this is the news live from berlin the world health organization calls an emergency meeting to tackle new variants off the code to corona virus as its scientists arrive in china to investigate the potential origin of the. it's feared that the latest mutations transmit more easily then the original strain and could make current vaccines less effective also coming up uganda goes to the polls after a complaint marred by violence and a shutdown of social media presence here where he is seeking to 67 office he's up against a cross match a form of pop star walk. and donald trump becomes the 1st u.s. president in history to be impeached twice congress charges him with inciting supporters to attack the capitol building last week calling it an armed rebellion. and why the coronavirus is failing to deter pilgrims from attending a giant hindu festival in india honors of thousands gathered for celebration by the river ganges trusting in faith rather than face mobs to protect them from the bottom. welcome to the program the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting to discuss new v

the us from the world health organization today terminating our relationship with the world health organization and not only did he pull us out of the un human rights council the hypocritical and self-serving organization rarely ever stood up for human rights and at times he seemed more comfortable with the us is traditional adversaries than its closest allies we now know from some of his advisors he came close to pulling out of the us is most important military alliance nato summit meetings like this one in brussels what all could events with everyone else treading on eggshells to avoid the ire of the impulsive often ill informed u.s. leader. most u.s. allies around the world are now breathing a sigh of relief despite the drama after november's election president elect joe biden's foreign policy is easy to summarize reverse direction resign international agreements and work collaboratively with allies america is back ready to lead the world not retreat from it once again sit at the head of the table ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values th

the world health organization is calling foul. health. be for. people in poor countries the problem many saw coming too late for equality in the largest vaccine drive in world history. well check this out the news organization vises discovered the wealthy paying big bucks for a specially organized vaccine holidays at a time of travel bans they take a luxury trip. going off to get. some sightseeing critics say using their money to jump the queue ahead of the more vulnerable is unacceptable. campaign and nick didn't says research shows many more people will die if the rich get the vaccine 1st instead of doing it fairly we'll talk to him in a moment 1st health care workers in kenya fear for their lives the vaccine hasn't arrived yet and covert is taking out their colleagues one by one. 0. nobs had to help us clinic an officer a big part of it though was to work closely with covert 19 patients then one day she got sick herself i saw her call then i went through a lot of problems after i was infected i didn't have a medical problem which could come on

didn't just withdraw from the world health organization or try to withdraw from the world health organization it gaijin with a number of part number of organizations at the multilateral level and it's an important signal that the biden administration takes a much more internationalist outlook and is willing to engage in the electoral space one of the challenges which the white ministration will have is that over the far past 4 years in global health where the trumpet ministration fail to engage with the great show and it ups funded it trying to withdraw it created a gap in terms of global health leadership and that gap has been filled by other governments by other countries around the world increasing that funding contributions also but also increasing their leadership and their political work with the world health organization so it's not that over the past 4 years the global health world has been sitting around waiting for america to return and now we're willing to greet her with open arms that the power and match that leadership has been filled by other countries of the world that don't th

of the 2nd world war and the creation of the un 55 nations came together to create the world health organization in geneva. the suffering of millions of human beings to score the country will be only and many many thousands of lives will be saved. the choice of switzerland was no coincidence a neutral country where international politics should be put aside. says clearly that is what the founders wished for in 1948 when they chose geneva as the headquarters of the w.h.o. to some extent to keep it at a distance from the political decision making at the un headquarters in new york. the un's predecessor the league of nations had also tried to promote international cooperation on the health front especially after the spanish flu pandemic between $918.92 the un wanted to go a step further when. created an immediate post world war 2 period it began with very great idealism and aspiration and there were some from whatever country who believe truly international order united nations and its various agencies would make the world safe for peace so that we would never see our devastation what brought war t

withdrawing from the world health organization. how much it is going to help america standing on the world stage? -- america's standing on the world stage? >> these are very important signs, that the u.s. is ready again to work through international organizations, through multilateral organizations, for the good of the u.s. but also for the rest of the world. multilateralism is back and that is one of the main conclusions of the two acts, going back to the climate change agreement and stopping the withdrawal from the world health organization. that is a very positive sign and many world leaders have greeted that with a positive note themselves. but the word out here -- the world out here also expects acts and not only words. we expect actions to show that the u.s. is really back and that some of the actions we saw until very recently will be changing under president biden. this is a moment of hope and i think that many people, many world leaders are believed to see a new kind of leadership. new old leadership in the sense of multil

one of the top stories around jazeera questions are being asked of the world health organization over its failure to declare a global pandemic until march 2020 an interim report by the independent panel established by the w.h.o. to look into the u.n. agencies response described the global alert system as not fit for purpose cases of what became known as code 19 were 1st reported in will happen in december 29 teen but an emergency committee did not meet until 3 weeks later.

the world health organization to mislead the world when the virus was 1st discovered by chinese authorities. on me from the united states is condemning china and the w.h.o. continuously without reason. they want to shift the focus of the american public as a distraction from the inefficiency in their epidemic response which is quite immoral and most disappointed sippin will ship. 180 kilometers from mainland china the island of taiwan is one of the most modern and highly developed countries in asia and. beijing has claimed the territory since 949 bus its independence is supported and defended by washington. since the recognition of mainland china by the un taiwan has been isolated and practically excluded from the international community. under pressure from china the w.h.o. refuses to communicate with the government in taipei which seems to be the case even if the epidemic were to directly threaten the taiwanese. taiwan sure toward taiwan is part of china there is only one china not to me or you go to war you go to taiwan are saying that every international organizations including the w.h.

most to whether they will be able to fully cooperate with the world health organization but the team members that we have spoken to say that it's early days but they are quite positive about going forward but they do mention that the public should be warned that this is a long process it's going to take a while and they need to be patient for us to have any conclusive findings on the. one of ours i'm katrina the pandemic is still a sensitive issue in china isn't it even though they've come to grips with the crisis to a certain extent. that's right so the numbers here are largely controlled and for the most part life has mostly resumed in terms of normal life but it's all very sensitive issue here and we really can't downplay the importance of this world health organization mission here in china this is important for the chinese government politically it's really it's chance to show at the international community that they are willing to be open and transparent terms of cooperation with this investigation but although they have been very loud about promoting the scientific voices othe

have been strictly controlling any investigation into the origins but the world health organization team said are happy to revive in the king to get started archie clemencies a professor of infectious diseases at curtin university in australia he says in addition to site visits the team will be trying to build trust with the chinese government. well initially the team's going to be there for 2 week period i think it's important to recognize there's a lot of evidence that's already been generated by scientists in china over the last 12 months so the teams are going to be going in there cold with with no information available so i think that their initial task will be to work with scientists in china to look at their protocols look at their diagnostic approaches look at their data. to try and synthesize it to match in on on the potential origin of the virus that will be getting out into into the physical environment i'll be visiting the market to visit field sites to get a better appreciation of the situation in china i think you know a number of international leaders have sought to c

the united states and many in europe buy up millions of potential doses the world health organization says those with plenty of money have begun mass vaccination campaigns but criticize them for signing deals with drug makers for early supplies w h o's director general urged countries to prioritize kovacs and initiative to secure vaccines to low and middle income nations to countries that have contracted more vaccines done they will need and out of controlling the global supply to also donate and release them to kovacs immediately which is already today to roll out them out quickly and i urge countries and manufacturers to stop making bilateral deals at the expense of quote box. no country's exceptional and should count the query and take you and vaccinate all of their population while some remain reasonable supply of the vaccine on wednesday indonesia and jordan became the latest to start national vaccination campaigns jordan has secured enough doses for a 5th of its population its health minister says there will be no discrimination and more than $600000.00 syrian refugees will be e

will remain a member of the world health organization. dr. fauci said it will continue funding the agency, reversing trump directive. iraq's reshuffled top officials after a suicide bombing on thursday. isil claim responsibility for the attack which killed at least 32 people and left more than 100 injured. u.s. media is reporting that the impeachment trial of former president donald trump will likely start in february. house speaker nancy pelosi has rejected demands to drop the proceedings. republicans argue the trial will divide americans even further. pelosi says the articles of impeachment soon be sent to the senate for a second trial. trump was impeached just days before the end of his term for inciting a riot at capitol hill that left five dead. >> you don't say to a president, do whatever you want in the last months of your administration. you are going to get a get out of jail free card. because people think we should make nice and forget that people died here on january 6. that the attempt to undermine our election, to undermine our d

the headlines: the world health organization has warned against "vaccine nationalism" after the european union announced it would bring in export controls on vaccines produced within the bloc. the eu introduced the measure amid a row with vaccine manufacturers over delivery shortfalls. the uk government has confirmed that it's formally applying to join a trade agreement which represents around 15% of all international trade. the cptpp brings together australia, new zealand, japan and canada, as well as a number of pacific rim countries, including malaysia and vietnam. protesters marching against a controversial security bill have clashed with french police in paris. it's part of an ongoing campaign against proposed laws to increase security forces�* surveillance tools and restrict rights on circulating images of police officers in the media. borisjohnson has published an open letter to parents, saying he is "in awe" of how they are coping. the prime minister also promises "hundreds of millions of pounds" will be spent on a national education catch—up programme after the pandemic. it'

scientists from the world health organization begin their investigation into the source of the covert 19 outbreak in the chinese city of. i'm convinced this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the new man in charge of u.s. foreign policy says america is willing to rejoin the iran nuclear deal but only if tehran complies with the terms of the original agreement. we desperately need a unified national response to the climate cursed because there is a climate for which. u.s. president joe biden puts the fight against climate change at the heart of his government's agenda. and a crackdown on crime or political repression university students in greece protest against a new police presence on campus. a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to leave quarantine in the chinese city of one hand and begin their probe into the origins of the corona virus the independent scientists are set to interview people from research institutes hospitals and the seafood market links to the initial outbreak the long awaited inquiry comes after months of negotiations

flow again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera the world health organization is edging governments to paul's coronavirus vaccine rollouts once essential workers and vulnerable people receive their jobs the organization is concerned that rich nations will stockpile supplies and others will miss out peru is beginning a strict for the 2nd time in 10 months to ease pressure on overwhelmed hospitals a shortage of medical oxygen is forcing people to buy it on the.

scientists from the world health organization have arrived in the chinese city of one han they've been sent there to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic is comes as china reported its 1st death in 8 months problems as well and most of the country's new cases have been. south korea's top court has upheld a 20 year prison sentence handed down to former president i.q. hateful corruption fox involvement in the last scale abuse of power and bribery scandal led to mass protests in 2017 and ultimately harry novel from office. those are the headlines on al-jazeera as always it's more news on our website at al-jazeera dot com coming up next it's inside story. al jazeera its investigative unit the team censored an unseen video from blue heart filled to those the coronavirus are great is just beginning. leaving known all those years and that the current economy is not. exposing the secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. to bomb. and a health system struggling to cope i'll just leave the investigation 3 dates that still the world. the war against covert 90 as more countrie

the world health organization sounded the alarm about 19 we'll look at the progress made in the difficult road ahead. germany bans travel from countries hardest hit by new variants of the krona virus the government says it has no other choice to prevent a surge in new infections and in the bonus we get by and faced a team that had thrashed them for wonder earlier in the season we have the highlights of their revenge against hoffenheim. a michael it's nice to have you with us it's now been a years since the world health organization attempted to alert the world to an impending danger declaring the coronavirus crisis a public health emergency just over a month later the global pandemic began on january 30th 2028 there'd been just over 10000 covert cases almost all of them in china thereafter in the late winter and early spring case numbers shot up around the world and they've been rising ever sense on january 29th 2021 a year after that initial declaration at least a 102000000 people have fallen sick with the virus. to talk about this grim anniversary i'm joined by stephen moore sees a prof

for the post of director general of the world health organization. sort of a full hand he had been to beijing seeking chinese support for his election need to have the chinese president reveal that he had chosen the african candidate ducted tadros. when china decides to back a candidate they obviously have a far better chance because the various countries getting aid from china will play ball. that is typical for the election unfortunately. well that's just how it is when you have a democratic vote. tadros was elected the 1st african to ever become directive general of the w. h. . however he wasn't completely unknown. he had served for over 15 years as either the healthful foreign minister in his homeland of ethiopia thank you thank you for. thank you dr ted rose i would consider one of the very best ministers of health ever in africa and i am not alone in believing that many many other people believe that as well you spent a decade expanding the number of hospitals improving the management capacity of the hospitals improving the quality of care. cre

as a member of the world health organization which president trump had pulled the country are off now things move very quickly there dr foxy in the course of the morning he had to get up at 4 am d.c. time to hold a virtual conference with the w.h.o. this is a clear signal of the u.s. says re-entry into the world health organization something that president biden has made very clear is essential in order to combat the pandemic within the united states and further afield writes mike hanna thank you for that update from washington d.c. let's continue the conversation with lawrence gostin who's the only a professor of global health law at georgetown university he's joining us from washington as well thanks for your time with us on al jazeera just give me your reaction to what you heard from president biden as well as dr on this national strategy plan. yeah well i know tony thought you very well i think his words were well chosen. this is liberating. so heartened to hear that we're rejoining the community of nations by rejoining the world health organization that we're going to leave in sc

a michael welcome it's now been a year since the world health organization attempted to alert the world to an impending danger declaring the coronavirus a crisis a public health emergency just over a month later the global pandemic began on january 30th 2020 there'd been just over 10000 covert cases almost all of them in china thereafter in the late winter and early spring case numbers shot up around the world and they've been rising ever since on january 29th 2021 a year after that initial declaration at least 102000000 people have fallen sick with the virus. to talk about this grim anniversary i'm joined by stephen moore sees a professor in epidemiology at the columbia university medical center in new york and an expert in health diplomacy an early warning signs welcome to you professor if you could take a view of this sir where are we in this pandemic are we still in the beginning or can you see a very clear way out well i think we're really still in the thick of the pandemic i think that if we had acted early enough it might have been possible to contain it and reduce the offense bu

yet, on the same day, the head of the world health organization delayed it declaring the new outbreak public health emergency. >> the decision about whether or not to declare an emergency of international concern is one i take extremely seriously, and one i am only prepared to make with appropriate consideration of all the evidence. >> by january 30 infections were detected in several other countries. after an emergency meeting, the who finally declared it a public emergency of international concern. the professor public health and a member of the new zealand government covid response advisory board said the who should have told countries to take action sooner. >> i think this report is very helpful. it conveys many of the views of public health workers around the world and the fact that our response globally was not fast enough. you do know now, almost one year on, that a vigorous containment approach, aiming for elimination of this virus, is the most effective response. countries like australia and new zealand, we follow the asian model of elimination, and it's proven very effective

the world health organization is warning that measures like those risk prolonging the pandemic. it says drugs should be prioritised for use for those most in need around the globe. one of its senior officials told the bbc she believes some countries should pause domestic immunisations once their health workers and vulnerable groups have been vaccinated, so that the roll—out can be carried out across the rest of the world. i spoke earlier to gian gandhi, covax co—ordinator for unicef, and asked him why vaccine nationalism was problem in the battle against the pandemic... the covax facility that was designed to deliver vaccines to really the poorest 100 countries or so as well as all the other countries that have signed up is really built on the foundations of solidarity for mutual gain. and what we want to see is the light at the end of the tunnel that we can see now that vaccines are available shines for everyone and not just those that can pay the most. vaccine nationalism flies in the face of that. so what do you think needs to be done then to counteract that? the first th

an independent panel set up by the world health organization has criticized china's response to the pandemic it says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the initial outbreak in wu han the panel also criticised the w h o's own response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose report questioned why the un health body took several weeks to hold an emergency meeting off the outbreak emerged a senior u.s. health official has also called on china to provide evidence links to the outbreak and will hand including samples taken from the wet markets but team which finally arrived last week will be well may be successful it was provided with the following information conway in possession of chinese authorities 1st austar is produced in china on the presence of sars could be 2 related genetic sequence sequences in animals. in a most interesting results in and around the bay province environmental samples from the markets if you live in our service the genetic data samples. well it is there a has obtained video recorded in the chinese city of will hand in th

the world health organization has led the fight against covid? is that true? >> it's absolutely not true. in fact, they actively fought against the world knowing what china was doing early on. they actually colluded with the chinese to claim that covid cannot be transmitted. then they claimed that they were doing a great job trying to contain the virus when in fact it had already left and infected hundreds of people in the region. so no, the w.h.o. has done nothing but fail again and again and now american taxpayers should be upset that $400 million a year are going to the w.h.o. without any accountability to the organization whatsoever. >> tucker: dr. fauci must know that because it's his job. why do you think you would say something like that? >> well, he also, by the way -- he is the individual who is the most corrupt in the middle of all of this. i guess folks are part of it. they feel the need to cater to this group of people. but the reality is we should be focused on solving the problem created by covid-19, not joining the w.h.o. to cover up the problem

i am honored to announce that the united states will remain a member of the world health organization. >> laura: okay. that looked like a hostage tape. i don't know what was going on there. this comes as a w.h.o. finally admitted but we "the angle" have been saying for five months. the exclusion of positive covid results could be riddled with false positives, something my next guest has also been predicting for months. joining me now is richard tice, businessman, former e.u. parliament member and chair of the u.k. reform party. richard, thanks for staying up for us tonight. >> no problem, great to be with you. >> laura: do you put any stock of the timing of the u.s. rejoining the w.h.o. and the new news about the vaunted pcr test? >> this is extraordinary. the world health organization, what many of us have known for months, there is an unnamed but potentially huge quantity of what they call false positives test results. using this opposing gold standard pcr test. here in the united kingdom for example, our own government, despite doing some half a million tests every single day is al

the world health organization is warning measures like this risk prolonging the pandemic. it says drugs should be prioritised and given to those most in need around the globe. a senior official told the bbc some countries should pause domestic immunisations once their health workers and vulnerable groups have been vaccinated, so that the rollout can be carried out across the rest of the world. saad omer is associate dean of global health research at yale school of medicine, and hejoins us from new haven in connecticut. thank you for coming on the programme. mi; thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the i programme._ first programme. my pleasure. first thins programme. my pleasure. first things first. — programme. my pleasure. first things first, the _ programme. my pleasure. first things first, the obligations - things first, the obligations of governments and countries and governments is to their own citizens first and foremost sea cannot blame governments around the world, trying their best to secure vaccines for their populations?— secure

the world is on the brink of catastrophe moral failure the head of the world health organization again calls on rich nations to ensure fair access to vaccines for the developing world. the potential threat of an insider attack prompts the f.b.i. to get thousands of national guards deployed to washington for the presidential inauguration. the samsung boss j.y. leaders order to serve prison time over a huge south korean corruption scandal. al jazeera has obtained video recorded in the chinese city of new hampshire in the 1st days of the coronavirus outbreak the images were smuggled out of china after the police tried to prevent journalists reporting on a local health crisis that became a global pandemic there is questions about beijing's early efforts to control the virus filreis says this exclusive report. a year ago journalists from chinese state media arrived in graue han to cover a story about a mysterious new virus is 3 days before the city goes into lockdown. the few confirmed cases of the disease are up to seafood market says in the south so we're good on the going to be good if w

scientists from the worlds world health organization have arrived in the chinese is your woo hans to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic the international team will spend 14 days in quarantine before they start researching how the virus may have moved from animals to humans early on it was traced to this west market which has since closed where it was under most was sold as food the delayed trip followed months of diplomatic wrangling china initially barred of the scientists arguing that the virus may have originated elsewhere. meanwhile the w.h.o. is holding an emergency meeting to discuss new variants of the corona virus there are concerns that they may be more infectious than the 1st strain that emerged in china it's also unclear if the new variants could potentially reduce the effect and effectiveness of current vaccines at this london hospital doctors are treating 3 times the usual number of patients in the intensive care unit. they say they are struggling to cope this is going to be with you in in the form that they live with and this is. something very good. s

a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has called on countries to pause their coronavirus vaccine rollouts after health workers and vulnerable people have been inoculated to ensure fair distribution around the world health officials in the west african nation of senegal say corona virus variants are fueling a surge in infections that's overwhelming their health system. and the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention has issued a mandate for face coverings to be worn on all public transport across the country the new rule will come into effect on tuesday. at least 8 afghan security force personnel have been killed in a car bomb attack in the northeastern province of langa har in the early hours of saturday morning the taliban has claimed responsibility a military base for afghan dense forces was the target of the attack. the attack comes 2 days after the pentagon accused the taliban of not living up to promises made in a deal last year to reduce violence the rise in bloodshed has prompted a new wave of refugees fleeing afghanistan and its

so the world health organization last _ about? so the world health organization last year - about? so the world health organization last year set . about? so the world health | organization last year set up about? so the world health - organization last year set up what 0rganization last year set up what they are calling the covid technology access pool. it is currently supported by about 40 countries. this is the mechanism where that vaccine science and know—how can be shared, and those manufacturers brought in to scale up the production, but at the moment, many rich countries are refusing to support that mechanism. what they are doing is standing on the side of pharmaceutical companies, protecting their monopolies and intellectual property. what we need those rich governments to do is to step over, step away from business as usual, and share that vaccine science, which lets remember has been a large part financed by taxpayers money, billions of public money has been invested in the research and development of these vaccines. it is only right it becomes a global public good that

and the reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has called on countries to pause their coronavirus faxing rollouts.

a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to leave the hotel quarantine in the chinese city of where they have begun their inquiry into the origins of the corona virus independent scientists to interview people from research institutes hospitals on the seafood market linked to the initial break a long awaited inquiry comes after months of negotiations between the e.u. is in she says the scientists expect this to be a long process. there certainly is a quite a lot of skepticism about how willing the government is going to be in terms of cooperation with the world health organization team it's well documented that beijing has been tightly controlling any information any dasa around the origin of the outbreak and in fact it will reportedly reluctant to provide access to the hater of this is why it's taken them up to a year to arrive here and of course many are saying that much of the key evidence around when the 1st outbreak started now must be missing in therefore it will only still i mean this investigation and it doesn't help that this mission is also hig

the us from the world health organization today terminating our relationship with the world health organization and not only did he pull the us out of the un human rights council the hypocritical and self-serving organization from rarely ever stood up for human rights and at times he seemed more comfortable with the us is traditional adversaries than its closest allies we now know from some of his advisors he came close to pulling out of the us is most important military alliance nato summit meetings like this one in brussels were or could have vents with everyone else treading on eggshells to avoid the ire of the impulsive often ill informed u.s. leader most u.s. allies around the world are now breathing a sigh of relief despite the drama after november's election president elect joe biden's foreign policy is easy to summarize reverse direction resign international agreements and work collaboratively with allies america is back. ready to lead the world not retreat from it once again sit at the head of the table ready to confront our adversaries and not reject our allies ready to stand up for o

vaccines is that something the world health organization would support . yes we certainly have a program called a c. ter that is something that many things we set up quite early last year when it was clear that the world had to work together in solidarity to end this and see to have is an effort to try to to get assuring our intellectual property and technology at this rate and if this so-called hoarding of the vaccines continues by as they return nations in your opinion how long would it actually take for the lower income countries to even start their vaccination campaigns. so we are looking at 3 other codexes at this facility actually beginning to roll out the vaccines in the countries that have put in their applications in february and march and one of the important things is country readiness as well and i could tell you this is very good news on that many of the country. again long before we even knew we had vaccine started doing the preparation work and are getting very much ready to do it so now it's a matter of matching the countries with the vacci

to announce that the united states will remain a member of the world health organization. yesterday president biden signed the letters retracting the previous administration's announcement to withdraw from the organization the united states stands ready to work in partnership and solidarity to support the international covert 'd 1000 response let's cross across one of them for who joins us from washington d.c. and islands a raft of new covert measures on day one of the biting ministration. what's most important is that there's going to be a national strategy that to be unveiled by joe biden is going to speak to his covert task force he's then going to make remarks to the public 10 executive orders to follow up as well among the things that he's planning to do is to increase funding to schools he's also going to say that departments across the whole federal government should use the defense procurement act if they are not getting the response from private companies they need there's also going to be money for personal protection gear and also things like syringes because it

the world health organization team could also use techniques like contact tracing, especially around a food market where a number of early patients were identified. others have called on china's government to be more transparent about virus work being conducted in a nearby lab at the time of the outbreak. >>> still ahead here, the worrisome lack of rain as a warm-up heads our way. it was nice out there today certainly. abc 7 news meteorolo i am robert strickler. i've been involved in communications in the media for 45 years. i've been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. for me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. and i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. it has helped me an awful lot. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >>> a woman in pacifica was filming the massive waves this past monday when one of them -- ooh, look at that. overtook her. her iphone, though, continued recording. even after it was swept away. fortunately, she was fine. and she did find her phone. wow. an

by the world health organization is they're preparing to leave the hotel quarantine where they've begun their investigation into the origins of the pandemic independent scientists to interview people from research institutes hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak the long awaited inquiry comes after months of negotiations let's cross now to katrina you she's in katrina so how helpful is the chinese government likely to be to this team and what are they hoping to find given that it's been over a year since the virus was found. and there is a really good point there certainly is a quite a lot of skepticism about how willing the government is going to be in terms of cooperation with the world health organization team it's well documented that beijing has been tightly controlling any information any doctor around the origin of the outbreak and in fact it will reportedly reluctant to provide access to need of a hater if this is what's taking them up to a year to arrive here and of course many all saying that much of the key evidence around when the 1st outbreak start

also coming up the world health organization calls an emergency meeting to tackle new variants off the current of the us as its scientists arrive in china to investigate the potential origin of the pandemic it's feared the latest variants transmit more easily than the original bios. and hundreds of 1000. hindu pilgrims flock to the river ganges for what's billed as the world's biggest festival they trust and faith rather than face masks to keep them safe from the bombs. and welcome to the program vote counting has begun in uganda after a hard fought election pitting one of africa's longest serving leaders against a charismatic young challenger veteran president yoweri museveni is seeking a 6th term in office after ruling for nearly 4 decades is main rival the former pop star bobby wind has inspired a new generation of youthful voters the election campaign was marred by widespread violence and a social media blackout. one by one each vote from this polling station is called out to onlookers supporters cheer for their preferred candidate. it's been quite. expectant and this progress into

the world health organization scientists complete the hotel quarantine will now they'll stop their investigation into the source of the coded 19 outbreak. darren jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up if iran comes back into full compliance with its obligations under the j c v.o.a. the united states would do the same thing. the new us secretary of state says the door is open for terror and to return to the nuclear deal but there is work to be done. in lebanon protestors defy a strict lockdown to confront the government on economic failures and its handling of the pandemic plans. to stop its push on what usually it's a little like. a warning for investors about the sudden rise in stock sales of the gaming retail company game stop. a team of investigators sent by the world health organization is preparing to leave the hotel quarantined in the chinese city of where they have begun their inquiry into the origins of the corona virus the independent scientists to interview people from research institutes hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak a long awaited in

the world health organization to help combat the pandemic both within the united states and of course further afield all right mike hanna reporting from washington mike thank you so much well california has become one an epicenter of cover 1000 in the u.s. and is now one of the worst hit states it's imposed some of the country's toughest restrictions in an effort to contain the pandemic joining us now from los angeles so what what do you think the impact will be. on a state like california which is a very badly hit. well there in certainly biden's plan of action will be much appreciated by public health officials and political leaders here in california where the governor and the mayor of los angeles and many others have long complained and expressed their frustration . at the absence of any national plan. as mike hanna was just telling us from the former administration the instead really don't do all the responsibility for a dealing with a virus and coded 1000 hand vaccination on the states and on the localities there are 35000 people who've lost their lives and yet here where i am i

a global team of scientists led by the world health organization have arrived in the chinese city of where the coronavirus 1st surfaced the 10 member team is investigating the origins of the pandemic but it's unclear how much access beijing will allow the group will spend a month in the city the government approved a visit after months of diplomatic wrangling and china has reported its 1st quote a virus death in 8 months as the country battles with a resurgence in cases the totality was in her province where most of the country's new cases of a merged and on thursday the country reported its high single day tally since march catherine you really part of me is in beijing she says the latest outbreak was unexpected. it's quite a shock to everyone here in china because normal life seemed to have resumed for the past few months at least and now we've had this 1st death in her bay province and since the beginning of 2021 we've had about 700 new cases reported here in china and the new center of this outbreak is should drug drug which is the capital city of her bay province and that's now

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improving global health well the context of rejoining the world health organization made very clear by the news too that dr antony found she who's now a part of joe biden's. coronavirus team will be taking part in a virtual conference with the world health organization in the course of the next 24 hours and mike there was such a change of tone and atmosphere in that press briefing room wasn't about what we're likely to see that move to congress as well can biden bring bipartisanship. well there's a very different tone in that press briefing i remember 4 years ago the 1st briefing of that the new press secretary was all about numbers false claims about numbers that started off with what is basically a lie there you had in the press briefing and the pledge being made to transparency and truth so it's a long way ahead but certainly a very different beginning and then what we are seeing as well in the senate was very significant the 1st cabinet member was confirmed in a senate vote. against the director of national intelligence but what was important is that the vote went into 84 to 10 it

accord a reversal of the decision to leave the world health organization the lifting of the ban on travel from some muslim majority countries and an immediate cancellation of the state of emergency that donald trump proclaimed in order to begin building a wall on the mexican border. actions done at the stroke of a pen but other fundamental changes such as a new coronavirus relief bill and immigration reform will require the cooperation and participation of congress please raise your way hand and in the senate the new vice president's war in 3 new democrat senators in a chamber now is split 5050 it's a 49 vice president who will have the casting vote as the new senate majority leader takes over today the threat to our democracy from the presidency itself has ended but the challenges we face as a nation remain. in the wake of violence and division hatred mistruths and from the republican leader warm words for joe biden who came to this chamber as senator for delaware 49 years ago so i congratulate my friend from delaware look forward to working with him as our new president wherever possibl

on public us welcome to the program the world health organization is warning against water colds vaccine nationalism this after the european union launched a scheme that could block exports of coronavirus vaccines it's the latest development in a row between the e.u. and drug maker astra zeneca european union of health officials on tells authorities approves the company's job on friday but brussels says it has failed to supply the vaccine in the quantities promised and says the controls are needed to ensure export orders are aren't fulfilled 1st. it was a dramatic decision borne out of desperation faced with diminished deliveries of the $1000.00 vaccine the e.u. on friday an ounce controls on vaccine exports this threaten controls at the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland keeping the border open was a key demand in the drawn out brags that negotiations and the news was greeted with disbelief in the k. you know i think it's quite incredible that it's an act of aggression actually less than a month into a sleeve in the european union we see them act in this you kno

a team of scientists from the world health organization has to begin its long awaited study into how covert 19 began in china. on patrol periods avoidance military to block margot and ecuador an attempt to contain the spread of grown ups . and they want money side it's a sound is there a life from doha we said coming out. thousands of women in poland push back against tough new restrictions on abortion. to get on with the games the limping bosses insist it's not irresponsible to hold the event in tokyo in the middle of a global pandemic. we began and will hand china where a team from the world health organization is getting to work to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic. they have left the hotel after a 2 week quarantine and will soon begin interviewing people for research institutes hospitals and that seafood market linked to the initial outbreak a long delayed inquiry comes off to months of negotiations between beijing and the w.h.o. . her senior year has a very latest from. well the debate has said that plan for the next few weeks is yet to be finalized but since

have been strictly controlling any investigation into the origins but the world health organization team said are happy to revive in the king to get started the united kingdom has recorded its highs daily quota virus death toll since the pandemic began 1564 people died from cave in 19 of the past 24 hours and other 47000 new cases are concerned prime minister boris johnson told parliament he's concerned about a new variant discovered to brazil i was looking at ways to stop it from entering the u.k. . what we're now seeing and it's very very prudent to stress that these are early days we are now seeing the beginnings of some signs that that is going to have an effect in many parts of the country but by everyone and we did early days mr speaker and people must keep their discipline keep in forcing the rules and work together as i said to roll out that vaccine program around the clock curfew has come into force in lebanon to come back to a dramatic surge in corona virus infections on wednesday there were long lines outside food stores in beirut as residents stocked up the lockdown will be i

climate accord a reversal of the decision to leave the world health organization the lifting of the ban on travel from some muslim majority countries and an immediate cancellation of the state of emergency that donald trump proclaimed in order to begin building a wall on the mexican border these are actions done at the stroke of a pen but other fundamental changes such as a new coronavirus relief bill and immigration reform will require the cooperation and participation of congress please raise your way hand and in the senate the new vice president's war in 3 new democrat senators in a chamber now is split $5050.00 it's the 49th vice president who will have the casting vote as the new senate majority leader takes over. today the threat to our democracy from the presidency itself has ended but the challenges we face as a nation remain in the wake of violence into the asian hatred mistruth and from the republican leader warm words for joe biden who came to this chamber as senator for delaware 49 years ago so i can grow droit my friend from delaware look forward to working with him as