i name is short documentaries, by african filmmakers from kenya. he wrote almost done into something bucks and ivory coast cutters. i live here in scrap yard and model africa direct on al jazeera ah, security forces fired key gas that protesters in some don angry over the military's role in government. ah, i'm fully back t boy. you're watching al jazeera alive from doha. also coming up, a fire causes serious damage to south africa, parliament building in cape town. protestors against over 19 restrictions in the

netherlands, clash with police in amsterdam, defying a ban on demonstrations and recovering mexico's long stretches. ancient artifacts are heading home centuries after there was stolen. ah, we begin in sudan where security forces are fire t gas at protesters in the capital cartoon. earlier internet services with caught in armed offices, blocked ridges, connecting the capital to the suburbs. they were trying to prevent the planned demonstrations, which were called in memory of protesters recently killed by security forces, had been regular rally since the military cease power in october. we'll get the latest my correspond mom advice in cartoon very shortly. but 1st, him, morgan was at the protest, a protest in cartoon, marya brought us to call, once again, making their way to the presidential palace into is capital her tomb. now,

saunders protests were called for by one of the resistance committees in the southern parts of to dance capital and eventually was joined by other resistance committees committees that have been mobilizing people to take to the streets and boys, their opposition to the military takeover that happened in october, i last year as well as to the deal that followed in late november between the army and prime minister out the lam doke an out to end the regime of the military in sudan and to hold the army and those in power accountable for the debts, protesters, we want justice for our brothers who were killed. we want a civilian government. we want peace, freedom and justice. i thought i was, you know, i, mothers are crying during the last protest i. one of the protesters who was killed was an only child, but the head of the army is doing is terrible. so we'll continue protesting. security has been increased there on the capital, her to with major bridges and roads closed ahead of the plan protests. and with

security forces deployed around government facilities. c sedan sovereignty council on saturday stated that people have the right to freedom of expression, as long as it is within the law, and that it respects people's rights to demonstrates faithfully. now, despite the statement from particular sovereignty counsel, sanders protests were also met with tear gas use against protesters to disperse them away from the vicinity of the presidential palace. the sovereignty council has announced that there will be investigation into the incidents of violence and that those who are responsible will be arrested and held accountable for the protesters who continued to take to the streets. the use of force has not been a deterring factor. my protests are planned for in the coming weeks by resistance committees who say that they will continue to voice their opposition to the deal that was fine between the army and prime minister ham dog. and they will continue their demand for civilian government until they see that happen. well,

let's get the latest now with mohammed val, in cartoon for is mohammed reports of at least one protest killed in today's demonstrations. you know, the applied fully one for us to was killed in on the man in that protest, which was what, by the way, it was not the main protest. the main focus is in southern come to him and there was like, there was dollars with the people on doorman and the people of battery would join. of course they couldn't join because the bridges are closed on the roads are close . so now we have see, we see these 3 localized protests taking place. final famously here today. today he called to him about in support of what's happening in for the call to him primarily . and all of this is in memory of the martyrs. a 5th professor, how come to his rooms today? a warns i mean today, and that brings up the number of people killed during the protest of december 30 to 5. this is not partly denting for testers, the resolve, they are adamant,

so they will, they will continue to take to the streets until they eat a force, the military to withdraw from power and a middle, a civilian government takes over. but the politically becoming very difficult because of the fragmentation of the political class. we have seen so many initiatives, professors, university professors bringing to the table their own. you should have seen the party you have seen as the the students, professional, professional associations also contributing without dialogue. we have seen a duke himself trying to speak to some of the components of the class, but they are still refusing the central committee of the, of the freedom and the, the freedom of chin and change our meeting tomorrow to see how they can respond to handbooks a demand for a meeting. so all of this indicates that difficulty of this dialogue,

particularly when we, when we bear in mind that the people who are mobilized for these protests, the committee is this. those committees are not listening to any other sites in this political loss, but not the not planning to have dialogue according to what they say. they are not ready for any compromise. they say, the only way out of this impulse is for the military to see power to a civilian world. government, mom, it. thank you for that update. mama van live in cartoon to south african, our fi fi is, is still babbling to contain a fire at the parliament buildings in cape town. the blazer is extensively damaged the national assembly chamber, where parliamentarians sit, no casualties have been reported, and present cielo run up. also says someone's being questioned in relation to the 5, we need to go a lot deeper and deeper into how this type of event can take

place and what measures we will need to take going forward. but for now, i think we should be grateful that the national assembly parliament has not been raised to ashes and to the floor al jazeera is gillian wolf has worn out from cape tom. well, the situation is very fluid here, around 6 and this morning, about 70 fire fighters were rushed to the scene within a matter of minutes to combat this fire. now, parts of the old assembly building had been completely burned down and now the fire has spread over to the national assembly, which is behind me. as you can see around me, there are a lot of fire crews and police officers still on the scene as well. as medics, luckily no one was hurt because it happened so early on a sunday morning. no one was in the building at the time. but the reason why this is important to south africans is this building represents democracy to south

africa. a lot of politicians come here to debate. this is where the president holds his state of the nation address. and it's also a building where nelson mandela was elected as a 1st black president of south africa. so it's really a place where you see democracy in action. so it's also a place where a lot of tourists come to, to honor this building and really see how democracy unfolds in south africa. governments around the world are grappling with how to control surgeon cases of corona virus, but there's been a backlash to tough restrictions in the netherlands. thousands march in amsterdam, defying and ban on protest rally against the measures. the government imposed a nationwide locked down 2 weeks ago. shutting all non essential stores, bars and restaurants, and that's expected to last until january 14th in england, secondary school students will have to wear masks when schools reopen after the

christmas break. a daily record of more than a 162000 cases was recorded in the u. k. on saturday, largely driven by the only con variant. and in bangladesh, a campaign has been launched to vaccinate $40000000.00 people each month is hoping to inoculate 70 percent of the population by april. we'll have more the situation, bangladesh very shortly, but 1st he is nadeem baba out of vaccination center in london. he says the current virus response is being stretched. the government here is stressing the restrictive measures such as you are seeing in the netherlands must be a last resort and they have been trumpeting the successes. they see it of the vaccination and booster program, which is carrying on rapidly here across the u. k. but they also have asked people to continually test before they socialize and go to work. but most people, many people around the u. k. have experienced problems doing so. in the last couple

of weeks, the government is under strong criticism right now, including from some of its own policies for not preparing better as we come out of the holidays. some of the national health service have said that their members should be prioritize for those natural flow tests. and also the more reliable p c r test saying that people like nurses have struggle to get a pc or test before going in for shifts. really worryingly for them because of course, the more cases there are in sectors like that it leads to stuff shortages on those shortages. there are reports that have been confirmed by the government that they've asked bosses in the public sector to prepare for shortages of up to 25 percent of the workforce in coming months. if on the current continues to rise as deeply as it is now, one area that's worrying people is schools. it was reported that in december as

many as one in 20 primary school pupils tested positive for full coverage 19. and let's not forget that because of the problems with getting tests, the real figures in the population could actually be worse. let's get more now on the vaccination drive in bangladesh, he is tanveer chandry indica. fearful of the new on the conversion bunger. those governance started major vaccination drive all across the country. it is targeting $40000000.00 people to be vaccinated by january this year. and it also wants to vaccinate 80 percent of the population by june this year, by day a good day by day people taking the vaccine has slowed down a bit. now the government is undertaking a major campaign to encourage people to take their job. jericho mother should be the height. the government also started a booster program for senior citizen and the front line workers. it has also

started vaccinating school children from the age of 12 to 17 years old. it us, joshua dom or the wife. today i'm here with my wife and my mom who's 60, to get booster shots. i'm a physician, we've already had to, and now we have to take a food dose of them by it again, lose by leather, so far received on 100000000 doses of vaccine through unicef under caution agreement between the asian development bang bungles government and unicef. it also received are the millions of those says through bilateral agreement, so far, only 29 percent of the population have been vaccinated. the challenge remains for government to get the vaccine from the manufacturers to the recipient, hands in the remote rural areas of bangladesh. still ahead on al jazeera marches in iraq to remember kasim silly money, the powerful, even in general, killed in the u. s. john strike 2 years ago. and with food prices at their highest level, in almost a decade, we look at how people in serbia are struggling to make ends meet.

ah, ah, look forward to pearly to scully's, the winter sponsored my cattle airways. hey there, thanks for joining in. here's your weather story. for asia, we're going to begin in india, we still got watches in play across that time on the do to see some birth of rain, but i really think the heavier stuff a reserve for longer. as we look toward northern parts of india, fog watches are now back in play across this area as well. so foggy start to the day, but that will eventually dissipate as the sun gets go in and we heat things up a bit. so we've got a high of 21 degrees in new delhi. ok off to southeast asia, blankets of rain across borneo, the top and bottom end of march. we lose a bit of intensity in our monsoon rains across malaysia and singapore. on monday, high pressure still carving out sunny skies across the central areas of china,

toward the east as well. shanghai at 14, that's above average. same goes for hong kong with a high 21 degrees. but we're talking about the snow through japan, setting a new record, southwest hon. shoes, $61.00 centimeters and so on the ground in january. so yeah, that's good enough for a new record and still more coming. but i think the worst of the snow on monday will be reserved for that southwest corner of hawkeye do. in fact we do have a snow storm warning, so not only a lot of snow falling, but those winds within that snow around impacting visibility. tokyo has a high of 9 degrees on monday. the weather sponsored by katara ways, one of the fastest growing nations in the world. i want a needed to open and development into national shipping company to become a t middle eastern tough or trade and money. skillful in the 3 key areas

up to about filling up from connecting the world, connecting the future. got so got to gateway to whoa trade. lou. lou lou are you watching al jazeera live from doha. reminder of our top stories. security forces have 5 tea, a gas at protesters in saddam's capital cartoon. at least one person has been shot dead earlier. soldiers were deployed and the internet was caught in an attempt to prevent the demonstrations. a fire has ripped through south africa parliament in cape town, causing expensive damage. the blaze broke out on sunday morning. part of the roof

have collapsed. and thousands of people have defied a ban on protests in amsterdam dirani again, strict corona virus measures the netherlands imposed a nationwide locked down 2 weeks ago, shutting all non essential stores, bars and restaurants. while the only con variant of coven 19 is driving up infections in the us, with cases reaching unprecedented levels. but the president's chief medical advisor says the number of vaccinated people in hospital is very low given the infection rate. my county has more from washington, low down to 40, making very clear that the rate of infection is rising at unprecedented levels. however, he adds that given the case studies in other parts of the world in particular south africa. and they could be a drop in the rate in coming weeks. this is the, at the plate way that the virus, the army kron variant has been going up. a doctor found, she says, as well, that hospitalizations remain high. but it's significant that the number of those

being vaccinated. i do not necessarily respond to the amount of testing that has been done. in other words, the number of cases being entered into hospital is very low among those who are vaccinated, which doctor found, she says, is exceedingly significant. and because of this, he adds, may be one should start looking at the hospitalization rates rather than the testing figures. this is what he had to say. this is particularly relevant if you're having an infection that is much, much more asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic, particularly in people who are vaccinated and boosted. the real bottom line that you want to be concerned about is, are we getting protected by the vaccines, from severe disease leading to hospitalization. i'm still very concerned about the

10s of millions of people who are not vaccinated at all. because even though many of them are going to get asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic, a fair number of them are gonna get severe disease. but to far she also said that the cdc is reviewing its recommendation that the quarantine rate among those testing positive who are asymptomatic. be reduced to 5 days. they announced that last week, but within that protocol, there was not a testing recommended after that 5 day period, dr. far. she saying that in coming days, the cdc may change this. people in cities across iraq have gathered to mock nearly 2 years since the assassination of he knew iranian general cas, i'm silly money. he was killed in the us throne, striking by don along with the iraqi commander, abil my, the honda and several others. as bringing my mood i've had, who was in baghdad for his, at one of the visuals for cost him silly money. tell us about what's been happening around you much. mm. the

who are now standing at the very spot toward the attack happened 2 years ago that killed the 2 commanders. the iranian top commander puts them slay money. hello, good. i might do. hon. is a top command, iraq, to popular mobilization forces. why are you trying to buy that then president donna la donald trump. now so disciplines have been parading daddy, raising the flag of the popular mobilization courses and portrays of the 2 commanders. they had been lighting candles as he gets here right behind to be there out of the wreckage, of the to be killed that were carrying that to commander where when it was hit by the u. s. a to try to. now they say that the reiterating that demand is the expulsion of old foreign troops from iraqi saw it. and there is

a rating of the iraqi parliament resolution that was passed following that tack in january 2020. that's to be late. that old foreign troops should leave the country and the government should work on guaranteeing a fall was little of old put on true. they say that they will continue this event, this movement among across the iraq accommodation to be in the city of karbala, the holy city of god. but the day before 2 days and, and they will go to other govern rates. also to commemorate the killing, go the assassination of the 2 commanders. they say that this is an occasion to deteriorate their demands, the expulsion of old foreign troops and retaliation from the perpetrators. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. my moved up, the wildlife was there in back that the leader of molly's entering the authorities

calling for elections to be delayed. the transitional government had agreed to hold the polls next month following a military coup in 2020. now it wants them held within 5 years. the west african regional blanca was, has imposed sanctions and officials, and it has promised more if molly's leaders don't produce a plan for a democratic transition. fidelis and bar has more from a butcher. last thursday there was the end of the national dialogue, had recommended that elections, the presidential and legislative elections will be held between 6 months and 5 years. but then the countries that foreign minister had a meeting with the media off the vehicle was a block, which is the regional block, the that the president of ghana. after the meeting, it brought capital national tv where the foreign minister now said that at the expect to hold elections in 5 years. because in previous times they had up to the

complained about the lack of logistics. and also the fact that you take countries to go in to figure out the violence because the continued attacks by an groups officially in the central and northern region of the country. so they're now saying that because they only do that after 55 years. so that you'll be able to hold elections because it will, the national dialogue that was had last week had been a boycotted by the position who said that says whatever it was being fed, it's just a waste of time and that they don't see elections happening. so on the looking a likely that these elections are going to go next month. so we're getting for the functions as promised by the regional block, because they had trick in that, in this elections don't hold that they're going to impose another round of sanctions against the transition committee members. and the effects, or the supporters as well, of the way a glasgow is

a political and security analyst that free politic africa, security thing tank. he says, despite the criticism, the interim government has managed to bring in some stability in marty this is by no means a got a government, a government that really was to transition like if it, in the orthodox we, we know try to be i think this is this is the government that has very different view of what molly should be, how much they should be governed, and the world to be the one to, to executable on, on that vision. so it remains to be seen if they'll be able to pull will the political cloud within, within my lead international support to balance the sides of international community that is against the government also within the region as well to be able to have some form of approval without overt covertly to,

to guide this 5 year plan that they really not be government implant by marquiz to a large extent is step ahead of every, every one. you just have to look at how they able to change us on the, on the ground in a very increment of a teddy basis. so 1st of all, it was cool. and then there was the intern government and then to look at the new moved into government, came back to office despite all of the press within some part of within the region some, some constraints in the country. and of course, a very overt pressure from international community this to be able to maintain strong hold on to power and keep some form of stomach that is political stability. now global food prices are i bare, highest levels in a decades, many people are now struggling to make ends meet in fair be rising fuel and power prices are making the situation worse, lower burden. man, me reports this new year. many in belgrade,

a choosing keslie will they put in their food basket. and that because prices have food that was alone or 20 percent only a year ago. then we have to predict prices to get to the end of the month, to go through the month without any did. what was the most of the we don't eat what we want, but what we have here, we always pay on from that. i managed to put it together somehow to pay for utilities to pay for electricity to make ends meet, but many probably fail. awesome morgan, i was paid for you. according to the u. n. global food prices rose by 30 percent in the past year, hitting the highest level in almost a decade. that's because harvest had been hit hard in major exporting countries, including russia, the us and canada. and that's due to bad weather disruptions to supplies to jacoby 19 factor closures and high energy costs are also to blame

in serbia prices room by 7.5 percent. but food with more than double that oils and fat rows by 22.5 percent. better of more than 20 fruits, nearly 17 percent and meet by 14 net john stockton. it seems to me that this wave will continue. it will not stop at the end of this year. on the contrary, i think we will have a new wave of price increases and there are several reasons for that. the 1st is that all excise products will increase in january. there will also be an energy crisis on this madness with the prices of gas electricity. so on. in november, the government kept the prices of sugar, oil, flour, pork, and luke. but that will expire at the end of january. you know, objectively this freezing of the prices of the food didn't have any effect on

stabilizing prices. it had a psychological impact on consumers and gave the impression that the government is protecting the standard of living. not many se, price wise as far exceed minimum wage increases and not putting pressure. many people to put food on the table lore, the man the 0 that mexico has a wealth of ancient cities, tombs and artifacts. and it's long been a treasure trove for archaeologists. but many of its historical pieces with scattered around the world while the government is not trying to get them back. john homan has a story lost treasures returned home after being recovered from abroad. that being shown often a new exhibition cooled, the greatness of mexico. some of the pieces are on display for the 1st time. this 1200, you're a woo. relief came home from los angeles. these co hatchets, which we use is money in southwest mexico,

500 years ago. also returned from the u. s. over the last decade, the mit can governments mounted a big push to bring home the country's historical objects. more than 10000 have been recovered. christina talks to us from germany after voluntarily returning 27 figurines, that have been with her for decades. not missing anything, but again, this is you may, i don't feel bad because if i die tomorrow, my children won't have this problem and they won't end up in a rubbish down, which is my biggest fear. the daughter on the quote to feels the same sample has promised comments iraq and thought our last were convinced that all of the artifacts from every country should be given back to them. not just mexico for more than a 100 years they've been stolen. these are the pieces christine inherited from her husband, who got them as a gift from a met can student many years ago. many the recovered treasures had a circuitous route abroad, and it's tough to get them back using litigation. instead, the mits can,

governments relied on diplomacy goodwill. we've been very successful in receiving voluntary returns of these pieces because people really want those pieces to go back to their am. oregon's medic has long been a paradise for archaeologists, and collectors with temples turns jewels and ceremonial objects to be found and sometimes wished to weigh him if the momentum the wire cliff hinder may he go? mexico was growing and a lot of people were looking at it from the 1940 to the 1970 his later then, with the law of 1972, our institute had more tools to fight the pillaging and it went down. now the river of artifacts flowing out of the country seems to be reversed. what the exhibitions literature says is that when a countries are to fight for lost, erodes part, the nation's memory. and thus, why the big hunt to find that these are like little bits of mexico's memory that are scattered around the globe. the return of some of them is celebrated by this

display, which marks 200 years since met. code gained independence from spain. john holman, out 0 mexico city. now the annual winter classic any, any child is supposed to be cold, but the temperature in minneapolis was so low. the ice needed to be heated. in minnesota, wild and st. louis close game has entered the record books as the cold as that door game in lake history. it is minus $21.00 degrees celsius when the contest got underway. and fortunately for the minnesota fans, that brave the cold. let him last 6 to 4. ah. hello again, i'm fully body boy with the headlines on al jazeera security forces in sudan have fire tear gas at protesters in the capital cartoon. at least one person has been.