their ballots it's widely anticipated the incumbent will win the 1st round authoritarian president indra's debbie has ruled chad since he ses power some 30 years ago his main rivals have been barred from running or have called out claiming intimidation fred vignette reports from chad which is home to nearly half a 1000000 refugees and place a k role in battling islamic extremism in the sun hell region. interested b. is an experienced military man with that arc of marshall. he says have achieved this military i couldn't wait he came to power in 1993. and he has stayed in power since then. was at this campaign rally in the capital in jermyn a he jokes that he's been in power cease before he's supported as we have borne for some like he's aid might there be is a hero. and a group that has come a long way. behind felipe built this country. president debbie has 30 years of experience and he had given 30 years of sacrifice for this country. but his critics say d.b. is a ruthless dictator 6 had hoped to be on the ballot paper this year to challenge interested b. but his dreams of becoming a presi

so i just think it's very important to to look forward rather than learning lessons from about how indra's the crisis is. there for now richard thank you so much for joining us ok thank you. and now it's time for your questions over to our science correspondent there. what impact has the pandemic had on the public perception of science this is the perfect question to start off this week's look at visions of the post coated world because one of the things the pandemic has done is radically change the way that many of you out there in the public view science and scientists some have turned into really famous figures who are no really well known not just in their home countries but all over the world germany also of course gained a few new science of leverage these in 2020 the most prominent of the viral a just in chief christiane dalston millions of germans tune in for his regular pandemic podcasts he's even been turned into a traditional christmas ornament so one wake up at 19 has certainly changed public perception of science is by dragging researchers and science experts out of the shadow

deteriorating faster and they younger on average than in the 1st 2 waves let's talk about that now with dr indra gupta he's professor of clinical microbiology at cambridge university good to have you with us so let's let's start 1st of all with the average age in this report we heard that it's mainly down to the fact that the older generations are vaccinated by now is that all there is to it. yes i certainly think that there will be an element of the the old to be protected with vaccines of course in the 1st wave the elderly who also very vulnerable so said proportion of the most vulnerable may have been infected diet so that leaves a small fraction of susceptible elderly individuals and and therefore. that is probably part of the explanation but we can't speak the whole truth because we know that this is a phenomenon that we see in many parts of the world even in pots where the vaccination rate is much higher so there has to be something else to it. yes but of course a priority is of course it is based potentially and it's been a factor because. in previous waves there may have been a dispropor

inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the indra there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor. a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be the wreckage of the truck beside the d. rail train this is taiwan's worst of a train accident and it's believed many of the dead and injured were heading home to mark the 4 day annual ching ming holiday when chinese people tend to family grades adrian brown al jazeera hong kong while tony chang is monitoring the story from bangkok in thailand tony so we know that accidents are rare on taiwan's impressive rail network so what investigators now be looking for. to be focusing on the driver of this truck it was a crane truck very substantial it was supposed to be parked by the side of the rail tracks but it appears to have rolled back onto the tracks in

inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the indra there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the isles side and i was thrown to the floor. a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck. the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be the wreckage of the truck beside the d. rail train this is taiwan's worst ever train accident and it's believed to many of the dead and injured were heading home to mark the 4 day annual ching ming holiday when chinese people tend to family grades adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. in may and demonstrators are out on the street again a day after the military shut down wireless internet services across the country the very flowers in public places to remember those killed during the crackdown and meanwhile 2nd largest city mandalay there are reports of more gunfire by security forces at the protesters on thursday the u.n. security council strongly co

on the inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the indra feeling that there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the aisle side and i was thrown to the floor. the spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be the wreckage of the truck beside the d. rail train. this is taiwan's worst of the train accident and it's believed many of the dead and injured were heading home to mark the 4 day annual ching ming holiday when chinese people tend to. all this is the scene of the vehicle that has just been involved in an attack outside the u.s. capital we have had confirmation in the past 45 minutes or so that one u.s. capitol police officer has died from injuries suffered in that attack just outside the u.s. capitol the attacker rammed his car at a barricade and then emerged from the car wielding a knife we had an update from from police office

atom or population could have a very long term benefit in controlling cloven 1000 and preventing the indras new mutations new variants from emerging and protecting also the livelihood of farmers or we're talking about billions of dollars at stake here and so brand this vaccine is expected to go into mass production as early as april r t correspondent sites ever tell you so much for keeping us up to date. and time now for a quick break but when we come back the fight for infrastructure is shaping up to be the buy ministrations next that major move will be able i believe proposal and what it means for the economy as we go to break here the numbers of close. so we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy from day shouldn't let it be an arms race is also a spear in dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans moved to the soviet union and many of us . still live in russia. looking at the risk of long no rush but us throw up at our stuff yes we've got troop

deteriorating faster and they younger on average than in the 1st 2 waves let's talk about that now with rev indra gupta he's professor of clinical microbiology at cambridge university good to have you with us so let's let's start 1st of all with the average age in this report we heard that it's mainly down to the fact that the older generations are vaccinated by now is that all there is to it. yes i certainly think that there will be an element of the fact that the the ugly are protected with vaccines of course in the 1st wave the elderly who also very vulnerable so said proportion of the most vulnerable may have been affected diet so that leaves a small fraction of susceptible elderly individuals and and therefore. that is probably part of the explanation but we can't speak the whole truth because we know that this is a phenomenon that we see in many parts of the world even in parts where the vaccination rate is much higher so there has to be something else to it. yes but of course prior immunity is of call is based potentially and it's been a factor because. in previous waves there may have bee