media again with images that lead to that letter to these guys that just how did it create a nuisance makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news this culture of the listening post on a just 0. 0 . hello there i'm a star and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. protesters in myanmar mourn the dead after the bloodiest day so far invalid to continue marching against the military coup. fears of a new threat security is ramped up in washington d.c. and u.s. politicians council a session amid reports of a plot to breach congress. northern ireland is at the center of the latest brics

a dispute with the european union has loyalist paramilitary groups renounce the good friday agreement. and google is to stop selling ads tell it with a snow day set amid criticism from privacy advocates and regulators. and i'm peter stone with all the day's sports news barcelona put a difficult week behind them by overturning a 2 you know 1st leg deficit to reach the copa del ray funnell. now protesters are back on the streets across after 38 people were killed in the most violent day yet of the joint as crackdown a funeral has been held for one of those demonstrators who died on wednesday in was killed during confrontations with security forces witnesses reported seeing soldiers firing into crowds with little warning now despite the deaths

demonstrations are again under way while scott high is monitoring the situation for us from neighboring thailand and joins us now from the capital bangkok scott another day of bloodshed it really does feel like this is escalating. yes most definitely and today we're seeing you know tear gas being fired as well as live rounds we're hearing in several locations but we don't know yet if there are any casualties but again the kind of early in the day you know the protesters still came out as you mentioned you know after the bloodiest day since these protests after the coup on february 1st they still came out they came out of yangon they came out mandalay and they came out in smaller cities but you know obviously their posture has been different because of what happened yesterday on wednesday but also in the days before that so when we look at you know how things move forward the way that they are handling things the protesters much more of a defensive posture mainly for safety because of the aggressiveness of the security forces so but they are still coming out as you mentioned there are

a lot of people out earlier in the day for the funeral of that 1000 year old young woman who was shot in the head yesterday one of 38 according to the united nations 38 people who were killed so a lot of emotion for that she's very when you look at social media any social media connected to what's going on in the streets of myanmar her name is popping up her image is popping up it's really become something of a focal point now that she was there that she was participating in this and she actually even wrote a letter saying that if something were to happen to her she would want her organs donated because what she's doing she really believed in it so she's really becoming a kind of to the forefront a symbol if you will for the protest we're seeing across myanmar and scott i believe you also spoke to the former un special rapporteur she had some pretty scathing what's. she did yeah we spoke with her earlier today she started a group that's going to investigate and look into what's been happening in myanmar

since the coup with 2 other experts a panel that they've just set up a council they've set up and she said based on what she's been seeing over the last couple of weeks and obviously has deep and wide contacts in myanmar and getting a lot of information she sees the tactics being used by me in mars' military to be terrorist like she went on to say that is because they are targeting civilians with live rounds and using tech techniques such as spotters and snipers on high positions and shooting at civilians and also shooting in civilian structures at night so she says that the united nations security council isn't doing their job they need to do more the united nations needs to do more the international community needs to do more that's obviously a big challenge we're going to have a security council u.n. security council meeting on friday to further discuss the situation in myanmar but her point of view is the tactics being used are terrorist like scott high that

monitoring that situation for us from bangkok thank you so much scott well speaking of international pressure the u.s. which has imposed sanctions against military leaders is now calling on of that country's to also take action. we are uphold and revulsed to see the horrific violence perpetrated against the people of burma for their peaceful calls to restore civilian governance we call in 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 while we can now speak to a smile wolf he is a regional director with fortify rights that's an international human rights organization and he joins us now from cricket in thailand is not the reports have been brutal about what's been happening on the ground can you talk us through what you've been here. thank you for having me i think it's important to be clear about

what we have been witnessing there and i think what the former special reports will was just mentioning in terms of terrorist tactics what we've seen here is on clashes these a systematic orchestrated attacks upon on the civilian population i think it's clear that they're seeking to terrorize the population of man ma in just admitting to this coup we've seen videos as we mention all of the social media we've analyzed a lot of that footage and what we've seen amounts to extradition killings of people so this isn't just a normal sort of you know sort of excessive force to clear protesters this is an orchestrated campaign it's happening across the country and this suggests the chain of command and these are following orders so we've seen really really brutal situations all across the country and i think the concern. is that we will continue to see more moving forward you say that we're expecting to see more i mean despite this crackdown we're obviously seeing people still pour out into the streets and then this escalation from the military side where do you see this all going. sree

difficult obviously to predict but i think we're in a very serious and dangerous situation the country needs support and needs the need to know that the protesters need to know their solidarity coming from across the world i think if we see those protests coming out today with people that i've been speaking to that are part of these protests that are in me and they're saying that they are very well aware of the risks they're taking. to go onto the streets to oppose the military but they seek those risks are worth taking rather than living under a brutal military dictatorship so i think that's a reality a realisation and i think there's a formidable strength within the population of mame up i thought so think it's important to point out that the protests on the street are just part of a wider operation into the sort of civil disobedience movement as have been tagged and i think that's really hitting the jobs even harder strikes people within the government within banking sector within trade with imports and it's really grinding the arms of the states you hold so i think this is all having an impact but i think the you know the situation escalates and gets more grave the protest movement is

clearly going to have to. reassess its tactics in response to the actions of the transit where you mentioned that this culture of fear they've been telling us just about how much this is about trying to create that kind of atmosphere where people be too scared to actually come out you mentioned this huge diversity of civil disobedience do you see anyone there backing down how united is that protest movement. it's a very good question i think there's definitely a strong united. front which is basically saying we deny we refuse this crew we refuse this joint and we will not accept it after that you know that's a very complex political dynamics within the country you have this committee set up a former national league for democracy parliamentarians and you have these other groups there's the general strike committee and then the general strike committee of nationalities which represents more the ethnic nationalities so i think the question here is that unity it's really doesn't have

a leadership at the moment there's sings that need to be moved forward. you know identifying their goals defining the leadership and understanding ok well if we did push this to the point where we would bring the military and other actors the negotiating table who would represent these different parts of the movement and what would they be asking for some people would not want to go necessarily back to the 2008 constitution under the l.t. particular those an ethnic nationalities who still feel that they're kind of left out of the main political process so there's a lot. you know extremely diet complex dynamics at play here but there is still that unity which is we do not want to live under this dictatorship well when it comes to leadership within that movement there was that period that we saw with the threatening of communications in those overnight arrests of people who had to be leaders. say has out still under detention how many others are being held right now and do we know how they absolutely are. i think the figures that we have of them is probably roughly around a 1000 if we don't have

a documented ourselves but we have been following they are dependent no we have people that are part of the union election commission one of the reasons as you may recall for the for the coup is that the election was fraudulent so they're being detained in military facilities we've spoken to some family members and they say they're able to speak to them they're in reasonable health conditions others are being held incommunicado we do not know their status their health their whereabouts so it's extremely concerning and as you mentioned before it's part of this broader campaign to terrorize the population to train frighten people into actions and i think what was mentioned earlier as well was the role of the international community obviously the change that has to happen to me needs to come from within me and my but there is a very strong role and as mentioned earlier there's a u.n. security council meeting what we're calling for is a very clear sign from the international community that they repeat this q they do not recognize the legality of this government and by imposing a global's arms embargo imposing targeted sanctions against the military

individuals and also the companies that they operate these could all help to push forward and try and she some kind of positive direction from a very very extremely concerning situation that we're in right now. at the regional director for fire rights thank you for your time and for joining us here on out as there. thank you. now moving on the u.s. house of representatives session on thursday is now reported to have been canceled because of fears of a possible attack it's now been 8 weeks since a while witness the storming of the capitol by supporters of donald trump and law enforcement officials have faced criticism in congress because they didn't arrive hours reports out from washington d.c. . there's been tight security around capitol hill since the day the complex was attacked high fences razor wire 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 a protest to back it up the current security posture for the capitol is and he wants we are working with our law enforcement partners as well as the national guard to provide a robust security around the campus of course that security posture is. we have an outer perimeter as well as an inner perimeter be seated 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 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 that request. the approval for

a chief science we quest would eventually come from the acting secretary of defense and be relayed to me by army senior leaders and 5 always appear about 3 hours and 90 minutes later as congress continues to investigate an intelligence failure which peeled 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 or suggested individuals were going to storm and reach the capital and that was the intelligence that we lacked and with the new threat or 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 don't

play the threat or take the risk of getting it wrong alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill well the u.s. house of representatives has now passed a bill aimed at preventing police misconduct it includes restricting funds to local governments that allow officers to use chokeholds the house passed the george troy justice and policing act days before a former police officer goes on trial for his matter last year the senate is unlikely to approve it though george freud's killing sparked a nationwide protest against police brutality and racism and some breaking news in yemen southern separatist say a car bomb has killed an injured people and exploded an asian and is said to have hit security about forces of the u.a.e. backed southern transitional council will be bringing you more on that story here on al-jazeera as weak as. the un human rights chief has urged the ethiopian government to that monitors into t.

gray to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says there are continuing reports of killings and sexual violence in the region ethiopia declared victory after launching an offensive against the great people's liberation front back in november that's now crossed malcolm webb he's in nairobi welcome access to t.v. has been so limited and by some reports that's because of a proliferation of eritrean troops who are also committing atrocities like these huge civilian massacres we've been hearing about talk us through what we know about what's happening there on the ground. the days and weeks have passed since our declaration of victory on the part of the government which came in early december last year then more and more information is being gathered and pieced together and we're hearing growing reports of atrocities committed by all sides just last week amnesty international published a report alleging a massacre in the town of axum that occurred in late november conducted by eritrea and troops that report also documented described as indiscriminate but marmont of

civilian areas of the city by. the end owned eritrean troops the germans the said it could be that be a war crime been reports of ethnically targeted muscle cars and counts of massacres by various parties in the town of my cancer at the beginning of november last year there was widespread reports of systematic use of sexual violence against civilians access housing being mistreated as you said the government to be. assured or promised some access for a number of international news organizations just in weeks and weeks following visits by reporters from some of those organizations a number of their local associates journalists translators and so once were arrested rounded up and arrested by the military and subsequently released but certainly in terms of reporting and access for the press and for rights monitors it

still seems very restricted very limited indeed not commentary. and i know there's a real fair broadscale fair to what it is even potentially famine as fight as a deliberately trying to starve populations that given that aid is contingent on access what are the prospects that happening anytime soon. clues some access to some organizations to. show that it is completely inadequate cooling to. look at this called nation of humanitarian it's a good look a day saying that the humanitarian situation continues to. believe we've just lost malcolm there my apologies malcolm webb across that story for us from nairobi while there is still plenty more ahead here this news hour including francis is heading to iraq for his 1st overseas trip since the pandemic started a baghdad is on high alert. police

moved in to break up protesters after the arrest of senegal's opposition leader. and in support of a temper tantrum that the tell us one of the world's best players loses his cool there and russia them. now the u.s. president has sharply criticized them raised by 2 republican controlled states to ease coronavirus restrictions accusing regional leaders there of neanderthal thinking the governors of texas and mississippi are dropping nearly all measures from next week despite warnings from health officials mike hanna reports now from washington d.c. . businesses in texas preparing to reopen fully the governor's decision greeted with a mixture of joy and trepidation there was a wonderful to hear you know that he is going to let us open our 100 percent i'm a little bird. they mentioned the total take you 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 continuous wearing of mosques 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 that scene that scene that scene there at sea and the increased rollout across the u.s. is 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 in art as individuals and as communities we can still take the right action to protect ourselves and others on the strongest repudiation of the decision coming from the us president every describe the governor's decision as a big mistake the last thing the last thing we need is neanderthal think you know in the mean time really is fine take the mask forget it it still matters in some states like florida the mask a 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 damascus mandate and other mitigating measures have been strictly enforced since march last year this discrepancy in hull 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 governors insist on ignoring it mike hanna out of syria washington and a medical experts in canada are recommending 4 months between coronavirus vaccination shots so more people will be able to receive a faster if their advice applies to not collations using vaccines made by pfizer at medinah astra zeneca but critics say extending periods between doses as an experiment with unproven consequences now canada is one of the countries with the largest number of vaccines ordered per capita and is currently experiencing shortages for thrown out. well brazil's most populous state is set 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 now sao paolo the governor says the health system is that breaking point with a patient being admitted to intensive care every 2 minutes brazil recorded nearly 2000 deaths and more than 70000 infections just on wednesday by

a variant that originated there. a loyalist paramilitary groups in northern ireland have told british prime minister barak johnson that temporarily withdrawing support for the peace deal they say it's because of destruction to trade and commerce between northern ireland and the u.k. bret's it now the 1998 good friday agreement brought an end to the 3 decade conflict between catholic nationalists and protestant unionists. me now with more from london dread of just how seriously under threat is the good friday agreement is a resurgence of violence possible. i don't think anybody's looking in immediately of the resurgence of violence that this is the beginning of. a protest if you like over the northern ireland protocol of course nobody could be certain exactly where it ends this letter has been written by the loyalist communities council the l.c.c.

it's an umbrella organization claiming to represent what remains of a number of loyalist paramilitary groups since of course largely disbanded and disarmed under that 998 good friday agreement they've said as you said that they're withdrawing support from the good friday agreement because of concerns about the northern ireland protocol that was struck as part of the post bragg's a trade deal between the u.k. and the e.u. you may recall the protocol calls for brand new customs checks between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. they're meant to be one economic entity of course as a means of trying to avoid a return to a hard border on the island of ireland itself a condition of peace now. trouble has been brewing if you like over the protocol since the beginning of the year concerns about shortages of goods on the shelves trade disruptions and so on and particularly among loyalist e.u. unionist quarters concerns that their rights have been breached in terms of the good friday agreement because this is essentially a new relationship between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k.

struck without their consent without any consultation as guaranteed under the good friday agreement they want their rights restored they promise their protest will remain peaceful and democratic but they say essentially short of a fundamental altering of this northern ireland protocol upon which the entire trade agreement with the e.u. is based they threaten nothing less than the destruction of the good friday agreement itself and then of the iris or an appears as yet again a front line for a spat between the e.u. and the u.k. what's driving the spine now. yes the seeds of the latest dispute between the u.k. and the e.u. not unrelated to what we've just been talking about frankly neither the e.u. nor the u.k. have done much to help community acceptance of the northern ireland protocol this year since it became final on the 31st of december earlier in the year it was the e.u. that threatened to institute this break clause in the protocol over

a vaccine's dispute with the u.k. that would essentially have paved the way for a possible return to our border it was seen as a massive breach of trust in northern ireland the u.k. government took the opportunity to call for various easements in terms of checks in terms of the grace period for a full implementation of checks on the protocol no agreement was reached the u.k. has now said it will unilaterally extend those grace period particularly on fresh produce supermarket goods and so on. would be to allow businesses in northern ireland to adapt the e.u. has called foul they've accused the u.k. of a potential breach of international law with potential repercussions for peace on the in northern ireland those are as i said the latest point of dispute between the 2 and as the irish foreign affairs minister said this morning thomas byrne in northern ireland you're in dangerous territory when you do anything unilaterally and how that cross that story for us from london thank you so much

stand. well still ahead here on out there venezuela's president is in the country. to evade international sanctions. russia has a 10 page made history. and excitement to despair as. test of an unmanned rocket. and enforce a hat trick followed by 6 sixes in a row action from a thrilling game of cricket coming right up. that deep winter maybe a vote we still got temperatures going up and down quite wildly this is another active cold front on its way down through europe the temperatures there for will drop behind it on the front itself will be rain or snow and it will head right down

eventually towards the eastern mediterranean now behind it the sun is out the temperatures just are rather low than they were doesn't necessarily feel bad but that 3 degrees after the snow go through more so you maintain 3 and subzero by night the cold war each book orest we have to remain here by saturday that's quite a big drop in temperature as the front goes through brigada sleet or snow with it even in bordeaux in western france will be a feeling as a temp drops from what it currently is 20 down to about 10 degrees little wind so this is the picture then for saturday a lot of sunshine significant temperatures proper snow in finland maybe again the baltic states and norway otherwise not much precipitation apart from the rain that's been hanging around in portugal's heading slowly size and it still shows itself in northern turkey and that will eventually be a temperature drop so the current rain then in the algarve is a circulating low bringing some showers all right even as far into the atlas mountains as to drop stow the showers.

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changing all about right to bring you more award winning documentaries and life needs. the. the i. can understand let's remind you of our top stories this hour. a funeral has been held in me an awful one of 38 demonstrations killed on wednesday and secure protesters are back on the streets across the country after the most violent day yet of the chances crackdown. the un human rights chief has just ethiopia's government to let monitors into t. gray to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle bachelet says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing. and loyalist

paramilitary groups and northern ireland have told british prime minister barak's johnson they are temporarily withdrawing support for the peace deal they say it's because of disruption to trade and commerce between northern ireland and the u.k. because it breaks its. perks francis is going to iraq for a 3 day visit that would be his 1st trip outside italy since this pandemic began let's take a closer look at his shadow over the coming days the pope will be welcomed by the prime minister when he arrives in baghdad on friday he'll then meet president barham salih as well as religious leaders and representatives of civil society at the presidential palace in the next day the pope will fly to the city of najaf and meet a grand ayatollah ali al sistani later here celebrate holy mass in baghdad on sunday pope francis will then travel to arbil the capital of iraqi kurdistan there he'll meet with religious and civil leaders of the autonomous region but our correspondent has some image of

a reports now from the capital baghdad on the security preparations ahead of this visit. for the 1st ever visit to iraq by the leader of the. catholic church still faces security threats and attacks from isis and militia groups which means iraqi security forces have their work cut out for them for francis will be in 6 cities in 3 days. all requirements have been secured through a plan drawn up by the joint operations command to secure largest tickle and security matters for all the places that the pope will visit whether they are in baghdad now jeff. bell all places pope francis has frequently traveled to muslim majority countries and in iraq he will meet one of the world's most influential shiite clerics grand ayatollah ali al sistani the pope's visit is meant to expand on his message of in defrayed the dialogue and bring hope to iraq's christian community but it also comes during a pandemic to a country which has not started vaccinating its people and is importing partial

lockdown to try and stop the spread of covert 19. the vatican the massacre to iraq who would have escorted the pope to all his appointments has already tested positive for pope francis and his entourage have been vaccinated and organizers say they will strictly enforce crowd limits at public events but with a sharp rise in iraq school with 1000 cases in a week health care system critics have questioned the effectiveness of social distancing as it's expected crowds will gather to see the pope can add a 3rd. some people close to the pope believe that the visit should be perspiring treat the pandemic and security situation but the pope insisted on his visit iraq needs his visit and he feels the pain of the people who are suffering the. iraqi authorities say all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of all involved are being taken to. the civil defense plan has 2 components 1st part is protection firefighters and rescuers will be in all places to be visited by his holiness and the 2nd part is sterilization of all places and without exception it

will be in court a nation with those in charge of churches and holy sites that will be included in the visit of his home. in iraq a christian is can trace their lineage to the earliest days of their religion they are a diverse group with syriac missourian khaldiyeh and armenian and communities since the 2003 us invasion and later the persecution suffered and rice in the visit is a rare opportunity to lift broken spirits among the grinning christian population but iraq is of all faiths are excited about welcoming pope francis baba as he's affectionately known in arabic some in java down to 0 like. china's largest political musing is starting on friday $3000.00 officials will meet and beijing to set the government's plans for next year it comes at a time when china is facing an increasingly tense global environment including strained relations with the united states because many reports now from the capital . 2. thousands of china's most powerful political ends are gathering in

beijing on friday to chart the country's roadmap for the next 5 to 15 years daniel national people's congress or n.p.c. was perspiring last year following the corona virus outbreak this year covered $9000.00 cases are under control and analysts say president xi jinping will be touting an image of triumph as well as consolidating his power. he has been establishing his power through political and the military achievements in the future he will focus on competing with. china's political future like i. was. strengthening loyalty to the chinese communist party is a priority beijing is preparing for the party in 10 or even july during the congress china's leaders will release their annual work report outlining economic targets thinking is expected to encourage domestic consumption and continue to push

for a more prosperous society to do this they will need to address the challenges of a widening wealth gap and aging population a goal is also usually sets though this is last year because of uncertainties around the pandemic and some expect china's defense spending to be accelerated the specially given recent tensions with taiwan and in the south china sea china's strained relationship with the united states is another focal point beijing had hoped to reset ties with washington but u.s. president joe biden is continuing the tough stance taken by his predecessor from their perspective it's been disappointing they see a lot of the same rhetoric a lot of the same goals and methods. that were employed by the trumpet ministration internationally beijing is facing increasing criticism over its treatment of muslim weekers as well as political reforms in hong kong it's expected to tighten its grip that the territory and past 2. only those to be able to hold office the

national security version. at last year's. doesn't rested under the law to speak to holding a primary vote ahead of elections. by a metal plate to make its will be watching for further action on climate change the government is expected to set targets producing carbon emissions moving towards she's goal of making china carbon neutral by 2060 katrina you al-jazeera preaching the death of a transgender soldier has sparked calls for anti discrimination laws in south korea he sue is forcibly discharged from the military after undergoing gender reassignment surgery south korea's defense ministry classified the removal of her male genitals as a mental or physical handicap the former staff sergeant was then found dead in her home after a mental health counselor reported her missing now google says it's removing added

tracking technology linked to personal data from its chrome browser the tech giant says it's to protect people's privacy it is expected to heavily impact online advertising well it's fair to jennifer privacy is the canada research chair in data democracy and artificial intelligence at york university in canada she joins us now from london in the u.k. jennifer i want to start at the very beginning with user tracking and explaining that a little bit so if i google how to save my dying housebound all of a sudden i'm seeing ads for fertilizer and pots and insecticide new plants how will this move by google change things. well right now the way in which you're seeing those kinds of personalized advertisement has to do with your browsing behavior so there's a really big complex ecosystem that sits behind the scenes in everyone's browsers and it all runs on what these are what are called cookies to these small little text files that sit on the outside of browsers what what google is proposing is saying that these these these cookies that are typically used by

a number of different 3rd parties they're going to get rid of and in exchange they're going to start to use what they're calling it a sandbox or a way of kind of using your browsing behavior instead so this is going to on the one hand it's a good thing for users because it's going to increase privacy give a little bit more power and agency and maybe kind of debunk the assumption that we pay for using the internet and browsing with our data and it will be bad for companies that use these 3rd parties that then in turn sell them to advertisers so that you're going to see an ad based on whatever it was that you were looking at in your browser so jennifer just to be clear google isn't necessarily stopping targeted advertising is changing the way it works. yes exactly and they're under pressure because actually if we look at safari has also already got rid of cookies

and so has firefox and chrome is now under pressure actually because there's a lot of people who are now starting to use these other browsers because they're concerned about their privacy. question and i think that really really need to be asking and and thinking about is google's google entire business model is based on selling and trying to make money from user data in fact they made 140 $7000000000.00 u.s. dollars just last year on their advertising revenue so on the one hand they're trying to change the system so it's more secure for users on the other hand they're also trying to present a solution that they themselves carry out and i guess the question is is the company that holds that the most dominant position within this personalized data advertising system really the right body to be creating this solution so you're saying this fails kind of like a win for personal privacy but that this will actually tighten google's grip on

online advertising could it potentially even drive smaller ad agencies out of business. i think that there are there are people that are worried about this and you know if we think about the ways in which kind of data moves it's a very complex ecosystem but google's mandate is always to kind of grow and to gain more dominance within the market so right now there are other players that have certain rules that allow for ads to kind of find find consumers. by removing the cookies these new these companies that were trafficking in using 3rd party cookies to either a going to have to entirely reinvent themselves and nobody quite knows exactly what that looks like although i'm sure there are some ideas or be they may become they might have to become something entirely different what i can say for sure is that it's going to put google in an even more dominant position so it has that much more power and control over the use and kind of words and and of people's data

so you know on the one hand it's more privacy for the user on the other hand it also means that google gets that much more control over people's data jennifer pipe us there from york university and canada great to get your insights here and as thanks being with us a whole facebook is now lifting a self-imposed ban on political and social issue ads where to put in place during the u.s. election last year those restrictions were to stop the spread of misinformation. and organizations will be able to use the platform to advertise their campaigns again as of thursday there has banned political ads prominently now police in senegal have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests against the government one person has been killed opposition leader it was money sancho was arrested for taking part in an unauthorized rally in dhaka he's also due to appear

in court on a rape charge that he denies and says is politically motivated soldiers have been deployed outside the police station where he's being held. at demonstration in dhaka. 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 monkey cell including the son of former president of july 1 of the former mayor of of decor 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 protests is less about the opposition figure but more about young people trying to express their discontent towards the government. that as well as a physician has accused president nicolas maduro his government of illegally selling gold reserves to evade u.s. sanctions a representative of opposition leader one quite a made those allegations before a u.s.

congressional committee he says the goal was refined in mali and sold mainly in the united arab emirates the opposition says the scheme generated more than a $1000000000.00 in cash last year former government latin america is having seen human has more now from santiago chile. venezuela's opposition foreign commissioner a whole new 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 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 spilt 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 acid 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 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. when the chief executive of the power grid operator in texas has been fired that's after rolling blackouts in the u.s. state last month left millions of people without power the region was hit by unusual snow storms many people want to build magnus to step down after they had to live in extreme cold for days dozens of people die. oh now it's been

a sad time unlucky a 1000000000 a year on musk's attempts at a successful test flights of his latest rocket prototype starship exploded as a day off the applications open for the 1st commercial flight and he soon reports. lately gary beaucaire person. has made history it looks like a successful test flight for space x.'s next generation rocket that was until this . point. it's not clear what went wrong. the private american space firm launched a giant rocket a few minutes earlier. after a high altitude to test flight the 10 starship prototype or s and 10 touchdown in the u.s. state of texas the company called it a beautiful soft landing with its billionaire founder evo musk praising the fact it landed in one piece 2 previous prototypes crashed into the ground.

but space x. remains confident that starship will eventually replace its existing fell can rockets become the world's 1st reuse about space vehicle any type of engineering feat what you are not only developing news happy potions system but a new type of fusion laish just so many testing boundaries that have to occur and so it's not i'm surprising that we have seen that he cut a play out in real time but it is a good thing having sent nasa astronauts into orbit last year space x. also has ambitions plans for commercial flights the 1st civilian lunar mission among its promised a lunar excursion for japanese billionaire yes. on a starship and 2023 myself i began accepting applications for 8 others to join him a day before the failed flight test on thursday. whatever the name of the key is

basics i want to reach out to a wider more diverse audience to give more people across the world the opportunity to join this journey. if space x. is successful private spaceflight will be the world's 1st and despite the latest failure musk says he's optimistic you'll be able to send passengers to the moon mars and beyond and these $20.00. now the wilds of fast dedicated platypus refuge will be established in australia to rescue the animals from climate disasters taronga zoo announced it will build the facility in double city to provide emergency care to the duck billed mammals with capacity to house up to 65 platypuses at who also be used as a research facility to study their reproductive biology the refuge is due to be completed by 2022. still ahead here on al-jazeera shock attack the n.b.a. legend is now showing off his skills and the wrestling ring that's coming up in

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move. welcome back it's now time for sport has peta thank you the spanish giants barcelona through to the final a couple del ray of overturned the 2 no 1st leg deficit against sylvia to put a difficult week behind them the club's former presidents was arrested on monday for his role in the so-called vasa gate scandal a social media. pain the targeted certain players including star manley and l. massey yards in time did not score on this occasion instead it was man them barely

and general p.k. native piquet's 90th minute goal levelled the match on aggregate and then martin braithwaite scored in extra time to sit in the boss at sea before final but i started to get out of this is one step forward to try to win an important title after our 2 nil deficit from the 1st leg and needed a complete performance match and we did it as a coach you cannot ask for more than that from your players we fought we created chances we played very physically until the last 2nd i think we deserved to go through we deserve to play in the final for being the best team over these 2 matches in italy ac milan have missed the chance to significantly cut into city rivals into the lead in city on on wednesday maleng hosted in a.z. and could have narrowed the gap to just one point had they won instead i felt one nil behind things to really go because 2nd off goal the needed a 97th minute penalty for this deliberate handball from k.c.

making no mistake. second then 3 points behind into who now have a game in hand. cricket's pakistan super league has been postponed indefinitely the decision was made following an emergency meeting of the 3 more players tested positive for corona virus 7 people have now tested positive inside the tournament bubble 6 of which were players less than half of the show dual 34 matches have been completed the pakistan cricket board had been considering moving all remaining matches to karachi before announcing the postponement. the action continues in ahmedabad to with day one of the 4th and final test under way between india and include india dominated last 2 tests and only need a draw to claim the series not a great start for england all out for 205 payne stokes with 5520 it was an incredible t 20 international between sri lanka and the west indies in antigua and a day of highs and lows for sri lanka bowler our killer down and jaya 1st he took

a hat trick to leave the windies 52 for 3 but then. he was smashed out of the park current pollard hitting 6 balls in a row for 6 the west indies captain becoming only the 3rd batsman to hit 6 straight sixes in an international match after south africa's herschelle gibbs and india's yuvraaj saying pollard's efforts helping his west indies team secure a full week of victory with 6 service to spain not surprisingly the next match is on friday. the olympic seems destined to take place with no overseas fans reports in a japanese newspaper say the government has already made up its mind but officials say they expect a decision by march 27th before the torch relay starts earlier we spoke to dan all of what is a sports writer at the japan times. this is was supposed to be the pinnacle of japan's soft power efforts they were making a lot of improvements to inbound infrastructure improving english excess ability

for tourists signage cleaning up they missed landmarks there is a lot of renovations over the last few years the successful 2019 rugby world cup was 1st big test you had tens of thousands of foreign fans coming in for those 6 weeks and they were expecting an even greater buzz surrounding these olympics but now it doesn't look like that's going to happen and most of the local organizing committees revenue are coming in from ticket sales those overseas fans were buying a lot of hotel know the amount that they were expected to contribute to the economy is quite substantial so while the i.o.c. will be getting its broadcast fees because the games if they take place as scheduled will go out and will be shown on t.v. the organizers won't reap the benefits of fans in the stadium of course you'll still have local fans but they won't be spending as much as foreign fans would have getting into the v.i.p.

packages and old those sorts of situations so it will be a significant financial hit for japan the world's best athletes are starting to ramp up their preparations for tokyo regardless of where the fans will be present 5 time swimming gold medalist katie lahey return to competition for the 1st time in the year and the great seems to have done her good racing at a meeting in san antonio texas the american won the 1500 meter freestyle by more than 21 seconds there were 3 months until the u.s. someone picked transfinite vicky says it feels good to be back if not a little different. the 1st time i've really been around people sell their stuff my actual love of caution and when i was traveling and everything else well. everyone's being careful and following the protocols and making sure we're keeping each other safe. there's less than $100.00 days to go until the euros but 3 of the 12 host cities are at risk of being dropped to

a fit once at least half of the seats filled when the tournament starts in june despite much of europe still battling the coronavirus spend their mic at local governments in bilbao dublin and glasgow are not yet able to provide those guarantees. to tennis and there was plenty of frustration on show at the rotterdam open well there were 3 then you made the dave was beaten by deuce and live 8 shane straight sets it's just the 2nd defeat in 22 matches for the russian who reached last month's australian open final alexander's very it was also knocked out it was more record smashing from former world number one andy berry he was looking for and he 2nd winning it's a top 10 player since his hip surgery 2 years ago but it wasn't to be against 4th seed on very rudely of the 3 time grand slam winner was knocked out in straight sets the women's tour is currently here in doha and the defending champion there in the summer lanka has been down and out she was between 3 sets by got binya mugu for one the final 4 games to book her place in the quarter finals number one seed elena

sweet alina is also through. to the n.b.a. and james harden starred in ease 1st game against his old team the houston rockets he lived to join the brooklyn nets back in january after publicly criticizing he's the new teammate and has a look back on 8th triple double of the season of the nets won easily by 18 points for the rockets it's their 13 defeats in a row. and we'll finish with these pictures of n.b.a. legend shaquille o'neal showing off his skills in the racing ring who is making his debut in the only needs wrestling series in florida and despite being put through a table he did still with the set ted team match at 7 foot one on around 165 kilograms it's no wonder the table table 2nd best. ok willing to live in a hole sports news less than a 1000 thanks so much for yes and to think i once saw that 7 foot was too tall to

be a wrestler and hooray thanks very much for joining us and for this news out rob will be here with more news in just a moment and i will see you after that just stay with us on out is there. a diplomatic feud between australia and china is threatening one of the asia pacific most successful trade pot shops. when i won a speech close quarter the middle. just. the pope was set to visit iraq on his 1st trip abroad since the coronavirus 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 him as an authority. too often on the streets of india. are victims but a new force is at play. female police officers are combative sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society. he's a challenge and saw his life behind the backs for india's leading. 100 seat.

protesters in miramar mourn the dead after the bloodiest day so far and voter continue marching against the military coup. a novice and this is all to syria live from doha also coming up rights violations in ethiopia they could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity the u.n. human rights chief calls for immediate access to the t.v. region.