iris and damning. one its christian population continues to do window and security issues plague the country. can the pope bring hope to those who see it as an authority. fears of a new suspected securities wrapped up in washington d.c. and u.s. politicians cancel a session limited reports of a plot to breach congress. come about the same this is all to syria live from doha also coming up building barricades bandicoot protesters in myanmar take to the streets a day after 38 people were killed and a crackdown. international criminal court launches an investigation into israel's

alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories. excitement turns to despair for a long musts the latest test of an unmanned rocket. the u.s. house of representative session won't be going ahead on thursday reportedly because of fears of a possible attack it's 8 weeks since the world witnessed the storming of the capitol by supporters of donald trump law enforcement officials to face criticism in congress because help wasn't sent for hours on official reports 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 no. 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 and there's talk of a protest to back it up the current security posture or 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 in the air 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 signs we quest 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 failed to spot 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 as 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. on capitol hill democratic representative common says there are a number of reasons those in session was called off but security was in mind i think that it was easier for us to just go ahead and get all of our business done as you know tomorrow begins the republican issues conference and so i think that there were a multitude of reasons but i do have to acknowledge the fact that many of my colleagues and staff and maybe even some of you who were there during the insurrection people are deeply concerned about what potential threats could be out there and it's not just threats here but it's us coming here it's we all live out in the community and so you have heard already from the capitol police that threats are up 90 percent to members of the house so i think it's reasonable that we just

went ahead and finished our work. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a bill aimed at preventing police misconduct that includes measures such as restricting funds to local governments that allow officers to use chokeholds house past that george floyd just as in policing act just days before former police officer sean goes in trial for his murder last year and still uncertain whether the u.s. senate will approve the bill george floyd's killing sponsors nationwide protests in 2020 against police brutality and racism. the violent protesters are back on the streets across me and more after 38 people were killed in the most violent day of the joneses crackdown found a funeral is being held for one of the demonstrators who died on wednesday 19 year old mark he was killed in clashes with security forces witnesses reported seeing troops firing into crowds with little warning despite the death demonstrations on a game getting underway across the country to demand an end to military rule the

u.s. which is imposed sanctions against the military leaders has called in other countries to take action against the jungle we are appalled and revulsed to see the horrific violence perpetrated against the people of burma for their peaceful calls to restore civilian governance we call on all countries to speak with one voice to condemn brutal violence by the burmese military against its own people and to promote accountability for the military actions that have led to the life lots of life of so many people in burma the u.n. special envoy in myanmar says she is shocked by wednesday's violence diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations. the u.n. envoy christine shriner bergan a spoke to reporters just 2 days before she's due to brief the u.n. security council she said the international community needed to send a clear message to the military because the situation is getting worse by the day

to day tossed a block a state who happened on the 1st of february. we had to gain only 2 days starting at 8. and we have now morgan or 50 people that had started and many are while. she said she'd last spoke into the military to the deputy commander on the 15th of february she told him there were likely to be harsh international measures including sanctions he replied that they'd had sanctions before and had survived them she told him his country was likely to be isolated internationally he replied we'll have to learn to march with only a few friends she was also asked by reporters why she thought the military had staged a coup at this stage on the 1st of february she said the commander in chief is due to retire in the summer and he may have wanted protection from future prosecution

by the myanmar authours his or by the international criminal court but she said the main reason was the military will use the power and didn't want to lose power. decided the coalition fighting in yemen says it's destroyed a ballistic missile fired in the kingdom's territory by who the rebels say the media says the missile was launched towards chez un side of the country earlier the rebels said they shot a missile at a saudi oil facility in the city of jeddah most of saudis all facilities are located in the east more than a 1000 kilometers from jeddah. the international criminal court is set to open an investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territory the court's prosecutor says it's going to look into violations committed by both israeli military and palestinian groups that's been welcomed by the palestinian authority but criticized by the israeli government they were able to him as 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 israel fence a 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 of the government of israel policies and it's a systematic and widespread violation for international law at a cost family hopes the court brings them justice he is one of 70 palestinians bodies have been confiscated from their family. of collective punishment a recent report by you case for n. sick architecture says it was shot and bled to death after being denied medical treatment israeli soldiers killed at a checkpoint near a buddy's town the army said he tried to run over soldiers but the report says he didn't pose a threat and 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. the cited are brutal every precaution. against the worst terrorist in the world. is our soldiers who are war who 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 theft in the building. the occupied west bank. still ahead on al-jazeera.

and he's moving to break up protesters after the arrest of senegal's opposition leader. but as well as presidents accused of using the country's gold reserves to evade international sanctions. however it is set to turn somewhat cooler across northern parts of europe over the next couple of days we've got a barrier of high pressure into central parts and that's getting squeezed out of the way so that's going to allow some banks of cloud and rain to just roll in from the atlantic canada will see that western weather moving across southern parts of england through wales as we go on through thursday down across the low countries sinking down across a good part of germany further east we still have some restate in the snow there

from moscow 3 degrees celsius is that system makes its way through 7 celsius in london 12 degrees there in paris we go on through friday will see that cola wetter and wintry weather it ties sinking further south with the 7 degrees there in paris by this stage is that disturbed weather just pushes down into central possibly some wet weather around the balkans italy seeing some showers still a few showers there into spain and portugal a little drier by this stage across the eastern side of the mediterranean we still have one or 2 shallows in place and that cheri rain just drifting down across the far north east of egypt for a time want to see showers as well into northern parts of algeria from that west the weather that we have moving across portugal at least slide down across the straits of gibraltar bringing some rain into northern parts of morocco.

amidst destruction and disband a group of friends resist. rescuing books from the rubble they build a refuge for freedom and democracy. a secret library of hope from which they endeavor to rewrite their story and that of their country. who witness. bombs on al-jazeera. lewis. oh. your child is in a reminder of our top stories this hour the latest u.s. house of representative sessions been canceled reportedly because of fears of an attack security has been ramped up since donald trump supporters that stormed the

capitol building in january. a funeral is being held in miramar for one of 38 demonstrators who died on wednesday and he could protesters are back on the streets across the country after one of the most violent days of the soon to scrub. international criminal court's opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories it says it will take a nonpartisan post a possible crimes by both israel and palestinian on groups. they said it all have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to try to break up anti-government protests one person's been killed senegal's opposition we do know it's money song was arrested for participating in an unauthorized rally in dhaka is due to appear in court to face a rape charge which he denies and says is politically motivated the military stationed outside the police station where he's being held because he was at the demonstration in dakar 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 they're over here too 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 cause the public just ordered 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 the car all ended up in jail with this arrest of 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 nicolas sarkozy says he'll fight his corruption conviction to the end the former french president was sentenced to 3 years in prison on monday because 2 years suspended for influence peddling and attempting to bribe a judge speaking in french t.v. for the 1st time off to his conviction he said there was no proof of any wrongdoing on his part it has more from power. well former french president nicolas sarkozy

was certainly in a very defiant mood on a primetime television news show here in france it was the 1st time that we've seen sarkozy in public since monday when a court in paris convicted sarkozy of influence peddling and corruption and gave him a 3 year prison sentence with 2 years suspended now sarkozy reacting to that said it was a travesty of justice he called it an untimely cratty decision he said he was innocent and during the trial he has maintained that this is all the result of a political smear campaign that there are those in the justice system perhaps in the police service that are simply against him now sarkozy said that he intends to appeal he doesn't know how long that appeal will take but he is determined he said to clear his name. if once i've come to sage the french people i am a man who was always assumed his responsibilities i will keep my head high because

i am being blamed for acts that i did not commit it is an injustice i will fight to the end until truth prevails when it goes sarkozy said the long before this trial he had already decided to step out of politics that he was always going to of course take an interest but he wanted to spend his time with his family doing other things however there are many people many of his supporters on france's right in the french conservative party that are perhaps hope the nicolas sarkozy might even run for president in next year's presidential election he said though that simply wouldn't happen it is clear though the nicolas sarkozy's political career is over not only because of this conviction but also because he faces at least 2 other trials. well as soon as oppositions accuse president nicolas maduro his government of illegally selling the country's gold reserves to evade american sanctions a representative of opposition leader hong kong dole made the allegations before

a u.s. congressional committee claims the gold was refined in mali and then sold mainly in the united arab emirates the opposition says last year madugalle scheme generated more than a $1000000000.00 in cash from a do those government our luck in america at its embassy in yemen has more from santiago. venezuela's opposition foreign commissioner who you a board has held a news conference in which he revealed what he calls are the details of a cash for gold scheme being carried out by 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 via 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

been spelt out board 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 new u.s. secretary of state 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. the chief executive of the texas power grid operator has been fired off for rolling blackouts last month left millions of people without power in the u.s. state the region was hit by a neutral storm storms last month the residents want to build magnus to step down

after many had to live in extreme cold conditions for days dozens of people died. the u.s. president says a move by 2 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 mike hanna reports 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 a wonderful to hear you know that he is more an alumnus open are 100 percent and i'm a little bit nervous about as 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 continued wearing of 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 a mask we're still in our sanitizer we're still going to practice the safest thing we can country star dolly parton celebrates receiving the vaccine actually that seems that they don't see an increased roll out 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 mean time really is fine take your mask forget it it still matters 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 had 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 ultra sirrah washington brazil's most populous state is to close all non-essential

businesses for 2 weeks as the country registers a record number of corona virus deaths for a 2nd straight day so apollo's governor says the health system is at breaking point with a patient being admitted to intensive care every 2 minutes preserve recorded 1910 deaths a more than 70000 cases and wednesday driven by a homegrown very and more states are likely to follow cell pollo despite its presence out of also not all threatening to cut federal funds to any governor who imposes lockdowns. medical experts in canada are recommending 4 months between coronavirus vaccinations so that more people will be able to receive the 1st dose their advice applies to inoculations with vaccines from pfizer madonna or astra zeneca but critics say extending the time between the doses is an experiment with unproven consequences canada has had a shortage of vaccines compared to original estimates for the vaccination drive

well many of us around the world have felt a roller coaster of emotions over the past year joy loneliness and heartache and their old feelings captured in a new comic book about life in quarantine it draws on the experiences of more than 70 artists from around the globe get loud as on the reports new york. 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 this 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 a 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 gabriels john doe. new york. it's been 3rd time unlucky again for billionaire in law musk and his attempts to his successful test flight of an unmanned rocket anywhere. you know you get. everything seemed on

target until the space x. rocket landed now it's not clear what went wrong 2 previous flights crash landed in far bowls several webs an astronomer at swinburne university of technology and she says when it comes to rocket development this kind of setback is to be expected. the thing that sets this rocket apart was that it did manage to land and stay pretty steady as it landed unlike the other 2 previous test front so that in itself is a huge success but unfortunately then it didn't blow up which is unclear exactly why that happened but still pretty successful in comparison to the other 2 to launch any type of engineering feat what you not only developing news happening in the system but a new type of fuchsia laish that so many testing boundaries that have to occur and say it's not on surprising that we have seen that he cut a play out in real time but that it is a good thing because 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 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 if able to not only leave earth's orbit but come back and return and land and be usable and as you can probably imagine there at heart and having things that are useable 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 for production that is the ultimate goal. this is all just everybody's at the top stories the latest u.s. house of representatives session has been counseled reportedly because of fears of an attack security is being ramped up since dawn tom supporters disk.