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delivery of coronavirus vaccines amid criticism that the government was too slow to get the doses. also ahead an al-jazeera investigation uncovers a criminal network colluding with bangladeshi security forces and profiting from links with the prime minister sheikh hasina. i'm sad a higher than i'll have all the support the italian football federation is open investigation into the on field route between romelu lukaku and rattan abramovich at last week's man. welcome to the program it was meant to be the day me and myles newly elected parliament convened for the 1st time just hours before lawmakers were due to take their seats the military seized control the factor leader and son suchi has been

detained and the army has just announced its removed 24 ministers from their posts and installed its own cabinet we begin our coverage with this report from one of the few western journalists based in me and. in dawn raids in yangon members of me a democratically elected leadership were rounded up and detained as the military staged a coup but. the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the duration of the state of emergency is set to one year. the military says it was acting in response to widespread election fraud its chief minimum lying now rules the country this is our worst nightmare quite clearly this is the myanmar military scrapping the democratic experiment you know you're talking about a party that won a landslide election truly a landslide election and all of the sudden we have. we have the president and other

top people. under detention and a state of emergency manufactured by the military to justify your long seizure of power the raids came shortly before the 1st session of a new parliament was supposed to begin. party the national league for democracy had won a landslide victory in elections in november instead the military is now patrolling the streets pairing and gone it's been a tense day as information has continued to him although we have seen an increased security presence with riot police congregating in a few key areas the streets of remained relatively quiet the energy is released a statement accusing the military of trying to return to a dictatorship and urging people not to accept the coup ok i am now you know we have a lot of struggles right now for food for life in general the health you name it people have got the covert problem and now we have a coup we were about to be ok and now this happens what do we have to do to survive

some supporters of the military did take to the streets in celebration the new leaders have pledged to hold fresh elections and allow the winner to take power. but this is a country that only recently emerged from 5 decades of military rule and many are skeptical. how can we believe they will stick to that one year period based on what there have been other things in the past we couldn't believe them over there will be a solution when all the people unite there's a growing list of nations expressing concern of the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief min and lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president. so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to is he needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. businesses

are businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates men online is power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies only file al-jazeera younger. ones take a closer look at the general in charge of mina leering at took over the military in 2011 the same year that mere bobby gallant to going major political changes under a power sharing agreement the military has had a major say in defense and border affairs it also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament general lang has also been credited for his part in critical national security decisions or to cease fire agreements with armed ethnic groups but 2 years ago he was sanctioned by the u.s. for his role in a military crackdown on the rigging of muslims that led to more than 730000 people

fleeing to neighboring bangladesh and in recent interviews with local media he said that he'd be open to entering politics once he stepped away from the military lore about maliki has more uncertain suit cheesed. relationship with the military. me a muslim leader aung san suu kyi was once considered a beacon of democracy who stood up to the country's powerful military leaders now that military has seized control and the rest of her replacing her with a military general it says the action is legally justified but many reject their concerns as an institution that the election results will trigger government policies that will weaken the military's power system i think everyone in myanmar understands that they're using the law to their advantage the coup is a culmination of a turbulent relationship between suchi and the military that's been going on for decades suchi is the daughter of the late nationalist leader aung sun and she spent

much of her youth overseas. she returned home in 1988 when she joined student that protests against the military the taken power in 1962. the movement was crushed and hundreds of protesters killed. a year later she was imprisoned in her family home and would spend 15 years in detention. in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly. in an historic shift from military rule through cheeze national league for democracy came to power in 2015. she became state counselor and the de facto leader of myanmar but after 5 decades in power the

military maintained much control. the constitution allowed control of defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it a nothe power to veto changes to the constitution. suchi is extremely popular in myanmar in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice when she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n o d party won a landslide victory the military kind the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking widespread criticism of. cities previous detention did little to undermine her popularity but now it's unclear how active and vocal her supporters will be under threat of military action nor about money

al-jazeera world leaders are condemning the military seizure of power will get reaction of washington shortly and white house correspondent kimberly halkett the 1st let's cross over to natasha butler who's in paris and tasha various leaders from across the european continent have been speaking what they've been saying. yes as you can imagine european leaders very vocal about the events in myanmar we've heard from the head of the e.u. commission of a similar vandelay in who put out a tweet today saying that she condemned the coup in man maher and she also called for the legitimate civilian government to be restored sentiments echoed by the head of the e.u. council shar michel who said that he also condemned the coup and he said that any lawful e detained people that have been arrested in myanmar over the last few hours should

be released to you also said that the results of the election that took place at the end of last year in the country should be respected we've heard the same from european leaders spain belgium germany here in france the spokesperson for the french government gabrial a tile spoke today he said that france also condemns the coup in myanmar calls for those election results to be respected the french foreign minister are also saying that all those are north of they arrested should be released including and sang sushi the french government also a concern for french citizens and nationals in the country so a lot of reaction here in europe europe of course is one of myanmar's main trading partners there's no indication yet though whether or not the european union of would use that economic leverage in any way on the military leaders to try and help restore democracy the touch of thanks for the update natasha part of our forests in

paris now the u.s. says mia bars military coup is a serious blow to democracy and is threatening action let's get more from our white house correspondent kelly how to joins me now from washington d.c. kelly the reaction was swift from the u.s. when the news a version the early hours of monday morning about the coup so what's the reaction been. yeah the white house and the state department wasting no time in sending out a very strong statement with regard to the situation there saying that they are calling for the release of the civilian leader aung san suu kyi they're also saying that this is of grave concern and alarm they're calling for the respect of the will of the people with respect to the elections that took place on november 8th and that the united states stands with the people of their aspirations for democracy and the military must reverse its actions this is certainly a test for the new president and the new secretary of state joe biden and anthony

blinken respectively they we know that the president has been briefed on this situation and the white house is saying that it will take very strong action if the military does not reverse course however in terms of specifics we are still unclear but we're watching carefully with an upcoming white house press briefing to see if the white house will elaborate further on what those reactions might be you know you talk about specifics i suppose really it's about options isn't it what options the u.s. actually has and whether we should be listening out for those important words from blinken or biden in the coming hours. and also watching the u.s. congress because their relationship with the u.s. congress is complicated when it comes to on sunk suchi for example she has a lot of fans in the u.s. congress at the same time there are many who are concerned that she did not stand

up more strongly over the persecution of the rich a muslim so this is of grave concern but still she has been seen as kind of this beacon of liberalization freedom democracy and so there are many in congress that will be pushing for strong economic sanctions as a result of what has happened so we're going to be watching carefully to see that you have to remember that those were in place and then were dropped to as we saw about 10 years ago the kind of shift towards the progression that many saw as being kind of the future for the country so there is the possibility that that could take place or that we could see things happening through the white house and perhaps the treasury department so watching very carefully but again the united states is watching this and also we know that president joe biden has been briefed and will be updating us potentially on next steps in the upcoming press briefing at the white house indeed many moving parts to the story that we're keeping an eye on

things complete complete health of the force in washington d.c. . they've been trying to izmir most largest trading partner treaty you has reaction from beijing. well china's foreign ministry has released a quite brief statement in response to what's happening in myanmar it said that china hopes that all sides could properly manage their differences under the constitution and legal framework and uphold stability beijing also described itself as a good friendly neighbor to myanmar and said it was watching closely and waiting to see how things develop to that so quite a muted statement no criticism whatsoever china has tended to take a noninterference approach to these matters and most importantly beijing seems to be concerned about stability the stability in myanmar and if things should escalate how that might affect the greater stability of the asia region but of course man ma is very close to china relies on china economically china is the biggest trading partner 2nd largest source of foreign direct investment what is true is that the

military will certainly need backing going forward especially if any other into international players place any economic sanctions on myanmar on the military beijing's economic support will be a sort of lifeline for military going forward certainly beijing hasn't commented on that directly but it's watching very closely the main thing for beijing is ensuring that its own interests of very well protected and they're also going to be watching and waiting to see whether this transition author is china any other opportunity to expand its influence in the region to. u.s. diplomatic relations have been up and down over the past few years following near mars multiparty elections in 2010 relations with the west improved washington even appointed the 1st american ambassador in the country for nearly 22 years but by 2016 former president barack obama lifted economic sanctions following suit

national league party victory a year later washington echoed the outcry of the global community by determining near mars military violence against ring of muslims in the rakhine state as ethnic cleansing the us went on to impose targeted visa restrictions and sanctions on military leaders involved in the violence on ring of muslims in 21 team doctors achree abuser is a professor at the national war college joins me now from washington d.c. via skype good to have you with us on the program we're hearing strong words initially from the pet press secretary at the white house a but in reality. what are the challenges for president biden what options does he really have. yes this is an enormous challenge right off the bat for the president and his team on the one hand we have a very experienced team especially their asia experts and many of them served in the obama white house and are personally invested in me at mars' democratic

transition so it's important that we've had this strong force all condemnation of the cuckoo from the white house from the state department we have. had been missing in action for the past 4 years when it comes to standing up for democracy and human rights but there are can i just don't have that because i can't just jump in as i quit that was my next question because the west on one hand is condemning the removal of a democratically elected government but how much are they really to blame when the u.s. and other european nations of really taken a step backwards from being gay to when they put all after the president came into office. absolutely they step back the united states has been absent in leading that and it creates an opening for china and other countries that are trying to promote it craddock regime. and there are limits to what the

u.s. administration can too don't forget the military through this coup for a reason they really believe that following the drug big they got the polls in november that they were very close to losing their 2 thirds majority in the parliament which includes their 25 percent bloc representation by the military so that means that suit she was really cory's to start to dismantle some of the military's legal protections and constitutional powers and if you add that is next essential threat so no matter what the u.s. administration with europe with trip pan does you know for a regime that views democracy as nexus temporal threat there are limits to what we can hope to achieve ok so we'll put what the u.s. can do or conduit to one side it's always been a struggle for the u.s. to assert any influence in the country when. as it was called before that had such

a strong connection and a long standing relationship with china it has been a tussle even showing the bombing is. absolutely china has been the major diplomatic backer of the military when they had dictatorial control throughout the east into the ninety's they are the largest trading partner china's b. major investments in the country terms of offshore oil and gas fields and pipelines western china. and china has gone on to dominate key sectors that we m.r. carney so there are absolute limits to what american hope can hope to achieve. and i think the chinese are. in a position for to really take advantage of this their interests it's going to we're

showing pictures of fishing paying meeting and saying suchi at the end of january and that was a very interesting meeting because they signed several agreements for major infrastructure trade development scenarios in the country one wonders whether she jingping got an inkling of what might have been happening from his you might say military counterparts in nato or and given them the green light because he too is very nervous about making sure that china's needs and wants with hit the belt and road. project does come to fruition. right and you know he was able to enter into those agreements with sushi because of the diplomatic appropriate when she went to the hague to defend whitewash her own military's genocide of the real hinge and see xi jinping moved in very effectively reached out to her government to think those agreements the chinese will

be cautious they will continue to support the military in the current in need but all right now and my guess is if this one year or urgency gets extended to 2 to 3 years as what happened in thailand after the 2014 coup then the who until will be even more diplomatically isolated and even more dependent on china so i'm pretty confident that china will be able to protect and advance their interests the country in our introduction to the story that we talked about that in 2012 the us appointed a 1st ambassador in what 22 yes new u.s. companies like google or microsoft and pepsi of all told sort of turned up with offers of investment which is a really attractive and been welcomed by name put all but is a sort of a drop in the ocean to what the chinese do in terms of influence which is what

we've just discussed soft power is very important in terms of changing perceptions within me a mob because the change in the push for change will only come from their own communities from their own own jet younger generations cultural centers interfaith dialogue that the u.s. has been promoting has been influencing that younger generation to get a sense from your research that that's where the moves may be and where the military will be will be concerned about. i think that's a very astute point let me kind of answer it different way though couldn't so the last time they were ruling the country. ran the economy into the ground they ran the country was diplomatically isolated universities shut down for decades. and right now we're already seeing soaring in a quote in myanmar code that 19 pandemic is raging in that country according

to economists intelligence unit the country will be one of the last countries in the region let along world onto herd immunity of 60 percent vaccinations so you know me and morris going to fall further and further behind because of this and that growing gap between the military elites and the students who you know the younger generation who have had a few years of you know hope and opportunity that their country was really entering the global community was becoming a democracy was attracting foreign investment wasn't just how to exploit the natural resources of the country are going to be absolutely crust fallen and that is destabilizing for the regime or see what happens inside that so much talk to

zachary of is that after the national war college i could have your time thank you thank you for having me. well earlier we spoke to the un special rapporteur thomas andres he says mammals military must be held accountable for its actions. i made about the people of me and you know they have been through brutal military dictatorships they're going through a very very difficult time of the pandemic a struggling economy the people of myanmar are very fearful banks are shut down to medication things are shut down there are people who were trying to reach who we can't reach so there are a lot of questions right now but but my primary concern is the people of myanmar who are obviously in a state of shock there they're very afraid of what's going on what the what may go on and this is absolutely outrageous unacceptable action by by the military but you know the state of emergency again it's outrageous the only emergency that exists in b.m.r. is the military itself so the international community has to condemn this in the

strongest possible terms the military had very little accountability as it as it was i mean it what's amazing is that they have overturning a constitution that they wrote that gives them enormous power and a lack of accountability so 'd that it's now complete free reign is not even a pretense that there is any kind of accountability so those who are vulnerable civil society leaders organizations that support democracy and human rights and the writing of community ethnic minorities around the country including those that are in conflict right now with the military everybody is in danger and everybody needs a strong international response officials in bangladesh have called for peace and stability and be involved but the coup has cast doubt over the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of rancor refugees living in caucasus bazaar thanks let me amal following a military crackdown topic has more from the capital dhaka. well the 1st official reaction was from the foreign minister he said it really doesn't matter who is in

power 'd the repatriation agreement must be followed through now the foreign ministry itself send out a press release saying that it hopes that the constitutional arrangement and the democratic process will be upheld in myanmar although i spoke to some official off the record they're still concerned that saying that my military might take a hardline approach need to be saving concept that has been recent trilateral meeting between china bangladesh and myanmar china is a very close ally of bangladesh it has been trying to influence china to exert pressure on me and mark to start their repat ration process and there was some progress there was going to be another meeting in director general level of foreign office about the country to start the process. me and my said that it won't be anytime soon. till june or july not that whole thing might just fall apart because they'll be too busy with domestic politics right now there's been interesting reaction from the camp i spoke to a lot of the rowing

a leaders as well as some community people i know they're happy actually they said that he is behind bars rather detention they said she has been a big failure for us she gave us a lot of hope we even voted for so many of us during 2015 election but she let us down it was during her time that janet genocide and their trust that it took place they're not very happy with the military because the military has been the key from sixty's onwards to systematically. crack down on joining us and deal with them. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news a bail hearing in hong kong for jimmy lie the media tycoon charged with violating beijing's national security law also. in a conservative region argentina has legalized abortion but tower excess a bill is the procedure. and we hear from an olympic and paralympic archer from iran who's trying hard to secure her spot at the tokyo olympics.

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a rain developing in place not a usual feature but as jim said this is more usual now and the seas no showers are quite fierce the moment to botswana and the eastern side of south africa the orange trough indicates how deep those showers could be so we are back in flash flood territory most of mozambique is now dry few showers further north and maybe the far south the towns are near so all the action is down here and quite significant rain seems likely be wondering around from the eastern side of africa back to the center . al jazeera is investigative unit goes undercover tracking down an international organized crime network. i want to come back. to guy who is exposing direct links to corruption at the highest level of the bangladesh government. the fact.

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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera news are with me so whole robin a reminder of our top stories mere miles military has seized power announce the removal of 24 ministers from their posts and installed its own cabinet civilian leader. other officials have been detained the military has alleged voter fraud and november's poll but has promised to hold new elections in a year and says to choose party is urging people to reject the coup and protest those heavy military presence in major streets throughout me a mass. communication lines have been disrupted following the takeover. there's been widespread international condemnation of the coup the un's calling it a serious blow to democratic reforms while the european union is calling for the outcome of recent elections to be respected. exactly a year after leaving the european union the united kingdom wants to join another

trade club the trans pacific trade alliance the block which is made up of 11 pacific rim nations produces more than 13 percent of the world's income formal negotiations are to start later this year but critics argue the move would bring limited economic benefits to the u.k. now the comprehensive and progressive trans-pacific partnership was established in $28.00 teams the world's biggest economies china and the u.s. are not part of it but president joe biden has hinted at u.s. interest japan canada australia and new zealand represent the established economies while most members are regarded fast growing economies the u.k. is the 1st country outside the pacific rim to apply to join if it's granted membership it will be the 2nd largest economy in the block after japan john wright is a visiting fellow at the london school of economics and joins me now from the british capital good to have you with us on the program say what one does what the point is of the british prime minister trying to join

a trade group on the other side of the world when the country has just left its largest trading partner on its doorstep in europe. yeah that's a great question and it is a bit of a counter in surety if. i suppose that one of the 50 benefits is as you mention ists 30 percent of. g.d.p. in the well it does indicate that it is papa ship but it is quite far away britain is not a asian pacific country i think one of them the main fact is is that as you mentioned in your introduction possibly the united states might join this group but that won't happen for another year 18 months for them to consider that because joe biden's already said dealing with the domestic issues and it's not. this is not a 100 percent chance that the united kingdom would be accepted by this group this

this group would have to look at the fact that britain was a member of the e.u. wrote for a round trip 43 years and had a lot of exemptions from membership not be a part of the single currency and except a name stormed out of the out of the at the e.u. and now is to. try to prevent it's a difficult one to understand and did i mean to the members of sort of the same pain t p p t p p it's ready now what the same sort of goods and services the u.k. can offer but more likely available from associate members like china. yes i mean the problem here will be leaving the e.u. is going to and is taking a hit a long ways off a stick over 90 but trading now is going to be very difficult with so the nearest partners and some businesses will who go out of business in actual fact are going

to have a lot of money so i meant a lot of difficulties and on financial services where britain is as strong. a strong player globally it's got to be hopeful by the fact that it's not a member of the e.u. it doesn't have a possible say and even we've seen this by the e.u. lately that they are giving rights to us and still not to agree to give a a new agreement on trade with london for example so a lot of us going to be hopeful don't know who need to look elsewhere but it's going to be a very rocky right in the in the very near to medium term you talk about financial services is one area that could be you might say offered but what products is the u.k. ping to sell to these countries that are already closing that trading borders and in many cases experiencing the beginning or are in the middle of an economic recession because of cave at 19. well exactly eighty's it is

a you know the united kingdom for example will be in a double dip recession like most countries that are going to lose growth i mean china is an exception to this but it's a much slower growth rate for china. you you have. some other difficulties in trying to deal with it we get europe and the americas of the epicenter of infections and debts and yes trade is been holdin you see that trauma trade statistics that are coming out that for the next year or two's going to be very slow when foreign direct investment also is down massively so. i would assume that they will start the negotiations at the end of this year and the negotiations will go on for most of next year so maybe 2 or 3 years down the line maybe if they become members that the world would look like a different place but it's going to be

a hard slog for the global economy to get back on its feet to these particular problems with 19 and we're not out of the woods yet because we don't know if there are 3 other iterations of this particular disease in the future date we'll have to keep an eye on this very closely john ryan from the london school of economics thanks for joining us from the british capital thank you. a plane coming in south africa's 1st 1000000 credit virus vaccine doses has arrived in johannesburg the country has battling a 2nd wave of infections driven by a more contagious variant 1st identified there's also concern about how effective the vaccines will be against the view of mutation south africa is the worst hit country on the continent let's get more on this more correspondent for me developed who joins us now from johannesburg i mean what more can you tell us about the vaccine rollout and what's happening now that the vaccine is actually arrived. well there's been

a lot of anticipation around the arrival of those vaccines of that vaccine at least that $1000000.00 doses that's come through now it wasn't clear all sue these processes what exactly what was going to happen and now it seems that rather than the actual vaccination process beginning any time soon it will take another 10 to 14 days for those 1st jabs to be given and that's often a quality assurance process the storage of the vaccines as as well as tests on samples just to make sure that everything is as it should be we do expect the government to implement a electronic database where people can register to get the vaccine but at this stage that focus will be are now front line workers people working in hospitals and health care facilities and in a later at a later stage phase 2 of the government grohl out will see essential workers like teachers and police officers able to get the vaccination also we know that it's on

a voluntary basis and we do expect that the government may encounter some difficulties around confidence within the south african population around the efficacy of the vaccine and just exactly how it works because of course as many countries around the world the same as many countries around the same around the world have been a number of. conspiracy theories misinformation that people have come across on things like social media so these are some of the challenges the government is facing aside from the issue of logistics and getting that vaccine to all parts of the country as quickly as possible for me to thank so much for the update from a developer force in johannesburg. drugmaker pfizer has pleasured additional $75000000.00 vaccines to the european union for the 2nd quarter and that brings the total number of doses for the block this year to $600000000.00 the aim is to vaccinate 70 percent of adults in the e.u.

by the end of the summer these vaccine rollout has been slower than hoped when it comes after a battle with astra zeneca over vaccine supplies the e.u. then impose controls on the export of vaccines produced in the block. star has started its stance of nation campaign with the russian made baxi it's received an initial shipment of $22000.00 doses the deputy health minister was among the 1st to receive the jab as a star has a population of 18000000 and it expects to roll out its own vaccine call choir's covidien in march cultural life is to return to italy. the virus restrictions have been eased in the country museums the monuments including rome's coliseum have reopened bars and restaurants can now open in the daytime and people have more freedom to travel but a curfew remains in place from 10 o'clock to 5 italy recorded almost 12000 new

infections and 237 deaths on sunday. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lie will remain in jail while judges consider his bail application the 73 year old is accused of conspiring with foreign forces under china's sweeping national security law in a hearing on monday government lawyers argue those charged under the law should be held in custody but lies said he has agreed to strict house arrest measures. ugandan opposition and leader bobby weiner has filed a supreme court challenge to overturn the reelection of president yoweri was $77.00 he was declared a winner for the 6th term last month but why who's been under de facto house arrest has rejected the results on several grounds including widespread use of violence challenges to the results of all of the 4 previous elections won by a 70 have been dismissed by the supreme court's al-jazeera as investigative unit has uncovered

a criminal that work colluding with the security forces of bangladesh and profiting from powerful links with the country's prime minister the investigation found evidence that general head of bangladesh is army helped criminals to evade justice and make money from state corruption will fall has this exclusive report. general is easier made head of the bangladesh show me and the man appointed by prime minister sheikh hasina to defend the country. our surveillance team follows the general to malaysia and discover that he's also guarding his own secret waiting for him is his brother harry still mad. he's a convicted murderer and an international fugitive from a notorious dukkha crime gang banger desh police put him on their most wanted list another brother is also there joseph was on death row but freed after he was pardoned by president abdul hamid in 2080. we then tracked down the

4th ahmed brother anis as with harry says he's on the run after fleeing a conviction for the same killing of a political activist mr for rahman in takar back in 1996 the men get a diplomatic escort from the bangladesh high commission their bond was shake a scene or began when the brothers worked as her bodyguards in the 1990 s. in a covertly recorded call general as he says the prime minister recently praised the loyalty of the brothers while speaking to prominent members of her ruling party. haris has been in hiding for 20 years protected by the general before he was part of a crime gang on the streets of dhaka now he says he can exert influence over state

institutions. people here. are going to pull. down. play nothing that porter for nothing. we found harrys in hungary where he runs numerous businesses under a false identity he tells our undercover source that he has shaikh has seen a support. because you don't get that 7200000 euro difference because of him but little. things about. her response who acts as a middleman for business deals in bangladesh. the man on the left is her son's business associate they think they're talking to a fund manager in london who wants to invest millions in a bangladesh hotel to do so this is really really game because he. really. is. but the

meeting is a sting set up by al jazeera is investigative unit. and. his son says he takes 20 percent from every deal. this is. basically. using. there because mr leader with. al-jazeera invited all those involved including prime minister shaikh a senior and general as he's ahmed to respond to its findings none did so we'll thought on al-jazeera. you can watch the full investigation all the prime ministers man on al-jazeera at 20100 g.m.t. . so to america's now argentina became the largest latin american country to legalize abortion in december but implementing the procedure particularly in conservative provinces is proving

a challenge there is trees about who has been visiting hospitals in the capital but as i raise to ask doctors more about the problems they're facing. already under pressure from all that 19 argentina's hospitals are now having to adapt again abortion has just become legal in argentina dr while the sun says he has seen many women affected by botched abortions and is happy times have started to change in those years. in the past 2 days since the law was implemented we have had a request to terminate pregnancies we are trying to move as fast as we can as we have a pandemic and we are trying to minimalize the presence of patients in the hospital . i it's a major revolution in this overwhelmingly catholic country in december the senate voted in favor of legalizing abortion women rights groups have been arguing for years that thousands of illegal abortions already happen annually and they pose a major threat for women thousands of them end up in hospital because of

complications but now women can have a free and safe abortion in a public hospital. where company women a lot we try to make it easy for them without too much crying we try to keep them away from obstetrics and begad triggs we have other female doctors that come here to be with them we're ready for this next step. doctors here say many of the women who come already have children and cannot afford to have another one venue law says that a woman can have an abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy the province of want to hide it is distributing this booklet that explains hospitals how to proceed when a woman comes and requests and i wash and this says that they have up to 10 days to interrupt the pregnancy timing is crucial until now abortion was only legal in argentina in case of rape or if a woman's life was at risk and that's why in many conservative areas in the country

authorities postpone legal abortions for months forcing women to deliver their babies. has been covering women rights issues for years she says political will is crucial if then we get out of the same in the implementation is very clear and i think the conservative and fundamental sectors don't want to see the implementation across the country they will try to do it become to stop but that's where it is important the political and political commitment to guarantee the law is implemented and it's not just on paper. prior to the passage of the new law precedent of the forum and the said broad legalization of abortion was a matter of public health that needed to be addressed and that's why hospitals in the country now see themselves as essential to help the government in their next step toward securing abortion rights nationwide. well still ahead on the new schools 2 goals for liverpool football action from the

premier league coming up in sports don't go away.

but back this time sport i would sign of how well they it's honea football federation has opened an investigation into the round between romona kaka and abraham of its jaring also its milan dalby the answer in a see saw as had a huge confrontation which included a head to head to cash during the copa italia quilts a final both players who were full of mine you know it's

a team mates well but when zatanna late so dismissed for a 2nd unrelated yellow there were also been on a geishas that was last on use racist language which he has denied. barcelona current ronald koeman says yellow messi deserves 'd more respect off her newspaper published details of his contract now according to all monday the deal signed in $27.00 scene is worth 673000000 dollars over 4 seasons which makes it the most new crits of in the history all sports and despite the story breaking early in the day messi puts in a great performance against athletic bilbao he scored his 650th goal for the cobbles a 121 also known as save a contract that did not come from them and that they will be suing the paper. is the kushal. in this case the person did with very bad intentions looking to her to play that deserved more respect someone has given a lot to spanish football for this club today once again he showed he's winning

a pure when someone who knows how to focus on a game despite everything else well into the premier league and how most law school to live a poor in a 31 win over west ham so has the 1st of all players since in russia school at least 20 goals in 4 seasons in a row now the victory moves liverpool up to 34 points behind the leaders manchester city leicester has missed the chance to go 2nd after being beaten 31 at home by leaves you know it it needs fought from a goal down so when the patrick found from scoring one and sets up the other 2 and a 7 game unbeaten run for leicester. and tottenham find themselves down in 6th place off to their 2nd defeats in a row they were beaten one nil by brighton with the neon drop getting the winner tottenham are now 6 points off the top 4 places. i would take care lympics may still be in doubt due to the pandemic but plates around the world still training

for the games not on a math isn't a rainy and paralympic and olympic options as the cave of 19 crisis hasn't it is her from her goals also reports from to her on zac efron and matty a paralympic gold winner in 2012 the only iranian woman who has ever brought home a gold medal. is now part of the national paralympic and olympic archery team the 35 year old was paralyzed after a car accident in 2003 prior to that she competed in taekwondo competing in the olympics has been a lifelong goal to a calendar month her jazz i always dreamt of the olympics to take part in the games at some point but i never thought that dream may come true especially in archery and the paralympics as well. her mental health plays a huge part in her sport but also in her teammates performance. has been with

for years. especially as i'll call her the engine of the team when she's training and is satisfied with her work it has a positive impact on a teammates who try to improve and reach her level their expectations from themselves raise when they see her setting of the record. he was the flag bearer for iran in the opening ceremonies of the 2016 olympics a day she says she will never forget she has already qualified for the paralympics in japan later this year she is now training to compete in the olympics as well covered 19 has not only affected these athletes personal lives but also their professional ones they can train for months at the start of the pandemic so now they are trying to make up for lost colleagues they tell me even if the paralympics and olympics are cancelled later this year they will still continue to train because for them it is now a way of life. these women are relatively new additions to the national team as

they enjoy a much needed break from the cold. a glimpse of everyday life peeks through but zara's focus and determination shows no respect she sits on a number of committees for athletes and explains the challenges she has faced as a woman rough equivalent to home with her i think there are obstacles for women all around the world let alone a woman with special needs who is wheelchair bound and doesn't have access to many possibilities had it not been for those challenges and invitations so he wouldn't be the person sitting before you today i think iranian women under all these circumstances prove many things and themselves to the world a country under sanctions a disabled female athlete and a pandemic with no clear end in sight all obstacles for most but here they are viewed as hurdles to overcome dorsett al-jazeera. quite inspiring story

favorable moving on to gulf patchett rich drug of control so when the farmers insurance open in san diego the american was given a questionable free drop which helped him take a share of the leaves heading into the final day it caused a bit of a star in the media but really didn't let him affect it and spoil close to victory by 5 shots now that's the biggest winning margin in his 9 career titles. and i say cologne because this is the moment that has course all the controversy rita hit his ball into the rough at the 10th hole he came the ball was imbedded even though c.v. replays showed it bounce 1st that official still waters him a free drop and he went on to save par and ultimately win the tournament read has a history when it comes to rules because in 2019 years penalize 2 shots for deliberately improving his line in a bunker. there are people who feel you cheated what do you have to say to that of our above are already said anything i'm going to say about what happened yesterday and you know all i can really do is focus on today and you know just listen to what

the rules fishel says and so that in doing thing and correct just to be clear you wouldn't pick the ball up now i would wait for an official you can show you can put t.n.a. around and check your ball i mean he did everything by the book corner the fischel and everyone stood by there obviously to talk once the boys isn't great i guess but . he's protected by the tour and and it's all a matter say yes to 99 percent of golfers out here if that is in question one way or the other they're going to go the other way not taking a drought they didn't cross and that type of deal so they start to see this. kind of soft but. so weight is. well that's all the sport from a finale but i'll be back later. thanks so much star of course you can follow all of the stories that we're covering all web site let's take over to that now so al-jazeera dot com of course our top story is what's going on in me a bar with the military coup i'll be speaking to our diplomatic editor on the other

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