watch al-jazeera english streaming live on the you tube channel. plus thousands of our programs award winning documentary and dead loser folds. subscribe to you cheap forward slash al-jazeera english. thousands join in nationwide strike across myanmar despite a chilling message from the military that confrontation could cost more lives. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back people also ahead the hope of the i.a.e.a. has been to be able to show to be like these gratian which was very unstable

a lifeline for the iran nuclear deal tehran and the global watchdog reach an agreement to allow inspections to continue boeing calls for the grounding of some of its brains out to an engine caught fire in midair in the u.s. . and tranquil setting to mark an earthquake that cost so much chaos in new zealand 10 years ago. so we begin with me at ma where a nationwide strike is underway despite a thinly veiled threat from the military that it could use lethal force grounds are gathering in several cities answering a call from protest leaders for a spring revolution on sunday the military warned against the protests in a public broadcast accusing them of inciting violence to people were shot dead in demonstrations on saturday. diamond is a human rights specialist set 45 writes in myanmar his

a protest seen young gone and says demonstrators are nervously waiting for the police response. didn't send one reason is very amazing even but we have the internet that tells what i hear but i've seen a lot of people on the street today it is very surprising and i'm also sure i don't want all these people organized but then your home is full of. generations and the country that's why everyone on the street. they're demanding most of them the better the restoration of the government let the government and also the new democratic several procedures and all these people asking for all be as. we have seen her military credit gal told credit carroll mangling if you don't know. some of the major c.v. and also order to know before the protest to the. military you will definitely put

down the protests had running out i don't know me now cortez all the protests of one thing is the happening in the you know. i don't know now i'm. in the one protest location i don't see any violence or any other problem in iraq now we don't know one minute he was show out. and you know. again the be peaceful protest so i guess we all know like a military house a lot of history all brutal crackdown against the we were parents carrying you know more. as when tony chang now has monitoring the situation in myanmar for us from neighboring thailand tony we saw big crowds in young gone what else a hearing about this nationwide general strike that's underway across. well it's quite remarkable that it's not just yangon or the bigger been centers resume protests blocking the streets and down in the south. in many

ethnic areas and in the big urban centers to even in the capital near piddle which is a city which has been principally designed by the military for effective crowd control but also contains mainly civil servants which indicates within the government itself there's a lot of support for these protests so i think the message is very clear and when you see the marches they're holding up 2 simple requests a that the the military coup is reversed and b. that. the other end of the lead is released and there's clearly an awful lot of support but it's not just the numbers of people on the streets it's the thing. following a general strike that was called for by the protesters and there has been very widely respected across the country bringing businesses banks transport links hospitals everything to a close and that's the thing i think they feel that's going to put the most

pressure on the military the military has tried to sell this coup. so the snap back to the way things were with a. little inconvenience to ordinary people they've said that new elections would happen relatively quickly and everything would return to normal at the moment is effectively shut down and while that's going to cause a huge amount of inconvenience to the people i think it's a sacrifice they're prepared to make it turn back the tide on the military coup and was also remarkable tony is the fact that people are coming out despite the military threats of violence. absolutely we saw a very bloody crackdown on saturday in the protests in mandalay very thinly veiled threats from the military and journalists on state t.v. when they talked about a loss of life if these protests continue so i think there's no doubt at this stage of the military's trying to project itself very firmly opposed and willing to go

even further than it has done so far and in that sense the military is following a very predictable playbook that we've seen in the past particularly in 1988 in the saffron revolution where they squashed this type of dissent very quickly and with extreme brutality that said this is a different era these protesters have social media they're communicating with each other they have widespread support across the community across the country amongst all the ethnic groups the ethnic groups which is so often in conflict signed the cease fire at the weekend saying they would unite in opposition to the military and the coup so it is going to be very difficult we've seen opposition from the international community from the u.s. secretary of state kerry the e.u. . very little from china but i think even china which is often seen as

a supporter of myanmar's generals they were not want to see universal bloodshed on the streets and returning to the pariah status that it had in the eighty's and ninety's they want it to be an active part of their foreign policy and road policy and if the myanmar military cracks down the way we've seen in the past and many people think it might in the future think that even china would be disturbed by that tony chang in bangkok thank you. in other world news iraq and the un's nuclear watchdog have agreed on a temporary solution to allow facility checks to continue for the next 3 months tehran suspended inspections to put pressure on the u.s. to remove sanctions the new agreement means inspectors will get less axis dosage of reports from tehran. an important visit at a critical time rafael grossi the director general of the international atomic

energy agency arrived in teheran on saturday ahead overall it's planned to partly suspend his agency's inspections of its nuclear facilities early on sunday grossi sat down with the head of iran's atomic energy organization to discuss what happens next to his inspectors. the director general also met foreign ministers of odd serif before heading back to vienna. and the outcome of those meetings is that the i.a.e.a. reached a temporary bilateral technical understanding with iranian officials which will allow the agency to continue its monitoring of to iran's nuclear program the hope of the i yield has been to be able to stabilize the situation which was very unstable. and i think all these bad technique of understanding does it. so that other political situations at other levels country planes and most

importantly we can avoid a situation in which we would have been in practical terms flying officials have said as a february 23rd iran will no longer abide by the additional protocols of the nonproliferation treaty because the united states left a 2015 nuclear deal and imposed tough new economic sanctions on iran's oil and banking sector this decision is part of the bill which parliament passed in the summer in an attempt to force the united states to lift some of those sanctions and return to the nuclear deal by foreign ministers of god serif is not optimistic anything will happen before that that mine nothing has changed by didn't claims that trump a policy of maximum pressure was maximum pavia. being can also just recently said that that policy fade. but for all practical purposes there the pursuing the same

policy they haven't changed a policy. the new restrictions mean i will no longer be allowed to make surprise visits to any of iran's 6 declared nuclear facilities and they won't have access to any other sensitive or military sites either they will also be denied access to the 24 hour surveillance cameras at those sites with less than 4 months left in office there are hardly administration was hesitant at 1st to implement the bill which had passed the parliament but after the endorsement of the supreme leader the president had no choice now the government is hoping that the new administration in washington will lift some of the sanctions which have cost iran estimated $1.00 trillion dollars or president rouhani as 8 year term will end with a failed nuclear deal and a crumbling economy. dorsetshire party al-jazeera. hillary mann leverett is chief executive of strategic a political risk consultancy and she previously served as a u.s.

state department official she says very important forces at play in any u.s. decision to rejoin the iran nuclear deal. i would caution that the specifics aren't critically important what is critically important here in washington are the domestic politics and the timing the way the current iran nuclear geos written the j c p a way president biden would have to go to congress by 2023 and have congress lift all sanctioned on a killer related sanctions against iran that is not going to happen there is no way with the constitution of the senate the way it is the way that it is basically a 5050 tie with just the vice president being the tie breaker there's no way they can lift the sanctions so domestically president biden has to find it different way to not have to go to congress by 2023 and he has to get his domestic agenda passed and he has to get all of his appointees in office that's just not going to happen

if he goes back into the j.c. p.o. a so the particulars are unfortunately not that important it's really the domestic politics here and the timing he needs something to get beyond 2023 so he wants a process where there are number of steps that could take possibly even a number of years to accomplish during that time perhaps the united states could ease some sanctions for example waive some sanctions or allow the i.m.f. to proceed with a loan to iran these small things along the way could happen in a process but the key is going to be to have a process that allows that by an administration to draw this out for some time. u.s. aviation regulators have ordered extra inspections for boeing triple 7 aircraft fitted with the same type of engine that exploded during a flight on saturday they suffered a catastrophic failure soon after takeoff from denver littering suburbs with falling debris kristen salumi has more. on this frightening scene

onboard a united airlines passenger flight has led to the grounding of some boeing 777 aircraft around the globe large pieces of the plane's pratt and whitney p w 4000 engine fell over the suburbs of denver colorado shortly after take off the plane landed safely and no one was hurt but u.s. regulators quickly stepped in to investigate and on sunday the federal aviation administration issued an emergency directive calling for stepped up inspections focusing on the engines fan blades united announced it would voluntarily and temporarily remove $24.00 of its $77.00 seventh's for muse saying safety was their highest priority it has another $28.00 of the planes in storage it's yet another setback for boeing the u.s. aerospace manufacturers $737.00 max only recently returned to flight after being

grounded for 20 months due to paddle crashes in less than a year and more trouble for united which like other airlines has seen a drastic reduction in travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic. other than united airlines in the united states the f.a.a. says the proud whitney engines are only used in south korea and japan the investigation is continuing kristen salumi al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera and a new case expected to unveil a roadmap out of the national lockdown after announcing a new target in its vaccination drive comings of iso fighters are allowed to leave a camp in northern syria but many have nowhere to go.

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still that sunshine that warmth into central parts of the light winds it really will feel very pleasant and they don't want to pleasant further west for a drawing in that wet and windy weather across all and scotland and while some wet weather to ensue spain and portugal sliding further east was northern parts of africa seeing some unsettled weather over the next couple of days but fine and dry to the south. sports of qatar airways. these things are sick and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think on asking me questions now is the new host of the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only top of the list least implicitly to the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradiction. i'm marc lamont hill and it's time to get up front right here on al-jazeera.

welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera and ash will strike is under way in myanmar despite a thinly veiled threat from the military that he could use lethal force rather gather in several cities demanding military step down after seizing power 3 weeks ago the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog has reshaped temporary agreement with the ron it will give its inspectors further on says for the next 3 months but the inspections will be limited and u.s. aviation regulators have ordered it straight inspections for boeing triple 7 aircraft fitted with the same type of engine that exploded during a flight on saturday japan has also told carriers to ground any triple 7 swith

engines. in the united states is on the brink of recording 500000 deaths lanes to covert 19 according to the john hopkins resource center the virus has killed more americans in both world wars and the war in vietnam combined in the years since the pandemic was declared back scenes are being rolled out by some states are in short supply more than 28000000 people have tested positive for the virus it's just it's terrible it is historic we haven't seen anything even close to this for well over 100 years since the 1918 pandemic of influenza it's something that is stunning when you look at the numbers almost unbelievable but it's true if this is a devastating prey and make and it's a story people will be talking about this decades and decades and decades from now . dr eric 5 building is an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists he believes the u.s.

could have avoided such big numbers. there was a lot of political fighting over critical critical resources last year when we clearly knew that if it was not politically conflated we could've saved more lives ventilators with premium mass we shouldn't boat and production and had more premium math last year we could've enabled rapid testing improved graphics has and made out cheaply available as the dollars were free across the us like unlike many other countries actually offered for free we could have done all that but we did not and we're now we're paying a hefty price and after this is over we're going to need a reckoning and $911.00 commission type reckoning of what went wrong who really hampered the pen democrats sponson who is responsible for a lot of the lie that there were last. hong kong's chief executive carrie lamb has

received her 1st dose of the covert $1000.00 vaccine she is one of the 1st in the territory to receive the chinese made sign of an on khan's mass vaccination drive is due start later this week with frontline workers and those in vulnerable groups prioritize the government has hinted at reopening the borders if enough people get vaccinated. now the british government says it's a means to give every u.k. adults their 1st covered 1000 vaccine shot by the end of july so far about 17000000 britons have had their job the prime minister voice johnson will announce the road map out of town later on monday every for some london. after what many hope is the last lot which seems like this in london over the weekend you'd be forgiven for thinking restrictions on already over infection rates are falling quickly across the country with an 80 percent drop in infections in the

capital cases of the south african variant or also shrinking. and with more than 17000000 britons receiving at least one dose of a covert 19 vaccine the government is now confident it can offer every adult in the country an injection by the end of july but when it comes to easing restrictions it's being cautious there are there are signs that numbers in hospital all much more sharply than they were in the 1st way and this further analysis to be done on that but clearly the level is still far too high that's why the prime minister will be setting out a growth we can't lift the measures right now but we can see that direction of travel the government says it will determine when to ease restrictions placed upon hard data not upon pressure to set dates he knows all too well but by lifting restrictions too soon it could well lead to

a surgeon infections while leaving things too late for many businesses that have been shuttered for months continue to suffer. home residents have already been told they'll be allowed an indoor visit from march the 8th. and schools could return around the same time many have already adopted to continue teaching the children of essential workers throughout the pandemic students and staff with this london school of regular tests on the school premises and teaches their own boxes of personal protective equipment each store has its own problems we have only one entrance in a veil for you know most a 1000 students so that kind of creates its own kind of challenges and to have the charge timetables and movements of students and we could think about all oak residents in the same process and ensuring that things are safe after the return of schools the government says allowing people to have more social contact will be an absolute priority but the prospect of foreign travel or summer holidays seems some

way off options being cautiously considered include allowing 2 households to mix outdoors in the coming weeks a move many in the capital seem more than ready to embrace. neve barker al-jazeera london tanzania's president has admitted that cover 19 is a problem in this country john mara fully declared tanzania coronavirus free last may and said the virus could be defeated by prayer officials have been blaming pneumonia for a recent rise in desperate a number of tanzania and travelling overseas have tested positive for of it 90 have flights carrying thousands of ebola vaccines to guinea has been delayed because of bad weather on thursday the world health organization announced it was sending more than 11000 doses. to the country guinea declared an epidemic after 7 people fell ill with diarrhea vomiting and bleeding last week so far 3 people have died. more than 100 families of i so 5 days have been allowed to leave an overcrowded camp

controlled by kurdish forces in ne in syria has become increasingly unsafe there but many of the israelis have few places to turn under schapelle reports. nearly 2 years after its territorial defeat in syria the remnants of eisel are ever present the family members of ice will fighters remain in el whole camp in northeastern syria by the 10s of thousands all in this departure hole are eager to head back to memphis though they have little to return to normal folk and i put on we have a very happy we've been waiting for this moment for about 2 and a half years and now we are returning to our home praise be to god kurdish led syrian democratic forces are releasing families in batches most of the names crossed off the list belong to women and children whose fathers won't be joining them has your oath my sons are in a heavily secured area for i saw fighters elsewhere in the camp how much they are imprisoned i'm happy to go back to mom beach but my songs are imprisoned so who

should i go to my joy is not complete. 105 families are part of this group allowed to pack up their things and go the camp is home to 60000 people and their children everywhere. we are happy because we are going back to our families and daughters i have daughters outside and i can go to them i have no one else except my daughters all the men are gone none of them are alive all killed they all die for them. while these families are returning to manage others have no country to return to and the camp has become increasingly unsafe at least 20 residents have been killed in the last month eisel sleeper cells use murder as a weapon of intimidation punishment for those who reject its views hardly the environment for children to be brought up. a 1000 children of foreign nationals are still here despite calls by the u.n. and u.s. to send them home only 200 were repatriated last year according to save the

children while some countries russia was back a stand kazakhstan have removed hundreds of children from the camp most nations don't want them to think much rather keep the problem out over there in the region in syria in iraq rather than and pulls it back to their own home countries but this is a completely floored not as cool because what you are seeing is the training with the indoctrination of a new generation of extremists un counterterrorism and child welfare officials say the children are victims not security threats and the 57 nations with children here must act quickly. and al-jazeera. people in new zealand have pause to remember the victims of an earthquake that struck the country's 2nd biggest city a decade ago thousands joined a service at the national earthquake memorial in christchurch 10 years after the tremor that killed 185 people a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit along

a previously unknown fault line directly under the city 170000 buildings were destroyed or damaged the earthquake and aftershocks affected people in complete and to various ways the toll could not have been more significant and daily reminders made it harder a fractured landscape aftershocks struggling friends and neighbors and children with deep in unseen scars. 10 years on the all the people still living their daily lives with a long shared hour of that day shall report on how those in christ church are recovering after a decade was it was a tuesday lunchtime on a sunny summer's day in christ church in tim sickens a city that had taken 150 years to build it was unrecognizable.

was the shallow magnitude $6.00 earthquake shared the facades of dozens of structures it completely leveled the pyne gould and canterbury television buildings those were where the majority of the $185.00 deaths would be tallied once risk your operations turned recovery we may well be witnessing a new zealand stock to stay. c c there new zealand was in mourning but in christchurch there was no time for tears the central city was cordoned off in case of aftershocks there would be more than $20000.00 power water and sewerage mains were ruptured across the city people needed a place to sleep the 10s of thousands of homes were badly damaged or destroyed. if it wasn't the earthquake that broke them the silt that follows did across one 3rd of the city it bubbled up through new cracks in some places more than

a meter deep. in the district of hassled notice that she was your boss off. and then for years parking spot some weeds flourished where progress did not resilience the city government and insurers were at all its negotiating how to rebuild and at what cost 70 percent of buildings were eventually demolished these ilands government bought out others pitching it as a chance to entirely redesign its 2nd biggest city more than $30000000000.00 and a decade later. is returning. we've come a long way and we still got some way to go but i really do feel like as a city we've turned a corner others still grieve for the lost heritage if you knew the city beforehand and you love the architecture it's really sad to walk around and remember what was there and the things that have changed i think we we did take down too many old building but people did fight for one the city's cathedral

a crumbling ruin for nearly a decade is finally being restored completion is expected in 2027 i think if you see significant because it will be one of the final pieces in the 6 to put in course that you're going to be given the. first city called christchurch its cathedral essential to its identity and that's not something its people could let go shell of dallas 0. 0 again i'm fully back to bob with the headlines on al-jazeera a national strike is underway in riyadh law despite a thinly veiled threat from the military that it could use lethal force crowds have gathered in several cities demanding military rulers step down after seizing power 3 weeks ago tony chang has more from bangkok thousands and.