A special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference. Thanks for joining us the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca as covert 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours and thats despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a shortage of supply so the e. U. Has released a redacted copy of its contract which it says proves the vaccine maker is obliged to meet its promised supply it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues on thursday brussels war and it may have to ban exports of vaccines produced on the continent to protect stock its also questioned why it appears that the u. K. Supply has been unaffected and there is more potential help for the global inoculation dr with 2 more american jobs nearing completion there is no novaks vaccine its shown to be around 90 percent effective. And trials of a single dose of the johnson and johnson vaccine have proven effective and 2 thirds of cases lets bring in stuff os and shes joining us from amsterdam so the vaccine is expected that corona the astra zeneca excuse me vaccine is expected to be approved by the e. U. Medicines regulator when do we expect that happens that well it was supposed to happen right now actually but they have Just Announced that the announcement will be delayed with 90 minutes one and a half hours from now its not completely clear why this delay is happening now if it will be approved it will be nearly 4 weeks later than the u. K. Where this vaccine has been used already for these weeks and also in all age groups because the main question here in amsterdam is is there going to be a limit to the age group of 65. 00 plus because the german there is a Vaccine Committee already oh yes so they sat theres not enough Data Available from these a vaccine trials to show that this vaccine is efficient for this age group so it is going to be a limited access maybe which of course will be a setback for the millions of elderly here in the European Union of course are much more vulnerable for covert 19 and has a much higher mortality but also it can be seen as some kind of a face saving operation maybe by the European Union because then of course its not clear how this vaccine will be used and they dont need as many as they might have ordered before all right stuff awesome report from saddam thank you very much. Well we can now speak to eric vie golding whos an epidemiologist and chief of code Risk Communications at the federation of american scientists is joining us from washington mr eric thanks very much for your time with us on aljazeera so lets just talk about the johnson and johnson vaccine i mean this news coming in just about an hour ago we understand that it has a 72 percent efficacy in preventing covert thats according to trials in the u. S. But then a lower rate of 66 percent was observed globally in trials so correct me if im wrong here but this is less effective than the other 2 on the market the pfizer biotech and one derna. Lower but you have to realize that we are in different stages of the pandemic. Lower especially for south africa because weve already seen south africa where you can escape vaccines and. Partially and we see the same results you know about 90 percent worse but only 50 percent in south africa so in certain ways. Out these are oranges in comparison pfizer about see did not ever have to deal with them and indeed you can journal about the knowledge has a much lower neutralization efficiency you can south africa so the murder trial now you would probably see a similar phenomenon lower ethics what what can you tell us about the way that this vaccine is made because again the fives are in the midair in a vaccine is used sort of the r. N. A. Rod genetic material how is this johnson and johnson one different. You know the johnson just one doesnt rely on our name never the reason that our new ones are so temperature sensitive because the m. R. Name breaks down very easily this one does not it still builds on the seams by protein stills protein based and so because its more rigid it does not need to be refrigerated whatsoever and does not need to be frozen whatsoever and has been a shelf life which is great for about transporting countries where cold chain especially freezing culture is much more difficult and you know if this is a single dose so youre comparing. The dose is to achieve 95 percent neither of those achieved 95 percent with just one dose so in terms of yield efficiency this is much more efficient and theyre also developing a booster for the new variants so i think in modern run this is much more efficient of a vaccine very interesting to talk to you thank you so much for joining us from washington for this developing story. Now in the netherlands the court of appeals has ordered Oil Giant Shell to pay compensation to a group of nigerian farmers they accuse the company of destroying their fishing villages as a result of 3. 00 oil spills its the 1st time a Dutch Company has been held liable for actions by its foreign subsidiary a head injury says been following proceedings from a bridge or. This is not the only case in court either in the netherlands only in the u. K. Where hundreds of people have queued up to show for contaminating the niger delta i spoke to an actor is a short while ago he said this is just the beginning and a lot of analysts also believe that it will open the floodgates into so many late editions against all producing Company Production companies that have been operating in nigeria some of these cases have been there for a very long time and they were unsuccessful similar communities and successful to try to quote i show in nigerian courts for example in this particular case today in the netherlands 2 of the people who filed that case have died have already died but again activists are saying that this could lead to more litigation against shell and other International Oil companies here in nigeria mean mars military is refusing to rule out the possibility for coup in the aftermath of last years election and shes governing party won a majority of seats in parliament but the army says it may take action if its complaints of fraud arent addressed the Election Commission has rejected the allegations the threats come as parliament is set to open on monday the u. N. Secretary general antonio got terrace expressed concern and said all electoral disputes should be resolved through established legal mechanisms china says it will no longer recognize the British National overseas passport available to 3000000 hong kong residents beijing made the move off to the u. K. Launched a visa scheme that allows these passport holders to apply for british citizenship its in response to the National Security law imposed on hong kong by china u. K. Government says its standing up for freedom katrina new has more from beijing on the decision to stop recognizing the biennale passport. Beijing has been actually mulling over this move now for months and its related to the National Security law which was imposed by beijing in hong kong last july now that law basically outlaws any separatism or any subversion against the government and since it was imposed dozens of people in hong kong have been arrested and many critics believe it crushes the rights and the freedoms guaranteed to hong kong people in the treaty between the u. K. And Mainland China during that handover period so many people have interpreted this move the be in a possible as a way i heard as a new for people for the people who are concerned about their rights in hong kong to essentially flee hong kong into the u. K. Now one of the biggest critics of the National Security law was Boris Johnson the province of the u. K. And his government and he recently expanded the rights of the b n o holders saying that they are able to apply to live and work in hong kong for about 5 years and eventually to seek citizenship and he said that this was honoring the ties and the friendship between the u. K. And hong kong people now this infuriated china and on friday Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson jolly gen said it was a gross interference of chinas sovereignty and he also said the move was turning hong kong people into 2nd class british citizens now so china not recognizing the being a pos but will be this way to be beijings way to block this move london did estimate that only about 300000. 00 people would take up the u. K. s office but still this would have been hugely embarrassing for beijing still ahead on aljazeera why the free trading up that allowed small time investors to get rich shows come under fire plus. The color red is considered the good fortune for the chinese during the new here but im kind of report about these charities is turning out to bring a very bad luck here in chile. My. Hello weve got some right in the full cost of central parts of china over the next couple of days ahead of that we still got disturbed weather pushing away from japans a nasty little area of low pressure swirling away here just spinning away totally packed ice abbas a question wrong way and cold air diving down across the sea of japan sea effect snow coming in here then musicals relatively warm waters picks up that moisture and dumps it is some significant snowfall yet again its a western parts of one shoe and into hokkaido similar pictures we go on into sunday the winds do ease off a little bit by this stage to hopefully the wintry flavias fear and further between 12 celsius the temperature in tokyo as the temperatures just start to notch back up. In so less that wetter weather thick cloud pushing into central parts of china will simply be right at times but she much right in the full cost across india over the next diodes have you got some wet weather still lurking down towards the southeast and also into strength with a northeasterly monsoon driving those showers across the by i have been gold so expect to see some spells of wet weather coming through here from time to time so we are looking at a little bits and pieces of dryness but essentially its what weekend and the rain continuing to month. Packet. Welcome to doha from every one of us. Even those working quietly behind the scenes. So you can relax and enjoy the perfect break in your journey. Than. Her. Her and when you leave with a smile we know la days work is done Qatar Airways welcome to our home. World. Order. On the way down the top stories on aljazeera the European Union is expected to give 1000 vaccine emergency approval in the coming hours despite a growing dispute between the blog on the company over a shortage of supply u. S. Drug firms johnson and johnson is expected to apply for emergency use authorization for its vaccine in the u. S. That week they say its single dose job appears to be at least 66 percent effective in preventing coronavirus the dutch court of appeals has ruled that Oil Giant Shell must pay compensation to a group of nigerian farmers cuse the company of destroying their fishing villages as a result of 3 oil spills. Experts from the World Health Organization have met chinese scientists as they continue their investigation into the origins of covert 19 the team is now expected to conduct its 1st visits in the city w. H. O. Said researchers would visit hospitals labs on the food markets that have been linked to the earliest cases of the virus thailands government is facing criticism about its vaccine rollout author its switch Companies Just 2 weeks out from its 1st phase had originally chosen the Chinese Center back job but is now moving forward with one produced by Oxford Astra Zeneca that vaccine is set to be produced locally later in the year by a firm by the thai king scott hilo reports from bangkok. Protesters gathered outside the offices of bio science in bangkok this week accusing the government of being swayed by royal influence over its covert 1000 Vaccine Program become pennies owned by the king and now holds the exclusive contract to manufacture the Oxford Astra Zeneca jab in thailand so far the only certified vaccine. That prompted the main opposition figure who was banned from Holding Political office for 10 years by court last year to go public with what he saw as a flawed process of a question is better disc game gave too much benefit to one company on a royal defamation complaint has been filed against hannah torn for his criticism but hes undeterred and says his concern is more than just possible collusion during contract negotiations if anything were to go wrong with the vaccine manufacturing the governments hands are tied you have legal immunity because it used to stand but as it been done to the government contract she is the chair of this committee and if things go wrong the government cannot sue the on will become body the minister of Public Health says theres no room for politics when it comes to vaccines i fully believe strongly believe that i have acquired the best the most proper. For people i will make sure that there will be. I already owe privilege siham by a science or alternately manufacturer the Oxford Astra Zeneca japara thailand and the region up to 200000000. 00 doses a year it received 20000000. 00 in Government Funds to upgrade its facilities part of a pandemic grant system. The job will be free to all ties and will run as a nonprofit operation but c m biocide stands to substantially boost its revenue once the pandemic is over busy times at this buddhist temple here and bangkoks chinatown as people come out to pray for good fortune ahead of the Lunar New Year while recognizing the government success in containing kobe 1000 some are concerned about the vaccine rollout and the politics surrounding it. But i think that the vaccine plan is now clear we still do not know if the vaccine is safe enough to use and thats what we. Are yet life that no one like that i dont know what the future holds i think that this is a very early phase and we wont find out the results of the vaccine immediately. What the year of the ox will hold for the people of thailand depends on controlling the virus and the success of its vaccine and many people here praying for just that its got harder aljazeera bangkok supporters of indias governing b j p are accused of attacking farmers who are demanding the government to withdraw its controversial laws they say will ruin their livelihoods thousands of farmers refused to move during this standoff on the outskirts of new delhi police then intervened using tear gas to disperse the crowd of farmers have been holding their demonstrations for months now. Is the secretary of the all India Sangharsh Coordination Committee which is supporting the farmers he says it was a strange decision by b j p members to attack the farmers. It looks like. The ruling party acting to get out of Central Government is waging war on the farmers the video will fall more than 50 percent of the in population this is bizarre and the farmers are demanding labor. And to battle it dont contest it on the streets since it was unseemly for a government in power today its a reset agenda and the government of the day. Wants to bring in free market in agriculture and far too many people to be paid in america in india for free markets to play till about that is too much insecurity in the minds of our soul the farmers want a guaranteed law guarantee they are. The ruling party does not want to go to and be of let loose their supporters a small number of them against this is a much bigger farms that is strange and that should not have been the political spectacle of the ruling. Its absolutely clear from the deal that we have seen the are using the war on the ruling g. O. P. And the farmers have reacted this stone with great ease and peace we sat together and started singing hymns of the sikh religion and have refused to engage with the attackers so if i wasnt clear this is about their low you level global this was nice and care and concern for the rest of the country there has been another twist in the financial battle between multibillion dollar wall street hedge funds and small time traders a number of lawsuits have been filed against Trading Platform robin hood thats after a block people from buying more shares in the gaming store game stop their party has more. Robin hood online brokerage has been one of the hottest been use for investors in retail trading. Now its a target of disgruntled customers celebrities and politicians heres the latest on that robin hood shares in the u. S. Store game stop were down until a chat group on reddit recently banded together to buy stocks that sent the company skyrocketing undercutting major hedge funds who were shorting the stock but on thursday those shares tanked after robinhood restricted purchases of new stocks of game stop on top of that robinhood also blocked a new trades in several other Companies Including amc blackberry and nokia which were also soaring because of the chat group users on the app can still close out positions but cant buy more adaptive da blogger dave portnoy says robin hood cant just try to block online trends simply because they dont favor traditional trading theres no way to force you to add and thats why things we want to get or you can just pick up and change the rules at a whim whenever you feel like it like why cant a bank if i make a deposit just say thats our money now. One of. Her many investors who made it big on game stop and other blocks companies are furious as fuck they have a big stake in robin hood and they get to tell him what you know thats