the streets while at the same time drawing in more international attention and involvement florence louis al-jazeera. still ahead an al-jazeera promises of reform 'd from the belorussian president after months of mass protests but opponents say they've heard it all before. the german companies syria the netherlands over a ban on coal but it raises questions over whether countries tackling climate change will have to pay a high price. however whether remains incredibly cold across canada and a good pass off the u.s. we've got a real arctic blast still digging right household canada sliding down across the northern plains and it's all well to the north of this line here actually a cold front we've got the colder air to the north of that and the much milder air down towards the south it's really significant boundary this one we're getting up to around 18 celsius in atlanta 27 in miami you're minus 25 there once again in winnipeg and you can see subzero across much of the northern plains just around the mountain states that cold air will continue to sink its way further southwards and on the northern fl

the streets while at the same time drawing in more international attention and involvement florence louis al-jazeera. more well coming out warnings that a coronavirus variance us found in the u.k. will become the world's dominant strain. and promises of reform from the elevation president after months of mass protests i mean say that the fall. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways oh we've got some quotes where the pushing into southern parts of china now i rare very heavy rain pushing out into the open waters little area of low pressure that just sliding away from taiwan the cloud does still stretch its way are across shanghai up towards the far south of japan but out west the weather will ease through brighter dry skies coming back in behind 13 celsius there for tokyo 13 celsius 2 for shanghai on friday afternoon as we go on into saturday little warmest still in that with a more pleasant weather pushing right up across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula and back into japan want to show it was the western side of china we will see want to see showers too i

the streets while at the same time drawing in more international attention and involvement florence louis al-jazeera. attorney the 2nd most populous state of victoria is starting a 5 day locked out after new cases in march linked to a quarantine hotel health authorities in the city of melbourne ramped up contact tracing unprepared for more mass testing after a worker at the hotel tested positive residents are being urged to stay home where mosques and public. u.s. president joe biden says the u.s. doesn't have as many vaccine doses as his administration initially thought the government signed contracts to buy another 200000000 rob reynolds reports from. their bodies great after a laboratory briefing by scientists at the national institutes of health president joe biden announced a major new increase in corona virus vaccine is on the way care since the afternoon we started a final contract for 100000000 more. and 100000000 more farther vaccines. are also able to move up the delivery date with an additional true $100000000.00 vaccines. through the end of july faster than we expected so far at least 33

the streets while at the same time drawing in more international attention and involvement florence louis al-jazeera. rising waters have been hampering efforts to rescue 35 construction workers believed to be trapped in a tunnel in northern india india the tunnel and much of the surrounding valley and state flooded and part of a glass here collapsed into a river on sunday rescues search through the night but families of the trapped workers say that our losing hope food parcels are being sent to remote villages cut off by the floods at least 35 people were killed and around 200 still missing i was with her on a reports from top of on where the rescue efforts are continuing. the rescue operation to find the 35 men who were in the tunnel when a flooded is facing get another challenge in the middle of the night drilling teams began drilling into an area that they hadn't looked into before the silt filtration tunnel that's 12 to 30 meters below the entrance behind does the police say that they were only able to draw a line hof way down before they machine stopped working meanwhile all of the agencies inv

pulling that off during a pandemic would be a big challenge and most likely a high risk one florence louis al-jazeera the u.s. based ski company has carried out a 2nd test flight of its prototype rocket being developed to take humans to mars well things were going well until it tried to land the company says the test was an overall success because of the data it was able to collect starship is designed to transport people deep into space than ever before and possibly take a 100 people at a time. to have a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera russian opposition leader alexina valmy has been sent back to jail he'll spend more than 2 years in prison for violating terms of his parole by traveling to germany for a life saving treatment after he was poisoned by a nerve agent his lawyers will appeal his conviction unders of the valley supporters were detained as they gather to protest against the ruling the u.s. britain germany and the e.u. are all calling for his immediate release. had been public displays of anger against the military coup in may and people in the nation's.

pulling that off during a pandemic would be a big challenge and most likely a high risk one florence louis al-jazeera. research is showing russia's very vaccine is 91 percent 91. to that one again 91.6 percent effective a study by the independent medical journal the lancet shows the vaccine did not have any adverse side effects during phase 3 trials the russian jabbers also also has the same efficacy on people aged 60 and above the world health organization is rejecting criticism of its covert 19 investigation in china on monday u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said china was falling short in providing adequate access to scientists on the ground katrina you has this report from beijing. on the trail of a detective story that's how the world health organization has described its mission to uncover the origins of the pandemic. and touring an animal health care facility these scientists were up about their work. they visited hospitals and the stupid market with the 1st covered 900 cases were detected one year since the beginning of the outbreak the u.n. agency says seeing the sights firsthand is i

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the streets while at the same time drawing in more international attention and involvement florence louis al-jazeera south africa's president. says his country will receive 9000000 doses of the jones and johnson vaccine office and use the one developed by astra zeneca study suggests it has limited effectiveness against a variant 1st identified african union disease experts say leaders should still use us as anika in countries where the mutation isn't present and the w.h.o. says it's still confident in the vaccine. one and a half 1000000 k. of the 90 vaccines are set to be delivered to mexico in the coming week but in the south several indigenous communities running against the government's inoculation efforts insisting they won't get the shot my new republic reports from mexico city . then they happen a municipality in the highlands of chiapas appears so far to have been spared the ravages of the copd 19 outbreak in mexico. the region is home to dozens of indigenous communities where local authorities have reported very few cases. it's for this reason many say they don't want the vaccine. in our com

games the government says it's not a question of whether the games will be held but how al-jazeera florence louis explained. well it all wanted that's been the question surrounding the tokyo 2020 and the impacts already postponed by yet because of the pandemic i think one of the biggest questions of course is whether or not it's safe to bring about a 1000000 spectators s.-chip expects to to one of the most densely populated cities in the world during a pandemic and i think what you need to do is think about you know 20 years from now how mr remember this moment well we look back at tokyo 2021 and say boy that was a big mistake that was out a super spreader event on tuesday tokyo 2020 president you she remotely looks we need to go beyond our discussions of whether to hold or not and discuss how to hold it organizes and the international olympic committee are due to announce this week the measures against coronavirus help put in place to ensure the safety of athletes and officials but public enthusiasm for hosting the games is waning in 2 polls conducted in japan last month 80 percent of respondent

the streets while at the same time drawing in more international attention and involvement florence louis al-jazeera the u.s. international development agency is redirecting long $42000000.00 of aid away from in-laws government it said the funds will go to support and strengthen civil society rather than the military the u.s. has already imposed sanctions on myanmar as acting president and several other military officers. rising waters have been hampering efforts to rescue 35 construction workers believed to be trapped in a tunnel in northern india the tunnel and much of the surrounding valley stage flooded one part of a glass here collapsed into a river on sunday rescues search through the night but families of the trapped workers say the now losing hope. being sent to remote villages cut off by the floods at least 35 people were killed and around 200 still missing it is about corona reports from the top of on the rescue effort to continue. the rescue operation to find the 35 men who were in the tunnel when a flooded is facing get another challenge in the middle of the night drilling teams began dr

leaders thousands march in the largest city of yangon on saturday and anger about the coup al-jazeera florence louis has more from kuala lumpur. people out on the streets of yangon monks students young and old. many are dressed in red the color of the national league for democracy party or the n.l. game. and one november's election by a landslide a result of military has refused to record citing unsubstantiated allegations of phone the bad as read against military dictatorship. these people are calling for the release of the elected leader. and others have been detained. protests have grown from just banging pots at night in yangon. for civil disobedience movement medical stuff went on strike 1st and were joined on friday by lecturers and other government employees that are yet another for i will not be out we don't one does military coup which unlawfully seize power from our elected government we don't want anyone who steals power and then forms their own government we're no longer going to work with them we want the military coup to fail america from. the threat of arrest israel astray and shawnte

and he could messages have been trending across the platforms before they were disabled al-jazeera florence louis is monitoring developments from kuala lumpur. well we had hundreds of people came out on the streets of yangon many of them wearing red which is the color of the national league for democracy. party which won the election by a landslide now even people who want taking part in the protests show to show their support by offering the protesters food and water and we also know riot police have been deployed in yangon they prevented more people from reaching the main site of the demonstration as far as we know no arrests have been made yet now these signs of disquiet have been growing since the coup started on monday 1st it was people banging pots and pans which is part of traditional myanmar believe that dr that that believes that this doing that this noise protests drives out evil and then it grew into a civil disobedience campaign 1st with medical workers in hospitals across myanmar taking part and then growing to include lecturers teachers and civil servants as well now activists group

international attention and involvement scott toddler al-jazeera ok let's bring in our correspondents lawrence louis following those developments from kuala lumpur florence what more do the 2 leaders have to say in this written statement. while he's urged government workers to return to work to stop the strike and he's also blaming the work strike on he said quote unscrupulous persons harassment from unscrupulous persons is urging people to avoid large assemblies because of course on a virus concerns and he it also appears to be a different tactic by the military a softly softly approach because also included in that statement is a line about how the military will review the laws on benefits to civil servants now it appears to be seen whether or not these words will have any impact on the protests which don't seem to be losing any momentum and just a quick check on social media people are already pouring scorn on minimum length comments with many people saying we're scared of coronavirus but it's worse to live under military dictatorship and other people are saying the only reason we're out on the streets is because this coup took place and yet more othe

international attention and involvement scott hodler al-jazeera let's forget i was here as far as louis has following developments for us from kuala lumpur florence tell us more about what men online had to say in his written statement. so men online said i mean you urged people to return to work and he seemed to blame the work stoppage on harassment by unscrupulous people you know search people to avoid gatherings because of corona virus and he seemed to be using a carrot and stick approach together in his statement because he also talked about possibly reviewing laws for civil service to the benefit for the benefit of employees but let's say in time he talked about possibly taking effective actions if the strikes continue without elaborating what these effective actions could mean now and you know the question is whether people will listen to what he said and it seems quite unlikely at this stage we have a quick look at social media has been calling scorn on his statements people saying . you know it's it's worse to live under a military dictatorship than it is to live under pandemic other people were saying the only reason they're out on the s