science for the gals at the south full on al-jazeera. a car bombing hits a convoy carrying sudan's prime minister his office calls it an assassination attempt. i'd. bet on it like this is our dear life and there are also coming up in the program a big jump in the coronavirus death toll in italy is the lockdown begins on more than 60000000 people in the country's north. and amid fears over the economic fallout oil prices plunge around 30 percent. the 1st hearing begins for 4 suspects in a down the lazy airlines flight 17 more than 5 years after the plane was downed in

ukraine. i'm. all right let's begin with that breaking news coming out of sudan's capital where an explosion has rocked a convoy carrying the prime minister abdullah one dog was traveling through khartoum around an hour ago when there was a roadside blast the vehicle he was in was damaged as well as several others a short time ago the prime minister's office said it was an assassination attempt and let's go straight away to have a morgan he joins us by phone from khartoum what more do we know at this point. well i've been woman make what we do know is that what we have from the office of the prime minister which was that it was and is happy mission and time now to keep current ongoing wars in the area called cobra which is not. just about if you can on the way and he was on his way into his office when

a car right in front of the convoy exploded now this is raising a lot of questions one of them being why is the car you don't want to date and because of the prime minister people know that you should be the convoy to the car that carries the prime convoy there is a motorcade that that basically makes sure that other cars come and cars why are we from the cars of the prime minister and his. people and wonder why there was a car that was close enough to have one of the cars of the convoy had to close in. the car part of the car bomb explosion right now was that the prime minister according to. the people is not injured according to his staff but that he's taking precautions but what they want to find out is who is behind the assassination and. given the context of this if you would in terms of this country which has been in some to some time. well this comes at

a time that it's quite tense for lack of better words to make it comes at a time where the band is taking an economic crisis we've seen over the top 2 people lined up for basic commodities such as feel and right now this has caused a lot of frustration and among civilians let's not forget that they are other political parties that are holding grudges against the current transitional government which is the power sharing government between the military that the president already bashir and this is really in protest movement that let the demonstrations be and become the process that led to the military ousted president if you think it could lead to reap the growly in partnership which is the prime minister has always acquired as necessary to try to make the transition they need work but the former really wanted a national congress party which was designed and deemed illegal by the executive council was headed by the congress or by the sovereign council have expressed a lot of response and they're saying that we are just transitional government is

illegal and acceptable and that they when. we also have extremist groups that are calling for the government to be ousted soon lots of 5 of them want to sit at the most stepping up to claim responsibility. me that the prime minister has been targeted the woods would seem that they would be those who have grievances against him is there a significant proportion of those who do not support. well at the moment we it's very hard to catch it supported feed on social media people coming out of it support the prime minister despite the fact that he recently appointed the head of a separate set of the sovereign councils that had an economically can and some people do have a grudge against the deputy head of the party the suffering council saying that he is behind the attack on to carry on the voting block or stand in front of the army headquarters so not a lot of people were happy with that they see that they look for the prime minister saying that he's looking for economic solutions contemn resolve the crisis at the

country than just judging or that people are against him or with him it's quite hard just social media is. not enough as a barren meter to try to figure out whether people are exactly supporting the function turned on good thing when the self professional association the bodies has been in hiding because of protests telling people to get to the street to be man they're going to be corrected as they put it in people responding to 'd contest in front of his cabinet demanding that he is on the go and governor is finding that he appoint and indicated some people a lot of people designing the prime minister but it's very hard to tell with that this means that they are again or the core temps taber i will leave it there for the time being and just a recap of the sudanese state media say that premise has survived an attack look at pictures of the scene of the blast as crowds look on it's only has reported a big jump in the number of coronavirus cases of

a quarter of its population comes into full force 133 new deaths of being confirmed in the number of infections has doubled since friday to nearly 7400. because our coverage. a city deserted a region under lockdown milan italy is economic heart is almost unrecognizable hardly anyone in the shopping malls it's famous squares as the army keeps watch over an almost surreal situation this is an unprecedented crisis in this country's recent history will look as that's richard in then i mean what is happening in my city is worrying me and it's also saddening because milan is a lively city and see it like this today is almost a defeat for me i never would have thought this would happen milan's my parents or airport has now suspended all flights its neighboring airport now restricted to running only domestic flights but that hasn't stopped people attempting to get away . fearing further contagion leaders of italy southern regions have warned hundreds

of thousands of its citizens who went to work or study in the north of the country not to return home but groups of people continue to arrive from milan arriving with their masks on but there was no one to test them for covert 19 the harsh restrictions are designed to slow down the spread of the disease but there are fears that it may be too little too late hospitals in the affected region have been inundated and sick residents are now being asked to stay at home stretched health care system is struggling to keep up with the increasing numbers there are no more valuable beds in hospitals and actually the current hospital which serves about 500000 people in all the area of course is a little thought on doctors got infected so there are nor more intensive care beds available. away from italy there were further increases of the virus all over

the continent in france at least 900 people have died from the virus with more than 1100 cases recorded in the country last italy's lockdown is the most stringent outside of china containment may have come too late for some areas slowing down the virus is spread may be the best option for now sunny diag al jazeera. well global oil prices have come into the middle price war and a drop in demand from the impact of current virus prices are down by around 30 percent that's the biggest fall in almost 30 years 3 decades that's after study arabia signaled an increase in output after a meeting of the oil producing bloc opec the price dispute began after russia refused to join the group's efforts to cut oil production in a bid to stabilize markets jeff goldblum is the author of petro aggression where oil causes war and he says the drop in oil prices will have a huge impact on the global economy. this is

a massive decrease in the price of oil that we're seeing right now is probably the biggest once it's the 1930 s. it's going to have huge economic and political consequences and unfortunately this comes because of a breakdown in negotiations between opec and russia when saudi arabia representing opec asked russia to not only maintain the cuts that they've made previously but also even deepen them in response to the the weekend demand from coronavirus russia said no we're not interested and that set off the price war with both of them bidding to expand their own market share this is going to be mixed news and so the 'd upside of it as consumers will see cheaper gasoline prices that might be attractive but on the downside there's going to have there's going to be big consequences for the stock market and for the overall economy and so that's going to play a differently in different countries but in the united states for instance this

could exacerbate. a decline in the stock market that we already saw last week and the week before that and so this seems to be the kind of move that russian leaders might have actually decided what's in their interests at that low oil prices is not good for russia's economy but if it causes even more paying to the u.s. economy it might be something that they be interested in there are reports that saudi arabia has released 2 princes arrested as part of a clampdown on security interior minister abdul aziz been sawed the knife and his father were among dozens of officials and members of the royal family said to be detained in recent days to the kingdom's most prominent roles are still being held king summons brother and nephew both seen as rivals to crown prince mohammed bin solomon. at the trial of 4 men accused of murder over their roles in the downing of malaysian airlines flight m h 176 years ago has begun in the netherlands only which is now on that trial 298

people most of them died has a plane to shot down over ukraine by a missile fired from turkey to help my russian separatists speak to knead barker who joins us now from our european broadcast center in london what more do we know about the suspects well everything we know about the downing of age 17 largely comes from the work of the joint investigations team that's the combined efforts of the dutch the malaysians the australians and belgians the countries that lost the most in the downing of the flight over eastern ukraine in the summer of 2014 but as you mentioned there the dutch lost a lion's share of people on board that flight 193 out of the 298 people on board the flight were from the netherlands and of the dutch prime minister was very keen of the wake of the incident to spearhead this investigation and the j.i.t.

have concluded that 4 men who were involved 'd 3 russians one ukrainian they've been named as a russian surrogate to been skeet oleg pull out of an ego to get in the ukrainian leonid. all 4 men remain at large they are not expected to arrive at the court and face these allegations and accusations directly warrants have gone out for their arrest as well but the prospects of seeing them actually at that top security courtemanche hippel airport near the dutch capital is extremely likely this is expected to be quite a long and winding case yeah i guess i magine there is such a great deal to discuss that is unlikely today. well given how deep and complex the evidence is many many thousands of pages long not only will the prosecutors and the defense have to pore over that evidence but they're also have to try and establish how to proceed in the absence of the suspects as well it's

really up to the court now to decide whether the dutch teams there should should come up with their own defense team to allow the court case to go ahead so a defense team working in support of the 4 suspects that are not likely to of course arrive there so even if this was going to be a straightforward case it's expected to take several years possibly 2 to 3 years if at some stage later down the line the suspects or lawyers acting on behalf of the suspects with a challenge any final verdict well we can possibly double the length of time this court case would take possibly another 6 years given that we've waited more than 5 years since the downing of m h 17 for the start of this trial we're looking at almost a decade in total before we get closer to justice or i'm a believer that thanks very much need barker reporting from london. so air around is there a dispute over

a longstanding defense agreement with senators in the philippines on a collision course with the president. there have been some pretty big downpours in the last 24 hours over soloway says the satellite picture might show you and it still this general area indonesia an increasingly bits of malaysia where the showers are forecast to be heavy the potential of this circulation just the bottom your screen there might just miss most a job but i think it will enhance the show some degree which increases the flood risk in java not specifically jakarta more special i think further research the days go on as well but it's still relatively dry in thailand increasing numbers seems like in cambodia vietnam as well and also laos in australia we've had some

pretty big downpours recently in parts of new south wales and queensland the seasonal rains are peping up now the monsoonal rains will be at the top end but equally we've got in the next 2 days pretty big showers forecast to fall in queens and less so in new south wales but it's still a lot of cloud away on notice temperature wise well we're in the middle twenty's for melbourne we're below 20 for hobart still not some woman adelaide at 30 and perth at 33 is showing what you might call hot weather in western australia there's some cloud building and occasional showers but not the briefly flooding stuff of a few days ago now that's in queensland. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these demands we provide business growth promote

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uses a global price benchmark down by around $0.13. the trial of for many q.'s the matter of their roles in the downing of an 18 and one flight i mean 176 years ago has begun in the netherlands 298 people most of the dutch died when the plane was shot down over ukraine limassol fired from territory held by the russians. now germany has reportedly agreed to take in under-age migrants who've been trying to get to mainland europe through the greek island thousands of asylum seekers have been trying to leave turkey after its president said the country would no longer prevent them it's increased friction between turkey and greece and has led to violence between order guards and refugees let's me now to john thruppence who's following the situation for us on the island of lesbos and john this is a welcome offer no doubt how's it going to work. well i think there are mechanisms in place for these adoptions and transfers to take

place don't forget between september of 15 and 17 you have a 2 year relocation program which was up and running that took 6000 asylum seekers off the hands of greece and scattered them out of the european union member states so those speculations exist the issue is the number greece last year last other year. pin member states to take on 4000 unaccompanied minors that were languishing in camps all over the country that's full 1000 unaccompanied minors than greece can house in structures that exists that run by the greek church the. united nations high commission for refugees the international organization for migration and various other charities there were no takers nobody said that they would take a single unaccompanied minor in january this year serbia a non e.u.

country agreed to take roughly $100.00 and in february france made noises that it would also accept a few so this is a very very good step and it's the 1st real commitment on the part of a european country well group of countries will see who the other is going to be to join germany in this initiative in order to address the problem but they're still only talking about 821500 which will leave another 2 and a half to 3000 in camps asylums all of them here on lesbos we ran into one the other day a 14 year old afghan lad who's made his way here alone because his father has been kidnapped by the taliban and his mother could only raise enough money for him to cross iran and turkey and arrive here there are many many more children like this in search of education and a better life what will happen to them after 1500 have been absolute right and you

talk about this group of countries will see who they are could they be the only nation in the winning. well the better off european union countries back in march of 2015 the european commission had drafted a sort of weighting system. of how many asylum seekers what proportion of the european union's asylum seekers each country ought to absorb all the basis of each country's population size and the size of its economy so these mechanisms exist obviously countries like france the netherlands germany wealthy countries in north western europe are better equipped to have to carry a a greater weighting of asylum applications but that system was never accepted as mandatory it was only followed on a voluntary basis many countries in eastern europe hungary czech republic poland

for example slovakia do not want to take any asylum seekers from the european external border states along the southern shore so it's going to be a coalition of the willing for sure we'll see who they're going to be i think it's going to be the countries who've taken asylum seekers in the past the greeks are also asking for a formal and mandatory reinstatement of that relocation system for asylum seekers a european asylum policy and that will be one thing on the agenda tonight between prime minister because i'm so thank yous and chancellor angela merkel and we'll see what the results of that discussion will be as well. i mean thanks very much john on lesbos in greece. sentences in the philippines are fronts against president roderigo to turkey's decision to end a longstanding defense pact with the united states last month to 30 announced the

21 year agreement would be terminated the visiting forces agreement gave us troops entry into the philippines to carry out joint training exercises to another is in manila and she says philippines and it is one to ensure that president returns say isn't overstepping the pounds of his office the petition today does not only cover the charges this vission to withdraw from the visiting forces agreement with the united states but also his decision more than a year ago to withdraw from the membership of the international criminal court where he faces several complaints because of the so-called drug war that has left thousands of filipinos that now it's important to remember that president of the good that there are the a few weeks ago decided to and the visiting forces agreement after his former police chief and current senator but for the last us u.s. visa was cancelled by the state department for his involvement again in the so-called drug war now this is actually what senators here were telling us just less than an hour ago when they were here they said they wanted to make sure that

the call equal branches of government are checking on each other that this is basically the legislative asking the judiciary to make sure that the executive position held by that there is not going above and beyond its own powers they also said basically that they're hoping in there remain faithful that the supreme court will be fair in its decision and what they're asking for basically is for the supreme court to decide whether the withdrawal in the abrogation of all the treaties that the philippines has entered to with other countries requires a senate approval in the same way that the approval of a treaty also requires congressional approval so basically this is what they're asking today they said this is not entirely an opposition to the president but checking on the powers that be. the inauguration of afghanistan's president elect ashraf ghani is expected to take place later on monday but his rival abdullah abdullah is planning to hold his own ceremony after september's election the 2

bickered over who really won amid allegations of voter fraud there are big concerns this balance could derail talks between the government and the taliban was rights groups in particular are worried of what will happen if the taliban to regain power . rallies in latin america have commemorated international women's day to demand an end to widespread gender violence and inequality one of the largest marches was in chile this year newman reports now from santiago. 54 year old marie antoinette assent divine yes is on the metro on her way to historic women's day gathering. women from all over chile's capital are already converging at the 10s of thousands . like many here that belongs to a group called the senior their choreographed chant a rapist in your path has become a feminist montra the world over women of all ages occupations and economic standing fields on tablets largest avenue vowing to fight gender inequality

stereotypes and much more. but they can actually belong to a generation of women educated to be servants of men i am a teacher in a poor neighborhood and i see my young female students suffering sexual abuse from us early as kindergarten this has to end. in latin america rape and domestic violence are widespread from argentina to colombia to central america women marked women stayed to say enough mothers and daughters marched together for you know us out of them ok i'm proud and unafraid to be a woman when my mother was my aunt she was abused and could not speak out because it was considered normal. chilean women are playing a key role they don't go in social protests that began last october over inequality and now they're celebrating that they see as a major political victory. for the 1st time in chile they will be gender

parity to create a new constitution if of course we win next month's referendum. but the carnival atmosphere was marred by sporadic clashes with riot police and security forces are again early. we've got ask a few bob ahead of where we are right now we're not sure what provoked it but it did send thousands of women being in the opposite direction on this avenue is that . i doubt. if you can see i've been going in the direction of the presidential palace aim it will not be deterred. in front of the palace some women dragged away the barriers security forces responded with tear gas and water canyons while groups of young men and women stones at. a day of celebration and culture in taishan didn't followed by calls for a nationwide feminist strike all over chile on monday you see in human al-jazeera

sent out. south africa as one of the highest crime rates in the world months illegal firearms now the government is offering an amnesty to many a skeptical this will make south africa any safer for me to mina reports now from so it's a johannesburg. this is the reality of gun crimes in south africa on average there are $58.00 murders every day one of the highest violent crime rates in the world according to government statistics and experts say that's largely down to half a 1000000 illegal firearms on the streets buying an illegal gun can cost as little as $50.00 as a very is ago because it's very easy to buy a gun in the hospitals or you can get it by breaking into houses in the suburbs sometimes you mark someone who has a gun it's very easy to get a gun here in south africa these gang members in the johannesburg township of soweto who don't want to be identified say guns make it easier to commit crimes

with 4 guns between them they call themselves a small army and they say they are capable of protecting themselves. as they continue to do commit crime we do a lot of things through them by a motion because really look there is attrition at all no one is ricky only hosel is nothing how else can we use a gun especially one that is not licensed we hustle and bustle the wrong we just saw we can have something to eat looking phoned in some way they say they've all been arrested for crimes ranging from house break ins to vehicle theft. while there are 3000000 registered guns in south africa the government is offering amnesty to people willing to hand in guns or ammunition that are unregistered but they'll only avoid prosecution if the guns have not been used to commit crime so far police have collected more than 2000 firearms and over 31000 rounds of ammunition at this hand

over in johannesburg gun shop owner crisp on the back surrendering more than 300 firearms he says no longer have commercial value but while the government says they've been some successes in reducing the number of guns on the street some people say the amnesty program will not reduce crime would any of you hand over your own firearms. you know i want to know. every year close to $10000.00 guns from handguns to a k $47.00 assault rifles are reported lost or stolen adding to hundreds of thousands of illegal firearms on south african streets the government says it's doing all it can to change that. these guns are often difficult to trace and police hope some of them will be handed over during the amnesty period but getting the public to cooperate is not the only challenge police corruption has also contributed to the number of illegal firearms with some police officers accused of

selling confiscated guns to criminals and so for many the government may still not be doing enough to make south africa safer for me the al jazeera johannesburg. so this is out there and these are the top stories in sudan an explosion has hit the convoy of the country's prime minister. it's fair goal was damaged after there was a roadside blast the prime minister's office claims it was an assassination attempt . it's only has reported a big jump in the number of coronavirus cases a lot done of a quarter of its population comes into full force 133 new deaths have been confirmed in the number of infections has doubled since friday to nearly 7400. global oil markets have plunged as a price war and the impact of coronavirus pirenne the coronavirus causes

a value to plummet brant crude often uses a global price benchmark is down by around 30 percent jeff colgan is an author and oil market specialist he says the drop in oil prices will have a major impact on the political economy upside of it as consumers will see cheaper gasoline prices that might be attractive but on the downside there's going to have there's going to be big consequences for the stock market and for the overall economy and so that's going to play it differently in different countries but in the united states for instance this could exacerbate. a decline in the stock market that we already saw last week and the week before that and so this seems to be the kind of move that russian leaders might have actually decided was in their interests there are reports that saudi arabia has released 2 princes arrested as part of a clamp down on security interior minister. and his father were among dozens of

officials and members of the royal family said to have been detained in recent days to the king as most prominent roles are still being held the trial of 4 men accused of murder over their roles in the downing of malaysian airlines flight m.h. 176 years ago has begun in the netherlands 298 people most of them died when the plane was shot down over ukraine by a missile fired from territory by pro russian separatists. germany has reportedly agreed to take an under age migrants who've been trying to get to mainland europe through the greek islands a thousands of asylum seekers have been trying to leave tokyo europe that headlines got more news here on al-jazeera right off the witness. to al-jazeera let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and we listen so if you replace china as an enemy of the ways and that's

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