a warning of an american response if north korea further escalate tensions but biden signaled a path to diplomacy is still possible. player watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also ahead china sanctions people and organisations in the u.k. days after britain's action against beijing over the treatment of wiggle muslims. also ahead. scott either live in mesa thailand a community bracing for protesters fleeing the military crackdown across the border in miramar and conspiracy theories and mistrust her to mexico's vaccine rollout ask over 1000 guests hit 200000. thank you very much for joining us 64 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has finally held his 1st news conference in 80 outlined his administration's multiple domestic and foreign policy priorities and his plans to tackle them but a growing refugee and migrant crisis at the us mexico border took center stage as our white house correspondent kimberly hocket reports from washington. he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of admin

president joe biden has held his 1st press conference he boasted about economic progress.

of them being eason woman 2 dismissed that as a sort of like he was having a bad day president joe biden will travel to atlanta on friday to pay his respects and meet with community leaders and elected officials rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. clear again i'm fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera the 1st u.s. china talks under the biden administration off to a confrontational stot beijing has warned washington to stay out of its internal affairs while the americans have accused china of threatening the international order diplomatic editor james space has more from anchorage the u.s. secretary of state was the 1st to speak and he cited very specific concerns the u.s. has about showing or the chinese side responded with the senior politburo member yang jiechi and he said this wasn't diplomatic protocol what the u.s. had just said and he then cited his own concerns about the u.s. saying the u.s. chooses its own type of democracy china has its own democracy he cited us a regime change in the middle east and then he talked about human rights here in the u.s. . china's 1st tr

president joe biden says it violated u.n. sanctions designed to rein in the north's nuclear program we're consoling with our allies and partners. and. there will be responses if they choose to escalate. we will respond accordingly. but i'm also prepared. for some form of diplomacy. but it has to be conditioned upon the end result of denuclearization. this drew a sharp rebuke from the official who supervised the tests in a statement repealing chill's says the comments were a provocation that revealed biden's deep seated hostility towards north korea he accused the us of using gangster like logic to oppose pyongyang's right to self-defense and he threatened more action against washington while vowing to expand the north's military power the events have drawn attention to how the new u.s. administration with joe biden as president will deal with north korea the white house has indicated it's likely to reverse the previous administration's policies on north korea and is in the final stages of a policy review on pyongyang u.s. tro

a warning of an american response if north korea further escalate tensions but biden signals a path to diplomacy is still possible. i'm fully back to watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead china sanctions people and organizations in the u.k. days after britain's action against beijing over the treatment of we go muslims. i'm scott heiler on the tide myanmar border high authority are saying they are preparing for the possibility of a flow of refugees while on the other side an american army saying they are sheltering hundreds will fled the violence and conspiracy theories and mistrust her mexico's vaccine bowl out task over 1000 deaths hits 200 pounds. 65 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has finally held his 1st news conference in it he outlined his administration's multiple domestic and foreign policy priorities and his plans to topple them but a growing refugee and migrant crises said the us mexico border took center stage as a white house correspondent kimberly hockett reports. he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meetin

where joe biden's just finished well that was about i would say about an hour and 10 minutes that he spoke for there briefly at the start talking about covert relief and recovery and then taking a lot of questions from the gathered press corps in the white house he covered off immigration afghanistan north korea changes to voting laws even a mention for his predecessor donald trump of god i miss him he said but then also perhaps surprisingly did say it was his plan joe biden's plan to run for reelection in 2024 that is my expectation is what he said kimberly how could our white house correspondent listening to all of that. where do you want to start kimberly because you you spent 4 years covering the last guy and tell me what was what jumped off the page for you here. yeah before and quickly get into some of the domestic highlights and just want to talk overall about the performance because there was this murmuring here in the united states of the fact that we haven't seen this president for so long that he was late compared to other private presidents in holding this press conferenc

the biden administration defends its decision not to sanction the saudi crown prince for the killing of the journalist. follow him down in jordan this is down to 0 ally from doha also coming up cutting aid is a death sentence words of despair at the u.n. as a donor conference on yemen falls far short of funds needed to help millions caught between war and starvation. for the french president nicolas sarkozy faces jail after being convicted for corruption plus. thousands turn out in support of armenians embattled prime minister under pressure to resign for his handling of the conflict against azerbaijan. ministration is defending its actions against saudi arabia over the murder of the journalist. the state department has clarified steps taken on friday after the release of an intelligence report accusing saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salmond of approval an operation to kill or capture. however no direct action has been taken towards the future saudi king at the white house says it reserves the right to sanction him in the future if necessary instead the biden administration

to alaska for the 1st face to face talks with their china chinese counterparts since president joe biden took office safe and effective europe's medicine's regulator gives its verdict on the astra zeneca vaccine after several countries suspended its rollout over safety concerns. a meeting in moscow puts russia back at the center of afghanistan's peace process. i'm gemma nash with sports it emerges from its state of emergency 4 months before the olympics and what i say is confirms it will allow up to 10 russian athletes to compete at the games and neutral flag. top officials from the world's 2 largest economies are holding talks in an effort to repair relations that are at their lowest point in decades it's the 1st time level meeting between the u.s. and china under president joe biden's administration and the discussions are expected to be difficult delegations from both countries are in alaska for the summit including u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken lincoln will be pressuring china on a range of security and human rights issues he says the country has to address before relations

in his 1st news conference since taking office president joe biden doubles his efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic but criticism and says a migrant crisis continues to build along the us mexico border. hello there i'm harlem here dean and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up to join containership roommates stuck in the suez canal causing a massive backlog for global trade and tech c.e.o.'s face a grilling in the u.s. congress over their handling of misinformation on line. 64 days into the job us president joe biden has finally held his 1st press conference so huge questions from reporters about the major challenges facing the country though he wanted to talk up progress made vaccinating americans against coronavirus and boosting the economy the escalating situation on the us mexico border took center stage can be a hawk it begins our coverage from washington d.c. . he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of administering 100000000 vaccines in record time we met that goal last week by day 5842 days

presidents joe biden criticizes russia's leader and says rather be a putin will pay a price for meddling in last year's election. elections are underway in the netherlands opinion polls suggest prime minister mark routers party is on track to win and police in the u.s. state of georgia have arrested a man they say opened fire at several spars killing 8 people most of them women of asian descent. i'm german ashworth sport an independent review has found the english football association did not do enough to protect children from sexual abuse and it new zealand to retain its savings america's cup feel this trophy in international sports. well we begin with the coronavirus pandemic and several developments on the vaccination. pains are round the world and europe the e.u. has proposed a so-called covert 19 passports to help ease travel restrictions within the block the digital green pass would provide proof travelers have either been vaccinated recovered from the virus or had a recent negative test in south africa the certificate will make sure that the results are what shows the data and is

president joe biden outlines his priorities as criticism mounts over a crisis at the southern border. i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead china sanctions people and organisations in the u.k. days after britain's action against beijing over the treatment of we go muslims john. i'm scott heiler on the tide myanmar border tired thor's are saying they are preparing for the possibility of a flow of refugees while on the other side an ethnic army saying they are sheltering hundreds fled the violence and a giant container ship remain stuck in the suez canal causing a massive backlog and costing billions of dollars to global trade it. 64 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has finally held his 1st news conference and it's he outlined his administration's multiple domestic and foreign policy priorities and his plans to tackle them but a growing refugee and migrant crisis at the us mexico border took center stage as a white house correspondent kimberly hulk it reports. he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his

one of president joe biden's big campaign promises was that he was going to reverse the hostility to china coming from former president donald trump but 2 months into his presidency biden hasn't reversed the single one of the former president's policies in fact he's doubled down u.s. officials still label the abuse of china's muslims and john province as genocide still condemn the crackdown in hong kong still reject china's claims in the south china sea while way is still on the u.s. communications chopping block last week biden met with leaders in the 1st quad meeting with heads of government from india australia and japan but not china and this week he sent his 2 top officials the secretary of state and the secretary of defense or the carrot and the stick to visit several countries in asia but again not china there will be a meeting with chinese officials later in alaska but the message is clear biden is building a grand contain china coalition so how is china taking all this in and will this track be effective today we're talking to deborah layer who was involved in the accession

and he's got more on president biden's speech. it was an appeal for unity from the east room of the white house where many famous speeches have been made this was joe biden's 1st televised presidential address and he chose the anniversary of the covert virus being declared a global pandemic to do it he talked about how the united states had to walk together how important wearing masks was even though we don't want to go back he said he talked about how there's been a collective loss people had lost loved ones but the whole idea of what it was to live life had simply gone over the last year he said that there was going to be a time scale of when he wanted people to get vaccinated that every single adult should be on the list to get a vaccine by me the 1st he's going to co-opt 4000 members of the armed forces retired doctors and nurses expand the number of vaccination sites and he talked about the success as well of his plan that he pushed through both the house and the senate $1.00 trillion dollars which he said will increase those

president joe biden has held his 1st press conference taking questions from reporters about the major challenges facing his country the biden wanted to talk about progress made vaccinating americans against coronavirus and boosting the economy the escalating situation on the us mexico border to center stage kimberly hawk it's begins our coverage from washington d.c. . he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of administering 100000000 vaccines in record time we met last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule not a dam set is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms but joe biden solution to the problem of migrants attempting to enter the united states from mexico is less clear he denied the surge was due to his policies it happens every single solitary year there is a significant increase the number of people coming to the border in the winter months biden reminded reporters the united states mexico border remains closed and there has been no significant c

after a round the clock session the us senate narrative passes president biden's $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief bill. it's been a long day a long night a long year but a new day has come. oh i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program shops banks and petrol stations looted in senegal after 3 days of violence over the detention of an opposition leader pope francis holds an historic meeting with iraq iraq's top shiite cleric and calls for unity while visiting the ancient city of or bus oh it. can live vigil in me and maher to remember the dozens of people killed in protests against the military. the u.s. senate has approved a $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package by just one vote that followed a marathon session of debates negotiations and amendment proposals last thing more than 24 hours well it does take president joe biden one step closer to delivering his 1st legislative victory the bill includes $1400.00 stimulus checks for millions of americans more than $350000000000.00 in aid for cities and states plus 100 $30000000000.00

president biden visits georgia to support asian americans days after a mass shooting raises concerns about asian violence the brazilian president. the supreme court to reverse the local coronavirus lockdowns despite infection numbers reaching record levels. warnings of what's being called the 1900 tornado in new guinea after a big rise in infections. hello thanks for joining us high level talks between china and the u.s. that began with an acrimonious public exchange have now wrapped up in alaska without any significant breakthrough the chinese delegation left without talking to reporters but senior diplomats yang jiechi was later quoted on social media he described the discussions as candid constructive and beneficial but admitted they still have differences the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken made similar remarks saying the 2 sides are at odds over a number of issues our diplomatic editor james bays has been monitoring the talks from anchorage. what we saw at the start of this meeting was a very rare public and law exchange of views and very different views they were the me

the virtual bilateral meeting between president joe biden and mexican president of the. concluded on monday with both world leaders seeming fairly pleased with the conversation they they had there was quite a bit of anticipation ahead of this meeting because of that announcement that was confirmed by president lopez over there during an early morning press conference here in mexico where he said that he had asked if the united states would be willing to share in their stockpile of the covert 900 vaccine in the country of course know that the answer would eventually be no we heard from the white house press secretary john psaki who said even before the bilateral meeting that the number one priority the top focus of the bided ministration is to make sure that all u.s. americans are guaranteed access to the vaccine once that is accomplished then the quote unquote next steps can be can can be can be discussed now it shouldn't come as any surprise that mexico's president would sort of take this position he's actually become one of the loudest voices among world leaders when i

president biden says the f.b.i. and the department of justice are involved in the investigation. castro al-jazeera washington. the top stories on al jazeera this hour tanzania's president john mcafee has died aged 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn't been seen in public since february and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure president assad announced his death in a televised address. where citizens today on this date march 17th 2021 it's 6 in the evening we lost our leader president of the republic of tanzania the honorable dr john pandey jase of make you feel a part of this life from heart complications in hospital in dar es salaam the headline structure prime minister margaret a has claimed victory in parliamentary elections exit polls put his conservative party on course to become the largest in the netherlands lower house this has been europe's 1st major election since the coronavirus pandemic began news from the pandemic and brazil has recorded its highest number of covert 1000 infections since it began anothe

for example small businesses mom and pops as they're often called here in the united states so joe biden visited that kind of a hardware store here in washington d.c. as of this is the type of benefit or a business that will benefit and we're going to see more of that but he needs to communicate that as well and so we're going to see a real p.r. push to let people know what the tangible benefits of this domestic policy will be we're going to see this at the white house today we're going to have the top c.e.o.'s from merck and johnson and johnson talking about an additional $100000000.00 vaccine doses that are going to be put out to get all americans vaccinated within a matter of months and we're also going to see the president talking about this on thursday evening as he sells this to the american people lets them know this is the right step and this will improve their lives thank you very much for that in other world news south africa and india are leading a push of the world trade organization to drop. 1000 vaccines more than 100 countries say that would allow greater access to vaccine

council head michel said afterwards was that joe biden and e.u. leaders have had a very fruitful discussions they talked about the pandemic they talked about climate change the talks about. geopolitical issues of course relations with russia and china and that this was really a meeting that helped to show both the u.s. and the e.u. that both sides are very interested very keen to improve the transatlantic relationship biden made it very clear that he wanted to revitalize a relationship that is really did say it had deteriorated over the past few years under the former u.s. president donald trump and josh about life thank you very much indeed africa's 2nd wave of corona virus was far more aggressive than the 1st according to a new report in the lancet medical journal and scientists say understanding why it could be key to fighting a 3rd in mid july of last year africa was reporting an average of more than $800000.00 new cases per day that rose to nearly $24000.00 by the end of december it wasn't equal there was a 403 percent rise in daily cases bet

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where joe biden is about to give his 1st prime time television address as u.s. president at the heart of it says his action plan on the coronavirus pandemic that's killed more than half a 1000000 americans in the past year the president has signed off on a $1.00 trillion dollars in relief package and in his address he's expected to reflect on the year since shutdowns began across the united states and look towards a path out of the pandemic. all right well before the president a dress is the nation there let's get more from across from alan fischer in washington d.c. and alan tell us more about what to expect. well this is a very big speech for joe biden as you see it's his 1st national televised address as president hasn't spoken to a joint session of congress yet that normally happens in the 1st few weeks of a new presidential term that has been put on hold because of the corporate crisis and of course it was all about corporate that joe biden said he would make a difference when he came into the white house he would take the brakes seriously he would make sur

all of us today witnessed the biden cage's what is occurring here on the border is heartbreaking and it is a tragedy we requested that media company in the facility by did ministration said no. the trump administration allowed media inside facilities like that the obama administration allowed media inside facilities like the george w. bush administration had the bill clinton administration hand but the administration wants to hide what is going on here. there's been a lot of discussion some folks would say controversy over the conditions at the border. we need to be clear about something. president biden inherited a situation where the previous administration had sought to dismantle the infrastructure for processing asylum seekers and settling asylum seekers in the united states. and it's true yes donald trump did dismantle the system of asylum in the u.s. at the southern border but it's also true contrary to that republican narrative the joe biden has retained the most draconian parts off that flouting of domestic and international humanitarian law when it comes to dealing with asyl

president joe biden addressing the e.u. summit he was invited by the head of the you council osho michelle to take parts and it is being seen by both sides really as an effort to revitalize relations between the united states and the you are after many years under the trump administration where the relationship the transatlantic relationship really deteriorated so joe biden says he's very enthusiastic to share his thoughts the 2 sides looking at how they can better and more closely cooperate away understand they're going to talk about the pandemic climate change and other issues including russia and china but about to thank you very much. africa's 2nd wave of coronavirus was far more aggressive than the 1st according to a new report in the lancet medical journal and scientists say understanding why it could be key to fighting a 3rd wave in mid july of last year africa was reporting an average of more than $18000.00 new cases per day that rose to nearly $24000.00 by the end of december it was an equal there was a 403 percent

president joe biden says will give millions of americans a fighting chance the house of representatives has approved his $1.00 trillion dollars covert 19 belief bill that includes funding for more vaccines and extends unemployment benefits alan fisher has more from washington d.c. . thank you cheers and applause the house delivered joe biden has twice the significant victory as president a 1.9 trillion dollar call good relief bill and all done without a single republican vote in support. this is a momentous day in the history of our country because we have passed historic consequential and transformative legislation thanks goes to the senators who are standing here are great committee chairs and all of our senators who pulled together as one unit beating back killer amendments making sure the bill was as strong as possible the bill has overwhelming support across the country 61 percent approval but republicans claim it spends far too much and delivers far too little we are here today mr speaker because democrats made a choice. i choice to put their own partisan political ambitions ahead

the biden administration has sidestepped any direct action against saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound modern despite an intelligence report on friday revealing his involvement in the murder of the journalist. al-jazeera state department correspondent roslyn jordan reports. 3 days after the bike ministration declassified an intelligence report on the murder of journalist jamal. officials say they're taking a hard line regarding the mastermind named in the report saudi arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler mohammed bin solomon we have also conveyed very clearly and candidly through diplomatic channels that this absolutely can never happen again that our relationship will be different from what it has been in the past and that we are going to be of course hold the option of holding saudi arabia to it to their commitment to to take reforms in place and make progress moving forward but critics aren't buying it they say the u.s. should have imposed the same punishment on the crown prince that it has imposed on 76 saudi individuals whom the u.s. believes have sought to threaten dissidents

i need you i need every american to do their part president joe biden calls on americans to unite to fight cave at 19 he promises to beat the virus and overcome one of the toughest and darkest periods. how do i make a lot of this is a line from doha also coming up the people of myanmar because. a call for international action against madman's military it's accused of possible crimes against humanity is a crackdown on anti to protest. struggling to support themselves and forced to eat leaves concerns grow for thousands of people facing food shortages in ethiopia to cry reaching. and going going gone the digital art craze that has bought as forking out millions of dollars for virtual world. the fight against corona virus is far from over that's the warning to americans from joe biden in his 1st primetime address since becoming u.s. president he's urged people to get vaccinated and keep up social distancing and wearing face masks he says history will record the usa became one of his toughest and darkest periods. when i came in office you may recall i set a goal that many you said was ki

i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program president joe biden tells migrants not to calm as republicans accuse him of fueling the surge in unaccompanied children crossing the border. and despite curfew riots in a child benefit scandal the dutch prime minister mark rutte a looks on course for a 4th term as the final votes a cost in the netherlands election. welcome to the program hundreds of millions of europeans could be able to travel around the continent from this summit if an app on their smartphones shows they've been vaccinated proposed by the e.u. commission the digital green pos means freedom of movement being restored from june but some nations think the plan is too slow and the world health organization opposes the idea because much of the world is far behind in terms of vaccinations domenic a reports on this now from bad. almost sunny parisienne morning walks his dog has recently been vaccinated and has the badge to prove it but he would welcome something more official. a covered 19 health pass would allow us to travel to get back a li

so this is not the 1st time that president lopez of what i thought and president biden meet they had a bilateral virtual meeting back in january nevertheless there are a lot of topics that are going to be addressed on the agenda of the meeting taking place on monday between the 2 world leaders not least of which has been this question that really sparked many rumors on the internet about the possibility of the united states sharing its stockpile of covert 19 vaccines with mexico we of course know now that the answer to that question is no we heard from the white house press secretary jen psaki say that the number one focus and priority of the biden ministration is to make sure that every u.s. american is guaranteed access to the vaccine and once that is accomplished then the quote unquote next steps can be discussed but this request from the mexican president hu hu confirmed that during his morning press conference on monday that this was something that was asked of the united states if the united states would be willing to share their stockpile of vaccine is very consistent with wha

diplomat he says the biden administration should not back down against iran. americans were told that during joe biden was elected president that he was bringing an expert team into the ministration especially on foreign policy because that's the area east nationalized in over 50 years and want in the senate. this revived in his next words look very foolish right now in the eyes of the world because they can't get there they are there in the process of trying to meet the demands of. the iranians and they're just making america look very weak in the world and questioning whether mr vireo party plans to take on or again you know last we keep our rainy and malicious sites in syria and in retaliation now it seems there are aliens are bombed as readily because that ship in the gulf of oman and. the israelis are saying that they are very heavy price there so the situation is escalating it's very it's tense and it's an escalating and it's not the time for the by straight in and here's a great team of our experts our own a renowned at the state department to back down

but he's less certain about president joe biden's promise of new aid and what it means for him. there's a lot of questions that americans need answers to you look at some of these big stimulus bills and there's a lot of what you would call pork in them that's exactly why biden visited this floor in business in delaware county to highlight the benefits of his $1.00 trillion dollar american rescue plan that last week he signed into law more than what the plan includes $1400.00 checks for individuals and help for small businesses bided staking his presidency on his relief package to stop america's jobs crisis it's also intended to repair local government finances and address issues of poverty and inequality. and people are getting. a check for. why it's the biggest inhance been of america's social safety net in decades being rolled out like a nation at war in addition to biden vice president camila harris her husband doug hoffman 1st lady dr jill biden are crisscrossing the united states to. remote the rescue plans benefits it's a big gamble the bybee ministration is hoping to crea

in this administration in the very adly days of the biden ministration overturned many of the trump immigration laws that has led to what they describe as a crisis in the border with many unaccompanied children showing up wanting to get into the country knew you remember that there was executive orders and also a few other measures taken by joe biden which stopped the building of the border wall which removed that remain in mexico program which meant asylum seekers had to remain in mexico while their cases were being had also blogged as many people coming across the border because of the covert crisis know that the democrats are saying look the whole problem with what's going on the border was built by donald trump and the fact that he essentially dismantled the immigration system over the last 4 years alexander majorca is not going to say that that is a crisis the he said he doesn't want to get caught up in the winds and instead he's concentrating on easing the problem he pointed to the fact that the number of people have been turned away from the border there is new open borders d

president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia has imposed sanctions on russian officials and businesses in response to the poisoning and jailing of alexei navalny the kremlin critic was for years and with a nerve agent know the chalk in august and arrested when he returned to moscow after receiving treatment in germany and speak to a white house correspondent kimberly how could so can be the 1st sanctions by the biden administration talk getting russia what more do we know about these actions as sanctions and who are they talking. now we're learning more about the sanctions the background call held with reporters in it what we were told by senior administration officials is in fact that there will be a number of russian officials that will be sanctioned 7 in total in fact that there are senior members of the russian government but their names still not known we also know that these sanctions will include businesses and one enterprise $14.00 and $1.00 to be exact now the reason the united states is putting this in place is for for a number of reasons overall what we're hea

joe biden will give his 1st news conference as president this hour as the white house struggles to manage the growing number of migrants of the southern u.s. border. hello i'm kemal santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera a shipping mishap with global consequences the soused canal is still blocked by a container vessel that's run aground. a year leaders meet to figure out whether to limit vaccine exports to improve the blocked vaccination rates. in somalia faces a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections with a health system that can barely keep a. little after 700 hours g.m.t. 1 pm in washington d.c. this hour u.s. president joe biden will be holding his 1st news conference he's answered questions from reporters since taking office 2 months ago but this will be his 1st formal event and of course high on the agenda the pandemic gun control infrastructure and immigration we're expecting that in around 15 minutes time but we're going to get a quick preview with kimberly how could in washington d.c. it is a funny one isn't it ken because it's not like we haven't heard joe biden s

senate passes president biden's $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief bill. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up after meeting shia islam's most influential ayatollah pope francis heads to iraq's kurdish region to hold prayers for victims of war. senegal erupts in protest over the continued detention of a prominent opposition figure. and with kobe infections on the rise chile and brazil are returning to unpopular strict law tells. us president joe biden has achieved his 1st major legislative victory the senate has passed a $1.00 trillion dollars covert relief bill by the narrowest of margins it will provide one of payments with 1400 dollars to most americans the bill now goes back to the democratic controlled house for approval well mike hanna joins us live now from washington d.c. mike so this was a controversial piece of legislation with no support from republicans and it passed the senate only with a slimmest of margins. indeed years so president biden always said that he wanted to advance his legislative agenda on bipart

what will this mean for russia of relations between russia and the biden and ministration. well senior administration officials held a conference call with reporters on tuesday morning and they all took great pains to stress to us that there is not going to be a reset in the relationship between washington and moscow the officials all said that they see very serious threats coming from other leadership at the kremlin and that they feel that they have an obligation not just as part of the u.s. government but as part of the international community to check russia's behavior and so they stress that while there are going to be some areas where the u.s. and russia can cooperate for example fighting terrorism trying to deal with weapons for for real for ration especially in less well governed parts of the world they say that it is very important to chatt russia's efforts to spy on other countries to disrupt life in other countries and they say that this is a moment for accountability ever really taking a much harder line with moscow than what the previous administration had done

a call from president biden to end a hate crime against asian americans. at how south korea is bringing distinctive voices back to the big stage. brazil's president has asked the supreme court to overturn curfews and lockdowns imposed by mezz and state governors jiah balsam our says that they're acting as dictators and starving people by forcing them to stay at home during the pandemic marchetta killer of reports now from rio. the beaches in rio de janeiro seem to be a world apart far from the couvade 19 pandemic spiralling out of control throughout brazil this couple from neighboring argentina team year despite news that latin america's largest country is facing the worst health care system collapse in all of its history. in argentina the media keeps hammering the. has become the epicenter of the world pandemic that ever his dying that is all doom and gloom but we came anyway and look what we found a paradise. a paradise that will shut its doors on saturday we use mayor has just joined other cities and states imposing restrictions to try and stop infectio

for meetings with biden and mistress next month so go will be the 1st world leader to meet biden as president. but earlier has begun testing its current 19 vaccine on children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years it's part of a study to assess the safety and efficacy of inoculating children against the disease or most 7000 children are taking part in the research which is being conducted in collaboration with a national institute of allergy and infectious diseases the company is already conducting a separate study testing the vaccine in adolescence between the ages of 12 and 18 for. the death toll continues to rise in may in march where the u.n. says 149 people have been killed since last month's coup and a political prisoner group puts it at 183 protests as have defied nearly impose martial law in many areas to gather on the streets arcades were built and set on fire in the country's largest city young gone but thousands of people have fled parts of the city where the military has taken firm control after 5 chinese factories were set on fire at the weekend arrests and detentions have co

under this biden policy shift. well we don't know the t.p.s. permission is very very clear that it is temporary protected status applies to the people who have who are here in the united states you know and this is their main residence so the takes them from be illegal to be illegal basically so these are people who have entered the united states are here already are trying to work they can't work there were in this diplomatic limbo the other issue with honest what is that the men who are regime has not the issuance of passports so would that is also a an electoral royce's electoral both sides here that the mother over she doesn't want the best for the diaspora to be able to vote or exercise it citizenship rights and the only way they give you a passport is basically they behave like an organized criminal organization you have to bribe them and it's thousands of dollars ok so desperate text digs it allows also will buy and granted these marriage these citizens these bennis whelan's. it gives them a country they have been made stateless by mothe

president joe biden outlines his priorities as criticism mounts over a migrant crisis at the southern border. stuck in service efforts continue to free the container ship that's run aground costing billions of dollars to global trade. ethiopia's prime minister ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from that all the t. gray region where they've been accused of killing civilians rape and torture the conflict began late last year when the ethiopian government launched a security operation against the region's former governing party the tea great people's liberation front a group the prime minister accused of destabilizing the country at attacking a federal military base that has now admitted that eritrea and soldiers joined the operation if you p.s. human. rights commission and the united nations to investigate the allegations let's go live now to kenya's capital nairobi catherine soy is monitoring developments from ethiopia's prime minister is in eritrea tell us more about this statement. yes we're waiting for the prime minister to return back to the capital of ethiopia where

president joe biden outlines his priorities as criticism mounts over a migrant crisis of the solvable. if yo p.s. prime minister ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from the all them to greater region where they've been accused of killing civilians rape and torture the conflict began late last year when the ethiopian government launched a security operation against the region's former governing party the tea great people's liberation front a group the prime minister accuses of destabilizing the country and attacking federal military bases of the ahmed has now admitted that eritrea and soldiers joined the operation in. the o.p.'s human rights commission and the united nations to investigate the allegations most for more on this let's go live to where the kenyan capital nairobi catherine soy is monitoring developments from the ethiopia's prime minister has travelled to eritrea tell us more about the statement and the timeline for the withdrawal of eritrean forces. well we don't have timelines for that yet the statement itself is very short and it reads that the prime minist

sanctions on top brushing officials for the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley it's joe biden's 1st big move against vladimir putin's government since taking office nearly 6 weeks ago now the 7 people targeted include the heads of russia's f.s.b. security. service the prison service and the prosecutor general the u.s. is also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with producing chemical agents in the valley is the most prominent critic of food in advance seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent which it denies the valley was jailed last month after returning to russia for violating parole or being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to putin russia's vying to hit back against sanctions its foreign minister cast doubt on the valley's poisoning without mentioning the kremlin critic by name. we will eat you when all those who treated him thoroughly had all the facts which could help to understand what happened and in parallel instead of honest collaboration and not hide and t