the desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of pollution across 5 states health experts and bar mental said one in 4 months of the lockdown would lead to an increase in people who should have the impact that would have on those because of the 19. fears of a crackdown and police fired shots to disperse anti crew protesters and troops in armored vehicles are deployed across the cities. there i'm a saucy attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. re-emerges in west africa the world health organization rushes help to guinea where an outbreak has

killed 3 people and infected several. dozens are killed in yemen's marib province as the rebel scale up their offensive to capture the northern stronghold of the internationally recognized government. in the race tomorrow by the red planet has become the focus of multiple space missions. but we begin in myanmar where there are fears of a violent crackdown 2 weeks after the military seized power in a coup the u.n. secretary general antonio terra's says he's concerned about the increasing use of force and reports of armored vehicles on the streets of major cities earlier a convoy of tanks was seen in the commercial capital yangon for what's believed to be the 1st time since the coup the u.s. is warning its citizens that a stay at home and there are reports of the internet has once again been shut down across much of the country well at one demonstration on sunday security forces of 5

shots to disperse a crowd which had gathered outside a power plant. well good avoid was. thanks as unclear and the footage that was live streamed on facebook whether or not they used rubber bullets or live ammunition there's been growing defiance and public protests over the past 2 weeks more than 380 people have now been detained while army generals have now given themselves new powers to monitor search and arrest of demonstrators foreign story reports. of people gather in different parts of god but all with the same demands they wanted leader aung san suu kyi and others detained since the coup to be released and for the military to hand back control. was with me. now we're. looking at some of the. immigration that. was right. in mandalay

students on it a young protester shot by police during a protest in a.p. during last week she remains in critical condition this is the 9th consecutive day of mass demonstrations across the country. some protesters held signs that read stop kidnapping people at night a reference to nighttime raids by police when activists and protesters are arrested in some neighborhoods people have banded together to form watch groups to warn each other when security forces of coming but also to look out for criminals in this neighborhood of yangon residents say they court 4 men they suspect of planning to carry out an attack. they believe the men are recently released prisoners freed under an amnesty announced by the military on friday. we think the military intends to cause violence with these extreme and knows by getting them to infiltrate the peaceful protests then the military will have

a reason to extend their power to crackdown on violence. his claim cannot be independently verified a group that advocates for political prisoners in myanmar has expressed concerns that the pardon for more than $23000.00 prisoners is too clear space for the detention of detainees during the current protests the military is also bringing back repressive laws used by the previous military. including a requirement for people to report overnight guests in their homes to authorities around a $360.00 people detained since the coup are still being held. but neither the risk of arrest no fear of a crackdown to deter these protesters from taking to the streets florence italy al-jazeera. now the world health organization is planning a rapid response to a bold outbreak in guinea the 1st resurgence of the disease there in 5 years 8 people have now tested positive for the virus in the country's southeast 3 have

died at least 11000 people died during an epidemic in west africa between 20132016. 1 of our citizens became ill and unfortunately died his burial took place on february 1st and a few days later some people who took part in the funeral began to experience diarrhea vomiting bleeding and fever the 1st samples were concerned on february 12th liberia is stepping up efforts to prevent the virus from crossing the border the deaths in guinea were reported in a town close to liberia the country was declared free from a back in 2015 and no cases have been detected sense and now a 4th case of a bowler has been confirmed in north kivu province and democratic republic of congo the new outbreak there was announced a week ago the world health organization says as many as 180 people might have been exposed to the virus and health workers are now racing to vaccinate people to

prevent a bigger outbreak nicholas hack has this update for us from dakar in senegal. there is an outbreak of ebola in guinea following tests made on the individual these tests were made in blood test. machines that we usually use for the current outbreak were used to confirm that person had died from. that all started that person is a nurse that fell ill 'd in january and she was taken to hospital and zurich or a she was suffering from vomiting bleeding diarrhea and a week later she was buried nearby in a town nearby and it is jury that funeral that 8 other were infected with the virus now the minister of health says that it has dispatched at least 30 health workers to investigate and to try to find contact cases to trace and try to contain this outbreak meanwhile neighboring liberia has put its health authorities on

a higher alert because that funeral happened just very close to the border of liberia and worth remembering during the 201320158 bold outbreak in the region well it all started in that very region and and these funerals that were super spread over 60 percent of all infections came from funerals and that's because of the practices that happened during those burials of. people washing their hands in common basins and then touch the body of the deceased and then there is the washing of the body itself which favors the transmission of the virus. and thousands of people have been killed in fighting in northern yemen hit the rebels have intensified their attacks against forces from the internationally recognized government and target b. has the latest for us. yemeni soldiers fire at taking positions west of.

trying to seize the city the internationally recognized government's last stronghold in the north. their spokesman says that only targeting government forces but residents dispute that over the. night and we call for an immediate cease of the belligerent war against civilians and there are no military barracks or posts in the city there are no militants or fighters in mark it's only home to civilians students and displaced yemenis. yemen's government has been locked in a power struggle ever since the captured the capital sanaa in 2014 it's called on the people in america to help the army defend the city yemeni commanders say they're determined not to lose control of it. mary will always remain steadfast standing as high as the so mountains by virtue of its brave men the men of the national army in popular resistance along with the on a strike we're all standing in defiance defending the city it is and will always be

the heartland of our republic saudi arabia has invested heavily in recent is the saudi coalition has intensified strikes to stop the hit these from seizing the city i think it goes to show that you know there's much work to be done you know on behalf of the yemenis to advance peace and shows that you know what the who these have made. you know they have a lot of momentum militarily but you know the international community needs to do what it needs to do to support diplomacy in a peaceful ceasefire negotiation. the upsurge in violence comes as the u.s. is due to lift its terror. chris designation for the hit these on tuesday. president joe biden the united nations and aid groups say the designation is worsening and already catastrophic humanitarian crisis the u.n. says poor 100000 children in yemen could die from starvation this year if they

don't get help victoria gate to be out is there well let's now bring in georgia cash era he's c.e.o. at gulf state unless x. such as a geopolitical risk consulting found focusing on the arabian peninsula he joins us now from washington d.c. georgette maher of is a hugely strategic area and if there were if he's take the province that essentially means the have control of northern yemen right can you talk us through the significance of the escalation that we've been seeing. sure thank you for having me on your network who's these have been launching an assault on this part of yemen since early last year as you mentioned if the who these were able to take control of marble would be very significant this is i recorded in the rich area in yemen and for a long time it has been where many yemenis who fled the who the take over the capital in other areas went to art today it really serves as the last remaining

stronghold for the saudi backed and un recognized government i think it's important to realize that those whose these are definitely see this area is very important for the kind of leverage that they will have when the round table talks eventually restart georgia i see that the saudi and yemeni foreign ministers have been meeting riyadh and the hook is of also offered to stop attacks against saudi arabia if that rabia helps the air strikes so is that now the space for negotiations do you think . yes as a consequence of the biden administration's decision to cut off u.s. support for so-called offensive military actions that the saudis are taking in yemen there definitely is a new opportunity for the us to try to provide something that it hasn't provided since the saudi coalition began its operations in yemen and that's real leadership

there are many stumbling blocks there are many open questions about how things will actually change on the ground as a consequence of the biden administration's policies but yes there definitely is an opportunity for diplomacy at this point and i think only a diplomatic solution it can solve yemen civil war i think we have to dismiss the possibility of some sort of a military victory over the who. the who things represent one of the power centers in yemen and the adversaries of the rebels are going to have to negotiate with the who these and the who these themselves are going to also have to make concessions and they're going to have to negotiate to be very difficult to find a millett diplomatic settlement to this conflict but in my opinion that is the only way that peace can return to yemen and obviously this conflict has been going on for years now and you mentioned earlier this is also an area west so many people

have sought refuge fraying from other parts of yemen one of the humanitarian implications of this offensive that we're seeing now. well if we look at some of the past actions which the who thieves have taken since usurping control of the capitol in the fall of 2014 there's very good reason to be extremely concerned about the plight of yemenis in areas of the country that these take over right now i know that the representatives are saying that they're only targeting military forces in this area but you know accounts on the ground from civilians are telling us that it's not just military targets there's also civilians being targeted so that is is certainly a very disturbing development in this conflict george aircraft carrier there from gulf states analytics always great have you in fact run out of there thanks for being with us again that thank you. still ahead here on al-jazeera

catalonia a separatist party the edge of head in and election overshadowed by coronavirus fear. and we'll look back at the life of carlos menem who brought a plan buoyant and free market reform as president of argentina. we've still got very cold air but it's really cold it digging in across much of north america what you see on the charles here that's actually snow that's cold ground that is across that many possibly got winds awards in force across a good parts of the u.s. around 100000000 americans affected by some very cold and nasty conditions over the next couple of days that cold air all tongue to top to with his tongue of the cold weather diving out of canada across the plains still pushing further south was

minus 6 in dallas on sunday colder still has become on into monday there is some snow around that snow making its way across the oklahoma northern parts of texas easing away from the east of texas louisiana could see some snow wet weather there pushing towards the plains the northern flank of this we have got a fair bit of snow which will run its way up towards that northeastern corner into eastern areas of canada as we go through monday sweeping through as we go on into choose day quater weather does come in behind it is still on the cult side and we have got some snow yet more snow which will roll off the rockies further up towards a northwest more wintry weather up towards that western side of the u.s. and also western canada. al jazeera world goes to morocco to meet 5 would be film directors doing whatever

it takes to succeed the soldiers or write the scripts and i'm often the camera man the podium here and the boom operator about the road to fame and fortune can be a rocky one juggling the demands of family life with their passion for filmmaking i'll become a great film director and my mother will be proud of filmmakers in sharjah upon al-jazeera. warrior. form. hello again i'm just. about top stories here this hour the u.n. secretary general says he's deeply concerned about ahmed vehicles reported in various cities across myanmar a convoy of tanks was seen and young on early and for the 1st time since i'm in

a tree crew 2 weeks ago. the world health organization is planning a rapid response to an abode outbreak in guinea the 1st resurgence of the disease there in 5 years 8 people have now tested positive for the virus and 3. dozens of people have been killed in fighting in more than yemen the rebels are trying to seize the city of meriden have intensified their attacks against forces from the internationally recognized government. exit polls in catalonia are projecting the 3 main separatist parties jointly winning a majority of seats in the regional parliament the vote could reshape the political landscape there socialist party p s o e is projected to win the most votes but separatist parties are expected to claim up to 60 percent of seats in the parliament in barcelona foreign policy vox is also likely to get representatives elected there for the 1st time madhur larry vacas is a professor of constitutional law at boston university and she says separatist

parties have dominated these elections. that means that they're not moving on as the socialist party leader wanted to or was going you were saying that we needed to move on and many people things that we need to move on here in catalonia but the fact that more than 50 percent of the seats at the cut on parliament still go for independent this part is that means that catalonia is not very great to move on without talking about. the current situation the thing is that since 282017 before previously in 2017 all parties were sticking together but right now there are a lot of divisions because independent this movement here in catalonia it's a very diverse movement it comes from the far per left to the to the right so there are all types of in the bend of this party so that means that all these

the visions have brought. different 6 different parties 3 now we have $93.00 parties at the capitol parliament and final them are independent this and all of them and there are more than 50 percent of the seats but these men also that we have no cattle in parliament and a string strewn right wing party not west not previously repair center tear up the cattle parliament but i don't think it's also a reaction to the fact that all these independent the small man that wants to do to get out from a strain this has been are actually from the part of the. population that doesn't want these independents now preliminary results in kosovo as the election suggests there will be a major political change with a victory for the anti establishment of that fantasy a party early vote counts give the left wing party led by former prime minister

alvin kirti just over 46 percent of the votes he's promising to fight corruption but also to take a hard line and relations with serbia arjun's arik is in the capital pristina he says they treat doesn't mean that will be easy for cathy to form a government. his supporters are already celebrating despite these are the preliminaries. they are on the streets of the british and they are celebrating but for many of our until be a long and probably complicated process as the course of a parliament has $120.00 seats and the house passed one is needed to form a government so the other quarter will probably need to probably need to have some part around out how can that be it's too early to say in this very moment but what we know so far is that he's lost government office form in october 2019 almost majority by disagreement with coalition partner in the time democratic league of

course of all on the issues of dealing with coronavirus upon them in. but also of all of. the projections are the outcome will probably. be on their future as i said before and on the lines to be. independent it is that there is no pro there is no space for negotiating on the other hand. they are revealing to negotiate on almost every issue except to recognize. a day after donald trump's acquittal in his 2nd impeachment trial and politicians are debating what influence the former u.s. president should wield over the republican policy going forward on saturday the senate found him not guilty of inciting an insurrection trump is accused of encouraging his supporters to storm capitol hill on january 6th while senator joe

biden's election win 7 republican senators joined 50 democrats in a vote to convict him but that trial short of the 2 thirds majority needed and he gallagher has more now from west palm beach in florida near donald trump's residence. the only thing we've heard from trump since he was cleared in the 2nd impeachment trial is a written statement that says my journey with to make america great again has only just begun it with the next few months i'm going to share lots of new things with you but this is a silent president and some people would say someone has been very damaged indeed and because of he is now tied to that january the 6th insurrection thanks to the democrats and the arguments they put forward during that 2nd impeachment trial but the question is what is the republican party going forward is this the party of trump ism or or is the party of more moderate people moderate people like out of kinzinger for instance who who voted that he was guilty so there are swirling

questions here and there's no doubt that trump still casts a long shadow over the republican party but it's important to remember i think in the time that trump was president many people have now left the republican party in record numbers in states like arizona or in georgia which both flipped blue so while he does still loom large there's also the fact that criminal charges may be coming is why there's also a couple of investigations already being opened in new york and that one in georgia after that hour long phone call with broad reference to the republican secretary of state when trump asked for a specific number of votes there are all sorts of questions swirling meanwhile trump staying very quiet here in florida the former president of argentina carlos menem has died at the age of 19 he led the country for 10 years from 1909 and racing closer ties with the u.s. and a privatization program influenced by the international monetary fund that takes a look at the life of a flamboyant often controversial figure. polls men in war so

many argentines a man from another time another place he was born in the remote mountainous northwestern province of larry aka the syrian immigrant parents the. many became governor of his home province in 1973 representing the peronist party founded by the former president one better on he took to the star with his gal show dress and white sideburns of 19th century rural heroes and brought to one of cyrus flamboyance and pena mixing with show business sporting celebrities and driving fast cars he came to power in 1909 as argentina was suffering hyperinflation seek for justice with his influential economics minister domingo by all implemented the plan credited with ending the economic crisis along with large scale privatization of state industries his 2nd term in office however still rising unemployment and increasing social discontent and the prisoner during military rule

he helped steer argentina from brutal repression although some criticized him for making too many concessions to those same represses you'll see in you know he failed to change the argentine constitution limiting him to 2 consecutive terms in office that ran for the presidency again in 2003 standing down before the 2nd round of voting when it became clear it lose to the eventual president mr kitchener many was no stranger to controversy convicted of smuggling weapons to crew a show in ecuador and investigated the various corruption charges could be remembered with mixed emotions biology and science who lived through the 1990 s. one thing they all agree on however life with carlos menem is presidents was never dull. now moving on to the corona virus pandemic in the u.k. is extending its vaccine rollout to everyone over the age of 50 by the end of april 15 1000000 vaccines have already been administered but there are also concerns from

london's heathrow airport over the new quarantine scheme which comes into force on monday people arriving from 33 high risk nations will now have to isolate in an airport hotel for 10 days officials say there's been no guidance about passengers and stuff mingling when travelers disembark and the north macedonia can finally start its curve in 1000 vaccinations off to neighboring serbia donated 8005 doses north macedonian prime minister zoran ziad and serbian president alexander beach which performed before the handover as a border checkpoint serbia has had one of europe's most successful rollouts with almost 10 percent of its population now vaccinated but north macedonia has so far been unsuccessful in securing vaccines and now lebanon has begun its an occupation drive after receiving its 1st shipment of the pfizer vaccine caretaker prime minister has india visited the hospital where those 1st shots were being given about 28000 doses arrived on saturday lebanon is struggling with

a recent surge in cases intensive care units are full and is a shortage of oxygen tanks it's a very important day for us we've been waiting for this pandemic. to greece thought we've had a lot of cases a lot of these and the and also really looking forward to the vaccine to hopefully see some light at the end of the tunnel privileged excited happy that this is help me move it is helping to lebanon a good thing for once it's working. everybody be able to get the chance to get. now the united arab emirates has released the 1st image of mars taken by its hope probe it reached the red planet's orbit on choose day and hope was the 1st of 3 missions in very quick succession china's channel when one rover arrived in orbit the next day and the nasa rover perseverance will touch down on the planet on thursday will the journey to mars began more than 60 years ago with the soviets

launching a series of probes but success would take some time in 1965 knots as mariner 4 freepost was capturing the 1st closeup photographs of another planet and then in 1971 the soviet models to land a crash landed on mars becoming the 1st manmade object to actually reach the surface and then there was a string of mars programs after that but the next major success came in 1907 when the mas pos find landed a base station with a roving probe the robotic roe the name surgeon that was the 1st to operate on the surface and as we mentioned there are now from 3 nations very close to the red planet the hope probe is the 1st from an arab country well dr keith smith has been following these mars missions very closely in his capacity as the editor of science magazine he says there are several reasons behind this growing interest in the red planet earth. well has been an increase in the number of different space agencies are spending probes to mars in the last few years and part of that is the fact that

the cost. has come down because of commercial. but also there has been an increase in the number of different countries around the world who see value in doing this sort of science in sending our spacecraft to to other planets to learn more about them and part of that is to do with the scientific things we can learn and we can search for signs of life on mars and we can understand how it's climate has changed and things like that and some of it is to do with generating our high tech industry for their economies and the u.a.e. space agency was only set up in 20 quarter in and this is its 1st mission anywhere and it's extremely ambitious of them to have gone straight for a mission to mars and so far the race is doing extremely well and part of our is they collaborated with other countries on this as well they've worked with. people

in the u.s. to help build the spacecraft and they work with the japanese who provide the launch vehicle and so forth and as a result they've been able to learn a lot of the skills necessary to transfer the number and this is the benefit of doing it this way is that you can learn how to operate a spacecraft that way much more quickly than if you're having to do with the u.n. charter never. heard. the word. that is out of there and these are the headlines u.n. secretary general antonio tara says he's concerned about the increasing use of force and myanmar and reports of armored vehicles on the streets of major cities there are concerns of a violent crackdown on dissent 2 weeks after the military took power in a coup the u.s. is warning its citizens and yangon to stay at home.