on monday rapido joins us live now from mexico city says in his saying that mexico is suppressed and here is a country with the highest death toll in the wild what how has the country been how did it get so bad how they've been dealing with the virus have that been curfews have that been locked down as a people social distancing. it is so that comparison between mexico and india and the fact that mexico is now officially surpassed india is the 3rd highest coded death toll in the world that comparison is not lost on people and i think it's also not a very big surprise here in mexico given the fact that the government has taken a relatively hands off approach when it comes to contagion there's not a lot in terms of lock down restaurants have been ordered to shut down but it wasn't until the very end of the year. and the beginning of january that we actually saw the restaurants beginning beginning to shut down the streets are still full businesses are actually quite still full you could make the comparison to the time before the pandemic but the difference is we're now 11 months in to t

of fatalities in the world with more than 155000 confirmed deaths reports now from mexico city. this is a scene that plays out every day in mexico each time it's a different family saying their goodbyes to a loved one lost to cope with 19. years before if we had 10 funeral services then about 2 of them were for coated the rest heart attacks natural causes but now it's 8 for covert and 2 normal funeral services so it's a big increase in deaths because of coded. over the past month the death toll in mexico has risen dramatically and on thursday the country overtook india for the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world as you can and will get if we keep on going like this will be the 1st in the world for deaths a piece of advice that people keep on looking after themselves use face masks use hands follow orders from the government because if not will be 1st in the world. in the mexican capital hospitals are nearing their occupancy limits many are already for for months mexico city ambulance drivers have been reporting difficulties finding hospitals with available beds now 1

we have a better life here in mexico than the united states when it is not a low al-jazeera mexico city dates have been announced for the 1st palestinian elections in more than 15 years president mahmoud abbas says the legislative and presidential votes will be held in may and june have been delayed because of negotiations between abbas his party fatah and its rival hamas the palestinian factions are aiming to build a united front against israel need to abraham has more from ramallah. it's not the 1st presidential decree setting elections in palestine but it could lead the way for the 1st elections those 20052006 they palestinian president's party. and hemis have been meeting over the past few months and they say that they want to come back the exterior no dangers reciprocally after the u.s. has released its mideast peace plan and they say that they only have themselves in this regional situation where many arab countries for specifically have signed agreement deals with israel and let's not forget that we are looking now at a new u.s. administration and palestinians have been trying to

al-jazeera mexico city so. let's take you through some of the headlines we're following here on al-jazeera now u.s. house democrats have introduced a resolution to impeach president dan trump for inciting violence on capitol hill last week are also urging vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment declaring trump unfit to hold office. is introducing new rules to stop companies doing business with china jang region where there are allegations of forced labor rights groups say at least a 1000000 we got muslims have been imprisoned in camp.

in mexico city the government's handing out free oxygen refills to the many trying to take care of themselves relatives at home. them in case it's a form of support that people need without the support it would be very very difficult this is better than going to the hospital because i believe that we also avoid crowd in the hospital of the way we're doing now but the captains are not down to try and prevent the health system collapse. further down the continent. brazil's past 200000 coby there. in bolivia there's been an increase in serious cases after the holiday season. and amazons with every day we receive requests for intensive care the difference of the start of the pandemic was that we had requests only for hospitalizations. we sent them to covenanting isolation centers here there is no a solution center and evan is asking for intensive care that is why the 2nd wave is much more serious in parts of peru including the cup 2 lima and already battered health system is also in danger of being overwhelmed once again become a huge number of women i.c.u. beds are a problem there's always going

in the world john home and reports now from mexico city and spoke to people whose lives have been turned upside down. the last time we saw a paramedic who did he come on or she was hurtling around the working class suburb . that was back in may when the al jazeera mexico team was filming ambulances intensive care units and hotspots to document the viruses rampaging through the capital. now we've returned to visit the people we met them and see how they and mexico city is doing in the doughty's case not great she's been seriously ill with coded the way the leather that the truth is i felt the same as my patients that i was going to lose my life that i would never see my family again and almost everyone in her team has had the virus now it's not surprising in a country where more medical workers have died than anywhere else in the world. we wanted to follow up too with the man we film a daughter of rushing to hospital jose luis montagnier. a month later we met him again as he finally made it back home. but this december when i showed him our poor family reunion it was tough for him to war

for some mexico city workers on the local river laman will binya remembers walking to los vegas strip but that's when he lived with family in the batter as an undocumented migrant scared of it would seem like a looming threat of deportation from the u.s. women when made the choice to return to mexico just over a year ago when. leaving the inlet of faith i was. in the moment. because. trump. all the stops. i had to fight it to come back to mexico and start again. like thousands of other mexican nationals who return to their country of birth by choice or not a popular starting point is a neighborhood in downtown mexico city known as little l.a. the nickname is a nod to the many deportees who have settled in this part of town this area is also home to many startup businesses that offer employment to deportees often its american companies who draw on the english language skills and genuine knowledge of u.s. culture that a majority of deportees possess. someone for one such startup that's always looking for talented in english speakers returning from north of the border is new call me inso

al-jazeera mexico city. let's bring in some other news now and minerals military says it will abide by the country's constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt to kowtow to the army previously says it could take action of if its allegations of fraud in the election were not in trust the governing party called on the military to accept the will of the people in countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have urged to adhere to democratic norms game stops shares shot up again on friday the latest twist in a wall street saga that's drawing the attention of billionaires the white house and thousands of social media users the video game we take stock has risen by around 70 percent or in back most of the losses which are investors have been pushing up the prices in a bid to damage head funds hedge funds who make a profit by betting against the shares of failing businesses kristen salumi reports . you didn't have a thought it's a question neither the president nor his treasury secretary appear able to

al-jazeera mexico city. canada is imposing tougher travel restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the more contagious strains of code 19 as of next week returning travelers will have to quarantine in hotels at their own expense kadian airlines are also halting flights to mexico and the caribbean to discourage vacationers provinces have been urging the federal government to clamp down on travel as the country struggles with a 2nd wave of infections. minerals military says it will abide by the constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt to cooed the army previously said it would take action could take action if its allegations of fraud and november's election were not addressed the governing party called on the military to accept the will of the people in countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have urged to adhere to democratic norms. game stops shares shot up again on friday the latest twist in a wall street saga that drawn the attention of billionaires the white house and thousands o

al-jazeera mexico city. game stops shares shot up again on friday that laces twist in a wall street saga that has drawn the attention of believe this the white house and thousands of social media uses the video game retail his stock has risen by around 70 percent calling back most of thursday's losses amateur investors have been pushing up the prices in a bid to damage hedge funds and make a profit by betting against the shares of failing businesses chris incident reports . didn't stop it's a question neither the president nor his treasury secretary appear able to answer what to do about a market in turmoil institutional investors are facing billions of dollars in losses as small time investors organized on social media and trading on apps like robin hood continue to drive their preferred stocks values higher and higher game stop a struggling retail chain that was considered overvalued by so-called experts at $40.00 a share ended the week trading at $315.01 of the main drivers of the frenzy is keith gill kno

more from mexico city. this is a scene that plays out every day in mexico each time it's a different family seeing their goodbyes to a loved one lost to cope with 19. years before if we had 10 funeral services then about 2 of them were for covert the rest heart attacks natural causes but now it's 8 for covert and 2 normal funeral services so it's a big increase in deaths because of coded. over the past month the death toll in mexico has risen dramatically and on thursday the country over to india for the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world is even more sort of general that if we keep on going like this we will be the 1st in the world for deaths a piece of advice that people keep on looking after themselves use face masks use hands follow orders from the government because if not will be 1st in the world. in the mexican capital hospitals are nearing their occupancy limits many are already for for months mexico city ambulance drivers have been reporting difficulties finding hospitals with availabl

al-jazeera mexico city. malaysia is imposing another 2 week lockdown after infections reached $3000.00 a day restrictions will apply to kuala lumpur and 5 of the country's 16 regions travel between all states will be banned sectors deemed essential including construction and manufacturing can continue to operate but under strict regulations well as he is planning to start a vaccination program next month facebook has shut down accounts belonging to the ugandan government officials days before the presidential election that the us social media giant says that fake accounts including those from the ministry of information being used to manipulate public debates ahead of thursday's votes election pits longtime leader 70 against 10 candidates including the pop star turned politician bobby why. the 1st commercial flight between qatar and saudi arabia in more than 3 years has landed in riyadh last week saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt agreed to restore ties with casa after a blockade that began in 2017. i

confirmed hospitals in mexico city and nearing capacity and running out of oxygen supplies. oh in all the stories we're following the united nations says that more than 200000 people have fled violence in the central african republic in the past 2 months 92000 have now crossed into the democratic republic of congo all more than 13000 of flooded into neighboring states tens of thousands of displaced inside the country a former prime minister has described the situation in the country's apocalyptic ca the ca our army backed by un peacekeepers and russian and rwandan troops has been battling a coalition of armed groups trying to of a time december's presidential election and security of sorts who are good republicans displace no more 200000 people we've become. states most of them to love you when it's you are the us jeered she is born in pounds of pearls with a cigar bush refugee arrivals in the democratic republic of congo b.r.c. who reached $92000.00 according to local authorities the over 30000 people who cross to become. in the republic of congo refugees continued through.

al-jazeera mexico city. military says it will abide by the constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt to qut the army previously said it could take action and action if it's allegations of fraud in november's election were not addressed the governing n l d party called on the military to accept the will of the people more than a dozen countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have to adhere to democratic norms game stops shares shot up again on friday and the latest twist in the wall street saga has drawn the attention of billionaires the white house and thousands of social media uses a video game retailers stock has risen by around 70 percent or in back most of thursday's losses to investors have been pushing up the prizes in a bid to damage hedge funds to make a profit by betting against the shares of failing businesses christen salumi reports. didn't have a follow up it's a question neither the president nor his treasury secretary appear able to answer what to do about a market in turmoil i

al-jazeera mexico city. the coronavirus pandemic has greatly impacted children's education especially in the world's poorest countries a report from save the children warns that 136000000 children in the developing world may not be able to return to school unless $50000000000.00 is invested refugees are dropping out of class at a higher rate than other children in syria teachers say students have the added pressure of supporting their families. the pandemics threatening to create a lost generation in mali. on the outskirts of mounties capital bamako are 14 year old car and 8 year old modibo children trying to get the pension from adults with north when traffic holds someone may offer an awkward smile and then uncomfortably look back at their phone if they're lucky one will buy a box of tissues or mask they're selling for these children the corona virus outbreak has meant no longer getting an education and having to earn a living instead want we have to work because the schools are closed because of coated i

and pleading with the population to stay indoors and there were reports from mexico city. health workers in mexico say they were at a breaking point the still worsening health crisis has taken in especially high toll on medical professionals according to the government's own data almost 2500 people employed in the nation's health sector have died since the start of the outbreak i doctors and nurses from the national public health service recently published in emotional plea on social media saying that many of them have reached the point of physical and emotional exhaustion. we're begging you do not expose yourself to come tell you don't become a transmitter of the disease. mexico remains one of the country's hardest hit by the pandemic the nation's economy is hurting as well. on monday restaurant workers protested against containment measures which have led many businesses to close their doors for most of our voters and of candidates bank on their land where workers that are being condemned to unemployment were small business owners that are being driven to bankruptcy and

city. i don't shop on the river because the one man will pena remembers walking the last vegas trip but that's when he lived with family in nevada as an undocumented migrant scared over what seemed like a looming threat of deportation from the u.s. when many men made the choice to return to mexico just over a year ago when they both leave and they and that of faith. we have are sufficient. in the moment that efficient gets stopped because in triumph all the things. all the steps i had to fight it to come back to mexico and start again. like thousands of other mexican nationals who returned to their country of birth by choice or not a popular starting point is a neighborhood in downtown mexico city known as little l.a. the nickname is a nod to the many deportees who have settled in this part of town this area is also home to many startup businesses that offer employment to deportees often its american companies who draw on the english language skills and genuine knowledge of u.s. culture tha

al-jazeera mexico city. as a situation in mexico meanwhile the number of recorded covered langton cases in africa has passed 3000000 south africa has recorded by far the highest number of cases and in cape town a shortage of coffins is forcing many families to delay funerals he is robin at. that time is known the world over for its brits taking sides but for all its beauty the city is battling to cope with the 2nd wave of the good old vida spend demick covert fatalities have skyrocketed in recent weeks overworked and exhausted undertakers say they cannot keep up at the moment because cope extremely busy with funerals of spatially you know the cupboards. even running out of space. and manufacturers of coffins are working overtime to make up the shortages and meet demand is a big rally but it's not really the shortage of the conference or the shortage of what is really the problems more but influx all of that is happening many believe the situation here is only going to get worse for the city of cape town. ove

we have a better life here in mexico than they and that affects. al-jazeera mexico city. you can find a lot more on our website the address for that is al-jazeera dot com. and this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. capitol is on high alert after the f.b.i. warns of possible violence leading up to president elect joe biden's inauguration barriers have been set up across washington d.c. and thousands of national guard troops have been deployed. in washington d.c. they are not so much worried about the same scenes as january 6th hundreds or thousands of people overtaking.

mexico city policy in _ to say on the mexico city policy in the coming days. i will— policy in the coming days. i willjust— policy in the coming days. i willjust take the opportunity to remind all of you that he is a devout— to remind all of you that he is a devout catholic and somebody who attends church regularly starting _ who attends church regularly starting his day regularly attending church with family this morning. i don't have anything _ this morning. i don't have anything more for you on that. go ahead _ anything more for you on that. go ahead. as president elect, he talked about the possibilities of using the defense production act to ramp up defense production act to ramp up production of vaccines. having looked at more data, does he still feel that's necessary? was that included in anything that he signed today? stay tuned, we will do this again— stay tuned, we will do this again tomorrow and there may be more _ again tomorrow and there may be more specifics to share on plans— more specifics to share on plans uncovered tomorrow, i expect

katty: our correspondent in mexico city. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has announced a flurry of last-minute policies aed at leaving the trump's administration's mark on american global affairs. some in the international communitg seem to be shutt their doors to him. he canceled a last-minute trip to europe after being snubbed by european union leaders. joining me is danielle from the american enterprise institute. ere are a lot of people europe who are breathing a sigh of relief that mr. trump is leaving the white house and mr. biden is coming into the white house. how much is going to change in substance rather than in style for european allies? danielle: you asked a key question. for europe, donald trump has been hugely offensive in style. those pictures of him pushing aside other leaders so that he can be at the forefront pretty much encsulates how he behav es. tthe challengt have bedeviled donald trump are the biden.hat will bedevil joe not enough spending on defense, not enough prioritization of trading retionships, a

john homan reports from mexico city. john: this was the promise -- >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. john: he hasn't gotten anywhere near finishing that. president trump has done something else instead, turned the country itself into his walls. in mid-2019, he threatened tariffs if mexico didn't tighten its border, so the country put its national guard on the banks of the river with guatemala, toughened up its checkpoints so that those from neighboring countries couldn't get through. >> i think we saw a dramatic decrease in arrivals at the u.s. -- at the u.s.-mexico border as a result of mexico's crackdown. it was so hard to travel through mexico at a certain point that you saw a lot more people requesting asylum in mexico. john: mexico agreed that migrants asking for asylum in the u.s. could be dropped across the border to wait here while the request was process. some were stuck in places like this camp for months. others went home. perhaps all of this wasn't as appealing as the beautiful wall, bu

i want to play her answer to that question. >> i think we love more to say on the mexico city policy in the coming days. but i will just take the opportunity to remind all of you that he is a devout catholic and somebody who attends church regularly. he started his day attending church with his family this morning. >> shannon: a very interesting pivot to me. >> yes, i think she did kind of show her hand based on that answer bit i would say that the biden administration is going to roll back the mexico city policy, but she also kind of failed to answer the amendment question simply because biden is a catholic. that's deathly something to watch. >> shannon: okay, overall do you think that the white house press treatment is going to ramp on? we've heard from a number of folks who say they are going to treat them the same way, are you confident that will happen? >> i got a lot of respect for many of the report is in that room, but something i noticed today, one of the first questions she was asked was if she will commit to never line. something that all civil servants should commit to. b

and the united states now don't homan with the latest there from mexico city jones thank you. well it's ironic that it's ironic that when president identified migrants is a potential strike that actually was domestic terrorism that was highlighted by security services as a possible threat for the inauguration in washington d.c. and because of that washington has been resembling a fortress and the lead up to this inauguration well john hendren joins us live now from the streets of washington d.c. talk us through the security that you're seeing around joe. well barbara what's really surprising about today is that this city was expecting large crowds and possibly protests and we've seen very little of that it seems that as unprepared they were as they were for the january 6th uprising that overran the capital with pro trump suit borders they are over prepared now if anything just let me give you a look around a lot of the buildings here in downtown washington have boarded up and that hasn't proved necessary because if you look over my shoulder here there is a massive presence of

and deadly wave of co-infection in mexico city sparks a rush to buy a lifesaving oxygen canisters selling prices soaring. people struggling to get things i'm doing such and such because this is in this line of work being drug you know people shouldn't profit from the system doing profiteer on the needs for the people profiteering on them life's. good evening and welcome to the program this is our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital bring your live news up to. britain finalize its exit from the e.u. just 2 days ago and it's already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe are being turned back if they don't have the right customs paperwork and after 4 and a half years of resisting brick sets the country's millions of our miners are no mood to back down taylor has the details. and so began the downswing new age of an independent britain and my goodness was it tasty starting 2021 with a lovely brick sit breakfast off to 40 years of wed to bliss the u.k. is out on its own we saw the fast ferry leave post britain's shores cross the channel and dock in kalai and while

a case in point, the word is out our new administration is planning to rescind the mexico city policies this very day, run over the consciences of american taxpayers, and put them back on the hook for funding abortions overseas. an administration that wanted to pursue unity might observe that 77% of americans, including a majority of democrats and 85% of independents, don't want taxpayer dollars to fund foreign abortions. this and many other commonsense pro-life policies enjoy broad support from the american people, but the radicalism of the modern democratic party seems dug in. fortunately, political dynamics dynamics -- unfortunately, political dynamics change but the moral truth does not. executive orders cannot alter the basic science of human life. so i thank my fellow kentuckians and all americans who are participating. we will see you in person next year. now, on a totally different matter, the country has waited to see whether the new administration would follow a pro-job, pro-worker, pro-working family approach or give in to the far left and put ideological concerns before kiff

and i deadly wave of covert infections and mexico city sparks a rush to buy life saving oxygen containers running prices soaring. people struggling to get. such and such because this is in this line of work being overwhelmed right now. people should have brought food with necessities don't proceed with the necessity of other people because the airline is. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. britain finalize its exit from the e.u. just 2 days ago and it's already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe are being turned back if they don't have the right customs paperwork and after 4 and a half years of resisting the country's millions of our miners are no mood to back down. taylor has the details. and so began the downswing new age of an independent britain and my goodness was it tasty starting 2021 with a lovely brick sit breakfast after 14 years of wed to bliss the u.k. is out on its own we saw the fast ferry leave britain's shores cross the channel and dock and kalai while the 1st of lorry to enter the euro tunn

and the deadly wave of covert infections in mexico city causes a rush to buy life saving oxygen canisters sending prices soaring. people struggling to get oxygen tanks and oxygen such as this is work being overwhelmed right now and people shouldn't profit from necessity profiteer on the needs of other people because you're profiteering on their lives. saturday evening and here in moscow january the 2nd one is calling bright welcome to world news from international 1st for you britain's finalized its exit from the e.u. just 2 days ago and it's already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe are being turned back if they don't have the right customs paperwork and after 4 and a half years resisting breaks into the country's millions of remain as are in no mood to back down as a report. and so began the downswing new age of an independent britain and my goodness was it tasty starting 2021 with a lovely brick sit breakfast after 14 years of wed to bliss the u.k. is out on its own we saw the fast ferry leave britain's shores cross the channel and dock and kalai while the 1st lorry to enter

and the deadly wave of covert infections in mexico city causes a rush to buy life saving oxygen canisters sending prices soaring. people struggling to get. such and such because this is in this line of work being drunk people shouldn't profit from necessity doing profiteer on the needs of the people because you're profiteering when their lives. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now britain finalized its exit from the e.u. just 2 days from the e.u. just 2 days ago that's right and it is already hitting road blocks trucks bound for europe are being turned back if they do not have the right customs paperwork and after 4 and a half years of resisting drugs into the country's. millions of remainders are in no mood to back down as our 2 sons can tailor reports. and so began the downswing new age of an independent britain off to 40 years of wed to bliss the u.k. is out on its own we saw the fast ferry leave britain's shores cross the channel and dock in kalai while the lorry to enter the euro tunn

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city. one of president biden's 1st executive actions to stop the funds to build this. he's pretty desists is one of his signature projects of course it won't leave the u.s. wide open there was already a significant amount of fencing and security on the border but activists say it's an important gesture nor more than well that's their new. we can't spend a single penny more on the construction on a wall of hate of shame a racist well. i mean it's comprised an under his man well lopez obrador is hoping for more a path to citizenship for undocumented migrants already in the united states the cases they were ready we've been proposing that our countrymen who have been working for years should be regularized contributing to the development of that great nation. and. president biden does have a plan from a path to citizenship for more than 10000000 people who haven't got legal status. but there are many more still trying to get there in the days before the inauguration thousands of from durance w

is going to john heilemann our correspondent is live for us in mexico city so john where are these migrants now. well a lot of them have been bused back to honduras guatemala and thora teas 1st stopped the caravan after a bit of a confrontation as well on sunday and cleared them off the highway and then others of them still appear to be in the town above the wandle where they're being sort of searching presumably for other routes to continue but they're not going to be able to go as this big group of more than 6000 people that were on the highway the central highway going through that town so it's been broken up even though a lot of people perhaps were trying continue their journey to try and get to the united states as you mentioned they're trying to do this a lot of them because they're desperate not only is honduras one of the most violent and the poorest one of the poorest countries in latin america it's also been hit not just by the pandemic but by 2 massive storms in november so in parts of the country really people have been left with not very much at school and that's one of the rea

in the mexico city policy which under the previous administration expanded. what does president biden plan on doing on those two items right now? mrs. psaki: i think we will have more to say on the mexico city policy in the coming days. i will take the opportunity to remind all of you that he is a devout catholic, and somebody who attends church regularly. he started his day attending church with his family this morning, but i don't have anything more for you on that. >> as president-elect he talked about the possibility of using the defense production act. having looked at more data, does he still feel that is necessary? with that include anything besides today? mrs. psaki: stay tuned. we will do this again tomorrow and there may be more specifics to share on covid, i expect there will be, including details on the defense production act. he remains committed to invoking the defense production act in order to get the supply and materials needed to get the vaccine out to americans across the country, and remains committed to his goal of getting 109 shots in th

to say on the mexico city policy in the coming days, but i will take the opportunity to remind all of you he is a devout catholic and somebody to attend church regularly, he started his day by attending church with his family this morning. >> very interesting pivot to me. >> expert deflection. she showed her hand based on that answer. i would answer the biden administration is rollback the mexico city policy but she also failed to answer the hyde amendment question simply pivoting to the fact that biden is a catholic. that is something to watch. shannon: do you think the white house press treatment is going to ramp up, we heard from a number of white house press corps folks who say we will treat him the same way, we will investigate and ask tough questions. are you confident that will happen? >> i have a lot of respect for many reporters in that room but something i noticed today, when jimmy mcinerney started one of the first question she was escalated commit to never lying to us. a fair question and something that will serve but even that level of trust, they wouldn't give her that b

well i think we'll have more to say on the mexico city policy in the coming days. but i will just take the opportunity to read mind all of you that he is a devout catholic and somebody who attends church regularly and he started his day attending church with his family this morning but i don't have anything more for you on that go ahead. as president elect he talked about possibility. of having to look at more data does he still feel that's necessary was that included for example anything he said. will stay tuned we'll do this again tomorrow and there may be more specifics to share on plans on covert tomorrow i expect there will be including more details on the defense production. he absolutely remains committed to invoking the defense production act in order to get the supply and the materials needed to get the vaccine out to americans across the country and remains committed to his goal of getting 100000000 shots in the arms of americans in the 1st 100 days go ahead thanking her own president talking about it. and i've heard some people say oh that's just talk th

al-jazeera mexico city or to the day's other news now in china says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passport available to 3000000 residents in hong kong a former british colony now the move comes into effect on sunday the same day that passport holders can apply for a special visa to move to the u.k. the scheme is a response to the controversial national security law imposed on hong kong which has led to dozens of arrests the u.k. government says it's standing up for freedom while if the law is a pro-democracy activist who fled to london from hong kong he says he doesn't expect beijing's decision to harm british national overseas passport holders right to emigrate to the u.k. . for now we don't have much information about how will transfer them or carry out notion of the statement basically when one people get into mainland china we don't use the n or passport we used the term permits and when we leave hong kong if hong kong government is going to apply these. these steamin to the wind that they have brought the control maybe we need to use the home passport to lea

when you are up all the reports from mexico city. this is a scene that plays out every day in mexico each time it's a different feeling seeing their goodbyes to a loved one lost to cope with 19. years before if we had 10 funeral services then about 2 of them with a covert the rest heart attacks natural causes but now it's 8 cave it and 2 normal funeral services so it's a big increase in deaths because of coated. over the past month the death toll in mexico has risen dramatically and on thursday the country over 2. india for the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world for humans is even marketed to middle going to if we keep on going like this we will be the 1st in the world for deaths a piece of advice that people keep on looking after themselves use face masks use hand joe follow orders from the government because if not will be 1st in the world . in the mexican capital hospitals or nearing their occupancy limits many are already full for months mexico city ambulance drivers have been reporting difficulties finding hospitals

it's called john heilemann is joining us from mexico city so john any reaction from officials there on the announcement that by then it will stop the construction of the us mexico border while it's a lot of as executive order. no reaction to that we heard from president lopez obrador that's what he said in the morning that's really what makes because peretz he was obviously the border wall president trump now ex-president trump said that he was going to get mexico to pay for it that never happened and after that i think mexicans were more sort of curious about that they saw president trump as a bit of a bogeyman and he said some pretty horrible things about mexicans while on the campaign saying that they were sending rapists and criminals the worst of them into the country but i don't think it ever went further than that i think what they'll be more interested in is what president will preside over the door we're speaking about there are about trying to regularize the status of undocumented migrants in the u.s. and president joe biden does actually have a plan to do that a path to c