the place often linked with this idea is new zealand, which has won widespread praise for its handlingolation identified in the last 24 hours. this is following a three—day lockdown in its biggest city, auckland, after three cases were found. but outside of that, people are living their lives largely normally. big events like this are happening. schools, shops and restaurants are all open. people can travel around the country as they please. new zealand is managing zero covid with much greater individual freedoms than the uk, which is still in lockdown. some scientists say this could be mirrored elsewhere, at the expense of international travel. professor devi sridhar told the new statesman, "would you rather have your daily life back... she goes on... another reason for suppressing case numbers is mutations. because the perfect breeding ground for the virus to mutate is combining a population building immunity through vaccines with a high infection rate. the more opportunities it has to infect people, the more chance it has to mutate. and i'd rather not give it that opportunity by hav

the place often linked with this is new zealand.read praise for its handling of the pandemic. >> there are no new cases in the community to report at this point. we had no cases in managed isolation identified in the last 24 hours. ros: that's following three-day lockdown in auckland. people are living their les, largely normally. schools, shops, and restaurants are open. people can travel around the country as they please. new zealand is managing zero covid. it has much greater individual freedoms than the u.k. does at the moment. it is living with lockdown measures. some scientists say new zealand's experience can be mirrored elsewhere, if there is no international travel. here is a professor. would you rather have your daily life back, door would you rather be able to go abroad and do whatever -- life back, or would you rather be able to go abroad and do whatever you like? for the vast majority of people, the better option is to eliminate the virus. there's a further argument for zero covid. high levels of vaccinations reduce deb

so both australia and new zealand are — in? so both australia and new zealand are in _ in?re in similar situations, really, with this zero tolerance for cases, if you like. melbourne also lockdown going at the moment with a very small number of cases and if you have a zero tolerance you are painting yourself into a corner in some ways because at what point do you stop this is your go to intervention? covid is not going anywhere. even once we have heard immunity through vaccine there will be still cases and clusters so there will come a day when people to say, well, we're going to stop looking down. 0bviously lockdown also with tremendous economic and social impact. i suppose that now the vaccine is about to be rolled out in new zealand, given that the uk has had its time vaccinated 15 million people by mid—february, in a matter of months since the vaccine programme began, new zealand �*s much smaller population, they should be able to get that done even more quickly, shouldn't they? you could argue _ quickly, shouldn't they? you could argue that _ quickly, shouldn't they? y

coming up, new zealand's largest city goes into law down over three new community cases of covid-19.t the very latest paul: new zealand's largest city, auckland, has been ordered into a snap locked down as authorities investigate three new covid cases. matthew, what do we know about this case and what are the new developments? >> the ministry of health has concerns that the new cases are infected with the more transmissible u.k. strains of the virus. the prime minister said they have to assume they are dealing with the variant that can spread more easily. the worry is that these people have traveled. last week, they went to another city and visited several destinations. shery: they raised the alert levels around the country. what does that mean in terms of restrictions for new zealand? >> new zealand has an alert level system with number four being the strictest level. auckland has been raised to level three where people have been asked to work from home. rather earnings are restricted to 10 people. businesses cannot operate with any customer facing activities. aucklanders also canno

back to you. >> thanks, natasha. >>> new zealand's largest city aukland remains on lockdown until theesday. two of three new cases there are from the variant first found in the uk. new zealand's prime minister acted immediately to stop the spread. will ripley gives us more on what's been playing out in new zealand. >> for some people on the ground, hello, it's on again/off again with these lockdowns that they just get a handful of cases. six months ago, auckland went into this massive lockdown where people have to stay home unless they're going to the supermarket or pharmacy. essential workers can work but everybody else is not allowed. and some may say, look, when you just have three cases confined to a mother, a dad and teenage daughter, why disrupt this many people? but the message from the prime minister is that this is the formula that has worked that has helped new zealand if not eradicate covid-19, drastically reduce it to the point they don't have community transmission for weeks and weeks on end or months on end. and that allows life to return to normal quickly. listen to wha

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new zealand's biggest city, begins a snap seven—day lockdown — after a new coronavirus case.arrests in the centre of dublin — during violent demonstrations against covid—19 restrictions. tributes are paid to the record—breaking, british charity fundraiser, captain sir tom moore — at his funeral, family members say his spirit will live on. praise for donald trump at the annual gathering of us conservatives — but will the ex—president stay in command of the party? and — archaelologists in italy uncover an exceptionally well preserved roman chariot in the ruined city of pompeii. we start with the latest from myanmar. security forces have used batons, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds, in the biggest crackdown yet on anti—coup protesters. this was the scene in yangon. hundreds of activists are reported to have been arrested, and there are unconfirmed reports that a woman has died after being shot. seconds gunfire in daaway, in the south east of the country, police were filmed firing tear gas at protesters who blocked a road. meanwhile, state tv has announced that mya

new zealand's biggest city or clint is in lockdown after a new case of covert 19 was found there is being confirmed as the more contagious variant 1st identified in the u.k. schools and non-essential shops are shut while all but essential travel in and out the city is banned the rest of the country is still under a slightly lower level of restriction including a limit on the size of public gatherings new zealand has avoided a high number of infections by banning most foreigners and quickly imposing strict measures when community cases emerge. we have think they've been without loss of life i covered 19 for some time but that is still the primary reason we take the strict short end shot from asia's covered kills people just recently we saw the united states market devastating milestone in tombs of the scale of lives lost in the country we must never lose sight of the reason we take these images it is to save our people's lives and to save their livelihoods let's bring in dr michael baker he's a professor of public health at the university of otago he's also a member of the new zealand gove

in new zealand a new three—day lockdown is under way in the city of auckland, after three new covid casescept for essential work and shopping. new zealand hadn't had any local cases for months and has been one of the most successful countries in containing the spread of the virus. prime minister, jacinda ardern said the authorities would work quickly to assess the extent of the new infections. prime minister, jacinda ardern, has given an update on the situation, confirming the cases are of the uk variant of the virus with no link to anyone who's been through a hotel quarantine facility in new zealand, with a rigorous process underway to determine how it was transmitted, the pm saying no stone will be left unturned. meanwhile ms ardern was able to reveal hopeful news on the vaccine. ican i can now add and confirm that the first batch of the fires occur overnight dean vaccine arrived in new zealand this morning. approximately 60,000 doses or 30,000 horses landed in auckland at night 50 4am this morning on singapore airlines flight. it is more than enough doses to vaccinate our front—line fo

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will be live out of new zealand's will speak to a call for 100 patients as the nation's largest city goes back into lockdown. and and sports a 2nd career title for the reigning french open champion general will be here with more later in the show. u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has passed the house of representatives it will now have to go through the senate son needs president biden signature before coming into force the package includes direct payments of $1400.00 to most americans now now the middle moves the united states senate right hope will receive quick action. we have no time to waste if we act now decisively quickly and boldly we can finally get ahead of this virus we can finally get our economy moving again and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long we need to relieve that suffering the american rescue plan does just that relieve the suffering and it's time to act i thank you all for being. well they can speak now it's a passing cool hain she joins us live from washington d.c. patsy we heard joe biden t

. figs beyond the shores of new zealand-— zealand.s you say, christchurch has - zealand. as you say, - christchurch has emerged as a vibrant city. to what extent is the rebuilds been completed ten years on? it’s the rebuilds been completed ten ears on? �* , ., years on? it's not finished, and it probably _ years on? it's not finished, and it probably hasn't - years on? it's not finished, i and it probably hasn't been finished for a long time to come. this is a city that is gradually being rebuilt and reborn, and the aim is to make it a safer and better place to live and work for those people who are slowly going back into the city centre. much, much work has been done but before all that the building could take place, there was a huge demolitionjob as well. take place, there was a huge demolition job as well. the damage we've seen time and time again from those horrible pictures from the 22nd of every 2011, all of that rubble had to be cleared of course but lots of damage underground to sewers, electricity services. the rebuilding eff

new zealand's biggest city, begins a snap seven—day lockdown — after the discovery of a new coronavirusuries and arrests in the centre of dublin — during violent demonstrations against ireland's covid—19 restrictions. tributes are paid to the record—breaking, british charity fundraiser, captain sir tom moore — at his funeral, family members say his spirit will live on. security forces in myanmar have fired batons, tear gas military coup. this was the scene in yangon. hundreds of activists are reported to have been arrested , and there are unconfirmed reports that a woman has died after being shot. 2 seconds gunfire in daaway, in the south east of the country, police were filmed firing tear gas at protesters who blocked a road. meanwhile, state tv has announced that myanmar�*s un ambassador, chaw moe tun has been fired. on friday, he defied the militaryjunta in a speech to the un general assembly — urging the organisation to use "any means necessary" to reverse the coup. dr simon adams is the executive director of the global centre for the responsibility to protect — an ngo that's been w

, korea, japan and so _ australia, new zealand, korea, japan and so on. _ australia, new zealand, koreaoposing to hold _ and so on, japan is proposing to hold the — and so on, japan is proposing to hold the olympics and so on, we should _ hold the olympics and so on, we should go— hold the olympics and so on, we should go back to some sort of normality. _ should go back to some sort of normality, not complete normality and no _ normality, not complete normality and no one — normality, not complete normality and no one knows how long these countries — and no one knows how long these countries will take to come back to complete _ countries will take to come back to complete normality. but to come back to some _ complete normality. but to come back to some sort _ complete normality. but to come back to some sort of normality — i agree that we _ to some sort of normality — i agree that we cannot always live in a deepfreeze, but the question is, if you come — deepfreeze, but the question is, if you come suddenly out of the deepfreeze, what do you do to yourself? _ deepfreeze, what do you do

new zealand's biggest city, begins a snap seven—day lockdown — after the discovery of a new coronaviruse. tributes are paid to the record—breaking, british charity fundraiser, captain sir tom moore — at his funeral, family members say his spirit will live on. to the us now where regulators have authorised the use of thejohnson and johnson covid vaccine for people aged 18 and over. it is the third vaccine to become available in the states, following those from pfizer and moderna, but this one is single—shot so is set to be more cost effective. it can also be stored in a refrigerator rather than a freezer. the company has announced they're shipping more than 20 million doses immediately with first deliveries expected as early as monday. the news comes as washington warns state governors not to relax coronavirus restrictions too quickly, saying that recent steep falls in infections and deaths showed signs of stalling. well earlier i spoke to our north american correspondent david willis and asked him how significant this latest vaccine approval was. highly significant and there are two hug

the christchurch earthquake was one of new zealand's darkest days.inister has praised the hope and optimism that was helping to rebuild the city. she also acknowledged the pain. the toll could not have been more significant and daily reminders made it harder. a fractured landscape, after—shocks, struggling friends and neighbours, and children with deep and unseen scars. the earthquake struck at lunchtime. in an instant, one of new zealand's biggest cities was overcome by panic and terror. it remains very surreal to this day. it is something that will be etched in my memory and those of my colleagues all of my life. we have had an 80% turnover in staff. it has an impact. two thirds of the victims died in the canterbury television building. it was poorly built and no match for such a powerful tremor. more than half of the buildings in christchurch were damaged. the famous cathedral was not spared. it became a symbol of a city in pain. lives and livelihoods were lost. so many homes. from the rubble ate greener and safer place is gradually emerging. —— f

new zealand's prime minister acted immediately to stop the spread. let's turn to cnn correspondent will ripley joins me from hong kong. this is what we've seen from the leader of new zealand. she does move very swiftly. what more are you learning about the situation? >> reporter: hey, rosemary. she has just confirmed that in fact all three cases are that more contagious u.k. variant. she told that to public broadcaster rnz as proof that this strategy of even with just a handful of cases, disrupting a large number of people for hopefully a shorter period of time, in this case it's 72 hours while they conduct contact tracing, try to figure out how this mother, father, teenage gaut ter contracted this u.k. variant given that none of them had any recent travel history. they're looking at the mother's job for an airline catering hospitality company. she is telling people until they figure this out, the safest thing to do and the formula that has worked well for new zealand thus far is to hunker down. >> now just keep in mind, we don't necessarily have to

as new zealand becomes the first country to suspend political and miliatry ties with myanmar, fresh reports of water cannon use on protestors in the capital. trump on trial again. washington prepares for the first ever impeachment of a former president. europe remains in the grip of severe snow storms and more bad weather is forecast. in business — tesla invests in bitcoin driving the crypto currency to a record high. and rendezvous with the red planet why this mission to mars is reaching a crucial moment. good to have you with us. new zealand has become the first country to suspend political and military ties with myanmar following last week's coup against the elected leadership. the prime ministerjacinda ardern also announced restrictions on aid to exclude programmes that were delivered with or benefited at the military government. this is the same now live in yangon. protests have spread across the country, largely peaceful. more details in a moment. the bbc�*s nyein chan aye reports from yangon. chanting sending a message to the generals. for a third day, anger has brought tens of thous

in new zealand, new 3d lockdown is under way in the city of auckland after three new coburg cases were stay home except for essential shopping and work. new zealand hadn't had any local cases for months and has been one of the most successful countries in containing the spread of the virus. prime minister, jacinda ardern said the authorities would work quickly to assess the extent of the new infections. i've been speaking to doctor suzie wiles who is a microbiologist at the university of auckland. for us, we are living at a low level one which is basically life as normal but no tourists, essentially. and in order to stay that way we need to stop community these three cases and having a three—day lockdowns is to stop any potential transmission while we try and identify who else may be involved and where these cases have come from. and is this a system that will carry on now? this aim of zero covid, the lockdown, the amazing testing and tracing system that the country has there. this is just carry on? it is certainly going to be for the foreseeable future. we have vaccines coming into th

they are much different country _ new zealand. they are much different country our— new zealand.nomy is a central part country. 0ur economy is a central part of— country. 0ur economy is a central part of our— country. our economy is a central part of our country and our alliance with other— part of our country and our alliance with other european nations and also nuctear— with other european nations and also nuclear engineers coming from france to maihtaih_ nuclear engineers coming from france to maintain uk power stations and you would — to maintain uk power stations and you would want them in heathrow for ten days— you would want them in heathrow for ten days while power stations will have exemptions and all of that sort of things— have exemptions and all of that sort of things but itjust shows have exemptions and all of that sort of things but it just shows that it's a _ of things but it just shows that it's a very— of things but it just shows that it's a very complex policy with lots of things— it's a very complex policy with lots of things that can unpick it quite quickly —

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should we look out the reshaping of a new zealand city 10 years after a shattering way to stay with us here officer. hello i'm pleased to say the weather is warming up nicely now across much of north america down across the deep south dallas at around 17 souses on sunday take a little of little further north or south is that the denver and also for kansas city those temperatures will pick up nicely over the next couple of days we're getting up into double figures by monday and getting up into the low teens by cheese day and by cheesed we could touch 21 in data so expect a rapid thaw here certainly things improving in terms of those temperatures well so weather to making its way across the appalachians to will cease to see both through monday notice some snow on the northern flank of that quote the weather comes in behind for a time then another little covering a snow sweeping across the lakes as we go on through choose day that eastern side of kind of also seeing something of a wintry mix we'll see some snow too just around the mountain states i'm a little further south is fine and dry

my new zealand has reacted incredibly well to the fun to make they've only had $25.00 deaths and which is considerably less than other countries around the world and the reason they say is that there was incredibly good communication the country closed its borders early on the government there made tough decisions in the beginning of the pandemic which then subsequently had you know many many benefits for the population in new zealand and it basically showed through the research that if you had these elements and the people came together despite the fact that it may be difficult in the beginning and but they had a clear goal to work towards it could actually be they could will say countries that would be unexpected in this in this sense could actually go against the grain and prove that at working together does have many benefits as one would expect public fully aaliyah's thanks so much for that insight today is the international day of 0 tolerance tolerance against female genital mutilation the u.n. estimates that some 200000000 women and girls around the world are affected by f g m h

molly: a potential battle going in new zealand as the bank of new zealand demands policymakers take housingrices under consideration as lawmakers try to cool the rampant property market. the overall outlook for full employment remains the same. the federal reserve, blaming upheaval on an operational error, adding customers are being informed of the current status after the outage hit a national system that transfers -- that process is payrolls, social security and corporate payments. a report to be released thursday is expected to point out weaknesses in the faa airworthiness certification of the boeing 737 max. it has been concluded the faa lacks key understandings of the following safety system. the watchdog says faa mandated reforms remain inadequate. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: romaine: romaine: -- the payments landscape and australia has been changed in australia with some being used as a savings system. joining us from sydney is

now to a country that already has a tried and tested hotel quarantine system in place — new zealand. ree new covid cases were reported. the level three restrictions will require everyone to stay home except for essential shopping and work. new zealand hadn't had any local cases for months and has been one of the most successful countries in containing the spread of the virus. prime minister, jacinda ardern said the authorities would work quickly to assess the extent of the new infections. dr suzie wiles is a microbiologist and associate professor at the university of auckland. thank you forjoining us on the thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. i still think— programme. thank you for having me. i still think people _ programme. thank you for having me. i still think people around . me. i still think people around the world will still be shocked when they hear of three—day lockdowns just for that tiny number of cases. is this a system that is working? absolutely. for us, we are living at a low level one which is basically life as no

people in new zealand have paused to remember the victims of an earthquake that struck the country's 2nd biggest city at decade ago thousands joined a service at the national earthquake memorial in christchurch 10 years after the tremor that killed 185 people the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit along a previously unknown fault running directly under the city 170000 buildings were destroyed or damage charlotte betis reports on how those in christchurch are recovering after a decade. it was a tuesday lunchtime on a sunny summer's day in christchurch in tim sickens a city that had taken 150 years to build was unrecognizable. to the shallow magnitude $6.00 earthquake shared the facades of dozens of structures it completely leveled the pyne gould and canterbury television buildings those where the majority of the $185.00 deaths would be tallied once risk your operations turned recovery we may well be witnessing new zealand start to stay in. c c new zealand was in mourning but in christchurch there was no time to tears the central city was cordoned off in case of aftershocks there would be mo

and tranquil setting to mark an earthquake that cost so much chaos in new zealand 10 years ago. so we begin with me at ma where a nationwide strike is underway despite a thinly veiled threat from the military that it could use lethal force grounds are gathering in several cities answering a call from protest leaders for a spring revolution on sunday the military warned against the protests in a public broadcast accusing them of inciting violence to people were shot dead in demonstrations on saturday. diamond is a human rights specialist set 45 writes in myanmar his a protest seen young gone and says demonstrators are nervously waiting for the police response. didn't send one reason is very amazing even but we have the internet that tells what i hear but i've seen a lot of people on the street today it is very surprising and i'm also sure i don't want all these people organized but then your home is full of. generations and the country that's why everyone on the street. they're demanding most of them the better the restoration of the government let the government and also the new

. - now, what makes new zealand special? - the waters of new zealand are considered the cleanest waters in the world. - really? - pure and cold, and this is a green-lipped mussel. it's not a fish, where many fish oils or fish products, omega-3s, come from waters around the world that are certainly a lot less than clean. some are pretty bad, but you have no idea where the oil comes from. when fish oil manufacturers are making fish oil for human consumption, and they get the fish, the meat of the fish is often sent to restaurants or to make pet food, and then what's ever left over, the head, the tail, the eyes, the bones, the gills, they grind all that up, then they boil that, then they put it in a pill, and you're swallowing that. - you got me involved in this. i was a skeptic, i admit it. - you did. - you came to my house. - you were a skeptic. came to your house. well, as you said last time, your team, all your handlers, like you said, your army. - my army. - around you, they said, oh no no, larry can just say this is good.

believed schools will reopen on the 8th of march while one—to—one social meetings outdoors will and new zealand lost their lives and thousands more were injured, the community spending the past decade rebuilding. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur.

country to announce action against the military every new zealander would be devastated to see. years of working so hard to build a democracy in me and to see. what we've seen in recent days unfold by the military . strong message is we will do what we can from here in new zealand and one of the things we can do is to spin and their high level dialogue at a political level we can put in place travel bans and we can make sure that the aid funding we put into me does not in any way support the military regime as go live down to scott hi there he's following all the developments from bangkok and scott very dramatic pictures that we've been getting from the capital was you hearing about what's actually happening on the streets right now. laura right now as we can see from from the images we've been watching that things have definitely escalated now it depends obviously where you're talking about some areas there is still peaceful protesting go on there are still peaceful gatherings but in some places and at some periods of time there have been clashes you know we as you mentioned we

'd new zealand was in mourning but in christchurch there was no time for tears the central city was cordoned off in case of aftershocks there would be more than $20000.00 power water and sewerage mains were ruptured across the city people needed a place to sleep but tens of thousands of homes were badly damaged or destroyed. if it wasn't the earthquake that broke them the silt that follows did across one 3rd of the city it bubbled up through new cracks in some places more than a metre deep. or destroyed hassled that she was. off. and then for years parking spot some weeds flourished where progress did not resilience the city government and insurers were at all it's negotiating how to rebuild and at what cost 70 percent of buildings were eventually demolished musial . government bought out others pitching it as a chance to entirely redesign its 2nd biggest city more than $30000000000.00 and a decade later. is returning. we've come a long way and we still got some way to go but i really do feel like as a city we've turned a corner others still grieve for the lost heritage if you knew the city

and a tranquil setting to mark an earthquake that caused so much chaos in new zealand 10 years ago. welcome to the program we begin to me about building for another big show of defiance in the coming hours. this is the u.s. secretary of state at the brink and has just tweeted that washington will continue to take firm action against those who perpetrate violence against civilians protesters have started gathering following called by the coup believe meant to support a national strike and that's despite warnings from military rulers who seized power 3 weeks ago the army has issued threats international broadcast on sunday night saying lives will be lost in confrontations let's get more of this stuff and turn to change our correspondent in bangkok and they bring tyler did other big day really of demonstrations expected the big question will be the numbers. so they will those threats by the military issued last night on state t.v. don't seem to be put. people off there going out. in dar way down in the south in yangon the former camp little we've seen coming out and kitchen state in th

every new zealander would be devastated to see. the years of working to build a democracy and to see. what we've seen in recent days unfold lead by the military our strong message is we will do what we can from here in new zealand and one of the things we can do is suspending high level dialogue at a political level we can put in place travel bans and we can make sure that the aid funding we put into me does not in any way support the military regime the world health organization team that's been investigating the origins of a cone a virus pandemic in china says it's unlikely the virus leads from the lab the experts say it's likely to have jumped to human animal although they cannot pinpoint the exact source they also found no indication that the virus was present in one before december 29000. of understanding what happened in the early days in december 2019 did we did we change dramatically the picture we had before hand i don't think so did we improve our understanding the. details to that story absolutely we did not. find eviden

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were met with tear gas and water cannon and anger against the military gentle has grown overseas new zealand has become the 1st country to announce it's taking concrete action rather than just condemning the coup every new zealander would be devastated to see you know after years of working star how to build a democracy and to see. what we've seen in recent days unfold lead by the military our strong message is we will do what we can from here in new zealand and one of the things we can do is suspend their high level dialogue at a political level we can put in place travel bans and we can make sure that the funding we put into me does not in any way support the military regime former u.s. president donald trump 2nd impeachment trial will begin in the u.s. senate later on tuesday he's accused of inciting an insurrection at capitol hill which left 5 people dead his lawyers deny the charge the world health organization team investigating the origins of covert 1000 in china says it's unlikely the virus leaked from a lab experts believe it may have jumped to humans from an animal. colombia is to

new zealand becomes the 1st country in the world to isolate minerals military john measures include travel bans and suspension of all ties. other than norco oil this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up setting a precedent hong kong's highest court denies bail to media tycoon pro-democracy activist jimmy lie under beijing's controversial national security law. following the despicable turn on january the 6th there must there must be truth and accountability on the stage is set for donald trump senate impeachment trial his lawyers tonight he incited supporters to storm capitol hill. i'm going to the ground i'm in northern india where rescuers are attempting to free dozens of people trapped in a tunnel since a catastrophic flood ripped through this mountainous region. we begin where we are seeing 1st signs of a minute she cracked down on antique who protesters who've been rallying for a 4th straight day police have fired gunshots into the capital naypyidaw that's according to the voices news agency and at least 27 people have been arrested in manaus 2nd biggest city mandalay. nationwi

still ahead here on al-jazeera. 10 years on a new zealand has been many victims across chatter. as new zealand i understand is an offense to massive head teacher 20 cricket appearing gemma will be here with all the action for you it's course. how i once again we have got some rain in the forecast to parts of the middle east not too much to speak of you see this in leiria cloud just coming out of saudi arabia pushing over towards iran some patchy rain a possibility into northern parts of saudi arabia just linking back towards the sinai peninsula israel palestinian territories could seal it with that weather over the next couple of days and when she whether they're just around the caucasus pushing up towards turkmenistan the chance of one of 2 showers wintry in nature across northern parts of afghanistan and then these may become a little more widespread as we go on through wednesday northern iran seeing some of that wintry weather as well still a few showers into central and northern parts of saudi arabia and down towards the southern end of the red sea you might catch a shower o

every new zealander would be devastated to see after years of working so hard to build a democracy in may and to see. what we've seen in recent days unfold lead by the military our strong message is we will do what we can from here in new zealand and one of the things we can do is to spin and their high level dialogue at a political level we can put in place travel bans and we can make sure that the aid funding we put into me does not in any way support the military regime. not just got hard days following all these developments from bangkok for us and scott it feels like there's a slow but steady increase of pressure on the protesters there an increase in the extension of the ban on protests gunshots fired me a tear gas water cannon. it definitely has been slowly and steady click up in the way that the security forces are dealing with the protesters there on the streets of myanmar and we've kind of see their actions kind of scale up over the last 4 days these mass gatherings we've seen across the country over the last 4 days and then today on tuesday we've seen the scale up if you wi

the 1st country to go a step further new zealand is suspending all high level political and military contacts with main man. midsomer who has also directed that new zealand's i'd program to mean my should not include projects that are delivered with all benefit the military government we've also agreed to implement a travel ban to be formalized in the coming week on me i'm as military leaders. further international action is expected after a request by britain and the e.u. the united nations human rights council to hold a special session on the february 1st coup and all that's been happening in myanmar since scotland al-jazeera. nearly 60 hours after the flooding of a tunnel in the indian state of cons rescue teams have managed to clear enough to break to enter the structure $35.00 workmen are believed to be trapped around 180 metres inside the tunnel connected to the top of on the action of god hydropower contract the flooding was triggered by a glacier that broke and fell into a river washing away down its power plants and roads 30 people are known to have died more than $197.00 ar

remembering the victims of the christchurch earthquake a decade on: new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern leads a memorial service. the red cross warns of a desperate humanitarian situation in ethiopia caused by fighting in the region of tigray. and much more than some fun in the snow: meet the polish community rallying for a good cause. hello and welcome to bbc news. in myanmar, thousands of people have lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests against the recent military coup. mya thwe thwe khaing died on friday. it comes as britain's foreign secretary dominic raab is to call on the military authorities in myanmar to release the elected leader aung san suu kyi. here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. this was the funeral of an ordinary young woman transformed into a show of political defiance for these extraordinary times. mya thwe thwe khaing was one of countless thousands in myanmar who came out to challenge the military�*s seizure of power, and she was the first to lose her life in its heavy—handed response to the protests. scenes o

he just missed out on his century, scoring an unbeaten 99 as new zealand posted a target of 185.entually bowled out for 131. novak djokovic has been taking time out to celebrate winning his ninth australian open title, and where better than the beach in melbourne? after beating daniil medvedev, djokovic now has 18 grand slam titles to his name, just two behind roger federer and rafael nadal, but he admitted he was hurt by criticism after he brought up the challenges of the quarantine conditions for players arriving in australia. ijust accept i just accept the fact that i cannot, you know, please everyone or beat someone's favourite tennis player. so i will always look for negatives and anything i do or say, and that's ok. it does not frustrate me, of course it does. i have feelings like anybody else and i don't enjoy when someone, you know, judges or criticises, you know, behaves unfairly before checking certain things. we've been bringing you a series here on sportsday featuring young talent, and our latest generation next star is karam singh. he's already a big name in his spor

this woman was arrested in an airport in new zealand. tell if they did her a favor or if she got caught because she tried to smuggle in some cac tie from china. >> where did she put it? >> that is apparently -- would affect the biodiversity in new zealand. >> where did they find it? >> >> it was strapped all of her body. yada, yada, yada, yes. all over the body. >> you would not wand to move in the body ad i-adi style to get this. >> so she was slapped with, i believe, a fine or at least 100 hours of community service and the cacti were worth $7200. >> wow and then someone had to go with the tweezers. how much did that person get paid? >>> hey, we showed you the pandas at the zoo having their snow day. how about these guinea pigs munching on the snowman. that is disturbing, right? >> it's ice cream, right? >> cute is cute, it's polka time, everyone. happy friday. >> from rockwood music hall in new york city, austin texas's own phoebe hunt and the gatherers. ♪ politics and foreign wars all the weather, all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the world

new zealand, the first country to go a step further. >> new zealand is suspending all political and military contacts with myanmar. we are also directing new zealand's aid program to myanmar should not include projects that are delivered or benefit the military government. we have also agreed to implement a travel ban to be formalized in the coming week on myanmar's military leaders. reporter: further international action is expected after requests my britain and the eu. they will hold a special session on the ferber refers coup -- february 1 coup and all that has been happening in myanmar since. >> nearly 60 hours after the flooding of a tunnel in the nds state -- in the indian state, they have cleared enough debris to enter the structure. 35 workmen are believed to be trapped inside the tunnel. connected to the hydropower project. the flooding was triggered by -- 30 people are known to have died. more than 197 are missing. elizabeth reports now from the scene of the operation. reporter: rescue workers clear a tunnel near the dam. they have been working since sunday to find dozens of people

. >>> to new zealand which has been an example for containing the coronavirus. aukland. will ripley is live in hong kong covering the story for us. a local family tested positive and the whole city is going on lockdown. tell us about it. >> reporter: the reason why new zee land health authorities are concerned is because they tested positive for the u.k. variant. nobody has traveled. they're in the process of intensive contact tracing to figure out if the virus is out there in the community or if the mother in this family who works at a company that provides laundry services and catering services for dozens of airlines may have somehow picked up the virus at work even though she didn't have face-to-face contact with anybody coming in from outside the country. to lockdown new zealand's largest city and have three confirmed cases so far might be overkill. in new zealand the prime minister said this is a formula that has worked, that has kept their country of just around 5 million people in remarkably good shape throughout the pandemic. if you look at the numbers o

in the city's 185 people lost their lives in the earthquake one of the deadliest disasters in new zealand's history. a rescue team had to save 10 people from floating patches of ice in the u.s. state of ohio over the weekend the group of adults and children got stuck in open water on lake erie the ice was originally connected to land but then broke off from the shoreline. germany is making a tentative start to sending children back to school despite a recent increase in infection rates 10 of germany's 16 states are reopening classrooms for in person learning after months of home schooling it's mainly younger schoolchildren grades one through 4 that are heading back to class mostly other go for just the morning or the afternoon or in a daze so there are fewer students in the school at the same time most students are required to wear masks for the entire school day including in classrooms. so for more let's bring in our political correspondent. standing in front of a primary school here in berlin emma after weeks of homeschooling how did students parents and teachers feel today where you are.

new zealand's biggest city oakland is in lockdown after a new case of covert 19 it has been confirmed is the more contagious variant 1st identified in the u.k. schools and non-essential shops are shut and movement in and out of the city is severely restricted the rest of the country is subject to less stringent rules including a limit on public gatherings zenon has avoided high numbers of infections by banning most foreigners and quickly imposing strict measures as cases emerge. we have think clearly been without loss of life i covered 19 for some time but there is still the primary reason we take the strict short end shot measures covered kills people just recently we saw in the united states market devastating milestone in tombs of the scale of lives lost in the country we must never lose sight of the reason we take these measures it is to save our people's lives and to save their livelihoods small pacific on the nation's largely been successful at keeping cover 19 at bay but despite these efforts the tourism dependent economies have been badly affected and there is no sign yet of a

new zealand's biggest city is back under lockdown for 7 days the prime minister just in the ardor announced the restrictions for clint would begin on sunday it's after a new coronavirus case was discovered. sources inside yemen's government say more than 60 fighters have been killed in the latest clashes between who the rebels and government forces that would make it the most violent day of fighting since the who these resumed their offensive on the city of miami but more than 2 weeks ago those are the top stories to stay with us al jazeera world is coming up next and i'm going to have more news for you in half an hour i hope you'll join me then thanks for watching but i think. the. not be the only thing to go to the me of the visual you get more $2.00 and 0 most healing missional damage younger than me and that is kate and gives you a tongue we know you know the we've got the word believe all those who wish to kill . but only on good believe i sure chip if forced to live as well as a couple that even a good legend are going to be a quantity a ship. the thing. is it is a gentle. thought was

have begun ruling out vaccinations against kovac 19 using the biotech finds or vaccine new zealand gave the 1st shots to medical workers and border staff australia's 1st recipients included the prime minister and elderly citizens both countries have run stringent and largely successful coronavirus prevention campaigns. the head of the international atomic energy agency has arrived in tehran to trying to resume international inspections of nuclear facilities which iran has been blocking the visit comes as the new u.s. president joe biden is promising to reverse many of the trump administration's foreign policy decisions one of the most significant came in 2018 when trump withdrew the u.s. from an international agreement with iran designed to prevent it from building nuclear weapons well now biden wants the u.s. back in and the it court back on track here's a look at the deal rupert for the u.s. and iran say they're willing to negotiate want to terms u.s. president biden told the munich security conference that communication should extend beyond the uki agreement course. we need transpare