letter to these guys that just how did he create a new says makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news this coverage the listening posts on. this is al-jazeera. there given al this is the news on live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes . police fired tear gas and stun grenades to clear defiant protesters and me and mark the u.n. here's an emotional plea for help. dozens of students are freed in nigeria after being abducted last week but the fate of hundreds of others is unclear. made it

clear that. rules are changing a warning from the u.s. president after an intelligence report implicates the saudi crown prince of the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. and as the vaccination drive slowly creeps through a population of 126000000 mexico continues to struggle with the 3rd highest number of coronavirus deaths. and on certified us we'll have all the sports basketball star le bron james hits back at football as our time in britain which for his criticism of activists and the. police appear to be changing tactics and me and mara refusing to allow anti coup protest is together on saturday all across the country troops chased protested through the streets and used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds

demonstrators are refusing to back down the demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi who's been detained since the military seized power on february 1st tony chang begins our coverage. police in the amman southern city of daraa way employing more aggressive tactics to disperse protesters. advancing behind the cover of their riot shields they fired tear gas into the crowd forcing people back into the city's small alleyways in yangon on more aggression 2 from the early morning on saturday security forces occupied areas the protesters had claimed as their own charging forward they pursued protesters relentlessly throughout the day those who didn't flee were detained and not just protesters several journalists were also arrested but the mood on the streets remains defiant behind improvised barricades to keep the police at bay and the protesters happy to see their cause

raised so publicly at the united nations the call of the online we got so much encouragement to protest by seeing me and mars' 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. and memo 2nd city mendeley the protests were led by monks in this majority but this nation it's regarded as to boo to attack a member of the clergy but myanmar's military has shown in the past it has no qualms about cracking down on monks and it's unlikely these protesters will find sanctuary behind their saffron robes. well tony chang is monitoring developments from thailand's capital bangkok and joins us now live tony so is this the military then changing tactics now they appear to be coming down hard on protest is.

it does appear to be in the last couple of hours we've seen more footage coming in from across the country of the tactics they've deployed to the in moneywise just to the west of man the footage of police trucks charging through cars that have been blockaded the. in front of the in the streets giving access to the city center and they've just pushed those aside it's not just the police to there seem to be soldiers who are there as well beating protest with battens we understand there was some live fire in that area too in young. largest city there were running battles through the streets were not really battles because the protesters were not putting up any resistance at all but they were being chased all across the city by the police who were using tear gas flash bang stun grenades to chase them away so it does seem that they have employed this new strategy we think there

is there are plans for a much larger protest tomorrow the protesters are calling for more than 100000 people to come out on the streets that may or prompted today's crackdown in the hope of thing the security forces trying to instill in the protesters concerns and fears that if they do come they're going to face this kind of opposition from the voices we're hearing on the streets people are as determined to come out as they have been in the 3 weeks since the coup. ok thank you for that update there tony chain across developments in myanmar from bangkok let's get more now from our diplomatic editor james bass on the u.n. general assembly 1st meeting. it was a dramatic moment in the u.n. general assembly hall the ambassador. using his speech to speak out strongly against his own country. nemo military has become that this tension of threat for

myanmar as the polity and civilised society his voice was trembling as he continued and strong support from the international community is imperative for the people of myanmar. in hour 5 against the military regime as he finished his speech he gave a 3 hoping good salute your message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him for his courageous stand for a long on the brand new u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield 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 bergner has been trying to visit myanmar but she said permission for the trip has not been granted regrettably the current regime has so far asked me to almost all n.b.c. it seems they want to continue making. arrests and has been forcing people to testify against the end of the farm and he says is 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 karajan 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 bays out of the united nations dozens of students kidnapped from

a secondary school in nigeria last week have been released their arrived in mina in central nigeria gun unrated cut out of school in niger state taking 27 students and some of their relatives and stuff and that's one of the students was shot and killed. and the fate of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped on friday is still unknown gunmen raided the school in the town of junk and some part of state police say they have information that the girls something moved to a nearby forest i've made it trysts in a brutal has the latest on both mass abductions. the release of 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 the 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 gunmen 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 i was or even at least a day after another set of students 317 goes who have been taken from a boarding school in north west and some for a state now there are questions being raised as to how they will talk to 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 town just criminals who i say were said to be emboldened by anyone someone who goes issues between them and government officials. but to my head on the news all exuding. stranded at sea with no where to go $81.00 relating to refugees of course a diplomatic tussle between india and bangladesh. bank in zimbabwe is helping farmers through a dry season. and it's court this fall champion football is back on his feet look to the. 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 reports into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi it says crown prince mohammed bin salmond gave approval for khashoggi to be captured or killed

the kingdom has denounced the report is false and unacceptable ellen fisher 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 them by spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes in 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 dealt 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 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 us is also knows what it caused by an imposing visa restrictions on 76 saudis not just those involved in the killing but others who have been involved in threatening dissidents overseas so 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 mohammed bin selman because they say his denials of any involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi simply are not credible alan fischer al-jazeera washington said in costello has more from istanbul. the

majority of the evidence of the report declassified by united states yesterday is actually based on the findings of the turkish security circles because as you would remember just right after we heard that marcus shuji. wasn't seen after he went inside the saudi consulate building in october the 2nd there was a leak in the in the turkish press and international media basically turkish authorities leaked the voice recordings that they have gathered through some bugs from inside the building and those voice recordings actually showed us how they organize this this killing have they cooperated how the hit squads came and then the technical teams in the security they matched those voice recordings. that came through the bugs with the telephone signals and the voices it through those

telephone signals although c.c. camera pictures so basically these information were used in this report along a lot along with some other information gathered by the say but it wasn't a surprise but by then not exposing any sanction to the crown prince mohamed long was actually a surprise for the turks ambassador matthew prize as a former u.s. diplomat and white house official he says he was surprised and disappointed when he learned the crown prince wasn't sanctioned. candidate biden said he's going to hold saudi arabia and the 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 trumpet ministration of the truth will come out with the truth has come out but. the conference literally got away with murder so i hope that there isn't even like a visa sanction against him he's not the head of state yet that's surprising in

disappointing. and so it you know that by the administration has said 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 shoji 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 iran 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. bangladesh says it's on the no obligation to take back and he

wanted to hint of refugees who were rescued by the indian coast guard a benefit for 2 weeks in the andaman sea and a crew and fishing boat along with 8 people who died and set sail from a refugee camp in bangladesh hoping to reach malaysia india wants bangladesh to take them back. well the $951.00 refugee convention lays out states obligations to with refugees this includes that they can't be returned to a place where they felt in danger it also says the state shouldn't block them from entering but india never signed the convention and has no domestic laws on protecting refugees despite this it does host more than $200000.00 of them including some. bangladesh is sheltering more than 1000000 room go who have fled persecution in neighboring me and ma some are here to refugees employ people smugglers to take them to south east asia ronan li is a visiting scholar at the international state crime initiative at queen mary university of london he says there's a legal responsibility to help people rescued at sea. 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 ma and then those who managed to flee across the border to bangladesh find themselves in limbo. permanently in camps the prospect of return to me and now 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 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 the 80 people are in danger at sea and whether or not india or bangladesh have

signed the refugee convention becomes irrelevant the law of the sea means that whoever finds them has an obligation to make them safe in this case i understand it's the indian navy a day have an obligation to take those people who are in trouble at sea to a safe place. the u.s. is a step closer to having a 3rd vaccine after experts recommended the approval of johnson and johnson for the u.s. food and drug administration has been holding a virtual public meeting to decide whether to sign off on the one dose faxing from the youth it still needs official authorization by the f.d.a. which could happen later on fashion 4000000 doses are ready to be shipped on monday . and we've all seen the news about jobs and jobs vaccine today's just 3rd safe effective vaccine and it's out they've approved it today we're going to use every

conceivable way to expand manufacturing of the vaccine the 3rd vaccine to make even more rapid progress to get shots of people's arms south korea says more than 18000 people have received their 1st doses of the coven 1000 back seemed so far it started they don't kill ation campaign on friday but the shots being given to front on health workers and can't get the government has been relatively successful in controlling the pandemic that has taken its time and starting vaccinations brought reports from some. stuff from a nearby elderly care home were among the 1st to get the astra zeneca vaccine at a hospital in seoul south korea started its national vaccination rollout. playing out for the past year i've been very worried that if i go to the kernel virus i could pass it on to the elderly residents this campaign begins exactly a year after a large outbreak in the city of daegu made south korea for

a time the worst affected country off to china its success in controlling the spread through innovative testing and tracing was a model for other countries to follow. but it meant there wasn't the same urgency to vaccinate soon or. of course if we had a rapid increase in confirmed cases like in europe or the united states them even if it was risky we would have to go ahead with vaccinations and it's led to claims of complacency from many medical professionals action no problem for having what we should have secured vaccines in a more aggressive way instead of being late the government says it was being printing but when it comes to securing vaccines it's like a war out there largely praised around the world for its handling of the coronavirus criticism of its vaccination rollout has stung the government and it seems determined to show with this mass vaccination campaign that it's still a pioneer in fighting the pandemic for weeks the government has been staging drills

with the army and police to fine tune the distribution system the goal is to have most of the population vaccinated by september achieving herd immunity by november . that's far behind other developed nations and longer than many here would like but at least for the government it will have been done with the efficiency for which it prides itself rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has passed in the house of representatives it will now have to go through the senate's before coming into 4th and includes direct payments of 1400 dollars to most americans will not include an increase in the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour that has been blocked by senate officials. we are moved to x. swiftly 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. had a call and joins us now live from washington d.c. so this now has to go through the senate how likely is it that it will pass there and what's the timeline for all of this well that's the big question because i think everyone is probably aware this u.s. senate operates under some really bizarre procedures so the parliamentarian that is an actual job she's basically the umpire of the set it and she has said no you can't include the increase of the $15.00 minimum wage in this bill it goes against senate rules so what do they do well some are saying fire her it's been done before the president doesn't appear to like that possibility so they could try to get to pass it without the $15.00 an hour raise or they could try to appeal the senate procedures so whatever the democrats decide to do that will impact how quickly they

get this through it might actually benefit them to not have the $15.00 an hour in there because there were 2 democratic senators who said that they were they were opposed to that provision of the bill so it's much more likely it will pass if that provision isn't in there although it's not clear that they would have fact take the entire bill over that objection but so in the coming days i think we'll figure out exactly what the democrats want to do how they're going to proceed with this but if it does appear that they have all 50 members of the democratic senate 50 democrats senators board than the vice president come in and break the tie how tied the democrats to the. 5 provision to increase the minimum wage i mean that it's quite a significant increase isn't it. it is in this is bernie sanders senator from vermont he is in charge of the budget committee now in this is a huge deal for him he it's also a big deal for vice president biden i mean if you think about how long it's been 'd since the minimum wage was raised to $7.25 an hour so this was

a big promise for president biden it was a big a big push for senator sanders and the progressive caucus as they want to get this done so i don't think the issue's going to go away even if it doesn't make it into this bill because it's politically very popular people would like to see the minimum wage raise so if it doesn't make it into this giant $1.00 trillion dollar bill i do expect the democrats will continue to push for this because it was a key really central promise during the campaign all right thanks that pedicle hand there live in washington d.c. . palestine's health ministry says hospital intensive care units are around 95 percent full in the occupied west bank the government has announced new restrictions but they don't include a 2 week lockdown as recommended by the health minister and not time curfew will be in place and schools will go back to teaching online new strains 1st identified in the u.k. and south africa spreading fast. new zealand's biggest city is going into lockdown

for 7 days prime minister just announced the restrictions will begin on sunday it's being imposed after a new coronavirus case was discovered you see it and has avoided a high number of infections by largely closing off international travel and quickly imposing restrictions when new cases and. the czech government is imposing strict lockdown measures to contain the surgeon coronavirus cases vaccine roll out can't come quick enough some hospitals now for capacity the czech republic now has the highest per capita infection rate in the world 10 times higher than germany the number of deaths has risen from 60220000 in just 5 months. reuters news agency is reporting that brazilian prosecutors are seeking to stop the purchase of an indian made corona virus vaccine 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

critics accuse the government of causing corners to speed up its vaccination campaign. let's time now for the weather here's everton. hello that the weather's looking largely fine in try for japan over the next couple of days with a nice big area of high pressure keeping it settled and calm but a very different story from northern parts of china we've got this cold front which will sink its way further southwards and there is some snow will miss system quite a bit of it for some that all roll through beijing temperatures around 4 or 5 celsius as we go on through sunday then and then as it continues to make its way further south with winds pushing up from the south meeting up with the winds pushing in from the north the convergence line the air force to rise cool condense give us a cloud the big cloud as well and some very heavy rain quite an active storm that and that could cause some flooding with a fair bit of snow there for north korea all the time though as you can see last fight in toronto in japan tokyo getting up to 17 degrees celsius with some pleasant

some shy sunshine it shows meanwhile across much of southeast asia as per usual so we'll see some wetter weather in the heat of the day just rumbling away across parts of the philippines into malaysia still seeing some very heavy showers there across indonesia over the next day or so not too many showers across india over the next couple of days we will see some wet weather there into nepal sliding further research was right across bhutan. still ahead on al-jazeera we take a look at the growing number of dutch children suffering from depression during the pandemic. hopes of a let up and fighting in libya a welcome news for many of its ancient sites. and it's for find out what's said this phone might n.b.a. champion details coming up later on program. frank assessments the world is on the brink. of that moral failure is that

a fair assessment you catastrophic. to twice. informed opinions should we be buying bitcoin ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines the inside story on our. the latest news the decision here means that donald trump will not be excluded for running from political office in the future he could run again for the presidency in 2024 detail coverage this is now the only official crossing that is functioning and it's strictly only open to allowing european workers to work in farms hearing about i've seen from around the world i do study by soul city has shown just how much life has been transformed.

you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour. police in riyadh march 8th protest is there with the streets of yangon on saturday firing tear gas and stun grenades demonstrators are refusing to back down demanding the release of elected leader on phone to cheat she's been detained since the military seems to power on february 1st. president joe biden says the u.s. and saudi arabia's relationship has to change significantly that's after a detroit report accused crown prince mohammed bin selma of approving a plan to capture or kill journalist jamal khashoggi. u.s.

president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has passed in the house of representatives will now have to go through the senate before coming into force that includes direct payments of 1400 dollars to most americans. if european officials are being accused of carrying out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in the region or to gray the allegations are in a u.s. government report obtained by the new york times it says fighters who backed prime minister are be up there to moving from town to town pushing out to grains using intimidation and violence ethiopia launched a military campaign against separatists november both sides have been accused of atrocities when davison is international crisis group's ethiopia researcher he says the conflict has fueled tensions about land rights and to create region during the early stages of the war. the federal forces intervened in the west integrate they were accompanied by forces from the neighboring region including some irregular

militia that was part of the military campaign out to graze regional government but many of those and horrified action also had the intention of reclaiming what they see as i'm sorry land in western to great and these reports indicate that there has been significant population of degree and from those areas in western degree but much of this is been under covered under reported so far because of the lack of access to those to graham who have fled in we believe huge numbers in percent all to course as the federation which has an ethnic or multi national character was created in the 1990 s. to great regional states was created and it's at that point that the i'm sorry to say they were the populated areas in western civ great so was the area formally been part of 2 great region ever since some or

a faction politicians activists have always said that this is rightfully. land that partly explains some of the events that we've seen over the past few months in the there is. southern africa has had good rains the season and people are expecting bumper harvests but the region often experiences years of drought to prepare for these lean times farmers in zimbabwe are setting up seed banks to store drought resistant seeds with also traveled to move sea to see how one community is setting up their 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 draw money which is the. pound you come and withdraw what you reported yes now you are. 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 for a food that. is very few in the. world in 44 is sometimes so this isn't a disadvantage so it's better to grow. 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 interested in growing drought resistant to digital crops such as millet and sorghum we need to really support be called to be a shoo in in production traditional crops so much is that then they will be able to get food security because without that i think you will be heading towards a very wrong direction most of the households will be here by the droughts because droughts are very recurrent part which is almost a full that's why 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. tens of thousands of chinese ians are running in support of prime

minister his chin machines she. says. she is in a standoff with president side of her cabinet reshuffle the president refused to swear in several of his picks the 2 leaders have been an odd since the 29000 election this comes as trinity of faces an economic crisis with pressure from foreign lenders to make cuts to state programs. iraqi foreign minister hussein has in tehran on his 2nd trip this month hussein's meeting with iranian counterpart surveyed serif comes a day after a u.s. air strikes hit iranian backed militias in eastern syria near the border with iraq he's also met with iran's top security official who said the airstrikes only encourage terrorism in the region. 5 people have been killed and more than 175 injured during protests in nasiriyah in southern iraq. the fighting with security forces on friday followed a week of violence during protests in the city people want the governor removed and

justice for demonstrators killed since 2019. today nazarene as a priest by the government and reality this is the result of what protesters want which is the reason nation of judge nasm are wily and the governor of the year car following the accusations of corruption made by me d p t s yemeni government sources say more than 65 years have been killed in clashes between who the rebels and government forces in our province the source described it as the most violent day since fighting erupted 3 weeks ago who these resumed an offensive to seize earlier this month east of the rebel held capital sana'a the city lies close to some of the country's richest oil fields and its capture would be a major prize for the rebels. president joe biden visited texas on friday to see the recovery effort from an unprecedented winter storm 7 days of below freezing temperatures pummeled the state's unprepared infrastructure that led to the deaths

of dozens of people and caused the damage valued at $22000000000.00 how did you cast her reports from houston. the snow has melted in texas but the disastrous aftermath of last week's frigid weather still lingers hundreds of people lined up for free food and water at this houston distribution site friday many had suffered days without power some are still without water a good sign because all of the head time enough to prepare and to do better than the people back they could apply for the lost lives include an 11 year old boy who never woke from his freezing bed and an 86 year old woman who died of hypothermia in her home their families are among those now suing texas' energy regulators for not adequately warning people before the days long electric blackouts i think it's incredibly ironic and sad that at the same time that these

folks these 31 people who died for lack of power and water were dying we had the technology to put the rover on mars that demonstrates the incredible lack of leadership and a lack of priorities in this country and in texas and we've got to do a lot better the state governor has promised an investigation and reckoning even as officials point the finger at each other to avoid blame president joe biden approved a major disaster declaration last week and visited in person friday to offer his consolations on a crisis hits our states like the one to texas is not a republican or democrat surety it's our fellow americans are heard we will be true partners to help you cover the bill from the storms and this pandemic and the economic crisis in for the long haul this was biden's 1st trip to texas as president and not everyone here in this deeply conservative state was happy to see

him most people in texas had voted for donald trump to be president and these pro trump protesters gathered to deliver by. right in a message. there's nothing that he's doing that's helping the great state of texas we can stand on all but texas standing on its own is one reason for the disaster severity the state's self-contained independent power grid was unable to accept help from surrounding states and decades of deregulation offered private utilities little incentive to invest any quitman upgrades the result a literal perfect storm for disaster and now a long road to recovery heidi joe castro al-jazeera a houston. dutch children who once ranked among some of the world's happiest but since the coronavirus endemic an increasing number of suffering depression until health experts say they've seen

a sharp rise in calls to suicide prevention helplines steadfast and reports. for 20 years old paper government god and life has become a struggle the theater student suffers from loneliness and panic attacks especially since the dutch government imposed a nighttime curfew for studies are all online and she lost a part time job due to the lockdown i also saw thanks. for depression or just had trouble with school and getting out of bed. and rare have to care for yourself like the whole thing. and can't really go outside it just gets worse and worse and worse the parents of 14 year old the pain saw her son changing from an energetic positive teenager into a liturgical child who started experimenting with drugs out of boredom the 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 the

otherwise wouldn't have looked for probably greatly would have been much more engaged with his friends risk all the sports in the will be between his death and the 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 use 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 the lockdown has had on young people because i feel that as very little compassion for young. young people there's often a finger 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 once long man children have 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 has 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 it's into 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 significance 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 the 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 and so that. a funeral is being held for captain sir tom moore north of london he became famous after raising more than $45000000.00 for the u.k.'s national health service during the pandemic he did it by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday and was knighted by the queen for his efforts he died the contract to cover 19 and ammonia. this week the 1st doses of russia's sputnik vaccine arrived in mexico being rolled out as the death toll may is 200000 the economy is in the worst recession and 90 is this man out of palo reports from mexico city the president is getting much of the blame. vaccination efforts continue in mexico at this inoculation site in sochi need

health workers or ministry 1st doses of the sputnik b. vaccine developed by russia which for now is only available for people 60 years of age or older. people this is the appointment for the next dose that i'll receive on march 17th i don't have a time but they'll let me know. since the virus was 1st spotted in mexico the outbreak in the country has grown beyond what anyone here could have imagined today the death toll nationwide remains the world's 3rd highest. it's become frustrating to see our local ones die people who have dedicated their patients in the area of medical professionals mexico has lost more lives than any other country has been painful and i hope we have learned some important lessons we need to better health says we need to be better prepared we need to produce our own back scenes. the outbreak is not only stretch the limits of the country's

public health system it's also pushed the national economy into the worst recession in almost 90 years the coded 19 pandemic in mexico has led to a devastating 8.5 percent decline in g.d.p. and a dramatic increase in the national poverty rate from 36 percent to 45 percent of the population. there much of the blame for why the health emergency in mexico has ballooned beyond control has fallen on mexico's president who's been widely criticised for downplaying the extent of the crisis upon them. for his part the president has promised that everyone in. country will have access to vaccines as supplies become available. the hand the people should know that we are committed to vaccinating everyone as soon as possible even if we don't finish by march every senior citizen will at least be vaccinated with one dose by the end of april. the

mexico is now in phase 2 of the national inoculation program health experts warn that so for less than 2000000 people of mexico's 126000000 residents have been inoculated. amounting to a vaccination rate that is still far from making a meaningful impact against the pandemic. below al jazeera mexico city a number of people killed in a major prison break in haiti has risen to 2531 of the most powerful gang leader it's more than 400 people escaped the jail in port a prince on friday police opened fire on rising inmates as they fled killing a number of people including arnold joseph he had been his most wanted fugitive until her arrest in 2019. the old city of tripoli in libya dates back thousands of years having survived empires and congress but much more recent conflict and neglect have left its homes markets and workshops needing urgent attention from

tripoli training reports. the arts of roman emperor mark is really it's built more than 1800 years ago. it's the only fully standing structure that remains from the roman era here in noir. the ancient city was a stablished by the phoenicians nearly 3000 years ago it plater came under roman control and flourished in the 2nd and 3rd centuries in. the city was conquered by the law she doing khalifa in the 7th century and later renamed tripoli the old city is one of 5 you know sco world heritage sites in libya iran its endangered list you know the city is 3000 years old it survived very same pies from the phoenicians the romans the byzantines the caliphates the arguments of the 28 pots ruled the city and it continues to fight to survive the battle of time for centuries the old city thrived its markets visited by foreign traders but for decades it's been

a collective made worse by the country's tenure conflicts here roads and homes are falling apart but now the government has begun a renovation initiative. work was suspended during war lord khalifa haftar has failed a military campaign on tripoli. but his forces retreated towards the east more than 6 months ago it was restarted. how are you most sure we want to keep what is left of the old seat and in certain your life into it so that it can be able to withstand the future the 1st step was to build trust with the residents and shop owners because without that nothing can happen. it is a blacksmith he says the lack of attention by the government and political disputes have had an impact on his business. this craft is like a why we have ups and downs when the political and economic situation a stable business is beta but there are still some people who enjoy handmade items

and come and buy from us. tripoli is long history and the variety of cultures and religions that thrived in the city have left an interesting blend of architecture and given the old city a unique identity. people and shop owners here hope that with the recent political settlement in libya stability can be achieved and with that more attention given by libya's authorities to its historic sites malik trainer al-jazeera tripoli. still to come here on al-jazeera for this iconic footballer has gone under the skin of now the star athlete all the details in just a moment. the coronavirus has affected every corner of the world. people in power look back to the early days of the pandemic and examines where the air is and delays at the

world health organization may have made the global spread of the virus inevitable. chronicle of a pandemic people in power on al-jazeera. al jazeera. that.

time after school thanks a lot ken well we start with a just papering between 2 the biggest names in the world of sport bron james has hit back at well as let's have it for him a bit he's criticized the basketball star for political activism to spice up against racism in his home sweden a pos they say man strike whose parents are from the balkans said it was a mistake for the likes of james to involve themselves in political causes now in an interview he said just do what you do best because it doesn't look good but ron has been one of the most prominent athletes during about close nats amazement to 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're going to use and god said when he was back in sweden talk about the same thing because his last name was in

a certain last name if you like it was racism going on when he was on the pitch. right you decide to write. about it was i thought he said it so. i speak from a very educated mind so i'm kind of all gone actually go away because of the homework well abroad as many times spoken out against social injustice as mentioned earlier a big supporter of the that clive's matzoh process for law say he also campaigned against voter suppression in the us his black communities ahead of the presidential election and in 28 scene he had been to school in his town of birth all can ohio to help children considered at risk and then make a song has also works for the n.b.a. players association union helps to promote player welfare well we have been speaking to basketball rights of brandon skate be robinson and he explains why activism by the likes of the run means so much to many of their fans. i think many

people look to particularly african-american athletes to be the voice of black folks look ron speaking about social injustice and 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 hearing about things concerning the notion concerning those floyd it's nothing new that's that's his fight that's what he's added to deal and i commend him or it and i think oftentimes people look at michael jordan as. conversation with look around james and i think you know playing on the court aside i think that's the immunise that one james has that is not a competition this is a funny thing with right knowing about it in the just way i think of ryan has more important things to worry about and what someone of another sport had to say

specifically because the lakers just now have a 4 game losing streak beating they militant 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 oath that social injustice powering people of color and in educating. wellstone is just been speaking out also and he's american basketball sod jeremy lin he's complained about receiving racial of the song court's well the former n.b.a. champion says he's been called coronavirus while playing monte didn't go into details on when the incident happened and then place a golden state in the genie the n.b.a.'s official mine and where officials have opened an investigation with us too old made his claims on facebook and i hate whites being an asian american doesn't mean we don't experience poverty and racism being in 9 and

a veteran doesn't protect me from being called coronavirus on the court or ryan just sangatte is a sport rights and a prince charming and for taking a stand i think that jeremy lin's hype will ryo 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 confidently that it really. it really hits at what a lot of asian americans are feeling 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 to convey. now moving on to other news are thomas motorists set to make his return for world champions by in many hostages recovery from coronavirus little mr card world cup final in qatar after testing positive for cave in 93 is now completed 2 weeks of current seen with head coach hansie flick saying miller will definitely be involved in saturday's german league match against. tops the leaderboard after 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 players have a share for 2nd place at present. well at sawyer sports for me i will be by collates i'll be handing you now back to kim thank you. and that is the news

hour don't go away though i'll be back in just a moment with more of the day's news including that security forces are cracking down on protests is a 1000000 bucks. and . one man's dream to transport hot air balloons from europe and fly them over his beloved country. in a nation reeling from decades of violence. can an international team of pilots get this man's dream off the ground when it's over babylon on al-jazeera. a tamil journalist in search of a missing colleague stops at nothing to bring his story to the public. in sri lanka

press freedoms are under threat. and some stories can only be told by those who will not compromise on the truth. news from just one part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. for 4 weeks america in goal in protest every day all over the u.s. even as the country faces the continued threat of a deadly pandemic. and it morphed into a movement calling for police reforms sometimes it was violent. but mostly it was peaceful we asked people to describe what america is now feeling i think people want change. and i think people are willing to do whatever it takes to get there on friday billions of people in america are expected to celebrate what's called june 13th an unofficial holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states

this year in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it an official federal holiday. people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be her . war. military join to intensifies its crackdown but nationwide protests against the military coup remain undeterred. by them can be dealt with the world news on al-jazeera live from doha also coming up. thousands of students afraid in nigeria being abducted last week the fate of hundreds of others is unclear also.