you believe these were toys. it's the babies that. are investigated exposes and question the use and abuse of power around the globe. on how to see. al-jazeera. either i'm convinced this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. the only. bloodiest day yet in a month of violence the u.n. says meehan miles military has killed at least 18 protest is. another pro-democracy crackdown dozens of activists in hong kong

a charged on the beijing's national security law. where are there we go to the school in nigeria as the hunt continues for more than 300 kidnapped girls. a sophisticated set up the philippines gears up for its covert 900 vaccines bust this concern for people in rural areas. and install we'll be talking to cast the same menus lawyer as the olympic champion fights to compete at this year's tokyo games so many is taking her legal case against world outlets ix to the european court of human rights. more people have lost their lives fighting for the release of aung san suu kyi man was democratically elected leader is due to appear in court in the coming hours a month after being deposed in a military coup her detentions triggered countrywide protests and in the past couple of hours the united nations has issued

a strong statement saying at least 18 people have been killed on sunday alone after live ammunition was fired into crowds tony chang begins our coverage. medics struggle to treat a wounded protester shot in the chest and arm on the streets of dar way in southern myanmar the security services crackdown early on sunday police supported by the military firing tear gas rubber bullets and live around. but despite the dangers protesters still turned out in large numbers to oppose the military coup. thank you on live rounds used in yangon a man wounded in the streets of play down district the protesters tried to give him 1st aid and get them to cover. as the tear gas rained down they ran for shelter. elsewhere hid behind improvise shields but if the intention was to get the crowds to disperse it failed regrouping out of range

of the guns the protesters remain defiant the crackdown has been widely anticipated and the crowds are fully aware of the dangers they face down or. we the public are only protesting peacefully and now the military has come to crackdown they're just here to give us trouble we want peace we have nothing but still they come to crack down on us. we want to protect our people because the police aren't doing that they're attacking us instead as you know the jointer is doing illegal actions so the citizens need to protect themselves. the campaign of civil disobedience has been widely observed against the military coup on febrile the 1st in many areas people block the roads with obstacles and cars the progress of the police hindered as they tried to clear a path in some places the protesters tried to take a stand throwing projectiles a molotov cocktails at the police. but it seems

a futile effort as they attempt to stop a military government prepared to use lethal force against its own people. and tarnishing gave us the sound they just a short while back he's following developments from bangkok. we've been doing reports all day they tell it coming in from around the country the difficult thing is being confirming the security services well it's obviously protest so the medical services the been supporting the protests. make you very hard to conceal the. information i've been getting from sources in young gone in mandalay certainly suggests that there are greater numbers. than those that we've been able to. face what i think you didn't know. is that at this stage this is the deadliest day since the military coup there the 1st let's take a look in more detail at the un's condemnation of what's been the bloodiest day of

protests it says in several locations throughout the country police and military forces have confronted peaceful demonstrations using a lethal force add less than lethal force that according to credible information received by the u.n. human rights office has that at least 18 people dead and more than 30 wounded test reportedly occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds. to be started is founder of the in burma a network of organizations supporting human rights and me and all she joins us now on skype from bangkok thank you for your time so the un as as you said is saying that 18 people at least have been killed now in me and what more can you tell us what are you hearing on the ground. well we're hearing that at least 18 people have been killed but we're very concerned that the number could be higher because we've not heard from other regions in the country at this point we've only heard from the south into new to even people killed in the way in munich in yangon in mandalay

and who and also burgo these are all main cities what we haven't heard from is from places like me and smaller cities like small townships like loike or incorrectly state and in current status well we're very very concerned about what's happening on the ground there as well obviously the military is trying to scare people to dissuade people from from going into the streets do you think this will hold the momentum of these protests. we are actually seeing escalation after so you saw the military is trying to turn these cities into was owned by bringing battle hardened soldiers with their weapons into these areas against unarmed protesters it's time for the un security council take action and send a delegation to defuse the situation in burma without delay how organized are the

protesters because we've seen rolling blackouts haven't we rolling internet blackouts i mean that must have some impact on the ability to organize. how organized are they how much further do you think they're prepared to go. this increasing violence is telling young people that it is almost inevitable that they will go back to the days of previous military regimes and military dictatorship if they don't take a stand and now they know it's now and never now or never they have to overturn this coup or else the entire country will be doomed to another 3 decades of military dictatorship talk to me a little bit if you can about that generation i guess as you're saying lots of young people out on the streets lots of young people who've grown up i guess with holds for democracy who've seen an from 3 g. as a leader so are they the ones who are driving this now. yes yes definitely

the young people with the energy and who know that it's their future at stake but i think for many of these young organizers these young people leading the movement this is bigger than aung san suu kyi n n l d this is about the state of their country it is what do you think about the international pressure do you think that has made any difference i mean we've had words of condemnation we've had to be in mars ambassador at the u.n. make a very emotional plea do you think any of this is making a difference it's made a huge difference in the country because senior diplomats and senior public servants recognize that this school and this winter is illegal and even under the military designed constitution it's tie and i think international community needs to match condemnation with action and this is why we urgently need the u.n.

security council to send a delegation to me on my right now to stop this violence to diffuse the situation and get a negotiated settlement right there to start that they would stop the founder of our network of organizations of all human rights in me and. thank you. and the fallout from the pro-democracy battle continues in hong kong $47.00 hong kong activists and former politicians have been charged under the new national security law imposed by beijing they're accused of participating in an unofficial election primary for the territories legislator last year adrian brown reports from hong kong. leicestershire is a district councillor now facing the prospect of life in prison after being charged with violating hong kong's tough new national security law if he's convicted his political career like his freedom will be over on sunday he was one of 47 activists

told to appear at police stations across the territory with his wife for 4 weeks by his side sure i'm insisted the fight for democracy in hong kong must go on i want you to tell all of the hong kong people no matter where you are to keep faith and to be hopeful and to count in you our struggle just to do you believe you'll be disqualified you are no commie i had our show him that same question 7 months ago after he was detained for taking part in a small protest in breach of social distancing rules i really don't know where i would it start i don't know but i'm i can say for sure that this. shooting was a candidate in an unofficial poll held last july to pre-select candidates for legislative elections 2 months later elections which were later canceled with the government citing covert 90 the strategy of the pro-democracy camp had been this

again a simple majority in parliament block important legislation and force the resignation of the territory's leader kerry lamb but such tactics common in democracies around the world are enough to get you arrested in today's hong kong and in january the police came knocking rounding up 55. of activists including us human rights lawyer john clancy who was not charged on sunday but joshua the territories best known podium ocracy voice was he's already in jail after being convicted of organizing an unauthorized protests 2 years ago when the beijing imposed national security law took effect here kerry said it would only affect a small number of people so far it's led to almost $100.00 arrests with half that number now charged human rights groups say that hong kong is heading in a north or a tarion direction with new laws and regulations curbing freedoms once promised by

china gradually the voices of dissent are being silenced adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. hundreds of protesters in thailand's capital are calling for the prime minister to step down activists say the elections in 29000 were rigged the demonstrators in bangkok are also demanding constitutional reforms to make the time monarchy less powerful i say laws protecting the king from criticism being used to silence dissent. and jarius government has ordered all boarding schools to close in an area where $317.00 schoolgirls were kidnapped the fate of the students is still unknown they were taken from the town of john gave a on friday in the latest of a series of mass abductions in the north police say they have information the girls have been moved to a nearby forest one of the girls who escaped her abductors has been describing her ordeal. and out i was coming out from the door and i met somebody that ran back and

hid under my bed and scared of going back to school because of what happened but i'll go back if the government makes it safe ahmed interest has more from the school into give a town in some part of states where the girls were taken. they've been rumors flying about but the ghosts of been found and then denying it and then this rumors are processed and they refuse to go away but our senior officials are confirming to al-jazeera that some progress has been made and probably they hope in the next 24 hours the girls will be back home now the situation in the school the police in fact are coordinating the rescue operation helicopters coming the forest to find exactly where the locations are it's not clear whether negotiations have been going on or not at the time for the time being but we understand that several ministers are currently in a state a meeting the governor and other personalities in the state to try to chart a way forward for the situation

a presidential candidate in church says government security forces have killed his mother son and 3 of his cousins dealer digital bitches says a unit of the presidential guard raided his home at dawn chair former rebel leaders the business his candidacy for people's elections on friday the government has confirmed the raise if it says its forces had no choice but to shoot when they were fired on it accuses of leading efforts to destabilize the country. went ahead on this news including mixing and matching to tame covered 19 we'll tell you about a unique trial underway. and small pacific island nations have avoided a huge coronavirus outbreak the crisis is still hitting them hard. and for once the brilliance of christie rebelled or is it enough to inspire a win and he's here with that story.

development of vaccines to attack the corona virus pandemic is gathering pace the u.s. making the significant advance a one shot dose johnson johnson job is the 3rd vaccine to be approved in the u.s. that's the worst affected nation in the world another but it's leading the way is the u.k. there oxford university is increasing its supply at home and in west africa 500000 doses of the astra zeneca oxford vaccine have arrived in ivory coast following ghana earlier this week but the rollout hasn't been so successful in south america's biggest country or been a quarter of a 1000000 people have died brazil since its 1st covered 19 case one year ago china is facing problems too there's concern travel restrictions could be in place until next year because domestic distribution of vaccines has been slow one country that hasn't received a single bank seen those yet is the philippines officials in major cities have unveiled how the launch their inoculation program but there's already concern

people in remote areas want to get it jamila island open reports. this is one of the most advanced and sophisticated vaccine storage facilities in the philippines so are out to prepare around 40000000 for this area in 2 weeks' time we were able to put up these vaccinations already. we have in this. well. it's up different types of that in the. funds have also been allocated to purchase growing a virus vaccines for millions of its people but the situation is in the sea in many rural towns in the small town in the. province villagers say they are allocating about 10 percent of their annual budget to the purchase of crew in the virus vaccines it's money that was meant for infrastructure and education.

we know that the philippines the national government going to provide that says for everyone that this way we decided to contribute for the good the flower constituents. you belive it or not for usenet this refrigerator is a lifeline it stores vaccines for polio and measles and will be able to keep colvin's back scenes that don't need sophisticated cold storage systems while other wealthier cities are able to set up separate vaccination facilities rural health clinics like this one will have to serve as main back to the hub at least for now but this fight meager resources help workers here tell us they are ready and all they're waiting for now is for the coronavirus vaccines to actually arrive the government says it expects to vaccinate 25 percent of its 110000000 people by the

end of this year but while other countries have started in occupations vaccines have not even the right in the philippines been on our fears but i must thank you for hours a day. where exhausting evokes the daily beast not the solution to the fund then we buy it surely we offer i be very significant solution to this and still the prospect of them provides hope to millions of filipinos already weary of the pandemic jim duggan al jazeera levitt on where they see a province northern philippines small pacific island nations have largely been successful in keeping covert 19 at bay despite these efforts the tourism dependent economies have been badly affected there's no sign yet of recovery. pup when you guinea is experiencing a rise in coded 19 cases and testing writes

a low but for the most past pacific island nations have avoided a major health classes during the pandemic their crisis is an economic one with borders shot many people are out of work and true as independent countries like that awhile too and. that's also recovering from a cycloid that devastated communities from many in the pocket transport of the church and. everything. that's a real crisis. vaccines are being rolled out in the marshall islands and plan all helped by the u.s. government but for the rest some experts say it could take years to bax in a small oist of the people countries are initially relying on the global kodak's initiative an alliance of organizations delivering that seems to developing nations exact rollout dates for the pacific conserved but it's hard to tell begin in the coming months for of interest free to send over what do we know x.

but there isn't enough we need the support of everyone to make sure. eventually everybody. gets this horrible out there. for the other writing percent this trial ia and new zealand have committed to supplying vaccines but their timeline also isn't clear some experts believe this trial ia should already be hoping its neighbors given its relatively low numbers could get 19 cases and to secure regional influence in the pacific if we want to keep being developments in the region it is name calling for us to. provide the region with that savings to help them with the implementation of the vaccination rollout the region has previously faced challenges in delivering vaccines to isolated communities this time around vaccination is critical to reopening. borders and getting countries. gauge. in new zealand have been traffic jams for hours around its largest city or

client as people get used to one of the strictest lock downs in months schools are non-essential shops are shut movement in and out of the city is severely restricted after a new plaster was found links to the more contagious u.k. variant you zealand avoided a high number of infections by banning most foreigners and quickly imposing strict measures when cases emerged we have think really been without loss of life i covered 19 for some time but there is still the primary reason we take the strict short and sharp measures covered kills people just recently we saw the united states mark a devastating milestone in tombs of the scale of lives lost in the country we must never lose sight of the reason we take these measures it is to save our people's lives and to save their livelihoods the world's 1st study into mixing and matching

different covered 900 back things underway in the u.k. the trial will examine the best dosing schedule for the pfizer and astra zeneca injections china angela reports from southampton hospital one of the 8 sites taking part in the trial. it's a race to beat infection with injections and volunteers in the u.k. and now helping scientists to determine how to get optimism immunity from approved vaccine $820.00 people aged over 50 are taking part in the study testing the efficacy of alternating between the pfizer job and astra zeneca as compared to giving 2 doses of the same vaccine just say no i. mean i reminded myself of the fight scene for the trucks will be happy to head to head thank you. for volunteers like katrina is a chance to contribute to the fight against covert research is needed it's. generally a healthy person so i don't think it's going to cause me to my problem and it's

nice to give something back and be able to connect help right away can you know i'm not working that moment. from. you know i think you might have to do something to help this child this testing to dosing schedules one with a 4 week interval between 2 injections another with a 12 week gap these volunteers won't be routinely tested for covert instead they'll be giving regular blood samples to measure the levels of antibodies and the mean cells t. cells that the vaccines produce against the virus participants want to consent video that also spells out the value of the trial because it is being able to find a vaccine to this week. as it should prove to people to be immunized. did told when they get the next vaccine but not which brand i'll get my 2nd job in 84 days where some people are just going to get this after 28 days. scientists

hope that combining 2 vaccines will strengthen immune responses by harnessing the best features of each we've got very good reason to think that by using one and then the other that well 8 immune systems respond even better both in is. remember coronavirus in the future but also in the reduction of the immune response to that and they plan to add new vaccines like never vaccine yancey to the trial once approved. the ability to mix and match parents could make back to nation programs more flexible speed up the process and reduce the impact of any disruptions in the supply chain with the u.k.'s vaccination program well underway the results of this 13 month trial won't have any impact here but with initial findings expected in the summer it could benefit poor countries in the global fight against coated. al-jazeera southampton. ecuador's health minister has resigned

after several members of his family jumped the vaccination queue they're being similar sex scandals in peru and argentina and the reports from when i cited. the battle to control the coverage 19 pandemic in latin america is under way but is being hindered by patchy deliveries of the vaccine and scandals in the government with the task of organizing the vaccination programs here are. the latest to go is the ecuadoran health minister one caller survive yours who admitted ensuring that his family was given preferential treatment all the more committed we have all committed eras this is a pandemic that has taught us the importance of recognising him. last month as the vaccines arrived in ecuador a country of one of the highest per capita death rates in the region he said they would firstly be given to the most vulnerable. without persona's gets down to the people who are on the front line medical staff and also people over 65 years old.

many of them are still waiting for the former minister has fled the country. a similar scandal emerged earlier in peru when it was revealed that at least 2 ministers and a former president were among the lead. 500 people to be immunized weeks before the rest of the population. and in argentina a few days later the health minister his gonzalez garcia resigned when it came to light he devoted friends and colleagues to receive what have been called the ip vaccines. his replacement all of the sortie has since tested positive for covered 19 and is self isolating. supplies from a number of sources continue to arrive this 1st batch of nearly 200000 doses landing in europe why from the chinese soon as that of oratory. and 40 tons of oxygen donated by chile to prove with supplies of one day to see you know. that

protest against handling of the pandemic are increasingly common use one on saturday and one osiris is there but if they give it to the president and the vice president then ok but they shouldn't box in 8 the deputies or the ministers that's no good i'm almost saying one message on from i've got inside information from independent media that the pandemic doesn't exist it's just tested to fill the hole . or they're angry with the government some still believe the pandemics is a hoax but others are against the vaccine or whatever else people feel their impatience to put the pandemic behind frustrated by the slow pace of the vaccination programs confused by contradictory information and i angered by corruption in their governments the road towards normality is still fraught with obstacles. and they're all just here i want to cyrus. still ahead on al-jazeera unshackling the chains of the past defendants have freed slaves one kenya's

government to recognize them as an ethnic group. a poisoned legacy people on the caribbean island of malta make seek justice for the use of a chemical they say destroyed deadline. and in force will be speaking to many as noir takes the next step in her legal fight to compete as tokyo with. the weather is looking pretty quiet across much of the middle east that the bible got a little bit of cloud just around the black sea the caspian sea easing down into iran if you want to catch a show i would syrians to kuwait as we go through monday but the the weather weather will be a little further north east in parts of turkey georgia or armenia azerbaijan you could catch a shot here as we go on through the next couple of days some of the picture then as

we go on into choose to across the arabian peninsula is generally fine unsettled temperatures in doha getting up to a pleasant 24 degrees and a lot winds it really will feel lovely over the next couple of days dry weather stretches down across the eastern side of africa through somalia some rather wet weather there in says southern parts of tanzania there we're going to see some heavy showers all the way down through malawi really wet weather that's been in place in 2 and zimbabwe over the last couple of days and it's going to stay very wet here over the next couple of days notice how we got this little circulation just starting to work crock-pot piron the east coast of mozambique and again that could cause some localized flooding as we go on through the next day or 2 so that's certainly something to watch out for the shallots that in place as we go on into wednesday the south africa it's fine dry and sunny.

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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.n. says meehan massacure the forces have killed at least 18 people in the most violent day guess of a month long trick protestors were killed in yangon on demand today and for opposite 30 awardees. 47 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been charged under a controversial security nor posed by beijing are accused of participating in an unofficial election primary for the territories legislator. areas government has ordered all boarding schools to close in an area where 317 schoolgirls were

kidnapped the fate of the students is still unknown they were taken 2 days ago from a town in the north. saudi arabia says it intercepted several air assaults by her the rebels in yemen who targeted riyadh and cities in the kingdom self and the armed group is stepping up an offensive in the yemeni province of merit child reports. saudi arabia intercepts rockets over riyadh on saturday night. after go after. saudi state media said they came from yemen fired by who theory rebels several explosive laden drones targeted other southern saudi cities. the attack came as push forward in the northern yemeni province of merab. they launched an offensive against the saudi backed yemeni government here in early february excess a day was the most violent day yet. front is one of the hottest war fronts since

the beginning of the aggression on yemen this has been the situation since the beginning and except for a small period. after more than 60 years of war the who these more merit because it's the yemeni government's last northern best union to come. it could bolster the who thinks at the negotiating table this is a very critical thinking place it looks like i both sides would like to be in the stronger bargaining position and. these thoughts the problem of course is that these short term gains they are thinking all good actually they're a eluding you the strong says launched by new u.s. administration the yemeni government has issued urgent coups for the huth east to stop their offensive they wound of a humanitarian catastrophe merab is already home to the largest concentration of displaced yemenis and he's to make his 2000000 people. still the

government is fighting back on saturday they reported killing 350 who the fight is in just the. cobra benefits a suicide mission and i'm not going to come back when the yemeni government urges them into the fighting it's not a sign of weakness we make these calls out of responsibility but regarding the fighting forces were fewer numbers and they were defeated for 2 thirds of the population some 20000000 people food is what they need the u.n. estimates 400000 children under 5 are severely malnourished and that they are in the last weeks and months both sides say the opposite putting civilians at risk and yet neither stop shelling shallop ballasts. felton back out to is the director of the said half a complex and humanitarian studies here in doha he says the balance of power and arabs had the city from yemen's long running conflict. this is the last stronghold

of the night international good night government in the north again so if it does fall it will open the way for how these 2 push further to the south and most important i think it will be a unitarian disaster but in terms of the parliament call itself i don't think it makes a huge difference that the yemeni parliament calls for this it has been weakened over the last few years greatly full time barak and he who is the head of the parliament have been calling for support for the armed forces for a long time and matter of as it is already holds the most loyal forces for president had the and as such for the recognize government so there is there are other issues there the. payments for civil servants and military forces that have not been. issued for a few months now and i think maybe there's an opportunity here to call for for that

to happen in order to raise that of the soldiers who are defending matter in the governorate there more than a 1000000 displaced persons from all over yemen particularly from some region and all over the years married has managed because of the by the suppliers and within the city has managed to keep itself a bit out of the conflict and has provided safe haven for many displaced but also importantly for many international humanitarian agencies most of the headquarters in the north are operating from within the matter and both would be threatened if the houses were to push any further into the city. a car bomb has killed 7 members of a joint security forces patrolling iraq's anbar province the army and popular mobilization forces were searching an abandoned car between her death there and ana and the device was triggered. and his radio and cargo ship that was damaged by an explosion in the gulf of oman on thursday as dr dubai's port for repairs the blast left holes

in the m.v. helios re vehicle carrier israel says iran is to blame no one on board was injured in the course of the explosion is still a no and there's been no immediate response from tehran. a russian war ship is docked in the sudanese board for the 1st time russia is fighting to set up a naval base in port sudan president vladimir putin approved the plan in november the facility will be capable of handling nuclear powered vessels. the descendants of freed slaves in kenya the seeking official recognition as an ethnic group their ancestors were rescued from ships bound for zanzibar following a british ban on the indian ocean slave trade. reports from farah town of mombasa where many of the freed slaves settled. the story of frederick you ladies family is one of great suffering and survival his grandfather

from tanzania was in slaved and rescued and settled here. it's in a community of people with similar histories who prefer town in kenya's port city mombasa to something. you see could be taken from me. if only the government. the history of free a town is told in a nearby mural is named after battle an officer in the british navy which the $870.00 s. enforced a ban on the slave trade in the indian ocean controlled by bonny sultans enslaved people who were rescued at sea with settled here by the british who were colonizing kenya at the time. we met some of their descendants who originate from all over the east and south africa grandfather came from money down i mean we are going

for the 5 as our sons south africa here from nasa land. long long time sister said they told us it causes problems having an identity it's not among kenya's official ethnic groups it becomes very difficult for them to really be registered because we're raised to the off issues that i am a man with 0 am yes there's no such tribe in kenya where tony and he's not just. they say young people in freetown often deny their historical roots to register for id card just to fit in. something that patrick a boom says he's a problem he's the curator of these caves a heritage site widely believed to have once been used as a holding pen for in slave people who don't talk about or if it means to be silencing but dialogue and silencing

a lot of people's identities. there are the remains of chains on the walls of the cave according to local all histories and archaeologists this is where people were chained up and held captive for weeks before being led through these tunnels out on to the beach to slave ships waiting in the indian ocean. historians say millions of africans were enslaved and shipped across the seas to the middle east and beyond over centuries many died on the way. those who ended up in freetown were lucky a settlement was founded by christian missionaries to build this church 140 years ago 'd 'd. christianity is still going strong with older members of the community who worry their unique history is fading away. and their identity with it malcolm where al-jazeera. kenya.

hundreds of people marched in the ukrainian capital on saturday to protest against the jailing of a right wing blogger and activist 'd. they threw flares at the prosecutor's office and demanded judges reconsider said hester nichols case who was convicted this week for the 2015 kidnapping of a politician but his supporters say he was targeted for his anti corruption campaign. thousands of protesters in the french overseas region of martinique have called on judges not to throw out a long delayed case on pesticide poisoning couric own protocol rather was used for decades on the caribbean island even after it was banned on the french mainland being blamed for high levels of cancer reports like. marching on an island they say has been poisoned by pesticides thousands demand justice for

a crime they say is 2 decades in the making some of it is it it is absolutely necessary to be here today to fight the criminals those who have polluted martinique those who are destroying us those who have already deported our ancestors who in slaved our ancestors who today want to poison us want to see us disappear enough is enough now nearly all adults living on martinique and neighboring guadalupe have traces of code to clone in their blood tons of the chemical was sprayed on banana crops contaminating soil rivers and coastal waters it's been blamed for a high incidence of cancer and residents believe the french government should be held accountable for almost 5 years of anger is beginning to seriously translate there is no question of it started to the limitations of the chain of crimes that have been committed against us against nature and against the humans of this country it is not possible that the state which bears in large part of the

responsibility will not take steps to true reparation of the damage that has been caused. kordic and sold under its commercial name capone was created in the us in the 1950 s. it was banned there in 1996 off to several contamination incidents. the world health organization has cast a fight at as potentially carcinogenic experts say it also affects children's naveh systems in children in those people who now have it in their bodies the cancer rate on the island years out of control it really is a dangerous and damaging pesticide banned won't go in france and most of the world but permitted in that island far too small. french president emmanuel mohan has previously called it an environmental scandal but the future of the case is on the high tribunal of magistrates in paris as some evidence has disappeared and the damage may have happened to long ago to now tame compensation to.

the people of martinique however remain defiant and according on the french government to give them the justice they've been waiting on the 15 years. america charge 3 ouches era. el salvador is heading to the polls on sunday to elect 84 members for its national assembly polls indicate nearly 70 percent of voters favor president policy and as my note of hello reports there's a fair the vote could destabilize the democratic order imposed by a 1992 pace accord that ended a civil war. it's mid-term elections in el salvador this year many people are expected to vote along party lines and the new ideas party led by old salvador's president. is a favorite to win. president bush is very popular among voters and even though the president is not on the ballot the logic among many here seems to be that

a vote for the president's party is a vote to support the president's national agenda. whether it's important for us to vote i think president bush is very capable he has shown us that he can make our country succeed everyone trusts him we know he's going to do good. last november the president will kill his approval rating was 96 percent according to a gallup poll and congressional candidates are hoping to ride on the coattails of that popularity and sees a congressional majority for the president's party. isn't there. some analysts however say controlling a majority of seats in the salvadoran congress would further consolidate the powers of the presidency a slippery slope toward the politics of the 90. in seventy's and eighty's when the president held absolute power you would. believe if you listen to the propaganda from the new ideas party the only thing they are proposing is to help the president and exist only to carry out the interests of the president by offering no other

pragmatic laich that of. since becoming president in $2990.00 put his popularity has only grown much of this is due to the success of his government's anti-violence initiative which cut homicides in the country by almost half. however book killer has also clashed with political opponents and has been criticized by human rights groups who have accused him of having an authoritarian streak pointing to the treatment of gang members in the nation's prisons and last year book ala drew harsh criticism after he brought armed soldiers into will saboteurs national congress building to pressure lawmakers into approving a new security law is having. someone who does not respect the rule of law he disrespects opponents these respects the national and international press and differ specs every person who has the courage to post. some political observers say

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stand the thought has andy thank you so much kamal double olympic champion caster semenya isn't giving up on her fight to compete at this year's tokyo games so many will be taking her legal case against world athletics to the european court of human rights in 28 same truckin fields governing body introduced new rules focused on female athletes likes to menu who have high levels of naturally occurring to start the 30 year old house found in 2 previous legal efforts to overturn the ruling our presence a man is banned from competing out of preferred distance of $800.00 metres unless she takes medication so lower her to start strong levels over the hole at 6 a ruling is designed to ensure fair competition and is the result of scientific research which links heights of structure and levels so you better performances it applies to running events between the forger meters and the mile and this impacts on so many distances of the $81500.00 affected athletes must take medication for at least 6 months something so many as such you won't be doing the alternatives include running longer or shorter distance events well let's talk now to custom

menus lawyer gregory not joining us from johannesburg gregory thanks so much for your time today do you feel 3 a human rights court may be more receptive to this case than for example that the court of arbitration for sport wish it was rejected her appeal. clean and yes i think this is really a pretty mean discreetly our attack on this occasion squarely on the 14 arps human rights we believe it's a human rights violation and and the best form for to hear the human rights violation would be the european court for human rights is there a broader principle at stake here for other athletes not just caster but other athletes who may be affected now or in the future at stake absolutely absolutely and i think us and those that are self she said as much in the so this is classified but she believes that it's a fight for women who face derogatory or. prejudicial

attacks upon herself so she sees a little fight for women in a similar situation as herself have you been somewhat surprised by the lack of empathy and support from for more than 6 which in essence is out there presumably to see supports what cloth us lates like castor absolutely absolutely and the i think that's exactly right i think if you hit the nail on the head we have been surprised by that because after all she falls under the rubric of the world athletics. rubric and one within it one would into support that would stand by the athlete of a particular just as the searchers one has as custer who is an iconic figure not only in our homeland but around the world the support for justin is enormous now will the flat 6 would say these rules are based on research and net designed to ensure fair competition what he say to that. well you

know and it depends on your daughter's daughter it depends on where the daughter's got from and and and how it is hard as measured we would argue that it's discriminatory rooters argue that it's against human rights who are discouraged to describe it as invasive you know you spoke about. hormonal interventions but it goes beyond hormonal interventions it goes to physical interventions as well so that we believe that there's have violation of articles 14 articles 8 articles 3 of the new of the european convention for human rights all dealing with the dignity of the human being all or talking about the degrading treatment which we believe there are these you know are the regulations and and a right of respect all of which we believe are being infringed against custer and

have been for many a year you know just a has fortified for for well she's been in the courts on 3 occasions now will be a grown up for 3 occasions but she's had this shadow of pain over her head since 2000 when she won the world championships and burden 2009 so it's quite an extraordinary feat on her behalf but he she remains an indomitable spirit. gregory will this case be heard in time for tokyo and could she be there any way competing in another events what's the timeline here. that's a good question andy look this is the the case has been put down on a priority list for her for hearing but for the president to make it to victor asian in regard to our experience but but they are busy many cases of torture and so on that there will be heard by this court so we are hoping that there will be a priority here given journalists thing but. the chances of

a been heard before told you are probably unlucky but more the more likely he would be the world championships and $22022.00 but haven't said that andy we believe that justice will be seen at the olympics whether it will be running the $200.00 or the $1500.00 or whatever the case may be but we believe the trust of will be running her agenda and running her 3rd objectives she says she's a strong willed person and so are i don't see her not being there gregory not joining is from johannesburg thank you so much for your time we wish you the best in the coming months thanks very much and thank you for the support of your viewers think you. now mexican boxing star can our alvarez's looking good in his effort to become the undisputed world super middleweight champion the 30 year old is celebrating a 3rd round win over turkey's neil there in miami this victory means he can now

focus on fighting be a champion billie joe saunders in may can our holds 2 of the 4 major belts at this weight you need all 4 to become the undisputed champion. well that's the city have suffered a defeat in the english premier league as they look to secure a top 4 finish in champions league qualification divisions 3rd place tin basin 31 by arsenal at home louise allison relax and nicholas pepper getting goals for arsenal who themselves are chasing a place in the europa league kris jenner and i'll get on the scoresheet the event is on saturday not enough though to still be defending itself in champions to a victory the portuguese star open scoring here just after half time. even taking on verona the home side however getting an equaliser with just 10 minutes left in the game. when all they did then have the chance to get a win in stoppage time but didn't quite take its.

we can compete for the title we have to think one match at a time and there are many matches ahead of us we know we cannot make mistakes any more our goal is to win as many matches as possible and get to the last stretch and take our chances and head to head against the other team that the top of the table and the not fortunate moments in japan's top division the je here is you talk you she did displaying the kind of touch any striker would be proud of. sadly though it was in the wrong nets fortunately for him it didn't cause too much damage to his team no good grampus going on to win this game to want. are going to be more sport for me in a couple of hours but that is how you sports are looking for work thank you for that adding. african american astronaut victor glover has said to perform another spacewalk from the international space station he's the 1st black american

astronaut to be stationed there for a long duration mission the eye affair has been his home for the past 3 months. you are inspiring us and you are reminding us of what is possible when we read the book on saturday glover received a call from u.s. vice president carla harris she congratulated him for making history. what's believed to be the roman equivalent of a wedding limousine has been uncovered under the ruins of pompei this 4 wheeled chariot was perfectly preserved for more than 2000 years before big found by italian archaeologists last month experts say the chariot was too big an ornate for every day use and was probably for festivities and parades most likely carrying newlyweds to have new homes. they can always find much more on our web site the address for that is of course al jazeera dot com. that's it for me ken but

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x. museum in amsterdam hundreds of protesters gathered to demand the government lock down restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 this threat is that we use our freedoms to protesters who are not following social distancing rules who are repeatedly ordered to disperse by police but police are trying very hard to pull friend to scenario that happened last week when thousands were rioting in cities across the night. after some protesters started throwing stones at letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i am afraid because i know all the minorities need to be afraid where do these ideas come from tragedy but more lives at home want to try to send the clothes are going to the preschool. happy families older people join me on the stand see you on the final part of my journey when i to become

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