on al-jazeera. played important role protecting him and i. got to watch face. al-jazeera. either give it al this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses the u.s. president sends a strong message to saudi arabia after an intelligence report implicates the saudi crown prince in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. dozens of students are freed in nigeria after being abducted last week but the fate of hundreds of others

is unclear also. police fired tear gas and stun grenades to clear defiant protesters in. the u.n. here's an emotional plea for help. if europeans military is accused of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign into a grave breach of portably wiping out entire villages. and i am satisfied to have all the sports basketball star le bron james hits back at football as abramovich for his criticism of activists athletes. u.s. president joe biden has warned saudi arabia the rules are changing in their relationship it follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi it says crown prince mohammed bin solomonic gave approval for khashoggi to be captured or killed

the kingdom has denounced the report is false and unacceptable reports from washington d.c. . when journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the 2nd 2018 he thought he was simply picking up paperwork to clear the way for his upcoming wedding instead according to u.s. intelligence the u.s. resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence him prior spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes today and.

we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses and we're going to make sure that they in fact you know if they want to deal with us they have to deal with it in a way the human rights abuses are still with jamal khashoggi fiancee welcomed the report tweeting out this image with the words justice for jamal the killing lead to saudi arabia facing a measure of international isolation at the next g. 20 meeting in argentina world leaders kept their distance from hamad bin salman. in the u.s. the trumpet ministration resisted calls to confront saudi arabia citing the value of arms sales and the importance of support in confronting iran and refused to take action against mohammed bin salman joe biden promised if he won the election he would recalibrate relations with riyadh but again his white house want to take action against mohammed bin salmon directly so what we've done by the actions that we've taken. is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate. to be

more in line with our interests and our values and i think that we have to. understand as well that this is this is bigger than any one person the u.s. has also knows what it calls the coup should you burn imposing visa restrictions on 76 so he's not just those involved in the killing but others who have been involved in threatening dissidents overseas so do you really are has dismissed the report calling it negative false and unacceptable the release of this report is an extraordinary rebuke to a man anointed as the next leader of a close u.s. ally but the biden white house will come under increasing pressure from democrats to take direct action against muhammad bin salman because they see his the nile's of any involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi simply are not credible alan fischer al jazeera washington. well let's look back at the events leading up to

this point on october 2nd 2018 the saudi journalist was murdered in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul after arriving to collect documents to get married 3 days later turkish officials confirmed he was killed turkish media published images of a 15 member saudi hit team arrived in istanbul on the same day shakti disappeared on october 20th a saudi government admitted she had been killed it said it was the result of a brawl the turkey insisted it was a premeditated murder and on november 10th it shared recordings from inside the consulate with several countries including saudi arabia more than a year later saudi prosecutors found 8 of 11 men guilty of the murder and close trials a trial in turkey of 20 saudis held in absentia has been adjourned until next month tim costello joins us now live from istanbul cinema have we had any response yet to

this latest report from the turkish authorities. well lack to live this report is not a surprise for turkey but is actually stating the obvious from the turkish perspective that's why we haven't seen any official reactions about the report but also it's because the report is majorly based on the evidence that was a gathered by the turkish police intelligence and of prosecutor's office if you go back to 2018 when this killing happened as you said also there were some leaks from the government to the media about some voice recordings through some bugs that were that were inside that have been planted inside the saudi consulate and took issue with some of those some parts of those on voice recordings with e.u. countries and other other members but turkey shared all of the some of those

material with the u.s. administration especially when the former cia director going to have special visited with a delegation of $21.00 people and that's why to him now the officials that i have spoken to and other security sources that i have spoken to so far say that this is just stating the obvious this is exactly matching with our own investigation file all or course that we have put through so far but of course it was a kind of surprise for the turkish side that there is no sanction imposed to the crown prince mohamed and some are is so far in all those investigation files and indictments tooken never is cited the name of the crown prince mohamed bin sell mom but the turkish top leaders including our don have always pointed out to mohamed been salmaan that it without his order this killing would have never happened thank

you for that sort of cross over there in istanbul for us. richard chesty teaches the department of political science at george washington university and he says the white house seems to be aware it needs to tread lightly and its next steps you know the only lions game is that it is a difficult game and in the case of the united states and saudi arabia you had confrontation over the coup shows the killing of human rights violations in yemen. what joe biden has to do is balance national interests of the united states in the region that includes threats from iran primarily so that the saudis and the israelis are key players even though they're not of fish and we allies of they've been working together for many years because their national interests coincide in terms of of what's to unfold here never remember international relations

issue areas are related and the other thing that president biden has to deal with which is intrinsically found with this is the new iteration of the joint comprehensive plan of action and if you treads to happily it's conceivable that the israelis and the saudis might present the bite of ministration with some very hard to achieve demands with regards to how the americans will be engaging the uranium is in this new iteration of the arabian agreement. dozens of students kidnapped from a secondary school in nigeria last week being released that arrived in mina and central much area common raid it's got a school than the state taking 27 students and some of their relatives and stuff and this is one of the students was shelf killed. but the face of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped on friday is still unknown gunmen raided this school in the town of john

gibbons on fata state police say they have information that the girls have been moved to a nearby forest amid interests in abreu just has the latest on both mass abductions . the resolve the students and members of staff as well as family members came after 10 days of intense negotiations between government officials and the armed men who held the students for at least 10 days now and it's also 10 days of intense tension anger and frustration on the part of members of the school community and the entire community who felt that the government wasn't doing enough to get their children released now government said it was not going to pay any ransom for the release of the students but we also understood that the gunman who abducted the students demanded the release of at least 6 of their members held in police custody we're not sure at this moment whether the ransom has been paid and members of the armed group also been released now the release of these students came just hours or

even at least a day after another set of students 317 goes who have been taken from a boarding school in northwestern some for a state now there are questions being raised as to how they were told to hundley the rise in cases of kidnapping banditry in the north as well as the central parts of nigeria many people believe that being run some to free hostages has resulted in the rise in cases of abductions as well as criminality in the northern part of nigeria as well as the central parts of the country a lot of people are questioning the rationale of the go with people they turned the criminals who i say were said to be emboldened by anyone someone who goes issues between them and government officials. police appear to be changing tactics and me and ma and refusing to allow protesters together.

police chased people through the streets of young gone on saturday firing tear gas and stun grenades demonstrators are refusing to back down a demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi she's been detained since the military see. the 1st tony chang is monitoring developments from thailand's capital bangkok tony so how is this ban going to play out protest as not backing down at least trying to put a stop to protests happening at all. hussein a distinct change in police tactics in the last 24 hours they came out early this morning tried to occupy areas which the protesters have been using to gather in over the last 3 weeks when there was a standoff they are just waiting there they've been pushing forward they've been using stun grenades tear gas and it's just occupying the main roads when they've dispersed the protesters they've gone on to chase them down the little back alleyways where. they are this week they were i think quite happy just to to push

them back so it does appear that they are now considerably less tolerant of these protests and that is something we're seeing across the country not just in yangon where they were using these tactics in the city center in the suburbs but also up and mandalay we understand in the town of money were. used quite strong texas when they were there were not only uniformed police but plainclothes police also chasing down people in the streets several of whom appear to have been quite seriously injured in clashes with the security forces we're also seeing the security forces targeting not just the protesters but those people who are there to support them as well in terms of 1st responders medics several journalists have also been seen to there. have been arrested today we've seen them being handled quite roughly by the security forces they've been taken away in police wagons this of course comes as

there is increased international condemnation following the statement from myanmar's baster the u.n. general assembly yesterday something which we're hearing on the streets as inspired a lot of protesters to continue their struggle and they say they will continue this even in the face of increasing super talented from the security services in fact. late this afternoon somebody hung a banner from a bridge and yang gone saying my head is bloodied but i'm bad and that seems to represent the feeling of the protesters they are committed to this they say they're going to continue doing this until the military coup is reversed their leaders particularly. is released ok tony chain they're monitoring developments in in march from bangkok. half a world away man miles u.n. ambassador made an emotional plea for the world to help restore democracy is

message has inspired some of the protesters who want the online we got so much encouragement to protest by seeing myanmar's ambassador to the u.n. that's why we're protesting with lots of energy and as much effort as we can have we feel so thankful and got so much courage to see that the u.n. representative stands with us while we're trying to protest and get our state councilor and president released or now from our diplomatic editor james based on the u.n. general assembly is 1st meeting on me and. it was a dramatic moment in the u.n. general assembly hall the ambassador of using his speech to speak out strongly against the events in his own country myanmar military has become that this threat for myanmar as the polity and civilized society his voice was trembling as he continued and strong support from the international community is imperative for the

beeb on. in our 5 against the military regime. as he finished his speech he gave a 3 hoping good saluting a message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him brisk courageous stand on for long on the brand new u.s. ambassador linda thomas greene failed in her 1st full day in her job we urge every member state here today to use any channel available to tell the me or my military that violence against the people of myanmar will not be tolerated together we all show the people of myanmar that the world is watching we hear them and we stand with them at the un special envoy christine shauna bergen to has been trying to visit me and but she said permission for the trip has not been granted regrettably the current regime has so far asked me to almost all end the same. it seems they

want to come to new make. arrests and has been forcing people to testify against him and he says it's cruel and inhuman. such a powerful session in the general assembly now puts pressure on the part of the un that has real teeth the security council is a character but it's worth remembering one of the permanent members of the council is china it has veto power and the chinese ambassador in the general assembly meeting said that his country largely sees the situation in myanmar as an internal matter james is out 0 of the united nations but more head on the news are including stranded at sea with nowhere to go $81.00 refugees a course in a diplomatic tussle between india and bangladesh of who will take up. the seed bank in zimbabwe is helping farmers to dry seasons. and in sport this world champion

football is back on his feet so i'll have the details. back there says it's under no obligation to take back to refugees who were rescued by the indian coast guard a big interest for 2 weeks in the and among see a crab fishing boat along with 8 people who died at set sail from a refugee camp in bangladesh hoping to reach malaysia india wants bangladesh to take them back to bangladesh says they were found closer to india and to me and. the 1951 refugee convention lays out state's obligations towards refugees this includes that they can't be returned to a place where they felt they were in danger but also says the state shouldn't block them from entering it india never signed the convention and has no domestic laws on protecting refugees despite this it does host more than 200000 of them including

summer hunger and the dish is sheltering more than 1000000 who fled persecution in neighboring me and our summer hager refugees employ people smugglers to take them to southeast asia. let's bring in ron and leigh in london he is a visiting scholar at the international state crime initiative at queen mary university of london he's also the author of the book me and maz wrote genocide thank you so much for your time so i think you probably just heard me run through there the convention covering the refugee convention convention rather so obviously these people are really stuck in a sort of black hole. where they're in dire straits i mean the situation that they find themselves in highlights the dread for humanitarian circumstances that in myanmar have found themselves in and consequently those in bangladesh where they face genocide or crimes within me and mom and then those who managed to flee across

the border to bangladesh find them so in limbo they're permanently in camps the prospect of return to me in mass seems very slim and their life opportunities are incredibly limited i mean access to to education or or industry or any sense of a meaningful future he is genuinely limited for them so it's understandable in those circumstances that people will become desperate and will try to escape they'll try to go to somewhere where life can be better that the situation today though is that there's 80 people in danger at sea and whether or not india or bangladesh have signed the refugee convention becomes irrelevant to the law to see means that whoever finds them has an obligation to make them safe in this case i understand it's the indian navy they have an obligation to take those people who are in trouble at sea to

a safe place. as you say meanwhile we have 81 people who are at sea india is for now providing water basic necessities we haven't you know what we don't hear in this discussion is man ma there are repatriation efforts overhead get back to me and man from bangladesh obviously made mars in the minute in the middle of a you know it's now ruled by military generals so i mean is that adding to the instability for might we see repeats of the situation. well that's certainly a risk i mean the deported thing to remember is that these are me and my nationals these are not bangladeshis they're not indians these are me and my nationals it was their home they consider it their ancestral home it's where they want to be but their problem is of course that they face genocidal crimes in myanmar the military coming to power i think makes this situation much more fraught but it will suit me and mars generals for

a debate to ensued between countries like bangladesh and india all over who will take responsibility for desperately who are at sea that suits me and generals because it allows them to avoid their legal responsibilities for their own for their own citizens bangladesh's foreign minister says the u.n. h.c.r. the u.n. should also be taking responsibility because some of those on board have un id cards same that they are displaced me and my nationals does the un in your opinion have a role to play here. oh it certainly does bend the day she is understandably frustrated in 201-770-0000 rape. myanmar nationals were pushed across the border from me and me and man has avoided taking responsibility for them since that time that precondition for return of the really good to to me and mark that the un might be involved with must be that he has rights within me

and mar us safeguard that the human rights to safeguard and they've got a part way to having their citizenship recognized so that the these processes don't repeat every 5 or 10 years so bangladesh i understand is frustrated but that place that they need to be putting the most pressure is on the government of myanmar. thank you so much your time we have to leave it there ronan leave there are author and visiting scholar at queen mary university of london. if european officials are being accused of carrying out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing cleansing in the region have to agree the allegations are in a u.s. government report obtained by the new york times it says fighters who backed prime minister of the op ed a moving from town to town pushing out to gran's using intimidation and violence ethiopia launched a military campaign against separatists in november both sides have been accused of

atrocities and separately amnesty international says hundreds of civilians were massacred by eritrean soldiers and accented grey back in november the rights group has released a report saying that the killings could amount to a crime against humanity has malcolm webb. eritrean an ethiopian forces began their attack on the town of back with indiscriminate shelling according to rights group amnesty international. it's released these videos and the report it says on the 28th of november last year to grain militia and civilians tried to fight back some of them armed with only sticks and stones attacking eritrean soldiers on this hill it says the militia failed and the reprisals were brutal. according to dozens of testimonies amnesty says eritrean troops came into the town and executed hundreds of civilian men and

teenage boys this video shows the body of one of them. and. one behind the other. eritrea's government didn't respond to our requests for comment it has previously denied its troops were in ethiopia ethiopia's government in a statement question the accuracy of amnesties sources and said it was committed to undertake investigations. in early november prime minister federal forces into the to great region he said it was a law enforcement operation to topple the thick gray in people's liberation front that dominated politics and military for nearly 3 decades before abby came to power. when government troops took control of the regional capital

abby declared the operations over but the rift been reports of low level fighting ever since. researches say the satellite images taken last week show hundreds of structures destroyed by fire in the town of key jet fuel a return to stability is it work in progress but there is no doubt the situation keeps improving along could be a 3rd one tough month of an operations except for a few pocket areas where there is sporadic shooting the biases are imminent. and access to the conflict areas has been heavily restricted information about what happened into gray in recent months steadily seeps out and with it a growing number of reports of atrocities by all sides malcolm webb al jazeera. for more on this we're joined by the international crisis group's ethiopia

researcher william davis and he joins us on skype from nairobi thanks for your time so this report documented ethnic cleansing this was already suspected wasn't it. yes exactly during or something approaching ethnic cleansing anyway i mean during the early stages of the war. the federal forces intervened into west integrate they were accompanied by forces from the neighboring horror region including some irregular militia that was part of the military campaign to oust to graze regional government but many of those i'm horrified actions also have the intention of reclaiming what they see as a land in west integrate and these reports indicate that there has been significant the population of to grey and from those areas in western degree but much of this has been under covered under reported so far because of the lack of access to those

to gradients who have fled in we believe huge numbers into central to court can you explain that ethnic element a little bit more for us why some might feel this way toward some to grant sort of explain a little bit of the history there. at the beginning of the federal era or just before it's. this area in west the great according to the horror activist let's say they say that it was a mixed area or perhaps predominantly you know what is now formally parts of west integrate as the federation which has an ethnic or multi national character was created in the 1990. s. was created and it's at that point that the un horace say they were depopulated from these it areas in west integrate so was the area has formally been part of the region ever since some horrific actions politicians activists have always said that

this is rightfully. land and that partly explains some of the events that we've seen over the past few months in these areas i mean obviously there is a damning accusations and also come out on the heels of the amnesty report which was alleging war crimes in x.m. how much do you think that knew or was complicit in this. the issue for the federal government here is that it has continually deny any role for eritrean troops inside the conflict integrate however since november there has been a steady stream of evidence to the contrary the amnesty report not only details convincingly the presence of eritrean troops but also atrocities committed by eritrean troops against civilians in acts and that is only one of a number of incidents similar incidents reported across to the great in response to

the amnesty report we have seen an autonomous institution of the federal government with human rights commission confirmed this these findings therefore it does not seem sustainable for either the government in addis ababa or in asmara eritrea as cuts or to deny that eritrea troops have played a role in this conflict and once that is that knowledge then people need to start dealing with these allegations of mass atrocities and holding people accountable as the federal government has promised to do. ok thank you for your analysis for breaking that down for us there william davison from the international crisis group . still ahead on al-jazeera i.c.u. units to be occupied west bank are running out of the beds as more contagious strains of coronavirus need to advise and infections. we take a look at the growing number of dutch children suffering from depression during the pandemic. and in sports find out what upset this former n.b.a.

champion details coming up a little later on in the program. it's. hello there welcome to another cat the international forecast the weather remains largely fine and dry across a good part of europe got high pressure in charge that acts as a lid on the atmosphere keeps it calm and settle bit around the area of high pressure we are drawing the winds to scandinavia quite a brisk wind around the baltic states and a cold winter behind our cold fronts the temperatures starting to fall off but for many it will still feel quite pleasant if the truth be told it's actually rising temperature wise for moscow getting up to around freezing bits and pieces of sleet and snow there across at least inside if you're but where it is calm temperatures getting up to 11 celsius in berlin so 45 degrees above the seasonal average here

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watching are just a reminder of our top stories this hour president joe biden says the u.s. and saudi arabia's relationship is to change the difficultly that's after a declassified report accused crown prince mohammed bin salmond of approving a plan to capture or kill journalist to market shakti who was murdered in istanbul . and jerry and security sources say dozens of students kidnapped from cook got a secondary school last week are being released an official says that now arrived in mid air in central area. as u.s. government report is accusing ethiopian officials of carrying out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in tikrit ethiopia launched a military campaign against great fighters in the region last november. let's continue with that story the u.s. report on the murder of saudi journalist ambassador matthew pries a former u.s.

diplomat and a white house official he joins us on skype from istanbul thank you for your time so this report found that the crown prince approved the assassination but that no actions will be taken or now we're seeing that no actions we've taken against the crown prince himself why is that what is the american calculation here. yes thanks for having me with you kim i think the calculation is that number one donald trump covered up this crime that everybody knows was committed or who was responsible for ordering it was mom and so much so from the biden ministration that on just getting that information on official if you will u.s. government stationary is a major step and you may recall that last year or so when the crown prince was interviewed on the u.s. t.v. program 60 minutes he said well the u.s. government has never officially accused me of being responsible so so i think the biden administration anticipates there is going to be up a tidal wave of change in the relationship with saudi arabia and is trying to

balance that change after having made this dramatic statement i don't think it goes far enough though to be honest why do you think it goes far enough and is this about wanting to keep saudi on sides to be able to counter iran. yes so 1st why i don't think it goes far enough i just i guess i'm listening to my emotions when i when i read the report early this morning that the crown prince was going to be subject to any sanctions whatsoever and you know i felt i felt surprised and i felt disappointed and a bit shocked because you know candidate biden said he's going to hold saudi arabia crown prince responsible and the democrats when they want to or the house of representatives i appeared on on al-jazeera several times and said well now now there will be an accounting for what happened the democrats are going to subpoena members of the trump administration and the truth will come out with the truth has come out but. the conference literally got away with murder so hook that there

isn't even like a visa sanction against him he's not the head of state yet that's surprising and disappointing. and so it you know that by the administration has said that as you reported it if things will change but you know let's see what happens it seems absurd that. one of the sanctions taken or one of the steps taken by the biden administration is to launch a new initiative initiative to prevent anybody who represses media freedom or civil society anywhere in the world from obtaining visas yet yet the the person who committed or ordered the murder has no personal sanctions against himself it's very strange to me whether iran interests are in play yeah i think so i mean saudi arabia is a really important country if for the united states it doesn't really it doesn't need saudi arabian oil because the u.s. is now the world's largest oil producer but a lot of other u.s. allies do rely on it but i think you're right containing your arm was a driving force and also it's a 70 year you know alliance or partnership the u.s. has had with saudi arabian i think the biden ministration didn't want to just throw

that out the window ok as if if we accept then that the u.s. needs saudi to counter iran's influence i mean these measures will still impact the the u.s. saudi relationship in some way though so how do you think iran is likely viewing this. i think you're right i think that this will have an impact on the us saudi relationship but i also think probably the royal family has breathed a sigh of relief that the president biden didn't go as far as many even members of his own party in congress have urged him to do there's one member of congress who's come out and said she's going to sponsor a law legislation to impose personal sanctions on and so my mom had been so much so i think the world family is relieved a biden didn't go so far they even they sort of the foreign ministry statement suggested relief when they said we reject this report but but the u.s. saudi relationship is so important so therefore i don't think this creates much of an opening for iran i think the signal is that the biden administration has said as

as secretary of state blinken said. the u.s. saudi relations are more important than going 11 person all right thank you for that and best that matthew prize of their thank you kim it's 5 people have been killed and more than 175 injured during protests and knesset am from iraq. the fighting with security forces on friday followed a week of violent protests in the city people want the governor removed and justice for demonstrations killed since 2019. yo manasseh today nazaria is a priest by the government and reality this is the result of what protesters want which is the reason nation of just now is in mali and the governor of the account following the accusations of corruption made by me d p t s. pakistan's

health ministry says hospital intensive care units are around 95 percent full in the occupied west bank the health minister excuse me once a 2 week lockdown fearing the health system could be overwhelmed new strains 1st identified in the u.k. and south africa are spreading fast it is brand joins us now live from ramallah so just how bad is the situation. we've been receiving calls from several covert 1000 patients and their families asking us if we can find them an empty hospital or an empty bed in one of those hospitals near the terminal area and in our various phone calls we've found that there are hospitals that are needing full occupancy they can't receive any more patients we are expecting the prime minister to speak in a couple of hours and announce a series of more restrictions than the government over the past few weeks has been

decreasing in easing restrictions partially responding to pressures by business owners who have been saying that they've been the ones carrying the burden of the lockdowns and restrictions on businesses for the past years but also there are voices that are saying that this is because the palestinians are going into the 1st just that the council elections in 15 years and more restrictions could mean that these people in power palestinian officials could lose their popularity's in these upcoming elections so it's really a very difficult situation that the palestinian government is trying to maneuver and let's remember that palestinians haven't had even a fraction of what they need when it comes to their needs from the vaccine they were supposed to separate vaccines were supposed to arrive during mid mid february but the government has said that there has been some logistical issues and they've blamed the manufacturing companies for this delay only hundreds of palestinians

have been inoculated so far and the health ministry is recommending. 2 weeks locked down and the minister has said that the numbers are increasing of palestinians being infected and she said that the this 3rd wave is the best liest and it has been affecting who are younger people ok thank you for that day they need it for him and ramallah. new zealand's biggest city is going back into lockdown for 7 days prime minister just into are done announce the restrictions will begin on sunday it's being imposed on for a new coronavirus case was discovered you zealand has avoided a high number of infections by largely closing off international travel and quickly imposing restrictions when new cases. u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has been passed in the house of representatives it will now have to go through the senate before coming into force that includes direct payments of 1400 dollars to most americans

but won't include a rise in the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour that was blocked by senate officials who were moved to act quickly to put an end to this pandemic and to stem the suffering felt by so many the time for decisive action is long overdue president biden's american rescue plan is that decisive action reuters news agency is reporting that brazilian prosecutors are seeking to stop the purchase of an indian made coronavirus vaccine brazil's health ministry approved a deal to buy $20000000.00 doses of kovacs and for $300000000.00 prosecutors say the deal shouldn't go ahead because the jab has not completed clinical trials. and brasilia is entering a 24 hour lockdown on sunday as rising infections push hospitals to capacity all but essential services have been ordered to shut down a quarter of a 1000000 people have died in brazil it's recorded more than 65000 cases in the

past day. adults children or once ranked among some of the world's happiest since the coronavirus pandemic an increasing number are suffering depression mental health experts say they've seen a sharp rise in calls to suicide prevention helplines said faster reports. for 20 years old paper from the garden life has become a struggle the theater student suffers from loneliness and panic attacks especially since the dutch government imposed a nighttime curfew her studies are all online and she lost a part time job due to the lockdown i also sometimes. get fairly fresh air for i just had trouble with school and getting out of bed. and rare have serial care for yourself like the whole time. and games where you go outside it just gets worse and worse and worse the parents of 14 year old pain saw their son changing from an energetic positive teenager into a lethargic child who started experimenting with drugs out of boredom but pain died

in january of a tragic accident when he used drugs in a small tent and suffered carbon monoxide poisoning his parents believe lockdown measures led to their son's risky behavior he started to look for things that you otherwise wouldn't have looked for probably because he would be much more engaged with his friends with school was bored in there will be between his death burial i was sitting next to his body every morning and i realized this is a this is a bunch of potentiality which is lying here which is just become dead. it hurts me so much that this is what we do with the youth to stay active but pain had turned his room into a small gym his parents say the government should have been more focused on the impact that lockdown has had on young people because i feel that there's very little compassion for young. young people there's often fingers pointing at them you just want to have

a party and you don't care about the elder people and i find that very that hurts my heart. because i see that my boys are struggling by telling their story but parents parents hope the government will look for more creative ways to keep young people mentally healthy growing up and then that will and long man children had a good chance to be among the happiest in the world but a continuous lockdown has changed that schools have been closed since early december and this is had a huge impact on the mental health of children and teenagers and their impact that could last for a long time according to experts and won't simply be solved by going back to class in the netherlands people with suicidal thoughts can call the suicide prevention line 113 since a start of the pandemic the number of calls and chats has increased by 30 percent nearly 80 percent of the callers are below the age of 30 especially the younger people. have lost their confidence their self-confidence and confidence in other

people which is significant compared to before so far the number of suicides has not increased something the helpline contributes to the listening ear they can offer better has also found support with therapy after a month on a waiting list but local leaders say the government should do more so young people can meet each other in a safe way only then dutch children and teenagers may score high on the happiness index again step fasten al-jazeera amsterdam. iran's government has strongly condemned american airstrikes in syria describing them as illegal aggression the us targeted a series of facilities used by the iranian backed militias the main target was the imaam of a military base near al book a mob that's close to syria's border with iraq the pentagon says the operation was a response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq to try to. make an impact on these groups and their ability to conduct. future attacks.

and into. to send a very clear signal. that the united states is going to protect its people and it's going to protect our interests and screw protect those of our. of our partners in the region. this was that these targets were chosen carefully very deliberately and struck in exactly the same manner in southern africa has had good rains this season and people are expecting bumper harvests but the region often experiences years of drought to prepare for these lean times farmers and so barboy ascending up seed banks to store drought resistant seeds. traveled to wuzzy to see how one community is setting up a business this is a different kind of bank one where the hard currency is seeds deposited and stored away for safe keeping in community seed banks when low rainfall is lead to drought

in zimbabwe indigenous seeds such as sorghum and millet stored here become valuable savings just like you are going to draw money which is the birth did. you come in we've been brought work you have deported. yes now you know you need bar can also benefit from what is really deposited but you do this outside you. or he can ask you to give him something. these farmers are growing millet with seeds borrowed from the bank they hope to repay back the loan with some of those from their harvest the table friends who that. is very few in the. world in for for some time so this is a disadvantage so it's better to group. erratic rainfall brought on by climate change sometimes leads to food shortages during dry seasons access to the

right scenes at the right time is crucial like other countries in southern africa zimbabwe is prone to long periods of drought whenever that happens the government buys food from abroad and aid organizations help vulnerable families. the staple food here is maize a cash crop that doesn't do well in low rainfall but many farmers tend to be less interested in growing drought resistant to dish and all crops such as millet and we need to really support because of tradition and production of traditional crops so much is that then they will be able to get food security because without that i think we will be heading towards a very wrong direction and most of the households will be here by the droughts because droughts are very recurrent part. of the fall that's led rural communities are being encouraged to keep the seed bags stocked up savings they can easily

access when times get tough how to al-jazeera zimbabwe. still ahead on al-jazeera in sport this iconic football has cost on the skin of another star place all the details in just a moment. march on al-jazeera. 10 years on from the tsunami that struck japan al-jazeera revisits the people most affected by the disaster football rebels eric cantona presents a new series about iconic players this influence has been as great off the page as on it says. pope francis makes history with the 1st papal visit to iraq his 1st trip outside easily since the coronavirus pandemic. fronts mark lamont hill cut through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom. hope for the future the

ivory coast goes to the polls for its column entry elections. march on al-jazeera. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet police in. imitation and charges of said dish shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a just. over. 7 it's gorgeous our thanks a lot kim well we start with a just few bring between 2 the biggest names in world sport le bron james has hit back at football as last time it for him of it she's criticised the basketball star

amongst others for political activism despite speaking out against racism in his home sweden in the past ac milan striker whose parents are from the balkans said it was a mistake for the likes of james to involve themselves in political causes and i don't interview he said just do what you do best because it doesn't look good and brown has been one of the most prominent athletes during the black lives not some movement for speaking out and this is what he had to say after the lakers win over portland it's funny you say that because i believe in what you don't know the same god when he was back in sweden talk about the same thing because his last name was in a sort of last name if you like it was racism on one when he was on the pitch. right it is their right. i thought it was i thought he said it so. i speak from a very educated mind so i'm going to wrong actually go ahead because of the homework well we've been speaking to basketball rights abroad and b.

who explains why activism by the likes of liberal means so much to many fans. i think many people will too particularly african-american athletes to be the voice of black folks look ron speaking about social injustice in powering up people of color and less and more is really nothing you know even during obama's administration but post obama going into it to the whole trump presidency in particular with that promise school and even just being about things concerning the notion concerning those slow it's nothing new that's that's his fight that's what he's added to do and i commend him for it and i think oftentimes people look at michael jordan as. conversation with lauren james and i think you know playing on the court aside i think that's the immunise that one james has that it's not a competition this is by anything right knowing about it in the just way i think brian

has more important things to worry about and what someone in a another sport had to say specifically because the lakers just now a 4 game losing streak beating they mail it in the pool a trailblazer so now his response i think was was well executed he did his press conference with no shirt on but i think look ron has been pretty consistent in his approach that social injustice powering people of color and in educating. well someone who has just been speaking out is tony's american basketball stolid jeremy lin he's complained about receiving racial abuse on courts the former n.b.a. champion says he's been called coronavirus while playing but he didn't go into details on when the incident happened elyn place for golden state's affiliate in the jamie that's the end gays official line any where officials of open investigation that's 2 year old made his claims on facebook and he right bang on

asian american doesn't mean we don't experience poverty and racism he also writes being a 9 year n.b.a. veteran doesn't protect me from being called crying a virus on the court or ryan song gali or is a sports writer and a poster mean then for taking a stand he says i think that jeremy lin's hype will bio in american culture really gives him a unique perspective and perch from which to shed light on musicians. having read jeremy lin statements i can say competently that. really. it really hits at what a lot of asian americans are this is an everyday occurrence that often goes overlooked or is somehow downplayed some don't even want to acknowledge that. racism exists so while much of america is waking up to this uptick in its age and

sentiments violence i don't think there's an asian in america who has never had their eyes mocked or been called a racial slur or been made to somehow feel less american and i feel like that is the spirit of what jeremy lin is trying. thomas miller is set to make his return for world champions by a new no hostages recovery from coronavirus miller missed the club world cup final and caught off to testing positive for caveat 19 bodies now completed 2 weeks of corn scene with head coach hansie flick saying miller will definitely be involved in saturday's german league match against comb and code tops the leaderboard off to the 2nd round of the world golf championships in florida the american carded a 6 under par $66.00 and now has a one shot lead 3 plays of a share for 2nd place at present. on that soyuz will not be back later thank you for that. as the news on don't go over well said maria will be here in

just a moment with plenty more of the day's news so you think about it on. my . what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be about ideas they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money china is not going to be left out of the calling for the bloated defense budget to be cut the bottom line on us politics some policies on the reflect on the world. to make a change. change your life or the path of

a country challenge the accepted truth you want to create something you 1st break and then you remove to turn the status quo and fight injustice down the old monsoon rough day sunday. school south going to school dances. with miss personal documentaries not photo deception on al-jazeera. till it's too late and influence peddling the fall of the french president nicolas salto z will be in the dock in a court room and also lose over investigations on march the 1st we'll hear the verdict in his follow the story as it breaks the mold of reaction on al-jazeera. there's a wave of sentiment around the world where people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often people's voices are not heard because they're just not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover the big stories and report on the big events going on but we also tell the

stories of people who generally don't have a voice i mean when i was a child my debts will never be afraid to put your hand up not a question and i think that's what i'm sure really does the ask the questions to people who should be accountable and also get people to give their view of what's going on. police fired tear gas and stun grenades to clear defiant protesters in me and after the u.n. has an emotional plea for help. this is the world news from al-jazeera we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses he was president sends a strong message to saudi arabia after an intelligence.