this is the news live from united states passes 500000 coronavirus. who remembers each person we've lost lives they lived and loved ones are left behind. candles like the white house as president biden leads a nation in mourning but he warns months of suffering are still ahead also coming

up israel hiltons its economy with extra freedoms for the already vaccinated should the so-called green field fast track to normal life or is it discrimination. western powers step up the pressure on me general sask protests against the military some tougher sanctions ward off the rising threat of violence. plus riveting new footage from the red planet's. releases the 1st video of its perseverance rover. daunting descent. thanks for joining us the united states has marked another somebody stone in its fight against the corona virus the country's covert 19 related deaths crossed the

threshold of 500001 monday just over a year since the pandemic claimed its 1st known victim in the u.s. president joe biden led the nation in ordering the dead. today we mark a truly groome heartbreaking milestone. 500000 71. dead. that's more americans who died in one year who's pandemic than a war one. war 2 in the vietnam war combined. that's more lives lost to this virus than any other nation on earth but as rig knowledge the scale of this mass death in america remember each person in the life they live joe biden speaking that i was on from washington by that of

your correspondent stephanie stephanie in that speech so biden said he wants to reduce the bipartisanship surrounding the pandemic is it too late for those. know it's not 500000 dead americans are definitely a reason to leave bipartisan and political bickering behind but that was more aimed towards people who are affected by the pandemic or who are still a life their economical votes they or their hardship when it comes to paying rent getting enough food for their kids and so on so that was clearly aimed at what is going on right now in washington that the white house and democrats are trying to bring through the $1.00 trillion dollar apec h. . joe biden wants to push through and with that $1400.00 for all americans and of course there is as pointed out political bickering republicans are against

this and want to reduce the sums and what is paid to people so that was good to what's that but however absolutely right the president say it's say it's a horrible number 500000 dead americans it's not not something the u.s. can be proud of and yet the u.s. is also one of the leading countries in terms of vaccinations around 13 percent of the population have received that shot how does that change things on the ground 0 . yeah that's good news and ministration as well as the state governments are pushing the pedal there and there is hope for more even faster broader vaccination programs to be implemented here in the united states teachers bringing kids back to school and teachers they teachers getting vaccinated this going to be a big push in that direction too however the problem is you see even if the society here and towns cities and places open up a little bit more now get

a little bit more lax in their in their risk trick chin's of people how they get there where they eat is that for restaurants open and so on. it's not broad enough and it's not fast enough it could be broad and faster and don't forget there are predictions out there who say that up to $150.00 more 100-115-0000 more americans could die by summer so that is not there with all the vaccination that is good everybody is pushing the pedal here to give more vaccinations to the people but still 150000 people could die until some are still with all this going on. the u.s. is in the top 10 of countries with the highest death toll capita why have so many americans died one of the world's richest countries briefly. well because. at least that's what many experts say trumpeted ministration the foreigners freshen under. under donald trump has made significant mistakes in the

u.s. was really really really really laid strew reacts could've been done more i brought you something here you see this was headline in washington post. in may last may last year ok $100000.00 that was the 1st shocker. the after that the administration is stands accused of not really grasping the great graft the the magnitude of the crisis here not doing fast enough things fast enough to stop the virus and this threat and that's the reason why when so bad here in america america could have done better everybody is. the same virginia that stephanie was in washington thank you 7 british prime minister boris johnson has unveiled a road map to ease the coronavirus lockdown in england see coulters planet cautious but reversible path back to normality infections the deaths have been declining in england helped by a rapid vaccination rollouts more than

a quarter of the u.k.'s population have already received a 1st owes. pupils across england just still learning at home but in just 2 weeks they'll return to the classroom opening schools is the 1st step in boris johnson's plan to successfully ease looked on measures every 5 weeks. there is therefore no credible route to a 0 or indeed a 0. word and you cannot persist indefinitely with restrictions that debilitate our economy our physical and mental wellbeing and the life chances of our children allowing people to socialize again is the priority with restrictions on outdoor gatherings relaxing just before easter next on the list is reopening non-essential businesses by the end of april followed by pubs and restaurants by mid may all limits on socialising could then be lifted by the end of

june everything stop to this an awful lot of people need to pay their rent feed their kids so i would like to see things like that quicker but i think if we did a long time now i know it's not $9.00 to $15.00 long now i mean potentially some. distance on a not. like. that something johnson wants to avoid with hopes of a complete end to lock downs pinned on the vaccine roll out the biotech pfizer and oxford astra zeneca just have so far offered strong protection the prime minister says the plan will be adapted if infection numbers rise but also insists that measures must be eased soon. we can't escape the fact that lifting lockdown will result in more cases more hospitalizations and sadly more deaths and this would happen whenever lockdown is lifted whether now or in 6 or 9 months because there will always be some vulnerable people who are not

protected by the bat says the government is investigating a controversial proposal to introduce covert status certificates that's despite ministers repeatedly denying they would consider the use of these vaccine passports fearing they could be discriminatory a report of the review is expected to be published before june. israel's vaccination campaign has also been surging ahead with around 80 percent of its population already inoculated the country to start reopening after 2 months lockdown as of sunday many shops and back in business again but are not open to everyone some only allow customers who are fully vaccinated with so-called green pass. since september classes at this television august studio have been held online because of the pandemic now people can attend

again and christian but only those who hold a green pass the paris issued by israel's ministry of hers that is given only to vaccinated people or those recovered from calls at $1000.00 so it's an amazing feeling and everyone these are vaccinated so there's no fear and it feels like and apparently we are broadcasting the classes that are taking place here we are broadcasting them for people who still did not vaccinate on sunday israel for the east restrictions after prolonged lockdown malls museums and stores have been opened for all but gyms cultural and sports events would be made accessible to queen pass holders of over 4000000 people have received at least a 1st try and take pfizer's israel is one of the 1st countries trying to get life back to normal opening up has also opened a debate over

a variety of legal the moral questions of limiting personal liberties as there is someone not rushing to get the vaccine we are limiting few people and i believe this is a balance we are not doing that for good you can really enjoy a cultural life you willing joe's told you willing joe you know going to the gym but. in this time of the temporary base on the shore we will let only people being vaccinated we covered for 2 of the green posts it remains unclear whether international travel could also be willing to the green palace for now is ben gurion airport will remain closed for another 2 weeks to keep virus variants at bay traveling is not yet on the mind of this group or film term friends into recent memory age between 84 and 95 they had to play their favorite chinese

board game are shown on line for the past year after their vaccinations they feel safe again to meet i feel like at this point i am free i mean just to be able to talk to people you know it's wonderful very nice to see everybody's ok and remained pretty healthy throughout the year but very lonely and. it really is a wonderful feeling it's a 1st but cautious step back to some kind of normality. yeah. this report joins us now from jerusalem time what else can people with this do things they still. are. well this can cause a system as part of a government plan that will come in stages to roll back some of those major

restrictions that were put in place for the country's 3rd lockdown now as you heard in the record since sunday people can visit malls says shops have free open markets have be opened you can go to museums and libraries that is open for now but it's restricted to green pass holders it's actually better sistering for gym classes going to swimming pools to hotels. that is what is restricted to green pos hold us now and that will be planned out in the coming weeks according to the infection rate it has only started to drop actually last week there are still people also see it seriously and people hospitalized and still people dying here also in israel from covert 19 and also because it is still also unclear whether people who have been vaccinated can still infect other people they

will be a 3rd stage said will be decided still about restaurants to opening a fresh trends and coffee shops and we are also expecting for the jewish holiday of karim that next week there might be some restrictions being put back in place so we'll see exceptions that would do average israelis think about the possible from an ethical point of view. well i talk to people mostly those who have been vaccinated and there is a large support among this group i think you have to look at the numbers no half of the population of 9000000 has now started the vaccination process about 1400000 have at least had their 1st shot and over 3000000 people have gotten their 2nd dose and one week after you're fully vaccinated you can download this passport a lot of people read actually downloading it there were some technical problems

even to get to the site over the weekend and we're talking here about people over 16 that can be vaccinated now of course there are people also who don't want to be vaccinated this is a group we're talking about roughly maybe 1000001500000 who have not gone to get their shots for price reasons i talked yesterday to someone who said well i just didn't find the time but you also have those who don't want to go they just simply don't want to go vaccinate vaccinate and there are some groups also social media with conspiracy theories but there are also those for health reasons they are hesitant and i think at the moment the focus here is off the government off the house providers to get people to go and vaccinate and i think this debate only just started now about you know the but to strike the balance between you know personal

choice personal rights and. doing this for the greater good of old. thank you very much. as i look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic mexico has received its 1st shipment of russia's sputnik v.a. vaccine seniors in mexico city's marginalized communities will be the 1st to get the shots the world's biggest vaccine maker india's to toot says it's been told to prioritize its production of the astra zeneca vaccine for the indian market a study from the university of edinburgh has found vaccinations from biotech pfizer and oxford are. led to substantial reductions in hospital admissions in scotland's it's a look at some of the other stories making headlines this hour facebook says it will lift the ban on australian news pages in the coming days after reaching a compromise with the government camera as agreed to make changes to a law that would force social media companies to pay for news content.

former u.s. president ronald trump has lost the supreme court appeal against his tax returns being released to prosecutors the manhattan district attorney is investigating trump for possible tax and insurance fraud despite the quarterly confidentiality rules mean the tax returns will not be made public. foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions on 4 top russian officials who they say are responsible for general position little insane avani the e.u. says it's a signal that debate and protest must be allowed in russia the kremlin has called the decision disappointing and unlawful. the military regime in myanmar is facing growing pressure both at home and abroad 3 weeks after it seized the european union has warned that is it is considering sanctions and the u.s. has penalized 2 more generals protests continue to swell in myanmar despite the

authorities threat to use force against the crowds at least 3 protesters have been killed even though the regime says that police are using only minimal force. let's bring in journalist dave brown for 4 more days the military is one of the protesters could suffer a loss of life seems to encourage more protests doesn't it. certainly with the turnout that happened yesterday you saw that they weren't backing down but clearly the demonstrators are taking this seriously i mean a lot of demonstrators yesterday wrote their blood types in the cockpit information for the next of kin on there are i mean the movement to demonstrate against this military coup is incredibly powerful the numbers that we saw yesterday the work stoppage that we saw were in so many communities commercial activity basically in so many communities came to a halt practically and the number of government workers who refused to work yesterday

a lot of it if you brzezinski close down at the same time though everyone there is keenly aware that this is a military coup in the past has gone down massive numbers of protesters such as in 19182007 among others the question now is where's the line where the military would cross and potentially go that route again well the u.s. has penalized an additional 2 generals and the e.u. is considering sanctions on businesses owned by the military do you think that will help to force army generals to rethink their absence and i mean that's a pressure point but in the end it's not going to get the generals to give up on the coup and just go back to their barracks it's not going to do that which you really need to get on board or asian countries that have some influence over the military such as china southeast asian nations and while these countries have said you know don't gun down the protesters releasing some sushi none of those countries have shown any appetite to pressure the generals to reverse the coup and that's

where you would really need to see that happen. the european union says it will not counsel special trade privileges that tariff free access to the u.s. market what's the reason for the. so this is a trade preference that gives industries such as the textile industry tax free access to be used for $115000000.00 consumers i mean it's led to tens of thousands of jobs and many of them are filled by people who come from rural villages they come to the cities to work in these in the outskirts of the cities in these textile making plants and they send most of their income back home to their families you take those jobs away which is what would happen if you cancel these trade preferences and those jobs are gone and it's not the generals who are millionaires who get punished it's the common working people who make subsistence level salaries practically and they'd be the ones who is punished and the reason for taking this route is from lessons learned from sanctions in the past when you had widespread sanctions from the u.s.

and europe and it punished the common people but it did nothing to really impact the salaries of the generals. thank you very much. sure thing. dozens of boeing triple 7 planes have been grounded worldwide. over the weekend sections of the engine broke off and fell on a residential area in the city of denver recommended grounding planes with the same . best occasion. moments of horror for the 231 passengers and 10 crew members aboard the boeing 777201 route from denver to honolulu one of the plane's engines exploded into flames and debris rained down to the ground. it was late the worst joined in minutes i was just brain and i was like the kid no. i was in years these believed all these by gays and that we had

landed for mon. and my life would be ending later that. the plane made an emergency landing in denver no injuries were reported but united airlines announced that it would ground 24 aircraft until the national transportation safety board finished its investigation. a total of $128.00 boeing triple 7 zar affected the large twin jets are grounded for the time being most are older models and that includes the 26 year old united plane all of the boeing 777200 in question have pratt and whitney p w 4000 engines boeing has delivered 6900 of the planes japanese authorities have now issued a flight ban as a precaution affecting japan airlines and only pon airways this is not been the 1st

problem with the boeing triple 7200 on december 4th there was a similar engine failure. champions league football now it's not by a munich will play their 1st ever competitive match against last year on the italians has reached the knockout phase of europe's top club competition for the 1st time in 21 years by go into the match knowing they'll need to avoid the mistakes of recent ballistic got games. by and munich have been coming face to face with their weaknesses in recent days they don't have the same depth in their squad as last season which has become more of an issue with players missing time due to positive coronavirus tests. travelling during a pandemic only adds to the stress. as they prepared for their 1st game of the champions league knockout phase away at lot c.-o. flick knew what he was up against they have

a good artist. said i don't want to make excuses but we know what's happened in recent days and so it's an issue on this being it is on for of course i want my team or our team to be present from the very start so fun from. flick won't want to see more scenes like these from saturday when biron failed to eintracht frankfurt just 5 days after only managing a draw against be the failed at home but he'll need is team to step up their game if they hope to prevail against a lot c.e.o. at rome's study olympic oh. yeah absolutely i have absolute faith that the team will perform well on tuesday tomorrow. i'm completely convinced of that. team has the quality and so we're going to put it to use. film sets by and have always stepped up to the task in the champions league under

the flick now they'll have to dig deep to rediscover their good form and find success in rome. and now we have some spectacular new footage last week's mass landing for you now says rover perseverance made its gentle touch tone . of the travelling the indy 500000000. its mission signs for. a 1st look after a nearly 500000000 kilometer journey to subsonic these and he sure had been separated the removal of the heat shield that was preceded by the opening of the perseverance his parachute the planet's rust colored terrain drew ever closer and after a few times minutes the 7 month wait was finally over. that's now confirmed. ready to begin picking up dams and perhaps by perseverance will gather rock and soil

samples but images like these will also allow the public to share in the excitement of the mission. and these are pretty cool videos and you know we will learn something by looking at the performance of the vehicle in these videos but a lot of it is also to bring you along on our journey our touchdown to mars and of course our surface mission as well the 5 mars in addition to video footage the rover has also already transmitted the 1st recording of sound on the planet a gust of wind heard across the galaxy. the rover is also beaming back photos from the martian surface show doesn't collect samples it's hoped that they could be brought back to earth by return mission in the early 2030 s. the year that we were our new environment that we're going to explore. back here on a snow and ice south been causing serious suffering for parts of the united states

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