race based programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the while today we are about to feed and thousands of hungry markets see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera. iran says it's an act of terrorism after a power blackout at its main nuclear facility. the rommany want to launch a 0 live my headquarters here and also coming up china admits it's reviewing the effectiveness of vaccines it's produced to combat covert 19. also getting ever closer to lighting up the tokyo olympics but japan's now imposing more restrictions

to contain coronavirus. and history of 4 had a clear match the 29 year old becomes the 1st japanese man to win a major goals title. welcome to the program a power blackout as iran's main nuclear facility has been described as an act of terrorism that comes from the head of the country's atomic energy agency. he hasn't specified who's behind what was initially called an accident at the natanz facility but israeli media coating and identified sources claim it was a cyber attack carried out by israel's intelligence services it's happened the day after iran unveiled advanced to you raney and centrifuges at the site and when iran and the u.s. are struggling to revive the 2015 nuclear deal as a bag is in tehran with more on the reaction from iran's nuclear agency. this seems

to be an admission 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 by those that oppose iran's progress in the nuclear industry and it was shows a failure of those polls 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 this act and those that ordered it now 1st we heard of this it was an incident it was made out to be an accidental 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 haven't 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. iran's nuclear program was on the agenda during a visit to israel by the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd alston met his israeli counterpart benny gantz who says any new deal with iran must not undermine regional security how the full set has more from west jerusalem. flying into the major foreign policy issue confronting israel's alliance with the united states the divergence in approach to iran and its nuclear program u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is the most senior biden administration official to visit israel since the new u.s. president was sworn in. after 4 years of a trump white house which favored the israeli line on iran these at different days as the u.s. explores options for reviving the iran nuclear deal as a major strategic partner for the united states are bilateral relationship with

israel in particular is central to regional stability and security in the middle east and during our meeting i reaffirmed to mr grant's our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our employer austins opposite number israeli defense minister benny gantz pledged cooperation in confronting what he called a threat to international security region and israel. and we wore closely our american airliners to ensure that any new agreement. would secure the vital interest of the war of the united states prevent dangerous armories you know region and protect the state of israel but in the midst of talks in vienna aimed at finding a new agreement the language from israel's prime minister has been very different benjamin netanyahu insisting that israel would not be bound by any deal that pave

the way to an iranian nuclear weapon israel is already confronting iran on multiple fronts reportedly behind the attack on an iranian ship in the red sea last week regularly targeting the iranian military inside syria blamed by iran for assassinating its chief nuclear scientist last year israel's defense minister may be talking about cooperating with the americans on a new deal but it will be interesting to see the language used by his political rival the prime minister benjamin netanyahu along the most vehement opponent of any such deal when he meets the u.s. defense secretary on monday ari force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. will almost 100 days out from leaving take your olympics japan has adopted more coronavirus restrictions all restaurants and businesses in densely populated areas must close before 8 o'clock in the evening large events have been limited to 5000

people and japan's the government says it's doing what it can to prevent major outbreaks in the run up to the games for the seller matches our correspondent joining me now live from tokyo of course the prime minister and allan stricter measures only on friday which would begin on monday today so what does that mean really for the public at large and to the affected areas. we're basically asking people to frame from going out. one of the most famous shopping areas in tokyo and as you can see maybe behind me it's almost empty like i can say it's done what it is unusual ordinary days so people they understand now the situation and they are trying to get a frame from going out from their homes but even all even this measures have been

asked by the governors off tokyo kyoto and they're going to last until the 5th of next month of may and many people are questioning. these measures that are going to last months wining and dining restaurants and cafes to close at 8 am before that they were allowed to all been until 9 pm so people are asking what would. make what kind of difference would it make so. although the government is asking trying to implement more strict and measures some questioning this measure. enough to prevent. infections in the capital and other places that. old may is a possible date where the authorities might be able to ease restrictions how worried all the government about the messaging considering they don't really want

to send out the wrong message about japan being able to control this problem as cases begin to rise again. exactly this is the main point that actually has been raised in the parliament by the opposition during the deliberations during the last few days and they are kind of like using the governmental laying down situation in order not to disturb the preparations for hosting the olympics in just 2 days. one of the one of the pictures that also coming under. measures. in the city on the 13th and 14th of october being the video that increasing numbers in the city and it has been the highest numbers in all of the country even more than. other places are also very much concerned that maybe the government is not taking enough

. measures to prevent the infections but just today a government has been trying to. say that no we have doing whatever we can and they are actually in japan the vaccination for elderly people they can be in for a vaccination has just started today but it's only going to end by may by next year or by june. 30 selenite our correspondent there in take it thanks very much china's top disease control official says looky produced vaccines are highly effective it's a road mission by the centers for disease control china has produced 4 different coded 19 jobs and shipped millions of the brought the visuals are reviewing the vaccine strategy and considering mixing different browns one study found these civic job has a success rate of just above 50 percent. the maker of the set of ak is recommending

longer intervals between the 2 days is to increase the jobs effectiveness it's folks minutes the vaccine could work better in some countries than others you may argue about we shout it out we show that 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 strains the criteria for determining a 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 covert 1000 vaccine in a different country. let's go live to katrina you who joins me now from beijing katrina really this is the 1st time really a senior chinese official has raised concerns like this about chinese vaccines so how will this really affects the rollout worldwide. that's right surveillance not just any senior chinese official it's golf food the head of the chinese center for disease control and he had a bit of a mixed confusing message because unfun day one day after that

a conference on saturday started to roll back his message somewhat giving an interview to the state media tabloid global times saying that he didn't mean to say that there was a low protection rate that his comments were misinterpreted still though it was very clear in his comments what he said on saturday is saying that chinese vaccines are less effective compared to other that seemed in particular vaccines using the m. and a technology said this new or that seemed technology which is used for example by pfizer now china currently has 3 chinese vaccines more sleep using the inactivated virus which is a more traditional that scene technology these 2 top that seemed a sign of that and signed off on as you mentioned and that couldn't harrison in terms of their effectiveness from the studies we have seen is quite stuck as you mentioned sign of that just over 50 percent sign of bomb has about 7075 to 79 percent at the cacique this is going that defies efficacy rate of about 90 percent

and what is also shocking about the chinese vaccine at that is that we have not seen any phase 3 studies released which many scientists around the world are very critical of they say this is very unconventional that so many vaccines have already been administered without seeing this phase 3 trial data and what this might be enough for those who are already using chinese that seems it might change the way that they are being used for example go through said they might need to extend intervals between the 1st in the 2nd dose and they might even need to mix the vaccines at that is use a completely different vaccine to boost the accuracy rate of the existing chinese that seems that when used so katrina where are we in terms of the number of people globally that have had the chinese vaccine and the effectiveness of it out of the sealed in in those areas where coronaviruses is a huge problem. well at the moment from what we've seen there is one atom

by this chinese company called 10 cent which tracks the use of chinese vaccines around the world and it's a huge number according to this app 717000000 doses of chinese vaccines have been a minister administered around the world now granted most of these have been administered in china that is about 164000000 as china continues its mass rollout of its vaccination program for the general population but these vaccines are also being used in about 150 countries and china has been ignored mostly proud of its vaccine diplomacy especially sending its vaccines to developed countries which having access gavin trouble getting access to other vaccines mixed results served bodies countries are continuing to use the chinese that scene that no doubt this statement from gallup who will have an effect on how they're being used in different countries for what they've done so much katrina new forest in beijing. well still ahead here on al-jazeera even though he wasn't expected on the banners

the president have been in is predicted to win the election. and teenagers on the front line of conflict in northern ireland but the old generation are being blamed for reigniting the troubles those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways how it's been a lovely week for much of japan fine and dry a similar picture to into the korean peninsula but that said about to change we've got some western weather coming into central parts of china as wary 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 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 kata 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 that right say for southern areas of china hong kong at around 29 celsius in life on a dry today 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 2 across southern parts of india over the next day or so but further north it stays very hot and sunny. sponsored paul qatar airways. when the covert $900.00 and demick hit iran.

a filmmaker who cut the drift from his group began documenting life on them up down amid ongoing international sanctions. and intimate portrayal of isolation in one of the world's least understood countries coronavirus locked down iran people in power on a. new or her own. watching all observe means the whole run a reminder of our top stories a power blackout at iran's main nuclear facility has been described as an act of terrorism israeli media quoting identified sources claim it was

a cyber attack carried out by israel's intelligence services. with almost 100 days to go before the tokyo olympics japan has adopted more coronavirus restrictions curfews replays on restaurants and businesses and large events have been limited to 5000 people. and china's top disease control of the is that their local produce that sees aren't highly effective the center for disease control made the rare admission after one study found that the center back job had a success rate of just above 50 percent. and their saddles has conceded defeat in ecuador's presidential runoff election the leftist economist was up against conservative banker last are in a tight race the state of the economy has dominated the political fight ecuador is hugely in debt partly because of the recent global oil price crash let's cross over to our latin america editor lucy anyone who's in there chile's capital santiago

watching events for us obviously stunning results there. hi there yes i have to say and it was unexpected at least the comfortable win that the get more last it was able to score was more of a headwind from what we're seeing so far at least 5 percentage points above that of and i sat out this film 23 weeks ago it looked like he was going to be the winner. last night had already lost twice before in an attempt to reach the presidency his more conservative economic policies are not that popular but amazingly the ecuadoran population seem to have come to the to the realisation if you like going to the decision that involving trying to decide austan a very young economist but who in the eyes of most people represented really the former president rafael correa and he made no bones about that he said he was going

to big up where rafael correa had left off in his citizens revolution it was a period of prosperity because of the high oil prices but also a lot of attention and many even many thought of korea and his government as having been just too authoritarian and also they were nagging allegations of corruption so that at this time ecuadorans are going to give in banker and businessmen a chance but he's really going to have he's going to have his work cut out for him of course not just the economy but the covert pandemic which is that the country hard would you say part of this election has been a little bit about personality politics because of course of course there's a lot of history involved as you just mentioned with arousing connection to the previous presidents. it is because i think that it's between is suddenly more a laugh so who's 'd you really charismatic guy he started to come to china changes

tax that and come off more as a father figure somebody was going to bring that would join together to talk more about what people feel than about party politics and this had aus was always about revolution but little changes and the near anti capitalism i think it kind of shook people's zone of comfort if you like in ecuador they weren't really interested just big change or if you like a return to the past of that time so at the end the inlets so so it won over a lot more people than certainly one regional it would have expected and even for the good there's going to be a lot more analysis in the coming hours as well alysia we'll leave you to it for now listen even there are latin america edison thank you. poles also close to neighboring peru for the 1st round of its presidential election the crow virus pandemic has overshadowed the vote tens of thousands of dollars and

there have been more than $1600000.00 cases 18 candidates are running but none have shown a strong enough leads for an outright win counting also on the way in bennigan's presidential election the incumbent president puts the external is being challenged by 2 candidates but voter turnout is low and as a manager supports from the country's largest city new even though the person is predicted to wind them to expect him to be on the ballot. when patrice to man became billions leading edge of 16 he said he would remain in office on the for want to. put 5 years later. years voting for his 2nd presidential term after he voted to long dismissed the recent protests that broke out in parts of the country. that logic will get you let me just your security forces dealt with the problem with tact the trouble makers were young men and were unfortunately objects of manipulation our security forces overcame

a situation calmly by this time tomorrow the healing process begins and will make sure such a situation never arises again. i heard of sunday's vote security forces were deployed in large numbers to maintain order nearly 5 1000000 people have registered to vote in the election in 29000 less than a quarter of the voting population participated in the parliamentary election that was won by the governing party in the palling stations like this only a handful of voters turned up to cast their ballots other stuff stayed away because of concerns about recent attacks now we actually officials admit that the protests have disrupted the supply of election materials in the mainly opposition stronghold of the north. a week an opposition has accused the government of harassing and intimidating its waters one of the candidates threatened to pull out of the race 2 days before the election citing continuing harassment and intimidation of the opposition by the government. there is ample. it is interesting for all the parties

taking part in this election that the participation rate exceeds at least 70 percent elections are held to that citizens can choose to choose means to vote to vote means to choose who is interested with the future of this country for the next 5 years i hope that victory will be on our side because it is a sanction of those detained bite with the economy slowing down many voters have high expectations of course ever winds. i want to see the elected president provide jobs and improve security as it is it's too dangerous to go out at night. tension is still high in some parts of believes and election observers are calling for calm. to all of their appeal is. to continue to engage event. continue to ensure that. the playing field is level. continue to give opportunity to everybody to but dissipate

results are expected within 48 hours if you expect this vote to go into a 2nd round which means the president alone would likely secure a 2nd 5 year mandate that could strengthen his grip on power may decrease al-jazeera cortical voters in kurdistan have supported handing greater powers to the president say the changes from the constitutional referendum a law present jump off to appoint judges and shrinks parliament while allowing him to run again critics say the referendum is jumper all the time to impose a more solitary informal rule preliminary results 80 percent supported the changes although only about 30 percent of people actually voted. well violence in northern ireland has eased after a week of the worst rioting in decades and claims that some groups broke coronavirus restrictions sparked the anger from pro british unionists. reports from

his capital belfast teenagers who are on the front line. it's a new generation engaged in the sort of confrontation that belongs in the last century their teenagers many of them encouraged to take part in the unrest by their elders the late 1960 s. or the start of 3 decades of conflict that's happening here now isn't remotely like that but it's provocation and confrontation nevertheless and it's league youngsters not old enough to vote in many cases goaded on by adults that has shocked people. well i blame the parents and i'm here with my son who i fear to be not in the streets and. out of being horrified that the politicians here have to really unite and come together and condemn it and look for peaceful ways forward for you know the young people for the people who don't think they're being listened to at the moment in this process these are the grounds of stormont castle the seat of

a devolve power sharing government created by the good friday peace agreement signed 23 years ago and irwin was born just before that now she's leading the youth wing of the alliance party which covers the middle ground in northern ireland politics parents don't feel they have the ability to it's to stop their kids going on at their because the kids are being drawn out by by community leaders by people here to hear stoking violence and stoking fears they're being joined by them. parents can't really speak out against those darker forces they can't stop their kids going i'd because they know if they're seen to go against community leaders in that way they could face attacks themselves they could face threats they could face anything there's deprivation in both the loyalist and nationalist community says of northern ireland those who want to united ireland and the loyalist areas where there is anger about a border in the irish sea imposed by

a brics deal in many areas like this surrounded by echoes of the past it almost feels as if time stands still difficult then for young people to avoid the bad influences within this youth leader has no doubt that many of the young people are under the firm grip of power by the trees new york children should be encouraged to take to the streets this kind of violence those who don't like the child abuse that's that's just not something for the social services to consider in relation to this and even when we think about the sinister forces that are behind some of these young people taking to the streets on the element of their plan that could be considered child abuse also stephen and others like him have an uphill battle on their hands andrew simmons al-jazeera belfast me miles military is being accused of forcing people to pay around $800.00 to treat the bodies of their relatives here. more than 80 people were killed by security forces in banco on friday but says

demonstrations continued and other cities into ding dong da way and mandalay the escalating violence has led to. union deployment to voice a stray sions over russia and china's inaction 20 change has moved bangkok in neighboring thailand. we have had it confirmed by the banco student union who've had to pay to recover a number of bodies they say 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 have 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 kay king a woman whose husband was lost in the crackdown and was killed she was asked to pay this 120000 jobs 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 the blocks are the being put in place in the last week but the assistance association for political prisoners which seems to now be the definitive sort of role of confirmed 82 people died in just one place in just one day rescuers are trying to reach 21 coal miners stuck hundreds of metres below ground in china now they became trapped after a cold one flooded in the northern province of sheen journeying on saturday 8 of them have been pulled out alive thruster trapped in 3 different areas of the mine

but it's not clear what condition the workers are in. japan has a new olympic gold medal hope and have had a key. u.s. masters tournament he's the 1st japanese man to relive all 3 major the 29 year old finished 8 shot ahead of the field just starting his final round in augusta national with a 4 shot lead in his 1st tall win since 2075 masters champions such as tiger woods said that in a tweet the win will impact the entire golfing world. you're watching all of 0 means the whole rumble reminder of our top stories and dreyer has conceded defeat and i could also presidential runoff election the leftist economist was up against deserved bank of glamour last so in a tight race the state of the economy has dominated the political fight that could .