as an example in south america the significant rain is on the traditional seasonal band running from rio and sao paolo up towards peru with some big showers around. but. the u.s. considers action against china over its plans to reform hong kong's electoral system calling it an attack on the territories autonomy. the whole robin you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up. protesters inside a girl continue to demand the release of an opposition leader last month some because lawyers say that he's the victim of

a state conspiracy. a call for tolerance in iraq pope francis on his victims of one of the worst attacks on christians as he becomes the 1st pontiff to visit the country. and a small but significant step will tell you more about the tread months left on the red planet. welcome to the program the u.s. is condemning china's proposed new veto powers on hong kong selection of politicians saying it's a direct attack on the territories autonomy beijing revealed the draft legislation on friday at the opening of its largest political meeting the national people's congress the changes would effectively dismantle whole cons opposition by allowing the chief executive to appoint members of parliament in line with a beijing appointed committee andrew brown has been speaking to opposition leaders in hong kong about the changes as he reports they say they won't give up without

a fight. no kin hey represents what's left of a once thriving opposition party many of its members have been arrested with others now on trial accused of subversion loz doing caught in 6 months to face unlawful assembly charges but is free on bail he says china's government can eliminate hong kong's political opposition but not the aspirations of its people the chinese government or the hong kong government they can suppress the whole competition's they can suppress the opposition politicians but they couldn't suppress or the oppositions the opposition come from the people beijing's electoral overhaul of this territory will likely mean the opposition's landslide win in district council elections 60 months ago was probably it's lost. many of the winning candidates will link to the protest movement a year later the hong kong government canceled the more important elections for the

many parliament citing code with 19 now it seems that poll could be persona to gain until 2022 china's leaders say that only patriots can hold elected office in hong kong without specifying exactly what that means but it does though raise serious questions over the future of the opposition and whether credible elections can be held without it lowkey in haste says with only candidates approved by mainland china to choose from many people will be dissuaded from voting in elections already rigged in china's favor the reform means that they want more control they want more secure election system in hong kong and i think whenever you want to control any election more. representation of the election for the people will just be less and less shows one calls himself

a patriotic the probe asian businessman was. on the mainland and heads a new political party that could benefit from china's new electoral laws he says you don't have to love the chinese communist party to be a patriot actually people should respect communist china and also respect the communist party but having individual child in hong kong to love a party which they have very little knowledge or experience with is unrealistic i think those are 2 different things supporters of the chinese government deny the new laws will weaken hong kong's already diluted democracy and insist the promises made before this place was returned from british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worth miss adrian brown al jazeera hong kong well let's bring in robert scott he's a senior international economist at the economic policy institute joins me now via

skype from potomac in maryland it's good to have you with us again mr scott's on the program i mean how do you think president biden can tackle china can he do it alone or is he now perhaps left with the option of trying to look for international support. well i think the 1st thing a president biden has to do is to get our own house in order he united states has certainly suffered to climb in democratic standards here over the last 4 years. symbolized by the invasion of congress on january 6th i think the 1st step would be to pass the voting rights act or one that passed the u.s. house last week the so-called john lewis act to expand voting rights and in support efforts to curtail access at the polls particularly for african-american and other minority voters i think beyond that you're right he does need to break and would need to form a coalition of international governments but again u.s. is seen as slipping you national. freedom democracy rights standards the freedom

house the recently came out with ranking showing that some 73 countries out of 195 has suffered a decline in democracy standardly 28 increased the u.s. was amongst the $78.00 that sell the u.s. so out of the most democratic ranking it into those of the more corrupt countries like iraq room eating i think and the panama canal is something that is scott because that we want to how untouchable china is if it is if that's the face you can use about china at the moment will set of sanctions or what sort of efforts could president biden. execute against china that will come a military conflict with talk about economic sanctions political sanctions those sort of tangible diplomatic way of scolding a country that you don't like. certainly we can sanction china to be an international readers we can consider terrorists from putting no limits on their diplomats. limits on their voting rights in forums like the international monetary

fund were dropped china has sought increased representations so this one so we can take and i think the key is to actually grew tail shiners economic power which we have failed to do over the past 2 decades enormous trade surpluses and its uses to fuel is growing gemini around the world of course the whole coal is seen as a trading gem in asia pacific and in this whole move of china controlling hong kong we've seen an exodus not just of people but also of businesses relocating out of the colony it's reducing the hong kong status some might think in the future that's where you might say china could be hurt would if would america would its coalition of partners try and push for more businesses to leave the colony to to reduce its financial status in the global market is that

a way forward. there are sanctions the united states can put in place on businesses creating home front specially chinese businesses so that's one option available to us and i think that would make progress unfortunately i think china has decided that it does not need a financial power and it was tested in hong kong before it is powerful of itself china is sitting on some by a trillion dollars in for example in foreign exchange reserves is from one of the largest foreign investors in the world so i think it's going to be less damaged by the fact that businesses may move from ths hong kong to taiwan or to singapore in other countries i think there will have less consequences for china perhaps more countries more consequence for countries like great britain that may have to repatriate millions of on citizens which they what happens for them i'm robert scott thanks very much for joining us from the time out in maryland ok you can

rights groups are raising concerns about something else have a look of protests against the arrest of an opposition leader amnesty international points to a way for her arrest sunday partial t.v. and internet blackout on the use of life weapons 4 people have died in 3 days of demonstrations after their us nicholas haq reports from the capital dhaka. a march the government tried to ban protesters chant this is our society be brave and strong protect our senegal not just a message to the security forces but for a government the queues of stifling dissent thousands indycar in other cities have been demonstrating after police detained opposition leader on song go accusing him of both rape and public disturbance to begin to do. the young people a toilet of the way we're being governed we need to free him some coas everything to us. police fire rounds of tear gas to disperse the

crowd the military has been deployed to help security forces stop the looting banks gas stations and supermarkets have been attacked so go has repeatedly accused president mikey cell of helping french companies profit from senegal spore. in the distance behind me police are far and water cannons to try to disperse the crowds they're trying to protect a french gas station and supermarket there now so much of this protest is less about the opposition leader response unquote more about this feeling shared among many senegalese that they're not getting a fair share of this country's wealth. among those protesting our trade or more his job's employees he has come out to assess the damage job sees a failure of the state to care for its youth because of that this is a problem. this is this is not something i'm really proud of my homeland this is

terrible you know. kids are angry remodeler have food to eat that's why they're breaking shops stealing to take home children not going to school properly you know . not being looked after properly among those arrested are many teenagers the government is restricting access to certain social media sites they say to stop this information and public gatherings but so far all attempts to bring calm have failed and the demonstrations continue to spread because hark al jazeera the car at least 10 people are being killed in an explosion near a popular restaurant in somalia's capital and it happened close to a market issue central prison on friday evening investigators believe a rickshaw loaded with explosives was detonated another 30 people have been wounded with a nearby building collapsing during the rescue efforts the al qaeda linked al-shabaab

group person claimed responsibility for the attack earlier at least 2 people were killed and 3 wounded in a separate attack on a prison in the city of. another protester has been killed in a united nations envoy a divided security council to take swift action against the military's brutal crackdown christine brennan said that she received thousands of messages every day from people in the amar pleading for help our diplomatic editor james phase reports now from u.n. headquarters in new york. in the last 2 weeks the u.n. estimates around 50 people to be killed by the military in myanmar the u.n. special envoy christine seana bergen believes that after the coup people were looking to the united nations for help the envoy said that the people of myanmar including committed civil servants or the real heroes and protectors of the nation's democratic progress but she wore in the hope that they have place in the united nations and its membership is waning special envoy srun

a burglar made those comments during a closed session of the security council she also told ambassadors there's an urgency for collective action how much more can we allow the myanmar military to get away with we must be clear previous and current crimes will not go unpunished. but the end of the meeting the u.k. ambassador briefed reporters as diplomats continue to work on a new statement on the situation the committee that represents the detained politicians including on sun suu kyi has said they want targeted repast sanctions on a total arms embargo why are you not considering vose measures rather than just more words the u.k. has taken by natural sanctions on individuals on trade and we have reviewed our aid but as you know from the u.n. point of view any further measures would you agree would require agreement from all council members the ambassador of the european union to the u.n.

told me that even if the security council can't agree sanctions there will be mounting international pressure on the military you know. they might survive isolation for for some time but in the end judgment will come there will be accountability especially for people who go against their own population shooting innocent you know women you know shot bullets it's just it's not it's not sustainable and i think they know it at heart negotiations continue among diplomats trying to come up with a security council statement what's not clear is whether 2 permanent members of the council russia and china are prepared to support a much harsher condemnation of the military james. at the united nations well still ahead here on al-jazeera. people or country are hurting right. now the u.s. president's trying to relieve some of the pain from the pandemic and you know going

to play through into illinois is going to happen by the end are going to fly an emergency meeting in south america about a threat that could delay qualifiers for cattles football world cup those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman the winter sponsored by qatar airways. well temperatures rose and the rain fell time to change things about it by the time you get to end of saturday in tokyo feel that 20 is lovely but is not going to last in fact you'll notice the temperatures throughout the whole of the north the child in the korean peninsula have come down a little bit out of all sorts minus 70 again but when the wind drops the sun comes to work and we're seeing rising temperatures beijing's up to 8 turkeys going down to 12 is a bit of a tipping point here but the forecast for tokyo shows that once you're at 12 you

stay at 12 was right maybe returning by tuesday that's not true for china the rain is on its way out here and it's dry for most of the philippines to most of southeast asia with the rainy season continuing particularly in indonesia was daytime shows becoming fairly big in java sumatra paf your new guinea i suspect over the next day or so there are many showers in south asia there are a few running into sri lanka there are a few ball forming in the northeast of india in the far northwest of india more especially afghanistan and northern pakistan that might briefly improve the air quality which is pretty poor in new delhi but it won't be much of our nasuwt isn't suffering too badly temped as there are on the rise a bit above average don't a lot but up to 36 by monday. sponsored power qatar airways one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes

a statistic that some have broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to leave you have to ask for help and inspire others to turn their lives around i call the straw hat program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunity for my business women make change on al-jazeera. more. of the back i want you all to 0 with me so rob a reminder of our top stories the u.s. has condemned china's proposed veto powers on a home called selection of politicians saying it's a direct attack on the city's or core autonomy the changes would effectively dismantle the territories opposition. for people to be killed and set it down

during protests calling for the release of an opposition leader demonstrators broke out 3 days ago after this man song was arrested. the united nations special envoy is calling for swift action from the security council against me and miles military night follows the killing of another if you protest wrong friday during a march in the city of mandalay. the head of the roman catholic church will meet the highest religious authority for iraqi shia muslims on saturday pope francis is the 1st pontiff to visit iraq but has called for tolerance and unity it has one of the world's oldest christian communities but numbers have dropped in recent years so when a full team has more from baghdad. a historic trip to a historic land pope francis' long held wish to set foot in the homeland of this ancient christian community became reality his visit aims 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. obviously the politicians need to promote the spirit of fraternal solidarity there is corruption abuse of power that's not 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. this is

a historic chance to have this visit be a cornerstone in building peace increasing corporation increasing the tolerance and understanding among all sides of society. president by him solemn 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 for 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-qaeda attack which claimed more than 50 lives and accelerated the exodus of christians from iraq but can his words make any difference politically or stop but it klein in iraq's christian population you know i don't think so because. i mean. the appearance on this situation good good vision and security is that really

the job is services and this is you know. the task of the iraqi government to create a good atmosphere. people to come back that would be 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 thousands of palestinian israelis have rallied against police accusing them of failing to tackle a wave of violent crime in their communities that's already killed $22.00 people this year the demonstrations in the city of. northern israel is the latest in weeks of protests. thousands of algerians of rallied against the political and military allegiance cities across the country calling for the old political system to be

dismantled and for the army to quit politics it's the 2nd week the protests have been held marking a return to weekly friday demonstrations the rallies began 2 years ago but have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. democrats and republicans in the u.s. senate have broken the deadlock over a key part of president joe biden's coronavirus relief bill now the compromise on extending federal jobless benefits overcomes one of several stickles the 1.9 trillion dollars package has faced but despite republican objections the bill is expected to pass as andy galahad reports said it will come to order in the u.s. congress evenly split between democratic and republican politicians passing president biden so-called american rescue plan was never going to be easy the senate debates been delayed by hours long readings a marathon voting session and compromises by democratic party to pass biden's 1st piece of major legislation republicans who support isn't needed to pass the bill so

it's a wasteful parade of left wing projects 200000000 for the answer to the museum and library services what's that got to do it nothing this legislation is the most consequential in a blow to progressive democrats a push for a $15.00 minimum wage failed with several democrats voting the proposal down there of also being compromises on unemployment benefits trimmed down from $400.00 to $300.00 a week and i appreciate you being rude comment tell your story from president biden meeting at the white house with the families struggling to make ends meet on a last minute plea with less than. 2 weeks term and handsome unemployment checks being cut. and 7000000 kids don't have enough food. 30000000 people are behind in a rent. and the american rescue plan i believe according to point out of the vast

majority of americans believe is essential friday's unemployment numbers show signs of a steady spring recovery still of a 9000000 people remain out of work if you look at job losses most have been in the service industry a huge sector here in florida reducing unemployment benefits will hit those still out of work hard but the by the administration is keen to pass the bill quickly president biden didn't get the bipartisan support he'd hoped for but it's thought the bill will pass eventually if passed the almost 2 trillion dollars will help struggling families businesses in states strapped for cash leading democrats say the sooner it's passed the quicker the u.s. will bounce back the clear majority of the american people democrats independents and republicans all support the american rescue plan it seems the only group in america who doesn't support the american rescue plan or washington republicans it's hoped the bill will hit the president's desk sometime next week and for many it

can't come soon enough and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida canada's health regulator has approved the johnston joelson krone virus vaccine it's the 4th job to be cleared for use prime minister justin trudeau says the government has signed up for 10000000 doses and he's promised to get enough doses to vaccinate all canadians by september. well as vaccinations are all large around the world books claiming occupations are dangerous are proving popular online prompting calls for health warnings on advertisements the bestselling book in amazon's children's vaccination and immunizations section is anyone who tells you vaccines are safe and effective is lying but one of the sections top 10 books 5 claims to expose the dangers of vaccines and one criticizes what it calls misconceptions and misreporting on medical issues amazon is urging customers to read official government sources and removes products that breach its guidelines the firm says it recognizes there are

different views on freedom of expression jonathan berman is the author of anti factors how to challenge a misinformed movement he says amazon could be doing more to tackle misinformation 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 that in a 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 in the algorithm isn't enough that there should be a degree of curation of what it shows you as its 1st resolved so the data is that it has been growing significantly over the less. quite a bit seems to have have emerged with the entire masque movement so what the entire

mass movement gets is the expertise of people who've been doing anti public health work for decades in what their devecser is get is a new large audience. a 6 and a half meter journey might not seem like much to write about but it's a different story when the journey is from nasa has released photographs from the perseverance rovers 1st drive on the red planet it took 30 minutes for the vehicle to cover the distance at a maximum speed of 0.02 kilometers per hour perseverance also and that was for the 1st time to make sure its instruments and cameras are working runnels has moved to los angeles. well some pretty fascinating image 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 the upper the very crack on the martian surface see that the

tracks in the dust there are. very very clear images the rover is not exactly in a race car but the scientists in charge say everything is working perfectly all the hardware is going. and working as expected at its top speed the rover will be able to cover 2200 meters per martian day martian day is $24.00 and a half hours are very similar to what we have here on earth. now a crisis meeting set to take place on saturday of a european football clubs refusing to release players for world cup qualifying games the virtual link up between president jonny infant teano and top south american officials will try to resolve the stalemate it follows might just a city manager pep guardiola saying that he won't let stars go because of coronavirus and quarantine concerns south american countries have to qualify as of

the end of the month english based players face 10 days of quarantine on their return it means this round of games ahead of qatar 2022 maybe perspire and. there's no sense to go in there not to be 10 days not training session be home 10 more days one more week when we play. we play for the leak just in case jesse gets rules through for champions league quarter final chambers league it we're not play with this place you know going to play well into illinois is going to happen but they're not going to fly for short football right to govern how will to and says that he understands the club's concerns. the big issues is the issue of coron scening players when they return from world cup qualifiers and clubs are rightly worried that some of their 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 there may be a compensation deal will be offered by fee for and calm the ball 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 comma bowl of already delayed and canceled games in their merit and 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 fixtures 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 federation zone and the clubs but i think the schedule list 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 fixture list.