazeera. the climate has changed every year for millions of years decades of talk but little action it's all about just create confusion to create smoke and mirrors the shocking truth about how the climate debate has been systematically subverted the oil industry was a main bankroller or opposition aquatic to campaign against the climate do you think that's

a bad thing more shoots of that was true if you could see absolutely. 0. time after source has sarah thank you very much for the well we thought we'd jockeys go for had documents to jamo he stormed into the beach at the masters now he's opened up a 4 shelter ivanchuk with just one round left to play as davis so you have mates of this report. day 3 at the masters is known as moving day but play was stopped for more than 70 minutes as a storm passed through georgia while some players slipped up. others stepped up. after an hour sat in his car looking at his phone japan's had dec emotes yama came

out firing after the rain delay birdies at $11.12 gave him a tie for the lead and then an eagle here at the 15th put him out in front. and he didn't stop there. this tee shot set up another birdie at 16. and when he rolled in another at the 17th he was firmly in control of the tournament the japanese player had started the day 3 shots off the lead but finished 4 shots clear. mother to the right before the rain delay i probably hit the worst shot i've hit this week and i just figured i can't hit anything worse than that and so maybe it relieved some pressure that i hit well after the delight of justin rose the leader after the 1st 2 rounds is still in good spirits and still has a chance of victory he's one of 4 players tied on 7 under par including zanda shuffle 8 who nailed the 60 foot eagle puts on the way to

a 3rd round $68.00. 5 australia's mark leishman is also in that chasing pack and believes it's still all to play for with 18 holes left to play safe in a he plays well odds he can control his own destiny i guess. a lot can happen around here. of cena. the shot of the day belong to cory connors is only the 6th man in masters history to get a hole in one but the past 36 holes. the canadian is 5 shots off the lead heading into the final day just a shot further back is the former champion jordan spaeth. his chip in at the 10th got him to 5 under par but that still 6 shots behind the leader of the tournament as much as to lose his edges closer to becoming the 1st ever japanese man to win a major. david stokes al-jazeera to football and into man of extended their lead at

the top of the italian league they beat kelly arre one nil in their game on sunday matej a dummy and scoring the winner with 13 minutes left for them 11 points ahead of ac milan who are their nearest challenges and city by. milan b. palmer $31.00 in an event for much that's an abraham of a set up their opener and they were 2 goals up by halftime it's after the break as last time was shown a straight red card for something he said to the referee there now palmer pulls a goal by milan were able to score another to make sure of the when they remained 2nd one point clear of the eventis infirmed. real madrid beat barcelona in el classico to go top of the spanish me now the game was played in heavy rain and it was cream benzema who put madrid in front with a cheeky back heel it was as nice goal in 7 games and his 25th of the season overall the hosts then doubled their lead with

a deflected free kick from toni kroos to make it to know are scum and grays appalled one back from barcelona and their real has a man sent off to hit the crossbar with a final move the game we all go top with the better head to head record against atletico madrid who can retake the top spot if they win in a. if you come with we haven't won anything yet this is just a game and 3 points it won't change anything we are in the same flight reaching the limit physically we must know wrist and recharge our batteries because in wednesday we have another great match to play. the next game on wednesday is the way to liverpool in the european champions league with reality thing 31 on aggregate for one the latest game in the english premier league they force from behind to be aston villa with a goal from egypt somehow months and the winner from trent alexander on old in injury time and that ends a run of 6 straight defeats at home for liverpool. and in germany leaders by mean a slip up they were held to a 11 draw at

a time by union berlin replies with just 5 minutes left that allows 2nd place rb live sick to take advantage that easily bit the verge of brime and for one to close the gap to 5 points with 6 games left to play in the title race now moving on to the n.b.a. and the lakers came out on top in a battle of east and west they were up against the brooklyn nets without their big names now bron james and anthony davis while the nets when missing james harden this kevin jones dunks certainly impressed his mom you can see they're watching in the stands now both teams had also play objectives kyrie irving and dennis schroeder were thrown out of the game for arguing with each other and that seemed to affect the nets more the lakers won by 25 points brooklyn's home winning streak is over donovan mitchell was the star for the utah jazz who are top of the western conference he scored 42 points as they beat the side corrent kings by 16 and the

show is pretty good in defense to the giants have now extended their home winning run to 24 games. now dennis rodman is one of the most famous names in n.b.a. history but now his daughter trinity rodman is making our own way in professional football she scored on a debut for washington spirit seen in the national women's soccer league it's occurred just 5 minutes to find the nets also coming on as a sub in the 2nd half scoring with her 1st touch 18 year old is the youngest ever player ever to be drafted. and friday the grand national was won by a female jockey for the 1st time in its history course says she didn't feel human after writing $11.00 to $1.00 shot monella times to victory at angry in liverpool they finished 6 in a hole thanks create a pro day float was also try and buy hemi and read down the brown heads any 2nd now it was said that was also the 1st woman to be the kneading jockey at cheltenham festival well that soya sports from now for me from now with all the more lights

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