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and mourn a young woman killed in the protests. we'll bring you the latest from libya where the interior minister has survived an assassination attempt. on the pandemic proves to be good news for french t.v. shows turning them into surprising hits both at home and abroad. devon asked with sports novak djokovic is now an 18 time a grand slam champion the world number one beat down on medvedev for quote extending the australian open title. welcome to the news hour we start with efforts to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal the head of the un's nuclear watchdog has struck an agreement with iran to continue

with necessary certain inspections of its nuclear facilities for a period of 3 months but he also confirmed there will be less access and no more snap sanctions inspections rafał grossi travel to iran where he met with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif for talks well this is on the day of iran's deadline which passed in the last hour for the u.s. to lift its economic sanctions under the 2015 nuclear deal known. it is the joint comprehensive plan of action which a c.p.o. way iran agreed to restrict its nuclear program in exchange for the easing of sanctions by 6 countries including the united states but donald trump reimposed u.s. sanctions in 2018 cross he says his new agreement will help bridge the gap resulting from iran's parliamentary legislation to limit access to its nuclear activities. this law exists this law is going to be applied which means that the additional

practical much to my regret is going to be suspended. nevertheless we decided to go there and that 3 or the specific bilateral arrangement understanding as we called that we love our wires to reach this review. in the best possible way without losing the necessary. morny touring and when he shook up questions our desires dosage of bari protests the latest reaction from town ron. according to the director of terror and will continue to implement this law that was passed in parliament the director general said that he wants to be very clear this law exists and that it's going to be applied and that is the reason for his visit he said that he has now been able to have a agreements with the iranian officials a technical agreement which will bridge this gap between now and the next 3 months

where he hopes the political will and diplomacy will do the job that they want that to do the main objective of his trip was to hammer out details the and he has done just that he said he believed it was necessary for the eye to come to tehran to hammer out the details where they will be able to carry out their work he said that they've agreed to 3 points that they will continue iranians will continue to implement the way that's the nuclear remains of 2015 and that in light of the law that the iranians passed in parliament in december they've reached now a bilateral technical understanding where the agency will be able to continue its monitoring of iran's nuclear program of course with limited access not quite as unrestricted as they had in the past and finally that this understanding this technical understanding will continue for 3 months where they will continue to have dialogue at the sky sions about what will happen next based on the political

climate and the will of the international community or the biden administration says it's ready to hold talks with iran and other world powers on reviving the 2015 deal but to iran is saying that the u.s. was left at sanctions 1st as we're hearing there speaking earlier iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif said he wasn't convinced by u.s. president joe biden's promises of careful diplomacy nothing has changed by didn't claim that. policy of maximum pressure was much more. and you can also just recently said that that policy favored but for all practical purposes of pursuing the same policy we haven't changed our policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter richard ministration the islamic republic now has dealt with 7 consecutive u.s. presidents and i have the good. and the problem is us is

addicted to sanctions us is addicted to pressure the us is addicted to bloody. well joining us now via skype from the united states is trees of ours is executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible state crafts we have 2 different positions from tehran and washington but there is perhaps this attempt by the i.a.e.a. the un's nuclear watchdog to try and forge a way forward does this understanding between iran and the i.a.e.a. counteract the cutback in inspections mandated by iran's parliament. it hopefully does it essentially is making sure that the crisis that likely would have occurred on tuesday when that law goes into effect will not become as deep of a crisis that could cause the collapse of talks altogether it is not perfect in any way shape or form at the end of the day diana is going to get less access than he

had before but it is far superior to a situation in which the rania's would have gone forward to fully implement what they had said that they would do so what i think we have seen in the last week now is that both the u.s. and iran have taken half steps the united states to go a half step this last week it didn't lift the sanctions but it did would draw requests for snap back from the security council a symbolic move but nevertheless not on important any degree to talks but he actually didn't come back into compliance the iranians now are doing the same thing they're not going forward fully with what their law had said but nor but they are reducing it sufficiently so hopefully there won't be a crisis but the on the line problem remains which is that the united states is still in breach of this agreement because of having walked out of it and impose all of those sanctions this cannot be done entirely alone by the united states it needs to be done quietly to the right up

a choreographer the problem is that from the outset for reasons that i don't understand this was turned into a public issue it should not have been and we should quickly go back to dealing with it behind the scenes rather than through the podium. i suppose one of the reasons it turned into a public issue is because any sort of diplomatic contact will communication behind the scenes has has ground to a halt and it isn't aaron's interest to ensure that this is a foreign policy priority for the buying an administration. certainly and i think part of what they have tried to do is by raising the temperature get the buy the ministration to move faster at the same time what to buy and which obviously the biden restriction is not going to look at that type of the pressure particularly positively at the same time the biden restrictions messages earlier on such as that the iran has to go 1st as if the iranians were the ones who breached the agreement the u.s. has fuel suspicion that has made it more difficult for the iranians to go to the

table because i think what they are fearing is that if they go back to the table while the u.s. is still strengthening them and pursuing maximum pressure and the talks fail then the iranians will be blamed for it even though the u.s. actually never reversed its position and continue to be in breach of big reman throughout this entire period i mean as you say for terror on the u.s. argument that it is actually suggests that washington is still complying with the deal and obviously that's not the case but the problem for biden is very difficult for him to just suddenly lift the trunk sanctions when republicans in congress are opposed to it while republicans in congress last election they are not the key problem here i think is an exaggerated fear what republicans in congress will do is frankly misplaced the president won the elections disses part of the platform of the democratic party to urgently returns it because of the value that it had to

u.s. national security the republicans do not control the house they do not control the senate so the idea that they already issue why there's not enough movement here i'm not convinced. to piracy thank you for joining us from the rest of the genuine thanks thank you for having me. now our other top story calls for a general strike in near on monday have been met by a veiled threats from the ruling genter to use lethal force earlier protestors were hours around me and more an even greater numbers than before in a show of defiance just a day after some of the worst violence since the military coup 3 weeks ago tens of thousands of people rallied peacefully in the city of mandalay where 2 people were shot dead by security forces on saturday one of them a teenage boy demonstrations well across the country including in the capital neighbor door 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 and they say this is for repeated violations of its standard for perhaps beating incitement to violence and coordinating arm there is tony chang has our report now from bangkok. burke on the streets of mandalay less than 24 hours after the security services shot to death and injured many more occupying an important intersection in the city the message is clear it will not burn down footage that has emerged overnight suggest this was a well planned and sustained crackdown not a temporary lapse and discipline building showing the scars of live rounds that were liberally used it and i thought our. disorders beautiful shot my husband and others he was standing on the side and watching the protests but the soldiers took him away. 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 its panel and crackdowns on ethnic unrest. and not just city young gone but 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 had 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 i'm not demanding it be on 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 pay tara 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 chang al jazeera. so joining me now via skype as long a human rights activists and co-founder of forces of southeast asia can i start by asking you a you must be very worried about this threat from a 1000000 miles military generals to use lethal force against demonstrators who are planning industrial action from monday. yes i definitely am i lived under the 1st a military dictatorship for 25 years and you know i'm still very traumatized to after 32 years of having left the country and i am very angry and i'm very worried particularly because the the military has established a solid record of brutal military crackdowns against any

peaceful protests. over the last 50 years and they brought in the light infantry divisions known for the genocide against ruhi injures in 2017 and they're you know using snipers yesterday actually in mentally my own hometown and rangoon the same thing as well they brought in light infantry number 77 these are eat divisions jews to attack ethnic communities across the country. can you talk to me a bit more about your experience why why do you say that over 3 decades later you are still traumatized. oh yes you know i get a 975 when i was to 12 years old i so soldiers in my you know in my hometown the the very mentally where the sniper killed 2 people yesterday and i also saw

soldiers on the streets you know like you preparing to shoot to kill that the burmese troops have have only one command when they shoot they shoot to kill this is in you know violation of any world standard so international law you do not huge a national on forces to mosques murder the oem peaceful civilians that does not happen in u.s. that doesn't happen and you can't this is part of ami's many menu of any you know decent self-respect i mean we the you know mario. overwhelming prevailing view among the public today is that you know that we have a terrorist organization no our national armed forces that have sworn to

protect and defend the country and its people when national own forces turn their guns and to their employers the people that they swear to protect and all and i was also just need to tell me because many people be aware that the manometry is very powerful in the country but what makes the military so unique in its ability to use brute force against the civilian population because they're sort of kept kept away from the the civilians on the. yes and you know they have to validate military as a separate society you know people talk about of the military being a state within a state no the military is a separate social you know social economic system they have their they have everything for their own people and to date they jointer issued through different regional command 11 point strategy to crack down the top one is.

making sure that the families have fed and their care for medically and you know they've withdrew that police even civilian police to do community policing from doing their own job that's why you know the neighborhood says setting up their own neighborhood to watch and knowing and so the minute today i saw a video clip of a military commend to threatening it individually i'm going to be out there 11 pm tonight on patrol i'm going to have guns at other weapons i'm going to shoot and kill anyone the sense of invincibility the sense of impunity entered both domestically and internationally is so overwhelming i think it's sound sions are not enough i think that this is the ogre not the who group particularly me that has committed genocide against will hinge or that is waging wars against other

known muslim minorities and that is now threatening to use all the warming force against unarmed civilian population they need to be designated terrorist group right well thank you for sharing your perspective with us and telling us more of course about your experience as well lang's ani joining us. now you are at the news hour live from london much more still ahead on the program as voting wraps up in asia as presidential runoff several election workers are killed when their vehicle hit a landmine also watching a 6th night of protests in spain over the arrest of a rapper look at why young people and try thinking on rust. on the top 2 initially went head to head in the middle. of the action.

libya's interim minister survived an assassination attempt. came under fire as it traveled west of the capital tripoli 6 of his guards are believed to have been injured as security staff killed one gunman and captured 2 more but no claims of responsibility last month libya's 2 rival administrations reached a deal to form an interim government head of elections in december malik traina brings us more on the attack now from misrata 30. is a really from here the city of misrata is also seen by many as western libya strongman he's taken a hard stance against armed 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 a lot and the ruse has said that he has appointed a force from tripoli to calm the situation down. now the un's and void to yemen says the country's warring parties are committed to discussing expanding a prisoner exchange operation despite talks between the yemen saudi government and the who sees ending on sunday with both sides blaming the other for a lack of progress in the past the 2 parties agreed to exchange 15000 detainees last year only a 1000 were exchanged talks come a time when the who sees of intensified their offensive on the government held city of mot red and also there's been a rise in drone attacks on saudi arabia. a military aircraft has crashed

in nigeria's capital killing all 7 people on board the plane reported engine failure shortly before going down the course the air force is investigating the cause of the incident but we're also watching political developments in asia where 7 election officials there have been killed on election day itself as voters choose a new president in a 2nd round of voting officials say a vehicle transporting election officials a roadside explosive device in the tele barre region that seen a lot of attacks recently by armed groups fighting has now ended and of course attention shifts to how the counting is guy i'm going to address has more from a in neighboring nigeria. the just president mohamud is a fool voted to choose his successor after 25 year to he could over the course of the term but is choosing to step down while other leaders in the region desperately cling to power. the election is coming at a difficult time for. a point not lost on the president. needs here is

facing immense challenges security challenges demographic challenges climate challenges economic and social development challenges including the immediate senator each having a park a week 19 i'm convinced that to face these challenges we need strong and stable democratic institutions as voting is underway 7 electoral of issues were killed interlibrary a region close to a border with molly been there and broken of us all their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb that also injured 3 others they'd been fears of violence even before the boat especially in the region that seen several attacks by armed groups but this is the man the ruling party chose to take over from the come but. a trusted ally of president useful and former minister both the interior and foreign ministries. by her just voted after spending several weeks in the provinces

and i visited several villages and had a lot of contact and i wish for calm during this election discipline another win to be blessed with good fortune i wish for good fortune to be on my side of course and i have many reasons to believe that it is on my side i therefore look ahead to the future with serenity and a lot of calm his challenger is not just former president and prime minister. who is running for the 5th day seeking to come back to the post he held 25 years ago but who voted in his home region of the there want to get elections for c. . let's see. if citizens notice that these elections of once more being frugal and elections i fear the situation will be difficult to manage last time people were disciplined we ourselves contributed to making sure it was calm and serene and tolerated the results of a fraudulent election but this time since you asked me my feelings i feeling is that the population is no longer ready to tolerate. elections in the 1st round of

parliamentary and presidential elections held in december 27 mohammad bosom secured 39.3 percent of the vote last month got 16.9 percent but without a clear majority it forced a runoff i heard of sunday's election the 2 candidates went into strategic alliances with the just more political parties with a view to forming coalitions analysts suggest the governing project whose party won 80 of the 171 seats in parliament the opposition which has only 7 seats but the candidate of the opposition is the voters that have the final say the result is expected in a matter of days when they like should come should declare that within 2 weeks after that the constitutional court will validate or reject the results as announced but for many voters what's important now is troubled leader who can quickly address the problems of poverty unemployment and violence by armed groups probably do greece which is either. conservative bankole take on

a leftist economist in the 2nd round of ecuador's presidential election a national electoral council announced that conservative can last so it seemed 19.74 percent of the votes in the 1st round his challenger is under as are as an ally of the former president rafael correa won the 1st round with 32.72 percent and there's an environmentalist perez who came in 3rd place as alleged fraud to invoke counting he received just 32000 fewer votes than. a march towards the capital with his supporters to protest. he joins me now from bogota in neighboring colombia is following the story. perez that cries fraud he's not happy about this tensions rising in ecuador over the election. yes that is that is that finitely case he again said sunday after

receiving the announcement from the electoral commission that today he will continue fighting he insists that there has been fraud that there are serious issues in the vote count and it continues to demand the recount in 1724 provinces so far he has not been granted the recount because the electoral commission says that there is no proof there's not enough proof that indeed there was fraud but as you were saying in your introduction he also brought his grievances to the streets for days now he's been marching towards the capital keep to where he's expected to arrive on tuesday with hundreds of representatives of ecuador's the indigenous groups and other groups civil society groups of also announced that there will be protests that

demanding a recount later this week in the capital key to any other cities across the ecuador so this seems to be far from over the top of all of this country's attorney general's office as also announced that they will open an investigation and is now demanding to have access to the computers through the files of the electoral commissions they want to look into the way the votes were counted now candidates who are expected to go towards the runoff. and get more law so both are asking that the attorney general office should remain out of this saying that the electoral council is the highest these when it comes to elections in the country how the votes were counted but we count likely to happen. well most analysts say that it will be quite difficult for yahoo paris to get

a recount and less major piece of evidence appears which hasn't appeared so far what's clear though is that he wants to continue playing a major all go into a word a 2nd round of course both candidates will have to court his voters if they want to win. the candidate former president rafael correa has gotten more votes in the 1st and he remains the front runner in the 2nd round given the fact that 2 to work 2 thirds of ecuadorians voted for center left candidate on february 7th yet it's very important to consider here that the paris paper his policies are closers to the ones. the leftist economy and that is. this prize is roughly a quarter he was arrested 5 times during the terms of. quarter there for

opposing mining crosses on indigenous land then it's also clear that a lot of people in ecuador are tired and don't want to see a return. of more popular or socialist. policies that said. the economic situation in the country is that is very complicated and very difficult and a lot of don't think that somebody who represents the bankers in a way the traditional power in the country is the best way forward thank you very much alexandra. i think that for you on the program uganda's opposition is saying thousands of its supporters have been arrested kidnapped or disappeared. could israel's green pass for its back next citizens become the country's take it out of lockdown. francis 6 nations rugby campaign is hit by more of it 19 cases

general have to teach house and sport. how i was there was a very cold air across eastern parts of europe and it will stay on the cold 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 of units of 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 but into 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 pyrenees there pushing through

spain into southern parts of france patchy rain the eastern areas of england just around east anglia and the southeast 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 only one or 2 showers into northern areas of libya and also into egypt with some showers too from record algeria. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes a statistic but some of broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to leave you have to ask for help and inspired others to turn their lives around i

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welcome back you at the news hour live from london a look at our main stories ahead of the un's nuclear watchdog has struck a deal with iran to continue with necessary inspections of its nuclear facilities for up to 3 months but he also confirmed there will be less access a no more snap short notice inspections. protesters of return to the streets of me and ma in even greater numbers undeterred by saturday's violence tens of thousands riding peacefully in the city of mandalay a day off the 2 people were shot dead by security forces one of them was a teenage boy. and then in libya the interior minister says survived an assassination attempt to shop as motorcade came under fire as it traveled west of the capital tripoli 6 of his gods reported to and enjoy it. all now for uganda where the opposition party led by the wind says thousands of its supporters

have been arrested or kidnapped by security forces since january as election the government refutes the number insisting only 40 people have been reported missing whiners challenge the vote outcome and of course accusing president yoweri most 70 of most of fraud catherine sawyer now reports. regina number cassie's has done fred 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 other songs just disappeared in their forms or 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 rigged. the president trees and he told the nation that his forces have mostly been dealing with those he called terrorists out to destabilize the country the old red guards and the. other ones will force us to get some energy there in the world. the mundo youth. which are the missions are taking in the. somalia. which are still here. to get ready. to come by. and. this move. the region 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 nafta she says her life was in danger after her partner. a complaint 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 multiple infections during those 2 years i had it discourage i was tortured i lost because of big. i got your 2 eyes because they're not healthy is another teacher should assume it is 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 sent his torso ault's 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 acknowledged that his country has a coronavirus problem this after the head of the world health organization urged it to take robust action against the virus john mica foully declared tanzania corona virus free this was last may which is when the government stopped releasing infections to to sticks officials have attributed a recent spike in destin omonia a number of tanzania's travelling overseas have tested positive for coated 19. and then on wednesday a senior politician died of the corona virus adding to concerns of

a hidden epidemic tanzania has yet to announce a plan to approve or acquire any vaccines but michael hooley has now urged people to take precautions like wearing masks meanwhile 20000 coronavirus vaccines of arrived in gaza from the united arab emirates your thought authorities say they'll begin vaccinations on monday starting with health care workers and people with long term illnesses the russian made the vaccines were secured by mohammed the one who's based in the u.a.e. he is a political rival to palestinian president mahmoud abbas. first election since 2006 is due to be held in 3 months time and then in israel a country is reopening mole's shops and leisure facilities now that more than 46 percent of the population has had at least one dose of a covert 19 vaccine the government wants to encourage further take up and restore large parts of the economy by promoting its so-called green pass this gives

vaccinated people access to activities that will be off limits to those who haven't had the chance harry force reports from west jerusalem. after 5 months west jerusalem's y.m.c.a. gym is open again is really merges further from its latest and potentially last lockdown but it's a selective reopening only those with the so-called green pass on paper or phone up proving full vaccination against a recovery from covert 19 can come in to work out i am so happy to be back here i love this place and i've been working out for better now in 20 minutes said partner i feel fantastic not all gyms are reopening some sight difficulties in persuading staff to get the vaccine some doubt they'll have enough vaccinated customers to make a profit and we believe that this is best for the community in general and specifically for our members it has its challenges because it's a load of work that too is really usually we do not have but i believe that with

time it's the things will become easier israel is relying on the fire as a bone tech vaccine as its ticket back to normality with nearly half the population having had at least one job health ministry figures released on saturday suggest it's about 99 percent effective in preventing serious illness and death 2 weeks after the 2nd dose younger more vaccine reluctant israelis are being enticed with free snacks and drinks but some epidemiologists say a highly protected older population may just have to live alongside a less protected or younger group where the virus could continue to thrive for the prime minister whose campaign for next month's election leans heavily on his back to life message the green party is crucial so that. you can get your green pass and head to the gym and other sporting and cultural events. his government will soon be running a giant social experiment by distinguishing some say discriminating between those who have and have not been vaccinated quickly i think it's extremely dangerous you

curve. divide between 2 population is. it is a good medical reason. so for example if someone was exposed to. someone infected only the vaccinated because movie you don't need to state all that's ok that's a medical decision. it's a balancing our debt will be examined closely by other countries with lockdown re populations desperate for a toast to their old lives democracy is not infringing on other people and making them ill so if somebody doesn't want to so let them stay in their house is real good at stark's a nation head start in part by volunteering to be a giant vaccines effectiveness for now it's also running a country sized test on how to use it harry force of al-jazeera was jerusalem. now officials in northern italy of unveiled

a memorial outside the hospital that confirm the country's 1st coronavirus case one year ago a 38 year old italian man was confirmed to have the virus in the town of could anya it was the 1st known locally transmitted case outside of asia a special memorial service was also held at the sun the church in remembrance of the $95000.00 italian lives lost in the past 12 months it's the 2nd highest curve in 1000 death toll in europe. on now to developments in spain because thousands of protesters have been back out on the streets of boston for a 6th night of demonstrations against the jailing of cattle and. sunday is also the 6th night of clashes with police but the protest marred by looting and the lighting a fire as they are protesting against a 9 month jail sentence for insulting the monarchy and dora find terrorism in his lyrics and tweets demonstrators say is arrest highlight spain suppression of free

speech. well sonia and dollar is a professor of international politics at university of barcelona and joins us now via skype tell us more about why the jailing of public a cell as sparked so much anger in the country. and indeed i don't think it's just. it's like an accumulation of different factors and events for the past months or even the past few to us which in catalonia in particular they also some many other factors that has been widely higher in. some instructions where because the sentence has been considered by a part of the part of the spanish population as a threat direct threat to freedom of expression. what has made this 1st demonstration continue as the right door like street violence. i think

it's different practice what does that mean we speak about freedom of speech and expression is the government going to look at some of the country's laws look at the role the judiciary plays in society and politics. so. many voices are asking for a band especially from the more leftist parties which the main of of of her is now into coalition government but it's the the small party in that question it doesn't seem to be big parties in spain being socialist party and people do i really open to speak about it which is that if reforms right now but definitely i think it's quite obvious that there is in the creasing claim from the spanish society for respecting and protecting instead of going backwards. you know mentor rights

how much how divided is the country on this and i'm curious is there a demographic difference of opinion particularly with younger people against his imprisonment because there are those in the country that support hazel's jailing yes. it's a bit blurred point because those who support the channelling is because probably do not agree with what he says hustle as you are saying has been sentence because he has been very like tough and harsh against a royal family and also like very what he called the fastest messages but like being very aggressive however on the side of those who just to found freedom of expression there's many or more different positions of people who say i want everyone to be able to speak and say those critics even if i do not agree with those critics and people who join the party is they consider themselves anti process or like more like in the same political line than power. thank you very

much. yes professor of international politics university of busyness anya and duff thank you. but not. so had for you on the program. i mean it's not so bad like in paris where the french television industry has much to celebrates with hunger and shows becoming a global success is the. last south sudan. flying high in a rasa gets to compete for sailings all this prize after a comprehensive win in the america's cup challenge series. how does the team from a smaller league draw the biggest crowds. why does the uyghurs flag fly at the scottish club. what is that about celtic that has the world over here in the mall

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now france is having a t.v. revolution streamed series of become a welcome distraction during the pandemic but many view is on a watching the usual hollywood offerings french shows have become surprise hits both at home and abroad breaking barriers in a market usually dominated 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 insight that 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 as 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 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 call 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 assad jump a story. i think you found recently been broken and people don't mind watching series in a foreign language anymore because called 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. is the mystery thriller has attracted more than 70000000 subscribers making it one of the platforms most work shows. french t.v. shows of certainly benefited from the surgeon people watching series are home during the cold the pandemic has a time when few people can travel a location like paris so a new office 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 movie or as the never take

a plunge into what was previously foreign territory attention but not just 0 paris . has jalen out this fall thank you mariam a tell us our number one and i have a joke of it as one his 9th australian open extending his own records he beats rushes down a meditative and straight sets a crime his 18th grand slam title provender west has the action. novak djokovic has repeatedly spoken out in the past 2 weeks against the decision by the australian open organizes to quarantine players ahead of the tournament but in front of the almost 7 and a half 1000 fans allowed in to watch it now on par with the trophy in hand it seemed as if all was forgiven look there are a lot of mixed feelings about what has happened in the last month or so with tennis players coming to australia. but i think when we draw a line in the end it was a successful tournament for organizers. djokovic hadn't lost in 17 appearances in

simi finals and finals at the australian open. his opponent in the made for dave hadn't lost to anyone since october but the world number one showed his intent from the very start i. in the 2nd set the pressure proved too much for the russian line address i was in australia. thought always amazing and probably it's not your last one so i mean i have no words to say. it's a matter of time when you're. hold the grand slam that's for sure. if you don't mind waiting few more years. djokovic has won 6 of the last 10 majors and is now just 2 wins away from joining roger federer and rafael nadal with the men's all time overall record of 20 grand slam titles i won in melbourne guarantees you stay world number one until at least march 8th there will be 311 weeks in the top spot. and then breaks another if it was

records that are with al-jazeera. so another grand slams have to joke of it is a vast collection and he doesn't talk on stopping that whether i think about winning more slams and breaking records of course of course i do. and my my most of my attention in my energy from this day forward is you know until i retire from tennis is going to be directed him in majors and trying and trying to win more major trophies. the top 2 sides in the italian league went head to head in the mondavi and it was in so he came out on top beating city rivals ac milan at 30 you know about martinez interact early on and then to score the 2nd after the break to give them a 2 may only but it was related cock with the pick of the goals

a brilliant side in iran and finish for the birds in to extend their advantage at the top to 4 points. fans were allowed inside the san siro as matches and italy a still being played behind closed doors but that didn't stop thousands gathering outside the stadium before the game ignoring coronavirus restrictions over 95000 people have died from cave at 19 in the country as the 2nd highest death toll in europe. manchester city have made it 18 wins in a row in all competitions with a $10.00 win over arsenal in the premier league graeme stirling had it in their only goal of the game after just 2 minutes city remain 10 points clear at the top while arsenal at 10th 6 points off the top 6 manchester united are doing their best to try and keep the pressure on city they were 31 winners against struggling newcastle brown i found this score tonight is that that was his 22nd goal of the season less that level of points with united but they remain 3rd on goal difference

they won 2 on that aston villa and west ham are up to force after beating tottenham by the same scoreline spurs have now lost 5 of their last 6 league games and this is jerry's a merinos response when asked if his side are in crisis when the. fords that were. going through the last 2nd trying to get a different result is never. is never a. group crisis barcelona's a 7 match winning run in the league it came to an end after they drew with relegation threatened could these on his club record of $568.00 league appearance for boss a little less a who else scored a penalty to give his side their lead but just a minute left today says alex hernandez also scored from the spot to snatch a point 5 points behind 2nd place around madrid and coach from acumen says this result felt worse than their midweek defeat

a parasite run in the champions league. movie description i'm very very disappointed much to even move them last tuesday because we were doing well in the league and we had a game at home where we could cup the gap to the teams above us we didn't encounter many problems and this was a game that the team had to win because of our quality and we couldn't. more disruption to france's 6 nations rugby campaign with 2 further cases of current virus in the squad and now means 5 players have tested positive as well as their head coach 7 players in total will miss next sunday's game with scotland because 2 of the squad members were left out as they've been in close contact with teammates from club side to lawn who have created 19 fronts that lead the 6 nations standings with 2 wins from to the olympic sailing legend bendings lee has vowed not to give up on his dream of bringing the america's cup back to britain has any austine u.k. will have to wait 4 years for another opportunity to win it that was after they were easily beaten by luna rossa in the prada cup the italians winning the best of

13 series 71 to advance to next month's america's cup. everything. we can prove is that. this. site was a busy sunday and spoke about from me and that's ok we enjoy it that way thank you . cicely's not erupted for the 4th time in 4 days the eruption on sunday mornings and torrents of love or in from its crater clouds of debris reached several kilometers above the volcano summit eruption on thursday forced a temporary closure of sicily's tonya airport is the most active and highest volcano in europe amazing pictures there. that wraps up the news but i'll see you in a couple of minutes with a full bulletin at 2200 g.m.t.

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