a bonus allows element al-jazeera where every. ready. iran's nuclear chief says the blackout at the facility is a result of an act of terror. the only. player watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also ahead polls close in chad but is the result a foregone conclusion as to president idriss deby seeks to extend his stay 2 years in power. china had made sits over 1000 vaccines are not as effective as it

previously claimed and evacuation orders issued on the caribbean island of st vincent way once dormant volcano has come tonight. to iran's nuclear agency says its main natanz facility has been targeted by what it calls an act of terrorism but short stop short of calling it a time it follows a blackout at the plant early on sunday iran is not the international atomic energy agency to take action and says it reserves the right to punish the perpetrators iranian agents he says sites electrical distribution grade was affected power was out across the facilities above ground workshops and underground enrichment holes on saturday president hassan rouhani said tehran had launched new advance enrichment centrifuges at the site this is after several centrifuges were damaged

in a fire last year an incident iran called an act of sabotage in mali run is high on the agenda of the u.s. secretary of state's secretary of defense rather annoyed austin visit israel tensions in the region have been escalating in recent weeks big is in tehran with more on the reaction from iran's nuclear agency. there seems to be an admission now from iran that this was some sort of attack and the head of iran's atomic organization has come out and said that this act was carried out by those that oppose iran's progress in the nuclear industry and it was shows a failure of those that oppose iran's negotiations to have those sanctions lifted he said that iran condense the act and he urged the international community and the international atomic energy agency to confront what he called nuclear terrorism you also said iran reserves the right to act against those that hide out this act and those that ordered it now 1st we heard of this it was an incident it was made out

to be an accident iran did say that they were investigating but this is very quickly turned into an admission from iran that this is an attack now fingers have been pointed pointed officially but just last tuesday and hearing in ship was attacked using a mine in the red sea from reports israel is being blamed for the fact and although officially iran hasn't pointed the finger at israel over this incident they are the prime suspect this comes at a time when iran is getting ready to return to vienna to negotiate over the 2015 nuclear deal and iran wants those sanctions imposed by former president donald trump lifted and incidents like this will definitely complicate matters if not make them more difficult than they already are while israel has said it will work with washington to ensure any new agreement on iran's nuclear program will safeguard security fossett has more from jerusalem on the visit by the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin. 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 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. research in israel suggests the finds are covert 1000 vaccine may be less effective against the variant 1st discovered in south africa scientists compared 800 people who tested positive for the virus half of them not vaccinated and the other half inoculated with the pfizer jobs the south african growth virus variant managed to penetrate the protection offered by 2 doses of the vaccine to some degree but the scientists are television averse to the caution that the study had

a small sample size in india the number of corner virus infections last hit a 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 or forty's in several states are warning of vaccine shortages in the coming days but india's health minister says state governments should end what he calls fear mongering. 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 jobs china had administers 65000000 doses by the middle of last month its health agency has suggested mixing vaccines or revising dose timetables but that will have serious implications for the more than 20 countries that are getting chinese made vaccines including chile which traces a surge in infections despite a roll out of the scene of a 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 trace 3 trial data leading

to accusations of a lack of transparency sanjay as an onion is an associate professor of infectious diseases at the australian national university he says despite having low effectiveness china's jobs are more accessible. 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. well human rights groups in lebanon are concerned migrant workers and refugees are being left out of the cold the 1000 vaccine drive and the government blames a slow roll around on the number limited number of jobs and jobs available as in

a harder report some be able. 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 mad age and nobody came and mentioned anything but if we would surely take it. government data shows only 3 percent of those vaccinated so for 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 could 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 i'll. 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 or if you are whatever if you are just and you are going 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 legal 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 the vulnerable will get their turn if the criteria established is not follow. suit. polls have closed in chance presidential election president idriss deby seeking a 6th term to extend his 30 year rule the opposition fall for a boycott of the polls in protests here morgan has been following the day's events and reports on the capital german now. he's led the country for more than 30 years and now seeking a 6th term incumbent idriss deby cast his vote in chats presidential election urging others in the capital and around the country to do the same. they must have

to. i have come here today as a citizen to vote and have done my duty and now it's your turn what the people of chad to exercise your right to vote wherever you come and vote for the candidate of your choice. hundreds were waiting to vote at the same center where debbie appeared 23 year old emina makes a 1st time voter was one of the 1st in the queue. i've come to exercise democracy and also to see the president marshal debbie is the one i think will be able to lead the country forward and bring it stability and improve the economy see anyone i see in the field. 7.3000000 people have registered to vote in this election according to the national electoral commission many reporters we've spoken to on sunday and in the days leading up to the election say their biggest concern is the military and security after 3 or 4 in the east and recent counterterrorism

operations in the north and west they believe president to be both running against 5 other candidates can tackle both if the candidate made at least 53 percent of the vote through and the result will be out into the opposition and their supporters say they are boycotting the elections 6 prominent figures who sought to run for president were rejected by the high court to accuse the ruling party of militarizing the campaign a charge echoed by right groups who say security forces have used ruthless forest against protesters and opposition leaders. we need a free election on democracy accepted by all that is our issue on our condition. we don't think it is but also parents see this. liberty freedom so doug why you become accepted because i lecture on on we called people to buy their own till the end of the year that

election observers appear to have a different view on their concerns when the judge role is important in the region especially in light chad in the. region that so preserving its stability is the role of the african countries and the region and the people of the country. whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here what almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future he will mark an al-jazeera chat. still ahead on al-jazeera we look at the voting care gets done which critics say threatens to return the country to authoritarian rule and we'll tell you why families of those killed in young mars' military crackdown are being asked to pay iran.

it's time for the perfect gentleman. who went sponsored point qatar airways. 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 got some west of 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 west and heavy downpours coming into north korea particularly as we go through monday and as we go into the last part of monday 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 saved upin western areas of honshu all cotta turning increased the 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 dry say for southern areas of china hong kong at around

$29.00 celsius in la she find it right 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 shallow as slightly cooler there into thailand show us 2 across southern parts of india over the next day or so but further north it stays very hot and sunny. at ways. the athletes are larger than life but the world of sumo wrestling is shrouded in secrecy 101 nice gets rare. inside a sport where tradition makes modern scandal 0. al-jazeera with every.

the end. of mak a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera iran's nuclear agency says its main megatons facility suffered a blackout because of what it calls an act of terrorism it says incident on sunday morning affected the electrical distribution grid and this is coming a day after iran began taking steps to enrich uranium past. the iranian nuclear issue is high on the agenda as 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 to change its coronavirus vaccine strategy after admitting issues with the effectiveness of locally produced jobs health agency has suggested mixing vaccines or revising doles timetables. to kyrgyzstan now where polls have now closed in the referendum people have been voting on proposed changes to the constitution that could see president said expand his powers john stratford reports from the kyrgios capital bishkek. voters cast their ballots and cubist on for the 3rd time in 6 months the referendum was called by the new president sort of to power 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. bullets up along with q 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 is 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 collapsed in kyrgyz school the 3rd revolution in 3 decades since independence. 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 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. if they could strip malls we've had 33 prime ministers in 30 years can you imagine that and always the appointments and 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 keystone is often described as the most democratic country in central asia kristol 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 couple of the culture wars for democracy because they have struggles to build since independence 30 years ago started out to 0. and voters

in ecuador choosing their next leader in sunday's presidential runoff more than 13000000 people are expected to cast their ballots but strikes social distancing roles and place because of the coronavirus and demick this comes amid rising tensions between the 2 candidates following a dispute for in the 1st round of voting. a lot america has embassy in yemen reports the. is a rule indigenous community the 3 known for a true tragic culture and flower exports but here as in the rest of ecuador the economy and basic services have collapsed long before the pandemic. and russified in 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 2. here there are a popular dish at their facebook as 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 a con a mist and protege of former left wing president rafael correa who was in power for a decade until 4 years ago and i was his name is frequently placed next to cory 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 korea's 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 little gloria is now living in belgium and faces 8 years in prison for corruption if you returned home put korea is still a powerful force represented by 36 year old r.l. so one of his former ministers. from ecuador's pacific coast to the

mountains i doused has been campaigning hard vowing 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 ski. during the pandemic because there was no money for hospitals. his rival had more last saw faces an uphill battle he was perceived as close to the discredited current president and horse yet to the i.m.f. the bank of businessmen is a 3 time presidential hopeful and a political conservative he warns that a return of korea's party would threaten democracy means not go on your beloved lab for more than a decade they persecuted those who didn't buy out the tastes of the 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 plane is 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. back in 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 a neumann al-jazeera now in ma now and some families say security forces are forcing them to pay $100.00 to retrieve the bodies of relatives killed in recent protests 80 demonstrators died during a crackdown in bongo on friday protests a continuing in several cities including young going down way in mandalay early on saturday 3 rebel groups in eastern shan state reported be attacked security forces

the 1st since a ceasefire in $21920.00 chain has more from bangkok. we have had it confirmed by the bar go 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 us dollars and there have been some 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 kings 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 blocks of the been 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 the lower house of france's parliament has approved a controversial ban on short whole domestic flights in an effort to reduce carbon emissions if passed by the senate the law would force a alliance of cattle or secondly covered by train in under 2 and a half hours it's part of a broader climate bill that aims to cut emissions in france by 40 percent by 2030 the aviation industry has criticised a move to ban tribes are pandemic hit airlines are relying on bailouts. one of russia's most iconic supermarkets has closed after it 1st opened more than

a century ago known for its play show and nearby rock interior the yes key food hold stall in business during imperial russia and outlived the soviet era but officials say legal issues and i'm droppin tourism because of coronavirus lead to its closure it's not clear who the next occupant will be but the government is their alliance to keep the stores interior as an architect monument. it is sad news for me of course i've lived in this city on a nearby street for almost 70 years and it wasn't just a drop by and by some food it's been a symbol of the city i used to come here to admire the interiors. of them well for me the closure is a tragedy because it's a store with such history with such splendid design it's the history of moscow that everyone should know about and places like this should stay and bring joy to the locals and guests to our capital. the caribbean island of st vincent is being described as a battle zone after a series of all cannick eruptions many homes are without water and electricity and

thousands have been forced to leave is falling on neighboring islands into in barbados nearly 200 kilometers away alexey o'brien reports when the light caribbean island and instant transformed into a grey gloomy moonscape. streets and buildings blanketed by dispute 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 don't want to. be great. and it's hampering the escape of thousands of people who are now in shelters across the island. i am. been brought up best put up every few times. so i. manes sulfa 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 us 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 me eruption 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 their mad experience in their work enough the 1st time and they were dead i was 9 years old 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 902 killed more than

a 1000 people but damage to crops and farms 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. it was the and to kill again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on iran's nuclear agency says its main attends 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 is all comes a day after iran began taking steps to enrich uranium faster aside big as in tehran with more on the reaction from.