the suez canal authority trying to get the "ever given," that massive ship, refloated and get the canal

the suez canal authority said in a statement that the ever given has successfully floated after the ship responded to pulling and towing manufactures, and that the stone of the ship, which is about 334 meters, feet from the shore now now both the canal authorities and the maritime logistic company said the ship, which is the size of a skyscraper, is about 80% free dredges worked over the weekend, frances, to dislodge the vessel while 14 tugboats were conducting a pulling maneuver from three different directions to get the boat moving now it's hardly surprising suc e to free this ship considering what a crucial waterway the suez canal. about 12% of global trade, around one million barrels of oil and 8% of liquefied natural gas pass through the canal every day. they're expected to get things moving when the tide raise as little later today >> hopefully that progress will be made in the next few hours. ali, thank you >>> the nation continues to be in a delicate position as covid cases increase alongside vaccinations and this has medical experts especially worried at least 93 million america

it's an expensive as it is to go from the mediterranean around africa and vice versa the suez canal authority says around $20000.00 ships pass through the canal last year egypt billions of dollars in total fee revenue the ever given is $1.00 of the largest container ships in the world but for every hour and every day it remains stock and stationary there are concerns about the financial fallout and impact on global trade foot which is arrow let's take a look at why the suez shutdown is creating more than a few ripples in the business world about 30 percent of global container ship traffic sails through the waterway an assessment by lloyd's list shows $9600000000.00 worth of daily marine traffic is being blocked the canal is a big earner for egypt's economy contributing more than 5 and a half 1000000000 dollars last year. all right let's bring in our guests from oxford guy platen secretary-general of the international chamber of shipping here in doha with mustardy an egypt analyst and associate professor of media and cultural studies at the doha institute for graduate studies and from brussels

'd a logistical nightmare with the mega ships still stuck in the suez canal authorities stop all traffic so they can try to move it out of the way. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up north korea fires 2 ballistic missiles and its 1st major provocation since u.s. president joe biden took office. with a health system that can barely keep up somalia faces a 2nd wave of covert 19 injections. at a side of hope the olympic torch relay begins in japan for the tokyo games postponed by the pandemic. egypt suez canal authority says it suspended traffic through the waterway while tugboats worked to free a stranded ship this is the view of the skyscraper sized container ship from land it's been blocking the southern stretch of the busy shipping lane for 2 days now the 224000 ton container vessel lost control in high winds and run aground the ship's japanese owners have apologized for the accident and the situation is causing heavy disruption to the fastest shipping route between europe and asia a growing number of vessels have been forced to drop anchor whil

canal again. the ever given has been freed, clearing the way for traffic to resume. authorities expect operations to resume to normal within days. the suez canal is responsible for 12% of global trade and more than one million barrels of oil a day. speaking out. he says he endured retaliation, demotion and even surveillance of his family after questioning the integrity of the product. >> i have seen the nissan security department behave in egregious matters in terms of following, surveilling. this is a car company, not the kgb. laura: you can watch that full interview online at bloomberg quicktake. nissan contests the claims. a spokesperson says it is unable to comment further. global news 24 hours a day on their and on bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus, annmarie? manus: thanks. a little more -- coming up on the show, joe biden says 90% of american adults will be eligible for a covid shot by april 19. this comes as senior officials warn on infection rates. the details on bloomberg. ♪ >> i'm

. >> the traffic along the suez canal has been disrupted due to the incident and local authorities areng on resolving the issue. there's no time for it to be resolved. reporter: this image shows the backlog of at least 150 vessels stuck in the northern entrance of the canal. in the middle, an area called the bitter lakes. at the southern entrance, at suez. the vast majority of oil thrgh the gulf is transported to oil along the canal. we'll prices rose sharply on thursday. industry experts are warning of a flood of insurance claims covering the vast amount of cargo being held up. addition officials say at least eight tugboats are trying to dislodge the vessel which experts say could take days if not weeks. containers may have to be offloaded in order to lessen the weight. ships now face the prospect of having to travel thousands of additional kilometers around the southern tip of africa, a huge cost and potentially delaying delivery of goods by weeks. >> the ships that are stuck throughout the canal and at the north end are in a precarious position. they may not be able just to turn aro

scratching and thinking not only about making supply chains more resilient, but i'm sure the suez canal authoritys having a good, hard think, as well, about how to make the canal itself more robust. reporter: despite the progress, the salvage company warns there are still challenges. and even with the ever given underway, canal authorities say it will take days for the backlog to clear. alexi o'brien, for "inside story." ♪ mohammed: all right, let's bring in our guests in london. stuart neal, communications director at the international chamber of shipping in copenhagen. --of shipping. in copenhagen, christian buga, professor of international relations at the university of copenhagen. in zurich, maggie mandur, a political analyst. welcome to the program. christian, one of the things that keeps coming up in the discussion about all this is the size of the ever given. this is a mega ship. it is massive. it is almost as long as the empire state building. are ships these days simply getting too big, and will accidents like this continue to happen the more the size of these ships increases? >> ships a

scratching and thinking not only about making supply chains more resilient, but i'm sure the suez canal authoritiesare having a good, hard think as well about how to make the canal itself more robust. reporter: despite the progress, the salvage company warns there are challenges. even with the ever given underway, canal authority say it will take days for the backlog to clear. laure: activist groups say thailand has forced back more than 2000 people fielding airstrikes in myanmar. the armed ethnic group is among dozens fighting for greater autonomy in myanmar. reporter: ethnic karen villagers hiding in the jungle after jets attacked their homes overnight. thousands fled after the air force launched a series of attacks over the weekend that left several people dead. many are too scared to return, fleeing across the border into thailand. >> last night, we were not aware jet fighters were coming and they randomly bombed and left. late at night, the jets came again and we heard gunshots. we heard the jets would come again. reporter: thailand has tightened border security in expectation of a flow of ref

this was the news overnight from the suez canal authority.e a listen. >> translator: there could also be a human error, which is under investigation. there could be a lot of mistakes but we can't say what they are now. the only mistake that we can be sure of now is the wind and the sandstorm. this is not the main one, like i said. but the rest will become clearer in the investigation. >> right now they said don't focus on the investigation, we're trying to focus on getting this unstuck, that's the priority, we'll see what happens in the next 12 to 24 hours. >> we'll keep an eye on this, good to speak to you live there, thank you. >>> still to come, cnn is in los angeles where protesters are condemning the recent spike in hate crimes against people of asian descent in the u.s. rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. >>> people are holding a growing number of rallies across the u.s. to show support for asian-american communities and denounce violence

now, the canal authority said the ship, which is the size of a skyscraper was about 80% free now.redgers worked over the weekend to dislodge the vessel, while 14 tugboats were conducting pulling maneuvers from three differento considering what a crucial waterway the suez canal is about 12% of global trade. 1 million barrels of oil pass through the canal each day the stranded vessel was holding up an estimated $9.5 billion of trade along the waterway every day. now canal authorities say that the maneuvers are due to resume again today, when the tide brings the water let me back up, with the hope that this will be the final push to get the ship fully floated and unblock the waterway >> that is a consequential traffic jam. thanks >>> and covid-19 cases increase along with vaccinations. 93 million americans have gotten one dose of a covid-19 vaccine 15% of the population has been fully vaccinated new infection rates were up and covid deaths remain steady as of today, 30 million people have been infected and 550,000 have died. this latest data comes as president joe biden receives high

about 200 ships have made the crossing so far, and the canal authorities hope to clear the traffic jampassing through the suez canal as navigation has been resumed. congestion in the waterway is one of the biggest challenges facing authorities here at the moment. hundreds of vessels are waiting to continue theirjourney. officials here say they will be working around—the—clock to clear the trafficjam as soon as possible. the head of the suez canal authority expects the backlog to be cleared within around three days. the president has arrived here to pay tribute to the staff of the suez canal and thank them for their efforts to salvage the ever given. the ultra large vessel is undergoing safety checks at the moment. it's being inspected by a group of experts to see if any damage has been caused to its body. the blockage of the suez canal is feared to have a long—term impact on shipping schedules around the world. an investigation is under way to try to find out why the ship has run aground in the waterway. authorities here say that these kinds of incidents are complex. they happen due to

about 200 ships have made the crossing so far, and canal authorities hope to clear a trafficjam of hundredse passing through the suez canal as navigation has been resumed. congestion in the waterway is one of the biggest challenges facing authorities here at the moment. hundreds of vessels are waiting to continue theirjourney. officials here say they will be working around—the—clock to clear the trafficjam as soon as possible. the head of the suez canal authority expects the backlog to be cleared within around three days. the president has arrived here to pay tribute to the staff of the suez canal and thank them for their efforts to salvage the ever given. the ultra large vessel is undergoing safety checks at the moment. it's being inspected by a group of experts to see if any damage has been caused to its body. the blockage of the suez canal is feared to have a long—term impact on shipping schedules around the world. an investigation is under way to try to find out why the ship has run aground in the waterway. authorities here say that these kinds of incidents are complex. they happen due

insult a jeffords as well as well but i think it's fantastic news for the suez canal so the suez canal authority needs chips i think a really good job has been delayed by all involved 12 percent of global trade normally passes through the suez canal between the red sea and the mediterranean while the immediate crisis is over experts say the ever given as mishap raises long term questions about the canal sustainability is going to be a lot of head scratching and thinking not only about making supply chain more resilient but i'm sure a serious canal or thorazine is having a good hard think as well about how to make the the canal itself more about. the ever given is now in a wider section of the canal where it's being inspected for damage bringing an end to a crisis that's disrupted billions of dollars worth of global trade victoria gates and be al jazeera. is there and these are the top stories the world health organization and the leaders of 23 countries including the u.k. france and germany are calling for an international treaty to tackle future pandemics that aims to enjoy results as a shared

this coming from, again, the canal authority. ant to check if there is a technical error or there is a human error in addition to the fact we had the windstorms and perhaps the speed going into the canal at that time. and shortly we're going to hear from the president of egypt who is going to hold a press reference in suez. we are waiting for final confirmation but our team is on the ground there and see what he has to say. they have to rebuild confidence that the passageway will be cleared, the artery won't be blocked again, all the safety measures are in there. they invested $8 billion going back to 2016 to widen the canal but there is still a choke point in the south and they want to build the confidence for the port in the north and south entrances of the canal at the same time. so this is vital that the president conveys a message, yes, we will do everything we can, safety and with the infrastructure to make sure it's functioning at all times. they have to rebuild trust at this stage, but i have to say they responded quickly,

the suez canal authority trying to get the "ever given," that massive ship, refloated and get the canalpen again. the authority says ten tugboats are being used right now. they've been pulling the "ever given" from the bow and the stern in different directions in an attempt to dislodge it from where it has been stuck for seven days now. now, it does appear the stern is dislodged from the bank as you can see in this video, but not clear at the moment if the bow has been freed. this latest effort being executed during high tide, which could present the best opportunity to get the ship moving again. ben wedeman joins me now live from cairo with more details. so what are you hearing on efforts to get this sorted? tell us more about this video and what we're seeing in it. >> reporter: what you're seeing in this video is the ship early morning in the canal, and it does seem to have moved. keep in mind, i mean, when you look at that video, you can clearly tell that it is no longer completely sort of straddling the suez canal. it seems to have moved. now, in the video in arabic, you can hear so

insult jeffords as well as well but i think it's fantastic news for the suez canal so the suez canal authority needs chips i think a really good joke has been delayed by all involved 12 percent of global trade normally passes through the suez canal between the red sea and the mediterranean while the immediate crisis is over experts say the ever givens mishap raises long term questions about the canal sustainability is going to be a lot of head scratching and thinking not only about making supply chain more resilient but i'm sure the series canal authority is having a good hard think as well about how to make the the canal itself more about. the ever given is now in a wider section of the canal where it's being inspected for damage bringing an end to a crisis that's disrupted billions of dollars worth of global trade victoria gates and be al jazeera. prosecutors and bella russo stars are going to investigation into the opposition leader's 5 planned attack us not taken of sky or on charges of terrorism she's been an exile in lithuania since last year with the disputed election victory of longtim

worrying is that they or the suez canal authority have not given a timeline to action. on. you have to start thinking rerouting if it goes on more than a week with the vessels south of the canal having to go around africa to the united states instead. >> what about the supply chain for goods? we have already been crashed by covid for supply chains, oil, for example. what are the implications longer term here? >> yeah, just as a reminder this canal handles 30% of sea borne traffic so it will make a huge difference. just taken simply from u.s. exports of soybeans going to southeast asia for processing that's going to get stopped or slow down, all the chinese manufactured goods, telecommunications and electronics going into europe and the united states, this vessel was going from china to rotterdam. then you have to get, christine, if the damages here. the ship owner said we expect damages but number one the priority is to get this thing refloating and we don't have clarity yet. >> wow. that is really something. you can feel this in the gas -- you know, when you fill up --

berlin experts warn it could take weeks to dislodge a huge cargo ship blockade egypt's suez canal authorities are using dickerson drafters and tug boats to try to free the vessel more than 150 ships are waiting to pass through the channel causing a major headache for global trade. also coming up at least a 3rd.

the just tickled with the mega ships still stuck in the sea was canal authority to stop all traffic so they can try to move it out of the way. north korea fires 2 ballistic missiles and its fast major provocation since u.s. president joe biden took office. with a relatively low vaccination rate leaders will meet to figure out whether to limit vaccine export spot it may come at a price. with a health system that can barely keep out somalia faces a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections i don't teach them how the school european teams begin the quest to qualify for the casa world cup and to make a fantastic still of the 4 to victory of the netherlands a round of o.b. action coming up this hour. egypt's service canal authority says it has suspended traffic through the waterway while tugboats worked to free a stranded ship this is the view of the skyscraper size container ship from land it's been blocking the southern stretch of the busy shipping lane for 2 days now the 224000 ton container vessel lost control and high winds and run aground well the ship's japanese owners have apologized for the

the suez canal authority says 1a tug boats are involved in the operation.oming up at 4230, we put your questions to the experts in world questions. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government is preparing to roll out booster vaccines from september to protect people from new variants of the coronavirus. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, told the daily telegraph he expected there would be eight different vaccines available by the autumn, and they'd be offered first to the over—70s as well as care and health workers and the extremely vulnerable. simonjones reports. on track, the government is confident of offering all adults the first of two doses of a covid vaccine by the end ofjuly, but now it's looking further ahead. the vaccines minister has told the telegraph that the most vulnerable could be given a third dose as early as september. nadhim zahawi says the boosterjabs, if needed, would initially go to people over 70 as well as nhs workers and care home staff. manufacturing in the uk will be stepped up to avoid any issues with the supply ch

the japanese e -- >> at present, the traffic along the suez canal has been disrupted, and local authoritiesorking, but there is no specific time for it to be resolved. >> it shows the backlog of at least 150 vessels stuck at the northern entrance of the canal and in the middle and an area called the bitter lakes, and at the southern entrance. the vast majority of oil from the golf is transported to europe along the canal. oil prices rose sharply on thursday. industry experts are warning of a flood of insurance claims including automotive parts and consumer goods. egyptian officials say at least eight tugboats are trying to dislodge the vessel which experts say could take days or weeks. >> a few days is very, very costly. each today, people have made estimates between $8 billion to $10 billion of trade. it is not just about oil. it is just as important the goods coming in. china is number one partner for trade with the european union. >> containers may have to be offloaded in order to lessen the weight. ships now -- the huge cost and potentially delaying the goods by weeks. >> it is a cork i

here's another figure for you because of the ever given blocking the can now according to the canal authority around 370 ships on both sides need side of the canal waiting for for passage it is impossible to say what the end of those you know individual cargo on each ship. so that could be anything from video games to the toilet paper so it shows you how frail some of the trade links are and in this situation and obviously this accident has been a nightmare to egypt as well the stated can now 40 losing about $13000000.00 each day in fees of ships not being able to pass so that office chair i ordered from my home office that's probably built in china might take a while longer still to go to the world commerce in peril because of a ship blocking a canal could this happen again it sounds like an almost refreshing really simple problem the ship just blocking a canal and. it is the size of the ships that is part of the problem here. nowadays these giant freighters are 4 times the size that they have been 25 years ago the ever given weighs 220000 tons not that might not tell you much but it is the

the investigation is ongoing and there has not been very much publicized about what the suez canal authority at the egyptian government body and some so far reports have been somewhat sluggish coming out of. their share you know high winds were an issue. or a that the trouble and get in is one of the largest ships that's fine in the world however you know we haven't ruled out operator error you know these operators are. actually question because of the pandemic and their increasing demand. so it remains to be seen what a confluence of factors were affected here. this seems to be a kind of rare accident but it also seems that could happen easily again is there any talk about how to avoid this in the future. so why are there any strand that egyptians. you know that kind of analysis as an amount yet well you know when it's. times over the years as the ships competitions defens however you know this is sort of a nightmare scenario. and it is nothing of this magnitude is ever happened before. so you know and the government did expand if you now create that secondly in 2015. decided that the retur

blockage is a massive relief for global trade but it will take 3 or 4 days to clear the backlog the canal authority says playmaker boeing says here is low cost carrier southwest airlines has ordered $1737.00 makes our craft the $12500000000.00 deal increases as well as next commitment to more than $600.00 planes it's the largest order since the model was approved to fly again at the end of last year. the huge explosion in the port of beirut last august reduced large parts of the lebanese capital to rubble it also left hundreds of people homeless but many lebanese were fighting for their livelihoods even before that for years the country has been mired in political and financial uncertainty. these people are protesting the never ending financial crisis in lebanon hundreds took to the streets in the capital beirut over the weekend the domestic currency the lebanese pound has fallen considerably in value nowadays the majority can barely make ends meet. lebanon is currently going through a real monetary crisis that has led to a financial collapse lebanon's money was stolen and the central bank wields p

of the world's busiest shipping lanes and how long will it stay there the chairman of the suez canal authority is facing more questions than he can answer but he says more than just strong winds caused the accident. an accident this big has several mistakes several causes a part of it could be a technical mistake which is under investigation and there could also be human error which is also under investigation and there could be a lot of mistakes but we can't say what they are now the only factors we can be sure of now are the wind and the sand story. those are not the only factors like i said but the rest will become clearer in the investigation. but while experts investigate further the ship still has to be freed 20000 tons of sand have been removed from the area around the bow and 9000 tons of ballast water had been pumped out in order to lighten the vessel the operation has so far been unsuccessful but 2 more tugs are on their way if they can't move it the next step will be to unload cargo. if the issue of lightning to load is of course planned 3 or the 3rd scenario which we hope not to re

berlin experts warn it could take weeks to dislodge a huge cargo ship blocking egypt's suez canal authorities are using diggers and tug boats to try to free the vessel more than 150 ships are waiting to pass through the channel causing a major headache for global trade also coming up. the worst wave yet german health officials sound the alarm over the country's current code 19 surge they warn it could prove deadlier than the previous 2 plus a new ballet version of virginia woolf's orlando opens in moscow. it's german choreographer takes inspiration from the novel to play with gender identity. a michael thanks for joining us experts are warning it could take weeks to dislodge a huge container ship blocking egypt's suez canal more than a 150 ships are waiting to get into what is one of the world's most important shipping routes the suez canal opens up a 7000 kilometer route from asia to europe around 30 percent of the world's shipping container volume transits through the canal daily the only alternative route around the horn of africa is much longer a prolonged suspension of traffic in the sue

we have been told by the suez canal authority that there are 321 ships now queueing to get through.nal, and we have set ships beyond that backing up, there are other vessels that have made the decision not to even join the queue and are looking for the alternative route which takes you around the cape of good hope. let's listen now. no, we are not hearing anything, in fact. forgive me, i had an instruction that the microphones are being taken out, but in fact, there is not a translation, so we are going tojust bring is not a translation, so we are going to just bring you one of the line that they have given us which is that the chairman of the authority also says that 9000 tonnes of ballast water were removed from the track stranded ship, so they are trying to come if you like, like a rising tide raises all boats, they can liken —— lighten the load, they can liken —— lighten the load, they can increase the chances that the tide will also help dislodge it one way or another. that is still an optimistic hope. there was some prediction by the company involved, the japanese company, in

egypt's suez canal authority is now suspended all maritime traffic won't tug boats want to dislodge a giant cargo ship that stuck in the waterway it could be boat for weeks as an estimated cost of the global economy of $3000000000.00 a day. the biden and ministration is restoring aid programs for palestinians in the gaza strip in the occupied west bank the u.s. state department says $15000000.00 will be made available for health care facilities and american seafood programs under pressure due to coronavirus a forest broken it's an oil terminal in saudi arabia near the border with yemen after it was hit by a missile no one was killed in the attack on. and the number of people who died from the corona virus in mexico as diet passed 200000 it's the 3rd country in the world to pass that staggering number after the u.s. and brazil. the c.e.o.'s of facebook twitter and google have testified before the u.s. congress about the war their companies plays in promoting extremism and spreading misinformation especially in the lead up to the capital riots which took place on january the 6 well thos

of the world's busiest shipping lanes and how long will it stay there the chairman of the suez canal authority is facing more questions than he can answer but he says more than just strong winds caused the accident. an accident this big has several mistakes several causes a part of it could be a technical mistake which is under investigation and there could also be human error which is also under investigation and there could be a lot of mistakes but we can't say what they are now the only factors we can be sure of now are the wind and the sand story. those are not the only factors like i said but the rest will become clear in the investigation. but while experts investigate further the ship still has to be freed 20000 tons of sand have been removed from the area around the bow and 9000 tons of ballast water had been pumped out in order to lighten the vessel the operation has so far been unsuccessful but 2 more tugs are on their way if they can't move it the next step will be to unload cargo. is the issue of lightning the load is of course planned 3 or the 3rd scenario which we hope not to rea

chairman the suez canal authority says at least 369 vessels are now stuck waiting to get through the cluding dozens of container ships and bulk carriers of oil and gas trans ports. let's talk about how this impacts the markets with clay segal. nobody better to talk to about the situation. clay, all of our guests today are from texas we would not drag you out of bed so early if it wasn't a big deal ship partially moved off the shore. it is headed in the right direction. what headaches are still to come even once that ship gets freed >> good morning, brian thanks for having me actually the count is still going up we are counting 96 oil and gas tankers stuck waiting. that is up from five overnight it is a combination of 40 crude and fuel oil tankers. 34 clean tankers and 23 gas carriers in the mix. although the news is good on a preliminary basis, it is still accumulating this morning. >> while a viewer that is not familiar with that, it doesn't sound like that much we are talking about tens of millions of barrels of oil that are not getting to where they need to go that means refiners h

of the world's busiest shipping lanes and how long will it stay there the chairman of the suez canal authority is facing more questions than he can answer but he says more than just strong winds caused the accident. an accident this big has several mistakes several causes a part of it could be a technical mistake which is under investigation there could also be human error which is also under investigation and there could be a lot of mistakes but we can't say what they are now the only factors we can be sure of now are the wind and the sand story. those are not the only factors like i said but the rest will become clearer in the investigation. but while experts investigate further the ship still has to be freed 20000 tons of sand have been removed from the area around the bow and 9000 tons of ballast water had been pumped out in order to lighten the vessel the operation has so far been unsuccessful but 2 more tugs are on their way if they can't move it the next step will be to unload cargo. is the issue of lightening the load is of course plan 3 or the 3rd scenario which we hope not to reach.

the canal authority was bold thuf to say, yes, the sandstorm was severe, that they rushed the vessels could have been appearing? we're hearing about oil pumps already. then he raised the specter for the first time, human error, as well. here's the chairman of the authority. >> translator: there could also be a human error, which is under investigation. there could be a lot of mistakes but we can't say what they are now. the only mistake that we can be sure of now is the wind and the sandstorm. this is not the main one, like i said, but the rest will become clearer in the investigation. >> and the chairman said, let's focus on first things first, we've got to get this thing unhinged from that bank and get it moving again, then the investigations will proceed. they're going to have voice recorders and everything else on what happened with the control tower and the pilots. it's an amazing feat. i've had the chance to see these huge ships in the past. you can't believe what the ultra carriers look like in person. >> i can't get my head around it. bigger than the biggest aircraft carrier,

it says canal authority is now suspended all maritime traffic all tugboats want to dislodge a giant cargo ship that stuck in the waterway it could be blocked for weeks at an estimated cost of the global economy a free $1000000000.00 per day. the number of people who have died from corona virus in mexico has now passed 200000 it's the 3rd country in the world to reach the milestone for the u.s. and brazil and that is keep it here on al-jazeera more news after. mexico's coded 19 death toll is one of the world's highest with one in 5 of its inhabitants living in the capital with the deadly upsurge in never to take a good call for the really of visitors every day there's really no way that they can go to places regard without for. all has the governments on all the strategy lead to unnecessary suffering. from mexico the fight against 19 on al jazeera. viewfinder. when you have the most i kind of ground on going on my you wash your heart i usually try to believe last much when all the odds of you know us are called on. why you believe the army of the middle bottom up or not one although not ar

. >> we are standing in front of the headquarters of the suez canal authority in northern egypt. in the canal has been temporarily suspended and efforts are underway to dislodge the huge ship that blocked the waterways since tuesday. experts believe rescue efforts mike tate -- might take days. the ship weighs more than 200,000 tons, it is nearly 400 meters long and 60 meters wide. ros: a report about africa's elephants. they are far more threatened than previously thought. our correspondent has more. >> the largest land animals on earth. but their size has not protected them from the impacts of poaching or the continued destruction of the waves of interconnected habitat they need. this threatened species -- this list of species, a comprehensive report, puts african elements -- elephants into the endangered category. forest elephants are now critically endangered. >> it is an alarm bell for us. there are two main reasons for these declines. one is poaching of these animals for their ivory. the second one is habitat loss through human activities that take place with total disregard

we did hear from the chairman of the suez canal authority, and they have made progress. propellers and rutter of the ship and that really their focus at the moment is on trying to dredge enough around the "ever given" to free it. if that doesn't work, the situation becomes much more complicated. they're going to have to bring in floating cranes, which don't exist here in egypt at the moment, and remove the cargo. there are 18,300 containers, according to the chairman of the suez canal authority, and to take enough of those off to lighten the load so it can finally move could take quite some time. frederica? >> oh, thank you so much, ben wedeman. >>> so with more than 300 ships backed up at the canal, $300 billion worth of goods cannot get through and that could cost all of us. bed wedeman joins us now to explain. this ship is half a world away. how could it have an impact here on everyday lives here in the u.s.? >> that ship is causing an epic traffic jam at sea. because we live in a global economy, there really are implications here for everyone's wallet here in the uni

suez canal authority chairman osama rabie said the waterway reopened at 6:00 p.m. on monday,

i want to take you to a press conference that's being held by the suez canal authority had or somebody is giving an update on the situation of that container ship which has been blocking the suez canal for 5 days let's listen and. it is 400 meters in length $59.00 and with. 125 tons. it has $13300.00 containers on board. the high. of the cargo on top is 52 meters up on reporting the end sit in. a number of dogs moved from the north and the manage to swiftly 80 at range the line of voyage of other ships which were to be put aside in the other branches of the canal. and. since the ship has grounded stranded and totally blocking their waterway. the total number of ships waiting at the moment of 321 ships. both in the mold and in the south of the waterway. we are providing all the necessary logistics to those ships. that was a brief part of the press conference being held by the head of the suez canal authority or some of the every giving an update on the situation with regarding to the ever given container ship which has been blocking this was can all for about 5 days certain since tuesda

been blocking one of the world's busiest shipping lanes for the last 5 days it's having on the canal authority hopes a dredging operation will fray the ship in the next few days. of monistat speak to bill cavanagh who has basically currently in cork island he is a ship captain also no suspense cal fire while having pastorate a number of times well earlier so we knew that strong winds were being blamed for this ship blocking the canal now the swiss authorities chairman is talking about technical or human error what are the implications of this well 1st of all it's going to take a long time to investigate this incident and it's not possible right now to define exactly what the problem is in all these critical incident cases in safety critical industries it takes a long time to conduct an inquiry and it is really very rarely one single reason why an incident occurs it is usually a number of incidents that occur in what we call alert chain and eventually those incidents lead up to those or is lead to an incident so it's very difficult at the moment to protect or to analyze exactly what happened we

the suez canal authority says attempts to refloat the giant container ship blocking the waterway will continue around the clock. they're hoping high tide may help. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn stevens, the deputy political editor of the daily mail and benedicte paviot, uk correspondent for france 24. great to have you both back. the financial times leads on efforts by liberty steel owner gfg alliance to raise funds after ministers denied a bailout. the metro marks the easing of restrictions in england tomorrow, and the milestone of 30 million people receiving a covid vaccine first dose in the uk, with the headline jabby monday. as england prepares to take another step out of lockdown, the i reports a warning from the prime minister that vaccine—resistant variants could threaten the country's recovery. the guardian leads on comments from the chair of the national police chiefs�* council, who says a lack of trust and confidence in the police among black communities is hindering law enforcement. the independent c

egypt says canal authority is now suspended all maritime traffic while tugboats works at the slogan giant cargo ships stuck in the waterway could be blocked for weeks as an estimated go will cost to the economy of 3000000000 dollars a day thailand is preparing for the possibility of refugees arriving from neighboring myanmar is security forces have been intensifying their crackdown on antique you protesters and people are now starting to flee and in turkey weaker muslims have been protesting against the visits of the chinese foreign ministry around it 40000 leaders live in turkey and hundreds came out to raise their voices the treatment of their ethnic minority in china are those the headlines stay with us here and i'll just football rebels is next. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy impacts all of our teachings you're putting more money into the hands of some workers taking money out of the hands of other workers their own goes to their camp and becomes a us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line the bi

god willing, the suez canal authority defended their safety record this weekend, saying nearly 19,000 vessels passed through this canal last year, and there wasn't a single accident recorded in jerusalem. trade angst, fox news in indonee investigating say palm sunday was concluding as two attackers detonated at least one device outside 20 people were hurt. the two bombers were the only people killed. indonesia's government says it believes the attack is connected to the same group behind the bombing in the philippines last year. protesters are back on the streets of myanmar today after another wave of violence from the military. terry. security forces shot and killed at least 114 people yesterday. the military is now trying to crack down on pro democracy protests after it instigated a coup almost two months ago, the country's democratically elected leader remains in jail. us secretary of state anthony blinken, the u. n and several other countries have condemned the military's actions. severe storms, including tornadoes moved through the south, leaving at least seven people dead, count

we've heard from the suez canal authority saying they want to dig up 20,000 cubic meters, 700,000 cubicprocess. that's the equivalent of eight olympic-sized pools. you are talking about one of the dutch companies involved in the sam vag operation saying he thinks it's stuck rock solid. of course, that's not what the shippers want to hear. we know that the boats are starting to stack up or the ships themselves around 200 right now and we were told in the last hour that could swell to better than 300 by sunday. give you a sense of lost commerce, what's happening in the canal because of the lack of movement, $400 million a day usually passes through, that's nearly $10 billion a day, $400 million an hour, think about the fact that it's just not happening and then the spillover effects it will have on the global economy if it carries on for the better part of a week. >> a global supply chain disrupted by covid and changing demand patterns, a remarkable wrinkle on top of this there. this may be this window of opportunity in the next few days to figure this out. why is this window so important

most crucial waterways creating one giant problem for global shipping and trade egypt's suez canal authority has now suspended traffic through the waterway while the tug boats try to dislodge that massive cargo. ship scene so easily from lands look at that blocking the southern stretch of that busy shipping lane for 2 days now the 224400 metre long container ship lost control in high winds it turned sideways and it ran aground on tuesday the ship's japanese owners have apologized for the accident the bigger issue though is the huge disruption being caused to the fastest shipping route between europe and asia a growing number of ships have been forced to drop anchor while they wait to travel through the suez canal the costs of that disruption are expected to run into the billions of dollars so before we discuss that we've got a couple of graphics to take you through 1st marine traffic dot com this is giving us a close up of the canal as it is right now and there's not a lot of ships in there obviously you've got a backlog in the north port side you've got a backlog in the south that sue is bu

the suez canal authority says attempts to refloat the giant container ship blocking the waterway willaround the clock. high tide — due in the next hour — may help. now on bbc news, late last year, a conflict that had lain almost dormant for more than 25 years flared up again. jonah fisher gains rare access inside the disputed territory of nagorno karabakh. in september last year, armenia and azerbaijan went to war. in the fighting, the country and 32 people were upside down. what did you take with you when you left? the bbc has been given rare access to both countries. we find old patriot stirred up. and what looks like new crimes being committed. it looks like me like it could have been aware that church was. i hope you find your brother. so who really won this war? the russian military had a checkpoint just down there. they call the shots around here now. and what does the future holds for people who have lived through and lost so much? this couple are on their way home. their azerbaijani. this couple are on their way home. theirazerbaijani. it this couple are on their way home. the

according to sources in the suez canal authority, they are aiming to remove 20,000 cubic meters of sandpullout the ship from where it is -- pull out the ship from where it is. for the time being, the ship is stranded. the fear is about the long-term impact of such an incident, because traders and shippers might get discouraged in the future to send ultra-large vessels to this strategic waterway. the suez canal for egypt is not just a source of national pride, it also provides much-needed foreign cash to the egyptian economy that is very much struggling. ♪ laura: senegal is going through its worst civil in more than a decade. thousands of young people have taken to the streets in antigovernment tests -- antigovernment ptests. the west african nation is usually seen as a model of democracy, but the economy has suffered in the pandemic. bbc's ben hunt reports on why the young have had enough. ben: morning and in devastation over the sudden lost of --moun -- mourning and in devastation over the sudden loss of a loved one, shot in a protest. >> my brother went to the protest to fight for our