A situation a former Prime Minister is described as apocalyptic and 70 is on to they were driven to local extinction jack you as a bank in their natural habitat in argentina. We begin with the race to vaccinate against covert 19 johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective and plans to seek emergency authorization in the United States next week or last just a day off to the American Company novak said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials meanwhile the European Union which is already secured 2 vaccines is now approved astra zeneca job for all adults this while it tussles with the company of a delayed supplies and faces criticism of a slow rollout there is dominic kane has more now from the german capital ballin. This is the astra zeneca vaccine in use available to british patients most at risk from covert since late last month and from now on officially so too for many e. U. Citizens most at risk from the pandemic its a real pleasure to be here and to announce the 3rd positive opinion for the authorize a share of the astra zeneca covert 19 ducting this expand the range of Vaccines Available to e. U. And a Member States which will all help to bring the pandemic under control and protect the citizens of the e. U. Except that far fewer e. U. Citizens will be able to receive the vaccine for the next few months after the company cut back what it could deliver to the block astra zeneca a british swedish firm blames production problems at some of its plants and said it can only deliver fewer than half of the 80000000. 00 doses promised the europeans have complained and decided to protect all vaccine stocks made on their territory as a commission because a lot of strictly targeted measures that will allow us to go up information about the production of vaccines and where manufacturers intend to shoot them. As a measure is time limited specifically applies. In vaccines that were agreed to by advanced purchase agreements as the measure is intended to run until the end of march although on the face of it this measure could apply to fires a biotech more downer and astra zeneca it appears most targeted at astra zeneca the root of the disagreement between the 2 sides lies in the contract they agreed last year the company says it promised its best reasonable efforts to produce sufficient vaccine for the e. U. The europeans disagree saying the deal is binding to both they say the company agreed to use its plants both in the e. U. And in britain in order to guarantee supply. The europeans have also asked our astra zeneca going to have insufficient product for the e. U. But still supply the british who are immunize ing far more people than in the e. U. Particularly since in the terms of this contract the company confirmed it had no other contractual obligation with any party to prevent it fulfilling its obligations to the European Union and while the round rages on the measures to deal with the pandemic are intensifying in places germany has announced that from saturday it will ban travel from several countries where covert mutations have been reported dominant came. Berlin u. K. s Prime Minister has told the president of the European Commission that hes gravely concerned about the decision to restrict the export of 1000 vaccines to Northern Ireland the e. U. Wants to prevent Northern Island being used as a back door to move vaccines into the u. K. Why is tussling with a British Company astra zeneca of the delayed vaccine supply is now invoked to prosecute that allows it to override part of the bracks it agreement which says there should be no export straight sions between the Northern Ireland its meant to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic which is a member of the e. U. Now in other developments portugal has extended its nationwide lockdown and tightened its border with spain as it grapples with the worlds highest per capita death toll the state of emergency will be extended until feb 14th delaying the reopening of schools and nonessential businesses a Portuguese Health service is hiring foreign medics now to tackle staffing shortages as intensive care beds run out now as a force to queue outside hospitals another 278. 00 deaths were reported on friday. Well in france the Prime Minister there is announced a further tightening of restrictions but step back from imposing a widely anticipated National Lockdown sean caustic says the u. K. And South African variants of kovan 1000 pose a dangerous risk in the coming days will be crucial from sunday borders will be closed to arrivals from outside the e. U. For but essential travel police will also set up checks on people breaking a nightly curfew want to move to kenya now the government says health care and immigration workers will be 1st in line when it starts inoculating people next month lack scenes of being secured through the African Union the w. H. O. But Health Officials say it will take until june next year to vaccinate around a 3rd of the population and is a member of equal rights for c. D. C. And has made an initial commitment to procure vaccines through this procedure to weave these commitments the country will receive 24000000 doozies from the facility and we procure 11000000 boozes from other mechanisms to vaccinate nearly 16000000 people that is 30 percent of our population over a period of 18 months. The president of mozambique is warning of hospitals across Southern Africa around a severe strain 22 percent of all infections in the region were in the 1st 2 weeks of january alone this is doctors in zimbabwe of hit back at a government spokesman who suggested the deaths of several Ruling Party Officials from the virus might have been the work of medical assassins a joint funeral was held this week for 2 cabinet ministers and a retired army general who all died of covert 19 with borders closed many of the elites have been forced to use the countrys Public Health system for the 1st time instead of traveling abroad doctors and nurses have been complaining of inadequate p. P. P. In medical supplies as the start of the pandemic they say the government is now experiencing a rude awakening. Were going out there were were. Dying now were going to its now what these people its a little bit too much too big you. Ought to get straight about that. You know they think that its a result of. Well 6 of the top 10 countries in the world experiencing the fastest rise in crime the virus infections in africa earlier i spoke to peter tried back a Global Health specialist at Oxford University he told me why the continent has struggled to contain this 2nd wave of infections. A lot of countries in africa did a very admirable job of responding quickly to trying to contain the outbreak early on in the pen demick but its difficult to maintain you know significant restrictions for long periods of time as we all know but particularly in settings of of poverty and families that are living on the margins its really hard to ask them to stay home so you cant sort of hold on forever and i think thats part of what were seeing right now certainly the spread of some of the new variants including the one out of south africa that are more transmissible is of great concern not least because they spread so much more quickly but also because of this emerging evidence that the there appears to be lower efficacy of several of the vaccines you know to this and so its an extremely concerning moment. Want to leave to mexico because the country now has the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the wild with more than 155000 fatalities confirmed on thursday exceeded the total number of deaths recorded in india which has a population more than 10 times the size of mexicos its been struggling to contain a 2nd wave of infections and hospitals in the capital and nearing capacity and running out of oxygen supply is mexicos president under his money Lopez Obrador carney has the virus himself but is said to be in good spirits. 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 theyve 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 its 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 theres not a lot in terms of lock down restaurants have been ordered to shut down but it wasnt 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 were now 11 months in to the outbreak here in here in mexico but mexico now is has just behind brazil and the United States when it comes to contagion just in these last few weeks theres been quite a bit of news on the covert 900 front to be surpassed the 150000 deaths milestone over the weekend then there was the news of president Lopez Obrador testing positive for a covert 1000 followed by carlos slim the richest man in mexico once the richest man in the world testing positive and then you know over the course of the last month its a very difficult start to the year in mexico given this sharp increase in corona virus cases and in corona virus deaths which is why it hasnt been that big of a surprise to hear that mexico has now surpassed surpassed india what were hearing overwhelmingly from Health Policy experts who are seeing the fact that. Were nearing 90 percent overall capacity in hospitals here in mexico city for example there are several at least a dozen hospitals that are already operating beyond capacity so Health Policy experts are saying is that the strategy by the federal government hasnt worked and without putting in place stricter measures that actually require people to stay in their homes measures that require people to wear face masks that the Health Emergency in the country is only going to continue all right thank you very much money from mexico city. Well experts from the World Health Organization have visited a hospital in the chinese city of 100 as they continue their investigation into the origins of covert 19 who by provincial spittles one of the 1st to treat patients when the virus was identified at the end of 2019 for such a spoke with Health Workers there about their experience on the front line the w. H. O. Team is also expected to visit the seafood markets at the center of the early outbreak as well as the one hon institute of but it says all visits in interviews will be limited to those organized by the chinese hosts without is there a live from london still ahead were going to look at the latest twists in the stock market sagal its captivated and confused millions of people on the internet and on wall street also. One of the products that im better really big heard of are is the sale of what he downloaded down to im stephanie decorated smothered with a movie 140000000. 00 it. Will have that story coming up. Hello on faces cyber got some quotes weather in the forecast for the southeast of australia very wet weather now in the process of pulling out of the way we see some lively storms through victoria and into where tasmania the west the weather will be up towards the northwest of the country as we go on through the next couple of days with the heavy downpours around the pilbara and kimberley coast 1st of the process is fine and dry perth into the mid thirtys once again well see temperatures for covering around the eastern side of the country with city getting up to around 27 degrees celsius but still a few showers into the eastern side of New South Wales but there is that brighter weather coming back into victoria melbourne at around 22 degrees may ma we can see brought to weather eventually pushing its way back into japan to say more disruptive snow recently across northern parts of japan into Western Areas of honshu well see more snow flurries as we go on through saturday but hopefully by saturday going on into sunday i shall is becoming fewer and further between dry weather coming back in the high winds easing off and should turn a little milder tokyo around 12 degrees celsius i celsius there insulted in malta here as well were getting up to around 7 degrees celsius but there will be some wet weather its a central china. One county because the worlds richest monarch and the protests to reform the institution how much is the highlands king worth is the u. A. E. The next day to exit bag and coffee farmers in colombia struggling to recruit by. Counting the cost on aljazeera we know whats happening you know we generally know how to get them they feel that others can on the fires and then im going on the way that you tell the story isnt one can make a difference. Move. Back to our main stories now johnson and johnson has announced trial results for the 1st single dose Coronavirus Vaccine which has 66 percent efficacy this is the as the European Union has approved the astra zeneca job for all aged adults while it tussles with the company over delayed supplies. In mozambique the president has warned the hospitals across Southern Africa are under severe strain with 22 percent of all infections in the region coming in the 1st 2 weeks of january alone kenya meanwhile says its hoping to inoculate a 3rd of its population but not until june next year and then mexico has now surpassed india with the 3rd highest court of our staff told in the world confirming a 155000. 00 fatalities hospitals in mexico city are nearing capacity and running out of oxygen supply nice. United nations has issued a warning about 200000 people fleeing violence in the Central African republic in the past 2 months 92000 of crossed into the democratic republic of congo more than 13000 of flooded into neighboring states and then tens of thousands are also displaced inside the country former Prime Minister is describe the situation as apocalyptic say our army is backed by un peacekeepers and russian and rwandan troops its been battling a coalition of armed groups trying to overturn decembers president ial election. Its insecurity of sorts who are good republicans this race no more 200000 people within the country and states in less than 2 months you are needs you are the you would see is born in terms of thousands of basic guard conditions refugee arrivals into the democratic republic of the congo d r c who reached 92000 according to local authorities in the over 30000 people who cross to become moved. In the republic of congo refugees continued to arrive. A Dutch Appeals Court has ordered the Nigerian Branch of Oil Giant Shell to pay compensation to a group of pharmacies for nigerian fondness 2. 00 of whom have since died brought a case against the company in 2008 accusing it of destroying their fishing villages with 3 oil spills its the 1st time a Dutch Company has been held liable for actions by its foreign subsidiary and could pave the way for more cases against the oil from a work is already underway to clean up another contaminated site in nigeria but environmental activists are saying that this doesnt go far enough and address reports from in the niger delta. Workers educate every forbad to flush out truck oil in border creek as it all comes to the surface a boom truss the slides for evacuation its a job the contractors hired by all john child must quickly accomplish before the tide returns the clean up is due to litigation against the Company Following a Massive Oil Spill in the record in 2009 is walkies to remediate. Creek. After the next phase will be to restore. The mongols and monitoring so far is a 1000. 00 hectares. While shellings contract to say they have done a lot to subsides the Nigerian Government led decontamination effort drawn to be funded by the Shell Company is off to a slow start heavy machinery is now deployed farther inland to excavate and treat contaminated soil we im not on target for what we have planned or were trying to see what we can do to patch up they still a lot of work to do to catch up i mean to take it with an assessment by the United NationsEnvironment Program 1st published in print 11 shows that pollution from more than half a century of Oil Production was worse than or originally thought the report recommended a one 1000000000. 00 fund to clean up alone an area covering 1000 square kilometers the work which began success later could take at least 25 years to com