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amounts to a coup attempts and has been addressing thousands of his supporters to gather in the capital year avan he's told them his political future should be decided by the people not the military bernard smith begins our coverage. on the streets of yerevan on thursday i mean as prime minister was defiant in the face of calls from the military to him to stand down. i think i thought that it it's 10 spoke we all agree that should be no clashes nicol passion and told his supporters russian yohn has been under pressure to resign after his country lost blast to his war with azerbaijan over the region of nagorno-karabakh. you loose what was a new concept in what is happening now is the statement from the german stuff calling for my resignation i consider it an attempt at a military coup you know that i took all responsibility for what happened and tried to do everything to answer all the questions myself now we have come to a stage where we cannot avoid questions towards some of our high level ranking military personnel more than 3 and

a half 1000 damini and soldiers were killed in the 6 week conflict a significant number for a country with a population of under 3000000 how should we on was forced to cede large swathes of territory around the going back that armenia had controlled for almost 30 years since the end of the last war without her by john. that prompted weeks of protests led by the opposition. rushing out to push them from power in 2018 in what was called the velvet revolution after an attempt by the previous leader to stay in control beyond his term limits the prime minister and his government have diminished what people are already but the alternative the discredited political opposition has much less so or so in general there is little alternative you partially own or his government but this is unprecedented in terms of a military rat who the government. much greater and more grave than anything the

discredited in on clark you were political opposition good mom. what's not clear is whether the army is willing to use force to back its call for the prime minister to step down passion jaan says he'll announce a replacement for the head of the army in the coming days the crisis he says will be resolved constitutionally bernard smith al-jazeera. let's get an update from our producer girl over the neon who's joining us on the phone from euro van just tell us what you're seeing around you and what's happening on the ground around 'd. i know the russian young probably just finished. only one who will. probably i'm not all people are marching in the streets of. marty. he is leading the march. heavy presence of the police the joint the guy. leading the market. with

a lot of coffee because i mean it's a little pricey. though right now we have to watch march happen in the. direction of. a provides a 2nd where are you from you know a position. another probably another where. 4 the question of rallies moving power. taken. i don't know where they are not 4 8. you know if you think you would think that all the cash. rather. than say everything they want to do the same for me no clashes. to shawn. no real. power because he thinks

i was elected. you can decide what will happen. what can you tell us about the presence of any security around and what is the mood like amongst the people in those protesters on the streets right now. i think 2 different moods today 'd like. the one where i've seen the show. being delusional thinking the state. where right now i can see people who are supporting or least. 3 we are not the other 2 can boxes up our preview of tortie. all. this is the 1st rally. after the war.

i just. think. our power to be out of. of the scene isn't even touching on the state and we do want need to start negotiations and competition elections people are counting no really really is no connection. possibly such a young girl not. thinking right now about the protectionism i would support. would you say passion iran has right now in this country. but it's me i can i think you can repeat i'm asking about the support that the prime minister has in the country. just many support all of the people. we talked to let you stay. in the parliament 1 you always rely on the feet so all the support. is on the support of people.

so i think. wall. street audience right now is going. to know. all about. the future. what about what the military is doing right now because we know that at least 14 high ranking military officials have called for passion and resignation so how significant would be the next step for the military. really 4. the 1st.

4. name that. people can. like. ok we'll leave it there a little difficult to hear you right now but thank you so much for that update from the right in the center of your of on your own reporting on the prime minister

marching with his supporters and his protesters in the capital you can see in the live picture right now on our screen let's speak to robin force a walker robin is joining us now from tbilisi so so robin i'm not sure if you're able to hear what our producer has to say but certainly the life picture speaks for itself and the prime minister is out right now on the streets with his with his supporters and the protesters. sounds like it could be a pretty tense situation what do you think is going to happen next. you know it was talking then about the fact that mr passion yet has been trying well has has signed the dismissal of the head of the military but the problem he now faces is a constitutional one because the president has so far not put his signature on that dismissal so directly. in contradicting mr passion yeah and

it seems as if from the political side he is running out of allies. with the president presumably reluctant to go ahead with his orders and the military reiterating their decision to call him on him to resign and also interesting enough stating that there their letter or their statement was not made without any with any out side interference i think that's a nords to the suggestion that maybe russia was somehow involved or may have been putting pressure or finding a way to to put pressure on mr and through their contacts in the military so yes it's a very fragile delicate situation for passion yet at the same time we have seen very large numbers it appears coming out onto the streets of the

capital to republic square to show their support for him and and that means that there is still a lot more to play for the question is whether we will see the military move physically into the capital mr passion and has called on the military troops to continue to protect the borders and called for calm so. a lot to still can still happen in a few short hours but he's always. resorted to rely on the public because the armenian people have shown time and again that they still support this idea that mr price she knew and brought to them which is that they had the power to make changes in the country and those were the changes that they wanted to see which were important ones political and economic reforms that they were hoping would bring an end to the corruption in the mismanagement that we saw

it i mean a prior to miss depression and coming to power but the karabakh war last year has really changed everything given how disastrous it was for our media the humiliation the loss of of all of those those territories that they held and really the huge human toll the thousands of soldiers the military personnel who died in that war more than 3 and a half 1000 armenian personnel and all of those families armenia is a small country and everyone knows someone who lost a brother or a husband in that conflict in that fighting yeah robin and the prime minister has also said that change of power can only happen via early or regular elections so is that the direction armenia is heading and how likely is it that those elections take place earlier than anticipated. you know when you listen to his speech he was

a little. he sort of seemed to be torching the issue by saying do we want snap elections and the crowd saying no but of course to hold snap elections would be able for him let's say to firmly establish that he still has the popular support of armenian voters and yet on the other hand if he were to concede and call for snap elections that would also be if you like a shot a sign perhaps as he sees it of weakness. so but he says he's open. so the idea and in that speech he talked about having a political console taishan to see whether there was a way forward so it looks as if given everything that's happening right now around him and the military getting involved i think his depression you know and we'll be certainly perhaps more willing to to find a solution to this crisis and to maybe give a little bit of ground ok robin thank you so much for giving us that update from

tbilisi. in myanmar supporters of the military coup march in the capital and say stuff against opponents of the power grab violence broke out in some parts of the city tensions comus facebook has banned me and mars military from its platforms highly reports. early on thursday about a 1000 marchers took to the streets of yangon voicing their support for the joint and its takeover of myanmar's democratically elected leadership they were flying the flag of the tatmadaw the official name here for the military they were met by some protesting against the coup later photos appear to show military supporters with knives and other weapons witnesses said they threatened journalist then came reports of scuffles and attacked by supporters of myanmar as john against anti kook protesters was caught on c.c.t.v. the video shows a man being assaulted by an armed group. despite this antakya protesters gathered

at the university of young gun said they will continue with their peaceful civil disobedience movement initially police attempted to block them from leaving the campus. but they made their way out to join other protesters. a few days after the coup facebook limited content from myanmar is military on its platforms but now it's ban them all together. for years myanmar's military has waged a very sophisticated communications campaign weaponize and very social media platforms and using them to incite and glorify violence some feel this move by facebook need to be part of an ongoing process as these accounts have been blocked and removed as much as we might log their removal we also need to ensure that they are preserved and that facebook makes them accountable for future criminal or human

rights investigation. while the military has used social media platforms as a tool for its agenda it also recognizes how vulnerable it will be if they're taken away scot harder al-jazeera wants a more add on the al-jazeera news hour including a step closer to approval u.s. regulators say johnson and johnson single dose coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective a mass migration as take a place in the united states and florida is seeking to benefit and support cricket fans in pakistan await a game changing announcement details coming up a little later in the program. so trials of johnson and johnson's one shot to over $1000.00 vaccine have shown it's highly effective against severe cases the product is also proving effective against newer variants unlike the pfizer bio attack and vaccines that need to be

stored at very low temperatures this one can be kept in a standard fridge it's yet to be approved for use. well senegal says it doesn't have the capacity to store all types of covert 1000 vaccines a lack of cold storage facilities guaranteeing the low temperatures needed to store certain vaccines is a major stumbling block to immunization efforts in many developing countries there reports from senegal as the s. region. 7 i don't know it's common sense shouts street comedian son of go everyone should get vaccinated your mother your cows the chickens even your ugly neighbor he says this is more than a comedy show for son of co he developed a disability from polio because he never got the polio vaccine as a child a source of mockery he turned into humor to remind the public the small pain that comes with a vaccine injection can save them

a lifetime of suffering living in the best room with it's going to. it's a medicine for the soul but for other ailments like deadly viruses and diseases better get section 8 in there are plenty available well at least most of the time. but getting vaccines to senegal's most remote villages is no picnic in the park explains nurse john it's more about reaching people quickly in his cooler or lifesaving vaccines that need to be kept at freezing temperatures in a hot and tropical region. if they're not well preserved at the right temperature than the vaccines turn into poison we will destroy these precious doses that are meant to protect our children against diseases and come build health center mothers with their babies have been waiting for a nurse jones arrival since dawn the vaccines are to immunize the children against tuberculosis an infectious disease that kills a staggering 1400000 people every year. and through campaigns like this that

senegal has successfully immunized most of the children in the country people want to get vaccinated the turnaround is to get those vaccines health centers like this one. frequent power shortages make storing doses in health centers challenging in the capital deckard new cold storage facilities are being built for the new coated 1000 vaccines some of them will need to be kept at minus 70 degree celsius. thanks for new data about given our inability to stop vaccines and the quantity that we have we will have to prioritize who gets it that means that not everyone in senegal can get vaccinated some rich countries ordered 3 even 4 times the cove in 1000 vaccine they need senegal like many other west african countries will receive barely enough doses to protect its health workers for comedian sun and co this is

no laughing matter but a source of shame with a lack of cold storage facilities many in remote areas who need to be inoculated may not receive any vaccines at all nicholas hawk al-jazeera ches senegal but we can now speak to get the who's the kovacs coordinator at unicef who's joining us from new york thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera so from firsthand experience i mean talk us through the logistical challenges of getting these vaccines to some developing countries that as you heard from nicholas hawks report lack cold storage facilities which is crucial for the vaccinations. yeah absolutely so in the months running up to to the availability of these 1st doses that we're starting to run out now we've been working with many countries too particularly in africa to really to expand and improve their culture in storage so now we have $65000.00 bridges that opening installed in throughout africa are delivered. really that run so to

electricity precisely to avoid the kind of energy cutouts that plugging them into mains would otherwise happen and that started to help here but of course the logistics is more than just that the vaccine stored in country is the whole way along with chain from the minute it leaves the factory gates and and to the to the point that it actually enters those fridges and so there's a coach a now runs both on the planes on the and on the lorries once it's in countries it's a huge huge logistical question how challenging has has all of this been. yeah you know and i'll give you one example actually just to just to the getting it from the factory gate to the port of entry so again it's not even just the vaccine itself it's of course the the injection supplies to and so for the 1st doses that landed coated vaccine in in ghana yesterday we actually had to divert the plane with thanks to emirates sky cargo who were taking a plane from shanghai to dubai then the vaccines were bundled with with injection

equipment so the syringes and safety boxes from there that plane went on with the vaccines and the devices to accra and then it was taken from there to those cold stores in the capital and then onwards through refrigerated trucks to the lower levels of the system so that so that all the health care workers and front line workers could be vaccinated and so you know that this was all done in short order we're talking in a couple of days but it's it will be like that that kind of process for every country multiple times over there's new vaccines come off the production lines and i wonder if you can tell us a little bit more about the efforts to get these solar fridges that you were mentioning a moment ago to the lower income countries that need. yes certainly so we been grateful to work with our partners governor the vaccine alliance and the world health organization to to road out solar direct drive fridges and those whom those

really you know offer her durable way to keep vaccines cold and really that involves a group of technicians on the ground but the cessna and whether whether the facilities are fit for purpose if you like him and where to install solar panels all of that takes time and planning and then and then of course there's that the need to train health care workers and how to use and logistics experts in the country and how to use and maintain those bridges they also contain many of them remote temperature monitors so it allows us without the government to radio assess whether the vaccines are being maintained at the the right temperatures and to avoid those they're so-called temperature explosions that can render the vaccines in operable and so all of that goes on in the background and it's happening day by day we're continuing to expand culture given the kind of huge additional needs that are covered vaccine is bringing right this must be very challenging because from it it

sounds like i mean you're trying to plan infrastructure and in a number of countries and without really knowing which vaccines are going to be used in the country. here that's right and to that and the world health organization and unicef has been busy in work of really country readiness to to help countries both with their planning defining their deployment and vaccination plans and that their kind of preferences for these different vaccines while at the same time of sea looking at the capacity on the ground to ensure that those preferences match with that the reasonable availability of the refrigerator capacity and health care worker capacity to deliver those direct scenes and so that work has been going on percent. well munson i think in many ways it's defining you know where and how much doses each country can be given in the 1st few tranches

the vaccines that are available ok thank you so much for speaking to us from new york thank you. as us they it's like california new york continue the battle over the 19 a significant migration is underway wall street firms tech companies on the wealthy are leaving and they're opting for places like florida where the weather is warmer and toxins are lower and as andy gallagher reports florida is a bracing the move. tearing down the old to make way for the new miami's construction boom was already well underway before code 19 hit now it's ramping up as businesses keen to escape high taxes cramped cities and expensive real estate look for new opportunities this whole area of went away it is going to be the new. construction for miami across miami spaces of being snapped up faster than they can be built it's all part of

a potentially seismic shift as money moves away from states like new york and california that have been decimated by coke at 19 i would say utter wild west it's completely $180.00 from what it was about a year ago when. all of a sudden you have every tech firm every major hospitality firm every restaurant group all coming and not just miami of south florida we're seeing a huge increase in numbers and for order del del ray boca raton palm beach no inventory it's a mass migration city officials a keen to embrace the is that been trying to convince businesses that florida has more than just beaches and sunshine one of the most vocal proponents of making the move is miami's mayor francis suarez who's promoting the city in more expensive states like california i think if we're able to continue to capitalize on this moment and truly convert it into a movement where things tectonically shift i think miami could catapult very

quickly to being one of the most important cities on the planet the exodus includes tech companies from silicon valley as california continues to fight covert and wall street firms ready to embrace remote working in take advantage of florida's lower taxes it's not just miami skyline where you can see the changes here on the waterways of miami beach there's so much more traffic the people that can own or rent boats that local residents are complaining but with so much well. and power moving to the city what about miami's low income communities affordable housing has been a long term issue here the prices of shop early rising across the city much of the state is driven by low wage service industry jobs already hit hard by the pandemic something out of a kits for cheaper housing say needs to be taken into account we have over ringback and over and over need in the state of not factoring in who lives here now how can

we improve the lives of people who live here now instead of driving and asked and so this is you know we've made that mistake many times enough to learn that us threats and has to be part of the deal and so as we look to redevelop for example publicly on lands rights you you know create more units of housing right it's got to be built in we need housing that is resident more affordable level the rapid growth in investment his seem set to continue for some time the state's less stringent approach to tackling the pandemic and keeping businesses open is also attracting new residents in stark contrast cities like new york and los angeles experienced long shut downs something that many business owners push back against miami's mess as all those factors make this city attractive and will benefit new arrivals and those already here and with some content provision others call economic opportunity and the ability for upward mobility so it's really hard when you talk about income inequality and you talk about poverty to create opportunities

if you don't create high paying jobs and obviously there's a 2nd piece to it which is making sure that there's an educational system in place that allows people to be successful and that's something that we're going to continue to work on to make sure that we're on the cutting edge of that as well the pandemic has changed the lives of millions the way we work and where we live what miami becomes in the years ahead is anyone's guess who benefits and who's left behind may be more consequential and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. heavy rain in brazil's northwestern state of akron has submerged entire neighborhoods at least 120000 people are affected by flooding and a state of emergency has been declared sarah hierarchs reports assessing damage from above the clouds brazil's president diable sonora flies over thousands of flooded streets and homes entire towns and villages a submerged after the x. ray river burst its banks back on the ground the health minister updates him as the

impoverished amazonian state appeals for federal aid this natural disaster is happening as brazil is struggling with the world's 3rd largest number of cave in 19 cases. and crays one of the poorest states in the country and as well as the pandemic nearly 8000 of the people here have been infected by dengue a virus was in passing fast in times ok it also has hundreds of migrants from haiti waiting to cross into peru that is close its border because of crying a virus the government says it's doing all it's can we keep but we have a team of almost 40 people working on this situation in supporting the fight against covert 19 and gang as well as the consequences of the floods and migrant crisis and the impact on people's health. 70 percent of cinema during one of the worst hit cities has been affected by the floods and more than $4000.00 families have been relocated. the water levels in several new suppose started to

fall. but more rain is expected this week and a state of emergency has been declared so high that al jazeera time for a check on the weather has ever gotten. i think it's safe to say that temperatures have well and truly recovered now across the deep south of the us stu's day last week the 6 think the february temperatures were struggling to get to where they fell as low as minus 19 celsius in dallas a couple days back we got up to plus $27.00 so a massive swing in temperatures still a little bit of cooler air coming down towards the southeast as it bumps into our warmer air we will see some lively showers on a cold fronts here where we go you can see how the the warm has made its way back in this we go on through the next couple of days temperatures will generally continue to recover should about 18 celsius in dallas or 21 here by saturday not looking too bad but we have got that wetter weather across the deep south will

parts of texas arkansas just pushing up towards the tennessee valley we're going to see some weather weather just easing over towards that eastern seaboard meanwhile still some wintry weather across the rockies around the course cascades we're going to see wet and windy weather and wintry weather piling in here avalanche risk has been elevated as a result of that those snow flurries will continue to make their way further east was saturday doesn't like a pretty wet day there across a good part of the deep south and we still got some snow in the forecast for the eastern side of canada. coming up on the al-jazeera news hour china's president declares victory in eradicating poverty although its criteria for that claim is being questioned and these world champion footballers get their hands on some more silverware themselves coming up a little later in sports. jump into the street there is

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then again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour armenians prime minister has accuse his armed forces of an attempted coup. and has fired his military chief after the army called for his resignation on is out on the streets and has addressed thousands of supporters in your of on. the opposition is holding a counter rally there have been weeks of protests against. his critics say his handling of last year's conflict with azerbaijan over the disputed region of going to care about was a disaster. facebook says it's banned me and mars military from using its platforms these social media giant says it's a necessary response to this month's clune and the violent crackdown on protesters

. more now on our top story on the developing situation in armenia it's experienced political turbulence in recent years the opposition leader nicko passing on was elected prime minister by parliament in may 28th seen after leading weeks of mass protests against the ruling party in december that year he called a snap election to remove the republican party majority in parliament his my step alliance won by a landslide the republicans won no seats and promise to maintain our mean yesterday egypt alliance with russia but he faced calls for his resignation in december 2020 after agreeing to a moscow brokered cease fire with azerbaijan a speech to armenia is who is an associate professor in the department of social policy at the london school of economics joining us from london thanks for your time on al-jazeera everything the situation is going to play out. thank

you i think it's very difficult to know what we saw today. one thing is clear that the this is the end of the velvet revolution machine made it very clear in his speech that he said this is the end a velvet what that means and what comes after is anyone's guess there is a lot of unstability in the country after the war that ended in november of 2028 the opposition has been calling for his resignation was during the war but also afterwards and today we saw what we can call a battle of the rallies. the opposition was in freedom square where as pushing and his supporters were in republic square and there is you know there are tensions that are going to be resolved any time soon or do anything in his cold. will be opposition how would you gauge the support that the opposition. i think the

opposition does not have very strong support if we look at the size of even today's rallies question has rarely was much larger despite the fact that many are unhappy with the way he handled the war the opposition includes 17 political parties some of which are established parties such as the republican party and also the armenian revolutionary federation but there are also parties that it's a stretch of the term to call them parties their one man shows and moreover many people in armenia are reluctant to support the opposition because they see that as a paving the way for the return of the former regime and the former regime led by the republican party which has been known to have you know to have been very corrupt and having reached itself the finance ministry according to its of the reuters news agency is saying that the army in armenia is not a political structure in any attempts to involve that's and paul it's good politics

are admissible but doesn't the army are ready involved itself in politics when 40 military officials call for parson yon's resignation that is indeed the case and that's what question here also pointed out in his speech this afternoon saying that the military should stay out of politics and that's why he signed the order for the dismissal of the armed forces chief of staff or negus party and saying he you know the military has no place in politics and that should it should stick to what it does you know what it would it should be doing which is protecting the borders of the country. how much supports personally on have do you think at this point particularly of his dismissal of the army chief. well based on today's rally it appears that he has substantial still substantial support from a segment of the population but it's difficult to know he's been reluctant to

course not elections not parliamentary elections some people think he fears that his support which last year last summer was around 80 percent this was before the war 80 percent approval rating what it is anyone's guess right now but he hasn't called for simple actions at the rally today. you know to to the people gathered there and said would you like snap elections and you know when people began to shout no he said right then ok we won't have snap elections but he did call for having dialogue with the opposition what that dad love will look like we don't know moreover you know whether the opposition wants to engage in dialogue with she is also unclear because they've taken quite harsh status with some of the opposition leaders calling for violence against bush as an individual so i think it's a quite a dangerous situation ok thank you so much for joining us from london thank you

get is government is hoping its latest ebola vaccination campaign can stop the virus spreading by april the drive started on tuesday in zurich or it where the 1st cases were detected almost 2 weeks ago 11200 health experts landed in the capital cannot create on monday at least 5 people have died in the latest outbreak let's get updates from florence debacle is an interview maula just with doctors without borders she's joining us from in zurich ora guinea itself thanks so much for speaking to us what can you tell us about the vaccination drive that has now been lost that officials are hoping to eradicate ebola within the next 6 weeks is that how likely is that. well the vaccine is an extremely useful new to our to and. break but it does not the only people are often the response the under essential aspects of an ebola response need to happen as well

and it always comes back to community engagement right so what are those what are those those other things that are needed to be done. well the main pillar are going to go response is community engagement it always comes back to a community engagement if you have the community on board and the community feels heard and respected then the response will go well if the community is distrustful the response will have some challenges with or without 'd vaccination and therefore doctors without borders would be very happy to support or help in any way for the nation but we know from experience that you need to have a 2 way conversation with the community. or for its to be at effective rates because back in the previous evil outbreak 20132016 there was indeed an issue of trust when it came to power. has anything changed since then.

well. it is a. new outbreak so you start from scratch. but it is a bit too early to say we are in the 2nd week of the end well i'll break. so all the partners are streamlining the response at the moment so it's difficult to make such assessments writes what can you tell us about the health infrastructure in the country particularly where you are and its capabilities of dealing with. well. the health structure has improved since the previous outbreak as that is for sure but of course that there are some hiccups and needs and

needle support. are in general in different. yeah areas and given the history of course of. between $10.00 to $13.00 in turn 16 in guinea how concerned are you this time around madsen that you can question it's a bit too early to say we we don't know if we're looking at a small break but can be easily controlled or something bigger and more complicated but we need to be ready for both. the surveillance has started and so it has for us the bits. we don't know for sure ok we thank you so much for giving us that update from guinea letting us know what's going on thank you thank you more than 500 structures in ethiopia's northern region if you were to have been deliberately destroyed and alice's of recent satellite images show hundreds of buildings were

set on fire they're all part of settlements in and around jets cities southwest of the regional capital mckelway the prime minister declared victory over seagraves rebel sources late last year but sporadic fighting continued. china's president has declared complete victory in his government's campaign to stand. she jumping lead a ceremony in beijing marking the country's accomplishments but many have questioned the authenticity of government figures and whether the initiative a sustainable you has more from beijing. at a ceremony in beijing xi jinping honored those who played key roles in china's fight to end extreme poverty nationwide the president says 770000000 people have been lifted out of poverty over the past 40 years and for the 2nd time since december hailed the achievement as a victory for the communist party. 832 counties and 812-8000 villages have been removed from the poverty list the audio stuff

of eradicating extreme poverty has been fulfilled and we have graded a novel miracle that a will go down in history and the extreme poverty has been a key goal of xi jinping his government since he came to power in 20123000000 communist party officials to give him targets for improving living standards in rural communities they were tasked with going door to door to document incomes in poor households beijing then poured billions of dollars into the building of new harmes schools factories and roads it's a textbook. on how to get people out of poverty and i think getting people out of poverty is perhaps the more single important thing that any state can do to advance its social economic progress the united nations has been trying to reduce extreme poverty around the world and china says it's achievement covers more than 70 percent of the un's goal but it's a benchmark for poverty

a daily income of $2.30 it's below the world bank standard for high income countries critics of the initiative say it's unsustainable with many villages relying on government support to prop up newly founded industries and some people have been unable to a. to resign jobs while others have complained of forced relocations this is a much needed wins of the chinese government and it comes at a crucial time they jane is pushing to revive the economy following the pandemic and in july is marking 100 years since the founding of the communist pozen xi jinping is hoping this milestone will strengthen the oil's into the positive as well as its own legitimacy as its leader between al-jazeera they took was the one had on the al-jazeera news of these sports news out a clear warning to the n.b.a. champions of their title is under threats possible action coming up in just a few moments with such a. moon

. almost 5 years after i saw was driven out of the iraqi city of mosul artists musicians are leading a cultural revival despite limited government support simona fulton reports from most of. amid the ruins of old morsel stirs a cultural awakening the city hasn't seen in decades members of mosul's orchestra established just 3 months ago by a local radio station in rehearsal. many are beginners others played in secrets during rule

a. terrorist organization by music people were scared and the society did not encourage all supporting these issues but that began to change when i saw was driven out in 2017 but the. energy of the youth which had been hidden before started to come out now missiles floor of. the orchestra is a melting pot of religious and ethnic groups just like mostly used to be before eisel just like they wanted to be again. the main goal of the orchestra in mosul is to revive life in the city especially in destroyed areas like this church now wish most of the city can return to its former beauty high hope that peace does return here. but the orchestra has no budget no proper place to rehearse the whole is a promotional video to be published online it will attract attention and funding musicians and artists are spearheading mosul's cultural revival and say they're

doing so despite limited support from the governments their work is a show of hope for the future and the way to process the collective trauma from iceland devastating 3 year reign that trauma screams from many of claves mahmoud's paintings the veteran artist fled the city in 2014 his pieces from that period portray the chaos of war and displacement. but after the feat the great tones gradually gave way to pink green and yellow the facial expressions of his characters soft and obama the europe. i change my colors i give them more optimism for the future i have hope that through all my art i can send a message to the world that we are people who like art and beauty that we like peace away from terror his colleague love now wants to revive memories of mosul's architectural heritage much of which was destroyed during the war but.

most of the things i painted take from what was there before my out depends on old architecture like. old folklore but all that was destroyed so i use old photos for my work her paintings also depict women who now enjoy greater freedom a reflection of how mostly opening up again and a sign that its residents have turned a new page seem awful to al-jazeera. it's time for an update on the sports news with sana thank you very much daryn while women's olympic 800 metres champion caster semenya is taken her fight against will the clerics to the european court of human rights in 2019 a track and field governing body introduce new rules being down on female athletes with high levels of naturally reoccurring testosterone it means a number of runners including some many barred from competing in races between 400 meters and a mile unless they take testosterone reducing medication also many as latest move

follows failed appeals at the court of arbitration for sport and switzerland supreme court writing on social media so many a said this fight is not just about me it's about taking a stand and fighting for dignity equality and human rights of women in sport all we ask is to be able to run a free as the strong and fearless women we are thank you to all of those who have stood behind me. i just the city are now one step closer to a spot in the champions league a quarter finals they'd be glad to nail in the 1st leg of their round of 16 tie when that makes it 19 consecutive wins for city in all competitions the game was played in hungary rather than germany due to cova travel restrictions that guardiola side also lead the english premier league by 10 points we have

a lot of money to buy a lot incredible players. the reason. we win for them all the time we have for the money is that is. so without good quality the players we can do it and. the humanity of these group the players are fantastic they have an incredible relation and. play every game to sink in just as one win this game while real madrid had to work hard in their 1st leg match against the 10 men are they had to wait till the last few minutes for the winner mandy sealing it one nil for the last blank course. united states that women's football team are celebrating the latest bit of silverware the world champions and have won the she believes cup an invitational tournament to play the indy usa megan rapinoe starred in the final she scored twice as they hammered argentina 6 male victory extends quite a phenomenal run for the team they're now undefeated and $37.00 games in

a row and be a champions the l.a. lakers have suffered their worst defeat of the season they were thrashed by a 25 points by the west and the conference leading utah jazz the lakers have been on a really poor run and have lost their last 4 games there however still 3rd in the west . far as a 6 nations match against scotland in paris on sunday has been called also a jew to the worsening koren a virus outbreak within the french team 11 positive results have been recorded among the players and the whole squad is now in isolation training was also suspended don't the state top of the 6 nations table often winning both their games so far. pakistan's cricket authorities are considering whether to host the play off a stage of the pakistan super league with capacity crowds competition knows given the go ahead to do so on wednesdays by the country's top covert $1000.00 decision

making body a national command and operations center what has been decided for now is that matches in karachi will go ahead was 50 percent capacity in games in the hall with 20 percent still however reporting more than 1000 cases per day well we've been speaking to the sports editor of pakistani newspaper dawn mahmood who says capacity crowd p.s.l. would be a disaster. i personally think that. it's a bad idea because you know there's no way you can you know you can you can compel the people who can cause them to maintain social distancing and use the energises all the time was very modest can be ensured if you get a full capacity out audience and crowd and c.o.s.c. has not been allowed so i mean i think that can be quite disastrous i mean it's not

that great money is really absolutely better for surviving i've spoken to some of the judges also over the past 3 years and they said you know the gate money is i mean nobody sponsorship money your money and endorsements that come and you know those people who are backing the team they can pay a lot more and they can stabilize the situation before the p.s.l. south african cricket team were focused on and it was quite a successful tour and both the test matches and the twenty's were played without the crowds but they were hugely popular games they were shown across the world by the broadcasters and a bunch them to get bored did manage to open some goods on that. and that's as well for me and it was this and we'll have all for you later on but for now it's back to that in ok sunny thank you so much and thanks for watching the news hour on out you

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