[000:00:00;00] ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, leading the vaccine race to end the pandemic leaders of g 7 nations expected to sign a health declaration. ah, i'm sorry. say that this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up prominent hong kong activists. ag, this child is released after serving a jail sentence,

friend, government protest. algeria prepared to vote in parliamentary elections. but democracy activists say it won't change the political system and thousands take to the streets an argentine as to demand vaccines and jobs. the country. faith is a health and economic crisis. ah, the head of the united nation says more global action is needed to build on a pledge by g 7 nations to donate a 1000000000 covey 19 vaccines to poor countries. secretary general antonio battalion, she's urging the world's richest countries to support equitable mass vaccination. jonah, how reports from cornwall, the white sands of carpet bay, it delicate powers setting for

a meeting of the group of 7 described as the world's most advanced democracy. they're also leading the vaccine race to exit the pandemic. and while socially distance still there face to face, at least, and promising a combined effort to help the world emerge from crisis. i actually think this is a meeting that genuinely needs to happen, because we need to make sure that we learn the lessons from the pandemic. we may need to make sure that we don't repeat some of the areas that we doubtless made in the course of the last 18 months or so. and we need to make sure that we now allow our economies to recover the headline pledge on this opening day. of the g 7 is the donation of a 1000000000 vaccine doses to lower and middle income countries over the next 12 months with the us offering half of that amount. campaigners say it's nowhere near enough and no wind near fast enough. i think it's

a good thing when you can't say it's a bad thing, but we need 11000000000 dollars and we need to move away from the idea of charity crumbs from the rich countries and let developing countries like south africa or india produce their own vaccines. and the only way to do that is to share the vaccine recipe and break through the monopolies of these big pharma corporations. and, boris jones really doesn't want to do that. so he wants his all to talk about donations and the logic of the richest nations. when in fact, they're being hugely selfish and putting profit over people. but now the age of consumerism, fossil fuel addiction, things would you protest as a being kept well away from the some of the venue. but for once the issues they raise are actually being discussed. there's pressure to wave payton so that poor countries can develop vaccines for themselves. the u. s. and france are in favor with others yet to follow the climate and inequality or among the worlds crises that will talk the agenda on sunday. they call it the g 7,

but really there is no doubt who the 2 leading figures are here for is johnson the u. k. prime minister and host key to show his country off as a global power player post breaks it. and joe biden goes to the us president on his 1st foreign visits. both men came to be seen at the helm of efforts to rid the world of climate change and depend demik. what emerges from this meeting, a post trump consensus alliance, his reinvigorated meaningful promises of action will determine whether this wealthy club of nations can make a real difference. i joe hall now is in falmouth in cornel joined us live from that . so jenner as say, your report explain, they've already made that vaccine pledge. well, more than we expect them to say in this health declaration. well as far as children alluded to their focus now on saturday, shifts to looking back at the last 18 months looking at lessons learned in order to

prevent any repeat of the devastation wrought by the pandemic. and g 7 leaders will commit their national resources to that end when they signed and unveiled accomplished by declaration, so called lakers setting out a firm plan towards that end at preventing that devastation, 175000000 people infected, to remind you and counting 3700000 people debt and counting economies torn apart, billions of people still waiting and facing a very long wait for the vaccine. the declaration, when it comes out will be split into 3 parts. we understand that 1st looks, it vastly improving the amount of time it takes to produce new vaccines in the future, looking at at a target at time target of under a 100 days. the 2nd part looks at surveillance and dream genome sequencing in different countries. empowering the mechanisms that will allow societies in the future to detect the nature of future viral outbreaks. and thirdly,

looking at empowering and strengthening the mechanisms of the world health organization, allowing that body to move more quickly into countries where it sees outbreaks happening to investigate those outbreaks. nicole is pointing here to the experience of dealing with china during this pandemic enjoyed in these discussions on saturday will be at w h o director, dr. address, good braces, and the un secretary general. antonio. good. tell us about dealing with situations . boss johnson. the house, look a bit isolated on breaks that. what's happening there? well, some say breaks it is the elephant in the room here for the british prime minister . he's desperate for it not to overshadow the some of the agenda, but johnson looking increasingly isolated in terms of this dispute. this try to post breaks it trade dispute between the u. k and the u over trading arrangements in northern ireland, the u. s. president appears to be firmly in the camp here,

joe biden came to avoid any destabilizing of the good friday peace agreement in ireland. you leaders on friday was seen huddling together, having face to face meetings on the sidelines, potentially sort of marshalling their joint position. i had a separate bilateral meetings, april got with bars johnson today. so it does seem likely that breaks it will be raised potentially in a number of meetings with paul johnson on saturday was real pressure on him to move on him to compromise the u. k. side, to remind you says look, these rules are being applied over harshly by the, affecting the u. k. 's own internal economic market. the you set aside says simply, this is a deal that you freely signed up to. you must now respect the rule of law, and i think googling for prime minister boris johnson would have been the site on friday after that. leaders photo up that you saw there on the beach, a coffee space of a manual macro, and joe biden walking away. almond never mind social distancing, not a good sign,

i think for the u. k. prime minister. hi, john. how's that? thanks so much. confronting china's global and regional ambitions is also on the agenda. this year's summit and in the asia pacific rivalry between major powers and the allies is fueling an arms race rot. mcbride is at a naval defense trade show in the south korean port city of booth son. he explains how high intentions are leading to more weapons in the region. the opening of an international exhibition, putting on display the latest in naval weaponry that's increasingly made in south korea. decades of maintaining military readiness only divided peninsula have gradually transformed the country into an important manufacturer. some new jungle. when upon the reason we've come to realize the importance of developing our own weapons for defense, and when now able to produce weapons just as powerful as those made by other

countries. a recent agreement with its ally, the united states now allow south korea to develop longer range missiles with heavy payloads. and it follows the unveiling of a new home grown jet fighter prototype, chargeable family. we have opened a new era of self defense and have also established a historic milestone in the advancement of the v a. she industry. it comes as south korea and most asian neighbors are looking to spend more on new weapons driven in part by china's ballooning defense spending. and its expansion is portion the region with the break away island of taiwan. once again, becoming a potential flashpoint, it means asia pacific is increasingly b arena for global rivalry to play out. one camp the united states. in this i live confronting and ever more assertive china and russia in what starting to feel like

a new type of cold war. and let's not forget, of course the north korea factor. the failure of the last few years of the nuclear . isaiah talked with north korea has raised fears if a regional arms race going nuclear. if we fail to greg north korea and then you'll be growing voice for the nuclear station in south korea, then that will trigger for nuclear forces in japan. even time one will be in the pushing for that idea. get would be the really night, mary. she scenario as relations between asian neighbors become more strained. so the rhetoric between them builds in anger, giving all of them ever more reason to arm up just in case public ride al jazeera boost on south korea. one of hong kong, most prominent pro democracy activists has been released from prison. agnes child

serve more than 6 months in jail for her role in an anti government protest in 2019 the 24 year old was convicted along with activists joshua long. and ivan lamb for an unauthorized rally near police headquarters. both agnes chow and joshua wong face other charges on the bay jeans. national security law was told. adrian brown now joins us live on skype from hong kong. so adrian, what prompted the early release? first of all, well, we're not entirely sure, but it is interesting, isn't it? because a release comes on the very day that those g 7 leaders are going to be discussing china. so it's possible, it's possibly fair to assume that her release might be linked to all of that. because remember she was sentenced to a 10 month term in december, 2020. and now she's been freed. after serving just under several months back. she was convicted, pleaded guilty of taking part in

a protest outside the police headquarters here in hong kong in june, 2019 just off of the process began here. she was essentially part of a group, a large group which laid siege to the police headquarters. joining her with joshua long and other prominent pro democracy activists is also in jail at the moment. and ivan lamb, they were all sentenced in december 2020. the other 2, receiving much longer terms, both the magnets child when she left prison on saturday morning they were a small group of protesters outside the jail. some of them were chanting things like agnes shout, add oil, which basically means keep on going, keep moving. there were protest as they're wearing the familiar black to show us the color of the protest movement. and also people holding, you know, umbrellas. you know, i'm brothers. a symbol of the protests in 2014 adrian is

this at all being interpreted as a possible easing of the crack town against descent. i don't think so, because if anything, somebody, we've seen an intensifying back campaign against us and remember agnes chow in august was arrested under the new draconian national security law. along with almost a 100 other active is now she hasn't been charged yet, but that arrest is still hanging over her head. so it's possible, you know, in the weeks and months to come, she could be charged or perhaps not. here on saturday, somebody we heard from the man who's basically in charge of hong kong office here in hong kong knew who neg, and he said the real enemies of hong kong. other people calling for an end to one party will now he didn't identify who he was referring to, but the group that he,

she had tried to hold accountable in vigil here in hong kong is a group the calls for just that the end of one party rule also on friday we heard from america's top diplomat here, who was there was now an atmosphere of coercion in hong kong. warning that it threatens hong kong future as a global financial hope. all right, good stuff f adrian brown in hong kong. still ahead on al jazeera, once in the fall line for iran presidential hopefuls in the upcoming final debate will be live in tucson. and the us justice department investigating efforts by the trumpet administration to seize communication dancer of members of congress. ah

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. when i was just the europe, me the me come back, you're watching, i'll just say it's time to re camp on headlines now. global bank seen access and pandemic recovery. i'll set to dominate talks on the 2nd day of the g 7 summit leaders in the u. k have pledged the 1000000000 vaccines for low income countries, but the u. n says more action is needed. agnes child, one of hong kong sized prominent activists, has been released from prison. she served more than 6 months in jail for her role in unauthorized and see government protest in 2019 in iraq. the 3rd and final presidential election debate will be held live on state television later on saturday. the theme is people's concerns. is iranians prepared to vote in next week

polls? candidates had a heated discussion in the last televised debate accusing each other of treason and lacking in education from on this that spring in dosage of bodies joins us live from to her on. so what can we expect in terms of candidates, their views and tonight. so today's debate, well, semi we can expect more of the same is not a more heated debate to take place since this will be the final one. and the topic is people's concern, and of course, the majority of the people in this country are mainly concerned with their livelihood. that is the country's economy, the state of the country's economy, which has seen really the currency, the valued at a record pace over the past 8 years under president hassan in his government. the debates will likely highlight the concerns of the people as being that of the country's economy. the candidates have yet to really clearly identify how they

manage will manage to remedy the situation. they've spent most of their time during these debates which take 3 hours in duration and to attack each other and hurl insults at each other. they've even called this debates. a sort of game show format in which their moderator has really very little control over how these candidates respond. there's been a lot of concern from many of the people have spoken to here. many analysts believe these the base have done very little to solidify people's concerns in terms of how these candidates would deal with the main issues and the topics that are of concern to the general public. nonetheless, this will be their final chance to try and convince the majority of the population about 60000000 radians are eligible to vote. to do that on friday, june 18th. the main concern is that people will not come out to vote on that day. and also, i mean, if any indication of how the debates are impacting public opinion,

public attitudes, i mean, there was a concern about whether the public or even going to turn out to vote. right. certainly just to give you some background, tammy, the lowest voter turnout since the revolution of 979 was 50.5 percent. and that took place in 1993. there is a sense that this time around will be much lower than that. even the polls suggest unofficial polls at the moment suggest that maybe anywhere between 35 and 45 percent of the public will turn out to vote. and there is a concern and that will really be in favor of the current head to sherry, the conservative candidate for him. right? because generally, the conservative boat in iran is always the one that will turn out regardless of how things are pro and it is the moderates and the reforms. votes that really are so disillusioned with the wrong,

the government and what they've done in the past 8 years that they're not likely to come out to vote. the concern is that these debates have had very little impact. the 2nd debate which the place on tuesday unofficial post, just only 37 percent of the public watch them. and general public that have spoken to are seeing these debates a sort of a comedy of errors, if you will. they're not very convinced that these candidates are providing any further information in terms of how they would change any of the main issues and concerns the general public have. so they see this really just as a show rather than any kind of proper format for them to lay out their platform for the coming for years. all right, thank you so much. those jabari algerians are voting in the 1st parlor mentary elections and mass protests for the present time. disease with the 3 cause a step down 2 years ago. the head arc pro democracy movement is urging support is

the boy called the vote of the 7 of its leaders who are arrested on 1st day. and the actual name reports algerians have been promised a new algeria by president abdul majid to boone. but for many, the 1st legislative elections since protesters pushed out his predecessor in 2019, are heading for the same outcome, preserving the political status quo in their country. they 1000000000 and it will have, it turns out that jury and stuff confirm that for them. elections have never been a solution and that's why they cut them and study dean and the elections are being held just after president boone dissolved the parliament. some members still had a year left on their term. the government says it inactive reforms designed to fight systemic corruption and create more opportunities for women and young people . more than half the candidates are running as independence. providing voters with

an alternative to the old guard political parties who i'm going to vote because i see that they are candidates who will bring change to the country. knowing that the previous ones were more focused on their personal affairs and they forgot about people. critic say these elections are an attempt by the government to provide a year of legitimacy to a young, frustrated population that continues to protest. that meant that the solution lies into them craddick transition. it also allows you to dialogue around the table in order to solve the crisis and the crisis will not be solved by elections. but unfortunately, the toward the still insist on their old practice of organizing elections. there has been a crackdown on protesters and journalists now, now there are calls for a boycott, which could give muslim parties a boost than this. but i do not give a voting caught. and in any case, even if i had one,

i would not vote if last november's constitutional referendum is any guide, voter turnout could be low back then only about one in 7 eligible algerians voted. natasha named al jazeera chili's capital has gone into locked down this by more than half its population being fully vaccinated . that's after santiago reported some of its worst current. a virus case number's since the pandemic began. infections are also soaring in argentina, where china's can see no single use thanks. scene has just been approved for emergency use. threats of reports from one to cyrus, the they're demanding vaccines salaries and jobs. thousands of protesters converging on central when a fight is on friday. felina worked as a waiter but lost his job last year. he hasn't been able to find another job since thursday, but i was trying to finish high school even though i'm 33 years old. i tried to do

everything from cleaning windows in the streets, to selling food. i'm worried about the future of my children when the father of 3 says his children have not attended school in the past year. and he can hardly afford to pay for an internet connection. and then he has had a huge impact in latin america in argentina, the economy contract it almost 10 percent last year. there's a storing inflation rates and poverty is affecting around 42 percent of the population. the government is trying to find a balance between preserving health and economic subsistence, but it's a challenge, especially when millions of people are struggling to make ends meet argentine, as government has extended pandemic restrictions for 2 more weeks to contain the spread of the virus. an average of 600 people are dying every day of covert 19, and there are more than 20000 daily infections. you know, so what it though, and that the, even though argentine a struggle to get vaccines,

president l that the, for amanda says the situation has started to improve with vaccines coming from russia. china and the united kingdom come up when i don't remember it out. we are know vaccinating at a faster speed, all our efforts to do it even more so, and we will rest in peace. when everyone has a job, the virus exists, the virus mutates and it complicates the life of humanity. now there's a triple mutation that's appeared in india, but in some countries in the region, vaccines i know guarantee that the number of infections will go down soon. on friday sheila now they're locked down in the capital santiago and the rising co with cases even though nearly 60 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated. the main reason government critic say if they're losing of corona virus restrictions, tucson, unemployment,

and the economy are the main reasons why lockdown have proven to be unpopular in this part of the world. in for my workers. psych pena and azure cannot afford to stay home, even though the government has increased cash handouts, most people here say it's not enough to be. i'm working in a cooperative cleaning parks among other things. i can't afford to stay home. we need jobs. i have an 11 year old son. that's why i'm here today. the pen demik continues to expose the regency inequalities and it's chronic economic troubles. both a major barriers in the fight against over 900. that is, i will, i'll defeat up when a fight is the un human rights chief michel by july says, cold men, mom, a human rights catastrophe. she's declared the nation's military rulers of solely responsible men. mazda tree is targeted and killed. protest is an opposition group . since seizing power in a qu,

in february bachelor's condemnation comes as hundreds of people from 2 villages in southern mid march took part in the latest protest against the military rulers, thumb deliberately avoided main roads, to avoid confrontations with security forces. the by that ministration is returning more than $2000000000.00 to the pentagon from a board a wool fund. former president donald trump had diverted the money for his controversial project. construction has been suspended now since joe biden took office. the white house says, transferring the money away from the defense department was wasteful. the funds will now be used as originally intended for military projects in the u. s. and overseas technology firm, apple says it did not provide any mails. all content belonging to democratic legislatures off the requests by trump administration officials. the us justice department is launching an investigation into

a subpoena to apple in 2018. it was part of an inquiry into linked information. apple says it complied with the order but limited the information provided. top senate democrats have called on former attorney general jeff sessions and william bar to testify before congress. gabriel alexander has moved from washington d. c. yeah, it's important to put this in a little bit of context here. this all goes back to around 2018 under president. then president donald trump and the justice department that he essentially oversaw them. what the allegations are, as the trump white house ordered the justice department, perhaps the allegations are to get phone records in meta data e mails and what have you from political rivals and journalists as part of the white house's attempt to see who was leaking damaging information, about donald trump. but the problem with this is that the justice department is an

independent body. it's not supposed to be doing, get involved with political things such as this at all, and trumpet white house. no secret had it had always made no secret of the fact that it was using the justice department to do some of the bidding if you will. that's not necessarily a secret. there's been all sorts of allegations for a long time. but these are just new and democrats right now are outraged on capitol hill. that these new allegations coming to light that perhaps in 2018 to 2019 that the justice department was seeking records, emails, phone call, records, and such and alike from to prominent democrats on the house intelligence committee, or 2 democrats that were particularly vocal against donald trump, this just goes completely against the norms and perhaps even breaking laws. and so