Few countries in the world where people can gather in big numbers and enjoy live music we take a look at the global Music Industry and how the coronavirus pandemic is changing it. We begin with a positive development on coronavirus vaccines a new shot developed by a u. S. Based Biotech Company know that x. Has proved to be 89 percent effective in late stage trials in the u. K. Meanwhile German Health officials have warned that the astra zeneca vaccine should only be used on people under 65 years old saying there isnt enough darcel on older people and the european commissions demanded belgian authorities inspect an astra zeneca plant in the country after it said the delivery of millions of doses would be delayed portugal meanwhile has extended a nationwide lockdown and announced new limits on International Travel and the highly infectious South African variant of the corona virus has reached the United States to infections were confirmed in the state of south carolina. A brazil has vaccinated more than 1000000 people but thats less than one percent of the countrys entire population and its cities like now us the gateway to the brazilian amazon still face a shortage of basic medical supplies like oxygen and hospitals corruption scandals are also hindering the vaccine rollout more like a duck it has more than you back to vaccines has arrived in my mouse and inoculations have resumed after being suspended from. The Vaccination Program team under scrutiny after vocal off dorothys work used to fever in themselves and friends by skipping the line in taking shots i had of Health Workers and the elderly to Field Hospitals have been set up in man hours repeat must wait for room in shock or are they to me were swapped Field Hospital should help us redistribute patients. But this the largest city in the brazilian amazon still uses a shortage of oxygen and Health Workers have been working around the clock to keep patients from suffocating to death like many most anything he does and didnt make it was you ask a nurse to hope for you and she says she cant do anything because shes dealing with another patient whos dying right in front of you there arent enough Health Care Workers to deal with this we wouldnt be in this situation if the amazon a state had invested in health care where did all the money go the health minister. Visited man hours this week for the 2nd time hes also being investigated for allegedly mishandling the crisis. So we debate increasing the number of infections in early january tripling the number of infected people this was a completely unknown situation to everyone. And then there is a new variant of the corona virus discovered in my mouth and much more contagious than the 1st it has already spread to some bomoh brazils richest city as a result countries like the United States portugal peru and colombia are restricting flights to and from brazil. Bring tell us for a period of 30 days passenger flights from colombia to brazil and brazil to colombia will be suspended us brazil as the largest covert 900. 00 death toll after the United States but according to a study by Australias Lowy Institute comparing how 98. 00 countries have dealt with the pandemic brazil is considered the worst its at the bottom of the list right after Mexico Colombia iran and the us china out was not included due to a lack of data. Brazils president. Has always downplayed the virus and even question the value of vaccine he has also asked governors and mayors to avoid lock down your government well its got think twice about restrictive policies you must understand that isolation lockdown and confinement leads to just to shoot ive always said that the economy walks hand in hand with life. Some and now some have just imposed new restriction measures but in Rio De Janeiro where the number of infections is also growing the beaches are crowded and social distancing seems to be a thing of the past. Minefield not give on just sirrah the addition or. Protests in lebanon have been growing as anger rises over lockdown measures and government corruption Security Forces have been firing tear gas and water cannon and hundreds of protesters gathered in the city of tripoli 2 people have been killed and hundreds injured in 4 days of unrest and sent us this update from tripoli. Another night of protests another night of violence 11 on the 2nd largest city dozens of protesters have been injured over recent days 2 protesters killed the situation on the ground is an estimate that there is a lot of anger people initially took to the streets to protest the coronavirus lockdown they said that the government is not providing the poor and the funder of over the Financial Services order to cope with the loss but know that that lockdown exacerbates the deep economic crisis and the suffering is not only was already collapsing before that lockdown so most of the people are unemployed and those who have worked in the Informal Sector which means they live day by day. If they dont work today they cant feed their kids and this city has long been impoverished before the pandemic was 1st detected last year so a lot of anger in the streets theyre saying that theyre not they want a new leadership in fact. In fact there has been a Popular Uprising in lebanon for more than a year now people have been holding protests in other cities as well on and off theyve largely fizzled out because 1st of all the response of the state of militarized state arrest the tensions heavy handed tactics to clamp down on protests movements so and of course you also have. The corona virus is spreading among the community its not clear whether or not the situation can be contained in the days ahead but this is a country for over a year now there have been social unrest political turmoil and as the our economy collapse more and more people are are drowning in poverty the u. N. Says 55 percent of the population are now poor and this is a small nation of 5000000 people one 3rd of the workforce employed so difficult days tense situation in this city. A u. S. Federal judge has ordered the extradition of 2 americans wanted by japan for allegedly helping form a nest and chairman. Sleep the country Michael Taylor a u. S. Army special forces veteran and his son are accused of assisting on in 2019 he said to lebanon on a private jet hidden in a box gone was accused of financial crimes in japan challenges he denies. A Russian Court has rejected Opposition Leader alexina vollies appeal to be released from jail the valley was arrested last week when he returned from germany where he was being treated for poisoning so the gago reports. The latest arrests connected to russian Opposition Leader. This time targeting those closest to him. Police raided the apartment of his brother and detained his wife yulia at the atomic they rented not even allowing access to her lawyer. We say that a series of raids on members of the n. T. Corruption foundation were launched on thursday its a clear and prejudiced violation of the right of defense as a lawyer i consider that yulia has rights have been violated. In the hour i greeted the police with music as they came to her door to arrest her. When alex saying that only appeared in court through Video Conference from prison he told the judge he had been denied access to his own lawyer. I understand my rights i want to draw the attention of the court to the front but since ive been to tell you and ive not had a single opportunity to meet with my lawyers in private not a single one night at the Police Station nor at the Detention Center i 0 since saturday when tens of thousands of people protested across russia in anti kremlin demonstrations more than 3000 people have been arrested. Because. You have only who president Vladimir Putin badly was was to blame its becoming a concern for the russian leader especially since worsening the Living Standards in russia are doing little to come public anger this is an all out front against alex and of all the him and his supporters and and also people who came out in the streets to protest not just his detention but also to air just their their general grievances with again about about corruption the like they have that they have they really they have spared no effort to undermine. To undermine the law in washington president joe bidens new secretary of state made clear how the administration sees russias treatment of the Opposition Leader we have a deep concern for mr involve the safety and and security and the larger point is that. His voice is the voice of many many Many Russians and it should be heard not i as russian authorities continue to take tough the measures against the opposition it is unlikely that will deter and of all these supporters for the kremlin is detractors any time soon so no diagonal aljazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera. Long persecutors some men in afghanistan. See have decided they have no choice but to fight back. And it is considered a very good fortune for the chinese during the noon here but im fond of reporting about these cherries is turning out to be bringing very bad luck here in chile. Its time for the perfect jenny. Sponsored point qatar airways. Distinct return to winter across japan over the next couple of days the leiria a cloud him moving through the sea of japan not a little area of low pressure swirling why dragging those winds across the relatively warm waters sea effect snow talking in we could see some big dumpings of snow once again into western parts of honshu across a good part of colorado has fridays picture itll make its way eastwards colder a coming in behind for a time minus 4 the top temperature in seoul on friday it warms up nicely by saturday side of things to come getting up to around 5 degrees but theres that snow still in place there across a good parts of western honshu and into hokkaido to say that model where well come back in destabilizing things that will be something of a rapid thaw and the potential for some avalanches and flood risk over the high ground weve got some showers meanwhile into Southeast Asia some very heavy rain pushing across indonesia thats why were seeing flooding recently these big downpours are set to continue your heat of the day showers across malaysia she was easing off in the philippines not so many showers in india at the moment but we have got want to see which will scrape the way into the southeastern corner it looks very wet over the next few days the sri lanka. Qatar airways. The journey to work can be a challenge on its own. But for some peruvian villagers traversing one of the worlds most dangerous roads is a risk that comes with the job. But we follow the journey of these people as they give them to survive. Risking it all. On aljazeera. Youre watching are just there are a reminder of our top stories this hour u. S. Drug company know that its corona virus vaccine has shown to be more than 89 percent effective during a trial in the United Kingdom the company is now expected to apply for regulatory review preliminary analysis also suggests the vaccine is effective against the new variant of coven a team 1st found at new keg. Brazils president diables an audio has vowed to quickly vaccinate everybody in the country has its popularity for its brazilians are angry at the governments slow vaccine roll ups. Protests 11 all have been growing as ag amounts over the last down and government corruption Security Forces have been firing tear gas and water cannon and protesters in the city of tripoli. The f. B. I. Because our community in afghanistan has been persecuted for years now some young men have decided to take up weapons and form their own militias as a bunch of apes has been. A regular walk to visit the grave site of her sons to watch her so that is among the thousands of grieving has our mothers in of ghana stan who followed this routine her sons were killed in an attack on the Shia Community in november. My youngest son answered my call from the hospital he said his brother was injured and asked me to go to the hospital as soon as i can when i arrived at the doctors were around him and he was dying i left him and went to find my eldest son but he was dead. Most of the people buried at this cemetery in the central city of by me on our radar as their leaders say since the 1990 s. They are the most persecuted ethnic group in afghanistan the Un Human Rights Commission estimates more than a 1000 hazaras have been killed or injured in incidents of targeted attacks beheadings and kidnapping youngsters are men many of whom have been wounded in the attacks say they are forming their own militia they say thousands of them are now united to fight for their own protection i see has claimed responsibility for recent attacks but many here accuse the taliban of targeting has are as the taliban has told al jazeera its fighters do not target ethnic minorities. Their grandmothers. We believe the only way for his or people to choose is to stand as long as they do not stand they are always oppressed when we stand at least our conscience is clear in front of our people in my van where the province members of the resistance for Justice Movement militia say their commander abdul ghani alipore the militia leader whos been accused of human rights abuse was released on bail in 2018 after his arrest caused violent demonstrations. As our fight is the they have to pick up weapons because the government has repeatedly failed them but only for now because unfortunately our expectation from the government to defend us was not fulfilled and we had to take the gun and stand in defense in order to survive otherwise we pay taxes there is a government and the budget is spent one day must defend us but we have not been defended for many years. In the last decade thousands of our men have also taken part in the fighting in syria the fierce battles have provided trained fighters for the Minority Community some as our leaders told aljazeera the shia fighters were driven more by Economic Opportunity and religious ideology. Thats likely not going to change until there is security in jobs and are going to stand and the complicated war haunts our civilians who continue to pay the ultimate price some of the job are there the u. S. Says its still committed to a negotiated settlement with the taliban in afghanistan the Biden Administration has said it will review its previous is this landmark deal signed with a Group PentagonSpokesman John Kirby says there must be a rational end to the war in the country we are still involved in trying to get a negotiated settlement the taliban have not met their commitments. As you know there is a looming deadline of early may that. Before everybody in terms of you know wanting to have. A solution here but without them meeting their commitments to renounce terrorism and to. Stop the Violent Attacks on the Afghan NationalSecurity Forces and you know by dint of that the Afghan People its very hard to see. A specific way forward for the negotiated settlement but were still committed. The white house has expressed outrage after pakistans top court acquitted the man previously convicted of killing american journalist daniel pearl the u. S. Secretary of state and city blinken says his country is ready to prosecute him instead Pakistans Supreme Court has ordered the release of british born Ahmed Omar Saeed sheikh as head baker has more. After 18 years in prison i am an almost side shakes acquittal has been confirmed Pakistans Supreme Court rejected an appeal by daniel pearls family and the provincial government one of the countrys high courts had to quit it last year but had remained in prison while appeals were lodged and heard before the Supreme Court however after years of denial has admitted in a handwritten letter to the court of playing a minor role in the killing of the american journalist in pakistan although its not clear what that involvement was 1st here to say that one should do is position for the last 15 years hed make it there here do the rule he says here the minor role in the induction and murder of daniel pearl the parents or because of his minor role he had to there to sentence be deduced and more importantly he also said their team knew. Their to the real killers of daniel pearl world he named someone daniel pearl was abducted and beheaded in 2002 he was a south asia bureau chief for the wall street journal a graphic video of his beheading was sent to the u. S. Consulate in karachi a month after his abduction pearl had been investigating links between the british man richard reid the shoe bomber and al qaida in pakistan at the time box stands president Pervez Musharraf had sided with the u. S. Against the taliban in afghanistan a move that was widely unpopular in the country. Schecks argumen