katty: alexei navalny's team not happy with the sanctions. no reports on where mr. mighbe headed to serve his prison term. what can you tell us about this notorious prison number two? sarah: russia's prisons are notorious as a whole, but this one in particular, members of mr. navalny's team describe it as one of the toughest in the system. they talk about the groups of inmates being in charge of the regime there and essentially meting out punishment, placing people in isolation. a former political prisoner talks about how there was a ban on communicating with him at all for the entire time he was in that prison, and he was suspecting that alexei navalny could be subjected to similar treatment. mr. navalny has been named as a flight risk. i know from speaking to a prisoner in another russian jail that that means he is essentially facing being woken up every couple of hours in the middle of the night throughout the night by prison officials, supposedly checking that he has not done a runner. it could be a very uncomfortable existence for alexi navalny in this prison. o

the eu and the us have reacted today to the treatment of alexei navalny more broadly with a package ofanctions. they have specifically targeted individuals, senior officials in russia. they do not target the economy more broadly and do not do what the team of alexander navalny asked for, to go over after oligarch senior russian figures that a re close to putin, they say they wanted them sanctioned. as further sanctions, the spokesperson for putin has dismissed the use of sanctions once again. restrictions and should ask themselves one question, does it work? according to the kremlin spokesperson, it doesn't. yesterday we told you the story of 9—year—old ahmed, in yemen. he and his friends attend school in the ruins of their classrooms — close to the front—line fighting between the government and houthi rebels. ahmed is just one of millions of children suffering in the civil war there, now in its sixth year and international aid has been decreasing. the uk government, which helps fund and arm the arab coalition fighting the rebels, plans to cut its aid to yemen by half. this report from

the us imposes sanctions on russia, following the attempted killing of opposition leader alexei navalny. more countries around the world receive vaccines under the covax scheme, as four million doses arrive in nigeria. and president biden says the us will inoculate every adult by the end of may and directs two pharmaceutical giants to work together to mass produce the vaccine. a bbc investigation has found evidence that china's policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of uighurs, and other ethnic minorities, from north—west xinjiang to factory jobs often far from home is being used as a method of uprooting and assimilating the population. it's also uncovered possible connections between these workers and major international brands. china says transferring workers away from the region is a way of tackling rural poverty and unemployment. our china correspondent john sudworth has this report. at this factory, the uighur workers are clearly visible. more than 2000 miles from home, brought all the way to central china by a massive relocation scheme. now the bbc has found compelling evide

first sanctions on russia, over what it says was moscow's attempt to kill opposition leader, alexei navalny world, under the covax scheme which provides lower—income nations with the much—needed jabs. in nigeria, the most heavily—populated country on the african continent, nearly 4 million doses of the 0xford—astrazeneca jab arrived tuesday. manufactured in india, they are the first of 16 million to be delivered to nigeria in the coming months. there were also deliveries to ghana, where the vaccination campaign kicked off tuesday. the government hopes to vaccinate 20 million — more than 66% of the nation — by the end of the year. 0ur correspondent, thomas naadi, was in the capital, accra, as people queued outside health centres. i'm in one of the covid—i9 vaccination centres in the capital, accra, where people have been waiting all morning to get the jab. i spoke to some of the staff earlier and they are excited to get started. they are prioritising the most vulnerable, including frontline health workers, people with underlying health conditions, and the elderly, aged 60 and above. it is li

simply the start of trying to hold moscow accountable for his treatment of the political opponent alexei navalny. >> it is clear that russian officials targeted mr. navalny for his activism and his efforts to reveal uncomfortable truths about russian officials's corruption and to give voice to russian citizens's legitimate grievances with their government and its policies. we are exercising our authorities to send a clear signal that russia's use of weapons and human rights abuses have severe consequences. any use of chemical weapons anywhere at any time by anyone under any circumstance is unacceptable and it contradicts international norms. >> just to show that this is not a one off for the biden administration, they are still looking at options for holding moscow accountable for the solar winds cyberattack. that is the cyberattack that attacked not just u.s. government institutions but private businesses as well. the biden administration wants to send a message that it will hold moscow accountable for what it considers moscow's bad behavior. >> still ahead on al jazeera. police in myanmar open

ros: and europeans are imposing sanctions for the poisoning of alexei navalny. director has been defending his bureaus actions leading up to the attack on january 6. attack, that siege was criminal behavior, plain and simple. ros: europe continues to struggle with a slow vaccine rollout. we will tell you about the operation to get this 3.6 million-year-old fossil to the u.k. and why the journey was kept secret until now. whether you are watching on pbs in america or anywhere else, welcome to "outside source." the biden demonstration has announced its first sanctions targeting russia connected to the poisoning of alexei navalny. these measures will target seven government officials, including this man, the director of the national guard and the head of the federal penitentiary system. the european union imposing sanctions on four russian ficials. this is alexei navalny. he was jailed in january for breaking his probation. he returned from germany where he was flown for treatment after being poisoned. we have more details on who was targeted and why. >> the americ

the imprisoned kremlin critic alexei navalny says he is going on hunger strike because he is not receivingssued through his lawyers on instagram, mr navalny said, he wanted russian law to be observed and for a doctor of his choice, to come and treat him. mr navalny was sentenced to two years and eight months injail for breaking his parole terms, in connection with a previous fraud sentence. sarah rainsford in moscow has more. well, this is a real escalation of a situation by alexei navalny. he's announced of this hunger strike saying it's the only kind of protest that a prisoner can actually make. so he's calling for the authorities to allow a specialist doctor to come see him and for medication to be prescribed for him, because he says he's in really quite severe pain not only in his back, but also now radiating down both legs. and in fact, in a letter he wrote to the head of the prison where he's being held, he even made a joke, he said, "fine, i can do without one leg, but not both of them." but obviously this is a serious situation, as mr navalny pointed out, he was poisoned just last

lawyers were saying that weren't able to access alexei navalny. kasie?know moscow well, having lived there and covered it extensively. matt points out that it's not necessarily unusual that something like this might happen. but what is unique about the navalny case? the fact he went back after convalescing from that poisoning was a decision that likely would result in something like this, but will that galvanize support for him that they've done this to him? or how do you see this playing out? >> yeah. it's great question. you know, look, in russia there's a tradition of people like navalny who end up putting themselves in jeopardy of being imprisoned even though they know better and that's the outcome. there is a russian sense of nobility being in prison that goes back historically. alexei navalny knew exactly what would happen when he went back to moscow. he chose to do it because he wants to stand up to the putin regime as he sees it. he believes the injustice to him would be a way of demonstrating to the world what really happens inside of russia. to

the sanctions are an answer to the poisoning of alexei navalny.iden promising his promised to get tough on russia. nigerian schoolgirls released after being held by gunmen. it is the latest release. nigerian sphere it will not be the last. and, reports of live rounds fired in myanmar. southeast asian countries calling on the generals to stop the shooting and release the civilian leader aung san suu kyi. ♪ i am brent goff. welcome. we begin with an answer to the poisoning. today, the eu and the u.s. in a coordinated move slapped sanctions on russian officials and companies connected with the poising and imprisonment of alex a navalny. he is now serving a prison sentence. washington said its intelligence found moscow was behind the poising with the nerve agent last august. it is the first time the new administration h sanction russia. russia says it is preparing its own against the eu and u.s. my first guest is an authority on corruption in russia. he is the author of the book "red notice." it is good to have you back on the show tonight. the u.s. h

this is part of a 20—minute video uploaded to alexei navalny�*s youtube channel. s navalny? prison hell for putin's main enemy". it's trending on russian youtube and has been viewed 2.8 million times since monday. it contains first—hand accounts of former inmates of the pokrov prison who speak of physical and psychological abuse at there. —— while there. and this report in daily komsomolskaya pravda says that the prison where navalny is due to spend two—and—a—half years "resembles a soviet—era compulsory treatment centre for alcoholics". here's sarah rainsford in moscow. there's growing positive news from the uk. there's growing evidence that the national lockdown combined with the highly successful roll—out of vaccines is leading to a sharp reduction in covid deaths. according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics, the number of registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to the lowest level since the start of the year. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the streets may still look quiet, b

the us imposes sanctions on russia for the attempted killing of leading opposition activist alexei navalny. more countries around the world receive vaccines under the covax scheme, as 4 million doses arrive in nigeria. and president biden promises the us will inoculate every adult by the end of may, two drugs giants will work together to mass produce vaccines. hello to you. a bbc investigation has found evidence that china's policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of uighurs and other ethnic minorities from north—west xinjiang to factoryjobs — often farfrom home — is being used as a method of uprooting and assimilating the population. it's also uncovered possible connections between these workers and major international brands. china says, officially, transferring workers away from the region is a way of tackling rural poverty and unemployment. our china correspondent, john sudworth, has this report. at this factory, the uighur workers are clearly visible. more than 2,000 miles from home, brought all the way to central china by a massive relocation scheme. now the bbc has found compel

sanctions on seven senior members of the russian government over the attack on the dissident alexei navalnyrussia was behind the poisoning of my navalny and says it will tighten export controls on 1a firms involved in the production of biological and chemical agents. the us has also called for the release of mr navalny, who is being held in a russian prison camp. the opposition leader's team posted a video about the conditions in the camp, where he's believed to be held. this is footage showing the prison in pokrov, just outside moscow. the facility has a reputation for torture—like conditions, that are used by the kremlin, to break the spirit of the detainees. here's sarah rainsford in moscow. even by russian prison standards, it's a pretty brutal sounding place. they've been speaking to former inmates who've talked about punishment beatings. they've talked about really tough physical conditions there. and one former political prisoner said for the entire time he was incarcerated, everyone was banned from speaking to him. now, the eu and the us have reacted today to mr navalny�*s treatment

seven senior members senior members of the russian government — over the attack on the dissident alexei navalnyas behind the poisoning of mr navalny and says it will also tighten export controls on 1a firms involved in the production of biological and chemical agents. the us has also called for the release of mr navalny, who is being held in a russian prison camp. the opposition leader's team posted a video about the conditions at the camp where the 44—year—old believed to be held. the facility has a reputation for torture—like conditions, that are used by the kremlin, to break the spirit of the detainees. here's sarah rainsford in moscow. even by russian prison standards, it's a pretty brutal sounding place. they've been speaking to former inmates who talked about punishment beatings. they've talked about really tough physical conditions there. and one former political prisoner said for the entire time he was incarcerated, everyone was banned from speaking to him. now, the eu and the us have reacted today to mr navalny�*s treatment more broadly with a whole package of new sanctions. they're ve

. >>> tonight alexei navalny has alexei navalny has been moved to a notorious prison in russia >> reporter: tonight he's in a prison camp. he returns to russia to face prison after a failed attempt to poison him with nerve-agent. his jailing is the most high-profile since russia's richest man was in prisoned for ten years. he warns president biden not to treat putin like a normal leader >> he would say he's a totalitarian ruler he's a godfather >> reporter: more than 10,000 were arrested peaceful protests are not enough >> people are not ready to use force, they can't hope for the change of the regime >> reporter: the u.s. will impose new sanctions on russia as early as this week, targeted putin's inner circle european allies will join in. the first direct action by president biden against the leader he has long condemned. lester >>> bill neely, thank you. >> prince harry and meghan markle are opening up in a new interview with oprah winfrey, the prince speaking about princess diana and leaving the royal family here is keir simmons >> reporter: an explosive interview. prince harry compares

let's talk about how long alexei navalny's family and friends did not know where he was.mine where he was, and what was going through your mind while you were waiting? >> we didn't know where he was since thursday, until monday. so for four days over the weekend. we learned friday morning that he was transferred elsewhere, from the prison where he was held. and we tried our best to find him, to locate him. there were signs that he could have been transferred to this penal colony, but we didn't know for sure until monday, when his lawyers were finally admitted to seeing him, after six hours of waiting outside this penal colony. it's a huge relief that we were able to find him. but the conditions of his stay in this concentration camp are quite terrible, actually. >> so how are you able to communicate with him? not necessarily you, but how is his team able to communicate with him? and how is he getting messages out like the one we cited on instagram? >> when the lawyers finally managed to get to meet him there in this camp, in this prison camp, he was able to transfer this

united states has imposed sanctions to punish russia over the poisoning of opposition leader alexei navalny. washington pointing the blame at the kremlin, announcing actions against seven russian officials and foreign entities. navalny became sick in august and was airlifted to germany. doctors concluded he had been poisoned. russia denies and had a role. jenny chin with more on the sanction reporter: in a coordinated move with the european union, the united states announced sanctions on russia for the poisoning of opposition leader alexi navalny. >> the united states has announced sanctions on seven senior members of the russian government. reporter: among washington's sanctions, seven senior government officials. other high-profile names on the list are the prosecutor general as well as the country's federal prisons administrator and the head of the national guard. the sanctions against moscow are a first by the biden administration, which has pledged to sp up conontation with the kremlin on several subjects, including russia's alleged role on the hacking of u.s. government agencies and b

this is the front gate of the prison colony where alexei navalny has been interred.ng for us, one of the guys shaking his head with a dog. is it possible to register to be in this area? it's because it's the territory of the prison they said we can't even register to be here. russians are notoriously secretive about their prisons because they know the conditions inside are poor, not just in this one, but in prisons around the country. this disturbing video posted by a russian newspaper shows prisoners being cruelly beaten by guards in a penal colony in the region next door to where navalny is being held. a russian court has convicted several people of involvement in what's become a national prison scandal. it is common knowledge among inmates these kinds of beatings are widespread. navalny says there's been no hint of violence towards him so far. >> it's forbidden. >> reporter: it may be his enemies at the kremlin want its most prominent critic out of public view. matthew chance. >> matthew, thank you for that revealing report. >>> still ahead, major european nations

and this precisely may explain the decision of alexey navalny.ivity and he's nobody. yes, you may be scared and every person may be scared of something, may be frightened of something, but you have to do what you have. >> former president trump, as you know, repeatedly praised putin as president. right? again and again and again. here are just a few examples. >> i have the great honor to be with president putin. >> president putin was a total gentleman. >> we had no called from russia for years. and all of a sudden we have this great friendship. and by the way, getting along with russia's a great thing. getting along with putdin and russia's a great thing. >> biden of course not only speaks differently, sergey, but his policy toward putin is now completely different. right? doing these sanctions, for example, for navalny's poisoning. do you think that this worries putin at all? >> yes. of course the change of the politics by washington is very dangerous for putin. he understands very well maybe the most important is not what president biden has s

the russian opposition politician alexei navalny has announced he is going on a hunger strike in protesteatment in prison in moscow. >> this is a real escalation of the situation by alexei navalny. he has announced a hunger strike, saying it is the only kind of protest that a prisoner can actually make. so, he is calling for the authorities to allow a specialist doctor to see him. and for medications to be prescribed to him because he says he has -- he is in severe in, not only in his back but radiating down both legs. in the letter he wrote to the prison, head of the prison where he is being held, he even made a joke. "fine, i can do without one leg but not both." this is a serious situation. as mr. navalny pointed out, he was poisoned just last year. so, he's really concerned about what the symptoms might actually be down to. in fact, what his chances of recovery could be. ♪ katty: the bbc's china correspondent has relocated from beijing to taiwan for -- following pressure and threats from chinese authorities. in the wake of his departure, the china media outlets are continuing to atta

its first sanctions on russia over what it says was moscow's attempt to kill opposition leader alexei navalnyargeted seven russian officials — including the head of their secret service — and more than a dozen businesses, some connected with biological and chemical materials. now on bbc news... it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. it's a month since the military in myanmar seized power and detained the country's elected leaders. if the generals thought the public would quietly accept the return of military rule, well, they were wrong. mass protests across the country have been met with increasing force and the death toll is rising. my guest is khin zaw win, a prominent political prisoner under the previous military regime. what do the people of myanmar want now? and what are they likely to get? khin zaw win, in yangon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me ask, by getting you to describe to me the situation as you see it and feel it today in yangon, is the momentum still with the street protests? or are people reconsidering whether they should and will take to the

impose sanctions on russia for the poisoning of opposition politician alexei navalny. hello thanks for joining us charges are mounting against me and mars deposed leaders a month after the military seized power the lawyer for ousted president when men says he's now being charged with breaching the constitution which is punishable by up to 3 years in prison he was arrested along with democratically elected head of government. who's also facing several charges meanwhile protesters are still defying an escalating crackdown to demand an end to the military. take over it's lunch time right now but are ready to hear gas has been fired in confrontations between security forces and demonstrators at least 21 people have been killed in weeks of protests most of them on sunday scott heiler is joining us live from bangkok for an update on the situation mean martin particularly those charges. have now been imposed on the ousted president what more can you tell us about those. that and we know as you mention that when man has now 2 additional charges laid against them and as you men

. >>> president biden announcing sanctions on russia for the poisoning of alexei navalny. let's get to martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: david, the u.s. charge against russia is very specify iic, saying the russian government used a chemical weapon against its own citizens, referring, of course, to alexei navalny who nearly died after being poisoned by that nerve agent. these u.s. sanctions, the first against russia by president biden, do not target vladimir putin, but further restrict arms sales to moscow and restrict cooperation on space. despite these sanctions, navalny tonight is beginning a 2 1/2-year sentence in one of the harshest prisons in russia. david? >> martha, thank you. >>> back here at home, and a passing to note tonight. vernon jordan, born in the segregated south, he became held of the urban league, a prominent laur and a force in poll sicks, giving counsel to presidents and generations of young black leaders. vernon jordan was 85. >>> when we come back tonight, there is news coming in, the deadly crash involving multiple military vehicles here in the

its first sanctions on russia over what it says was moscow's attempt to kill opposition leader alexei navalnythe us targeted seven russian officials, including the head of their secret service, and more than a dozen businesses, some connected with biological and chemical materials. 200 million doses of astrazeneca vaccine are expected to be sent to 142 countries by the end of may. they're delivered under the covax scheme, which provides poorer countries with free inoculations. a shipment of nearly four million coronavirus vaccines has already arrived in nigeria. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. coming up in the next half hour, the hunt for the passenger who came to the uk with the brazilian variant of the coronavirus has been narrowed to a few hundred households. we do know that this variant has caused significant challenges in brazil. so we're doing all we can to stop the spread of this new variant the uk. there's condemnation of the government's decision to cut aid to yemen by more than half. this is not who we are. this is not how g

its first sanctions on russia over what it says was moscow's attempt to kill opposition leader alexei navalnythe us targeted seven russian officials — including the head of their secret service — and more than a dozen businesses, some connected with biological and chemical materials. two hundred million doses of astrazeneca vaccine are expected to be sent to 142 countries by the end of may. they're delivered under the covax scheme which provides poorer countries with free inoculations. a shipment of nearly four million coronavirus vaccines has already arrived in nigeria. now on bbc news, global questions. covid—19 slammed the brakes on global tourism. but with vaccines now being rolled out around the world, there is optimism that international travel may soon take off again. hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. covid—19 lockdowns have wreaked havoc on our economies, and one area that's been knocked sideways is the travel and tourism industry. one in ten people around the world work in the sector, and it accounts for $9 trillion of global gdp. has the travel industry b

its first sanctions on russia over what it says was moscow's attempt to kill opposition leader alexei navalnythe us targeted seven russian officials, including the head of their secret service, and more than a dozen businesses, some connected with biological and chemical materials. 200 million doses of astrazeneca vaccine are expected to be sent to 142 countries by the end of may. they're delivered under the covax scheme, which provides poorer countries with free inoculations. a shipment of nearly four million coronavirus vaccines has already arrived in nigeria. positive news from the uk. there's growing evidence that the national lockdown combined with the highly successful roll out of vaccines is leading to a sharp reduction in covid deaths. according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics, the number of registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to the lowest level since the start of the year. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the streets may look empty but the vaccine appears to be working. a hunterfor the workin

we will definitely answer. >> and earlier, i spoke with vladimir ashukov, a longtime friend of alexei navalnynd a director of navalny's foundation and he lobbied for sanctions against russia. i asked him what he thought about the new sanctions. >> there are 30 people in the list that were sent to the u.s. and eu, three people were sanctioned, so i would say it's a partial success. all of the people sanctioned are either sure people or come from law enforcement. unfortunately, the impact of these people will be limited because they don't have access or don't travel that much. we would like to have seen more sanctions, a businessman member close to putin in economical and political corruption. >> and that was vladimir ashurkov talking to me earlier. >> the u.s. supreme court appears to be upholding two arizona voting laws. the justices heard arguments in the case on tuesday. critics say the two new measures violate the historic voting rights act which prohibits election laws that result in racial discrimination. but the court's conservative majority seemed unlikely to agree with that. the court

it's over what washington described as moscow's attempt to kill opposition leader alexei navalny.ordinated with the european union, which also sanctioned four russian officials. mr navalny�*s supporters say the sanctions don't go far enough. what really could create leverage against putin would be sanctioning of his close circle of his oligarchs, and his closest circle, people benefiting from that relationship. evelyn farkas is a former pentagon official responsible for russia during the 0bama administration. welcome to the programme. what do you think of the sanctions and do you think they go far enough? i and do you think they go far enou~h? ~ , ., and do you think they go far enou~h? ~' , ., ., , enough? i think they are a very aood enough? i think they are a very good start- _ enough? i think they are a very good start. clearly, _ enough? i think they are a very good start. clearly, the - enough? i think they are a very good start. clearly, the trump| good start. clearly, the trump administration had more than stayed its hand, it was frozen in inaction and so what the us gover

on social media sites over recent months hosting content supporting jailed opposition leader alexei navalny. brazil has again reported a record number of daily coronavirus deaths tuesday so almost 2001 follows the country's deadliest week of the pandemic and authorities are warning that the health system is on the brink of collapse. here in germany a scandal of the procurement to face masks as rock the conservative political establishment a lawmaker from chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. party is to step down over payments he received for brokering a facemask deals for local authorities and another conservative member of parliament from the cd used but there insisted party in c s u is quitting his parliamentary group following claims that he accepted bribes. what is being called the mask affair surfaced that the end of february when police searched the offices of georg newsline a member of parliament and prominent figure in the conservative c.s.u. party newsline is being probed for bribery he is thought to have accepted over 600000 euros biomass producer to lobby for its product but the affai

thanks so much for that. >>> russian opposition leader alexey navalny is in quarantine while being helda detention center according to his lawyer. right now navalny is being isolated with two other people at a detention center east of moscow. matthew chance joins us from moscow. we finally got an update from navalny considering he had disappeared. what's he saying? we lost matthew there. apologies. >>> kenya, rwanda and senegal are some of the latest countries to receive covid-19 vaccines through the international co-vax partnership. it's given more than 10 million shots to more than a dozen countries, most of them in africa. >> reporter: touching down in nairobi, covid-19 vaccinations arrive in kenya for the very first time. it becomes one of the latest countries to receive doses as a global vaccine sharing program rolls out across africa. >> we've been fighting this virus but we have been fighting it with rubber bullets. what we have received here is equivalent, met forkically speaking, to a position of machine guns, bazookas and tanks to fight this war against covid-19. >> kenya rece

it a tough regime alexey navalny will be in the middle of for the next two and a half years. >> matthews and thanks to all of you. anderson starts right now. >>> good evening. the alleged a atlanta mass kill is in custody tonight after shootings at three massage spas. police point to a sexual obsession and not racial, it's hard to ignore who was targeted and hard to ignore this did not happen in

classmate rushes to activists to support the opposition politician alexei navalny hasn't gone unnoticed as the kremlin tightens its grip on social media platforms. i'm anthony how did welcome japanese media are reporting that the owner of a huge container ship blocking egypt su is canal i'm still free it by saturday but experts are warning that it could take weeks more than 150 ships a whiting to get into what is one of the world's most important shipping routes with hundreds more headed its way i proly suspension of traffic in the sewers will almost certainly impact global trade which has already been hit hard by the pandemic the suez canal is a choke point for world trade it connects and europe and sees 30 percent of the global container shipping both in every day. dredging teams worked through the night to try to clear the canal they had around the 200000 ton ship and no wonder the stranded ever given is holding up around $10000000000.00 in trade every day it is stuck. diggers tug boat drag and a crack team of dutchman no one knows the special forces of salvage operations have been d

us sanctions imposed on russia following the attempted killing of opposition leader alexei navalny.

last month, alexei navalny, president vladimir putin's most prominent critic, was jailed for two andia says the laws are needed to protect it national security from outside meddling. the number of new coronavirus cases is increasing in many european countries as a third wave of the pandemic gathers momentum. italy has reported 26,000 new coronavirus cases — and it's not the only european country seeing high numbers of infections. poland's 21,000 new coronavirus cases reported on saturday, is the highest figure since november. germany too has seen a big daily rise — the number there is up by more than 12,500 in the past 2a hours. new coronavirus cases in the netherlands have reached their highest level since mid—january, with nearly 7,000 on saturday. france is also seeing a resurgence of covid cases. in paris, intensive care wards are almost full and the government says it's considering stricter restrictions. but, any move could meet some resistance. 25 theatres across france are currently being occupied by protesters who are demanding that the venues reopen. the former boxing world

>> well, i think -- i certainly support sanctions against those who targeted alexei navalny and did soprince. this is a story that's obviously terrible but it's also been used by a lot of people to try to drive a wedge between the normalization of relations between the arab states and israel, something that we definitely believe is in the interest of the united states and the reorienting of our foreign policy i think to a point where a lot of those issues that are within the middle east are solved by the nations that are there is something that i think a lot of americans are in favor of. we look at the strike at syria for instance last week as something that could be viewed as a brush back but could also be a prelude to potentially getting more involved in the area. i think a lot of americans want to see that and, something obviously candidate biden called for himself but i think it still is an open question about the kind of foreign policy that he's going to have and how different perhaps it is from president obama's. >> bret: want to head back to capitol hill and that is this covid r

alexei navalny's poisoning was one of the issues, but there are a number of issues still under review including the interference in the u.s. elections and we're told to expect sanctions against russia for that as early as next week. >> again, this is developing all morning long. and one thing is clear -- vladimir putin is not at all clear with the language coming from the white house and not used to it. at least not over the last few years. so this is interesting to see. thank you for being with us. >>> a new study looks at the chance of reinfection from coronavirus. if you had it once, can you still get it again? dr. sanjay gupta, next. ♪ comfort in the extreme. the lincoln family of luxury suvs. keeping your oysters business growing comfort in the extreme. has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventy-five-dollar credit when you post your first job at indeed.com/promo opportunities are all about timing. so if you're turning 65 or retiring soon

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for an international investigation into the number chop poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei navalny they believe the russian government may have been responsible and that a domestic investigation won't uncover the truth do stay with us witness is next with a close look at elephants in india thanks for watching africa. 4 months ago violence erupted in ivory coast after a dispute it presidential election now it's time to choose members of parliament on march 6th voters cast their ballots could devote revive the fortunes of the main opposition and how will this affect the region the ivory coast parliamentary election on al-jazeera. so. not. on the phone. doesn't that look like the. i don't want to. live with. the. idea of. this well i want to. watch out for the video but i'm not going to be where i am i will not go crazy they're going to you're not one of them are very good going with that i set down i'm going to get them out of my get out of it but you're not going to name. one. well you know. they're going to be there are you going to let me add it up i'll tell you the numbers i'm go

in other news, the lawyer for alexei navalny says the long-standing critic of president putin is in pooruffering from back pain and he can barely use one of his legs. russian officials says his condition was stable and satisfactory. his lawyer has accused russian authorities of torturing him. the suspect at the shooting at a grocery store in boulder, colorado may his first appearance today. he was -- made his first appearance today. he was held without bail and told the judge she understood his rights under the law and did not enter a plea. on this day 10 years ago, mass protests spread across syria, the start of a lengthy and deadly serious -- civil war. refugees fled to lebanon, where they now face blame for economic and social problems. >> they are from northern syria, but has never been there. his father fled a decade ago to lebanon before he was born. >> when i fled into lebanon, i thought it would be three months maximum. months passed, and now we are in the 10th year and counting. it is so hard, i don't know what to say. >> three years after she left, his -- after he left, his hou

alexei navalny has made his first post on social media since being transferred to a present more thans northeast of moscow. he says he is fine and is taking advantage of an exercise bar in the prison yard. a japanese billionaire is looking for a people to join him on a trip around the moon. he is offering the trip for free. it is on one of elon musk's spacex flights. last january he said he was looking for a life partner to join him on the trip, but has changed his mind after needed 28,000 women applied. -- nearly 28,000 women applied. still to come on the program. ♪ we remember the reggae legend who performed alongside bob marley who died yesterday at the age of 73. ♪ kenya and rwanda have received their first batches of covid vaccines as part of the covax plan, the international arrangement which aims to supply 2 billion doses to low and middle income countries. we have four from nairobi. reporter: the vaccines are currently at storage facilities, a few kilometers outside the capital of nairobi. tomorrow, the ministry of health will be going to see how they will be distributed in ot

we'll also have an update from russia, where the key opposition figure alexei navalny has announced he

imposed penalties on cointreau senior russian officials over the poisoning and imprisonment of alexei navalny voting in the netherlands has just wrapped up in the last quarter of an hour following a general election that has been overshadowed the coronavirus pandemic. the conservative party of the caretaker prime minister has been leading in the polls. that lead has shrunk in recent weeks. he will have the first shot at forming the next ruling coalition. let's get more from amsterdam. just tell us, what are we hearing so far with regards to the outcome? >> the first results have just come in. as expected, he did increase his seats from 33 to 35 in the 150 seat parliament. a vote of confidence for his handling of the crisis over the last year. the big shocker is the huge wind by the liberal democrats. they have gone from 19 to 27 seats, getting their best record ever and making them the second-biggest party in the netherlands. with those last 10 years, that spot has gone to the anti-immigrant party. he has dropped three seats. the christian democrats have dropped. it is up to the liberal democ

they been cracking down on site supporting imprisoned opposition figure alexei navalny.t least one person has died between -- in clashes between students and police in johannesburg, south africa. thousands have been unable to register to study this academic year because of money owed him 2020. -- from 2020. security forces in myanmar have raided a neighborhood that houses railway workers have been striking in protest over last month's military coup. the new government has been cracking down with increasing force, using tear gas, water cannon, and live rounds on protesters. the un security council has strongly condemned the military's use of violence and at least 60 people have been killed so far and more than 2000 arrested. reporter the moment any member of the overthrown political party trans, cct catches securi forces ashey pull up and rush into the house of a leader of the national democracy party. he is a farmer -- former guard for aung san suu kyi. he is pulled fromhe home and pushed into a waiting vehicle as others move into get in on the moment. such arrests have

there's no question that vladimir putin ordered the poisoning of alexei navalny but we didn't announcens on putin today, largely because we tend to not levy sanctions on the leaders of countries. i think that is probably part of the rationale for why mbs was spared sanctions. i would make this argument on saturday, i think mbs' weapons matter much more to him than his visa. what i would argue is we should recalibrate our security partnership with the saudis. if they're going to be in the business of chopping up dissidents or targeting them around the world then we shouldn't be selling them weapons. i think the administration is right now having a debate about what our security partnership looks like, and if we make changes to that, while it won't look like a personal sanctions on mbs, it will have a big impact on him and his priorities. >> senator chris murphy, thanks for making time tonight. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris, thank you, my friend, much appreciated. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us for this hour. before

meanwhile alexei navalny has arrived at the penal colony where he is to serve the next 2.5 years of hisry harsh punishments. maria eismont is a lawyer who has defended many political activists and has regularly visited the site — here's how she describes the pokrov penal colony. well, pokrov is a colony that used to be torturous, but it was before 2019 people used to be beaten there severely, as i've heard from different people. but it's no longer the case. physical pressure has stopped under the current chief of the colony. but however, psychological pressure is widespread. people are deprived of their free widespread. people are deprived of theirfree time as widespread. people are deprived of their free time as much as possible, so that they don't have enough time to write a letter home, the connection between the detainees in the outside world is restricted to written letters, not electronic letters — although in many russian colonies, electronic letters are allowed and it works. every hour we bring you around the world and bring you the biggest stories of the day. in a few minutes w

also reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release alexei navalny. i know you're all interest in what were doing on the american rescue plan and how we engage with members of congress i update. president biden and his team continue to engage closely with congressional leadership and members of, and with members about the american rescue plan including with republicans. yesterday the president met with a group of nine democratic senators and he is meeting with the full senate democratic caucus for their weekly lunch. in the past two weeks alone we of engage with over 350 -- 35 members and officers, over 100 which were bipartisan engagements and our coroutine has started biweekly bipartisan member briefings with the senate and house where of course we talk about the american rescue plan and the impact it can have. one other item. i have an item on the travel of the first lady and i will get that to you after the briefing. with that, seek, to get up. >> first of all, what role did the president of white house -- [inaudible] how did these two companies