be the hero world needs right now. washing. 'd machine. threats of more sanctions against me and mas ruling military are after the bloodiest day in more than 2 weeks of anti coup protests. hello and welcome i'm peter toby you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up the kremlin critic alexina found he loses 2 court cases in one day and leaving him heading to prison for nearly 3 years.

terrifying moments for passengers as a commercial aircraft jet engine catches fire over the u.s. city of denver. and in the midst of the pandemic argentina swears in a new health minister after vaccination scandal brought down the previous 1. 2 people have been killed in me in last 2nd biggest city during the bloodiest day of protest against the military coup tension escalated quickly in mandalay where the police and soldiers fought with demonstrators and striking shipyard workers the violence has provoked more global condemnation including further threats of sanctions against the generals is tony chang. shots ring out as protesters in mandalay flee from the police and force a cannon tear gas and sling shots also used to disperse the crowd casualties taken

from the scene by ambulance as the security services attempt to break strikes that have shut down shipyards on the or what the river in the capital naypyidaw marches commemorated the death of a 20 year old student shot in the head during a demonstration last week determination amongst those present that they would continue to march against the military coup despite the danger until a civilian government is restored no no no there are possibilities of many more people dying and we ourselves can even know whether we will die or not but we need to fight until the end regardless of our lives in order to succeed and that is only after we get rid of this military dictatorship downtown young gone through the largest crowds despite a police cordon around the soon go to the crowds just move down the road chanting for the release of aung san suu kyi she remains under military detention there's a campaign of civil disobedience starts to impact transport and banking systems

across myanmar some feel they have nothing to lose 6 i was young people have their dreams 29000 was a year of development and 2020 there was coronavirus and we were all thinking about the future but everything is gone now everything we were hoping for is going to be destroyed that's why more people are joining the protests than in the past in kitchen stays in the far north the tense standoff between protesters and police this is one of the areas where the military has struggled for years to suppress ethnic unrest but now there's news men must diverse ethnic groups have signed a nationwide cease fire to unite in opposition to military rule tony chang al jazeera. iran says it's still studying the e.u. proposals to hold an. formal meeting involving the u.s. and other participants to the 2050 nuclear deal the us president joe biden says he is willing to rejoin talks to try to save the agreement his predecessor donald

trump withdrew from it in 20 team and reimpose sanctions iran has been winding back its compliance ever since the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog has arrived in tehran ahead of a deadline that iran set for u.s. sanctions to be lifted raw field will discuss his agency's ability to continue inspections under the nuclear deal iranian legislation comes into effect on tuesday suspending some inspections if the u.s. sanctions are not taken off. let's talk to trita parsi the executive vice president of the quincy institute a u.s. based think tank he joins us from washington trita parsi welcome back to our 20 so what we're talking about here the choreography today looks like the 1st substantial diplomacy that we've seen in what 4 years almost is that in itself good news. in and of itself it is. there is some movement we're also stuck in a situation in which both sides are trying to essentially make sure that their

stated approach is the one that is the op that the iranians had asked it head of the e.a.'s to take care of the choreography the u.s. apparently rejected that and this is the at least and instead is going for its own idea which is that it would be an informal meeting together where the europeans and the other people respond are at the end of a this is positive that there are some meetings but there are some really hard issues still left which is that the end of the day trumps maximum pressures strategy and policy is still in effect the u.s. has not met any of this action and it's still pursuing the very same sanctions that biden and straighten itself said were wrong in effect and counterproductive ok what we're talking this boils down to sanctions versus compliance somebody has got to blink 1st but not not in a total absolute row back from a hardline position kind of

a way is it your sense trita parsi that one side or the other may move just enough to say we've got progress. i think what's going to happen is that both sides will end up having to move just enough at the same time that is what has happened in the past when they've gotten stuck in this way and that is likely what is going to happen this time around we do have the complication with matchless not this says that a significant degree of the inspections are going to be halted from tuesday and onward i suspect that will happen there is that iran is will not as much as the 1st but it will go forward a little bit as a result of the proposal to meet this is similar to what the u.s. has done at. the u.s. is not on the full way when he comes to rejoining the agreement but instead is offering to talk while it continues to have the sanctions off do you have the feeling there who you are that iran is prepared to look and i stress the word look

as if it's stepping backwards into this old period that this hiatus period between the original j c p a a 2015 and where we are today with an output looking we willing gauge with you by the ministration. if i don't think the iranians do not want to engage the problem they have is that if they starting gauging that biting restraint there are continuing to pursue trumps policy that will both undermine their negotiating position and it will significantly put that rouhani government under attack at home so the idea is to find some sort of a choreography that allows old sides to save face move forward but not in such a way that it undermines a negotiating position nor on their minds their domestic political position and remember what the vital restriction is concerned about is that it would rejoin the agreement too quickly and because of all the criticism you will get from missile

from saudi graveyard from republicans in washington d.c. does washington actually have i guess in a sense what i'm going for here is is the moral high ground equivalence of being able to talk about or should it be allowed to talk about the 5 plus one agreement it's like leaving somebodies barbecue and then coming back later and saying oh the sausages are really good can i come back and have another beer please well they're not really asking the come back and have another beer please said biden astray sions approach is to say that they have no responsibility whatsoever for what the trumpet mr a should did to trump instruction and sure the united states completely lost the whole a moral high ground but the biting this tradition essentially acting as if that has nothing to do with them and as if they have the same moral stand they as obama administration had when he did negotiate and eventually join the again i'm hoping that all 'd of this is just the initial diplomatic wrestling that will take place

because of all sides want to show that their top or sides want to be assured their hard won domestic audiences that they're not in the event too much but if this continues for too long it occurred scuttle the talks altogether ok we must leave it there is a pulse in washington thank you very much thank you for having. the russian opposition leader alexina bali has suffered 2 legal defeats in just one day the kremlin critic lost an appeal against his nearly 3 year jail sentence and was fined for defamation in a separate case roach allen's has more alexina valley knows this drill well he's been in the defendant's cage of a russian courtroom so many times before he knows judges almost never overturn a conviction you know the chances of that are even smaller for the kremlin's most high profile critic so novelli listen to the expected rejection of his appeal and gave a customarily sarcastic reply they reduced my sentence by 1.5 months great he said

is the verdict clear ask the judge. yes yes thank you part of the valley taking off time already spent under house arrest of ali sentences now 2 years and 8 months he gave a final statement captured only on audiotape criticizing the or thora tease. me. they say what's this we can fiddle with the system in any way we want so how can you stand against as i'm not the only one who sees it but the ordinary people who watch this can see it too they have part feelings about it because they can imagine what happens if they meet this justice system outside his lawyer echoed in a fairly cynical view of the country's courts. today's verdict was expected for us we consider it unlawful nothing has changed all the arguments were made in the court the 1st time they got rejected then they got rejected now. alexei navalny

returned to russia last month and was immediately detained he'd been recovering in germany since being poisoned on a trip to siberia last august it was an attack which nearly killed him he says russia's f.s.b. security service was responsible and the e.u. has sanctioned several members of president putin's inner circle prosecutors say by being out of the country so long me violated the terms of an earlier suspended sentence. we used. after being released from the clinic on september 23rd 2020 during 2 months till november 2020 alexina valmy has not notified the preservation department about his place of stay is not turned up to the registration either past the courts were still not done with no valmy after his appeal rejection there was another conviction and 11 and a half $1000.00 fine for supposedly defaming a world war 2 veteran and one of the valleys online videos all this legal attention

for a man in the kremlin professes complete disinterest in a man whose political future they insist is not their concern rory chalons al-jazeera lost chunks of aircraft fall in the suburbs of denver in the u.s. after one of its engines caught on fire a passenger recorded this video onboard the boeing triple 7 which was bound for honolulu and it made an emergency landing at denver's airport safely one very large piece of the engine narrowly missing one home kristen salumi has more from washington. 331 passengers and 10 crew members were on board that boeing 777 united flight 328 which was on route from denver international airport to honolulu when that right engine experienced some difficulties and it was the middle of the day one man reported being out walking with his family walking the dog when he saw the plane flying very low he actually took out his phone and

started videotaping it and saw the explosion and smoke pouring out the back and debris starting to fall police in the town of broomfield which is about 40 kilometers north of denver posted pictures online of this big circular piece of debris that was leaning up against a house just to show the size of the wreckage and you know thankfully it didn't hit anyone on the way down the n.t.s.b. is actually asking people if they have any debris not to touch it so that they can get there and investigate the n.t.s.b. being the national transportation safety board there will be heading up the investigation the federal aviation administration will also be involved. not surprisingly a message of thanks coming from the denver international airport they tweeted out a big thanks to the pilot and crew for turning around and bringing the plane back

safely it landed less than an hour after the taken off back at the same spot i think a lot of people are feeling very thankful today still to come on this program heavy monsoon rains leave large areas underwater in jakarta the world's fastest sinking city. and protesters call a mini is prime minister to resign over a peace deal signed last year continues to grow. i. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point cut some ways how that we've got to last a spring like weather now and see a state looking good over the next couple of days and pleasant busting through in too much in the way of any significant snowfall to come 21 celsius that for tokyo warmest still is because i wanted to monday a little further north you could catch one of the wintry flies but not see us to

speak of chance of some wet weather to into southern areas of china should be few and far between i think more the way of driving other than a ray meanwhile we got some very heavy rain making its way towards the philippines without a tropical storm say the process of weakening but we are still looking at some very heavy rainfall over the next couple of days but nothing like the kind of rainfall that we have seen in indonesia jakarta 95 millimeters of rain in 24 hours and over the last 5 days we've seen $262.00 millimeters of rain that's almost the a monthly average for every average is around $310.00 millimeters so that's a big chunk of that monthly average rainfall coming through little wonder that we have same problems in chicago to add the surrounding areas them with that very heavy rainfall coming through there has been widespread disruption i'm hopeful over the next couple of days things will start to come calm down a little with the heaviest rainfall just making its way further east.

and ways more to an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognize water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission would be very very shameful is would to privatization on anybody say anything to. those people who see every 2 years something to invest the profit of a $1.00. to the last drop on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of your top stories this hour 2 people have been killed in the march 2nd

biggest city during the bloodiest day of protest against the military coup the violence has provoked threats of further sanctions against the generals. iran says it's still studying the e.u.'s proposal to hold an informal meeting involving the u.s. and all participants to the 2050 nuclear deal u.s. president joe biden says he is willing to rejoin talks to save the agreement. last chunks of aircraft of 4 then on to the suburbs of denver in the u.s. after one of his engines caught fire at the boeing triple 7 which did land safely at denver's airport no one on the plane or on the ground was injured or hurt. people are throwing bottles at the police set fires and smashed up shops in barcelona during a 5th night of protest against the jailing of a rapper. cell was convicted of glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs and sentenced to 9 months it sparked debate over freedom of expression and demonstrations that have often turned violent there were protests across spain.

u.s. president joe biden has approved a major disaster declaration for texas now that frees up emergency federal funds after the state's deadly winter freeze millions of people have had to deal with days of power and water cuts after a massive snowstorm overwhelmed the utilities companies power plants are back online but blackouts persist and many people are still having to boil water before drinking it the freezing temperatures played a part in a hotel going up in flames in texas the sprinkler system wasn't working because of frozen water pipes in the city of callender the hotel was full with people who didn't have any electricity or water at home one guest had minor. whole neighborhoods are underwater in jakarta after the latest bout of tarantula rainfall to hit the indonesian capital flooding isn't unusual in the wet season however the scale of recent disasters is adding to worries about the city's future jessica

washington reports from jakarta. you can hear is the world's fastest sinking city every monsoon season is a reminder of the worsening crisis at large parts of the city once again submerged . and you can't as east thousands of people were moved to safety as floodwaters reached up to 1.8 meters high in some areas. rescue is in police work together to help people escape. and see the water in my home is still chest high all my belongings got flooded i try to put them somewhere higher but then last night the water also went higher the indonesian capital is home to about 10000000 people and thousands are now without power many here are so accustomed to this recurring disaster that used to wait it out on balconies and roofs flooding is an annual event here in jakarta heard something that this community. is well accustomed to

but this year many communities which have never experienced severe flooding before doing so for the 1st time and scientists age a card is local governments must act faster to save this sinking city. in the relatively affluent area of command people told al-jazeera they have never experienced such severe flooding jakarta's governor on the spouse weighed in and says local authorities are working swiftly to assist everyone she said was a main in top priority is to make sure the people are safe we don't want to see any casualties and we've prepared evacuation centers for people who are affected by the 2 rachel running. but this crisis is about more than just rain experts have criticised the governor for failing to act and for blaming the rain when there are other factors contributing to the floods were the normalisation projects have been delayed and scaled back despite experts saying they would help ease the annual flooding and excessive ground water extraction and the destruction of adequate

green spaces in the city is sinking at an even faster rate. joe carter has an obligation to fix its drainage and completely for dollars asian projects this is to increase the function and capacity of the rivers to contain the rainfall without causing floods. forced from their homes without their toys it's not the 1st time these children have played in floodwaters and it likely won't be the last as thousands of indonesians are forced to leave their homes and belongings once again many are asking what it would take for the authorities to act jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. your sources nigeria say they're making progress in negotiations with an armed gang the kidnapped students in the more west of the country a muslim cleric has met the kidnappers as part of efforts to secure a release one student was killed when gunmen disguised in military uniforms raided a government school in ca garra on weapons day argentina has put

a new person in charge of his coronavirus response the health minister has been replaced after a bank seen scandal where influential people were allowed to skip the queue daniel swam the reports now from buenos aires. the origin time president obama to often and is swearing in his new health minister khaled the sortie came to put behind him a scandal over his government's handling of the covered 900 pandemic. just a few days ago the now disgraced former health minister genius gonzalez garcia was welcoming the arrival in argentina of this batch of more than half a 1000000 doses of the ox with us to the seneca vaccine. that the more than a month with the vaccine agreement we have reached and the actions we are taking we estimate that in august or september we will have backs needed all arjan times who are in a position to be vaccinated. many health professionals questioned his optimism concerned that not enough doses are arriving quickly enough noise like we're not

large enough vaccines arriving we can't produce what's not available and this we now know you're friends with people in the right places your man mimiko me all he knew was that he has he argued this prominent arjun time journalist on public radio explained how his friend the now former health minister insisted he jumped the queue to get vaccinated other cases of senior politicians and business leaders and their families immediately came to light the president insisted that gonzales resign the rest of the country with the virus has killed more than 50000 people and 2000000 have been infected most simply wait their turn. and there i have been waiting for it i really couldn't wait because i have been locked up for a year now this program to vaccinate elderly people in one osiris province began as the scandal came to light a similar case is being investigated in peru where nearly 500 people among them

a former president and 2 ministers were vaccinated weeks before the program for the rest of the population had even begun this in a country where covered 19 has killed $45000.00 people and the oxygen supplies are running dangerously low the governments of peru and here in argentina now have the task of rebuilding public faith in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic phrases like we're all in this together and we're doing all we can ring hollow while people are being urged to wait patiently in line to be vaccinated and the virus still calles. than usual i'm there al-jazeera when a fire in. kuwait has extended has been on non-citizens entering the gulf country until further notice as it tries to get on top of corona virus infections almost 6500 cases are recorded in just the past week most businesses a ban from opening at night and public gatherings are restricted. the afghan taliban is intensifying its offensive in the southern province of kandahar they've

reached the outskirts of its main city the u.s. is calling for an immediate end to the violence and for talks to resume between the taliban and the afghan government's control 40 reports from kabul here in rural kandahar the war has barely stopped since it started nearly 20 years ago. but now it's coming closer to the main city afghanistan 2nd largest after the capital kabul heavy fighting between government forces and the taliban is now only 8 kilometers away from kandahar city. was mines infest the roads while the taliban destroys others some politicians warn if security continues to deteriorate it could be a matter of time before the government loses control or as i see the last movement of taliban where they are focusing a lot on kandahar. as i know

they are inviting their fighters from a different part of afghanistan to kandahar and it will be difficult after months for afghan government to continue war the main hospital is full of those who've been wounded with one coming after the other every day thousands are displaced from their homes because of the heavy fighting and look for refuge in flimsy tent cities that jungle when you get that search we left our homes in a situation where some men just escaped from the fighting in the families the women and children left behind after the fighting stopped for a little while the men came back in risk you take kids and families all their belongings will live behind. according to government officials at least 20000 families have been displaced in kandahar province since november most of them are farmers they left their field and cannot go back the situation is no better inside kandahar city people say there is no business because of the increasing violence

and targeted killings cheerlead look at the look that he is the central government supports the security forces i don't think that the tally burgle go forward in. kandahar is the birthplace of the taliban and it's politically significant for the group it's also a strategic province and a geo political gateway to kabul and the broader region as spokesman of the ministry of defense told all jazeera that a few months back the afghan security forces stopped a major taliban plot to attack khandahar he says that if the armed group is planning another similar offensive the afghan army is fully prepared to fight back a piece that for now seems to remain out over everyone's reach for your country for al-jazeera kabul. so i mean where anger is still simmering months after the end of the conflict with neighboring azerbaijan protesters say the prime minister nicole

betrayed the country when he signed away land in exchange for peace the fighting was over the long disputed territory of i'm going to cut about. the reports. of the rain and snow didn't deter this rally against armenia as prime minister protesters say nicole pushy me and is a traitor who should resign. they accuse him of mishandling last year's war with the servers on and off forgivable action they say that deserves consequences the peace deal ended fighting in the region of nagorno-karabakh and it also gave back land to observers on ever since thousands of armenians have been outraged he was quoted as and the moment you want that i demand his resignation he sold my country and i lost my homeland because of him there's been several opposition protests since last year but we want concrete action to follow. the prime minister has resisted pressure to step down but that pressure is mounting he was elected in 2018

after leading a movement against corruption and a weak economy but 3 years later his own opposition now wants him out yes he could have suffered some of our culture education and even our homeland borders are under threat one way or another he must resign the prime minister has defended his actions even though armenia appears to still be on the losing end civilian you'll see will hear unfortunately we didn't manage to solve the issue of war prisoners which is the most synced of and the most complicated as part of the moscow brokered deal ethnic armenians handed back land they control since the 1990 s. a serb john says the deal was a long overdue armenians khalid humiliating 6 weeks of fighting in 2020 led to. about $6000.00 tents on both sides even though the fighting has ended. the prime minister's political battle is far from over katia locus of the young al-jazeera.

nasa has launched nearly 4 tons of supplies to the international space station while honoring a black mathematician the sickness capsule has been named the s.s. catherine johnson calculations helped put the 1st americans into space in 1962 it's the sickness capsules 15th mission to the i s s. welcome if just joining us peter here in doha let's recap the top stories for you today 2 people have been killed in me in last 2nd biggest city during the bloodiest day of protest against the military coup the violence has provoked more global condemnation including threats of further sanctions against the generals there are possibilities of many more people dying and we ourselves can even know whether we will die or not but we need to fight until the end regardless of our lives in order to succeed.