0. hello there i missed on the italian this is the news out line from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes. tens of thousands of hours in myanmar protesting the military coup amid reports of live ammunition fired at demonstrations. the head of japan's olympic organizing committee has resigned after a sexist comments he made about women author. what makes you think the mirror with

donald trump in his long they can buy with marcus is over. us democrats wrap up their case on the donald trump and pietschmann trial the former president's defense team is up next. and empty streets across east asia mark the usually bustling celebration of the new new year a holiday this year scaled back by the pandemic. and i'm sort of hard to the latest sports fans a shutout to a straight open tennis tournament as well that is another down but the action is set to continue on course as dominant team fights from 2 sets down to beat nick kyrgios in 5. well we begin this news out tens of thousands of demonstrators have against. again

rallied against the janitor this is set to be the biggest day of protest against the crew so far despite the government's efforts to quell the demonstrations undeterred protesters continue to demand the release of the deposed civilian leader aung san suu kyi and also for the generals to give up power meanwhile the military's actions have taken center stage at an emergency session of the u.n. human rights council. there are growing reports and photographic evidence that mean more security forces they used live ammunition lethal force against protesters this violates international arbitrary detentions and intimidation are also on the rise not only are political leaders targets where community and civil society leaders as well a man must meet a has demonstrated has to act with them if they want democracy he is releasing more than $23000.00 prisoners and we have the military says it's consistent with establishing a new democratic state scott highly reports. as

they tap their creativity for the marches for a 7th straight day the antic who protesters across myanmar continue with their movement calling for the return of democracy and the release of their civilian leaders so now that we are asking international football fans on twitter facebook instagram to save our country what is happening. and not just premier league football fans in yangon. in the eastern city of mean police broke up a protest arresting several people for the last few nights security forces have rounded up people who have taken part in the growing civil disobedience movement. and as myanmar's military celebrated union day in the capital which marks the anniversary of the nation's independence facebook announced it would reduce the distribution of all content in profiles run by the military the move is not a ban but to lower the number of people who see their content the social media giant saying the military has continued to spread misinformation. and there's

growing concern about a cyber bill proposed by the junta the military says its new laws are to protect the public and prevent crimes that could harm the country's stability freedom of expression advocates see it as an unprecedented censorship. and this is sort of a page out of the authoritarian playbook you define something so broadly that it can mean anything and then you can charge anyone and 9 times out of 10 that's going to be a government critic or an activist so we're really worried that this law will be pushed through and then it will be used to suppress criticism of the military or resistance to the military coup also marking the union day holiday the huta announced a prisoner amnesty more than 23000 prisoners were released the military leaders say the move was to establish a new democratic state with peace developments and disappointed protesters are concerned that part of the reason for the release is to make room in the prisons

possibly for more political detainees scott hodler al-jazeera. well rory chalons will be giving us the latest on that meeting of the u.n. human rights council but 1st let's go to david apart and he is in hong kong for us and watching the situation david we've been seeing the as a arrests and this crackdown from the military but a weekend that really doesn't seem to be making much difference to the protesters is there a sense that tensions are actually escalation to in some kind of tipping point. that's right now a star let me bring you up to date to what's happening today those protests is coming around to 8 o'clock i'm ian martin time which is around the time a curfew is imposed so most of those protests wind down as night falls it's also the time when in about half an hour i'd say where the protesters start banging pots and pans outside of their windows it's a constant to war ward off evil but it's also become a huge feature of these protests and our sources say darkness falls to its around

the time when the police come and start rounding up protesters activists and even journalists and politicians and they are said to arrest them in their homes without warrants so as the streets quiet down you will see more action from the authorities into the night but today was one of the biggest days of the protests in fact their numbers putting the people on the streets and young gone to a 100000 it's also the day when more professional groups join the protests including doctors lawyers and even some police crossing that line into the side of the protesters so despite the. excessive action or we have seen it from the authorities we've heard that there have been live rounds rubber bullets and maybe the joints are the authorities making one of their biggest move since earlier this week to try and contain these protests the momentum hasn't quite down at all and

along with those large numbers we've also seen people gather in front of both the russian and chinese and the seas calling on those 2 countries not to side with the military jointer. there with all the latest keeping an eye on that situation for us from hong kong thank you deborah well let's now go to rory chalons and bryce in the u.k. where he's been keeping an eye on that human rights council meeting at the u.n. for us henri what are we actually expecting to come out of this about your session today if anything at all. well i think the united kingdom and european union which jointly called for this special meeting and the leadership of the human rights council itself would like there to be some sort of resolution that's agreed at the end of the special meeting we have heard a succession of voices from western or western aligned states the ambassadors of those countries to the united nations essentially saying that what

has been going on in me and maurice is a gross violation of human rights in fact the the ukase ambassador julian braithwaite read out a letter. had been written by more than 300 elected parliamentarian's from in march calling what has been going on in myanmar a gross violation of human rights and calling on the un to investigate it properly so we heard similar things from the deputy high commissioner of the council saying that the the in myanmar the tatmadaw or the army should go back to his barracks and hand power back to the elected civilian leadership and should accept reform of the military itself so that it is brought under civilian control we've heard similar things from from other countries as well the big exceptions to that surprisingly given what david was just saying there coming from russia and from

china both of those states saying that what's going on is essentially mean mars' internal affairs and it shouldn't be politicized by outside countries china's ambassador was saying that it is in talks with the authorities the military authorities in march and is trying to bring the country back to some sort of degree of normalcy but that these kinds of you know special meetings in the u.n. are necessary and. great help so that's a sign perhaps that hopes for a resolution maybe slightly optimistic and trying to rush or may want to water whatever comes out to the end of the day down somewhat and we will be hearing from the un special rapporteur on myanmar in the next hour here on al-jazeera funded and sorry for italians there watching that meeting for us from the u.k. thanks so much for. the head of japan's olympic organizing committee has stepped

down after his recent sexist comments and mori had been facing a backlash in japan and abroad after saying that women talk too much and have a strong sense of rivalry organizers say they'll try to find a new president as soon as possible but it's me has this report. it's taken more than a week for tokyo's olympic chief to realize that you can't complain in a meeting that we talk too much and expect to get away with it your shiro morry had apologized but refused to stand down but a groundswell of criticism from sponsors athletes diplomats and the japanese public forced the former prime minister to resign if you choose not seeing in my inappropriate remarks caused turmoil i'm sincerely sorry for causing trouble for so many including organizing committees and everyone involved in the olympics as long as i remain in this position it causes trouble it would ruin everything we've built up until now and this cannot be allowed. the game's organizers say they'll set up a transparent candidate review committee to select mori successor but no date has

been set they've just 5 months to pull off an olympics in perhaps the most challenging circumstances the modern games has faced. i don't think there's any need to discuss the gender in the selection of the president i think it's all about choosing the qualified person. one challenge of the new chief will be to persuade an increasingly skeptical japanese public that the games will be worth the expense and effort in recent polls more than 80 percent of them think the games should be perspire or counseled all wrong but. they should cancel the olympics as soon as possible and use the money they'll invest to support the people who are suffering from the coronavirus the international olympic committee president thomas back says they'll continue to work hand in hand with maurice successor to deliver a safe and secure games but it's myth. has plenty more ahead on this news

hour including nigeria's been plagued by oil spills but now court ruling may have opens the door to legal redress. beyond what the reality is a break said my pain for the prospect of a united ireland and unfold we'll tell you about the formula one driver who is now recovering after being knocked off his bicycle. well in just a few hours time the senate trial of former president ronald trunk will resume his defense team are set to argue against his conviction on the charge of inciting insurrection on thursday house impeachment managers wrapped up their case they say he must be convicted and barred from holding office in the future alan fischer reports now from capitol hill. there was no dramatic video from the impeachment managers on thursday instead there was a warning donald trump had a history of political violence and if he wasn't convicted then there would

inevitably be more. the attack was done for donald trump at his instructions and to fulfill his wishes donald trump had sent them there we love it we love you grow you know you'll be happy what do you mean we're fighting for jobs. all of these people have been arrested and charged they're being accountable held accountable for their actions their leader the man who incited them must be held accountable as well. for you thank. you. thank. god if we don't try the line here what's next what makes you think the nightmare with donald trump and his lawmaking and violent mobs is over. if we let him get away with it. and then it comes to your state capital or comes back here again is

there any political leader in this room who believes that if he is ever allowed by the senate to get back into the oval office donald trump would stop inciting violence to get his way. would you bet the lives of more police officers on the. i'm not afraid of donald trump running again in 4 years i'm afraid to say run again and lose because he can do this again. the democratic impeachment managers quoted extensively from republicans who had blamed criticized and condemned for what happened here on capitol hill on january the 6th a clear message to the republican senators no sitting in judgment impeachment is not to punish but to prevent we are not here to tarnish donald trump we are here to prevent the seeds of hatred that he planted from bearing any more fruit many of the insurrection is the present trump incited to invade this chamber were

dangerous people on the f.b.i. watch lists violent extremists white supremacists. i challenge you all to think about it if you think this is not impeachable what is . what would be. president trump's lawyers endorse his breathtaking assertion that his conduct in inciting these events was totally appropriate and the senate acquits donald trump than any president could incite and provoke insurrectionary violence against us again if you don't find this a high crime and misdemeanor today you have set a new terrible standard for presidential misconduct in the united states of america . defense team will no take about less than half the time allowed to present its defense convinced it has the votes to stop the conviction of donald trump on the

charge of high crimes and misdemeanors. well as trump's defense team has to make its arguments on friday one of his lawyers dismissed everything that the democrats are presented so far. i think they're making. they have an if anyway fight is done . i think it's offensive quite frankly if this is the healing process. the frenzy that happened from the dems and then i think there's the american people and you've got to has more now from west palm beach in china that's near the former president's result there has been some reporting that during the 1st 2 days of his 2nd impeachment trial he was glued to the television and was reportedly deeply unhappy with his lawyers performance there is other speculation that peter navarro his former economics advisor had called him and told him to fire his legal team hire another legal team and focus on the fact what the democrats are calling the

big lie what we now know is a big lie that the election was rigged so this is an uncharacteristically quiet president don't trump former president on top i should say but of course he has been muzzled from social media remember during his 1st impeachment trial he tweeted out 140 times in just one day now some of the reasoning that he was playing golf today is that perhaps some of his advisors told him look show strength show nonchalance just get out there and do what you would normally do but there's simply no way of knowing what's in the mind of the former president at the moment apart from the fact that he is quite possibly angry with the legal team that only had a few days to prepare for the 2nd impeachment trial so we are waiting for how perhaps the end of the 2nd impeachment trial where we may hear from the former president who is still holed up in his mar-a lago resort very close to me here in west palm beach. well in just a moment we'll be speaking to our white house correspondent but 1st let's go to

castro she is on capitol hill for us it does sound like we're going to hear a very very brief defense indeed on behalf of the former president. that's right nastasia in 4 hours or less is what we were told by one of trump's defense attorneys david shown that this argument defense will take which could set this thing up for that ultimate vote on whether or not to convict trump to happen as early as tomorrow saturday and the arguments that we expect to hear in defense of the former president they have already been foreshadowed in what his team has said far they will likely continue to argue that this trial remains unconstitutional that's just spite of the fact that this was a question that was debated and voted upon of course if you remember in the early stage of the trial when the simple majority of senators said that this trial was constitutional they'll likely. go back to that as

a defense also likely use the 1st amendment to say that this protected president former president trumps speech as political that he was voicing an opinion and that he had every right to just as any other american who wanted to complain about the election results all in their prebuttal of that defense strategy the democrats were the impeachment manager said that it's a false equivalency to compare the president of the united states with any other private citizen that in fact because the president took the oath of office to protect the united states in the constitution that he basically reagan his job and ultimately this impeachment trial is not just about whether or not he violated the law but whether or not he he failed to fulfill his duty as president we heard that argument many times over the course of the impeach managers 2 days and in showing the prosecution's case. but what response have we gotten from the republican senators watching well while some have acknowledged that the arguments have been

powerful there was something telling from one republican senator mike rounds of south dakota who said that he still believes that this trial is unconstitutional in his words he said that's the argument that most of us referring to senate republicans are still struggling with that this trial cannot take place because they consider trump to be a private citizen now that he is out of office but i should add one more thing to stasia that there is some some indication that the managers are making some inroads with other republican leaders nikki haley former ambassador to the you won in. an interview published today in politico she broke with trump in the strongest terms the spars saying that quote we need to knowledge she let us down he says she said he went down a path that shouldn't he shouldn't have and we shouldn't have followed him and that quote we can't let that happen again. very interesting indeed how does your

castrating with all the latest from capitol hill thanks so much heidi well let's now cross over to how white house correspondent candy how it can be the white house has been very quiet on this whole impeachment issue but i do hear the president biden just gave you a cup of coffee did he have anything to say with the coffee. yes he did in fact this coffee is still warm as i was preparing for this live shot a notice that there were some dogs running loose on the white house lawn which is highly unusual i thought it was the secret tryst it was the president walking his dogs along with his wife and the reason they were out here is i don't know if you can see behind me but there are hearts that say love compassion courage peace hope this is something that dr jill biden has set up to kind of remind the american public in the midst of an impeachment trial that is particularly painful in the midst of a pandemic that is particularly painful that there are still. it's hope and love and compassion that exists and so that's what the 1st lady and the president were

doing as the president handed me this cup of coffee we did talk news as well though what he did say is that he doesn't plan with respect to this impeachment to talk to any republican senators he's not going to talk about the trial he was really tight lipped about that as he has been since the beginning of this trial what he has been trying to do is really change the channels if you will to focus on his agenda and his priority and that plays into these hearts behind me he's really focused on getting americans vaccinated due to the rising number of deaths in the united states due to cope at 19 his goal he announced is that it will be 300000000 americans available to rather vaccines available to americans by the end of summer this is a hard goal that he has set and he's optimistic that he's going to meet it so this is what he's talking about he says right now though that he had a heritage a logistical mass as he called it but he is determined to turn this around and he brought that message to the white house north lawn where we're standing i have to

tell you it's pretty exceptional to see a president walk out hand you a cup of coffee and talk like it's just a matter of fact it was a very unusual moment something i can tell you we didn't see in the last 4 years so certainly this is the personal touch that joe biden puts on everything that he doesn't show says ease given the fact that he has been in washington for so long nothing intimidates him and that's why he often gets this sort of characteristic name called uncle joe he feels like you're talking to your uncle when you're talking to the president of the united states and that's why he connects with americans and that's why he's trying to change the channels as we talk about this impeachment trial showing a different tone than his predecessor can be huckaback him we will let you finish your cup of coffee while it's still warm thanks so much for the latest from the white house for more on the impeachment trial that's not bringing any pipes she's in london. she is a former deputy homeland security advisor to president obama and also

a former counselor in the department of justice so anyway hearing that the defense says planning to keep it very short just a few hours instead of the 2 days they've actually been given and their strategy resting on the constitutionality of the trial also the fast amendment but this is really a political trial rather than a legal one right. that's the right way to think about this as we saw it last year when the president used his 1st impeachment trial the real questions are what are the political outcomes for the members of the senate if they vote to convict him it doesn't matter so much what the evidence is the house managers have put out a good case is specially by weaving together the ongoing pattern of the president to encourage his supporters to fight for him fight for this last election and putting that next 2 years of the people doing their protesting that's been very effective but ultimately that's not really for the members of the senate as much as

it is for the their constituents back home and the key question for the senator is especially the republican senators is what backlash will they face if they vote to convict the president let me ask you then any given the way that the senators have been voting it looks almost certain that there won't be about 2 thirds needed to convict but this constitutionality argument seems to have given some of the republicans cover that they can essentially condemn the right but then argue legality. that's what that might to use it for it's difficult because there have been many many scholars including conservative scholars who said that the argument is not based on the constitution that there is in fact a way to proceed against the president but at this point the members really need something that they can hold on to they're walking this line between not wanting to convict the president and alienating their her constituents who are quite horrified by what happened but also making sure that they are not looking like they are

siding with the president and what many believe or his very reckless actions so this constitutionally constitutional argument well it's not really firmly based on the constitution itself gives them the fig leaf that they're looking for to protect their political interests so let me ask you then about the charge itself incitement to insurrection in the videos that we've seen in the senate the fact that protest as a for instance wearing body armor and katie came prepared for a riot doesn't seem to help the democrats suggest that times words were the things that pushed them to violence so the case appears to rest on the long term incitement of violence how powerful is that case. i think actually relying on the long term incitement to violence is is much more powerful than for them if you look at the moments in time even well before the election happened in the months before the election and you look at the words the president has been using at that time and you hope the way and the way in which those words were being interpreted by

many of his followers by the time we got to january 6th it's hard to conclude that the president did not know the impact of his words he may have appreciated that it would have carried out in tarrytown exactly the way where that people would have been injured or killed he may not have appreciated those exact consequences but it's certainly within the context of the 6 months or so who leading up to until that point there is a lot of evidence to suggest that he knew what he was doing and that was his intent all along and the pope there a former deputy homeland security adviser to president obama and a former counsel in the department of justice thanks for being with us again here on out is there any great to have you thank you well it is now time for the weather in his absence. hello that the weather remains hideously cold across much of north america we have seen the icy conditions of course into the deep south we've got

this town a bit silly cold weather continuing here really has dug in spilling out of canada that out to blast all the way down across the deep south but as we go on through the next couple of days the freezing rain the cause they harang this accidents in texas that's moving further a switch some wetter whether they're bumping into that very cold air forming the rain falling on the frozen services hence the freezing rain a quality day as we go on through saturday but notice we do have more snow just spilling off the rockies and that's going to make its way further east which is to go on through sunday temperatures in dallas will struggle to reach minus 3 degrees as a high by sunday some wet weather there just around the eastern seaboard the mid atlantic states things and clouds and rain little bit of snow then to eastern parts of kind of kind of the actually last you drive it bitterly cold what is 25 the top temperatures there in a winning pack will see some wet weather some wintry weather push to get across the pacific northwest some snow coming in here once again over the high ground rain

a little further south not too bad for california l.a. with a top temperature of 21. well still ahead here on al-jazeera iraq is seeing a rise in domestic violence but rights groups say many women are unable to get the help they need. under merican jazz musician chick or has died when a 23 grammy awards with 79. of them for action from the australian open as one former champion flies into around for. a 0 world goes to morocco to meet 5 would be film directors doing whatever it takes to succeed the soldier or write the script and i'm often the camera man the podium here and the boom operator not the route to fame and fortune can be

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hello again i'm just on the attainder let's remind you of our top stories here this hour in myanmar 300 members of parliament are calling on the u.n. to investigate human rights violations committed by them that tree tens of thousands of protesters have held this 7th day of rallies against the coup. the impeachment trial of donald trump resumes in just a few hours time the former president's defense lawyers are set to make their case on thursday democrats argued there is overwhelming evidence that he incited the capitol hill riots. and the head of the tokyo lympics has stepped down after his recent sexist comments mori faced a backlash in japan and abroad for saying that women talk too much and have a strong sense of rivalry now the u.k. supreme court is allowing nigerian fishermen and farmers to sue the oil giant shell

in english courts lawyers representing tens of thousands of nigerians say oil leaks in the niger delta have contaminated their land and water the judges say shell has a duty of care despite the multinational company arguing that the court didn't have the jurisdiction 2 weeks ago a separate dutch ruling ordered shell to compensate nigerian farmers over pipeline leaks ahmed address is live for us in lagos and these farmers and fishermen have been waiting for years now for their day in court it does look like they're finally going to get one. absolutely looks like that and a lot of the. 9 in there too soon shall we understand that this case has been going on for a very long time and several courts before had rejected the fact that shell has a duty to. do 2 to care about what it's been doing in the niger delta i spoke to an octopus a short while ago immediately after the court ruling and they want elated in the

community as well as all godly which has a population of around 40000 people and which is also part of this case has a population of 2300 people and they. told us that this is an opportunity for them to bring their kids not only the case for compensation and cleanup but also to draw international attention to the operations of multinational oil companies in the niger delta how they go about their activities with impunity abusing human rights and all that this feel that it's time now that they get it heard in the court of law in the united kingdom i also one of them why not pursue this case in the nigerian judicial system they told me that in fact because of the nature of the judicial system in nigeria they don't believe that they will have adequate hearing that would have that we would just as they deserve so that's why they're taking their cases now to the u.k.

and the netherlands and that's the reason why they're happy today that the u.k. case court has agreed with them that they can in fact prosecute shell for its subsidiary operations in nigeria similarly like you said in the introduction the netherlands also ruled that problem was shelled should pay the farmers and fishermen in the niger delta who. do to their communities to pay compensation and remediate the environment for the pollution done on that interest there with all that reaction for us from lagos thanks so much on the. now the breaks at voters almost 5 years ago and out that the most profound results are reverberating now scotland's political leadership is looking to exit the u.k. and if polling is to be believed there's even growing support for northern ireland to do the same but the situation in ireland as much more volatile and supporters of a united ireland are treading very carefully join her reports now from 4 killed in northern ireland. the border is invisible but division

a fact of everyday life northern ireland from the republican protestant unionists catholic nationalist and now the u.k. from the news breaks it has changed everything so the u.k. leaves me you the fact that northern ireland in its majority voted to stay in e.u. but change their dynamics completely also of course we've got the fact that the union of the u.k. is under some flux at the moment and relationships between the nations in the regions within the u.k. is also under pressure so that's making unionists feel somewhat in secure and uncertain about the future. some things will never change like the protestant already jodhaa bedrock of unionist belief culture and identity since the division of ireland a century ago our sense of british and us i think if you look at the last 100 years alone the contribution that northern ireland has made to the the rest off in a kingdom as an integral part if you look at the mass of the influence northern

hired in the 1st and 2nd world wars in terms of the service and sacrifice of people from here and i suppose under a period of that's a 14 years of sustained attack to transair progress from the united kingdom that has made our determination even more greater to stay as an unbearable part of an ad a kingdom but nationalists believe their day has come there is nobody calling for a pull to take place tomorrow morning but what we are calling for is that ability within the good friday agreement where the people on the south island alone can determine their future i think now is the perfect time to be talking to be planning for a poll bracks that has shown us how you're not to conduct a referendum on constitutional change and i think even colbert has added to the debate are the benefits of a law in response to a worldwide pandemic that the conversation has changed and she is partly. northern ireland may be heading for yet another moment of reckoning this is

a community park built on the site of a former british army barracks at the heart of a nationalist community a tribute to lives lost in the troubles as a passer by just said to me but it's also a testament to the spirit of pragmatism and compromise that ended those troubles that led to the good friday agreement itself in turn threatened by the new reality of bragg's it paving the way potentially for a referendum on irish unity but the question of a united ireland won't be decided across traditional dividing lines there are new incentives european union membership and all ireland economy and health service. that could displace the sectarian struggles of the past joe to hold northern ireland. now ukase economy has recorded its biggest annual contraction in more than 300 years driven largely by the impact of the coronavirus its g.d.p.

shrank nearly 10 percent in 2020 that's the largest decline among the g 7 countries and did however grow one percent at the end of the year which means that britain about another recession paul brennan has more now from epsom and sorry. the bank of england has been forecasting a recovery for next year but the office for national statistics data that has been released today suddenly shows just how big a roller coaster ride it was during 2020 as the pandemic hits and those 3 lock downs that were experienced here in the u.k. took that toll the overall contraction in g.d.p. gross domestic product was 9.9 percent and as you say that's more than double the previous worst recorded and you will statistic it did go up and down though in the 3rd quarter of 2020 the economy grew by 16 percent it grew by one percent in the 4th quarter as well but the overall impact of minus 9.9 percent just shows

how grim it was in that 1st part of the year when everything essentially was shut down not the bank of england is as i say forecasting a some degree of recovery based on the power of vaccinations in 2021 but there's a lot of pressure given the economic impact of 2020 for the government here in the u.k. to start relaxing lockdowns politicians of the conservative side the ruling conservative side saying that when you look at just how bad the economy thing has on the restrictions imposed by the government then surely there has to be some other way apart from lockdowns in order to proceed on domestic violence has been on the rise in most countries since the start of this pandemic rights groups in iraq say when they often have no choice but to remain with abusive partners because iraq you know

restricts the help and support groups can offer them out of the us a lot of fault has been out of the community police unit and baghdad. when the. assadi from iraq community police is following up a case of domestic violence in the capital baghdad 'd. we're on our way to satirise city to visit families that suffered from domestic violence do you copy. according to police there's been a 20 percent increase in domestic violence since the start of the coronavirus pandemic sutter city is one of baghdad's poorest neighborhoods and is said to be among the worst affected the her son has been married for 18 years she says her husband began beating her last year sharkey i know there are problems with the house when it rains it gets flooded we don't have an income the kids need to go to school and i cannot afford it whenever i talk to him about the issue he beats me and. the hard call to the community police which is part of the ministry of

interior to intervene or more young women. in autumn when it reached the point where they were going to divorce and the family would break up intervene in any issue to unite the family to prevent the breakup of families which may lead to tribal conflicts. to solve the case the unit worked closely with local tribes the community police claims to have a 90 percent success rate and resolving the mess that abuse cases but critics say the unit reinforces conservative social norms prioritizing reconciliation over victims rights lawyer say many women drop cases against partners because of lack of money and social pressure but. the social values and customs consider is shameful for the woman to file a complaint against her husband or brother even if she did file a case as soon as her family hears about it she will drop it. and victims often

have nowhere to go anyway there is one government run shelter in baghdad but it only provides accommodation on a judge's order. some women seeking urgent refuge turn to rights groups that run underground operations this woman and during her husband's abuse for more than 20 years often if we have tribal rules if the woman left her husband's house or her parents' house she will be killed. the tipping point was when he began to sexually harass their daughters one night they crept out of their home and came to this child her. own the law doesn't protect me maybe they will find my location i'm scared to sleep at night i'm afraid of the tripes. although these shelters offer a lifeline to women escaping abuse they have to operate in secret because they're illegal under iraqi law last year the government filed

a lawsuit against the group that runs it accusing it of breaking up families. that are the cabinet demanded to dissolve the organization we managed 3 repeated sessions to get the law case dismissed by the government to pealed and now we are waiting to find a solution. the prime minister's office didn't respond to repeated requests for comment. at the mess the violence law that would legalize these shelters has been stalled in parliament for years amid widespread political opposition until such a law is passed rights groups say iraqi women will struggle to escape abuse at home simona fulton al jazeera but that at least 11 people have died in a fireworks factory explosion in india fashion 7 people have been injured and tamil nadu state after a series of explosions triggered a blaze in a factory it's unclear what exactly caused the accident. how countries across east

asia marking the lunar new year this time it's the year of the ox in taiwan thousands for up to temples to pray for luck and prosperity people are required to wear a mask and the government has also cancelled some of ends taiwan has been applauded for its handling of this pandemic meanwhile hundreds of people also went to buddhist temples in china's capital despite the gates they're being locked worshipers raid incense and flowers outside beijing's loman temple before being led away by authorities the temples close to prevent the spread of covert 19 officials in beijing have been discouraging travel in the lead up to this holiday after the discovery of new cases well normally the lunar new year is a time for families to come together and to make travel plans but the pandemic is forcing many people to simply stay at home from abroad reports now from seoul. as the lunar new year gets underway chinese travelers have once again been on the move but in far fewer numbers in the city of wool hand where last year's new year exodus

helped turn coded 19 into a global pandemic many people have stayed put. i feel happy last year we just stayed indoors and couldn't do anything this year we still need to wear masks but it's much better but china's regional neighbors are being hurt by less international travel for thailand which relies heavily on tourism it's a further blow after a miserable year the same is true in japan where borders of virtually closed and for more distant destinations like australia's blue mountains facing a steep decline in a rivals from across asia. a year ago in south korea chinese visitors throng the capital seoul many of them vying got masks from pharmacies like this one with fears growing about a new virus spreading back home this year no crowds even the pharmacy has closed

a detailed study by seoul city has shown just how much life has been transformed as visitors have stayed away and residents change the way they shop and work with around a 3rd less visitors to downtown areas this city like so many others moving away from in person activities towards more of a remote online existence to what we imagine to be happening has now been proved through the data and it can help us make more responsive concrete policies in malaysia kuala lumpur's chinatown district is also suffering but traders here are working with an online retailer to help shift their stocks of traditional new year clothing the decor lingers on or any more nobody wants new clothes after the holiday but online we're hoping to get at least some sales east asian neighbors marking the start of a lunar new year and adapting to a new reality rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. chick correia the american

jazz composer and keyboard player has died at the age of $79.00 the haunting has more now on his impressive career as a musical pioneer. chick corea is known for his 1st love playing jazz on the piano. 2 2 with 23 grammy awards to his name 2 he has more than any other jazz musician the keyboardist helped miles davis usher in the jazz rock fusion boom in the 1970 s. 2 and founded his own game changing groups including return to forever he also worked alongside american pianist herbie hancock. korea's career spanned more than half a century just last year he released the double album plays which captured him at various concerts armed only with his piano. if you're trying to learn

something and if you you have to be the one who you have to be the one who wants to learn it so he also launched an online academy where he could teach and share his passion for jazz. even after death korea could went even more grammys this march he's nominated for best improvised jasta low and best jazz instrumental album. and a facebook post korea's manager confirmed that he died of a rare form of cancer he was 79. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. by munich when the club world cup here in canada that's all coming up in sports this hour.

but. it's now time for sports and sorry even more drama for the take care lempicka exactly will be going through that now in a pickle when i say they'll try to find a new president as soon as possible after share mari officially resigned on friday of his is sexist comments now mari had been facing major backlash in japan and abroad for saying that women talk too much and have a strong sense of rivalry. or other most major impact sports had also voiced concern over his comments and this is the latest controversy to hit the 2020 summit games which were postponed for a year because of the pandemic. pictures not seeing in if my inappropriate remarks cause turmoil i'm sincerely sorry for causing trouble for so many including organizing committees and everyone involved in the olympics as long as i remain in

this position it causes trouble it would ruin everything we've built up until now and this cannot be allowed to well let's bring in a piece take a correspondent stephen waits even you've been covering this story now take you 2020 need to find a new president prissie false any idea is he going to be yes sir i think the leading candidate is say go hushing most who's right now the olympic minister she's a former olympian a bronze medalist in speed skating in 1902 and how her feel she seems to be the top candidate nobody today would say that but i think if you read between the lines there asking the niece of my political experience somebody who's been involved with the olympics in tokyo and they like to get a woman for going to 6 you know they need a woman in somebody who's under 80 years old and she fits all bill so if you had to make a bet i would say say go on she will do is probably going to be their choice when they announce it and they haven't really said when that's going to be it could be

a week 2 weeks that part's unclear well that's quite good news because at some point it looked like it could potentially there were rumors that it could be a male that would replace someone who's an elder as well but i mean the timing of this is quite tricky for and if they don't pick has been coping also by the pandemic. yeah i mean the timing is horrible i mean to be honest about it. mr mori made his comments on february 3rd i think just the day after they'd rolled out what they call their playbook which is this instruction board trying to explain to the public trying to gain some confidence from the public how these games are going to come off in the middle of a pandemic they just rolled that out for p.r. purposes and the next day or a few hours later mr mori made these comments which now for 9 days has distracted all the attention from the games and it has and i have helped the japanese public 80 percent of the public in japan if you look at surveys once these games canceled or postponed so this is done nothing absolutely nothing to restore anybody's

confidence that these games are going to come off and if they come off they won't be risky which of course they will be well received as you said the public support that it's the you know very no but why all the organizing and all on going ahead with this in a few months time. i think follow the money let's let's let me give you a quick rundown the international of the committee gets 73 percent of its revenue from time broadcast rights it has not had an olympic didn't have an olympics last year it desperately needs this broadcast money so what these are going to be is a television olympics what they care about are getting the athletes in here in a bubble getting them in the venues play basketball do judo be in the wrestling venue be on camera so that they can collect the television revenue from american n.b.c. in h.k. in japan all the big broadcasters they will pay between $2.00 and $3000000000.00 for the rights to broadcast and the i.o.c.

desperately needs that money it's a sports business like the english premier league is like the n.b.a. so they have to have the broadcast money they have 2 of them it's winter and summer olympics so they have got to get something on television well as you say at the end of the day always does come down to money thanks a lot stephen wade a piece take care correspondent well fans have been shutout the australian open tennis tournament off in states of victoria and now it's another coronavirus lockdown up to $30000.00 spectators were allowed in every day in melbourne city but that's all been scrapped over an outbreak at a quarantine hotel and the 5 day lockdown which kicks in on sunday will stop residents leaving home except for work to shop for essential caregiving and limited exercise. the play will continue the players will compete in a bubble form not dissimilar to what they've been doing right throughout the year in fact this was the 1st event they played in front of with in front of crowds and

now for the next 5 days they will continue to play. many could do to compete. now from here there were fans were asked to leave 11 30 pm which meant novak djokovic had to be stopped while the arena emptied and the lockdown kicked in to which the world number one and defending champion went on to win in 5 sets against taylor fritz now before that some lucky fans were treated to the best match of the tournament so far between dominic team and nick kyrgios it was the home play a chaos with the help of an underarm serve it to could 2 set lead to get the crowd excited but the u.s. open champion team fought back brilliantly to win the match in 5 sets with straight in 4th seed heading into rounds full to face got demetrius. and serena williams won a latest match to reach round 4 working very hard to beat russia's anastasia part of poker in straight sets this rally lasted 20 shots the 39 year old serena showed

great coverage and eventually came out on top now she's aiming to tie the record for 24 grand slam titles and the 2019 champion iommi osaka had a pretty easy day apart from this moment when a butterfly as you can see there landed on her face but she didn't let it distract her too much increases straight sets win over to his ears on the job there next up she's up against jardin year. in the 1st heavyweight clash of the tournament. i'm moving on buy me a new one the cob walls cop and cats hard to come only the 2nd team in history to claim all 6 trophies available to them in a year german european champions beat mexican side to address one note in the final the goal from benjamin vall was initially ruled out for offside but it was then awarded by the video assistant referee to just see that now by and without striker thomas miller who tested positive for cope with 19 but they still managed to pick

up yet another trophy. now as things stand european champions are still set to take place in june and july across 12 european cities specters a visited one of the venues instant petersburg and russia local officials of planning on a full capacity stadium but surely for stress there are many factors which could stop that from happening we are not here you know to spoil anything so we would like to have a festival and everybody is happy and people need to be happy as well when they go back home but this is going to be a football festival and there's a lot of people who would like to join but in the end we will have to assess together with the local authorities as well in the international context we will very clearly assess you know what is what is feasible what is reasonable. for round up i'll be back in a few thanks so much star well that is it for me said this news outlet do join me

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now marc lamont hill and it's time to get out front right here on al-jazeera. as information on governments responses to covert 19 across the world emerges so to as a deeply disturbing question. people in power investigates allegations 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 too on a jersey you know. no moved out of his parents' house after he got married he says he found more space to begin discussing after a run of eating it last year it's now his home along with his wife daughter and home but there is really government said that he was reconstructed to be dumped on permits and issues that the militia ordered last month our interview were cut short

as he hears that the israeli army has arrived in the village with a bulldozer residents say soldiers gave them one minute to do. it took the found me months to build their brick house and less than an hour to see it get demolished. likely to be on the biggest day of protests against the military coup so far hundreds of thousands of people the fire arrests and a crackdown to demand a return to democracy. let us be clear the indiscriminate use of lethal or less than lethal weapons against peaceful protesters is unacceptable and the wild is watching diplomats at the u.n. call for the release of me i'm also elected leaders and when the generals against the use of force will be speaking to.