the paramilitaries dictated that in this kind of areas the state could never reach . the pressure from the. criminals who came after one hunted down the shell companies were dismantled and arresting increase. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog meets officials in teheran the head of iran's plan to partly block inspections of its sides. hello i'm come on santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera. defiant and determined protesters in me and mara back on the streets a day after a military crackdown that killed 2 people. people in asia are voting in

a presidential election it may lead to a peaceful civilian handover of power for the 1st time in 60 years. and a miraculous escape for passengers and people on the ground after a passenger jet engine explodes over the u.s. city of denver. we are starting in iran which says it is looking into a european proposal for a meeting between the united states and other participants of the 2015 nuclear deal the head of the united nations global nuclear watchdog is also in teheran this sunday a visit on the same day of the deadline which was set by the iranian parliament for the u.s. to lift sanctions it could suspend some inspections as well as taking other measures if the sanctions remain in place. for now all sides of the 2050 nuclear deal are

looking to return and save the agreements how we got here well if you go back to 215 which was when iran agreed to a long term nuclear deal known as the j c p o of the joint comprehensive plan of action iran agreed to limit its most sensitive nuclear activities and to allow further international inspections in return for the lifting of economic sanctions but in 2018 then u.s. president donald trump withdrew from the deal unilaterally and re imposed sanctions in response iran began ramping up some parts of its nuclear development program going against what was agreed to in 2015 so there's a bit of background we've got dosage of now in tehran to explain what is happening today dore said the deadline and the visit from the i.a.e.a. . yes the director general rafael grossi arrived in tehran late last night he was met by officials at the airport and these been his wrapped up his meeting with the head of iran's atomic energy agency early akbar salehi this morning in the capital the 2 men who know each other very well

exchanged pleasantries the. purcell he greeted director general in his native spanish language and they had a brief meeting where they discuss the details of what this next step will be like and what that will look like for the inspectors in the near future the iranians have said that they will reduce the additional protocols under the nonproliferation treaty that they signed in the 1970 s. that means the inspectors will no longer be granted access broad access to iran's nuclear facilities and any other sites they deem sensitive under the nuclear deal and this additional protocols the spectre's visit a $26.00 non-nuclear facilities of military sites that they wanted access to in the iranians granted them those that access but now after the 23rd of february on tuesday that will no longer be the case that this is

a step they've been forced to take because of the additional sanctions that the united states has imposed on them and they're adamant that all these steps are reversible i think the sanctions so they put this deadline down because of the sanctions sanctions which aren't going to be just lifted just like that however there are positive noises coming out of washington i wonder if that will please the iranians or at least show that there is some room to move. the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has said that this is what they want to see commit act and then meet this is the process the iranians expect to take place between the united states and the iranians for any kind. very return to the way they said that the americans can't return to this agreement without 1st lifting the sanctions and they understand this will take some time but there needs to be a dialogue and this is where the foreign policy chief for the european union comes

into play joseph morale has said that taken this meeting suggestion from the u.s. to the iranians and they are now thinking about that there needs to be a dialogue and that is where things are at a standstill at the moment the rain is have said they're not up for renegotiating the nuclear deal but it might be in their best interests of the moment to think about having this meeting to discuss what exactly expect the u.s. to do and what the u.s. expects in return for there to be some movement on this front because there's been a lot of. criticism and concern from the international community about this next step saying that this could be the most dangerous because it really does. make iran's nuclear program much more secretive and that's the whole point of the it was to actually have more transparency for iran's nuclear program that the international community would have more access more knowledge about what iran is doing with its nuclear program so it appears now this visit is very very important

when we're waiting to find out what the director general of the i.a.e.a. will have to say about it he's due to leave tehran shortly where he will have a press conference in in vienna when he returns and we'll find out more details about what was discussed thank you for all those updates from wrong dosage of bars . several rockets have hit an iraqi military base injuring at least one local contractor no group claiming responsibility for the attack on their base north of baghdad hours earlier those security forces raided an i saw hideouts in areas surrounding the town of telomere also north of baghdad 5 of the armed groups fighters and 2 pro-government forces are said to have been killed. a day after the worst violence yet since may and military coups and protesters have returned to the streets in their thousands soldiers actually fired tear gas and live rounds killing 2 people and injuring dozens more on saturday.

and yet this is the response the scenes in yangon where people remain defiant in their opposition to military rule calling for a return to democracy and for the deposed leader and son suchi to be released she's been detained for nearly 3 weeks now this is the 2nd largest city mandalay people out in force there this was actually where the protestors were killed on saturday dozens of people have been injured there as well in the past week. and the capital naypyidaw where a funeral is being held for the 1st protester who was killed in police violence a 20 year old kang died on friday after she was shot in the head earlier in the week she has become a symbol of the opposition to military rule or from tony chang he's monitoring events from bangkok. in mandalay where we saw those scenes yes of what appeared to be a sustained crackdown it wasn't just a brief lapse of military discipline looking more of the footage we've seen coming

out of the night you can see this was something where the military clearly had a plan you can see the police at the front but they appear to be directed by the military we understand that the 33rd light infantry division are there and have been operating behind the scenes they are a division which is particularly well known for their brutality they were operating against they were a hanger in 2017 have been deployed against other ethnic it's insurgents and they are notorious there are we've seen lots of footage of households with bullet holes in them 1st hand accounts of people being beaten up by the soldiers in the police and despite that in men today they were out 1st thing today we've also seen people back in on the streets in kitchens state in the north in darwin in the south in the old capital yangon and in the door it was a huge funeral cortege for the young student who died more than

a week ago the 1st person to die in these protests and the voices that are coming out to a saying that if the military think they can do this to deter us it's not going to work so clearly people there they're coming out in numbers and they are very determined to get that message through to the military generals conducted this coup that they will not put up with it. meanwhile the u.n. secretary general has condemned the use of lethal force by the military in me and mom adding to a growing international pressure on. u.s. state department 1st of all but says washington is deeply concerned and it stands by the people of myanmar the u.k. is considering taking further action against those who it says a crushing democracy and the e.u. has called on the military to end its action against civilians its foreign affairs council is expected to discuss the matter when it meets on monday is tom andrews now un special rapporteur on human rights in me and maher who told us it is likely the crackdown will yet get worse as you know that terry is capable of just about

anything and then massacre protesters in the past in street street they've killed monks in saffron roche protesting and of course we've seen what they're capable of doing with the ethnic minorities including the ethnic lines so this is a very dangerous situation and the nightmare is made even. more frightening by the fact that they are now deploying these army troops these these deployments sort of in this case the 33rd light infantry division this was the very division that is accused of and was actually involved we know in massacres against the regime or ethnic minority tremendous atrocities so now these hardened and soldiers are being deployed from the coastal areas and from the the areas like rakhine state in the north into these ribbon areas and to confront these these protesters who are

peaceful protesters there's no question about that tunisia or the polls have opened voters choosing the country's next president in the run off election 1st round of polling failed to produce a clear winner to succeed president mahmoud. abbas the way they are for not juries 1st peaceful handover of power in almost 30 years. managers following this vote now from nigeria today he's in a boat. i guess no matter what happens on who wins this would be a historic day. it will be in fact they missed out on the 1st round of voting to produce a clear winner on the 1st vote however today's vote will bring well monk another historic milestone and in fact the election commission said it's ready it has done all the necessary preparations and reports we're getting from out of me here show that voting is proceeding very very smoothly in most areas however there are

certain areas where voting will not take place because of fear of attacks by armed groups that have been targeting civilian and military targets images on the border with broken afonso on the border with mali as well as on the border with nigerian asia has lost hundreds of security forces and civilians over the past one year and buries a concern actually they do in the 1st round of voting and this 2nd time around there are also fears that they may try to attack polling stations or other voters on voting day however things have things appear to be proceeding very very smoothly across most of. it's decision day in the share from a list of 30 candy the choice for 7 and a half 1000000 voters is now not only too familiar faces or the country's political landscape. mohamed a former minister is the ruling party candidate he pulled the most votes in the 1st

round of presidential election last year with 39.3 percent of the vote. he's opponent moment as mine came a distant 2nd with less than half the votes of the front runner the former prime minister and president is looking to come back to a job he left 25 years ago. the president was the man in the last 10 years my mind it was mine is the only opposition candidate who was not collaborated with the ruling p n t is the others did it several times all big names in the jail politics give it one time or another have gone into some form of alliance with the all in party. but whoever wins will need to form a coalition to govern that looks a lot easier for the ruling party that won the most seats in parliament in december but 6 short of a working majority. they are here has only 7 seats in the 171 state parliament so i head of sunday's vote they have been negotiations between the 2 candidates and smaller parties to form

a coalition the election commission says it expects the election to be conducted smoothly but there are fears of attacks by armed groups in some areas in december the country missed the opportunity to produce a president in the 1st round of voting but is still on course to mark a historic milestone sunday's vote is expected to lead to the 1st peaceful transition of power from one civilian government to another in this year. but whoever wins will face don't think challengers poverty made worse by covered 19 years on the rise youth unemployment is high so also is the level of illiteracy but more warry is the violence of the borders in the west boko haram has raided many communities and along the border with mali and broken up fossil groups allied with iceland al-qaeda attacking civilian and military target. no kemal the question of correlation is very prominent in politics from

30 years ago up till today however in that on up to this vote there have been talks about negotiations between political parties on paper it looks like the ruling party candidate may have an advantage because the top out of the tough for candidates to actually rooting for him for this election what remains to be seen is whether their supporters will actually go by the party's mandate or party's directives to vote mr bush into office there are people who may likely not vote him into office but again at the end of the day we'll get to know who wins that decision will come at the end of the close of polls this evening and when the results and in a few days we'll talk again later than i did in a butcher. a check on the world weather is next and then australia's prime minister 1st in line for a vaccine as he tries to convince people that it is safe. and protesters call on

armenia's prime minister to resign many of them still angry about a peace deal signed last year. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways however the weather remains very unsettled across western parts of fear but very spring life we got some decent temperatures coming in getting into the mid thirty's there in london and 11 their full glasgow 17 sells his imperishable too bad here it's so because the winds a little lighter as you push a little further inland 16 celsius in berlin but here's that west of weather moving across this plane now some snow over the high ground sensing a good little cust covering a snow coming into the peyronie's for a time central areas of the med fine and dry we got a few showers just over tools eastern side of the mediterranean of rain of course

further north it's forming up in moscow getting up to around minus 6 celsius so still cold enough a few wintry flurries coming through here more of the same as we go on through monday but a good deal colder just minus 12 in moscow at this stage central areas of europe still doing nicely pleasant sunshine spring like conditions but some wetter weather now pushing back into southern areas of france by this stage should be a little dry there across the british. a little further south we have got wetter weather coming into northern parts of africa so morocco will see some clouds and some rain as we go on through sunday a possibility of some flooding here that western weather moving into northern parts of algeria. sponsored paul qatar airways from top to own has their own we heard so tell us are we in a case where us will stop being compensated civilians will we listen to the only music you hear if you own the most beautiful music in the world is silent we meet

with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the world is their own. if you want to help save the world's. season hero. back to the top stories on al-jazeera this hour iran's foreign minister says all steps taken since 2050 nuclear deal are reversible and ending snap inspections is not a violation and speaking on a deadline which teheran set for the u.s. to lift sanctions humans nuclear watchdog head is also there for talks thousands of people out on the streets of me in march after the worst violence yet in more than

2 weeks of demonstrations soldiers fired tear gas and live rounds this time killing 2 people and injuring dozens on saturday. and polls have opened as voters choose the next president in a runoff election a successor for president mohammed the research. paving the way for me just 1st peaceful handover of power and then to 30 years. on to coronavirus news in a small group of australians including the prime minister have become the 1st to receive their covert $900.00 vaccinations ahead of the national rollout prime minister scott morrison says he wants to assure people the job is safe they were anti-vaccination protests in several australian citizen cities on saturday and they gauge reports now from the capital camber. this seems to be a lot of misinformation happening in australia this week 19 facts saying even with protests on the a day ago people were thinking that it was mandatory but the spec saying isn't

mandatory in a strike ringback and the government is really trying to instill public health and in getting vaccinated and that's why they made sure that the prime minister scott morrison was one of the 1st in the small group to receive the 19 jab but this will be a a huge logistical operation from monday of course a strong leader is a vast country these vaccines will have to be reaching very remote communities and of course the thought that fire is a vaccine that needs to be stored in very well below freezing conditions it comes at a time when the government is in a very public face we've facebook which has blocked news from is fairly in social media sites which has made it harder for the government to promote why having this vaccine is so important the government has remained very coy as to what the biggest need to be to get so-called herd immunity or to get the numbers that we need to see

to eventually open up international borders or prevent these snap lock downs of cities that we're seeing when we have small outbreaks of closed 19 so we don't know the actual figures as to how many people need to be ducks in a sea of these trailing government is putting it in the people's hands to say the spec scene is safe. over in argentina there is a new health minister after the last one was forced out in a scandal involving queue jumping for the cover 1000 back saying the reports from when the sirens. he would have been the archon time president obama to finance his swearing in his new health minister khaled the saudi king to put behind him a scandal over his government's handling of the covert 900 pandemic. just a few days. days ago the now disgraced former health minister jenas 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 come about

a month with the vaccine agreement we have reached and the actions we are taking we estimate that in august or september we will vaccinated all arjan tines who are in a position to be vaccinated. many health professionals questioned his optimism a concern that not enough doses are arriving quickly enough noise like we're not large enough vaccines to arriving we can't produce what's not available unless we now know you're friends with people in the right places i mean me me me because i do have this permanent 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 gonzalez 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. now and then 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 the similar cases 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 an 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 patient. be in line to be vaccinated and the virus still calles. by while i'm there al-jazeera. police and demonstrators have clashed again in barcelona during demonstrations over the jailing of rap. he's been

charged for insulting spain's monarchy in his music and arrests that has set off a debate about freedom of expression and i want to buy his reports. a 5th night of violence over the arrest of a catalan rapper. thousands of demonstrators clashed with security forces in barcelona demanding the release of pavel of a cell stores in the city's most elegant shopping street were vandalized firecrackers rocks and bottles were thrown at police protestors mourn the unrest isn't over yet i guess and is a menace go months here with those of those yes i think demonstrations like the ones we've seen these last few days will continue there is a difference between those who are supporting the artists and those who are looting and. the rapper received a 9 month sentence on tuesday he's accused of glorifying terrorism and insulting

spain's monarchy in his songs but. the arrest has sparked a national debate over freedom of expression whether you're going to get a little hassle of had enough of the frustration as a result of our day to day situation and spying now people are saying that it is a rescue is the last straw. that. protests have extended to other cities in spain including the capital madrid the government is now trying to curb the political fallout and she said i must remember your conscience children's bones democracy has this pain and task there is one consensus in spain today to put your freedom of speech so that our regulations are in line with other european countries. spain's government announced it would change the law and removed. prison term storage and this involving freedom of expression but no timeframe was given and the announcement appears to have done little to calm the social tension alexandra byers al-jazeera. residents are cleaning up after severe flooding in

indonesia's capital but there is a threat of more to come thousands of forced from their homes in jakarta the water up to nearly 3 meters in some neighborhoods or for his of warmth the heaviest rain of the season may fall in the city in the coming days. well anger is still simmering in armenia months after the end of the conflict with neighboring azerbaijan protesters say prime minister nicole passion young betrayed the country when he signed away land in exchange for peace the fighting of course over that long disputed territory of we're going to cut back as cutting up as other young reports. the rain and snow didn't deter this rally against armenians prime minister protesters say nico question is a traitor who should resign. they accuse him of mishandling last year's war with. an unforgivable action they say that deserves punishment the peace deal ended

fighting in the region of nagorno-karabakh and it also gave back land to azerbaijan ever since thousands of armenians have been outraged you heard it as an unabashed joy not that i demand his resignation he sold my country and i lost my homeland because of him there's been several opposition protesters 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 it was a pick up in 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 sensitive and the most complicated as part of the moscow brokered deal ethnic armenians handed back land they had control since the 1990 s. john says the deal was a long overdue armenians call it humiliating. 6 weeks of fighting in 2. 20 led to about 6000 tents on both sides even though the fighting has ended the prime minister's political battle is far from over caught see a little facility on al-jazeera there have been understandably choose of relief from passengers on board a u.s. air plane after a dramatic landing an engine caught fire and large chunks of it crashed into the suburbs of denver colorado kristen salumi has the details. this was a good feeling on board united airlines flight 328 shortly after takeoff from denver international airport troy lewis had just closed his eyes for

a nap when he heard a loud bang knew that that was not good and felt like it was on the other side of the plane and i was over the wing and i flipped up the shade and saw the ascent of that engine missing or blown up and the smoke and pieces were flying off of it and that was not a good feeling and this is how it looked from the ground one of the boeing $77.00 seventh's to engine suffered catastrophic failure debris rained down on residential neighborhoods about 40 kilometers north of the airport i could definitely see things flying out me and my daughter was that on the window and she's a you know i was just like don't look like let's do let's close it up and let's just pray so that's what we did we kind of just held hands and said some prayers the carrier says $231.00 passengers and 10 crew members were on board the flight which was headed for hawaii returned to denver and landed safely to the cheers of passengers. regency crews were there to greet them but then fully

no one was hurt and happy to be down here down here it's just like any time your blessings statistically engine failure is rare but pilots are trained to fly with just one engine the national transportation safety board and federal aviation administration are investigating what caused the incident they've asked residents to report but not touch any debris they find kristen salumi al-jazeera. funny a 21 year old swimming teacher from the u.k. has become the youngest woman to row solo across the atlantic ocean jasmine harrison completed the nearly 5000 kilometer journey from the canary islands and take it took 70 days 3 hours and 8 minutes a record that helped to raise more than $10000.00 to charity.