understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you. bring you the news and current affairs that matter to the. al-jazeera. the air. the way. the. u.s. is addicted to section iran's deadline looms for the u.s. to left economic sanctions or it will block inspections of its nuclear sites. oh i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera olds are coming up way on. undeterred by saturday's violence people in myanmar turn out in even greater numbers to march and mourn

a young woman killed in the protests. have the latest from libya where the interior minister has survived an assassination attempt. and his version wraps up in as u.s. presidential runoff several election commission officials killed by a roadside bomb. welcome to the program we begin this hour with the efforts to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal the head of the un's nuclear watchdog is due to speak this hour after returning from tehran where he was on a mission to ensure the continuation of nuclear inspections. met with iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif for talks which iranian officials later described as fruitful under the 2015 deal iran agreed to restrict. it's nuclear

program in exchange for the easing of sanctions by 6 nations including of course the united states but donald trump reimposed u.s. sanctions in 2018 and iran is saying that unless the biden administration lifts them by midnight which is not long from now an hour a half from now they'll block future u.n. nuclear inspections so earlier iran's pharmacist said he wasn't convinced by u.s. president joe biden's promises of careful diplomacy nothing has changed by didn't claims that trump policy of maximum pressure was maximum for a beer can also just recently said that policy failed but for all practical purposes of pursuing the same policy they haven't changed a policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter which administration does not make you public now has dealt with 7 consecutive u.s. presidents and i have dealt with that and the problem is us is

addicted to sanctions u.s. is addicted to pressure the us is addicted to bloody. war in a moment we'll speak with my canner in washington 1st though to dosage of ron and we're hearing that also really the crux of the matter there in terre is the fact that no actions have been taken to change the sanctions that were imposed by the trumpet ministration of course in an election year that will be a fair bit of pressure to to act tough. certainly in that is what iran has said it will do they will stand firm and they will carry on with limiting the access given to these i of course the meeting that were meetings that were held in the capital today by the director general of the i.a.e.a. were just about that what kind of access his inspectors will have in the new future it appears they will be taking the next step the iranians as of february 23rd on

tuesday so additional protocols that they were abiding by voluntarily under the nonproliferation treaty will no longer be the case that means that the i inspect those will now have to give advance notice before they want to come into the country and say where they want to go and when they want to go and they will also no longer have access to the 24 hour security cameras that are installed in the 60 clear nuclear sites across the country all this is in an effort by the rain into trying to get the united states a lift those crippling sanctions which the foreign minister said has cost iran a trillion dollars until now they say that they will not budge when it comes to this if the united states wants to return to this nuclear deal 1st they have to show good faith by removing these sanctions and then they can think about sitting around with the europeans to china figure out a way for the americans to return to the nuclear deal but until the sanctions are lifted the iranians are not interested in having any discussions with the americans thank you very much the dosage of bari and tehran so my counter is in washington

and of course we know like that the americans want to revive the iran nuclear deal problem is that the longer they leave it the harder it's going to get. yes there is an acute awareness in washington that there will be an election in iran in the middle of this year but at the moment it seems to be immovable force an irresistible object the u.s. is insisting that negotiations can only be resume when iran returns to the context of the 2015 deal iran as you heard absolutely adamant that it will not change until the u.s. lift sanctions have been negotiations can begin the u.s. administration approaching this very cautiously making clear though and in the course of the day we heard from the national security adviser reiterating the u.s. position that firstly it will not allow iran to develop a weaponized nuclear program but secondly the way to prevent this according to the

u.s. is via negotiation process we also heard on thursday from president biden that he's keen to get a resumption of negotiations within the ambit of the european union together with some partners in that 2015 deal like germany and russia france so he is implying that the u.s. wants to follow a route of not not bilaterally of bilateral negotiations not unilateral relations so this is an interesting indication of the way the u.s. is going but remembering at this particular stage they are attempting to formulate all reformulate a new policy that fell away completely during the 4 years of the trumpet administration thank you very much from washington mike hanna. well protesters have returned to the streets of man ma in large numbers in

a show of defiance a day after the worst violence since the military tens of thousands rally peacefully and mandalay where 2 people were shot dead by security forces on saturday one of them a teenage boy demonstrations were held across the country as well including in the capital naperville where thousands lined the streets for the funeral of a young woman shot during protests last week just days before her 20th birthday and then in other developments the social media giant facebook has deleted the military's main page for repeated violations of its standard for perhaps incitement to violence and coordinating homme facebook is the primary source of information for news in manama tony chang has more now from bangkok. back on the streets of mandalay less than 24 hours after the security services shot 2 dead and injured many more occupying an important intersection in the city the

message is clear it will not back down footage that has emerged overnight suggest this was a well planned and sustained crackdown not a temporary lapse in discipline building showing the scars of live rounds that were liberally used and i thought. the soldiers beat and shot my husband and others he was standing on the side and watching the protests but the soldiers took him away or more the police took the lead it appears it was the military they were in charge soldiers from the 33rd light infantry is said to be in command the division known for it's been a long crackdowns on ethnic unrest. in just city yang gone the bloodshed in mandalay appeared to have hardened the resolve of those protesting against the coup to do over the people died yesterday we protested peacefully but people have to die the general wants to stop us from coming out on to the streets so they strongly

respond to us we the people want to accept their own fear oppression and we will continue to fight. and calls for the international community to intervene not to do get beyond the numbers of people increase today and we will not stop we will continue to walk to our go democracy we want international countries to take more severe action than effective sanctions. in the capital now a huge funeral cortege for the 1st baitullah to lose protests a 20 year old student who died on friday. she's now become a symbol for the protesters for the sacrifice she made and the one they may face themselves. tony ching al-jazeera. now is there been some developments in libya the interior minister is survived an assassination attempt. as motorcade came under fire as it traveled west of the capital tripoli 6 of his guards have believed to have been injured as security staff killed one gunman and captured 2 more but there

are no claims of responsibility for this libya's 2 rival administrations reached a deal to form an interim government had of elections in december malik train has more now on the attack from misrata. 13 the minister of interior is a recently from here the city of misrata is also seen by many as western libya strongman he's taken a hard stance against on groups and militias which has resulted in him gaining lots of popularity among ordinary libyans and the international community in a statement released by the ministry of interior a short while ago they said that as the minister was returning to his place of residence in the city of west of tripoli a vehicle containing 3 men opened fire on the convoy after a brief exchange of fire 2 suspects were apprehended one was killed the situation has been described as tense in western libya as

a result the ministry of defense along in the ruse has said that he has appointed a force from tripoli to calm the situation down in the last hour voting has ended in the jazz presidential runoff vote which was marred by violence off to 7 election workers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine the electoral commission vehicle was carrying staff to their polling stations when it hit the mine in gargle in the south west of the country that's around 80 kilometers from the border with mali had stepped up security to protect the polling which ruling party candidate mohamed by assume is facing former president ma monday as one in the 1st round in december because in 139.3 percent of the vote as money is 17 percent the country is expected to see its 1st peaceful transfer of power as a cunt as the current president is stepping down after 5 after 25 year terms well as he was voting the outgoing president said he was proud to be the 1st democratically elected leader to hand power of

a to another but he also warned that many challenges lie ahead. leisure is facing immense challenges security challenges demographic challenges climate challenges economic and social development challenges including the immediate summitry chumminess prokofiev 19 i'm convinced that to face these challenges we need strong and stable democratic institutions what human interest is monitoring the election from a neighboring one cheerier and joins me now it really would be an incredible achievement for the country to have this transition which would really set it apart from some of its neighbors in the region but i suppose this attack really shows that there could be a difficult road ahead for the new leader. absolutely. remarkable achievement for nisha of this is expected to lead to the fos transition to see from civilian to civilian government in asia since its independence 60 years

ago for them it's hard work and with for a country that had a history of military coups this is in fact indeed like you said a tremendous achievement now the road ahead is really rocky this is one of the poorest countries in the world it has issues with climate change food insecurity and now added to that is the violence on its border with nigeria violence on the border with but can a fossil and money so whoever takes over from mohamed use of ways to deal with a lot of problems and implement is why the impact of covered 900 is telling on the economy the last time we were there in the general elections in december it was a very very difficult moment economically and politically for the country and whoever wins definitely would need the support of the rest of the country the rest of the opposition to in order to make inroads in order to make headway in bringing development in the public for example the ruling party currently has 80 percent 80

seats in the 171 seat parliament which is 6 votes or 6 seats short of a majority if eventually the other challenger moment and wins the election then definitely has a very very tough task and he will need probably a coalition of more than 20 political parties in order for him to govern while his party has only 7 seats in parliament which is very difficult so a lot of trading is going on some kind of negotiations for a government that could see through its difficult times maria what about the government human rights rakhal and. freedom and liberty and the country. well basically that's a big question like many other african countries there are issues there however dealing with the insurgency in the when are along the border with nigeria as well

as issues of human rights abuses in its approach to fighting violent extremist groups on the border with money in picking a fight so questions have been raised before but the government insisted that its profession is so you really professional in their conduct and that they wouldn't abuse rights however there are questions of detentions that are issues for example one of the candidates who stood for the election who wanted to run for the election but was disqualified because of child trafficking allegation is that some rights groups and he he himself is sisterhood were actually trumped up charges against him just to deny him from contesting or running for office as president so these are some of these questions that the government insisted no issues at the moment and he just tried as much as it could to ensure that everybody has his own rights thank you very much press covering that story for us and a chap. alf to have for you on the program uganda's opposition says thousands of

it supporters have been arrested kidnapped all have disappeared. on the pandemic proves to be good news for french t.v. shows turning them into surprised by that hug and a poet. how i was there goes a very cold air across eastern parts of europe and it will stay on the coast side 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 and even into the high teens there with parts of france easing up into the british isles but 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 some wetter weather some snow over the peyronie's there pushing through spain into southern parts of france patchy rain that it's in the areas of england just about east anglia and the southeast in the next batch of wetter weather will gradually slot 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 and 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 $1.00 to $2.00 showers into northern areas of libya and also into a.j. with some showers today from record algeria. welcome

to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy breaking your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know a lot of day's work is down cats are always welcome to our. the loop. the loop. come back a look at the main stories now the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog is due to speak any time now after talks in iran to ensure the continuation of nuclear

inspections iranian officials describe the discussions as fruitful. protesters have returned to the streets of may and mar an even larger numbers undeterred by saturday's violence tens of thousands rally peacefully in the city of mandalay a day after 2 people were shot at that by security forces one of them was a teenage boy. and the presidential runoff vote has been marred by violence after 7 election workers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine had stepped up security to protect the poll in which the ruling party candidate on the bus who is facing the former president my money was mine. turning to uganda now the opposition party led by bobby wine says thousands of its supporters have been arrested or kidnapped since january election the government refutes the number insisting only 40 people have been reported missing whiners challenge the votes outcome in court using president yoweri miss 70

a voter fraud catherine soy reports. regina number cassie's has sanford jumbo was abducted from his home in the central ugandan town of peaky in january by a man wearing civilian clothes and mosques 2 other sons disappeared right after she has not seen them since. they came with 2 cars broke the gate and knocked a door one 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 phones are 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 kind of date in the recent presidential election he was defeated by presidential

where in the 70 that he says the vote was reads the president recently told the nation that his forces have mostly been dealing with those he called terrorists out to destabilize the country the old bridge was on the. other ones will force us to give some energy then they should move. the money. the judges the missions been faking in the. somalia. which are stored in here. to get ready. for the company. and. this is. deja regional there. is at least one politician has fled the country telling young is a critic of the president she vied for parliamentary seats lost and then fled to

kenya for after she says her life was in danger after her partner and. a comp a 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 was tortured in jail and suffered multiple infections during those 2 years i had it discourage i was tortured i lost because of it to. go to your g.i. is because they're not all over detention facilities or whitmire 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 sent his torso ault's of the incident is being seen as yet another the

traces questions about the integrity of uganda security services cathy zoi al jazeera arabic. tanzania's president has finally a knowledge that his country has a coronavirus problem s. after the head of the world health organization urged it to take robust action against the virus john magaw foully declared tanzania corona virus free last may which is when the government stopped releasing infection statistics of attributed a recent spike in deaths to pneumonia a number of people traveling overseas have also testified that if a had 19 on wednesday a senior politician died of the coronavirus adding to concerns of a hidden epidemic tanzania has yet to announce a plan to approve or acquire any vaccines but my go fully has now urged people to take precautions and wear masks. meanwhile 20000 crowd of ours vaccines have

arrived in gaza from the united arab emirates the authorities say they'll start vaccinations on monday and they'll begin with health workers and people with long term illnesses the russian made sputnik the vaccines were secured by mohammed dahlan who's based in the u.a.e. is a political rival to palestinian president mahmoud abbas palestine's 1st election since 2006 is due to be held in 3 months time in other developments israel is lifting many of its coronavirus restrictions to vaccinate half of its population in just 2 months most schools museums malls and markets can reopen gyms cinemas and restaurants are also welcoming customers but only if they've received both doses of the vaccine israelis operate in a system where only vaccinated people can travel or attend cultural events using a green although it has been plagued by some technical difficulties.

an investigation is underway after the engine on a u.s. passenger plane caught fire forcing it to make a dramatic emergency landing as it returned to the airport huge chunks of the aircraft rained down on to suburbs of denver in colorado kristen salumi brings us the story very very. this was not a 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 i 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 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 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. now protesters

have returned to the streets of boston on a 1st 6 the night of demonstrations against the jailing of cattle hussle the protests have been marred by clashes with police as well as looting and is protesting the 9 month jail sentence of hassel who is charged with insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism in his lyrics and tweets demonstrators and activists say the arrest highlights spain's suppression of free speech. now france is having a t.v. revolution stream series of become a welcome distraction during the pandemic but many of us aren't watching the usual hollywood offerings french shows have become surprise hits both at home and abroad breaking barriers in a market usually donated by english language series of reports from paris. french t.v. series the bureau is a fictionalized glimpse into france's intelligence service attends 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's 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 why the 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 to have some discussion with buyers who usually don't acquire french series that is the case today you know 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. his sham is played by actor a sad jumper story. i think foundries have been broken and people don't mind watching series in a foreign language anymore because call my agents on so many platforms it's reached a really wide public including people in the industry and that's had a big impact on new projects i'm being offered. paris is the backdrop for most of the shows the world famous new features in the most recent french language loop than netflix. says the mystery thriller has attracted more than 70000000 subscribers making it one of the platforms most work shows. french t.v. series of certainly benefited from the surgeon people watching series are home

during the covert pandemic and at a time when few people can travel a location like paris so a new office some welcome escapism off to decades in the shadows of the country's famous film industry the french t.v. industry is clearly having a moment as more views that never take a plunge into what was previously foreign territory attention but in syria paris. let's take you through the main stories this hour the head of the un's nuclear watchdog is due to speak very shortly after attending from tehran where he was on a mission to ensure the continuation of nuclear inspections rafael garcia met with iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif the talks which the iranians described later on as fruitful. on the 2015 deal iran agreed to restrict its nuclear program .