on i'll just hear oh. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm don jordan this is the i was there were news. coming up in the next 60 minutes arrests in saudi arabia a number of high profile members of the world family have been detained including former crown prince mohammed bin nayef. it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation and you concerns about the coronavirus of the number of cases around the world tops 100000. 24 hours of an easy calm as the ceasefire in syria is it still holds. and anti-government protesters return to the

streets of chile's capital venting their anger over rising inequality. we begin in saudi arabia where crown prince mohammed bin samana has detained some of the most high profile members of the rule family that includes former crown prince mohammed bin nayef as well as prince ahmed but not the less he's outside would the youngest brother the saudi king reports such as they've both been accused of treason saudi guards of all her arrested one of mohammed bin nayef brothers they are now likely under the threat of life imprisonment or possible execution or tomato salad joins me live on set you now jamal so what do you think prompted this move by mohamed bin solemn on the saudi crown prince and how significant is this development in terms of his significance it's huge because we're talking about true of the most senior members of the sort of saudi royal family and true that up until

now have not been so. seen as supporters of crown prince may have been someone in the direction that he's been taking the country both domestically and in terms of foreign policy what's printed it is very difficult to ascertain needless to say because saudis are very close culture in terms of lack of transparency and no media freedom there but also what's peculiar about it is that these are 2 figures who have by all intents and purposes down they've been under house arrest they haven't been able to move freely for very long time so the idea that maybe they were trying to hatch some sort of coup is very far fetched and difficult to see considering the restraints they were under already more likely than not what's a lot of analysts are talking about is that the current king solomon is somebody who has been reportedly suffered from dementia for many years he's unwell his health is very frail so is this a sign that he has either passed or is about to and now for the crown prince needs to ensure that there are no obstacles in his way in terms of succession and what's

this telling us then jamal about the consolidation of power because the rules family are telling us earlier seems to be the one area where he didn't have 100 percent total control for sure so if you look at the different power bases within saudi arabia as a country you have the. royal courts of the royal family you have the religious institutions and then you have support from the international community namely the united states those are the 3 main power bases as well as the tribes that exist there but mainly those 3 power bases you need to control that country up until now may have been some man was able to get the u.s. troop ditch its long term ally in from a benign if the person he's arrested and supports him and his kind of unconditional support from this current us administration he's managed to sideline the religious institution either by co-opting them onto his side or by arresting many of them including people like someone older than others but the royal courts the royal family he has failed to exert his total control over eve. after he managed to do

things like rounding a lot of senior members of the world family in the ritz carlton that famous case in the end of 2007 there were still those figures like the only other child of the founding king abdul aziz that is a human being somebody who didn't support him as well as his cousin and the nephew of the current king hamad bin i just a final thought from before we go to our guest i mean you were telling us earlier that there hasn't been a single tweet or any online posting anywhere from any saudi journalist in the kingdom what's this telling us about how afraid the media is about is phenomenal because you would assume that something like this the least you would have is some sort of confirmation or even a rejection saying that this isn't the case this is what happened as you saw with your case you remember daryn in the beginning all of these different saudi outlets said no he wasn't killed he left and so forth there was at least some sort of dealing with the matter but after so many times of actually pushing the line and then coming out deny it's later and being proven that what has been said man has

done to the media institutions and saudis essentially transform them into institutions that operates with a remote control right they will only ever speak if they're given directives of what's to say and up until now there has been nothing the only thing that they've been posting funnily enough are videos or pictures of the crown prince pledging their support true him which leads us to the 1st point of what we were trying to assume why this happened could very well be support that theory that this is to help pave the way even more and make it a lot easier for his succession jamal thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us tomorrow shall. join me now for more on this is barak barfi he's a research fellow at the north america foundation so what do you think was behind this move by the saudi crown prince and how important a development is this. this is a very important development usually in the past you had the star you were family would have when he's everything within the tent they would have essentially didn't

and they wouldn't let it spill over into the public but when mama bin saw him and took over he changed the equation he changed situation i was your model send troops out in 70 with the ritz carlton affair mohamed bin najaf. conference and minister of interior mohamed bin samon removed him and he put a lot of pressure on him now the fact that he's arrested him and incarcerate him produce shows that he's very scared that that might have been possible influence that he had when the minister of interior it shows that this man is taking a different path with what what we would historically believe me the freedom of q. . and these detentions come at a sensitive time for the kingdom don't they because the crown princess holds it all visits to mecca because of the coronavirus and his his plans to modernize the saudi column has shown little progress so far on the had been rumblings in the kingdom have of that so it's not only what days domestic policy is foreign policy has been

a colossal failure specifically the war in yemen decided to go into a war in yemen to fight there who these who are normally shia groups and the allied with iran has now got iran on the border gotten iranian proxies firing missiles at at the kingdom you have the big attack by oil facility that has met its foreign policy has been a failure 'd is the message policy they've never had the rhetoric is never ringback suited up with the reality big kingdom has if he's not going to modernize a very conservative society so he has fared both in the master track and the former and that's an interesting point you make about the foreign policy because i mean how will this be seen by saudi arabia's key allies in the capitals of those countries washington london paris how will they be looking at this in terms of stability in the kingdom. it's an excellent question there's only one person. or powers from president america and from this moment sound mind and you love

the king here close knit his son in law was married. daughter as an amazing relationship with mom and mom and as long as their kids and the saudi you were average americans want nobody's going to intervene nobody's going to raise your voice no one's going to protest barak barfi thank you very much indeed for sharing your thoughts with us thank you thanks for having me now the number of cases of coronavirus worldwide is now believed to have topped 100000 almost 3 and a half 1000 people have died most of them in china where the virus was 1st detected italy has the 2nd highest number of deaths followed by iran the outbreak has led to travel restrictions diplomatic standoffs and the global economy is also feeling the pinch is going to help. the global infection total since the start of the corona virus outbreak has soared past the $100000.00 mark while there are positive signs

in the slowing rate of infections in china and south korea elsewhere it's speeding up iran recorded a dramatic rise of a 1000 new cases in the 24 hours since thursday with people 30 said to be preparing travel restrictions between cities to add to widespread school closures and bans on public gatherings among the more than $3300.00 lives lost around the world so far most have been among the elderly whose less efficient immune systems make it hard to fight off the virus. in france where new infections jumped by 200 on friday president emanuel visited a retirement facility. i am asking all fellow citizens to act responsibly to make their sacrifice i know it is sometimes hard but we must visit in our elders as much as possible. the european union with its open borders is proving a haven for the spread of coronavirus italy remains the worst affected country but

germany's catching up across europe a tiny vatican city has reported its 1st case as has serbia and in britain prime minister boris johnson has announced a $50000000.00 investment into vaccine research and faster testing methods. early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week as the head of the un's will program sounded a stopped warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world and there's an economic downturn i've been telling the european leaders and leaders around the world you don't have enough money set aside to address the needs in africa east africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a neck an economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exist now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in

brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. in the u.s. at least 15 people have died from the virus the number of confirmed cases is on the rise and now sits at more than 250 among those are 21 people on board a cruise ship off the coast of san francisco was in jordan reports. as the coast guard flew in a supply of corona virus test kits to the quarantined cruise ship grand princess passengers and crew wonder if they'll be leaving any time soon but u.s. president dahl trump said if it were up to him the 3400 passengers and crew would have to stay in quarantine if i'd rather have the people stay but i go with them i told them to make the final decision i would rather because i like the numbers

being with they are i don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that was our fault trump said this while visiting the centers for disease control and prevention the agency that tracks infectious disease outbreaks in the u.s. the president and the agency have been criticized for downplaying the severity of the crisis some patients and health care workers accuse the c.d.c. of making it harder to confirm coronavirus cases the head of the c.d.c.'s lab denied the allegations and no time during this response has c.d.c. ever denied a request that came from a public health official either state or local to test the patient so all the patients who needed to be tested and the opinion of the public health officials have been tested but officials also struggle to answer has the corona virus in the u.s. been contained we're going to see more cases because we're getting more diagnostics out there but i would say that you know what i said before that at the present time

general receiver public remains slow but also on friday new cases were confirmed in houston minnesota colorado and maryland and while sanitation workers tried to scrub the gritty subways of new york the arts and cultural festival south by southwest which brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to austin texas every year has been counseled more than $8000000000.00 federal dollars will now be spent on urgent research and treatment of the disease but from coast to coast it seems more americans may be deciding to not take any chances until they know it's truly safe to be out and about roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. and more deaths have been reported in iran $1000.00 new cases in just 24 hours from tehran robert the public health ministry spokesman said that the public is not listening to government guidance or government advice not to travel and move around freely he

said that the reason that schools and universities and other institutions were shut were so that people would stay at home to a limit the spread of the virus during the occupation period but he said people continue to travel and he suggested that the government may start using force to compel people not to move in between cities he didn't elaborate what that would be but we already know that there are checkpoints military and police checkpoints between major cities on major highways to try and control the flow of people to try and stem the flow of this virus as it transfers across the country major tourist sites are now saying they will not accept travelers from anywhere around the country or obviously from outside the country and this is a time of holiday the persian new year is coming up so this was a very big development friday prayers remain closed and if you walk around on the streets you can see firefighting and health units in the full chemical gear in full

protective gear spraying in disinfecting city streets what you see when you look up from those streets that are being disinfected is that in many areas life is going on as normal now there are 2 things really to consider here the country the has been suffering greatly economically and so people feel that despite the threat of this virus they can't stay home they have to go out to have to participate however they can in the economy or at least what's left of it after sanctions to try and keep earning some money they simply can't stay at home. well oil prices plunged by more than 8 percent on friday as the world's biggest producers failed to agree on how to deal with the impacts of the virus opec has been pushing for production cuts in an effort to stabilize prices but russia has refused to support the move the development came as major stock markets in asia europe and north america all recorded losses on friday. greens an economist who specializes in asian markets he says the world economy was already in trouble before the outbreak and things only

got worse. if you look at europe and japan there for a lot of growth in the last quarter of last year was effectively in recession this what's happening now pretty much guarantees that china are obviously is going to have contracted enormously in the 1st quarter hong kong's in a recession and the i mean the flip side is if you look at you can the u.s. actually the data has been stronger look at today's employment numbers which were very very strong the problem is because they were from february and we just don't you hear that well all these things like united are cutting domestic flights by 10 percent at least what you're saying earlier about look tense and clearly there will be layoffs and unemployment will start to tick up and another point is well i think it's really important to make is that countries that have been at the forefront of this and obviously that's mainly asia we've already seen quite aggressive actions on the part of the governments not only in the way they treat the coronavirus the scale of the testing i mean look at the scene talking about the u.s. and their efforts quite frankly laughable career by yesterday and done over 144000

texts and it's and it's and it shouldn't be a case of just testing people because they've got a call from a cult actually what you need to be going out is going testing lots of people because people don't show symptoms such symptoms and they can be walking around infecting others who are who are more like who could suffer more and the u.s. has announced $8000000000.00 well hong kong out $15000000000.00 singapore about 5 the chinese have basically if you will where different measures together including lines it's bordering on a half a trillion dollars so the efforts in the u.s. are really i mean perfectly honestly quite disgraceful. u.s. president donald trump has announced the appointment of a new white house chief of staff republican representative mark meadows will take over from mick mulvaney who's been acting in the position of the past year moving he will now be washington special envoy to northern ireland president trump announced the staff reshuffle in a series of tweets on friday. and we'll have more on that front of virus later in

the program we'll take you to the place where the outbreak began and meet one man who's on the warranty and china's. people are dying. every day a woman running a hospital in war torn syria tells us why she has little hope the situation will improve despite. i would have all the support rating t 20 world champions the west indies get for me and that's also. now for the 1st time in 3 months there's been no airstrikes or shelling in syria ziggler province a ceasefire deal brokered by turkey and russia on thursday appears to be holding for now but there have been reports of some sporadic fighting in southern parts of the province between syrian government forces and a section of the opposition but many syrians believe the fragile truce may not last for long. in the case of the when the and it's hard my supposed to believe there's

a truce if i'm listening to the sound of jets and bombing with you there's no real truce in the way my limited both of them what i'm not at all hopeful regarding the agreement i'm not expecting anything from it those people don't respect any commitments. regarding the agreement we don't feel at all reassured we didn't meet our aspirations and desires we don't hold because there have been many agreements that the regime hasn't respected and it won't respect this one either it's turkey and russia say they'll establish a 12 kilometer wide security guard or a long series and 4 highway that cuts across rebel strongholds but there are doubts about how far they can cooperate in syria. reports now from heartache. the rebels were hoping that. with the backing of turkey they would be able to regain those areas hold madison or mount mourdock and the strategic city of stark and that didn't happen in this explains their frustration over the terms of the agreement signed between turkey and russia but took it says in general this is this was

a good agreement because it will protect the borders it will protect the turkish army operating in the area it will pave the way for the resettlement of the hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced since the start of the syrian government offensive in december and it will also pave the way for more cooperation with the joint patrols but with the russians and the turks in the in 2 weeks from now on both sides of the highway in for. but then we have to wait and see to what to what level can the turks and the russians bring their cooperation as far as live is concerned that would be indicative of whether this is fire will continue to hold or will collapse the 2 parties have signed is if the bass of those deals collapse with the syrian army decided it was about time to move forward to retake the strategic city of because it is the rebels the last major stronghold in

syria the u.s. has blocked a u.n. security council statement supporting that ceasefire in elim russia had a 15 member council to endorse the deal but washington called the move premature with diplomats expressing their doubts about whether the deal will actually stick kristen salumi has been following that meeting at u.n. headquarters. russia share details of the ceasefire agreement with security council members behind closed doors but given the history of this conflict no one was ready to celebrate it just yet russia's ambassador was hoping to get a statement formally welcoming the deal but past agreements to end the conflict as have fallen through with the hope this time. but related to the split is maintaining the commitments to the political but does not that still does not exempt from being good. u.s.

secretary of state mike pale was at the united nations but had nothing to say when asked about the deal we're told by diplomats that the united states opposed the statement as premature other countries raised objections as wow here's the united kingdom's ambassador who said it was helpful development but there are a lot of questions about how it will work in practice who will monitor it what is happening west of aleppo and critically has syrian government formally signed up and will the syrian government be following the provisions of the cease fire we're also told that russia was not willing to negotiate on the wording of the statement which made no mention of the dire humanitarian situation facing about a 1000000 civilians in the area the security council will continue to monitor the situation. now the 1st syrian woman the run the underground hospital in the rebel controlled areas is urging the international community to stop the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in syria. or worked in the. east and go to 3

years to stop were forced to evacuate i work as the subject of an oscar nominated documentary. in the french capital paris. the harrowing documentary the cape. follows pediatrician dr armani nor was she runs an underground hospital in east ghouta before the enclave fell to the syrian regime in 2080. dedicated exhausted and at times terrified staff battle to save lives as russian backed syrian forces relentlessly area i was after it all for us well after you know being in and and we were in a hospital it's our get of bonding with save some lives we helped and that's make us inquirers us to continue but a lot of the children we couldn't help them a lot of them died because of bonding

a lot of them died in the chemical attack at the time in 28 to the head of the united nations eastern ghouta under the bombing hell on earth i think it was like that it was very dangerous places securing this everywhere and it's officially in 20 a team before we forced to leave in the last month they started to bomb every 2nd they did install their own doctor money also faced another challenge she battled prejudice for men believed a woman should be in charge of running a hospital and. how did that feel there you are saving lives and then you have men say a woman's place is in the home it's really frustrating it's make me very angry but i insist to stay and to insist to sex it also because i while a brawl there that women can do. like the men already better than them in. the

cave was nominated for an oscar through the spotlight on dr armani she's using it to campaign for an end to the humanitarian crisis in the northwestern syrian province of idlib intensified bombing at the area by syrian and russian forces in recent weeks has killed hundreds of people and left millions in desperate need. i'm not optimistic and i think a lot of syrian are not optimistic we need international community to pressure on them to stop killing people and you know the situation now and it's catastrophe situation people are dying every every minute every day after paris dr amani will visit other european capitals to urge governments and people not to ignore the millions of syrian civilians particularly children trapped in what seems like an endless war it's all just syria powers. migrants attempting to cross the border from turkey into greece have been hit with tear gas as riot police from both sides tried to keep them away tens of thousands of people have been trying to cross into

greece was last week when turkey declared its borders with the european union open but greece has been using tear gas and water cannons to repel them saying those trying to enter are doing so illegally a 1000 turkish police officers have been deployed to try to stop the pushback the touch of a name is that a makeshift migrant camp site in down there on turkey's border with greece is described a situation that. we're at the a during a bus station it's one of the places where refugees and migrants have been congregating as they try to determine what to do next you can see people have managed to set up tents they're burrowed in blankets trying to stay warm there are camp fires here it's been a week since turkey opened its borders and it's been a tough week for the people we've been speaking to they have said they've been cold hungry we've spoken to many people who managed to make it across the border into greece only to be deported back to turkey and they have shared stories of cruelty

people such as the man we're about to tell you about says that the greek police have mistreated them we spoke to an iranian amputee who says when he crossed over the border into greece the greek police fired warning shots into the air he was a unable to run his friends did police found him he says they beat him severely and threaten to confiscate his prosthetic leg now the turkish government has deployed $1000.00 members of its special police forces to the river region border with greece the turkish government says this is an attempt to prevent the greek government from pushing back migrants into turkey and turkey says it's also a way to try to minimize what it describes as the poor treatment of vulnerable people here and a possible violation of international law the time for a short break here and i'll just say that when we come back why dozens of displaced ranger and minimal are now facing criminal charges in prison sentences of

a new generation of typecast as we'll tell you about the backlash from the bottom of the opposition. and what all the sports thing the name to find the perfect balance ahead of the latest 6 nations on the. welcome back we begin this time with northeastern parts of asia that low pressure center spiraling away in the pacific clearing away so we're losing the effect of that system and as a result we're getting more of a southerly flow across more northern parts of japan so i thought taking place quite a decent thought happens as we head on through into sunday but for saturday we've got rain across western parts of japan and that will continue to edge its way further towards the east during the course of the day on sunday so you might see the rain getting close enough to give some times for tokyo but much the time i

think i'll just be cloudy but dry you know so temperatures in seoul in south korea up to 17 degrees and that's a big rise there there's some rain across central southern parts of china but further south into hong kong it should remain dry and fine with highs of $27.00 degrees heading down into southeastern parts of asia plenty of showers for the central and southern parts of the philippine the blues on should be largely fine with highs of $31.00 degrees in there are plenty showers around more southern parts of indonesia in borneo also for java once again it's looking pretty wet here as we head across into south asia we've had a westerly disturbance moving through northern parts of pakistan through into india that seems to be fading away so we're looking a brighter day in delhi with highs of 26 but still some showers expected in the southeast. in 2013 cases of gang great shock to asia and the world it's almost for life. there on al-jazeera asked men in cambodia what drove them to commit violence

against women i don't know whether it's 3 i'm doing it because i can't afford a girl a male in 2016 has anything changed normalization of violence against women unfortunately i think is still a very common pattern around the world rewind it's a man's world on al-jazeera. and out the seas for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. by junk australian engineer is inventing tools to help people gain independence but don't ask any money all side of that will put the ability to recognize objects on the firing say that people with for better vision will be able to recognize everyday objects women make science robo gals at the soap full on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the news are saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma has reportedly a rest of the high profile members of the whole family bank loued form a crown prince mama deny if i'm the youngest by the saudi king reports suggest they've both been accused of treason. number of cases of the coronavirus worldwide is not believed to have reached 100000 more than 3000 people died outbreaks lead to travel restrictions diplomatic standoff in the global economy is feeling. and the u.s. president trump assigned a bill providing more than $8000000000.00 in emergency funding to fight the outbreak the number killed by the virus has now risen to 15 u.s. . the world health organization says only 3.4 percent of the total number of

people who contract the virus have died from it but this is being disputed some health experts believe the number would be much lower if more people were tested out of the us but the one resident who barely had any symptoms didn't even know he was infected until he had a test katrina you reports from beijing. for change and shown daily mail delivery the other highlight of his day the 100 and has recovered from the current a virus but he has to stay cornton at this hotel for 2 weeks he says getting infected came as a surprise. to you. i almost had 0 symptoms i steer a few times and it was a drowsy for a few days that's all i always want to sleep but i was never feeling too bad. jen is considered a symptomatic displaying few or no specific symptoms his parents also caught the virus his mother had a fever but his father also had very few symptoms after 2 weeks at

a makeshift hospital and without undergoing any treatment change and tested negative for the illness former world health organization official. said asymptomatic patients are not unusual. we've seen that everywhere all over the word these people test positive by showing those symptoms if we group them as patients after the tested positive with have too many patients they are not strictly patients but rather virus carriers. while the corona virus can cause pneumonia and lead to other health complications health officials say 80 percent of people who catch the current virus only have mild symptoms experts say this means asymptomatic patients may go untested and can spread the illness without knowing but there is good news the good news is many people who don't show symptoms can develop the ability if a lot of people develop this immunity the epidemic eventually with slowly disappear

medical experts are still learning about the severity of the virus but those over the age of 60 and with other underlying health concerns appear to be the worst affected change says his experience shows there's no need for people to be too alarmed this is a bad thing for the whole society but as individuals we don't all have to panic for me i didn't feel. i had no fever it was a better than the cold with a week left in quarantine he's looking forward to leaving the hotel and daily food deliveries behind. al-jazeera beijing 9 people have tested positive for the corona virus in the palestinian authority state of emergency was declared on thursday israeli army has seen that the city of bethlehem and palestinian officials have over the church of the nativity to close it in the uk that west bank.

bethlehem had its best tourist season on record last year now all reservations are being canceled. many people believe the city to be where jesus was born and it draws tourists from around the world but just weeks before easter several posting in workers at the hotel have tested positive for the corona virus and the israeli military has shut bethlehem off stopping people coming in or out al-jazeera reach some of those stuck inside can you tell us a bit more about the situation in bethlehem where you are to be honest we are used . to be on the knowledge of all. because you know we give a. small study over one point. one. palestine's mean to us the traction is the church of the nativity believed by many to be the birthplace of jesus. it's also been closed off by the

palestinian tourism ministry. i think it's a matter of consent to happen and yesterday the church was sterilized and clean so that when people come back after 14 days everything will be safe we're taking precautions for the health of the people so of course this shouldn't be any panic the main reason we're doing this is because the virus spreads fast so we need to protect the people and keep them sight of the palestinian authority has also shut down the occupied west bank for a month in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus schools and public spaces and also been closed conferences and other public events counselled and people's movements between city limited to only those that are strictly necessary in the city of jericho people protested against the government decision to treat all infected patients in a center there they blocked roads and called on the government to keep people who are ill where they already are this void officials telling them to stay cause some people are stocking up on food water and cleaning supplies out of fear that this

shutdown will go on for some time some say they're starting to panic is everywhere else is it or the occupied west bank. thailand may be heading for another round of political volatility with a band opposition party calling for more protests but it's widespread runnings from students that may be more concerning for the government which critics say is not democratically elected when they explains why. one university campuses around thailand there is a political awakening under way students representing a new generation of thai protest is a coming out to call for the removal of a government still largely run by military generals who staged a coup in 2014 when it took them on and if this is just the beginning at that moment students have come out to express that awesome concern we just started to show our strength in numbers but. they have many concerns but the catalyst for the protests was a court decision 2 weeks ago to ban a popular opposition party

a decision widely seen as politically motivated. while large scale student protests are rare in thailand so not to which university has a history of political activism and was the scene of one of the country's darkest days in 1976 dozens of students were gunned down and murdered on the campus of tom assad university they'd been protesting against the return to thailand of a former military ruler who'd been overthrown 3 years earlier it was here that the security forces began their assault on thomas a university more than 43 years ago firing through the fence at students the message is still a sensitive subject in thailand today which is why the government may be particularly concerned about students from this university playing a leading role in the current protests protests which are again to an extent about an army general the current prime minister who led the 2014 coup. earlier this week

. said he wouldn't answer the media's questions about politics or protests and instead chose to warn protest is about coronavirus took the. any protester public assembly if you can please perspire in it if you insist on holding a protest please make sure that you take all the necessary precautions that's just a scare tactic say critics like this former student who's been supporting the protests through art designing stick is to handouts he says other problems like thailand stuttering economy will see the protests grow way beyond the universities now sport is getting bigger from this but we have to happen. to come to to support them. at the protests some have also risked long jail terms by expressing even subtle disapproval of thailand's powerful royal family the introduction of those sensitive messages adds another potentially provocative and

dangerous element to a protest movement that's just getting underway wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. spanish coast guards are rescued dozens of refugees and migrants from near the canary islands in the atlantic ocean 46 men and 2 children were saved lying on the north african coast the canaries have seen a sharp increase in the arrival of migrants as patrols the mediterranean type access to e.u. countries un estimates 20000 people have died trying to cross to europe north africa since 2014. pope francis has accepted the resignation of a french cardinal who was convicted but later acquitted of covering up sex abuse within the catholic church the archbishop only home for the babara was convicted last year of failing to report a priest who had preyed on dozens of boy scouts in general he was acquitted on appeal but he told the court he was following vatican instructions and his handling of the case says he hopes his departure but allow the church to open a new chapter. antigovernment protesters are rallying again in chile with mounting

anger over rising inequality demonstrate to say president and yet it has done little to address their demands for reform. protests 1st broke out in october and continued through december the unrest prompted heightened security measures including the deployment of the trip to see humans in santiago with more on what the protest of the funny. february is the summer here it is the holiday season so there were less people in the capital as many people had taken a break but they before they left they had warned that they would be back in force on in march starting march and this was the initiation really initiation if you like of the protests season here in chile not just in santiago but in other major cities throughout the country there were thousands and thousands of people here it was a very carnival atmosphere people were dancing singing at the same time hurling rather unrepeatable insults about the president the police the system at large and

continuing to demand deep structural reforms to the economic system to the political system so that they can happen so that chile will have free and quality education health care better pensions better salaries the list is very very long what is also very long is the show you'll for the protests that will take part that are supposed to take place here in march almost every single day and the next major one will be on sunday when hundreds of thousands of women in chile are expected to take to the streets to mark international women's day. there's been an explosion outside the u.s. embassy in tunisia capital tunis 2 suicide bombers killed a policeman and injured 5 others day the embassies main gate. is yours ministry of interior has put security forces on high alert no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. amnesty international is calling for the immediate

release of peaceful protesters in algeria june and new wave of demonstrations thousands rally in the capital algiers on friday containing a yearlong protest calling for the removal of the ruling elite and sweeping reforms a ministry says more than 70 people have been arbitrary arrested by the government . i saw this time responsibility for an attack in afghanistan's capital which left at least 30 people dead the head of the country's peace council was giving a speech when shots were fired. the country's chief executive was there but he escaped unhurt it's the 1st major attack since the taliban signed a peace deal with the united states. to me i'm on now where dozens of muslims including some children have been charged for not having identity documents they're among many who have tried to escape me and miles rakhine state some of been caught on the coast while others have been picked up on the outskirts of the

commercial capital young gone ransley reports. in the 1st 2 months of this year alone more than $200.00 have been arrested for not having identification documents and for traveling illegally down 70 of those cases will be heard in they grew on the outskirts of yang gone told were brought to court on friday and yet my government does not consider the rohingya as citizens even though many of them have lived in this country for generations and they face increasing government restrictions keep claiming like ok be controllable freely there's no restriction are all but in reality in the government. the real movement is extremely restricted rights advocate fate it's on likely any of the rango will be acquitted and they could face the fence into up to 2 years in prison. for self so that's why we escaped the were hanged mainly muslim minority who live in

rakhine and it was in the northern parts of the state where the myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown in 2017 driving nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 into bangladesh the un has accused it of carrying out the campaign with genocidal intent the myanmar government denies and says it was a do the job summit response to attacks carried out by working right. now the situation that is even worse off the fighting between the myanmar military and the our economy intensified starting with january last year they are not on the tom cruise you say they're fighting for more autonomy on behalf of the rakhine and not the ethnic minority mainly buddhist who make up the majority in rakhine state the rohingya who already live under apartheid like conditions without access to public health care education being caught in the crossfire and many are desperate to escape. rights workers fear that many will turn to human traffickers now over the

years there have been many attempts by groups in bringing it to leave by boat on dangerous journey to crime tassels boats have capsized people have drowned some are taken on overland routes through thailand and into malaysia they have been instances where they were kept in jungle camps along the border until their friends or relatives could pay a ransom many died of disease and starvation now even when they managed to escape myanmar rights to face many are at risk of. some sold into the sex trade or as indentured neighborhoods for the remaining got there is no easy choice they can choose to stay and face persecution or the threat of more violence or they can try to escape but risking their lives. now the failure to reach agreement on a major project on the law is worrying farmers in sudan ethiopia saddam and egypt been going around in circles discussing the issues surrounding the grand european renaissance dam project and even morgan reports farmers believe water supplies

could slow to a trickle. normally around this time of the year i'm a balloonist farm is covered with wheat ready for harvest it's his source of income normally earning him millions of sudanese pounds but he says he doesn't expect to make a profit this year because there's not enough water. there for her. the water from the river is blocked in the canals because they're covered with dirt and silt i have parts of my father that haven't even been irrigated once some have been irrigated once but by now they should be irrigated for the 5th time it's not the 1st time but this is the worst we've seen this is going to affect our harvests badly or shouldn't and we're all are how much farmland is part of what is called the dizzier agricultural project established in 1911 during british colonial rule it started as a $250.00 hectors farm it now covers over $2000000.00 hectares and it's the economic lifeline for over 100000 farmers it was once the main source of foreign income contributing to over 60 percent of sudan's g.d.p.

but since the discovery of oil in the my 970 s. farmers here see the government's interest in the largest agricultural project in the country declined the dizzier irrigation system mainly relies on the sloping land from north to south to carry the water through the canal for the farms it's been like this since it was 1st established but some policy the system is now failing them thousands have reported lost harvest in the past 3 decades and they say the situation is getting worse and worse every year. they can also some covers less than 36 percent of the project its water comes from the nearby now river and for farmers into 0 there are concerns that irrigation issues will get to worst neighboring ethiopia is expected to start filling its grant if you've been on stand by may 2020 the dam is being built on the blue nile which flows from the country to sudan and egypt several rounds of talks between the 3 countries have failed to produce a deal over the duration of filling up a dam so dense transitional government says it won't agree to any deal that will

impact the livelihoods of farmers but that the problem facing farmers is one of management the problem is not in the contador forta coming through the skin problem game of the many men though this weather coming from the dan rather it's reported there is no further toward that end. but there is a problem in the 4th of coming. out the minutes this water less than $500000.00 hectares of the $2200000.00 is expected to produce harvest this year some experts say other factors also play a role in how farms that were once regarded as the bread basket of sudan have declined their farmers are using the very same tick want to get that i've been using for the past maybe 30 years so they haven't really been trained so the seeds that they are using. a lot of it is genetically depleted and this will cause problems on the quote on qualities of const problems on productivity on all.

farmers here say even with new technologies their farms are a triscuit they see if you can dam reduces the water the project gets the fear they may have to give up most of the land to farm for generations people morgan al-jazeera just hear a state. talk about a short break here and i was there i want to come back we'll hear from the back from the table tennis player hoping the coronavirus doesn't stop him from making olympic history or not stay with us. al-jazeera well it's remarkable refugee journeys from the treacherous path of sudanese emmanuel jal to plunder skateistan of child soldiers in the 16 people music is the place where you become a child this is where i came. to the london design from sierra leone place in clay this is the one thing that i know that god has gifted there is a hard road from music and fashion on al-jazeera joining the listening post as we

turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channel . blockers and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most the states misleads the public this the media reflects the same thing. i want to challenge a poll their editorial show is a very dark believe they have anything to apologize for their listening post on al-jazeera. lose. the war. welcome back now the former brazilian football around i'll deny you has been arrested in paraguayan accused of trying to enter the country using false documents

the 39 year old and his brother were taken to a police station in the capital s m z on for questioning on friday when ideas legal team has filed an injunction to freedom let's get the rest of the sports news around the world here santa. thank you very much a reigning t 20 world champions the west indies have hit form in sri lanka a powerful batting at this day by andrew russell that helped his country to a 2 nil series victory both teams are building up to this year's world cup in australia and it is and reports. this match brought together the last 2 t 20 world champions from the start it was the west indies who dominated against host sri lanka trying to win the world title in 2014 but much experience has left their team since then the west indies all rounder twine bravo is a veteran of 2 world cup winning campaigns the. a good partnership

between to sarra pereira and dawson shin aka push the home team towards respectability was. trying to finish top 1556 i the west indies batting line up is full of power brendan king got their reply moving was. before andre russell stepped up to the plate he smashed an unbeaten foresee from just 14 balls. his effort included 6 sixes. the windies winning by 7 wickets with 3 overs to spare to also security signal series victory. a much bigger prize is on offer at the world cup in australia which starts in october and the richardson which is. one of the n.f.l.'s most promising young players has been charged with the criminal possession of a weapon when in williams was arrested the as he was about to board

a flight at the new york airport it 22 year old will appear in court later this month police say the new york jets player didn't have the correct permit for a pistol that was in his carry on bag. the u.s. is women's that world cup winning team are looking good ahead of their bid for limpid gold they beat england in the she believes cup in florida this was the 1st time the 2 sides had met since last year's world cup semifinals recent press and call you lloyd scored in the 2nd home to give the u.s. a 2 nil victory to win extends that team u.s.a.'s unbeaten run to 29 games i mean to be honest everything this years of preparation for the olympics so. i mean for me personally obviously it's another opportunity to keep building this year i'm on a little bit slower bill than everybody else being much older than everybody else and having come a long way off last year but i felt like. i had

a good performance all the way through qualifiers it is preparing for a weekend of top level football matches without spectators jus to coronavirus there will still be fans at english premier league fixtures but there won't be any pre-game handshakes between the place. we trust the things they tell us so that's what we do know it takes only one track the most go to the most coaching and if there are some from our club some additional things to do these people sit together the whole week and think about what they can do to decrease the probability to get infected the 6 nations championship has already felt the impact of course on a virus 2 matches that have been postponed including saturday's fixture between arland and italy in the inverses wells is going ahead to england's 2nd in the table behind france while wells off 4th having lost 2 of 3 matches. it's going to be

hugely contestable it's going to be highly chaotic and it's going to be physical and it's something that we look forward to and and we and we cherish and put on top of that we're playing at home and it's important for us to play well in front of you know fans and i think and will survive because around the fixture and it's sometimes hard to. get away from the echoes of what's sad and what should be done and how we should do it but also don't forget we know a lot about each other each other as well you know what if you guys play in england and then pick over nies as insists the idea of counseling at this year's games that due to corona virus hasn't been discussed and one veteran athlete is hoping tokyo can deliver on that promise at 57 and is set to become the oldest table tennis player over to compete to aston a lympics originally from shanghai moved to luxembourg 3 decades ago and now

represents the european country. nobody know what can go on what's going to happen i hope not i hope everything goes smooth the worst for me may be postponed if i can do olympic i see everybody and i'll know where you are difficult time i hope everybody in the stands. space gave possibility but all was not entirely normal at the latest test event in tokyo. thank you for my rotten luck for everything. but i would rather have an elite athletes taking part the lympics sports climbing a venue was a step tested out by games officials no fans were in attendance either officially been impacts are still on track to saw in july the 24th. and that's as well for we'll have more later on. this summer thank you very much indeed well that's it for

me down in jordan for this news outlet clark is up next with more news stay with us i thought about. playing. when the news breaks the word for word started with the ins of getting more police on the presentation and economic development when people need to be heard the top leadership world where of the potential for barratry of the virus weeks before the public were told it was dangerous al jazeera has teams on the ground the syrian army says determined to defeat the rebels and continues advanced was a secret to bring you more award winning documentaries and life means. a showcase of the best documentary films from across the network announces iraq. she was black gay i'm from rio de janeiro's havana's. she was also an elected

outspoken councilwoman. until she was assassinated. people investigates the killing of a vocal critic of brazil's security forces and the legacy of empowerment she left behind the manager of mario franco out you see the. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. and ammo more horror struck and killed during a demonstration it was 1017 is buried right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are setting your. accusations of abuse and displacement between the communities the mining companies and the government has now escalated to west africa regional. the community has taken its case before west african regional court because they say the people have

little for use in the justice system. arrests in saudi arabia a number of high profile members of the royal family have been detained including former crown prince mohammed bin nayef. this is a live from doha also coming up. it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation a new concerns about the coronavirus off the number of cases worldwide top 100000. long lines in south korea as the government regulates how many mosques you can buy for protection against the virus.