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security forces near fired tear gas to mandalay as nationwide protests enter the. hundreds of people seek shelter in indonesia after heavy rain and severe flooding swamp its capital jakarta and for the 1st time ever stunning images are beamed bank from masses martian rover. and i'm leah harding with all of your sports news liverpool had the chance to end their nightmare run in the premier league the english champions face local rivals every 10 looking to avoid a 4th e.p.l. defeat in a row. while just 0 has seen parts of a confidential u.n. report which finds donald trump's private security contractor erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya the report to the security council reveals how

foreign mercenaries and weapons towards after in 2019 when he was fighting against the internationally recognized government in tripoli kristen salumi wraps up the details from what. in d.c. . erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former education secretary betsy devadasi. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government libya in 2019 that's now a question al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a 121 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince help supply

a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in violation of a u.n. arms embargo on libya. it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help the attack was condemned by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh this won't be resolved through force of arms it's just no way that's going to take place we there's a un process we've been part of that and i have tars been part of that we urge them to have started stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a political resolution in libya the day after pompei are made that statement president trump made a phone call to have to are raising eyebrows in the ire of some members of congress an official readout of the call said that the president quote recognized field-marshal hafter significant role in fighting terrorism and securing libya's oil resources and the 2 discussed a shared vision for libya's transition to

a stable democratic political system what many saw as a contradiction of official u.s. policy. the u.n. report raises a question not only of whether or not a close associate of the president violated international arms embargo but also whether or not the president himself was complicit in defying stated u.s. policy kristen salumi al-jazeera washington or i'm trying the now joins us live from misrata somatics 1st of all how much of this operation was actually put into effect do we know. what we don't know how much of this pacific operation was completed by blackwater but there have been reports dating back to 2017 were blackwater was coordinating with how to help him solidify his power base in eastern libya by supplying and and pilot scene areas air

tractor attack planes so they've they've had a relationship before but this this specific operation we don't know how much was completed yet there was some sort of a falling out of sorts all right at the same time how did this operation say it's with the trumpet ministration the u.s. policy at the time. well this sort of brings to light not just the the trumpet ministrations policy towards libya but it has regional. implications i mean this could complete the loop with erik prince is relationship with the u.a.e. and moscow this could complete the loop explaining the link between the u.a.e. and russia and libya and his role could also be the reason why the trumpet ministration ignored the obvious threats to u.s. interests with the russian presence in libya according to the u.s.

africa command others over a dozen fighter jets currently based in libya and believed to be in the airbase supplied by the russian state. and fast forwarding to today what do libyans hope from the by the administration on this one why i think here especially in misrata the u.s. in 2011 played an integral part through nato in helping rebel forces. topple moammar gadhafi so they were seen as a key partner in freedom and democracy fast forward a couple of years when when president trump made that phone call just days after. her began his military campaign on tripoli many here were disappointed you know that they saw the u.s. as a beacon of democracy as a beacon of freedom and they were really disappointed by president trump's shift in policy now that joe biden's elect was elected president there is starting to you're

starting to get the feeling that people are hoping that president biden will help libya become a democratic and stable country china vast from aaa thanks for that. he is the founder and director of the saw the institute's a public policy think tank on libya and he says governments often use mercenary groups like those run by erik prince to be able to deny any involvement in conflicts. using these you know the merchants of war as they're called there's an aspect of deniability that one can use to stay an arm's length from you know a war when they don't want to be said when you can't from from the public reasons and an obvious and legal reasons you can't be involved in complicit people like erik prince and currency go right up and the real aspect here as we've seen with russia and the bagnall group and how they've been deployed in several theaters including libya is that they offer a beautiful eerie and in fact disastrous kind of deniability to any government you

can write refuse that you have any knowledge of what is going on you could refuse that you have any of the leaders but we know that erik prince has a relationship with donald trump we also know the his sister betsy the boats had a relationship with donald trump we know that you have been to preserve an inn in russia the head of the baylor group has a close relationship with develop it and he was put in chef we also know that they have very very close encounters and they've worked through it one time more over the last several years they've had meetings on behalf of 3rd countries like like the united arab or. now i think there are 2 major questions they're being left behind so what degree the trump helped facilitate this war alongside erik prince and more importantly whether or not erik prince and the prince was coordinating with russian wagner's group messages in libya and has helped them establish a foothold in libya in the way that he helped the united arab emirates establish a foothold in the because there was american weaponry and russian weaponry that

passing through that's a man's it's mad it's mad the think that the degree to which this has repercussions beyond libya of course in moscow is upheld kremlin critic alex and alan these prisoners sentence but it has shortened his term by one and a half months he was sentenced to 93 years for violating his parole while he was in germany recovering from poisoning. america will work closely with its allies a clear message sent by president joe biden who seems determined to break away from the trumps america 1st policies in is 1st speech on the world stage at the g 7 the new nick security conference biden proclaimed america is back is our white house correspondent now can really help kids it's not about pushing reset on the past 4 years u.s. president joe biden addressed to global conferences with world leaders on friday

but delivered one clear message forget the america 1st policies of his predecessor america is back the transatlantic alliance is back i know i know the past years of strain and tested our transatlantic relationship but the united states is determined determined to reengage with europe. biden made clear he believes solutions to global threats must be collaborative during the virtual gathering of the g. 7 and later the munich security conference leaders conferred about share threats posed by china iran and russia. to move you down the beach it is very important that we develop a common transatlantic russia agenda which on the one hand makes cooperative offers but on the other hand clearly identifies differences and i can only agree with the american president on the question of what makes

a strong strong european union unfortunately russia is not working on this at the moment on the issue of climate change biden underscored he believes the planet faces existential threat even as the united states has officially rejoined the paris climate accord envoy john kerry apologized for his precious time last pledge the united states will do all it can to meet a mission reduction targets he urged others to do the same what we do or don't do in the coming months and years will make all the difference as biden repudiated the nationalist approach of his predecessor donald trump he acknowledged challenges to preserve democracy remain both inside and outside the united states democracy doesn't happen by action we have to defend fight for strength renewing we have to prove that our model is in

a relic of history. it's the single best way to revitalize the promise of our future the global conferences were an opportunity for president biden to lay out his foreign policy agenda and chart a new course with european leaders while reassuring them that the era of trump style diplomacy has ended can really help get al-jazeera washington plenty more ahead on the news hour including taking brazil's president is happy for more people to brandish guns but the strong opposition. another bomb attack in afghanistan we'll look at what the future may hold for foreign troops there. and this. puts on a scoring master class and be a action coming up. the street.

protests against me and miles military a vented the 3rd of week around a 1000 people gathered in the largest city yang gong to demand the release of deposed leader aung san suu kyi and to return to civilian rule holding photos of a 20 year old woman who died on friday after being injured in the protests she was shot in the head last week when police tried to disperse a crowd in the capital of my door. so the demonstrations have taken place in the northern city of new to kenya thousands of people joined despite reports of police using force to arrest protesters earlier this week several people were wounded by rubber bullets nighttime grades. attorney chang joins us now live from bangkok and tony how those demonstrations holding now. as you mentioned in kitchens in a tense standoff between the protesters and the police in mandalay in central

miramar several hours ago they actually came to clashes were in the security services with the army and the police fired tear gas to try and disperse protesters who gathered at a shipyard on the banks of the irrawaddy river there's been a strike there part of the civil disobedience movement of the protesters have been encouraging everyone to take part of to basically bring the whole country to uphold . the army were trying to get people to go back to work the irrawaddy runs through the length of the miramar is fundamentally important as a way of transporting all sorts of goods through the country and i think it's an indication of how successful the civil disobedience movement is being at the moment but there was only one of several protests in mandalay we've also seen large protests in the former capital yangon with crowds holding up pictures of uncertain suchi and one smaller protest outside the chinese embassy where protesters i think

very aware of the fact that china is seen as a supporter of the myanmar military trying to pressure the embassy staff inside but also i think trying to embarrass the military who clearly have a very strong relationship with china or if this is being going on for days tony any sign the military is ready to engage some of the protesters demands. at this stage really very hard to know what they're thinking. this is a military which has remained isolated for decades we've saw overnight more sanctions put in place by the us there are discussions about what sanctions the e.u. will put in place and i think now with minimizing gauge went over the last 5 years with the international community and the economic gains that opening up was brought it's felt that those could have a lot more impact but i think remember this is

a military which is used very much to being cut off by the outside world but i think we're also seeing a lot of pressure coming from the civil disobedience movement in the last week we've seen plain pilots. stopping work the trains apparently are. running a very cut down service doctors are not going to work and i think is this movement continues to gather pace there will put an enormous pressure on the military. to try and stop the whole country from grinding to a hold thanks so much tony chang. now there's been severe flooding in indonesia's capital jakarta triggered by heavy rainfall in some parts homes were submerged by up to 2 metres of floodwater suburbs in eastern jakarta were most affected with city officials saying more than 1000 people were forced to seek shelter jessica washington is in one of the affected areas of jakarta. this is the

1st time jakarta has experienced severe widespread flooding. it's something that this community and is well accustomed to they've experienced this flooding for many years now police and search and rescue operations are working to try and assist people who are trying to leave their homes and also there are teams here to assist people with salvaging what's left of their belongings these are some of the evacuees that police have assisted here already we've seen people being fetched on boats and being brought back to evacuation centers there are at least 26 evacuation centers helping hundreds of people around you contra but many others have souls to stay at their homes seeking shelter on the 2nd story of the house all just sitting on the roof and waiting for these floodwaters to recede obvious monograms he said the 1st flooding started at 9 pm the water was not that much i tried to clear it but the ring kept coming into 2 yeah and now it is still

a big flood for this community in these floods is something that they're accustomed to the children here even enjoy playing in the floodwaters as you can see certainly not afraid of these floods and it's something that is a bit of fun for them but scientists and environmental groups say that continents need to take this issue seriously and that it shouldn't be normalised how the government often says that these floods of primarily the result of heavy rain and that's not wrong but scientists say that people need to consider the other reasons that this city experiences such as frequent flooding apart from heavy rain and some of those reasons include over extraction of ground water and too much development not enough green spaces and some of the methods that scientists say the government could use to make these floods less serious including river normalisation scientists say these methods haven't been taken seriously and that the government has been more. focus on the these rivers rather than the practicalities of

diminishing flood risk here. they say that this city will face severe flooding in the future if nothing is done in. time prime minister with channel child and 9 members of his cabinet who survived a no confidence vote they were accused of mismanaging the economy poor handling of the pandemic rights abuses and corruption it's the 2nd no confidence vote prayuth government has faced since taking office in 2019 time pro-democracy groups have been rallying outside parliament demanding his resignation and reform of the monarchy now 2 people have been killed in explosions in afghanistan's capital police say at least 2 improvised explosive devices were used in the attack in kabul no one has claimed responsibility at least 70 people have lost their lives in similar incidents in the past month including journalists and activists the us

government isn't making any decision on the troop withdrawal from afghanistan just yet defense secretary lloyd austin says more progress is needed in the peace negotiations before that can happen there's been intense fighting in recent days between afghan government forces and the taliban southern kandahar clearly the violence is too high right now and more progress needs to be like these to be made in the afghan led negotiations. and so i urge all parties to choose the path towards peace. and the violence must decrease. i told our allies no matter what the outcome of our review the united states will undertake a hasty or disorderly withdrawal from afghanistan that puts their forces or the alliances reputation at risk. at the star and no decisions about our future

force posture have been made. in the meantime current missions will continue and of course commanders have the right and the responsibility to defend themselves and their afghan partners against attack. as we move forward in our review we will consult with our nato allies our resolute support partners and of course the government of afghanistan and there will be no surprises we will consult each other . and consult together. and the site together and act together let's speak now to michael semple he's a professor at queen's university belfast and a former deputy e.u. special representative to afghanistan good to have you with us does it seem to you like the u.s. is leaning towards not withdrawing by may the 1st i think the u.s.

has put the ball in the taliban's court they've said that if if the violence were to stop or go do it all go down we would be on our way out on the basis of a recent performance by the taleban i don't think anybody expects them to reduce the violence and off for troops to leave in the next 2 months what would any delay for the withdrawal of u.s. troops mean full the the agreement signed in february 2020. well i mean in principle it is just the agreement is still there it just means that the the conditions that were to separated in that dream and won't have been fulfilled both sides ought to try and work to fulfill them both sides however what we hear from the taliban is something else they know the taliban are rattling their own sabers and saying that if the title if the u.s. does not withdraw in 2 months they intend to intensify a military campaign which they have sustained they say they will fight. so i mean

basically will that be pretty much the end of the the agreement if not the peace process and i don't think it will be the end of the agreement i mean of course one for fighting people will die but there is a huge amount of pressure on all parties to this conflict to bring it to an end and i think that if they if it becomes accidently clear that only by resisting a cease fire insisting on sustaining their violence against the afghan government they the taliban. oblige the u.s. to stay i think they'll find themselves isolated and i think they'll find themselves under pressure to funds to find some kind of a solution in other words the agreement to the agreement does not to die but i can imagine that there might be a period in which there is no that there are no no negotiations and the taliban find themselves more and more isolated and they lose some of the political gains

and respectability that they've enjoyed over the past year that's the narrative of u.s. commanders in afghanistan who say of course that the taliban has stepped up attacks on the afghan officials and assassinations the taliban says they are not behind that wave of assassinations the russian presidential envoy says it's the americans who are carrying out unnecessary airstrikes is it clear who is behind me there are lots of groups operating in afghanistan is it clear who is behind this wave of violence. it's absolutely clear for anybody who cares to look the taliban there are in their organization even before the agreement to in doha hard to groups task for conducting assassinations inside the government held areas particularly kabul what has happened over the past year is they've stepped that up since they gave a commitment to stop letting off suicide to happen again either although what does

the taliban have to gain by trying to wear disrupt they're trying to they're trying to win a war zone or they want the american troops out trying to. yes once you've got some and you know unfortunately you know they haven't listened to the advice that many good people have given to them they consider that they are fighting a war out what they've told to their own fighters is that if the americans don't leave of course to according to the timetable we will force them out they know that they can't actually fight to directly against the americans there are very few americans left in the taliban can't get to them so instead they have to try and intimidate or collapse the afghan government i don't think they can put it off but that's the course of that's the course of action they've chosen thank you for your thoughts on that michael semple there thank you very much brazil's president joe also now is easing gun ownership rules opponents say the controversial decision will lead to an increase in violent crime but supporters argue that they're in need

of greater self protection on a chaotic here of reports from rio de janeiro. inspired in broad daylight i mean the middle of the night bullets flying over slums every day violence. that's by people on the spot and shared by thousands and if we're used to shoot out yap was created by physics teacher myself and 3 friends. i must help people avoid being on the wrong place at the wrong time by informing them what parts of the city dangerous. the president should be able so now to says the best way of reducing crime in brazil is to arm more people. he's just taken measures to make weapons and ammunition more widely available in a country that has one of the world's largest number of homicides. it's a promise he made to his voters but one that has sparked outrage among gun control

campaigners they say brazil has weak den control policies and dismantling them will make violence worse but it's not only that is that also president bush will not it is in a sense. a lot of the rhetoric of former president trump when it comes to incite is more loyal supporters but in the caves in brazil are also this category is that these degrees benefit gun owners collectors shooters hunters to actually be on human side in case for example there is an election fraud in brazil in 2022 also now has been and still is loyal to trump who has not condemned the attack by the former u.s. president supporters on capitol hill january and many here fear the same could happen in brazil in 2 years if it's not reelected.

that is the recall matters words at a cabinet meeting last april. presidential myself in a. brazilian should be armed in order not to be enslaved he used a political narrative to tell people they should rebel if a man or governor decides they should be a lockdown to control the spreading of the coronavirus. owns a shooting. and imports weapons is winnable so now to supporters who say human rights groups are exaggerating the form of a biased large margin a series of about is brazil the country with the highest number of homicides probably but how many of these crimes were committed with legally registered firearms do we have a record number of police killings maybe but we also have a record number of dead policeman if many are killed and many are dead well that means it's a war. with. nearly says both so narrow is only defending people's right to

bear arms and protect their property and families since both are not as election 2 years ago the number of registered weapons has increased by 91 percent. but sheesh there is a teacher in the poor neighborhoods of rio de janeiro he's been a victim of violence and has seen children abandon school to take up arms and follow the local drug lord. the only solution is to invest in education and equal opportunities while there is in the quality there is no way out except dodging stray bullets brazil appears increasingly divided with no common ground between those who believe guns will reduce violence and those who fear it will put democracy at risk meineke an i.q. of al-jazeera rio de janeiro. still ahead on al-jazeera the last

war dies in the amazon marking the end of a people we hear how the pandemic is exonerating the history of addiction is disappearing. and more secrets of an ancient egyptian pharaohs live for reveals. that in sport a massive occasion at one of japan's n.p.t. venues details coming up later. how much milder and now spilling in across western parts of here and we've also got much wetter weather spilling in from the atlantic and that's fading in ahead of that cloud and right winds coming in from a southerly direction look at these temperatures 17 celsius there for paris the warmth spreading right up into a good part of germany still on the cool side over to as eastern parts of you but

even modest on the mosca represents something of an improvement we got some snow flurries to go through here it will be a 3rd of the minus 7 in moscow by sunday off they're not sabbaticals central pos in light winds berlin will be lovely of the spring like weather the 15 degrees celsius some of the temperature there for paris so the temperature 2 for london the 3 and i still somewhat of weather coming into western parts of england western areas of well some very heavy rain moving across portugal into spain snow over the high ground level contagion h. its way further east which is because one through monday still getting up into the mid teens to some paris at 16 celsius i was towards the southeast a coat of fine and dry fun to try to across northern parts of africa for the most part we have got some wet a weather just sliding in across morocco alsa spain and portugal that wet weather all the way across into the fog north of algeria.

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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now al-jazeera has gained access to parts of a confidential u.n. report which finds blackwater found the erik prince violated an arms about go in libya it says print sent weapons to warlord holy for half the. protests against me and miles matric who have entered a 3rd week around a 1000 people gathered in the largest city young ground to demand the release of the pows leader aung san suu kyi and the return to civilian rule. has been severe flooding in indonesia's capital jakarta triggered by heavy rainfall in some parts

homes were submerged by up to 2 metres of floodwater suburbs in east and you can't hold the worst affected city officials saying more than a 1000 people were forced to seek shelter. the u.s. and other wealthy nations accused of ordering vaccines will pour more money into ensuring poor governments obtain and after $2.00 president joe biden is promising $4000000000.00 for the u.n. sco vacs program half of which will be sent straight away says it will double its contribution a total of $1200000000.00 france says it will hand over up to 5 percent of its vaccine supplies but hasn't specified why and and the u.k. say it will donate any surplus doses as the details. under pressure from the united nations and the world health organization g 7

leaders promise to step up their efforts to make vaccines available worldwide make sure everybody gets a vaccine that they. can through this together and already announced that i would be. a strong supporter ahead of the virtual meeting chaired by britain's prime minister the un said just 10 countries accounted for 3 quarters of the entire global vaccine rollout 130 countries have not received a single dose the w.h.o. has warned of a catastrophic moral failure that will be paid for with lives and livelihoods among the world's poorest bucks iniquities not just the right thing to do it's also this morning thing to do. 37 pledges of funding in future vaccine donations have been welcomed but countries like india and south africa want to share their access to vaccine patients what we're calling for reforms in the how patents are

in this case we because this should be in people's votes in is in many countries as possible we have the capacity to be able to produce. for them so this we carried starting with africa his to wait for left overs from the rich countries is not going to end the epidemic only france and germany have considered making some of their own vaccine stocks available to developing countries now the french president has suggested donating up to 5 percent of existing supply he has support from the german chancellor says among them to come from different immuno of august i stressed in my intervention that the pandemic is not beaten and all people in the world have been vaccinated i'll mention after a bit infant the g 7 pledges of progress so campaigners but not enough joe to hold al-jazeera. the russian spawning vaccine will arrive in mexico on

monday the deputy health minister made the announcement just as $857.00 additional fatalities were registered on friday that brings mexico's total covert $1000.00 related deaths to almost 180000 argentina's health minister has resigned after reports a friend of his was able to skip the line for a covert 1000 vaccination it's only just started people over the age of 70 prioritizing health care workers before that. well the last male member of a once thriving indigenous community in brazil's amazon has died from covert 19 it spells the end of the german people as a distinct ethnic group than your former reports. the last shelter the last few the warriors. 86 year old are more

him out has died from the covert 19 virus at a hospital in northwestern brazil his passing marks the end of a people the humor indigenous community which once numbered around $15000.00. is survived by his 3 daughters but they've had to marry into another community because there were no male partners left in their own what are or why why are there for all of us for the indigenous people for those who fought to defend the rights of indigenous communities the loss of a whole people cannot be measured it's a huge loss for all the indigenous people of brazil. several 1000000 indigenous inhabitants of what is now the brazilian amazon when the 1st european settlers arrived here more than 500 years ago the disappearance of the uma is just the latest tragedy in a catalogue of disease deforestation land theft the massacres don't look for that no more here many indigenous people are dying in prison many many because we have

what we call a government genocide ethno side and we hold them responsible for these deaths a report out this week says the covered $1000.00 pandemic has only made the situation worse that many governments including brazil's a using the crisis is not a tuna t. to disregard social environmental safeguards to further erode the rights of indigenous people the extent. of the. urgency to enter into. going to turn each productive agricultural around. the report says many governments have criminalized indigenous human rights defenders and facilitated the threatened use of violence against them i'm now program 19 even more so up to the point where did you through your this is a case of crimes against humanity. and now. some of the

regional authorities in brazil have made efforts to reach an faxon a people in remote difficult to access communities but critics say they've been hampered by a government that has never taken the pandemic seriously and the society that shows little regard for its original inhabitants. the less action is taken as you will not be the last indigenous community to disappear or. the relative 01 osiris. now the u.s. special envoy for climate has urged governments to do more than the bare minimum number of global warming speaking at the munich security conference john kerry warned the world is now in the decisive decade to limit the effects of climate change the former secretary of state added we have a chance to raise our ambitions during u.n. climate talks 2 in november what we do or don't do

in the coming months and years will make all the difference it's a threat multiplier when tensions are already high somewhere and resources are increasingly scarce the embers of conflict just burn brighter and when farmers can no longer make a living because the weather is so extreme and unpredictable they become increasingly desperate many according to some studies hundreds of millions of people will be forced from their homes forced from their habitat from the place they've lived a life. of course in india's older climate activists being kept in jail or choose investigated for sedition police accused to show ravi and other environmentalists of waging a social media war after they shared an online document telling people how to support recent farmers' protests elizabeth or ana reports from new delhi.

and the. dish of our beer vives in a new delhi court hoping to be released from jail after 5 days in police custody but the judge denies have request. rather he was arrested as part of an investigation into her and 2 other environmentalists in connection with an online document that supported farmers protesting against new agricultural laws they say favor corporations and river when their livelihoods. and on. her breast has led to protests in the cities of deludedly delhi and mumbai and criticism from some of india's leading lawyers and environmentalists and here we are looking at the document a google document that almost becomes like a like a nuclear cord of sorts that's the way the government is actually looking at it it's a google document that tells people what hashtags to use and what is the problem that indian farmers are actually facing people did well during the human rights

lawyer column going south it says the accusations are unfounded said rick was in addition to the actions taken aimed at overthrowing the state has done nothing of this so this charge is bizarre. free speech is not sedition police began investigating the document off to swedish climate activist gretta thornburg shared it on twitter the document tells people in india and abroad how they can peacefully and democratically support the farmers protests the police say it aims to wage an economic social cultural and regional war against the country also say the sharing of the document on social media indicates there was a conspiracy behind the events on the public day in january when the largely peaceful protests erupted into violence and all the police. the police accuse 6 separatists of helping create the document many of the protesting farmers belong to

the sick faith political analysts say the government is trying to discredit the protests by linking them to separatists despite a lack of evidence when we've seen similar methods being used in previous protests in the anti citizenship protests when. it is a misnomer terrorism separatism leftwing borderless was raised in that context and used to disrupt the protests and taught them during this ever since these protests started all over. thousands of families continue to protest against the government's recent agricultural laws on the outskirts of delhi supporters of the chevy say her arrest is a warning to those who stand up for them elizabeth pradhan al jazeera you delhi. millions of people in texas don't have clean drinking water and hundreds of thousands are still without power the southern us state has been plunged into chaos by a rare winter storm short handed before it's from chicago. frigid texas

is trading power problems for water woes this past week has been an enormous challenge maybe unlike any challenge that you've ever dealt with before has been far too burdensome for the lives of all those affected. we're working around the clock and we will continue to work around the clock to address to meet your needs and challenges after days of rare freezing temperatures blanketed the 2nd largest state in the u.s. power stations are all back on line that after unusually high demand led to rolling blackouts transmission lines taken down by ice still have left nearly 200000 without power but now texans face a new crisis 7000000 people a quarter of the state or being asked to boil their water if they have it at all because the cold weather has left broken pipes and taken water treatment plants offline san antonio faces fire and ice as frozen fire hydrants forced firefighters

to truckee and water flowing crews battling flames at an apartment complex haven't been able to get a workout weeklong. now everything that we have in there it's got grocery store shelves are largely bare leaving residents lined up in their cars for food and water president joe biden says he's declaring the entire state the disaster zone i talked with the federal emergency management agency fema the administrator. of the saff community we're going to ask him to accelerate our response and request for quote it's a different declaration a major disaster declaration the president says he hopes to visit the lone star state next week here in chicago where at the northern end of the weather system that struck texas about 1500 kilometers north of dallas but you cobblers used to weather like this it's water and power transmission systems are hardened for the routine cold weather that strikes every winter texas hasn't seen

a storm system like this in 35 years and it's clear its system simply weren't up to the task. there is hope sustained temperatures above freezing beginning saturday john hendren al-jazeera chicago. now president joe biden's administration has begun dismantling one of dol traumas most restrictive immigration policies thousands of asylum seekers have to wait in mexico for their cases to be heard in the u.s. now up to $25.00 people a day will be allowed to enter while the immigration courts consider their cases i know of apollo reports from mexico city on whether the policy change will affect the number of arrivals at the u.s. border this is very much on the radar of immigration officials both in the united states as well as here in mexico and we should note that throughout the course of 2020 the lock down from the pandemic saw an overall decline in migration from central america specifically but then something interesting happens in december we

see a spike in the number of migrants coming up toward the united states we're seeing numbers that are higher than even before the pandemic began and we have heard those speculations that this could be in part due to the more relaxed policies by the by did ministration and that very well could be the case but we also have to remember that a lot of the conditions that were leading to people or driving people out of their countries in central america extreme poverty widespread violence political instability these are things that have improved you could argue that they've actually been exacerbated by the cove in 1000 pandemic now you couple that with 2 back to back hurricanes that slammed into the region late last year in november in honduras alone this resulted in more than a 1000000 people being displaced you put all of these factors together and you start to get a better picture of what's really driving this increase in migrant numbers over the course of the last few months hundreds of displaced syrians have been protesting in the rebel held city of idlib they're demanding president bashar assad let them

return to their homes elsewhere in the country they have been seized by government forces but also criticized the upcoming presidential elections saying it will be rigged. very high tech studies revealed more about an egyptian pharaoh who ruled more than 3000 years ago including how he died in the battlefield so you can enter a tower the 2nd reigned over southern egypt c.t. scans show you may have been taken prisoner during a battle with the west asian dentistry when he was tied up in executed it's only been on the red planet for a day but nasa is perseverance rover is already sending back the tell color photos it's on a mission to collect samples from the surface which nasa hopes one day be analyzed here on earth is rob reynolds. this is the 1st ever color picture from a world more than 54000000 kilometers beyond ours it's one of several sent from

perseverance is a raid of cameras this one shows the rover being lowered down by cables to its martian landing spot from the delivery space vehicle. nasa scientists say the rover came through its action packed landing thursday in fine form and happy to say that the rover is doing great and healthy on the surface of mars and continues to be highly highly functional and then just kind of the rate at this shot shows one of the rovers heavy duty wheels that it will use to explore the red dust of just 0 crater for signs of extinct ancient life but perseverance won't be making tracks right away 1st engineers will perform system checks update its software and test some of its instruments like a robotic arm and a microphone in a month or so ingenuity the drone attached to the rover will take its 1st flight

this rover is epic for it it represents. 8 years of hundreds of engineers at the laboratory thousands around the world a total of over 4 founds and human years of investment. and already a detail in this picture has caught scientists attention that rock on the left the one that looks like a hunk of swiss cheese and there are number of different geological processes beckon make holes in iraq like that and so the science team is now thinking about what this might mean and one of the questions we'll ask 1st is whether these rocks represent a volcanic or sedimentary origin and both of those would be equally exciting to the team ultimately perseverance may dig up evidence that life existed on mars at some point in the ancient past that could be a sign that life is widespread in our solar system our galaxy and the far flung

reaches of the universe and that we are not alone robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. still ahead on al-jazeera in sports another major title for japan's tennis superstar details coming up in just a moment. playing. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes a statistic but some have broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to lose you have to ask for help and inspired others to turn their lives around i call the straw hat program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change on al-jazeera. in india identity politics on the rise what we're seeing is the construction of

partitions in the hearts and loads of millions of people across the country and there's a dark side in detroit is we do see the grit from his office the majesty of the him fixed into something more like the team i didn't see of the british football i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. bharat sports fans it's time to catch up on all the tennis his last thank you sam well we start with. she's of japan and one of the australian open just now the 23

year old be jennifer brady in the final in melbourne she won in straight sets 6463 this is the 2nd time osaka has won the tournament she now has 4 grand slam titles to her name. was all right and in football english champions liverpool will be looking to end their nightmare run in the premier league on saturday you're going club side face local rivals everton but go into the game in 6th place they are 16 points off the top spot having lost 3 straight e.p.l. games if they fall to the toughest who said just one place below them it will be the 1st time since 2002 that liverpool would have lost 4 league games in a row they did however win in the champions league midweek the match and field later will not have any fans attending due to cope with 1000 restrictions the dog bit without supporters but with supporters it's just more enjoyable for us as well

so the old. football becomes the most important thing for a few moments. it's always decay so this intensity i really like. that the game is. still intense or emotional we want to describe that. that's normal it's football. well earlier we spoke to football writer chris williams he says injured players are not the only reason liverpool is losing. i think liverpool not have in their 3rd 1st choice sensor box in verge of vandyke joe gomez joe might it be in ours has been a massive miss for them but they were playing with those defenders of the start the season it wasn't particularly the best we've seen from liverpool specially if you not look back those last 2 seasons where they've been absolutely phenomenal i just think they've got a mixture of injuries a maybe a little better mental burnout you have to remember that this side. pushed

manchester city all the way the of the season just missed out on the title by a couple of points then went to madrid to be taught them in a champions league and then went and completely blew the premier league away last season and will now 1st title in 30 years i don't know if there's maybe a little bit mental bernauer in that and it's affected the team and they were playing ok football start the season then they lost a couple of games especially on field it's all gone wrong from there i think their main problem is they haven't picked up points against what you'd call the lower level sides they've dropped points to west brom they dropped points to brighton the a lot of lower down teams for them as well in their teams are liverpool really should have been expected to beat. well one of the football venues for the delay tokyo a lympics stage a big match earlier say tama stadium hosted the japanese super cup which had a limited attendance did a coded $1000.00 rolls cover saki beating emperors cup holders osaka 32 at present

10 districts in japan are under a state of emergency to prevent further spread of the disease olympic organizers insist however that the olympics will go ahead they're scheduled to start on july 23rd. cameroonian n.b.a. star joel embiid had a stellar performance on friday for the philadelphia 76 ers the 26 year old scored 50 points against the chicago bulls keeping his team as the leaders in the eastern conference this game is now a career. for the 4th time all star his efforts helping the 76 ers when at 112 to one of 5. in l.a. clipper star quiet leonard had 29 points ending the 9 game winning streak of the utah jazz who are currently on top of the western conference clippers winning this 111-6112.

all right that's it for me sami back to you buying sots laugh that's it from me for this news album kim is back in a moment with another foreshadow stay with us. out of his parent's house after he got to me he says he found more space living in biscayne after a run of eating it last year it's now his home along with his wife the water and all but the israeli government said the key was to be constructed we've gotten permits and issued the demolition order last month our interview with cut short as

he hears that the israeli army has arrived in the village with the bulldozer residents say soldiers gave them one minute to go home it took the found me months to build their brick and dust and an hour to see it get demolished. what should americans be thinking and doing right now there should be about ideas they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money china is not going to be left out of the calling for the bloated defense budget to be cut the bottom line on us politics and policies on the reflect on the world. how does the team from the smaller league draw the bigger crowds. why does the idlers floods lysol use of schools is clogged. what is it about celtic that has the world over shielding them all politics and so fall on the panel will stop with the oppressed and the unemployed. the fun to make football.

context is the. storytelling of the biggest issues but had to do it in. a confidential un report accuses a former u.s. president donald trump's ally eric pence of breaking an arms embargo and supporting the libyan warlord please don't. have them given all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up america is back trans-atlantic alliance is back u.s. president joe biden.