played an important role. to trace. this is al jazeera. hello there i am however his in with the al jazeera news are coming to you live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes myanmar's military says it's fired at sam bassett or to the u.n. after this dramatic appeal to the world. the military it's a sup who will in this modern world and who must be. the people are

resilient the server and united in funky will be in the military coupe. inside me and more police fire tear gas and stun grenades to clear protesters who refuse to give up. we have an update on the hunts for more than $300.00 schoolgirls kidnapped in northern nigeria. and a man on a mission joe biden and the new u.s. government's battle plan to ease the coronavirus pain of so many. we are moved to act swiftly to put an end to this pandemic and to stem the suffering felt by phil many. well as i have all the sports basketball star le bron james hits back at football or slabs an ever hear of it for his criticism of activists actually.

his voice was full of emotion and hesitancy as he spoke now a top diplomat from myanmar has been fired for what he said less than 24 hours ago kilmore to and urge the united nations to use any means necessary to end a month long military coup during that smear on my state t.v. says he betrayed the country let's remind you of what myanmar snails sags u.n. ambassador told delegates at the un general assembly near ma military has become the existential threat for myanmar as the polity and civilised society now is not the time for the international community to tolerate the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by myanmar military the international community must ensure that who has no place in the modern world as bound by the un secretary

general in that regard we the comedy were present in john who. are the united nations the united nations security council an international community that aspired to build peaceful and civilized global society to use any means necessary to take action against the minimum military and to prove i served and security for the people. but will get the latest on these developments shortly from tony chang in bangkok but 1st his report. 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 young gone more aggression to from the early morning on saturday security forces

occupied areas the protest as it claimed as their own charging forward they pursued protests relentlessly throughout the day those who didn't flee were detained 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 one 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 let's get more now from tony chang who's monitoring those developments from thailand's capital bangkok tony this sacking of the ambassador was announced on state television what reason is have they given. well perhaps unexpected given the huge amount of attention these statements got both outside myanmar but also particularly in certain as you heard from the protesting on this really motivated people today feeling their cause is being brought up before the general assembly but the statement read on the memo state t.v. receiving said that as you mentioned. the amber betrayed the country unspoken for an unofficial organization which doesn't represent the country and he's abused the

power and the responsibilities of an ambassador were the ambassador make it very clear when he got up to speak in front of the general assembly that he was representing the civilian government led by aung san suu kyi she stressed they had won the legitimate election in november of last year but clearly he's not going to be in a position much wanted. indeed and it's only when he made that statements at the general assembly certainly when we spoke with our diplomatic at this hour when that same was made he did say that the ambassador was taking a massive risk and it poses questions about his wife her family i mean are they coming in for any reprisals certainly the ambassador has has lost his job what about the family themselves. well you could hear the stress he was under when he go that addresses voice cracking it's clearly under

a huge amount of pressure. we are spoken to some sources in so young go on to say that the extended family are keeping their heads down but they do not appear to be targeted but we do know that members military has a history of using families overseas to target people it wants to have influence over no more celebrated than on some sushi her so the war in the u.k. and for many years military tried to manipulate both firmly and hurt to try and step back from the political stage something she always resisted but clearly they have established the power and. the jaws firmly are apparently keeping that. came out tony chang there bring us the very latest from bangkok tony thank you very much in dates. and let's turn now to armenia where developments

have been coming out of back on tree as well the country's top army general is at odds with some in the governments the president is refusing to fire him even though the prime minister has publicly called for his dismissal the call passing young called on the president to fire the general after accusing the military of an attempted coup passion yanis face growing calls to step down since november that's when protesters say he'd trade the country by seizing lands in a bid to end a 6 week war with azerbaijan shan let's cross now it's a robin forester walker he joins us live from gary and robin receiving a clear rift there at the top of government what would he tell us. well this is it we we were expecting to hear from the president. he had aids

to respond to the prime minister's request to dismiss the head of the armed forces well the president responded today by returning that letter. the head of the armed forces back to the prime minister in which he said that. would be unconstitutional in the national interest. he doesn't believe that. the armed forces even should be getting involved in this so if you if you like in a way that was the president's way of saying you know everyone here should take should stick to their own. principles but really it is definitely a sign that supports from the political institutions is waning in armenia the prime minister and the opposition who you know. every every day of late

calling for his resignation said that this was a victory of sorts for them and they even say now that they're saying that the police and the other security services join the armed services in calling for the. resignation. that of course would be a major development because it looks as if people all the political institutions around the prime minister's office i'm standing in front of that premises office now if all of us are lining up to call for him to go it looks as if the situation because it's becoming pretty untenable. you can't keep a close eye on that for night robin forrester walker in yerevan thanking. the fates of 30700 schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria on friday is still unknown gunmen raided their school in the town of jan gave the northern some far a state police say they have information the girls have moved to

a nearby forest mean while dozens of students kidnapped from a secondary school last week are being released they've arrived in mina in central nigeria gunmen raises kogarah school in the state taking 27 students and some of their relatives and staff members one of the students were shot and killed after the dress is in a butcher with 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 run some has been paid and members of the 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 northwest in some sort of state now there are questions being raised as to how they were told to sow 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 sheeting with people they

town just criminals who i say were said to be emboldened by anyone some want to go see issues between them and government officials. plenty more still to come on this news our including mexico's coronavirus vaccinations finally get underway but the president is under fire for the way he's handled the crisis so far. a bank that so far in zimbabwe can count on times of traits. and in sports a 2nd career title for the reigning a french open champion sarah will be here with more later in the news and. here is president's joe biden's 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has passed in the house of representatives it will now have to go through the senate and need president biden signature before coming into force or that package

includes direct payments of $1400.00 to most americans but will not include an increase in the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour that's been blocked by senate officials let's get more now from patty kohei he joins us live from washington d.c. see that's quite the bill $1.00 trillion dollars has gone through the house but still has to go through the centers of course how likely do you think it will pass . it seems fairly likely it's going to pass the one of the big questions was 2 of the democratic senators and they need all 50 to agree but 2 of them had said that they were in favor of raising the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour over the next several years there's not giving up on that just yet we've heard some talk that they may try to get around the parliamentary procedure so basically what this is the senate's parliamentarian she's basically empire she said under the existing senate rules you cannot put this $14.00 an hour increase into the bill so now

senators are saying well maybe we'll do that by saying any company that doesn't do that is going to pay higher federal taxes and they may try to take that tact or they may just scrap it from the bill see if it can get passed through the house and then try again later nancy pelosi those speaker of the house was up early into the morning hours with this bill debating this bill republicans across the board rejected it they said it was too expensive that the economy doesn't necessarily need it that it's going to the wrong places but speaker pelosi in the early morning hours carol this is a major victory we are moved to act 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.

heard since you think it will be that this relief bill will be felt by ordinary americans. well speaker pelosi said by the end of march about march 22nd she said by then she expects that the president president joe biden will sign the bill after that the feds can get the federal government get the money out to people fairly quickly they can do that by direct deposit for anyone who's basically filed their income taxes that way for the others they'll cut a check that will take a little bit longer but the immediate effect for it's going to be felt most by people who are claiming unemployment assistance right now millions of people have lost their jobs during this pandemic what this bill will do is increase that that aid they get to $400.00 more a week and that is going to be extended into august so that'll be a sigh of relief for the millions who are on unemployment right now then it's going to be a little bit longer to get out to schools you know the by the ministration is under tremendous pressure to reopen schools it's now been a year many schools in this country are still doing distance learning virtual

learning students falling behind and so lot of this money goes to the schools to basically improve their ventilation system. personal protective gear so that's going to take a little bit longer to be felt in the schools but it is a huge bill and i was checking my watch because in about 45 minutes we expect the president to come out on a saturday make comments on the economy he's definitely going to try and build momentum for this so he can see the signature accomplishment get through the senate quickly. bring is the very latest from washington d.c. patty thank you. the u.s. is a step closer to having a 3rd vaccine after experts recommended the approval of johnson and johnson's the u.s. food and drug administration has been holding a virtual public meeting to decide whether to sign off on the one dose vaccine for emergency use it still needs official authorization by the f.d.a. which could happen later on saturday 4000000 doses are ready to be shits on monday

and we've all seen the news about johnson and johnson vaccine today's just 3rd safe effect of vaccine and is out they've approved 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 getting shots of people's arms. well this week the 1st doses of russia's sputnik vaccine arrived in mexico the country with the world's 3rd highest death toll now the 200000 people who've lost their lives in the outbreak has pushed the economy into its worst recession and 90 years and has minimal republican reports from mexico city the president is guessing much of the blame. vaccination efforts continue in mexico at this inoculation site in sochi need go health workers are ministering 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 lives to their patients in the area of medical professionals mexico has lost more lives than any other country that has been painful and i hope we have learned some important lessons we need a better health system 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 criticized. for downplaying the extent of the crisis. for his part the president has promised that everyone in the country will have access to vaccines as supplies become available and. the hand that the people should know that we are committed to vaccinating everyone as soon as possible or even if we don't finish by march every senior citizen will at least be vaccinated with one dose by the end of april. though mexico is now in phase 2 of the national inoculation program health experts warn that so far 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. reuters news agency is reporting that brazilian prosecutors are seeking to stop the purchase of an indian maize coronavirus vaccine the 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 job hasn't completed its clinical trials critics accuse the governments of cutting corners to speed up its facts a nation campaign. so korea says more than 800000 people have received their 1st doses of the covert vaccine so far it started the inoculation campaign on friday with the shots being given see frontline health workers and caregivers the government has been relatively successful in controlling the pandemic but it has

taken its time and starting that's a nation's problem bright has more from seoul. and staff 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 for the past year i've been very worried that if i got the current 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 after 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 pictionary for having what we should have secured vaccines in a more aggressive way instead of being late the government says it was being prudent want to 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 sold. new zealand's biggest city auckland says going into lockdown for 7 days the restrictions will begin in just under 2 hours from now schools and non-essential shops will close all travel in and out of the city will be restricted the rest of the country will be under a lower level of restrictions you zealand has avoided a high number of infections by closing off most international travel and quickly imposing restrictions when needed. the 7 days in this case relative to your recall is shorter period last time was the length of and fictious period we have had this case in the community across a wide range of sites and effect that we must assume it is the more infectious variant that we continue to deal with. the liver 3 remains the same as you recall from earlier in the month that means the main thing we are asking people in or

clint to do is to stay at home. palestine's health ministry says hospital in terms of 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 locked own recommended by the health minister and a 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 are spreading fast. renos boosting southern africa after years of droughts farmers in zimbabwe are setting up seed banks to store drug resistant seeds metasearch travel to mood c 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. which is the birth did. you come in. what you have deported. yes now you are married by 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 in food that you are receiving in here is very few it extend it in tame there be more in for clearing for sometimes so there is 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 less interested in growing drought resistant to dish and all crops such as millet and sorghum we need to really support because tradition and production of traditional crops so much is that 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 hit by the droughts because droughts are very recurrent part which is almost a fool that's why rural communities are being encouraged to keep the seed banks stocked up savings they can easily access when times get tough. al-jazeera

zimbabwe. so it's a come on al-jazeera ethiopia's military is accused of carrying out its campaign of ethnic cleansing in the tikrit region. hopes of a let up in fighting in libya are welcome news for many of its ancient sites and in sport find out what subset this former n.b.a. champion would see sales coming up later in the program. how the weather looks pretty quiet across much of the middle east over the next couple of days fair amount of hazy sunshine then we are going to see want to see showers having said that maybe the odd sharon to the fall north of saudi arabia some wetter weather up towards the black sea just sliding across the caucasus

georgia might see a shower with say western weather just pushing across the far east of turkey chance of a shower just around the iranian mountains as we go on through monday but to the east of that it's fine and dry kabul 13 celsius and to the south of that is fine and dry winds easing here in doha with a top temperature a pleasant $22.00 degrees celsius the sunshine stretches down across the horn of africa we have got some very wet weather there just pushing towards northern parts of madagascar easing across into southern areas of tanzania as you go through the next day or so showers there through the rift valley some heavier rain now gathering just around and zimbabwe go on into monday and that rain really popping up that could cause some localized flooding so we want to watch out for the showers extend their way into central parts of mozambique by the state just want to see showers to into southern parts of south africa but it brightens up nicely by the

time we come to choose day. but journalist in search of a missing colleague stops at nothing to bring her story to the public. in sri lanka press freedoms are on the 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. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world i cover foreign policy national security is very much a political impounds here's the conflict how do we illustrate it are we telling a good story will people get what we're finding here they're living outside and make tents this is not the way any family wants to raise their children we're

willing a kid in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feel as if you were there. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories for you this hour armenia's president is refusing to 4 of the country's top general even though the prime minister has publicly called for his dismissal the call but she and the kids is the military of an attempted coup. here's president joe biden's 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus a package has been passed in the house of representatives now you must go through

the senate before coming into force. yammers military has fired the country's ambassador to the u.n. after his defiance appealed to the general assembly on friday your move to urge the united nations to use any means necessary to end a month long military coup. bangladesh says it's under no obligations to take back 81 ranger refugees rescued spy the indian coast guard they've been adrift for 2 weeks in the undermanned sea and a crowded fishing boat along with 8 people who died they set sail from a refugee camp in bangladesh hoping to reach malaysia india wants bangladesh to take them back. well the 1951 refugee convention lays out state's obligations towards refugees these this includes that they can't be returned to a place where they felt in danger it also says the state shouldn't stop them

entering but india never signed the convention and has no domestic laws on protecting refugees despite this the hosts more than 200 thousands including some ranger bangladeshis sheltering more than 1000000 ranger who fled persecution in neighboring myanmar some hench are refugees pay people smugglers to take them to safety station or room in li is a visiting scholar at the international state crime initiative at queen mary university of london who 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 there permanently in camps the prospect of return to me and

mar 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 at they have an obligation to to take those people who are in trouble at sea to a safe place. if you open officials are being accused of carrying out a systemic systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in the region of the allegations

are in a us government report obtained by the new york times it says fighters who backs prime minister move in from time to time pushing out to gray and seize an intimidation and violence if you launched a military campaign against separatists in the vendor both sides have been accused of atrocities william davidson this international crisis group's ethiopia researcher he says the conflict to fuel tensions a bit of land rights in. during the early stages of the war. the federal forces intervened into west integrate they were accompanied by forces from the neighboring region including some irregular militia that was part of the military campaign to oust the greys regional government but many of those and horror of factions also had the intention of reclaiming what they see as an horror

land in west integrate and these reports indicate that there has been significant the population of to gray and from those areas in in western degree but much of this is being under covered under reported so far because of the lack of access to those degree and who have fled and we believe huge numbers into central to quit as the federation which has an ethnic or multinational character was created in the 1990 s. a regional state was created and it's at that point that the un horace say they were depopulated from these areas in western ukraine so was the areas formally been part of a region ever since some horrific actions 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 these areas. 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. it says crown prince mohammed bin someone gave approval for her should she to be captured or killed the kingdom has denounced the report is false done acceptable alan fischer reports now 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 salman 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 been summoned directly so what we've done by the actions that we've taken. is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate it. 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 known as what it calls the coup should you ban 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 muhammad bin salman because they say his denials of any involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi simply are not credible alan fischer al-jazeera washington. and bassett or matthew bryce's a former u.s. diplomat white house official he says he's surprised and disappointed 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 you know 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 i hope 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 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. iraqi foreign minister fouad hussein is in iran's capital on his 2nd trip this month is saying as meeting with his counterpart of it's

a relief and to her on a day after u.s. airstrikes hit in rainy and backed militias in eastern syria you know the border with iraq he's also met him ron's top security official he says the airstrikes only in coverage terrorism in the region. 5 people have been killed and more than 175 injured during protests in nasiriyah in southern iraq fighting with security forces on friday followed a week of violence during protests in the city people want the governor removed and justice for the protesters killed since 2019 your manasseh today nazario as are oppressed by the government and reality this is the result of what protesters want which is the resignation of judge nasm out wiley and the governor of fear car following the accusations of corruption made by many d p t s. yemeni government sources say more than 60 fighters have been killed in clashes between hutu rebels and government forces in the province he described it

as the most violent day since fighting erupted 3 weeks ago haiti's resumes an offensive to seize married earlier this month east of the rebel held capital sana the city lies close to some of the country's richest oil fields and its capture would be a major prize for the rebels. they all city of tripoli in libya dates back sizes of years having survived empires and conquerors but much more recent conflicts on the blanks have left its homes markets and workshops eating urgent attention while the traina reports. the arch of roman emperor marcus really has 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 established by the phoenicians nearly 3000 years ago it played or came under roman control and

flourished in the 2nd and 3rd century. the city was conquered by the rashid dune 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 ottomans over $28.00 parts 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 warlords leave behalf there's still the military campaign on tripoli. but his forces retreated towards the east

more than 6 months ago it was restarted. and how are you most sure we want to keep what is left of the old sea to insert a new 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. is a blacksmith he says the lack of attention by the government to include will dispute have had an impact on his business. this craft is like a way we have ups and downs when the political and economic situation a stable business is better but there are still some people who enjoy handmade items and come and buy from us tripoli's 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 in 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 traina al-jazeera tripoli. still to come on al-jazeera children in the netherlands nice to score high on happiness index we'll tell you why that's no longer the case. and a footballing superstar has kickstarted another off pitch controller see all the details just ahead in sports. mount vesuvius is one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. but not everyone fears living in that shadow. would give force a religion or something like that again but we're serious the good people who don't live up on the spot al-jazeera world goes to the red zone near naples. to

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and those children move once ranked among the world's happiest but more are getting depressed because of the coronavirus pandemic that danson 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 her 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 a horse i. can't really go outside it just gets worse and worse and worse the parents of 14 year old the pain saw the son changing from an energetic positive teenager into a latasha 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 over sports in the will be between his death and the burial i was sitting next to his body every morning and i realised 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 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 in an adult 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 there's a fairly huge impact on the mental help of children and teenagers and the 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 its 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 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. a funeral has been held for a 100 year old became famous for his coronavirus efforts captain raised more than $45000000.00 for charity cheering the pandemic he did it by walking $100.00 laps of his garden just before his 100th birthday and was knighted by the queen for his efforts this in say this sense in a $1000000.00 after contracts in kuwait 19 and pneumonia.

well let's move on to the sport you're sara thank you very much well that may still be february but manchester city already look to have one hand on the english premier league trophy city of just peace and west ham 21 to secure their 28th straight win in all competitions their goals came from rubens a ass and johnstone's the win me a city 13 points clear of 2nd placed manchester united. and bron james as hit back of football as for him of it she's criticised the basketball star for political activism that santa is a swedish national national whose parents are from the balkans and has himself in the past spoken account against racism but they similar and strikers says it's a mistake from 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 well this is the response that le bron gave off to the lakers latest game it's funny you

say that because i believe in what you don't know. when he was back in sweden talking about the same thing because his last name was in a certain last name nobody was racist born or when he was on the pitch. right it is their right. i thought he said so. i speak from a very educated mind so i'm going to actually go ahead because the homework now brown has consistently spoken out against social injustice and gave his backing to the black laws lots of protests in fact last year he campaigned against voter suppression in the us is black communities ahead of the presidential election and in 2018 he opened a school in his hometown of icon a high a to help children considered at risk and the lakers star has also worked for the n.b.a. players association the union that helps to promote player welfare. well boscobel writes a brand and scant favor of instances activism by the likes or

a bomb helps him connect to the games 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 the people of color and less and more is really nothing you know even during obama's administration but post obama going into the whole truck presidency in particular with that promise school and just being about things concerning the notion concerning george 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 this whole 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 it's not a competition this is by anything right not on the ballot in the just way i think

o'brien has more important things to worry about and what someone of another sport had to say specifically because the lakers just now a 4 game losing streak beating damian lillard in the pool a trailblazer so this 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 . social injustice powering people of color and in educating tony's american basketball star jermyn in his complaint about receiving racial abuse on court she said the former n.b.a. champion says he's been called coronavirus while playing and then plays for golden state's affinia in the g.v. and days official minor league where officials have opened an investigation their eyes sungai the air is a sport rights and he says it's a good thing that man has taken a stand. and 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's statements i can say confidently that. really. it really hits at what a lot of asian americans again 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 by alliance 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 and encrypts arrive in time trash when says it's wrong to claim his team anything then because

a favorable pitch conditions the 30 s. match an homage lasted less than 2 days of india wrapping up the quickest test win in more than 80. england by 10 wickets cycle 21 series the. new condition people into believing a certain way so you watch the match you watch and when the game most act most everybody saying i'm happy on the game it's a good feeling but you don't want people to go back home and say it india is not winning the game at this the pitch that's winning the game so that's not what i want people to do and i know anyway that's going to come up and these are that's happening and it's happened for a long long time. i'm french open champion a take has won just the 2nd title of her career she'd be 2nd save belinda bench at $66.00 to you in the final the odds of an international 19 year old polish played didn't drop a set during the whole tournament this victory will take her to a career high of 15 in the world rankings. from

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