oh, i oh i this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm barbara sarah. this is the al jazeera news that we're live from london. thank you for joining us. coming up in the next 60 minutes. rising corona, virus infections and new national locked downs. you health officials say as the rush to vaccinate continues for, countries are still missing out carrying the burden of hungering gray region where

90 percent of people now need emergency food aid, a fire and a cargo ship near the relying case finally extinguished, but not before a major environmental disaster is a leash on nearby beaches and the yoga guru. what use the ben things the truth and caching in on the corona virus crisis and on thought a fight with force for the president. j wilson are, makes it very clear to co for america is going ahead in his country. plus, the japanese olympic committee says that i speak of feeling a lot safer. falling salt vaccination program. ah, we begin with the current of iris pandemic were glaring, vaccine inequalities and the march of new variance if prompted europe's top disease

control body to call an e u. countries to share vaccines with poor nations before inoculating their own young people. while europe vaccine drive has gathered pace rates remain low in countries where cove at 1900 infections, a rising malaysia and vietnam are imposing new restrictions to try to contain the spread. on wednesday, japan will host a major funding event looking to raise $8300000000.00 to accelerate access to one point a 1000000000 cove in 1900 vaccine doses for low and middle income countries to model callbacks. call it by god we said p and joe. alongside key implementation partner units have aims to raise critical new funds at its m. c summit to further diversify it's portfolio and buy additional vaccines for low and lower middle income countries. fully financing callbacks and act is key to ending

the increasingly to track fund. i, me and i time the government of japan for hosting the mc summit. meanwhile, in latin america, infections continue to rise. peru has revised its corona virus. best toll doubling the number i believed to have died from coven 19. well, let's go to mexico city now and speak to john holeman. so john brew has revised the these corona, virus test figures. it's our founding that they doubled. so are we able to get a clearer picture now of the outbreak in the country? and crucially, how could they get the figures so wrong for so long? well they've made this adjustment because a panel of experts advising the government said that that now should be counting the at the excess death toll in the country. the figures that weren't confirmed

that it was from cove, it does happen quite a lot, especially in this region. latin america, mexico, it was a real issue in which they were only because they were only counting the the confirm covered the victims. but of course, it was a very low testing rate in the country, so there were a lot of tests that weren't included in that. and at some point makes could, did actually revise its total. that's what's happening. peru now, all the way through this. the proof been one of the worst 2 countries in the world per capita. so that's just driven it up yet the, the reasons for that being told that it's combination of things. it's a health system that hasn't been the most to be able to deal with this. the doctors themselves are saying that they like oxygen, they like intensive care beds. it's also a combination of people going out still into public spaces and over crowding in public spaces. when they kicked off the proving government and she had quite hard line locked down strategy, but people just seem to ignore that in some of the regions in the country. there's

another factor possibly here as well. and that's political upheaval. prue's gone, went through 3 presidents in the space of one week at some point last year. now it's coming up for fresh elections in the next few days. this is going to be something quite a challenge for the next president of the country to take on, especially the vaccines own going as they should be, or they'd hope to be in that country either. enjoy many people in latin america hoping that in some ways lies could go on as usual, as especially when it comes to football. because the corporate america football championship that was meant to be think origin. tina was one of the countries they've cancelled now. it's being moved to brazil, but brazil is one of the worst state countries by cove. and so how's that gonna work? yeah, if there was ever and a situation for out of the frying pan and into the fire, as the old adage goes, this is pretty much it. no, we talking about argentina suffering. we've covered problems with brazil is called the 2nd highest death toll from cove. it in the world. so the way that this is

going to work, i suppose the positives is a brazilian government would say, is that they do have the infrastructure to hold the tournament. they've got lots of stadiums hanging over from the world cup that was in that country on the negative side. what the critics are saying is that this is going to be a championship of death. that's one senate, a code it, one of the supreme court judges apparently has it misgivings as well because he's rooted and this is happening just today. he's the president, both scenarios government to submit the information within 5 days as to why they can hold this tournament. while the pandemic is still raging in brazil. now it's not going to be a tournament. it seems at present in which funds are going 20, says not going to be legions of people heading into the country, but it is over 4 weeks. and it does involve a number of teams. i think 9 teams from south america that have a lot of time to get that vaccine just before they go into the country and more

perhaps than the actual event itself. this is a real message from president both scenarios, government what he's being saying all the way through, just going to sort of get on with things. despite this pandemic, he's caught it at points just a little flew. he said that people should be going out that shouldn't be staying in this house, and this is more of the same thing. he's supporters, we'll see that as a courageous defines a lot of other people in the country. might see this as more of the same, a leader who just hasn't cross the severity of what the countries in from the get go on home with the latest from mexico, said he, john, as always, thank you. well, that's the situation in latin america. meanwhile, many southeast asian nations that were seen as success stories are now being forced to impose new corona virus restrictions. florence louis reports from qual alone for new international flights are being allowed to land for a week in vietnam's capital 100. the announcement on tuesday follows

a similar band by home, him in city a few days ago in collections and yet now remained low for most of last year, but have risen since late april, tie 11 slaughtered for success in containing the virus. so clusters emerge once it relaxed its pandemic restrictions. with this, when you are very successful, you are not forced to incur only when you fear, then are you forced to hurry on? we were too successful in the past year. in malaysia, a 2 week lockdown beginning on tuesday means only essential services and businesses are allowed to operate. health officials say the surgeon cases is caused by more infectious, varying and people breaching pandemic restrictions to celebrate the muslim festival of last month. malaysia has recorded nearly 2800 deaths from cove at 1940 percent of those were in may alone. fascination rates in asia

remain low. on average, only 6 percent of the population has received at least one vaccine dose exit. say containment of the virus must therefore be prioritized for now. we have to be vigilant. we have to be doing good. somebody was we have to be a community if we have to come together and accept maybe restriction, border controls. the uses puzzle, protected equipment, marks, etc, practicing good. hi james. we will be stuck with this. and so, until we get high coverage, is there any way out? many countries are now ramping up the vaccination campaign. japan is hoping to vaccinate one 3rd of its population before it hoses the summer. lympics in july and vietnam says it seeking to buy vaccine production technology, while also pushing to acquire more doses. florence louis al jazeera so the come on the news, our america's top diplomat head,

the central america can help fix the reasons for which people are fleeing the region. e commerce giant the amazon gets the go ahead for its african headquarters despite years of opposition from indigenous groups and environmentalists and then for to if back to the future for our madrid, reappointing lunch, loftiest coach, more details later in a few ends. world food program is warning the conflicts in ethiopia is troubled at nor than t gray region has increased already high levels of hunger. the agency says that after more than 6 months of fighting 5200000 people now need emergency food aid. that's more than 90 percent of the population, with many regional leaders warning of a potential humanitarian catastrophe. the u. s. has appealed for $203000000.00 to

scale up its response. it's already helped more than a 1000000 people since it started distributing food in areas around te gray in march. mohammed though, has more now from the saba, sees a situation that he's getting was by the day, according to wi fi, they can only reach 1200000 people out of the more than 5000000 president of the ticket region. all these because of the raging conflict about 7 months ago, prime minister had sent his forces into 2 great what he had promised to be a very short operation, which he was aimed at this army then to get administration off that secret regent. todd, by all intents and purposes, refused to deal with his administration without house title or on 7 months. on the fighting is going on. middle highways and boards are cut off and people cannot be

reached with the much needed aid. the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian activities. people have started having to death in some places and mentions particularly the district of all flaw which is south of the copy of the killer. well, 150 people outside 1212. the situation is getting worse in most parts of the ticket region, of course fighting the gun at the time when people were supposed to hover that crop, most of them did not do so because of the ridge and conflict and also an ongoing, severe infestation of locust is humperdinck that the next topic was the european union's and void for the palestinian territories is calling for international support to rebuild garza after last month, 11 de bombardment by israel. more than 250 palestinians lost their lives and 2000

homes were destroyed. europe's envoy says reconstruction work is a top priority. we don't conditions actually need to reconstruct the end to make it recover from this terrible tragedy requires a number of important. what important step is that we bring back any clue as if governance from the river to the see that we make sure that the split between god and the rest is overcome that the leadership unified and on the rainy side, they need to for the corporate was ending the siege and allowing access in the critical period now of goods and equipment for people to be able to survive. and if you are a worry is a policy fellow and i'll show back of the palestinian policy network. she says, israel needs to be held to account by world powers. i think the focus has to be on

putting political pressure on israel to and the siege and, and the occupation of cause and also the occupation of the rest of, of palestine. this is completely in man made dissolved, it was from bob meant by the is where the regime of a besieged people. this isn't an environmental tragedy. this has there is a direct, a graphic in this situation. and whilst i'm sure reconstruction efforts are deeply needed in gaza, we must always remind us of why that is the case. the case is because the israeli regime has deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure and have killed over $250.00 pounds estonians including $66.00 children in this late the so and so i think the owner has to be on the responsibility of israel and also european state complicity in failing to hold accountable and for granting israel impunity for

many, many decades. a fire on board a cargo ship off the coast of sri lanka has been put out after burning. for 12 days . the vessel was carrying large amounts of toxic neutrik, nitric acid, and micro plastics. environmental authority, ease of started testing, dead fish, which wash the shore and police have launched a criminal investigation. without fernandez reports. it's 2 of days in fire ripped through the, in the pull a container ship heading to the board of colombo and she longer, but its deadly cargo continues to wash up on the beaches. wave after wave, bringing millions of plastic pellet mixed with burn debris. the navy and other military prints now have been working no laws for days in immediate clean up operation. but the cost to the environment is more difficult to quantify what this

ship has created is a monstrous environment good has said, which is not only for today, but for generations to come. not to put in this is the 25 tons of nitric acid from the ship. have had a devastating impact on plankton algae, small fish reading grounds, and coral. the pellet, she says, would have been eaten by fish and other marine life with potentially appalling, long term consequences. or just either of these dead fish with pellets in their gills. they were among the many washing up on shores. in recent days. this turtle was found on a beach for the south. the y left department which carried out test on the caucus. se distinctive markings on its shell would be faced probably by the effect of acid micro pellets were found in its stomach. the government is struggling to deal with

the disaster because it lack specialist firefighting equipment, and that's anchored environmentally if there is a ship in distress, if there are issues, the 1st thing that you do is you look to see whether we have big treatments and the personnel to, to handle it, if you call, don't take keeping your waters and i believe this re long can government to keep in thinking of compensation. local fishermen have also said the impact adding to the problems they already faced. right. 19 member they asked me, had coven couldn't go fish, and people weren't by now catch 2nd. there was a soft close and we were asked not to go to sea for about 5 days. only god knows the difficulties, fishermen faced. the 3rd hit was the ship catching fire. during all of this, fishermen were told not to go to see. this is all did quickly, but no one looks into how we can survive. sausages brought in by the ship owners boarded the smouldering wreck on tuesday. as their will concerns the vessel was

taking in water. traces of oil or sediment were also seen watching a show is only donnelly, mckee or prison. roger pucks has ordered the ship to be towed into deeper seas to prevent further pollution. experts say the impact of what's being called long cause was marine environmental. disaster will be fed for a long time. looking at the blank of plastic and burn debris. it's hard to imagine that any amount of compensation will make up for the damage. fernandez i'll just 0 . colombo for us. secretary of state is in costa rica, aiming to follow through on the president's charge to tackle the root cause of immigration. this comes as a surgeon, migrants to the u. s. southern border continues with the government grappling for a solution. anthony blinking is due to meet foreign ministers from several latin

american states in what his department has called a search for regional solutions. we'll talk, we'll focus on the nor than triangle a term coined in the us, referring to 3 central american countries. they are guatemala, honduras, and they'll salvatore and their shared social economic challenges. now most people in the region either live in poverty or work in the so called informal sector and leaving them without support or protection and the economic pressures of the crone of ours. and then they have made their situation that much tougher. many flea the tranquil do so to escape a crime and corruption. el salvadoran honduras have the highest homeless side rates in the world. well, in 2014, the obama administration gave $750000000.00 to address the root causes of migration and the northern triangle in 2019 that aid was frozen by the trump administration. now the by the administration wants to increase that spending the $4000000000.00

are all anthony wayne is public policy fellow and co chair of the mexico institute advisory board at the woodrow wilson center. he's also former united states, some vassar to mexico. he joins us now via skype from washington. d. c. ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. here on the al jazeera, i mean the getting rid of the root causes of immigration is an incredibly bishop aim. how do you think the vinyl administration should go about trying to do it? well, i think they need to get a sustained effort focused on the problems in the area which include poor governance and corruption in those local governments. but it also includes, in certain areas, crime and violence and in other areas, environmental degradation and climate change as forcing people off the land. so they have to have a set of solutions and they need partners to do this. they need local partners,

both governments that they can work with entrust, but also civil society organizations. and they need other countries from the region and internationally to coordinate with them in, in what's going to be a very long term effort. i mean, they are, i guess, offering $4000000000.00, which is a, quite a big sum. but then again, there are some tensions with particular countries. so for example, the administration has denounced the attacks by the government of el salvador on the independence of the judiciary. nicaragua also has come in for criticism with regard to press freedom and human rights is. so do you think that a anthony blinking is going to find cooperating partners? well, i think there will, as you mentioned, they're going to be some challenges along the way. and you didn't mention on doris, where there are reports of drug traffickers linked to some parts of that government . so there's no question that finding viable partners is going to be really

important. and that's one of the reasons that the administration has been quite clear that it's not going to tolerate corruption going forward. also that it's going to look to civil society and try to support civil society organizations working here. but the other key thing is that it needs to have a range of short, medium, and long term actions to take. and so what would those be the short, medium, and long term actions? well, in the short term, for example, people need to be able to sustain themselves in a, in a safe place. so you need to have the kind of programs that actually allow people to have the money they need to survive, that have a safe place. and hopefully they can have some really short term temporary employment while they're getting the skills. and while you're encouraging some

expansion of private sector business, that might be able to hire them locally. and of course, this isn't going to happen overnight. it will take some time. so you need skilling programs, you need focused on focus on rule of law and encouraging companies to invest there . and this will be of course, a long time before you see the full fruition with it, which, which is why you need this combination of programs. you also need to invest in the services in these areas that take care of migrants, whether they're migrant sure. internally displaced in the country potential by grants or those who have cross borders. and those institutions in the northern triangle and in mexico have been underfunded and have very limited capacity. so you need to work there also. and in that sense, mexico is going to be a key partner as you try to take this collaboration forward. of course,

as you know, immigration is an incredibly divisive issue in the united states, and there's some republicans that accuse president biden of effectively having created this surge by having a different approach, a list for coney and approach than his predecessor. what do you make of that? well, i think that it's been quite clear for a number of years that this was going to take a long term, consistent investment and learning as you go forward to adapt your programs to really deal with these problems. there is no question that some of the trump actions plugged up the demand for a while, but that demand just kept growing behind the stoppers that the trump administration had put in place. so what you really do need are things that are going to provide for people that feel that they can live safely and that they can make a living in their home countries. i think there's no question that most of us would

prefer to stay in the country were born in and, and grew up to and if we could possibly do that. and so that needs to be the aim of this investment over the longer period of time. and one of the problems we faced, as you mentioned in your introduction, was that the united states has not been consistent in investing. it has turned its aide programs on and off. and some of those programs that were turned off earlier were actually producing very good results, for example, in reducing violence in crime, in some of the hardest hit neighborhoods. ready in the cities in central america, earl anthony wayne, former united states ambassador to mexico, sir, thank you so much for sharing your views and experience with us. it's been my pleasure to speak with you. thank you. dr. as in india, say, a prominent yoga tycoon is a danger to the country's efforts to fight cove at 19 bob around the blames modern

medicine for corona virus. this he's promoting an alternative medicine which he falsely claimed was approved by the world health organization. elizabeth per item reports from new delhi me, this is the man doctors in india holding a national day of protest against yoga. go to an businessmen. barbara davis promotion has herber formula called coronel to find the corona virus, while blaming modern medicine for india's high number of colored 900 deaths. and that's prompted doctors to launch the protest. and if i feel like india, where people tend to fall, knows better to go to your booth and that to blindly or when people like that, they spread mistrust misinformation. it becomes very difficult for us, as you know, science based people, as doctors do. why is that misinformation doctors are taking part in what they're

calling a black day by turning their social media profile pictures into a black background. this group of doctors has gathered here to call for government action against rom they've, they say he's taking advantage of the pandemic and has large public following to persuade people to buy his unapproved and dubious products are so big or not. the health minister hush been attended the launches coronel, that rom they've claims, prevents treats and cures close 19 about then as the chair of the executive board of the world health organization or w, a chill ran, dave has claimed coroner was approved by the global body. but the w a chose denies that a senior journalist who had his car time slashed while investigating rom they've business interests. claims he's protected by the government sitting there in business begins 80. what. ready is behind the chance of being that you

have seen and it's been documented to some extent just completely gone during the delays of the government. he has a political sanction from the sports person didn't respond to l just as request phone interviews, but the good count. millions of indians, his followers, including any solid wall who sells his range of products called patanjali, brussels, hacky, met, but the liberal government, based on the whole. i don't sell with angela products just for business. this is a matter of faith glued on these shows us the way i had some ailment. but the moment i started hitting his sermons, the healing process had already begun. many people in india have a deep trust in goose and alternative medicine. but many doctors say rom, dave's claims can't be substantiated, and he must be held to account for his statements. especially during a pandemic. elizabeth moran al jazeera new daddy. this is the news our from london

still ahead. joe biden commemorates the coast of race massacre. the 1st sitting us president to acknowledge one of the countries worth the incidents of racial violence in a 100 years. a cabinet minister in uganda, narrowly survived and assassination attempts, but who is behind the screen of similar high profile killing, plaguing and coming up in port on the latest from the french opening, looting an injury scare for the women's world. number one, i hello there. it was a scorching start to the material, logical summer for much of central and northern parts of europe. and that's going to continue. this was the scene in brighton on the southern coast of england.

plenty of ice cream shuts off and sunshine there. and that's going to continue this week. and as we go into the weekend, we'll see plenty of fun shine and clear skies. once a little bit of cloudy weather has moved on. but for france and germany, it is a wet picture. we've got that rain moving up from spain. we're going to see some thunder storms and paris is going to see quite a bit of wet weather. and it's a similar story for south eastern areas of europe remain. you're going to see some of the shop showers as we go into thursday. ukraine thing seeing some of that wet and windy weather that'll gather around coastal areas of the black sea, but further south turkey seen plenty of sunshine. it's a similar story for greece, for italy, and for spain, the showers of now east up into the north and temperatures. here are going to start to rise again. and it's a similar story, as we hope across to north africa. hot dry, dry weather up in the north most.