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threat words which have emboldened the protesters went back in myanmar in armenia growing calls for the removal of a prime minister increasingly at odds with the people and those in power dark clouds over the netherlands how the covert lockdown is affecting an entire generation. of an ash with the sports by munich maintain their lead at the top of the been to sleep. on the scoresheet again in a 51 win over clay. miramar is a u.n. ambassador has been sacked and publicly rebuked for betrayal by the military jintao that he urged the world to confront joe more ton told the general assembly he spoke

for the government to bounce on suchi but the army said it was an abuse of his power and his dramatic testimony on friday he said the military was a threat to me and mars exists in addition to the existing support we need on our strongest possible action from the international community to immediately and a military coup to stop opera seemed innocent people to return the state power to the people and to school the democracy. well the military leadership appears not only to have lost patience with the u.n. ambassador but also with protesters who are still streaming on to the streets launching one of their strongest crackdowns on saturday police and changed tactics chasing thousands of people through the streets of several cities with tear gas and rubber bullets and detaining those that they managed to catch tony chang has the latest now from bangkok 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 too from the early morning on saturday security forces occupied areas the protesters claimed as their own charging for what they pursued protesters 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 who are now 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. in memos 2nd city mendeley the protests were led by monks in this majority buddhist 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 months and it's unlikely these protesters will find sanctuary behind the saffron robes tony chang al jazeera well earlier i spoke to on jomo he's a human rights activist based in realize largest city gone i began by asking him for his reaction to the u.n. ambassador a statement. when the news when people who were watching on u.n. t.v. and several other mainstream media was streaming the yesterday's un

general assembly and people were not a speck in that from them and suddenly they're the message that's passed by the un prevented represent to give to their member state what was really excellent thinks that people want us to international community and it is came with quite a lot of excitement a lot of people cried of great overexcitement and it's i think the permanent representative to the united nations so you know martha stewart from the on the democratic principles on this thing and it completely agrees to why so no more people to the international community and of course these other side of it would be consequences that the mother she could react safely to dismiss the or to take actions against them by their you're presenting them mine yesterday on the general assembly the ambassador to the u.n. asked the u.n. to reverse the coup by any means necessary what do you think that

should mean and what from what you're hearing do the people still demonstrating in me in law think you should rule. well of course there is the largest scale demonstration has been ongoing with it but with a very highly went and all the young people marching together in late 2000 pounds and returned republicans the people on the street and request that has been mates to international community to reverse the coup is the thing that people want in myanmar of course realistically what international community could do is in the hands of international community and and indeed the fact that the recent action taken sent and a statement of current shouldn't these things will mark really move forward it has been there for whenever there is a problem a problem not coup but similar other atrocities took place by these armies military there was always a statement of prince sharon and i den meeting in the living no we are from the air

and of course it's an action taken by some international community particularly the u.k. u.s. canada and others those are appreciated but those things are not enough to move the process to the next that. you're speaking to us from me in law itself you're speaking to us from the ngo and that and demonstrations of course protests are still ongoing in that city and elsewhere will just say the mood is like from what you've seen and what you've heard and also how much fear is there that a crackdown from the military could escalate. the people on the street it's not like 1000 people are competent people it's like and return the calls and people in a different part of the country not in one city and it has been not for one or 2 the it has been consecutively for many days now at the different scale and there is already a brutal crackdown in a different part that's led to resulting sort of casualties and and and

in many many civilian while peacefully protesting on the other hand there is also what it's like white bread a rest of the of the civilian leaders and journalists today as well and civil society leaders regardless people are still going on and the more importantly the civil disobedience wolfman c.t.m. is on going that's hugely effective in impacting the government system so that those things are happening and that's many people do not want to group back to the dock the military leaders did not anticipate it this large scale protest i think they are reacting to reacting rather than expounding it's kept a survey here on the streets that people are not going to the walk not not only did the government stop even the banks which is the main driving factor of the economic development has been not launching for for for many weeks now how much do you think there is among the protesters and we know that there's another big protest that

shed for tomorrow for sunday how much fear de think there is among them that actually the military could respond in much tougher ways than it has already. well history suggests in 1900 there was like good well ugly military crackdown in 2007 in the u.s. or so from revelations led by the monk and these recounts remain and people know that it could it could it could be awfully but if people are living in the fear in the darkness they will not have a bright future so even in at the cost of the cost of anything lives or anything if still people are going ot once again and doing civil disobedience movement and people are still timing for tomorrow this meant that the theory. as it is the nature of human being if you're resisting against the guns and of course the few will be there but the fear is influenced by the courage of the people of myanmar to

to move to the brighter side of it dozens of students kidnapped from a secondary school in nigeria last week have been released gunmen raided their school and cut out a new share stay 10 days ago taking 27 students some of their relatives as well as a staff members and one of the students was shot and killed the group has now been received by local government officials in the city of mina in the center of the country. can confound or astute teams. from going to science college i hear. it in number. even though we have one in the hospital suffering from excessive exhaustion. under a lot on board. but it was peacefully. to be. medically. checked.

and i believe. the medical team will money to them. for a few more days. meanwhile the face of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped on friday from john gave in zamfara state is still unknown rescue operations are underway after gunmen raided their school in the middle of the night police say they have received information that the girls have been moved to a nearby forest while i did receive the latest now on both mass abductions he speaks to us from above. the resolve the students and members of staff as well as family members came after 10 days of intense negotiations between government officials and the armed men who held the students for at least 10 days now and it's also 10 days of intense tension anger and frustration on the part of members of the school community and the entire can get

a 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 gunman who abducted the students demanded the release of at least $6.00 of their members held in police custody we're not sure at this moment whether that 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 lot of people are questioning the rationale of the go sheeting with people they just criminals who i say were said to be emboldened by anyone some want to go see issues between them and government officials. well as ahmed mentioned there there are concerns that the nigerian government is encouraging abductions by paying ransoms it's a practice discouraged by many governments the u.k. for example says the average ransom payment for a western hostages just under $3000000.00 and it argues that paying such dim such demands leads to further kidnaps a view that is shared by the u.s. the spied this the new york times reports the hostage business has netted al qaeda one $125000000.00 since 2008 largely from european governments more willing to pay up but it's thought that this means that french and spanish citizens for example are now targeted more often well the jury and

officials deny paying ransoms but it's believed $18000000.00 have been paid to kidnappers in the past decade with opaque payments often made sue middlemen. well in cassy would do is of the new voices fellow at the aspen institute he joins me now by skype from port harcourt in nigeria sir thank you so much for joining us here in al-jazeera as we were hearing from our correspondent. the authorities aren't admitting to paying ransoms we don't even know if there has been an exchange with members of the armed group but from what you understand are ransoms being paid . thank you very much for having me i mean in storms instances there were instances when we had the transoms on the beach i mean recently we had that in . a certain amount of money hundreds of millions of not i was billed as one song

for to secure the release of musical news of keep not people and it's it's something that we see. governments all of them and one of the zone c d 9 deployment of around zones is just sort of nuts if you show. you new ransoms are where there is northeast of there never the never is unofficial. decline natural not nothing around so much on the i suppose the what we can see is is almost the proliferation of these kinds of kidnappings you know we all remember around the world the kidnapping of the chibok girls several years ago in borno state a 100 i think go on little bit more of the girls still missing to this day and now we've seen the 317 schoolgirls in zamfara states these other students that have actually been released from the share state what do you attribute this extension of

these sorts of kidnappings to are they soft targets schools. so it's important to on the stand on whatever it's happening now. i'm in evil do is just intensified because attacks on particle us to the. it's deliberate is targeting the soft targets and when you go into schools the most recent outdoor show in was a boarding school the dogs went in sometimes these boarding schools have very little security easy targets they're soft targets you could cut them you win the middle of the night and then weed and before security forces will be allotted the budget don't know stuff but it's important to states that. oh no we're having problems there list to see if we can reconnect the line at all

in there to see a lord due from the aspen institute speaking to us from ranger that's a shame i think we're not going to be able to get the line back up again but of course he was explaining to us about the expansion of the school kidnappings one of the reasons of course because schools remain soft targets will definitely touch on that story again here in al-jazeera and hopefully speak to him in the future well still to come on the news that we're russia but nick vaccine is rolled out in mexico a boost for immunity and the economy and sport a big crash couldn't stop this writer from making a strong finish at the u.a.e. tor.

it's going to armenia now where the top army general is at olds with the government the president is refusing to fire him even though the prime minister has publicly called for his dismissal accusing the military of an attempted coup but it's the prime minister who needs to fight for his job as he struggles with the fallout from last year's war with azerbaijan open for steere walker explains now from yet about . pressure is growing on prime minister nick open. with the president on saturday refusing to sign his letter dismissing the head of the armed forces saying it was unconstitutional the opposition it's a sign things are going their way. letter salute the decision of the president our people are standing with the army that the army is standing with the people and now the president of the republic stands with the army . the opposition accuses nicole pushing of treachery over his

handling of the war are going to go to occur about. the peace deal he signed in november ceded huge territory to azerbaijan at the cost of over $3.00 and a half 1000 armenian lloyd's. and the war isn't the only reason why many armenians have lost faith in nicole pushing the promises he made when he came to power 3 years ago remain unfulfilled that was easy expectation that only his state months will allowed to arrest or corruption there's or may judges on the stand the professional but no practical efforts were done for that people so that is nobody is really punished for misdoings they they they lose their optimist and trust the in the possibility of the progress of the country with pushing on as a leader. the street protests demanding mr passion yan's resignation have been

bolstered by support from the army generals the church and know the president of the republic. the prime minister's response on saturday evening was to return the decree dismissing the head of the armed services back to the president asking him again to sign the documents or take the matter to the constitutional court robin 1st i'll just era. joe biden says he will make an announcement on monday about future relations with saudi arabia as follows criticism for not including the crown prince in sanctions over the murder of jamal khashoggi a declassified the us intelligence report revealed the agency's concluded mohammed bin someone approved an operation to capture or kill the journalist in 2018 she was killed by a team of operatives inside the saudi consulate in istanbul he read his remains

have never been found. well the u.s. president has urged the country senate to act quickly on the nearly 2 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package joe biden thank the members of the house of representatives who approved the bill in the early hours of saturday the package includes direct payments of $1400.00 to most americans but not an increase in the minimum wage which was blocked by senate officials we have no time to waste if we act now decisively quickly and boldly we can finally get ahead of this virus we can finally get our economy moving again the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long we need to relieve that suffering the american rescue plan does just that relieve the suffering it is time to act atika has more from washington d.c. on what it means for most americans. the $10000000.00 americans are out of work right now millions of simply lost their job to no fault of their own but because of

the pandemic and because of the economic fallout from that so basically their benefits were going to decrease or if not cut off what this bill does if it's passed it will give them additional federal unemployment aid up to about $400.00 a week increase it's now about $300.00 but the bigger part is it extends it those are set to expire these that will then go till august so that gives people peace of mind to know that they're going be able to pay for certain bills in the weeks and months ahead well the wait while we all wait for the economy to recover it's also going to go towards increasing covert vaccine distribution increasing testing obviously that is something that's very frustrating for americans there is a huge demand for this vaccine an incredibly short supply of it so it'll help they say speed that up more of it will go to state local governments their budgets have been hammered by this economic crisis and so many of them are looking to lay off key employees school teachers garbage collectors firefighters police officers so

this will go directly to some states and some cities and the last aspect of it is schools it's been a year most students are still learning from home so a big chunk of this goes to help schools states local cities and directly to the people who are hurting the most in this pandemic the 1st dose is of russia's sputnik v. vaccine arrived in mexico this week but the slow pace of the rollout comes as the country struggles both with the human as well as the economic cost and this man reports from the capital in mexico city the president is getting much of the blame . vaccination efforts continue in mexico at this inoculation site in sochi need go 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 the 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 seen a case that way looked at me and 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 but it's 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 the other via. 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 the country will have access to vaccines as supplies become available pedro a the hand that 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 by. needed 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. al-jazeera mexico city.

that's children were once ranked among some of the happiest in the world but since the lock down came in an increasing number are suffering from depression now suicide helplines are receiving a sharp rise in the number of calls steadfast sentiment families in amsterdam who are struggling and those who struggle and that in tragedy. 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 sometimes. get as a ferry to fresh air for i 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 thought a 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 because he would be much more engaged with his friends with school was bored 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 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 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 this has had a huge impact on the mental health 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 center 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 bates 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. this is the news hour from london still ahead banking all a brighter tomorrow farmers in zimbabwe take positive action to safeguard their future corpse. and then sport a 2nd career title for the reigning french open champion jealous here but that

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

nevertheless mild enough to into the british isles and into france want to choose showers into parts of central and eastern spain and we'll see more of those showers gathering as we go on through monday a tad colder monday you notice in london and 8 degrees celsius plenty of dry weather there into central parts of the few showers down to is that eastern side of the but it's raining with quite a brisk wind blowing through here got a few showers too into the northwest of africa with bits and pieces of rain for northern parts. a tamil journalist in search of a missing colleague stops at nothing to bring her story to the public. and sri lanka press freedoms are under threat. and some stories can only be told by those who will not compromise on the truth. of news from just one

part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. in syria thousands have disappeared without a trace. forcibly taken from their families back with the most terrible thing to syria is to be detained this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship of a mother sometimes i thought it would be better to die than continue to be surely to uncork. the disappeared of syria on al-jazeera.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera me and mars u.n. ambassador has been sacked and publicly rebuked for betrayal by the military that he urged the world to confront. itself authorities of launched one of their strongest crackdowns as thousands of people continue to flood the streets dozens of students kidnapped from a secondary school in nigeria last week have been released but the fate of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped on friday from. fire a state. and the president is refusing to fire the country's top general despite a call by the embattled prime minister. has accused the military about attempted coup against them with protesters instead calling for him to go. for now on the race to vaccinate the world against the corona virus authorities in

the u.s. are set to approve the use of a 3rd vaccine signed off on the single shot johnson and johnson inoculation now rests with the food and drug administration after it was recommended by an advice panel it's also being reviewed in south korea a quarter of a 1000000 doses of the chinese made cinna farm vaccine are due to arrive in iran while the philippines is expecting more than a 1000000 sin of ak and astra zeneca doses on sunday and monday the reuters news agency reports that prosecutors in brazil are trying to stop the purchase of 20000000 indian made kovacs in doses it's yet to go through trials but only 3 percent of brazilians have had any jab so far while globally as of friday more than 50000000 people have received all the doses that they needed to be considered fully vaccinated. but it hasn't been smooth sailing prosecutors in several south american

nations are looking into accusations of corruption in their vaccine rollouts there have been reports that local politicians and their families are using their influence to jump the queue or for more let's speak the daniel shrine in argentina he's in the cat in the capital when his iris forest so that there have been reports of nepotism in vaccine rollouts from argentina to ecuador or how are people reacting to this. well i think you can see behind me these are several 1000 i'm t. government protesters it's probably fair to say they were against the government of both but for 9 days before the pandemic got to the scandal that erupted last week when the former health minister in a so going sally's got a c.e.o. was found to have been granting vaccines to some of his close friends to journalist to business leaders that has really goes fuel to their opposition there against

many things it must be said the government handling of the power growing of all respond to make in general the slow to go out of the box nation program here but i think we're seeing similar things across latin america folio this month we had the cruelty of the whole thing with this stuff. resigning because it was found with nearly $500.00 people they 2 had received the vaccines well before the rest of the population would be granted access and then we had the auction site and in the last few days friday they helped me to start in the quarter. so i you know he also resigned because it was found that he was doing much to save and growing seeing vaccines that's a close members of his family just days off to having told the country the frontline health workers and the elderly would be given the 1st access to people angry resentful and resentful perhaps not possibly surprised corruption off to rule in high places is nothing unusual in latin american politics brought

a great deal of resentment as you can see here around me directed at the government powerless behind me here that is so as you say resentment over these allegations of nepotism but when it comes to the speed of the vaccination programs what's the reaction like there. again it depends where you are in latin america but generally impatience i think there was a great deal of fun fair when the 1st doses started to arrive here here in argentina in december in other countries in january we had presidents in front of the cameras telling people they were going to be vaccinated they were going to get to the most remote areas of their relative their respective countries the reality since then has been a very slow roll out a few 100000 in some countries you spoke earlier about brazil where a tiny percentage of the population and one of the worst hit countries in the world have received their vaccine so far here in argentina it's been patchy the province

of one us are is a relatively speedy program here in the capital one osiris less so peru they've only just started their programs we had the 1st vaccines arriving this morning yesterday friday in europe why so much slower than people had anticipated given the promises being made to them often by their politicians and trying now with the latest there that protesting when a zionist daniel thank you the former us secretary of state has praised his former boss and his legacy at a major gathering of american political conservatives by compare said he was proud of the trumpet ministrations achievements on the 2nd day of the conservative political action conference the future direction of the republican party and what placed on trump and his supporters have in it is the key topic of discussion at the meeting in florida in the last few months we've been called clowns and deplorable

and ignorant rednecks. because the evil resistance the new york times think i'm the worst secretary of state of all time. yeah since i last saw you the chinese that sanction me the iranians don't think so much of me either. but but i'm proud of our fight and i'm proud of our accomplishments in that we have truly been doing the status quo. well let's cross live to john hendren now who is in orlando for us following developments might compare was the most senior official to speak at the conference i mean what was his message and also how was he received how is the trumpet ministration scene there now. well his message was sensually a continuation of the trump campaign the message the trump presidencies message

despite the fact that they lost the white house the house and the senate he says he's proud as you heard there to have been considered the worst secretary of state in history by the new york times as this is pomp ayos bid for a possible 2024 role he might run for the presidency then there are a lot of signs that suggest he will he's trying to help a number of republicans get elected and turn the house toward the republicans in 2022 he's done a lot of fundraisers for the menes founded and new corporation in kansas we don't know exactly what that will do but he's keeping his name in the headlines and he's burnishing the trump flag he hopes to be the heir apparent to trump and that's why he is so raucously well received here this is really the pro trump side of the republican party and they received him extremely well this seems to be his effort to sort of he's sort of the appetizer trump is the main course he will be the last

speaker on sunday and they are really both on the same page unless they both want to run in 2024 have been interesting to see. and john so is this a chance for conservatives to reframe their brand after trump's elektra loss and i mean as you say most people there are sort of trying to supporters that if you will are they representative of the whole of the conservative party. well that's absolutely true that the republican party is at war with itself you've got the moderates they are not welcome here that's people like liz cheney the congresswoman who voted to send troops impeachment to the senate the senate majority leader former majority leader mitch mcconnell he excoriated. after voting not to convict him in a 2nd a peach trial people like that and mike pence the former vice president he wouldn't overturn the senate's confirmation of joe biden i'm sorry joe biden as president of

the united states those moderates are not here this is really the pro trump half of the party and you think he was still in the white house and not across the state of florida that is more along the resort because they are trying ads everywhere people are wearing those make america great again hats this is a party that has a choice now to move to a post trump era were a continuation of the trump era and that is what we expect from donald trump tomorrow to talk about a continuation of his legacy and that america 1st policy that he stood up. john hendren with the latest from orlando florida thank you bangladesh says it's under no obligation to take back. the refugees who were rescued by the indian coast guard they've been adrift for 2 weeks in the andaman sea in a cramped fishing boat along with 8 people who died they set sail from

a refugee camp in bangladesh hoping to reach malaysia india bangladesh to take them back but bangladesh says that they were found closer to me in march and the indian territory. is a visiting scholar at the international state crime initiative a queen mary university in london he says legal responsibilities to help people rescued at sea need to be taken seriously. 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 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 at they have an obligation to to take those people who are in trouble at sea to a safe place farmers in southern africa are expecting a bumper harvest this year after a good rainy season but that's not always the case the region often experiences years of drought so farmers in zimbabwe are setting up seed banks how do what asset

travel to the farming town of will see in the northeastern zimbabwe where one community is saving seeds for the future. 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 in we draw what you reported 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 who that is if it is very few in the. they will be more in 4 for some times so this is a disadvantage so it's better to grow disabled. really 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 digital crops such as millet and sorghum who we need to really support because to ration 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 here to buy the drugs because drugs are very current. is or was to fall 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 still to come here on al-jazeera in sports a setback in the snow for the driver who's leading the way in the world rally championship. the population growth in anything is increasing the money pregnancies and all men and lots of self crisco from intended and introducing family planning interview to

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the old city of tripoli has withstood chad changing empires and co-anchors over thousands of years but libya's conflict of just the past decade compounded by simple neglect has left its homes markets and workshops in need of urgent care relic trying to reports. the arch of roman emperor mark is really is built more than 1800 years ago it's the only fully standing structure that remains from the roman era here in oil. the ancient city was established by the phoenicians nearly 3000 years ago it later came under roman control and flourished in the 2nd and 3rd century and. the city was conquered by the aussie 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 ottomans of the $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 the gleick that made worse by the country's tenure conflicts here roads in homes are falling apart but now the government has begun a renovation initiative. work was suspended during warlord khalifa haftar failed 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 sea to mean 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'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 well the trainer al-jazeera tripoli. ok will gemma is here now with the sport thank you barbro world cup champions by in munich a looking good in the effort to win a 9th straight but does make a title role that level is going to rise and 5 funny when i have a clone is just now 28 the goals this season for the striker surgeon are very also scored twice as by and stay 2 points ahead of abi leipsic at the top it's in may still be february but manchester city already look to have one hand on the english premier league trophy they beat west ham to one that 20th straight win it all competitions the goals that came from rubin d.s. and johnstone's city are now 13 points clear of 2nd placed manchester united and west ham stay false he so difficult so. in dispute in this era. with the situation in the run the wall will be able to do 20 years maybe as

one of the greatest achievements we have done all together in our careers. barcelona have gone 2nd in spain slowly go after a tear no win over severe lino se is set up as and abbas's 1st before scoring a 2nd himself that's about 8 league games in a row that messi has scored in the when he leaves boss are 2 points behind leaders athletico madrid but they have played 2 games more. i think that it is strong message through a doctor today against god he said the dean was i would say. you know very bad mood and from there i think that winning again and then willing to do. it gives us a lot another life know how to compete in the league lebron james has hit back of latin abraham of it he's criticized the basketball star for his political activism the town's

a swedish national his parents are from the balkans and has himself in the past spoken out against racism but the ac milan striker says it's a mistake for the like of jay likes of james to involve themselves in political causes in an interview he said just do what you do best because it doesn't look good while this is the response of brown gave after the lakers latest game it's funny he said because i believe in what you don't know the same god said when he was back in sweden talking about the same things because his last name was in a certain last name that he felt like it was a racism born or when he was on the pitch. right it is their right. that it was i thought he said so. i speak from a very educated mind so i'm going to rob actually go ahead because the homework basketball rights have brandon robinson things like bronze off the court workouts and connect with the game's fans. i think many people will too particularly

african-american athletes to be the voice of black folks look ron speaking about social injustice in powering up people of color and less and more is really nothing you know even during obama's administration but post obama going into it to the whole trump presidency in particular with that promise school and even just thinking about things concerning the notion concerning those slow it's nothing new that's that's his fight that's what he's added to do and i commend him for it and i think oftentimes people look at michael jordan as. conversation with lauren james and i think you know playing on the court aside i think that's the immunise that one james has that it's not a competition this is by anything right knowing about it in the just way i think o'brien 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. french open tennis champion egos fan tech has won just the 2nd title of her career she beat 2nd seed belinda bench at $6.00 to $62.00 in the final at the adelaide international a 19 year old polish player didn't drop a set during the whole told him and the winner was taken to a career high of 15 in the low ranking us wales have made it 3 wins from 3 in rugby 6 nations they beat england by 40 points to 24 in cardiff it's a 2nd loss in 3 games for the defending champions all the way and puts wales top of the standings sunday's match between france and scotland has been for sprained due

to a krenov arse outbreak within the french wards to france champion the paper got to his one cycling's that u.a.e. top to secure his 1st title of the the final stage in abu dhabi was hit by a big crash 40 kilometers from the finish line britain's adam yates was one of the riders to fall but he was able to pick themselves up and finish 2nd overall but capture of slovenia stayed out of trouble to win by a margin of 35 seconds and there was a setback in the snow for the driver he's leading the way in the world rally championship sebastian in asia hitting problems during the arctic rally finland the french well it's hard to hold a crashed out on the final time of the day he was able to complete the stage but slid down to 22nd rule the rally finishes on sunday for the stoniest tamarac the race leader. as will sport from the same time i think you'll see tomorrow

and that is it for this news hour stay with us though i'm going to be back in just a few moments with more of the day's news thanks for watching by. told the owners there are we know this tell us all in a case where us is how you compensated civilians who we listen to the only music you hear is the only the most beautiful music in the world is silence we meet with

global news makers and talk about the stories that will notice 0 jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julia not global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we and aware that be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there is always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are who would love to hear from you in the teeth to be part of today's discussion this dream on out is there. be the hero the world needs. washing. it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar

sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researches say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. me and mars military regime sacks the country's u.n. ambassador a day after his dramatic appeal to the world he called the military and they got the stench will spread words which have been bold and the protest movement in me and mark. my

hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up in armenia growing calls for the removal of a prime minister.