of systemic discrimination against pandemics disabled victims and asks has there been a shameful failure to protect some of the world's most vulnerable citizens. disabled victims part one. and then 2 years of conflict could be insights in libya an interim government is chosen ahead of elections later this year. alone i'm sammy's a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up objections from the u.s. and israel to an international criminal court ruling that could lead to war crimes investigations in occupied palestinian territories plus. he's counting dangerous

you can't. believe it. joe biden says the solution of giving intelligence briefings to former presidents should not take place with donald trump . desperate south africans turn to a controversial drug to treat covert 19 we find out how that is fueling the new black market. now we begin in libya where rival factions have agreed to form an interim unity government until elections are held in december there's hope the landmark decision could stop fighting that's engulfed the country since the toppling of one. almost 10 years ago malik trainer reports from tripoli. in what the u.n. is calling a historical vote participants of the libyan political dialogue for voted in

a new transitional government their objective lead libya to parliamentary and presidential elections in december this is a moment for historic compromise for reaching we've already seen that people are reaching across the divide. you know the guarantee is that what you are doing now will. serve your people libya has been golden conflicts for the last 10 years since an armed revolution toppled longtime leader moammar gadhafi in 2011 and april 2019 just days before a un facilitated national conference warlord khalifa haftar began a military campaign in tripoli with support from egypt russia and the u.a.e. in june 2020 they were forced to retreat towards eastern libya after the un recognized government with turkish support retook western libya. here in tripoli

most people are hopeful that this transitional government can make some changes. the government will have a large task at hand it will not be easy we hope there will be able to make some changes but because it's such a short term i doubt they'll be able to do. the only thing we want from this government is for it to bring us elections we want the decision for who holds power to return to the people although hope for some have doubts that the elections can take place so the last government was supposed to stay in power for one year but they've been in power for over 5 years we hope they stick to their promise and help the average citizen and provide basic services after years of violence and political divisions most libyans want something to believe and to hope for and for now many hope that this new transitional government can leave a reconciliation process and bring about elections now trainer al jazeera triple

the. u.n. secretary general and turn over terrorists hailed it as a step towards peace i do believe it is a breakthrough and it is following the successful result of the negotiations of the 5 plus 5 the military the joint military committee that led to a cease fire so now we have a cease fire we have a political agreement about elections we have a new transitional authority being put in place or going to be put in place the international criminal court has ruled it does have territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territories this bolsters the i.c.c. chief prosecutor's effort to investigate alleged war crimes by israel and potentially palestinian armed groups. in 2019 the i.c.c. chief prosecutor fatto bensouda was said she was satisfied war crimes have been or

are being committed she asked the court to determine if she had jurisdiction for an investigation prompting the ruling the palestinians who joined the i.c.c. in 2015 have been asking the court to look into israeli military actions in the gaza strip in 2014 but also on israel's construction of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank in east jerusalem to be investigated of the biden administration says it objects to the i.c.c. decision and the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is accusing the international criminal court of anti semitism the i.c.c. investigators are all fake war crimes this is pure anti semitism the court established to provide to trust that he's not a nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not targeting the one state of the jewish people 1st it outrageously claims that when jews live in a room and this is

a war crime circuit it claims that when democratic israel defends itself against terrorists who murder our children rocket our cities we're committing another war crime yet the i.c.c. refuses to investigate brutal dictatorships like iran and syria who commit who refused to translate these almost daily is prime minister of israel i assure you we will fight this perversion of justice with all our might earlier we spoke to dr susan powell from al hakim palestinian human rights organization she says efforts must be made to avoid any further delays to the investigation. i think thing the important thing to know from today the pretrial chamber. creature has never find the present great foundation cutting close and back at the ends of 29 teams past the prosecution has already moved into the investigation phase so we can see even to me to state that the prosecution cannot move but she is already in investigation

things so i think we are starting to see the prosecutor already has fines which i can identify for the officer the prosecution or i'm the fire he has taken and i'm succeeding i think the one thing we are concerned surprised from the decision today is back to pre charge and recite that there might be a protracted process and the types of cases that we've seen coming before the court has gone on for years and years and years and once we saw the work for trackage that kind just signified to us but also where we're not very much in the infected patients stage you know to be present in a very high concerns with flash because as far as we're concerned we have since 2009 with the 1st premium rate nomination really pushed the courts to open investigation when that was killed 3 years neisha we don't have to wait on shows we

have that actuate on chess and 2015 for the 2nd preliminary examination show from and we think waiting all of the time i'm going to prepare a nomination pillow at the at the end just 2019 where over a year waiting for at the pretrial chamber to make that decision we would say we can no longer waste any for their. the u.s. state department is also intending to drop its terrorist designation for yemen's who thesis this comes after president biden highlighted the need to find a diplomatic solution to the war in yemen joining his 1st major foreign policy speech the whole things were labeled terrorists by the trump administration humanitarian groups warn this could affect crucial aid deliveries. and man ma hundreds of people are rallying against the military in the largest city of yangon is anger against the generals who seize power from democratically elected leaders in monday's 2 meanwhile digital crackdown by the jointer on protesters organizing

online has been extended to facebook twitter and instagram are also now blocked and reports. first it was the doctors and nurses now educators and other government employees around 200 teachers and professors in yangon stood up to the army on friday and echoed a message heard so often this week you know you didn't have it for a lot of money we don't want this military coup we unlawfully seize power from our elected government we don't want anyone who steals power and then forms their own government we're no longer going to work with them we want the military coup to fail and that got from a bunch of. officials from a number of government ministries chanted openly in the capital let the military dictatorship fall and he was built by the previous military government as a seat of power and has a heavy police presence the threat of arrest is real top in the party leader and key aides on some suits he was detained on friday on charges of sedition when tain

is a long time campaigner against military rule who called on the public to oppose the coup suchi and the deposed president are unreachable according to their attorney who out of a job as far as i know they're under house arrest on song suchi is in her private home not given from the government and when me and it is not the president's residence but in a separate home that is what i've heard. activists are also being held incommunicado this is the moment that weighing in says her father a former student protest leader was taken away by soldiers it's been 5 days since my father and. it were on monday morning and through then we haven't heard anything about ration where they are being held or a health condition so all the family members very worried. the military is gradually cutting off the population from one another and the outside world

blocking twitter and instagram along with all of their facebook products you know with their with reaction though the social media i think we we will see more and more protests on the street and i hope it doesn't escalate. party has declared itself the sole legitimate representative of the people seeking international recognition the military rulers are growing increasingly isolated but still appear to be firmly in control. al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state has criticized china's human rights record in his 1st score with beijing's top diplomat and tony blinken told yang jiechi america will stand up for democratic values including engine jang tibet and hong kong lincoln also called on china to rejoin international condemnation of the military coup in myanmar he warned the us would work with allies against them the chinese threat to stability

in the in the pacific region including across the taiwan straits u.s. president joe biden says his predecessor don't trump should not receive intelligence briefings speaking in an interview on american network c.b.s. he says trump simply can't be trusted to keep the information confidential. should former president trump still receive intelligence briefings. i think not. why not. because of his rabid behavior on related to the insurrection when you've called him an existential threat you've called him dangerous you called him reckless and i have who are believing what your worst fear if he continues to get these intelligence briefings. i'd rather not speculate out loud i just think of thirds no need for him to have the intelligence for what value is giving him an intelligence what impact does he have at all other

than the fact he might slip and say something. still ahead on al-jazeera moscow strikes back russia is expelling diplomats from several e.u. nations accusing them of supporting jailed leader alex in a valley. only 2 years older than me darling very very normal i. ask a winning actor christopher plummer perhaps best known for his role in the sound of music dies the age of 91. or 2 the. other weather looks a little unsettled for the middle east over the next couple of days we could see some rain coming through for many parts even us here in concert so we've got that

west of weather sliding across the levant through syria lebanon jordan pushing across iraq into iran it will be heavy at times quite widespread you can see how it runs down across q 8 northern parts of saudi arabia see some surprise so ways large to cause some flooding and then it will continue to edge its way further eastward popping up more as it goes into that western side of iran very close to us here in qatar said don't be surprised if you see a spot or 2 for a through the course of sunday afternoon temperatures around $23.00 degrees well it amount to much at least here dry skies slushy sunny across southern parts of the region at sunshine stretching down into the horn of africa where again he settled in sunny there will be some showers just around lake victoria going to see some showers running right down the rift valley and then the spread of showers across a good parts of southern africa heavier showers in place that cross eastern parts of the maybe maybe into

a botswana northern and eastern parts of south africa seeing some heavy rain for a time rain will gradually not. why up into good parts of mozambique. even recent history can become ops curat 3 intrepid photojournalists return to the at the center of peru civil war and track down the british characters that they had captured through their lenses 30 years earlier. arising challenge to the official history that denies indigenous peoples contribution to the peace process witness seen again on a. roof. old.

welcome back you're watching out is there a time to recap our headlines delegates from libya's rival factions have agreed to an interim unity government until elections are held in december a diplomat from the east will have the presidency council and a businessman from the west will be prime minister the international criminal court says it has territorial jurisdiction over the occupied palestinian territory both israel and the u.s. oppose the decision. the u.s. president joe biden moves a step closer to passage of his $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief plan the house of representatives approve the budget blueprint democrats want the deal completed by the end of the month is our white house correspondent kimberly healthcare. it's

a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic plan designed to rebuild the u.s. economy decimated since back in march due to the spread of coded 19 this boat people's lives biden's plan includes direct payments to struggling americans of 14 $100.00 unemployment benefits would be extended until september $400.00 a week the plan will provide relief to working and middle class americans particularly communities of color disproportionately harmed by the pandemic and i want to say very clearly on this speech very clear at this point it's better economics not only addresses the immediate crisis room it's better for the long term economic health of our nation and our competitiveness. still republicans and democrats are other able to agree on the details so democrats have cut republicans out of the process the vice president votes in the affirmative in an early friday

morning vote vice president connell harris broke a 5050 tie in the u.s. senate over details of the rescue plan paving the way for democrats who control congress and the white house to pass their legislation into law if i have to choose between getting help right now to americans who are hurting so badly and getting dragged bogged down in a lovely negotiation or compromise in a bill that's that's up to the crisis this is easy choice i'm going to help the american people are heard now the relief is badly needed on friday the labor department reported the u.s. had added just 49000 jobs. with covert infections high and businesses shut down millions remain out of work and economic recovery at best is sluggish there's fear even with economic stimulus checks americans will save instead of spending

giving you usually spending a bug every 5 once again better than not getting ok and i do need it but it's just not a solution right it's stop the bleeding it's not. a large stimulus comes with risk there is fear of unintended consequences like inflation and a weakened american dollar but democrats in congress and the white house believe that right now those risks are worth it if americans can get back to work can really help get al-jazeera washington. now the u.s. state of virginia which has historically executive more prisoners than any other state could soon abolish the death penalty both houses of the state legislature have voted to end the practice governor ralph nor them says he'll sign the legislation virginia will become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty which nearly half of americans now oppose for diplomatic fallout over russia's treatment

of opposition leader alex in the velma is intensifying it comes after russia expelled 3 foreign diplomats for joining protests against their on these arrests and now the opposition leader has appeared in court for the 2nd time in a week he's accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran andrew symonds reports i russia's foreign ministry says the diplomats had attended what it called illegal demonstrations last month in support of alexina valmy thousands of protesters were arrested in a series of routers and industry isn't saying how many of the diplomats from germany sweden and poland there expel him. but the engine comes only hours after an avanti was back in court again on the european union's top diplomat who's also in moscow calling for the opposition leaders really. only 3 days after being jailed on a separate charge not only is accused of defamation he called kremlin supporters

appearing in a video corrupt stooges the prosecution say he insulted a 95 year old man one of russia's revered world war 2 veterans told the court singling out a war veteran was a p.r. stunt to discredit him and he was disgusted by it. in the kremlin barel the head of e.u. foreign policy was meeting circle a lover of russia's foreign minister i on burrell's agenda was the plight of natalee who were being poisoned with a nerve agent novacek and received lifesaving treatment in germany last september i have conveyed to minister lavrov our deep concern and great to rated our appeal to release on to launch of an impartial investigation of a case by sion lavrov talked of the low points in relations with the e.u.

so just because it is true that not at their best partly due to their illegitimate restrictions which are introduced by a use under trumped up pretext it's a reference that each trade and financial sanctions imposed after russia's annexation of crimea in the ukraine conflict in 2040. breakthrough in the view is considering further sanctions against russia over the balance of. andrew symonds. hong kong has issued sweeping new rules for schools children as young as 6 will be taught about the controversial national security law imposed by the mainland and books that are claimed to endanger national security are also to be removed from libraries the government says it's meant to give children a clear identity difficult pollen reports from hong kong messed up what is national security it's one of hong kong's biggest moves to overhaul its education

system with teaching material that includes animation to help younger children the new national security education curriculum brings hong kong classrooms in line with the communist controlled schools of mainland china teachers will be forced to teach students as young as 6 about secession subversion and foreign interference we are talking about helping students to develop a sense of national identity being. a national citizen and. they have to develop a sense of taking up give us a possibility to protect our country. authorities here have come under pressure to make changes to education have to curb aging politicians in china state media playing teachers and the curriculum for the month long antigovernment protests of 2019 the majority of the frontline protesters were university and high school students. the prolonged demonstrations were also the basis for the wide ranging

national security laws imposed by beijing in july until recently the target of the law had been opposition leaders protesters and activists but now it's set to influence academics. teachers of subjects such as biology geography general studies and even music will need to incorporate national security and topics taught in plus in the past the people can express themselves for freely due to money just straight of any consequence but now the situation change i think it really affects the quality and also the nature of education critics say the move will impact any kind of open discourse in educational institutions from primary to universities it is not just what is being taught in the classrooms that will be monitored teachers and students are encouraged to report material deemed dangerous to national security and even posters on notice boards and library books will come under scrutiny hong

kong's education system already places enormous pressure on students whose future is dictated by a number of milestone exams many fear the added constraints could take a toll but the government has warn teachers there's no room for debate or compromise when it comes to national security there we go palin hong kong. south africa is approving the use of a controversial drug to treat covert 19 patients even back then has grown in popularity but it's unregulated use has raised concerns for minimal reports from johannesburg. ciro who doesn't want to use her real name was diagnosed with covert 1000 and ammonia in january she was admitted to hospital when she could not breathe properly and without the hospital's knowledge began using a drug called ivermectin organize. i

would make them for me and then i had to be smuggled into the hospital which i felt and so on traffic was. this is something that's going to help people and something that people who need something that people. seen as a criminal. for you would find your loved one you know at that point. when you at the point of. syria is so convinced the drug saved her life she also gave it to her parents who also tested positive for covert 19 they all use the drug without medical supervision. ivermectin is not greatest in south africa for human consumption until now it's been used to treat animals for things like parasites but its popularity and illegal use has for south africa's health products with dorothy to allow what it's calling controlled use of the medicine and in this way monitor its use think about it it's an 8 page form which you have to pull in on

line each time you have a patient it takes an hour to fill in the form the requirements to use ivermectin have since been relaxed now doctors can use the drug uncovered 1000 patients while they wait for approval. but they are concerned that regulations and delays will only fuel the black market rather than control the drugs use this is the 2nd police bust of ivermectin tablets being smuggled into south africa in recent weeks here more than 300000 tablets were brought in illegally from abroad authorities are worried the i'm regulated use of either mix and could lead to an overdose and say there's no clear evidence the drug works the biggest concern is the honest and the fact that there's been. a track. and. i am not. overdosing on the drug can cause blindness neurological

effects and liver damage globally at least 5 countries want to use ivermectin to treat covert 19 including india and argentina south africa plans to begin clinical trials on the effectiveness of ivermectin to treat coven 19 but that may be of little interest to those desperate to get their hands on the drug which they believe saves lives i mean al-jazeera janice burg. oscar winning actor christopher plummer has died aged 91 he was best known for his role as captain von trapp opposite julie andrews in the 1965 the sound of music kristen salumi looks back on his 6 decades in film television and stage. christopher plummer was a classically trained actor in his native canada on broadway and on the london stage. this sadness.

because birthed a comedy and tragedy the world came to know him as captain von trapp in one of the highest grossing movies of all time the sound of the using. the. rib or do you see. the film's success caught him by surprise here are words of a sudden you're very famous. none of us really realize it would. go word and of course of course everybody snort so i was a real disappointed that the part i was playing it was rather boring are 4 and i tried so hard to america i'm interesting but very difficult when i had roles in more than 200 films including the royal hunt of the sun the last station and the insider so what do you think i don't plan to spend the end of my days wandering in the wilderness of national public radio. he won the best supporting actor oscar and

the british film academy award for beginners in 2012 at the age of 82 playing a man who discovers his true sexual identity in old age only 2 years older than me dollywood oblivion or my life. in the years since plummer remained active on the big screen stepping in to replace kevin spacey. in the 2017 film all the money in the world after spacey was dropped from the movie as a result plummer then aged 88 became the oldest oscar nominee for his role as j. paul getty he's survived by his wife elaine and daughter the actor amanda plummer. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now because they are now living.