if you want to help save the world. to. sneeze into your own. the threat of another possible attack on the u.s. capitol forced the house of representatives to cancel its session. alarm clock this is on syria live from doha also coming up waiting for justice the palestinian families who hope an investigation by the international criminal court will bring them the answers they need. the last thing is nearly full thank you now in the retiring strong u.s.

states are warned against lifting covert 19 restrictions off to some announced plans to begin easing measures. because it is. excitement turns to despair for the long months of latest test of an unmanned rocket. serve in a session of the u.s. house of representatives set down for thursday will not be going ahead reportedly because of fears of a possible attack it's a week since the world witnessed the storming of the capitol but donald trump supporters and law enforcement officials have been facing criticism in congress for the laying sending help for l. official reports now from washington d.c. . there's been tight security around capitol hill since the day the complex was attacked high fences research national guard backing up several police services know there's to be increased security after the f.b.i.

and others picked up reports of another possible breach the idea is donald trump will be installed as president on march 4th the date of the fust inaugurations in the u.s. until it was changed in 1933 the rumor spread on conspiracy websites understocked of a protest to back it up the current security posture for the capitol and he wants we are working with law enforcement partners. as well as the national guard to provide a robust security around the campus of course that security posture is here we have an outer perimeter as well as an outer b.c. to the new security measures announced as the senate tries to figure out what went wrong on january the 6th the latest to give evidence the head of the national guard in washington major general william walker says local officials are frantically played for help he called the pentagon for approval to send troops a final decision inexplicably delayed by don't trust team at the pentagon i learned

at the u.s. army senior leadership at the request of the approval for chief sons we ques would eventually come from the acting secretary of defense and be relayed to me by army senior leaders at 5 o 8 pm about 3 hours and 19 minutes later as congress continues to investigate an intelligence failure which field to support the threat on january the 6th one leading f.b.i. figure insisted there was nothing concrete to act on none of us had any intelligence suggested individuals were going to storm and reach the capital and that was the intelligence that we lacked and with the new threat a warning of why defenses are being increased i agree any time an adversary is successful others pay attention and so we're worried that this would be an inspiration capitol police say the threat has been assessed through increased internet chatter but there's nothing to suggest that there's any group ready to

head to washington d.c. with a plan of protest or violence but after january the 6th no one is ready to downplay the threat or take the risk of getting it wrong alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill. the funeral is being held for one of $38.00 protesters killed and mayhem are in the worst violence since last month's military coup 19 year old mark tyson died in clashes with security forces on wednesday witnesses reported seeing troops firing into crowds with little warning spotter deaths protesters are already right running again to demand an end to military rule well despite the deaths protesters rally on the center and there are live pictures the latest pictures from one place just it is just one of the cities where demonstrators have been taking place weeks they want democratically elected leader and censored she released she was arrested last month when the military seized. the international criminal court is set to

open an investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territory because prosecutor says it will look into potential crimes committed by both the israeli military and palestinian groups it's been welcomed by the palestinian authority but criticized by the israeli government it is more. this is a moment many palestinians have been waiting for the international criminal court us to getting allegations of war crimes in palestinian territory including violence against protesters near the gaza israeli offensive few years ago but the clearest violation of international law is the illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank more than 600000 israelis live in jewish only settlements killing any possibility for a future palestinian state. it's been 6 years since palestine joined the international criminal court earlier this year the i.c.c. is chief prosecutor received a green light from the pretrial chamber confirming the court's jurisdiction over

gaza and the west bank including occupied east jerusalem i think that we will be encouraging of prosecutor to look at all the situation in palestine all crimes crimes against humanity and war crimes and mainly the settlements regime because there is no complementarity and such. and this is a state policy and this is the state the government of israel policies and it's a systematic and widespread violation for international law i meant it accords family hopes the court brings them justice he is one of 7 the palestinians who have been confiscated from their family. of collective punishment a recent report by you case for end sick architecture says it was shot and bled to death after being denied medical treatment israeli soldiers killed met at a checkpoint near

a body stone the army said he tried to run over soldiers but the report says he didn't pose a threat. i lost a little girl at that he used our son as a guinea pig a subject for the trying this is a continuing policy that dozens have been killed like this after my son and hundreds before him. dies is chief prosecutor says it's also investigating allegations against palestinian armed groups in gaza. you can't equate the oppressor with the oppressed and the israeli occupation policies constitute a grave violation of international law but our national resistance is legitimate. israel is not a member of the hague based court prime minister benjamin netanyahu termed the decision absurd and anti-semitic. without any jewish person in the cited are brutal views every precaution. against the worst terrorist in the world will

deliberately target. is our soldiers who are war the israeli government says it's considering functioning palestinian officials and in response to the i.c.c. opening its investigation they might even advance more in the building. where the united states has joined israel in opposing the investigation washington says the court doesn't have the jurisdiction because israel is not a member of the i.c.c. jordan has more now from washington d.c. . after the i.c.c. ruled a month ago that it did have jurisdiction to look into the behavior of the israeli military in the occupied territories the united states took israel's side and said that the i.c.c. didn't have jurisdiction now that the i.c.c. has announced that it is going to go ahead with an investigation not just into the activities of the israeli military but of palestinian militia groups as well the

u.s. is sticking by its partner in jerusalem this is net price the state department spokesperson we firmly oppose and are disappointed by the i.c.c. prosecutors announcement of an investigation into the palestinian situation we will continue to uphold our strong commitment to israel and its security including by opposing actions that seek to target israel unfairly the i.c.c. as we have said has no jurisdiction over this matter israel is not a party to the i.c.c. and it has not consented to the court's jurisdiction and we have serious concerns about the i.c.c. as attempts to exercise its jurisdiction over israeli personnel now it's important to note that the chief prosecutor fatu bensouda had been sanctioned by the previous administration here in the united states but her term is ending soon and there is no requirement on her successor to continue the investigation however many people

who support this decision are arguing that it's up to an impartial 3rd body to take a look at all the facts and then decide whether anyone should be held accountable this is a case that is not going to be resolved any time soon a police incident go have to go through rubber bullets to try and break up into government protests one person has been killed so nichols opposition leader has made it so and it's a recipe for paul to supplant the man with rights rather in dhaka is due to appear in court. to face a rape joke which he denies and says is politically motivated the military's those station don't cite the police station which is the. winds pushed into. police have been firing tear gas and if you look right behind me over there there are hundreds of protesters in one of the main arteries of the capital there are supporters of opposition leader with one song go and look there over here to and inside the university which is

a strong full force on coke now they're protesting because he was arrested earlier this morning on his way to meet a judge over a case of alleged rape he says that case is politically motivated but the authorities say it's a criminal case and since he has refused to attend those meetings with the police he is now in detention he's also in detention for causing public disorder and what you're seeing right now. the opposition accuses the government of heavy handedness previously the courts in senegal have charged rivals to mikey cell including the son of former president. the former mayor of of deckard all ended up in jail with this arrest of months sancho this bears and other significance because he's seen as the voice of young people young people that have suffered during the coronavirus pandemic young people that are fed up with the restrictive measures put

in place to prevent the spread of the virus and have suffered economically for this and so much of this protest is less about the opposition figure but more about young people trying to express their discontent towards the government. still ahead here on al-jazeera venezuela's president is accused of using the country's gold reserves to evade international sanctions. and the comic book artist capturing the ups and downs of life under quarantine. how he once again we've got some rain in the forecast for parts of the middle east over the next couple of days we will see some wet weather just moving into the eastern side of the mediterranean through the levant spent some rather wet weather

holocausts live to beirut just 13 degrees celsius cool enough interest them at just 9 degrees celsius is that cloud and right slidin across syria moving across northern parts of iraq some snow there over the turkish mountains and that wet sabotages wintry weather just making as well and further eastward into iran surprises guys come back a bit higher the temperatures do recover to be fine we can for the most part if i didn't try to across the arabian peninsula that temperature in doha could be up to 30 degrees celsius by friday afternoon so some pleasant sunshine coming through although the winds will gradually pick up present sunshine across a good part of east africa but around the rift valley we're saying those showers continue into were a rumble away here more thundery downpours possible southern parts of tanzania seeing some heavy bursts of rain from time to time as well plenty of cloud there into the democratic republic of congo showers there it's eastern parts of angola really wet weather will be across northern parts of mozambique original originally

and then we'll see wetter weather come into western pass madagascar. but. the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i'm afraid because. 998 where did these ideas come from the tragedy of morning news how much people try to set the plates getting to school happy families older people joining me on to star see you on the final part of my journey when i had to become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india's sole on al-jazeera. moon.

how to get your watch out there are a reminder about top stories this hour and police say they've obtained intelligence of another possible plot to storm the u.s. capitol 8 weeks after it was breached by donald trump's house of representatives session scheduled for thursday has been canceled. the international criminal court is opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories says it will take a nonpartizan approach to possible crimes by both israel and palestinian on. a funeral is being held for one of $38.00 protesters killed it may have more in the west dead and since last month's military coup 19 year old molokai sin died in clashes with security forces on wednesday witnesses reported seeing troops firing into the crowds with little warning. well it's been 3rd time unlucky again for billionaire musk and his attempts at they'd successful test flight of an unmanned

rocket. i mean you. think you didn't do it you could do it because it was not. everything seemed to be on target and kill the space x. rocket landed and then that happened what went wrong 2 previous flights crash landed in fossils despite the latest failure must remains optimistic that he will one day send a futuristic starship to the moon and tomorrow's let's bring in sara webb she is an astronomer at swinburne university of technology and joins us from melbourne so sarah this is a dramatic outcome but it did i guess you could say did actually manage to make a touchdown before exploding which didn't happen with its predecessor. yet absolutely said the thing that sets this rocket a pot was that it did manage to land and stay pretty steady as it landed on mike at the 2 previous test front so that in itself is

a huge success but unfortunately then it did blow up which is unclear exactly why that happened but it's still pretty successful in comparison to the other 2 signals can we speculate what went wrong the propulsion systems seem to be working but i guess it's not the landing systems right it could be a combination of multiple different things it also depends on how much fuel was still inside the rocket as well so these rockets a quite special that you see me thinking feel rather than the high she an oxygen that much additional rockets star it could be a combination of just unexpected forces and remaining she'll within the tank but they have exactly what it's a very unique rocket and they have very unique propulsion systems on them as well that do allow them to land certain remind us what's being attempted here wouldn't spend 6 trying to achieve with these test flights. so space x. is trying to achieve something that we've never done before as a human race so by trying to create

a rocket that is able to not only leave us all bit but come back and return and land and be very usable and as you can probably imagine they're at heart and having things that are reusable is very helpful you can imagine if you're caught with one essentially it be a very expensive time trying to get anyway and that's the same when it comes to space industry you want things that have reusable and sustainable so production that is the ultimate goal to have this rocket that is able to go to the moon mas and beyond but still be able to land and be reduced to different launches through and you would expect these setbacks i guess in the process of attempting to reach that goal oh absolutely yes any any type of engineering feat what you are not only developing news hyper propulsion system but a new type of fuselage that so many testing boundaries that have to occur and so it's not unsurprising that we have seen that he got to play out in real time but it

is a good thing because this is this is how we land this is how engineers and scientists able to gather more data and figure out exactly what needs to change so it's a real life science experiment that we're watching. unfortunately there have been some setbacks but that is a good thing because it means whatever has caused them will now be addressed and identified and what's the plan for the space that exists in terms of looting missions and miles missions. thank you very much faith. been very vocal about wanting to go to mosque and i think it will absolutely happen in the next couple of decades or so and so the 1st step for anyone trying to go to modest is to fests go back to the meeting we haven't been in or 50 fiftieth's and fessed up it's trying to actually get ourselves to that mean and face the challenges that come with that where it be radiational extended spaceflight so i think space x. is definitely planning in the next decade or start to achieve both of those goals

both reaching the main and modest which human space spaceflight passages on it there was always exciting stuff to think about appreciate that thanks very much indeed sir where they're from swinburne university in melbourne. now venezuela's opposition has accused president nicolas maduro his government of illegally selling the country's gold reserves to evade u.s. sanctions a representative of opposition leader one quite made the allegations before us congressional committee he says the gold was refined in mali and then sold mainly in the united arab emirates the opposition says last year the scheme generated more than a $1000000000.00 in cash for the duros government a latin america editor lucien human has more now from santiago. venezuela's opposition foreign commissioner a. conference in which he revealed what he calls are the details of a cash gold scheme being carried out by the president. in venezuela in order to

circumvent u.s. economic and banking sanctions it deals with sending tons of gold to countries like the united arab emirates on russian planes sometimes countries like mali or other countries in africa this is not the 1st time that these allegations have been made but this is the 1st time that so many details have been spelt out or just did not make any of the documents public but he does say that he gave them to the u.s. congress to the u.s. office of foreign asset control or as well as to the u.s. state department interestingly this coincides with the 1st face to face we presume meeting between opposition leader and the u.s. secretary of state and this was followed by an announcement by the white house that it would continue to regard venezuela as a threat to u.s. national security and this is the mechanism that used to justify all these wide

economic sanctions that were 1st imposed during the barack obama administration former french president nicolas sarkozy says he'll find his corruption conviction to the end. sentenced to 3 years in prison with. influence peddling and attempting to bribe a judge speaking on french t.v. for the 1st time after his conviction he said there was no proof of any wrongdoing on his part. have never betrayed the trust of the french people fight and fight until the end because he never in my life tolerated nor accepted injustices what is taking place today is profound injustice. and the truth will blow up when this will be at what point in time i don't know but i will fight until the end. a man armed with a sharp weapon has injured at least 8 people in southern sweden in what police are treating as a possible act of terrorism suspect struck at several locations in the town of

atlanta he was arrested after being shot and wounded by police some of the victims suffered serious injuries. there were chaotic scenes in nigeria as 279 schoolgirls kidnapped last week were returning to their families. as police fired shots into the air after parents burst into a hall where government officials were giving speeches in front of children witnesses say they were impatient to be reunited with the girls after a 5 day ordeal. the u.s. president says a move by him to states to ease coronavirus restrictions is a big mistake the governors of texas and mississippi are dropping nearly all measures from next week despite warnings from health officials my kind of has this report now from washington d.c. . businesses in texas preparing to reopen fully the governor's decision greeted

with a mixture of joy and trepidation it was wonderful to hear you know money is going to let us open our 100 percent i'm a little bird. they mentioned the total taking off the total mask so i have a portion of my customers that long what we're doing over here and this message from houston's police chief making it clear that private businesses have a right to insist on a continual wearing off masks a right some say they will exercise we're still going to encourage our customers to wear a mask because i think it is probably safe for our staff are still going to wear masks were still in our sanitizer we're still going to practice the safest thing we can country star dolly parton celebrates receiving the vaccine exene that seem that they don't see an increased rollout across the u.s. as one of the reasons quoted by the governor's decision to open their states but

this is premature insists the centers for disease control which continues to encourage a mass mandate the next 3 months are pivotal and asking you to reach deeply to protect our nation and to protect your luck. whether mandated or an arts as individuals and as community we can still take the right action to protect ourselves and others are the strongest repudiation of the decision coming from the us president every describe the governor's decision as a big mistake in the last the last thing we need is neanderthal think you know in the meantime we're going to try and take your mask forget it it's still matter. in some states like florida the mosque mandate was virtually ignored throughout the months of pandemic this despite cases peaking at close to 20000 a day in the wake of the december holiday season here in the nation's capital the

mosque mandate and other mitigating measures have been strictly enforced since march last year this discrepancy in how states deal with the pandemic is explained by the lack of any federal mandate under the previous administration but now a federal mandate is in force some government is insist on ignoring it my kind of outer sirrah washington brazil's most populous states plans to cancel all non-essential businesses for 2 weeks as the country registers a record number of corona virus deaths for a 2nd straight day so polo's governor says the health system is at breaking point with someone being admitted to intensive care every 2 minutes a brazil recorded 1910 deaths and more than 70000 cases on wednesday more states are likely to follow despite president giant paulson are threatening to cut federal funds to any governor who imposes a lot graham. germany is said to gradually and cautiously lift coronavirus

restrictions chancellor angela merkel and state leaders were in talks for 9 hours on wednesday working on a step by step plan to relax measures for monday people will be allowed to gather in groups of up to 5 and some shops can reopen public support for restrictions has fallen that measures will be reimposed if the infection rate gets out of control. when you think the oft over to put it out task now is politicians and this is what we discussed over many hours is to take the next steps wisely that the state should be reopening without ceasing ourselves back during this pandemic there are many examples in europe of a dramatic 3rd wave and we shouldn't delude ourselves this danger also exists for us we must always keep this in mind yes i can say that the spring of 2021 will be different from the spring of a year ago but the past year has been a roller coaster of emotions for many around the world some of them have been captured in a new comic book about life under quarantine more than 70 artists from around the

world tribute it to the anthology their will is on their reports now from new. a dystopian future vision of a plague read world a depiction of life as an asian american being blamed for the virus spread to a hopeful message of renewed friendship during last year's lockdowns just some of the stories that make up this quarantine life a new collection of comic strip art depicting life during the coven 1000 pandemic the anthology was the brainchild of steve walker a comic art instructor at the art students league of new york in may last year he put out a call to artists for their stories of this most unusual of times what surprised me about the entries were. just the breath of the work the amount of detail and love that people put into their work the the amount of craft that we got shown on you know on the page was really incredible some of the stories are

vignettes on the humdrum of coron teen like this one about remote learning and several deal with the issue of shopping but there are also more sinister tales looking at the power of conspiracies and even tender stories like the final one by about having a newborn child during lockdown every artist was dealing with the pandemic differently from feelings of extreme loneliness or anxiety. but working on the stories you. i could see that and then you would lift the lid and you've got the sense of hope underlying everything the cover work was provided by a new york artist whose work is a commentary on artists in quarantine at the very height of the pandemic in spring last year you'll see little islands with with artists on them like in their own bubbles and the sea between them is failed with these screens at least

screens that are filled with like really awful scary news. that's how i felt at the pipe available as a free download the anthology provides many different perspectives on a shared world history gabriel's john doe. new york. this is out there these are the top stories and police say they've obtained intelligence of another possible plot to storm the u.s. capitol weeks after it was breached by don't trump supporters house of representatives session scheduled for thursday has been canceled the international criminal court is a being an investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories it says it will take a nonpartizan approach into possible crimes by both israel and palestinian groups

the u.s. has joined as.