in the keys words for you compensate civilians when we listen to the only music you hear is your own the most beautiful music in the world and so i will repeat with global news makers the stories the back to build a 0. 0 . 0 i maryam namazie you're watching news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes an opposition leader in jail in anger over continued coronavirus restrictions 2 issues collide on the streets of san miguel an explosion in somalia's capital at least 20 people are thought to have died in me and ma the

military's crackdown against the protest movement is now being carried out online. and an historic visit to iraq france's delivers a message of solidarity calling for an end to violence and sectarianism. in sport manchester city manager coriolis says no suppliers travelling to south america you're not going to float through into we are going to open but there are going to flood the next round of south american world cup qualifying is in doubt due to corn scene restrictions. hello welcome to the program has been a fair day of violence on the streets of senegal's capital protesters have been fighting with police after a court decided that opposition politician as mansong co should remain in custody.

eyelets broke out 2 days ago after song co is arrested for taking part in an unauthorized rally he's also facing rape charges which he denies saying the accusation is part of a plot to block him from running for president in 2024 but the demonstrations a growing with people also now calling for coronavirus restrictions to be. nicholas haq was in the thick of the protests earlier on the response from the government itself has been muted just a statement saying and telling people to stay indoors and to follow the rules and regulations instilled by the government but look at the protests behind me here this is a defiant crowd. that seems to be unwilling to listen to the government's advice so they want to get towards the march that is ahead of us where they are the opposition archers and civil societies that have gathered

together together that have called on this march against the government and also calling for the liberation of response ok don't you can see the security forces have successfully tried to stop that and prevent them going towards that direction and that's what we're seeing for the last few hours where they're trying to contain the crowd inside alleys but it has been very difficult. they're chanting leaving some go which means doing some good that is the riley rallying cry of bongos protesters and you can see there the their very own muesli men this is a neighborhood where you have a daily viewers that have been really suffering through the current of her in a virus pens i mean for the economic fallout of the is going on of the current of ours and i may. want to bring you the details on now developing the story from somalia when medical sources is saying that at least 20 people have. killed in an

explosion in the capital city now this happened to a restaurant near mortgage issues central prison of but no claims of responsibility so far but we know that 30 people have also been wounded in this attack and then a nearby building collapsed during the course of rescue efforts earlier on at least 2 people were killed and 3 wounded in a separate attack on a prison in the city of a saucer. well demonstrations in me and more have again been met with rubber bullets and live ammunition from authorities in several cities across the country to gas was used in the city of daraa a while one man was killed in a peaceful march in mandalay in the largest city young gone hundreds of people there came out to mourn a 25 year old protest it killed in wednesday's demonstrations that was the bloodiest day bloodiest day of the anti coup protests which of claimed at least $55.00 lives in the month since the military seized power. well

a new video is also mud showing hundreds of protesters being detained by police in the largest city young gone on wednesday a protest as some of them monks can be seen queuing with their hands behind their heads before being put into military trucks witnesses say more than $300.00 protesters were detained while the fight in myanmar is not just on the streets it's also playing out across social media video sharing app tiktaalik has removed more than 800 clips of apparent death threats from members of 1000000 miles military to the protest has some videos show armed men telling protesters they'll be shot in the head you tube has also removed 5 channels run by the military including state network t.v. for violating its guidelines 2 weeks ago facebook bob the military from its platforms deleting all pages linked to the military owned businesses as well for the incitement of violence and coordinating harm and early last month the military throttled internet access they've been trying to limit communications ordering

service providers to block twitter and instagram in an effort to stifle dissent or al-jazeera scott hi there has been following developments there from bangkok and he has more now on how the military is trying to use social media. the tick-tock postings i think a one of many different types of intimidation that the military is using you know there's probably a department within the tatmadaw that's the military in myanmar that is specifically designed to do that to intimidate psychological warfare right now when you look at the streets in myanmar you can look at as the their battle lines so the military is deploying whatever they have learned over the years or tried to use over the years against their enemies and now they see the protesters as their enemy so yes they are using any type of intimidation they can if that is you know the facebook pages the you tube channels were much more official in organized by the military still spreading disinformation still spreading rumors stoking fear now the tick tock it's interesting it's difficult to tell i guess at this stage to see if

that was actually orchestrated by someone within the military and in a leadership position or just encouraging soldiers and saying go out there intimidate as much as you can the protesters and to talk is one of the platforms to use but tick-tock has announced that they're going to monitor much more closely and that they have taken down some of these images that are direct threats to the protestors. and all the developments the u.n. special envoy security council members that now is the time to act against them in a diplomatic editor james is at the united nations. we've certainly spoken to one of the ambassadors the british ambassador and it appears that they are working on some sort of statement but no action as yet at this stage the meeting took place behind closed doors so we don't know exactly what was said but we do know that christina shriner bergen who is the u.n. special envoy brief the security council i've seen a copy of her remarks she said that the people in myanmar their hope in the u.n.

was waning she said that the repression must stop and one other quote from what she told us that there's there is an urgency for collective action how much more can we allow the myanmar military to get away with but as i say doesn't look like any collective action at this stage is likely it looks like another statement remember the security council surprised people by finding unity a month ago on the 4th of february with a statement where it said it was very unhappy about the situation and called for the release of all of the politicians including and son suchi the key question i think is what russia and china will do and as i say negotiations go on among members of the security council about a statement and about any other possible action the chinese have put out a short time ago statement of their position they say we don't want to see

instability even chaos in myanmar the military and various political parties all members of the me and my family that the statement doesn't answer the key question of what action china will support. well medical officials are saying that at least 3 people have been killed and others have been injured often missile strikes which taken place in northern syria they hit a market in city of jobless near the turkish border oil refineries was struck there is well as both controlled by turkish backed fight has been there's been no claim of responsibility for these attacks. with the news out live from london still ahead . jean king is warning to the world don't interfere as china overhauls hong kong's electoral system. a vaccine that won over a continent you look at how russia sputnik the is a victory for moscow in latin america. and then later in sport with andy the lineup

is complete for the final of the qatar right. now pope francis began a historic visit to iraq today in the 1st of a papal trip to the country despite concerns of the of the security and the coronavirus pandemic the country has one of the world's oldest christian communities that part of the population has declined as many have fled the country in recent years and then on saturday pope francis will meet grand ayatollah ali al sistani the highest religious authority for iraq's shia muslims and one of the world's most influential muslim leaders is so wonderful to reports now from baghdad . the historic trip to a historic land pope francis long held wish to set foot in the homeland of this

christian community became reality his visit to boost morale among iraq's christian minority which has dwindled in recent years as a result of war and persecution and he wants to encourage religious coexistence between muslims christians and other religious minorities in kabul responsibility for leaking the politicians need to promote the spirit of fraternal solidarity there is corruption abuse of power the snot the way at the same time you need to think of justice transparency to strengthen certain values that's how credibility can grow so everyone especially the young people can have hope for the future. this is the 1st time the head of the roman catholic church has visited iraq a country long mired in political economic and security crises most recently the war against eisel and attacks by iranian backed armed groups the iraqi president hopes the pope's visit could mark the beginning of a new chapter. and this is

a historic chance to have this visit be a cornerstone in building peace increasing cooperation increasing the tolerance and understanding among all sides of society president barham saleh mentioned that the pope's visit is a great message for coexistence he applauded him for having come here for having made this journey despite the many challenges that the country is going through not just the pandemic but also the many security challenges that iraq is facing. the pope visited the our lady of salvation church in baghdad to commemorate the victims and honor to survivors of a 2010 al qaida attack which claimed more than 50 lives and accel aerated the exodus of christians from iraq but can his words make any difference politically or stop but it klein in iraq's christian population so i don't think so because. i

mean bad the appearance on the situation good condition security is that really the job is services and this is you know the. the task of the iraqi government to create a good more sphere. be able to come back that would mean reigning in armed groups and strengthening the rule of law and the respect for human rights issues that many would argue lay at the root of iraq's current problems seem awful to al-jazeera but that. marcin as opposed to actual research fellow on the foreign policy program at the brookings institution she joins us now from baghdad by skype and as you've been saying this is indeed a historic visit that pope francis is making to iraq how significant is it that he chose to take this step now in the middle of a pandemic and at a time when there are these security risks which need to be carefully managed. yet

significant for many reasons but this is also his 1st trip during or after the pandemic has started it's also the 1st vehicle trip to iraq the previous one was supposed to occur in 2000 and unfortunately didn't happen so it's very important very symbolic of course as you mentioned there have been security concerns and there have been security concerns in iraq for a while now including the rocket attacks you mention and there was a lot of talk about him actually not coming or counseling the trip but i think that he persevered and came and iraqis are very happy to see him here and of course this is important for all communities all ethnic groups in iraq but if it is back people sometimes overlook that the country is home to these ancient christian communities but they're not a monolithic block although there are a i think over a dozen recognized denominations yes iraq's ancient christian

community the assyrians are frequently what people do think about and they will be visited by the pope but there's also a lot of other christians in iraq including iran catholics although there are. the particular denominations are a minority but christians in iraq unfortunately had to come more and more of a minority recently. i mean as well as his trip to the country he's also going to be meeting with grand ayatollah sistani who is the highest wages of already in the country but also leader to the hundreds of millions of shia muslims around the world this is an incredibly rare meeting for. yes it's really an exciting historical moment to be witnessing this i'll say that when i 1st heard that the pope was going to visit iraq i had really hoped that this visit the sistan it would occur and i'm very happy to see it on the agenda you know

the loss of stanny and the pope as many spiritual leader as around the world share some characteristics including being you know shepherds of a community through times of crises we can store a cli scene cope's and cardinals do this but we've also seen so stanley do this for iraq after 2003 and do it for all iraqis not just the shia community he played a pivotal role in trying to tamp and down and down to sectarian tensions the religious establishment a nudge of hasta store oakley stood up for minorities both ethnic and religious minorities and so it really tries to be there for the iraqi community in whole and i think it's just a historic moment to be witnessing right and so how is this message of peace and tolerance and interfaith dialogue going to resonate not just in iraq but that elsewhere in the region as well. i think it's going to be particularly important because the religious establishment and which will be meeting such stanny

has really been able to engage much on the arena on the world arena because you know for 10100 years or more it's been under oppressive states under authoritarian states and post a $1003.00 there was an opening for the shiite religious establishment to really more with the world and since it has so many followers throughout the world it seems like it's going to be taking its natural position soon and just as the pope has met with the sunni leaders and the muslim world including the shia have as you heard and the like it's really important that the charlotte disestablishment be brought into the center of conversation that's long overdue thank you really appreciate getting your thoughts on this marcin joining us there from baghdad thank you thank you. now to china the largest annual political gathering is underway in beijing with increasing international criticism over its human rights record and it has outlined the country's economic and environmental goals over the

coming years but the proceedings were overshadowed by plans to overhaul hong kong's electoral system as katrina you now reports. chinese president xi jinping was among the few who entered beijing's great hall of the people not wearing a mask the leader presided over the opening of china's national people's congress keen to present an image of strength and 53 victory over the core of a $1000.00 outbreak and the economic stagnation it calls we use this year china was a world only major economy to achieve growth we attained a completely 3 in the fight against poverty and we scored the size of achievement in securing a full victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects a g.d.p. target of 6 percent was announced that this year beijing is aiming to boost domestic consumption and encourage more self-reliance amid worsening ties with the us this is congress is taking place in the face of rising international criticism

over china's treatment of those regas the florida virus outbreak and forms. one of the rules discussed over the next 7 days will dramatically overhaul the territories political system india and out of work to democracy to its ageing is looking to reduce the number of electoral states given to representatives directly voted in by the public and increased or is allocated to poor beijing industry and social groups beijing backed chief executive kerry lamb and her team will also be given new powers to vet legislators some say the low crushes the democratic rights promised to the territory during its handover from britain to china in the 1997 and over to china and over this is taken. basically no more opposition. why don't you just leave that you know. or or groups just became increasingly violent. yes.

last month dozens of organizers of $21000.00 primary vote to choose democrat candidates for legislative elections were arrested under a national security law and failed at last year's congress beijing says it's preserving hong kong stability by ensuring those holding public office a loyal to the chinese government analysts say she didn't think is sending a message to the international community and would hesitate to flex china's military muscle. when it comes to charmers borders to solve china's sea taiwan and hong kong what we see his hard line turn designs he looks to the future and the wants to beauty is political in the minatory achievements like in. beijing considers taiwan a road chinese province has warned it won't accept any move toward independence but the island's leaders say they will continue to defend its democracy and freedom.

al-jazeera aging. a deeply divided u.s. senate is voting on potential changes to president biden's massive coronavirus relief bill $1.00 trillion dollars package would go towards vaccines emergency payments and help for the unemployed now really past its 1st hurdle on thursday night amendments are expected to happen over the hours ahead a package of existing with measure is going to expire next we can so that's going to early gallacher in miami and obviously we've been speaking about the way in which the pandemic has impacted the economy in the level of unemployment in the u.s. how much of a difference what this bill make to people where you are in florida. well if you look at the job figures and where those jobs are being lost it's mostly in the service industry hotels restaurants etc that's one of the biggest job employers here in the state of florida so you were just saying that the unemployment benefits are going to run out in a few days that's why biden is so desperate to get this through so that would make

a big difference for those people although florida's economy especially here in miami is booming right now because is pretty much no covert measures and a lot of people are moving down here but think about this 9500000 americans are still without jobs many of them since this whole crisis and pandemic began so this will make a huge difference of them they were job figures today which was slightly encouraging around $400000.00 people were employed in the last few months but overall that figure of jobless here is still huge the jobless rate is around 66.5 percent so those checks which will run out soon will be needed by many people not just here in florida but across the united states in terms of the relief act which itself and how how much of a partisan issue is this the council for remains divided. i mean yes i know it's a complex issue and the democrats don't need the republicans to approve this to get

it through to the president's desk but what they do need is all 50 democratic congress people to fall in line in this century the moment things have come to a standstill because joe manchin is voting against extensions of those unemployment benefits so this is what we've seen over the past few days of course yesterday we saw a republican senator insisting that all $700.00 pages of this proposal be read out so there are compromises being made along the way one of the biggest ones is senator senator bernie sanders proposal to increase the minimum wage to $15.00 that was voted down 7 democrats and one independent voted against it so this is a process it's difficult it will likely pass but things are being delayed the republicans say this is simply parked with left wing wish lists that they are want to reject but ultimately i think it will get to the president's desk at some point next week but we're going to have hours or even days to go before they get

the thank you very much for lanny florida. a case against colombia's former president could be shelved after the attorney general called for a hearing he says the evidence suggests has not committed any crime he is being investigated for witness tampering and legibly carried out to hide his links to paramilitary death squads the supremes court was originally responsible for the case until it was handed over to the attorney general's office in september but critics claimed he would be more lenient towards a repay 100 b.s.t. brings us more on this now from bogota. the 30 general's office had until friday to decide if it was going to formally charge former president would you be in a case that is deeply divided colombia and this decision now to request to shelve that investigation could be. the end of a case that started back in 2018 at the time the country supreme court was

investigating even placing him under house arrest for 2 months that is until they decided to resign is senate seats forcing the case to be moved to the attorney general's office under colombian law. for months so do you miss critics had alleged that to you would have favored duty versus the attorney general is a close ally of current president even ducat and would be the british the chief prosecutor in the case said in a statement on friday that after a comprehensive evaluation of the evidence there was no proof that oliva had committed any crime or who had insisted he is innocent tweeted thank god for this positive step but left the senator even sabera who were falsely accused of being behind a conspiracy to connect him to paramilitary groups said that he together with the lawyers of the witnesses in the case will appeal the decision and sue the lead prosecutor for malfeasance accusing him of invalidating evidence and this missing

the investigation of the supreme court which is why now now the. morning we witnessed the most shameful spectacle ever in the history of the attorney general's office the surrender of a criminal investigation under a broken unscrupulous power. 10 ounce meant to risk further tarnishing colombia's view their legal system which many see as a bias in favor of the powerful a judge will have to decide if the case will indeed be shelved in coming weeks in a public hearing the promises to keep colombians on edge. you're watching the news hour live from london still ahead for you on the program another teenager killed in paris the violence could restrictions be behind the tragedy is. one small drive for the perseverance rather than mass as mars mission gets mile by mile. and its board here from the australian cricketer is hitting self into the

record books. the temperatures dropping in much of central and eastern europe just a reminder that winter is not really gone yet that's the cold front of relevance on it there is some snow mostly it's just a change in temperature feel and after that the sun comes out but it's going all the way down towards turkey it will be rather miserable day in istanbul i suspect on saturday everywhere else temperatures drops in single figures from what was double figures but any real wintry weather at the moment this is that we're talking about is probably no way in finland maybe the baltic states windy and snowy here a few showers in the war bit further south particularly spain in portugal but at least the south push through is slowly drying up now once that's cold is tucked in

and it does in warsaw then the wind picks up there's quite a winch you to fill for the weekend and then snow showers come monday that stay where it is expanding as you can see through this part of europe for the south it doesn't happen though when the cold air comes across warm waters you know it usually builds up it to something we said is he's a big showers in the valley erik's maybe sudden parts of spain but that will cross into the northwest of africa morocco will certainly get rain maybe some snow for the atlas mountains and for the canarios were pretty windy in sherry time. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes a statistic but some have broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to leave you have to ask for help and inspired others to turn their lives around i

call the strong help program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change on al-jazeera. to jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we don't want to feed that we are nowhere to be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear from you in each week be part of today's discussion this stream on out is there a. comeback

look at main stories now has been a furred day of violence on the streets of senegal's capital protesters have been fighting with police after a court decided the opposition politician as a man song should remain in custody of her an unauthorized rally medical sources are saying at least 20 people have been killed in an explosion in somalia's capital this happened to a restaurant near mortgage issues central prison another 30 people have been wounded and the u.n. special envoy to on me in mars' told security council members that now is the time to act against the. tree and she could protest as over again been targeted with rubber bullets and live ammunition in several cities across the country. now it's a nice foreign minister is saying that the block on a shipment of corona virus vaccines to australia should not be considered a hostile act the european commission stopped a quarter of a 1000000 astra zeneca doses leaving claiming the country had failed to meet to

meet its e.u. commitments as dominic cain explains from but when it comes against the backdrop of a push to get more europeans vaccinated. millions more people in germany will soon be able to receive a vaccination that's the news from the health minister yen scran who is speaking to reporters on vaccines but also on many other issues surrounding the pandemic in germany but also around the e.u. one particular theme the decision by authorities in italy to stop the shipment of astra zeneca vaccine to australia is to sean address the topic in general terms this is what he had to say evades if a woman is mundane and the world is interwoven especially when it comes to vaccination production sometimes a vaccine is flown between continents just for bottling because there's no more capacity on one continent and sometimes one part of the process leaves germany or europe sometimes though maybe something else comes back i think that with every

action we take we have to carefully consider that we might happen in fantasia in a short period but we should not create mid-term problems for the supply chain and one of the other ministerial mantras here is encouraging as many people as possible to take up the vaccine to take it when offered it whatever vaccine is happens to be particularly astra zeneca the man in charge of the robert cock institute which is the relevant agency tabulating information but also making recommendations to ministries well he is sent that the astra zeneca vaccine is not only safe but a good option for people to take given the research data that has emerged in the course of the past few months about the effect it has on the body so clearly a double message coming here from ministers and others that there will be many more millions of doses of vaccine available and that all vaccines should be taken up if they are off it. as covert $1000.00 vaccinations rollout around the world books

claiming inoculations a dangerous are also becoming more popular online drawing calls for health warnings on advertisement the bestselling book in amazon's children's vaccination immunization section right now is anyone who tells you vaccines are safe and effective is lying and it claims to tell that the facts about vaccinations are now among the sections top 10 books 5 claim to expose the dangers of vaccines one criticizes misconceptions and misreporting on medical issues amazon says that it urges customers to read official government sources which it provides the links for spokesperson said the company removes products that don't adhere to their guidelines but recognize that there would different views on freedom of expression there's no speak to professor jonathan berman about this he is the author of vaccines how to challenge a misinform movement and joins us on skype from jones bro arkansas one of the risks

of do you see it with this type of material being online which of course amazon is entitled to sell and with which people should be entitled to purchase if they wish. the risk is that when people who have natural questions seek out information instead of getting science based information or information that's been . based on in study and facts really they're going to find these books as the 1st results feel led down a path of misinformation and maybe not get vaccinated when we really need as many people getting vaccinated right now as possible what's your view on amazon's position they say that they are providing links to official government sources so their argument is that people obviously have access to the facts and the information that is available about vaccinations and that people should be

allowed to access these books just a freedom of expression well i would i wouldn't say amazon should get rid of the books. but bookstores have always done a degree of curation you walk into any bookstore and they've selected which books to carry in shelves and amazon is trying to be the database of all of the books that are available. but they choose which ones to put in front of you and that's based on their algorithm and i think this is a case where there's a strong argument that the algorithm isn't enough that there should be a degree of curation of what it shows you as its 1st results they'd be attacked for that i wouldn't say. they would be but i mean i i been attacked and i'm just one person and i think amazon is one of the biggest companies on the planet so

they'll survive it is a question then of employing an expert someone that is able to judge material on nets scientific merit. well i don't think you would want to rely on a single expert but it's not a matter of a single expert it's a matter of the consensus of the entire health field of thousands of scientists so you could look to the expert opinions of scientists or have a panel of scientists who i'm sure would be willing to volunteer their time to help curate a selection of well informed books i mean you're obviously in the united states and we've just been talking about the surge in coronavirus cases there in the need to try and get a relief bill to people that have been economically affected by the virus what is your what is your assessment of the anti vaccine movement is it growing.

so the data is that it has been growing significantly over the last 2 years. but quite a bit in it seems to have have merged with the entire masque movement so what the entire mask movement gets is the expertise of people who've been doing anti public health work for decades and what they had to have axes get is the new large audience all right thanks very much appreciate your thoughts on this press that jonathan bahman joining us there from arkansas thank you very much. now a number of countries across latin america are announcing plans to purchase russia's sputnik vaccine it's helping the roll out game pace and it has benefits for russia's influence in the region as well as trace of a report from one desirous. a plane from argentina's national airline carrying thousands of doses of russia's sputnik of the vaccine the event was shown

in most major television networks in the country mostly from the running of the restaurant was we have signed a contract with the russian federation what does the contract say what the contract says is that we will be able to have enough to vaccinate 10000000 argentinians between january and february. even though that deadline has passed and $10000000.00 doses are yet to arrive in argentina russia has become a crucial vaccine supplier for latin america last year as developed nations close deals with large laboratories for vaccines countries in the region turn to russia through fear of being left behind i think you know one of the 1st country in the region and the delegate. we pay for translated thousands of documents related to the vaccine in panic in order to get the vaccine i want to talk about it later on that information with other countries in latin america like mexico and bolivia at

the beginning people here in argentina look at that button it could be back feed with doubt now they're waiting in line to get inoculated. bolivia was hard hit by the pandemic almost 12000 people lost their lives in what is considered one of the region's poorest countries or thirty's in the country say russia sputnik of the vaccine was the only resource available. reality in the world as being noisy very very low most the companies are breeding the contacts they can or didn't deliver their promised so it would be very unlikely that believe every. backs of the backs in the 1st half of the intervention of our own president who has gone back the president of russia by for this contract was achieved. russia was the 1st country to register a covert vaccine last year and since then sputnik v. has become a diplomatic resource between moscow and latin america analysts here say it's part of a plan. the relationship with russia house to do with an objective of russia's foreign

ministry with putin of projecting his presence in the region occupying areas where the united states is missing but also as a vague to compensate the presence of the u.s. at the border with russia in ukraine the western presence in a way it means being in the united states backyard there's also the economic aspect of local reports indicate moscow is already eyeing future contracts in argentina that include a nuclear power plant and a training vacuum one of the an area that's believed to have some of the largest reserves of shale oil and gas in the world. but for now there is a pandemic and for many countries in the region the sputnik v. is the only chance to prevent further loss of life. when a site is an outbreak of youth violence yeah the french capital has killed 3 teenagers in the past 2 weeks has been a rise in the amber of altercation since kovan 1000 measures were enforced last

year and it's left community need is concerned as are reports. flowers for iman a 15 year old boy shot dead in this hall during school holiday activities last week in the paris suburb of bondi his father who had arrived to pick him up saw the shooting 2 brothers age 17 and 27 have turned themselves into police a man was a talented kick boxer who'd recently won a regional championship some of his classmates are still in shock over now i can't believe it i can't imagine never seeing him again it was someone who loved making us all laugh we're all affected our teachers too we all are eyewitnesses said iman in the brothers had been arguing earlier in the day but at this remembrance walk few people understand how a dispute could end so tragically india's engineers young people here need to feel they can grow up safely i mean was ambitious sporty his death is an injustice

there's been a surge in teenage violence in recent weeks in the paris suburbs and some here say that covert restrictions are playing a role by feeling boredom and frustration and exacerbating existing problems. iman's boxing coach says the government should consider reopening sports facilities but this was already been a big impact on kids they don't know what to do with them so it's as if their cage they need to do some sport of course there's a health crisis but we have to find solutions because kids are getting into trouble they don't know what they're doing less than 2 weeks before i am and skilling to 14 year olds was stabbed to death in separate fights between teenage gang south of paris the mayor where one of the killings took place says covert restrictions have made the situation more fragile but violence between teenage gangs is a decades old problem often made worse by poverty or marginalization. when a child does like this we have filled collectively as adults we have to work to

avoid that happening again we have to educate in schools so the little ones of. 6789 don't become the future perpetrators france's interior minister has sent police reinforcements to some neighborhoods and promises to do more to stop youth violence but many young people in suburbs like this say the government ignores them and their aspirations for months of restrictions compounding a sense of alienation for those here iman isn't only a symbol of vulnerable youth but also the generation that could be lost for such a butler al-jazeera. 6 and a half meter journey might not seem like much to write home about but it's a different story when that journey is on laws now says released photos from the perseverance row of his 1st drive on the red planet it took 30 minutes for the rover to cover the distance at a maximum speed of almost point 2.02 kilometers per hour 1st

a variance also unfold its arms for the 1st time to make sure its instruments dubbed shylock and cameras named watson are also fully functioning. now on highlights from the. well some pretty fascinating images and some information out of this briefing 2 weeks after the mars rover perseverance landed on the red planet we saw for the 1st time a perseverance tracks on the martian surface see the tech the tracks in the dust there. very very clear images as you mentioned the rover is not exactly a race car but the scientists in charge say everything is working perfectly all of the hardware is going. and working as expected and

it's top speed the rover will be able to cover 20 key 200 meters per martian day martian day is $24.00 and a half hours so very similar to what we have here on earth we also saw some extremely clear high definition pictures of rock formations near i. knew it looked like a sort of like a block off or a mesa and you could see clear evidence of stratification in the rocks these are near the delta of what's called the just 0 crater which was once an ancient lake so these. these layers of rock are thought to have been laid down by rivers flowing into the ancient lake millions or even billions of years ago when mars. the foot surface of mars was rich with water so they laid down sediment and that caused these sedimentation layers is similar to what you see in

a place like the grand canyon or something like that on earth scientists are next going to try to. keep ploy the mini helicon. that perseverance brought along with it to mars it's called ingenuity it will take a short flight once they figured out exactly where it should land and they are also working on finding the best path for of perseverance to take in its long slow journey to the delta area of the former delta area in the syrup crater that is where scientists think it is a good spot to look for traces of each microbial life not the microbes themselves they don't expect to find anything living there but they could find of bio signatures they could find chemicals there that are indicative that life once existed in that area and that the rover will be testing and eventually will be

drilling for samples of rock down in it below the surface for more of these potential traces of life the goal of this whole this whole endeavor of course is to see if mars once held some form of life and that would tell us whether or not we are alone in the universe or not you are ask one of the most important questions at that we have thank you very much at rannells and los angeles and we fastened see what we get from the perseverance right the next. ivory coast vice a kind of appalls on saturday and parliamentary elections 3 months after us on what tara won the presidential vote opposition parties boycotted the election but this time they say democracy could be at stake and that interest reports. 5 requests opposition parties staying away from such today's election is not an

option. they say every vote counts to stop the country turning into a one party state and taking control of parliament could make governess difficult for president unless a more time leader of the r.h.d. party was reelected forthought last december's presidential election. the son of water us archrival and former president laurent gbagbo is origen voters to ensure the opposition now takes charge of parliament. let's go to the elections and type at the power to give it back to whoever has the right to it in the ivory coast but . this election is seen by the opposition as the biggest possibly only a paternity test a politically relevant before the next presidential vote in 5 years. think it is important for us to go to these legislative elections because we cannot

yet allow the r h d p to exercise absolute power you know every coast. so my voters believe the planned return of former president laurent gbagbo will employees both turnout and outcome but the president's supporters dismissed the opposition challenge promising to record another decisive victory. said the lesson is that. this election is an opportunity to take stock they all came to power here we saw what they left we also saw what we've done in 10 years that's the balance sheet but if they continue to believe that time has remained fixed that things haven't changed well we whiting for them. are trying to 16 referendum that the opposition called illegal pave the way for terrorists 13 office that led to violent protests that killed dozens of people because more violence and more deaths leading to december's presidential election something most i've oreo's don't want to see

repeated a comedy drees al jazeera. at the news hour life or not and still ahead we're going to have all the spall with andy the french tennis player losing his cool and his match at the argentina out.

of the. andes and out this fall. thank you so much marmo manchester city manager says he won't be allowing his players to travel to south america for world cup qualifying games is due to concerns over coronavirus and korean scene restrictions south

american countries have 2 world cup qualifiers coming up at the end of this month english based players for example face 10 days of corn say on their return it means this round of games ahead of cats are 2022 may be postponed is no sense go in there enough to be 10 days not turning should be our home to more days one more week when we play. we play for the leak it just gives rules through for chambers league quarter final chambers league we're not play with displeased you're not going to play who into illinois is going to happen but they're not going to fly for sure now south america's football confederation cami ball is to hold a virtual meeting on saturday with 3 for president jani and fancier to discuss its next move in their last match they scored former world champions argentina and brazil both had 19 european based players involved to some world cup winners a year ago i had 11 players making the trip across the atlantic other countries though will be slightly less effective purry for instance only had full squad

members playing their club football in europe and i've been talking to football reisa gavin hamilton he says the concerns clubs have are understandable. the big issue is the issue of corn seeding players when they return from world cup qualifiers and clubs are rightly worried that some of the best players will miss crucial games at a crucial stage of the season the champions league quarter finals 1st leg kick off a week after these international matches so players could conceivably miss some of the most important games of the club season they'll have to be some sort of compromise maybe a compensation deal will be offered by fee for and combo but i think clubs want to restrict their players playing for their countries and i think what will happen is that commodore have to reschedule the games and some stage that's going to prove difficult because come a bowl of already delayed and canceled games in their marathon world cup qualifying schedule each country has to pay $18.00 games over the course of the campaign so

there will be the schedule be squeezed even more now have to find some sort of time in this schedule over the next year to fulfill the qualification fixture that's i think they'll manage to get them there in the end it will take some arguments some some very heated discussions between the federal confederations and the federations and the clubs but i think the schedule it will have to be restructured in some way friendly matches will go by the wayside i would think and countries will have to find a way to fill the excellence now it's divided fans since its introduction but shannon fanciness says the video assistant referee is it's a state the face of boss has been sulking after a meeting of the game's lol make his one change has been announced an accidental handball that leads to a goal scoring chance will no longer be pain allies but while that's going nowhere . if maybe takes away the joy of some it gives the joy to others when the decision is changed or the joy if you win

a game is still there but i think everyone it was a sportsman prefers to win a game based on the right decision of the referee not based on a mistake. my chakka has become the 1st black female official in n.f.l. history jackie had previously refereed a college level and is the 2nd woman to become an n.f.l. official after sarah thomas the league has also been working to diversify its coaching ranks and only last year had its 1st game with an all black officiating crew checa begins new role in september. i does not think we were obviously i never played a game. but i loved her so much i mean for so many years so i just want them to know that if you have asked you if you have to drive don't let it hold you back just because you think that's something you sometimes say she just gets your heart always always always just 3 australians are an offense has become his country's highest score in

t 20 cricket french hitting an unbeaten 79 as australia score 100 $56.00 to $6.00 in the 4th much of the series against new zealand. flights from bowled out for just $100.00 in $6.00 to $5.00 match series well that's level it seemed to found will be allowed to attend the decider after lock down restrictions were lifted. roger federer is on his way to die off the cats are open as he gets ready to make his competitive it sense it's and it's after a year out with injury the 39 year old has undergone 2 new york since his exit from last year's australian open are very very close with. the moguls the moment worth remembering all the people involved are made this possible in a long and hard road i know i'm out of the finish line yet but it's good you know where i'm at a good profit and profit very well. just really pumped up. petrak of it ever will play go binya mcgriff in the final of the women's cancer open on saturday the czech

number full seat facing american paula fired just like a girl at 6464 the group through spain advancing to the final without hitting a ball when her opponent turns around to withdrew from the semi cheats what back injury it's over into this title decider for the 3rd time in 4 years. and french tennis player ben more pacified something of a meltdown of the argentine or open. had a series of arguments with the umpire before and after being docked a point for spitting on the courts he then appeared to give up in his final service game as he went on to lose this 2nd round match. ok that is so useful as looking for now let's get back samarium in looked all right andy thanks so much appreciate it that is it for the news hour but i will be back in a minute with more of the day's news of the bullets and coming up for you at 2200 g.m.t.

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with every. now. and opposition leader in jail in anger over continued coronavirus restrictions 2 issues collide on the streets of senegal. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program an explosion in somalia's capital at least 20 people of thought to have died in may in ma the military's crackdown against the protest movement is now being carried out.