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a military crackdown that killed to be. a midair emergency a u.s. passenger jet engine failure sends cross debris to the ground 0 because the wrong plus. i'm in paris with friends television industry has much to celebrate with shows becoming global successes. and harding with all of your sports tennis world number one novak djokovic is looking to win his 9th australian open title he just has to get past the medvedev 1st. all right let's begin on the way the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog is meeting iranian officials with efforts underway to revive the 2015. nuclear deal

his visit comes on the day of a deadline set by the iranian parliament for the u.s. to lift sanctions iran says it could suspend some inspections as well as taking other measures if those sanctions are not removed iran's foreign minister says all steps taken since the 2015 nuclear deal are reversible nothing has changed by dint claims that trumps a policy of maximum pressure was maximum pavia being can also just recently said that policy failed but for all practical purposes of pursuing the same policy they haven't changed that policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter of richard ministration does not make it public now has dealt with 7 good consecutive u.s. presidents and i have dealt with that and. the problem is us.

to sanction us is dicta to pressure us it's. our dosage of ali joins us now live from to her and also does it look like the i.a.e.a. chief is reaching an understanding with iranian officials. well sammy he's here to hammer on the details of what this next step will mean for his inspectors. currently due to meet with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif and he's already met with the head of iran's atomic energy organization ali akbar salehi this is what the next step will look like from february 23rd iran will no longer allow i.a.e.a. inspectors to come and go as they please they will have to go back to what it was like prior to 2015 when iran signed the nuclear deal the iranian foreign minister pointed out that at the moment the inspectors have 24 hour access to the cameras that are installed in the nuclear facilities those cameras will no longer be available to them as of february 23rd also inspectors will now have to request it in advance when they want to come into the country and where exactly they want to

go in one of the nuclear sites they will no longer be allowed access to other facilities since 2015 the inspectors have visited $26.00 military sites as well on top of the nuclear sites all these additional protocols iran was hearing to voluntarily under the nonproliferation treaty they say because of the u.s. sanctions they are forced to take this measure at this time because they feel like it the u.s. has not done enough and they haven't lifted any of the sanctions that they've imposed since leaving the 20000 nuclear deal also everybody knows that no matter what the. iranian officials discuss at the end of the day that relationship is kind of held hostage to what happens with the u.s. any sign of movement on talks between the u.s. and iran. well the e.u. foreign policy chief has come to the iranians saying the u.s. has said they are willing. to come to the negotiating table to have some kind of

a dialogue about what things will look like for them to have a discussion with iran about them possibly returning to that nuclear deal the iranians for now have said that they are thinking about this is gesture but they are adamant the position they've taken so far is that these sanctions 1st need to be lifted before there is any kind of a discussion for the u.s. to return to the discussion table so the iranians have said over and over again these measures that they've taken a reversible but they need to see some kind of attention will action from the u.s. government before they can commit to any kind of reengaging in any kind of a dialogue with the u.s. about their return to the nuclear deal they point out to the fact that they are still very much in the nuclear agreement that it wasn't iran who walked away from this deal in 2018 and they citing a paragraph within the article 36 that highlights if there is any disputes the party has the right to reduce its commitments and the iranians are using that as

justification for all the measures they've taken so far and of course this latest move is part of a broader bill that was passed in parliament in late december after the assassination of iranian nuclear scientists and factories and that they say that this is something they have to do to abide by the rule that was passed in parliament for them to force the u.s. to return to this deal. or i will leave it there don't have to borrow from to draw . a day after the worst violence yet since man miles military coup earlier this month protesters have returned to the streets in their thousands soldiers fired tear gas and live rounds killing 2 people and injuring dozens more on saturday. these are the scenes from yang gone where people remain defiant in their opposition to military rule they're calling for a return to democracy and for deposed leader aung san suu chee to be released she's been detained for nearly 3 weeks now people are also out in the 2nd largest city of

mandalay where protesters were killed on saturday dozens of people have been injured there in the past week. and a funeral has been held in the capital naypyidaw for the 1st protesters killed in police violence 22 year old. died on friday after she was shot in the head earlier in the week where she's become a symbol of the opposition to military rule get more now from tony chang he joins us in bangkok and tony it looks like the latest killings are not dampening the protests right. who don't appear to be thousands of people came out onto the streets of mentallo this morning we're still seeing thousands of people out in the former capital the young go on the been very large funeral cortege for the protester who was the 1st person to die in these

protests in the current capital no door even up in the north in kitchin state in the south and the way there have been protests out on the streets so if the intention of the military or was to start to tighten the screws on the protesters and give them an indication that if these protests continued things would get more bloody and more violent then it doesn't appear to work. and tony at the same time we've got the funeral that funeral i mentioned playing out there how is that impacting the national psyche. well i think what has happened is this young girl has become emblematic for many people not only has the funeral taken place in the but we can see small shrines springing up over the last couple of days or the process particularly in young gone where she's becoming a symbol for i think the generation that are coming out on the streets but also the

feel they have most to lose and i think the calculation of the military has made here is that by organizing what they thought was going to be a quick and simple coup they could knock things bank to 2010 before this move to democracy started and there would still be a sort of feeling of residual fear that we saw so much in burma in the early 2000 in myanmar in the early 2000 the early in the ninety's. 'd the knowledge that many burmans hand that the army was prepared to use extrude fatal force but what we're seeing now is a younger generation who've had 5 years of democracy floor or beard but democracy which they've been able to enjoy freedoms that their parents didn't have and they're the ones that are coming out they're the ones that we're seeing most outspoken and they are frankly saying that they are they understand the danger and

they are prepared to accept those same dangers themselves because they do know or want to go back to to a burma myanmar with democracy democratic rule or thank tony chang they're following up on the situation on me and mark. now the u.n. secretary general says he condemns the use of lethal force by the military in myanmar it adds to growing international pressure on the jointer the u.s. state department says washington is deeply concerned it stands by the people of the u.k. says it's considering taking further action against those who it says are crushing democracy and the e.u. is called on the military to end its action against civilians its foreign affairs council is expected to discuss it when it meets on monday. started is founder and coordinator of out sea and burma network of organizations working to support human rights and democracy in the unmarked she joins us on skype from bangkok good

to have you with us so do you think that the international sanctions are either already are sanctions have been in place since the issue many countries have stepped up sanctions since the coup but are they having any impact. well we still haven't seen a sanctioning targeting military companies in myanmar which is the main source of book income for the military insert the light infantry division 33 which just posted to mandalay and is responsible for killing those protesters and firing on ambulances is actually a shareholder on one of those companies and received an e-mail dividends of millions of dollars these companies need to be sanctioned if we're really serious about action. would also targeting military companies in the case of some trading laws like the e.u.

so far trade hasn't been targeted how effective would that be. i think we really need to ensure that sanctions hurt the military and not the general civilian population and in this case we have to understand that what has happened in naypyidaw and mendeley is only a small piece of what is possible elo do you 33 which killed those people or mentally as today are notorious for some of the worst atrocities in rakhine state during the genocidal campaign against the remainder including the indian massacre this this can get so much worse and so quickly if there is no real action do you fear now that the military is planning to crush the protests by force it's pretty clear that this is this is imminent and the worst places to be targeted

will also be the ethnic minority areas we've already seen the pattern of arrests and harassment against protesters that seem to be worse in the ethnic nationality areas the u.n. security council needs to step in and send a delegation to myanmar without delay all right thank you so much for your thoughts on buyouts. now plenty more still ahead on the news hour including voting on the way in a runoff election. could lead to the 1st peaceful transfer of power in decades. protesters called on armenia's prime minister to resign and many are still angry about a peace deal signed last year. and find out why this outdoor ice hockey game was delayed that's coming out with.

polls in the open as voters choose their next president in a runoff election outgoing president who has voted in the 2nd round of polling after the 1st attempt failed to find his successor it paves the way for 1st peaceful handover of power in decades. 100 trace is following the vote from neighboring nigeria johnson's now live from the let's start with a shaking up this time. when voting has been going on for. a few hours now and there were no major incidents although the election commission is saying that despite its best plans there are such in areas where 14 could be very very difficult these are areas that are seeing violence or uptick in violence in the past few months and of course during the 1st round of

voting we've seen no serious damage or serious attacks launched by violent groups in mali the have been crossing the border with mali burkina faso and in nigeria to attack civilians but they're also concerned real consensus at this time around they may try to target polling on polling day so far so good at quoting to officious of the seine the independent national electoral commission in the. happy with their arrangements and they're happy with the progress of elections so so far voting so far and the 2 candidates that 2 candidates are coming from a list of 30 that participate in the 1st round and both of them are known in asia one of them i'm in it was a minister of foreign affairs and also minister of interior the other 71 was a former president and former prime minister was running for the office for the 5th day. it's decision day the share from a list of 30 candidates the choice for 7 and

a half 1000000 voters is now not only too familiar faces on the country's political landscape how much does i'm 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 but 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.d.s. the others did it several times all big names in the jail politics gave it one time or another gone into some form of alliance with the liberal 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 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 freeze don't think challenges poverty made worse by covered 19 years on the rise youth unemployment is high so also is a 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 and. attacking civilian and military targets.

yes there have been negotiations they have been calling talks before in the run up to this runoff however it's difficult to say without supporters of other parties the 28 parties that lost out will really vote based on the directives of the main parties that they should vote either of the 2 candidates how about we'll know whether or not they have a head to this at the end of today and at the end of counting when the results are out however one thing is clear is going to set a president for the 1st time and 30 as it's going to hand over a civilian government is going to transfer power to another civilian president and there are also questions about whether or not many people will turn out for the vote i'm not of people said they will but it's difficult to say whether they will reach this 70 percent near 70 percent but we so in the 1st round of elections so i

mean all right thanks so much. officials in uganda are under pressure to find more than 2 dozen people reportedly kidnapped by security forces opposition leader bobby wine says his supporters have been targeted in a spate of disappearances linked to january's general election where he's challenge the outcome in court accusing president you are in a 70 of voter fraud catherine sawyer reports. regina number cassie's has sanford jumble was abducted from his home in the central ugandan town of peaky in january by a man wearing civilian clothes and masks 2 other sons disappeared right after she has not seen them since. they came with 2 cars broke the gate and knocked a door when fred opened he was barely dressed they started beating him and then arrested him he pleaded with them to let him dress up before they took him away my oldest son's just disappeared in their former switched off he was wife says she's

also tried looking for him and his brothers in police stations hospitals and morgues. uganda's opposition party the national unity platform says thousands of its supporters have been arrested kidnapped or disappeared by security forces the parties led by bobby why he stood as a candidate in the recent presidential election he was defeated by presidential where in the 70 that he says the vote was rigged. the president recently told the nation that his forces have mostly been dealing with those he called terrorists out to destabilize the country. and the. other ones will force us to throw some energy on the world. among those. which are disillusioned right here in the. somalia. story here. would you really. believe how bout it.

and. this. region region of the. judges at least one politician has pled the country telling young is a critic of the president she vied for parliamentary seats lost and then fled to kenya 3 after she says her life was in danger after her partner and i can pay money why are kidnapped and tortured by men in military uniform in 2018 younes he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for cyber harassment after writing what was perceived by authorities as a disparaging point about the president's mother she says she started in jail and suffered a multiple infections during those 2 years i had it discourage i was tortured i lost because of it. i got your g.i. is because there are no health facilities or detention facilities for women i don't

want to go back to prison i don't want to be abducted again i have experienced it when bobby wind recently went to present a petition to the un human rights office about dept actions journalists accompanying him were violently dispatched military commanders have apologized and 7 soldiers sentenced for salts and the incident is being seen as yet another the traces questions about the integrity of uganda security services cathy zoi al jazeera arabic. nigerian authorities say they're making progress in negotiations with an armed gang that kidnapped students in the northwest region a muslim cleric has met the kidnappers as part of efforts to secure release one student was killed when gunmen disguised in military uniforms raided a school in khobar on wednesday or than 40 people including 27 schoolboys were taken. anger still simmering in armenia months after the end of the conflict with

neighboring as a debate john protesters say prime minister nichol question yan betrayed the country when he signed away land in exchange for peace the fighting was about the longest rooted territory of nagorno-karabakh cut off as oregon has more. the rain and snow didn't deter this rally against armenians prime minister protesters they need hope machinery and 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 about it as an anemometer 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 i think 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 could have happened 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 know civil here 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 had control since the 1990 s. john says the deal was a long overdue armenians call it humiliating. 6 weeks of fighting in 2020 led to about 6000 deaths on both sides even though the fighting has ended the

prime minister's political battle is far from over cuts e.l.o. passivity on al-jazeera. france is having t.v. rémy songs stream series have been a welcome distraction during the pandemic but many viewers are not watching the usual hollywood offerings frank shows have become surprise hits breaking barriers in a market usually dominated by english language series attash about the reports from paris french t.v. series the bureau is a fictionalized glimpse into france's intelligence service attempts drama punctuated by unforeseen twists the spy thrillers long been popular in france but more than 5 years after it was 1st broadcast it's become an international hit. the bureau is executive producer says the show office a fresh perspective it is a french language it's ordinary people doing an extraordinary job in intelligence

and. the success in over 120 markets today is because it's relevant it is an insipid had not been seen i mean again you know most of these shows were either english or american shows distributor says the bureau is global appeal has helped change by is attitudes i think once you have a success for example the bureau. of forest through you have some discussion with buyers who usually don't acquire french series putting the case today no it's positive for us as a distributor because we can really sell some french programs where we usually never never you know have your on the 3rd series online streaming platforms have made french shows available to an unprecedented international audience pool my agents another homegrown french t.v. series attracting fans worldwide the spirit is comedy set in a talent agency in paris run by

a shrewd entrepreneur he. has sham is played by actor a sad. story i think parents have been broken and my watch. series in foreign languages anymore because call my age. it's reached a really wide public including people in the industry and that's had a big impact on new projects being offered paris is the backdrop for most of the shows the world famous new features in the most recent french language lou pan netflix says the mystery thriller has attracted more than 70000000 subscribers 2 making it one of the platforms most work shows. french t.v. shows have certainly benefited from the surgeon people watching series are home during the covert pandemic has a time when few people can travel a location like paris certainly offer some welcome escapism after decades in the shadows of the country's famous film industry the french t.v. industry is clearly having a moment as more views the never take

a plunge into what was previously foreign territory attention but not just 0 paris . all still ahead on al-jazeera i i face night of demonstrations in spain against the arrest of a cattle. australia's prime minister is 1st in line for a career with 19 vaccine as he tries to convince people it's safe. to say that soon and flying high 4 are also set sail for ya things all this price after a comprehensive win in the america's cup challenges serious.

how i was there goes a very cold air across eastern parts of europe and it will stay on the coast for a couple more days yet and then it will warm up quite nicely cloud and right coming into western areas introducing some noticeably milder air we getting up into the mid teens maybe even into the high teens there with parts of france easing up into the british isles but it's subzero once again for moscow modest success on sunday it's minus 12 has become one through monday and it will get a little colder for a time but it will get above freezing by the end of the week i promise well above freezing into central and western parts cloud and rain continues to tumble in from the atlantic somewhat to weather some snow over the peyronie's there pushing through spain into southern parts of france patchy rain the eastern areas of england just around the east anglia and the southeast the next batch of wetter weather will gradually slide across and wales into scotland as we go on through choose the central areas doing quite nicely still that wintry mix i would tools about 6 days in a minus 16 for moscow that will be the coldest day of the way further south it's

generally thought in dry with plenty of sunshine in that sunshine stretches down across a good part of north africa one to 2 showers into northern areas of libya and also into egypt with some showers too from record algeria. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges have said dish on the state line becomes the default when media namely develop new kinds of images that lead to let it get to these guys and just how did he create a new system makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. hidden away in their rooms a 1000000 japanese shun the outside world one

o one east investigates why so many young and old feel lost in japan on al-jazeera . al-jazeera. every. bank you're watching out to syria time to recap on headlines iran's foreign minister says all steps taken since the 2015 nuclear deal are reversible and ending snap inspections is not a violation the head of the u.n.

nuclear watchdog is into talks. thousands of people are out on the streets in may in ma off to the worst violence yet in more than 2 weeks of demonstrations soldiers. gas and live rounds killing 2 people and injuring dozens on south. choosing the next president in asia as runoff election outgoing president. was voted in the 2nd round after the 1st attempt failed to find his successor. now a small group of australians including the prime minister has been the 1st to receive covert 19 vaccinations ahead of a national rollout scott morrison says he wants to assure people the job is safe there were anti vaccination protests in several cities on saturday they can gauge as more from the capital canberra. this seems to be a lot of misinformation happening in australia this week 19 facts saying even with

protests only a day ago people were thinking that it was mandatory but the spec saying isn't mandatory in a stroller 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 jobs but this will be a a huge logistical operation from monday of course this trailer is a vast country and these vaccines will have to be reaching very remote communities and of course the thought that fires a vaccine needs to be stored in very well below freezing conditions it comes at a time when the government is in a very public spouse with facebook which has blocked news from israeli and 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 coolly as to what the

figures 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 quoted 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 seen is safe coate is banning non-citizens from entering the country until further notice as it tries to get on top of corona virus infections nearly 6 and a half 1000 cases were recorded in the past week most businesses are barred from opening at night and public gatherings are restricted. argentina has a new health minister the last one was forced out by a scandal involving queue jumping for the covert 19 banks the nation that the reports from one of cyrus. the origin time president obama to often and is

swearing in his new health minister karlovy sortie came to put behind him a scandal over his government's handling of the covered 1000 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 doma been a model 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 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 i mean we. have this prominent arjan time journalist on public radio explains 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 or left behind them and 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 vaccinate. weeks before the program for the rest of the population had even begun this in a country where covered 19 has killed 45000 people and the 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 kills. i'm there al-jazeera when osiris. police and demonstrators have clashed again in barcelona during demonstrations over the jailing of rap artist pablo he's been charged for insulting spain's monarchy and his music the arrest has set off a debate about freedom of expression alexandra buyers 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 muncy were those are those the 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 with. the arrest has sparked a national debate over freedom of expression whether you're going to get a little hassle of had enough the frustration as a result of our day to day situation and by now people are saying that it is a race was the last straw. yes. protests have extended to other cities in spain including the capital madrid the government is now trying to curb the political fallout. from employer conscience children's bones democracy has this pain and task there is one can sing to us in spain were they to put freedom of

speech so that our regulations are in line with other european countries. spain's government announced it would change the law and remove prison terms for fences 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 russian opposition leader legs in a valley has suffered 2 legal defense in one day the kremlin critic lost an appeal against is nearly 3 year prison sentence and was fined for slander in a separate case or a chance has the details. alexei novelli 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 parts of the bounty taking off time already spent under house arrest and valley sentence is now 2 years and 8 months he gave a final statement captured only on audiotape criticizing the or thora t s yeah. they say what's this we can fiddle with the system in any way we want so how can you stand against us i'm not the only one who sees it but the ordinary people who watch this can see it too they help our feelings about it because they can imagine what happens if they meet this justice system outside his lawyer echoed in a valley 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. alexina valmy returned to russia last month and was immediately detained he's 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 around me violated the terms of an earlier suspended sentence he. used the news 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 novell these 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. retail and al-jazeera several rockets have hit an iraqi military base injuring at least one local contractor no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks on a base north of baghdad hours earlier security forces raided and i saw hideout in areas surrounding the town of ptolemy are also north of baghdad 5 of the armed groups fighters and 2 pro-government forces are said to have been killed thanks again to new ng in afghanistan with an explosion in southern helmand province the blast hit a crowded area in the city of lashkar gah killing a person and injuring 10 others civilians and security forces were injured in the attack it's not yet known who is behind the blast but it's just the latest in

a string of explosions which are wrong afghanistan in the past few weeks. elsewhere the afghan taliban is intensifying its offensive in the southern province of kandahar fighters have reached the outskirts of the main city the u.s. is calling for an immediate end to the violence and for talks to resume between the armed group and the afghan government filio control for reports from kabul. 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 in 1st 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 movements of taliban where they are focusing a lot on come to her. as i know the in fighting 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 have 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 there are such we lived our homes in a situation with some men just escaped from the fighting in their families the women and children who lived 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 look at the look that this is the center of government support for security forces i don't think that the taliban will 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 al-jazeera that a few months back the afghan security forces stopped a major taliban plot to attack kandahar 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 u.s. president joe biden has approved a major disaster declaration for texas freeing up emergency federal funds millions of people have had to deal with days of power and water cards after a massive winter storm overwhelmed utilities companies power plants are back on line but blackouts persist many people are still having to boil water for drinking . u.s. congresswoman alexandra cortez's raised more than $3000000.00 towards relief efforts the democrat who represents new york in the house of representatives is among several politicians visits in texas. don't try to everyone equally when you already have so many families in the country and bring back can't even afford an emergency to be here where you have a disaster like you couldn't just people from here on transportation and so

we have tragedy in this we need to rally around the need to rally federal support for. this and we need to make sure that we make sure every long term. so that this kind of devastation and preventable devastation never happens again. there have been chews of relief from passengers on board a u.s. flights after a dramatic the landing at engine court file with chunks of it crashing down into the suburbs of denver in colorado kristen salumi has the story where you know. this was a good feeling onboard a 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 our 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 7772 engine suffered catastrophic failure debris rained down on residential neighborhoods about 40 kilometers north of the airport i could definitely see things flying at me and yeah my daughter was that not 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 found it just how handsome that sum for 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 it's just like 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. nasa launched nearly 4 tons of supplies to the international space station while honoring a black mathematician. here or even in. the capsule has been named the catherine johnson calculations helped put the 1st americans into space in 1962 a story was recently featured in the film hidden figures it's the capsule's 5th mission to the international space station. now a 21 year old swimming teacher from the u.k. has become the youngest woman to row solo across the atlantic ocean jasmine

harrison embarks on the nearly 5000 kilometer journey from the canary islands to antigua it's taken 70 days 3 hours and 48 minutes harrison's latest record has helped her raise more than $10000.00 for charity. still ahead on al-jazeera. the n.b.a. championship as the lakers and miami heat go head to head more coming up with in sports. a place on our world. where intellectuals artists and activists me where i could use a spark and history is made. to allow you. to have al-jazeera world tells the story of 4 iconic cafes and their role arab societies as

objects of creativity the big. secrets of the paragraph or on i'll just utero. the decision here means that donald trump will not be excluded for running from political office in the future he could run again for the presidency in 2024 details coverage this is the only thing that is functioning and it's only open to allowing it. to work and farms hearing about exchange from around the. old city has shown just how much life has been transformed. you're.

all right sports fans it's time to find out more about why i just hope that she's got something to celebrate right leo yeah he does he just won his 9th australian open title the world number one is very excited to be bringing that home to serbia the world number one has beaten 4th seed deniel medvedev in straight sets in melbourne in just under 2 hours jock of it remains unbeaten and finals at the australian open medvedev was looking to win his 1st grand slam crown but just couldn't do it. or even dodig and phillip sick won the men's doubles titles in straight sets the croatian slovakian duo beat the defending champions of ram and joe salisbury for their 1st grand slam doubles title together and after the match posix said he had some extra motivation to win. i have to be the friend i would like to face to do my fiance who does that leave me the 2nd daughter on friday

2 days ago then thanks mom. meanwhile women's champion stock has been showing off her trophy in melbourne she claimed her 4th grand slam title on saturday with a straight sets win over american jennifer brady the japanese stars hoping to repeat her success at the tokyo tokyo olympics if they go ahead. everyone kind of knows the lympics is a really big deal for me it would be my 1st olympics and for it to be in tokyo of course would be a dream but i think i don't know i don't want to put too much thought into it because i feel. like i would over analyze and put stress on myself because it's still a ways to go but for sure i think every athlete is looking forward. to sailing now an italian italian syndicate luna rossa of calm 3 hints of lee beam team any loss u.k. to win the product up the 71 when means luna rossa now advance to next month's america's

copra got a at the challenger as a challenger they will take on defenders team new zealand it's the 2nd time the 2 teams will have faced each other for the chance to win salience oldest prize. everything. that i think we need is an outline of the individual stuff. we can throw at me is that we really do i want to face them whatever comes. of this i think with a chance. well liverpool's a premier league season has gone from bad to worse the reigning champions were beaten 2 nil by city rivals everton and that's everton's 1st league win at anfield in more than 20 years liverpool have now lost 4 games in a row at home and they stay 6th in the table. to be front and you have to score. and one situation we didn't defend well enough when i could score made a mistake if you want. and we didn't use them as people we didn't do was the things

we created and that's why we have the result of chelsea remain unbeaten under head coach thomas to call after coming from behind to draw with southampton southampton took the lead through takumi minimum you know chelsea were given a penalty just after the break when danny brought down mason mount and mount stepped up to score from the spot to make it one off chelsea stay in 4th in the table. and ice proved to be the problem in the n.h.l. outdoor game between the colorado avalanche and the vegas golden knights the avalanche were up by one goal when the decision was made to halt the game at the end of the 1st period the bright sun at lake tahoe caused the ice to turn slushy and players and officials were falling and the game resumed more than 8 hours later with colorado holding on to win it 32. meanwhile sidney crosby of the pittsburgh penguins that played in his 1008 shell game he's only the 25th active player to achieve this milestone in his 15 year career he's been

a 3 time stanley cup champion 2 time olympic gold medalist and world champion on saturday he led his team to victory over the new york islanders with 2 assists. the miami heat and l.a. lakers met for the 1st time since the n.b.a. championship 4 months ago but this time the lakers were the ones who fell short lebron james had 19 points 9 assists and 9 rebounds against the heat the defending champions had a chance to lock in a when but missed it in a very frantic ending in miami only scoring 15 points in the 4th quarter but it was enough for the heat to hold on for the 9694 when. terry had an off balance jumper from the left corner as time expired to give the charlotte hornets a wild 102100 victory over the golden state warriors on saturday night had 20 points in the 4th quarter and route to his 4th straight 30 point game the head coach of the warriors said his men just got sloppy it's the complete we've got to

get that or. we got a little lazy. next year should. not be playing with minutes. one of new zealand's greatest rugby players dan carter has announced his retirement from the sport the flyhalf won 2 world cups with the all blacks including in 2015 when he was man of the match in the final against australia he's world rugby as record point score and as a 3 time world player of the year he also won 3 super rugby titles with the crusaders double olympic champion mckayla shifrin has missed out on another world title the american to a bronze in the women slalom in italy she's been targeting a 5th consecutive gold medal in this discipline but still leaves these championships with 4 medals. not too bad. all right that's it for me with your

sports hand back over to sammy thanks so much they are bad for me for this news hour but the good news is come back in a couple of minutes for the 4th. news challenge because of all the. growth is so slow that. this is the way to. a course of a minister of keenest. a european judge tasked with imposing nor an order and a trial testing the nose of

a newly formed nation. whitney. highway on. how does a team from a smaller league draw the biggest crowds. why does the uyghurs flag fly hoist at a scottish club. what is it about celtic that has the world over shielding them all politics and football all of them will stop with the oppressed and the and. the fun to make football fun i'll just say. it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covered 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other says. saw it on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than the ties to research

use say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone saw. the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog sits down with officials in. its efforts intensified to revive the 2015 nuclear agreements. hello again i'm come all santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera. not backing down the protesters and me and ma once again out on the streets a day after

a military crackdown that killed 2 people. also begun in a run off presidential election in need share it could lead to the 1st peaceful transfer of power in.