and that of their country. who witness. a library under bombs on al-jazeera. revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al-jazeera. but. there's been looting across senegal's capital as process continues against the detention of opposition leader and a struggling economy. i mean it was foggy in the world here's neighborhood of the capital the car outside a supermarket where looters had been helping themselves with supplies.

and how am i here jane and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up pope francis encourages peace and unity between faiths in the middle east during a visit to an ancient religious sites in iraq. more protests in myanmar and in some places militias are joining the fight for democracy. and later we'll have an update on nasa's mars rover as it continues its journey on the red planet. but 1st an arrest is continuing in senegal's capital despite the military being called in to try and get violent protests under control demonstrators have been fighting with police after opposition candidate whose man song go appeared in court the 1st time on friday since his arrest banks gas station. supermarkets be

looted. rights groups say they are concerned senekal is handling all of the protests against the arrest of some go on this international has condemned a wave of arrests partial t.v. and internet blockades and the use of line nation 4 people have signed in 3 days of protests well let's cross now i live to talk we can speak to nicholas hawke and make the unrest continues what's been happening where you are so far. in the wealthiest neighborhood of the capital is the neighborhood called the bodies in behind me or multimillion dollar houses in fact is probably the most secure area if not in thing go in with the embassy the original embassy of the united states and all of these people don't really come and shop here in this supermarket look at it now this is what is left of it after another night of looting in the capital

and while this is supposed to be one of the safest areas in the capital looters barging into this supermarket in order to get the supplies that they want you to peek inside the camera and see how they've gone through the aisles and moments earlier we've seen looters children mothers coming in and trying to get as allies as possible. and since they have i mean the security of coming to try to evacuate the people on the ground but they've managed to take quite a bit of supplies in the type of supplies how they're coming in to get are you know cans of food toilet paper things that normally people seem to be unable to afford we saw families come in to help themselves because this year the year of the current of ours pandemic has had a terrible effect info. the economic fallout of that trying to make has had

a devastating effect on on households here so many people have profited from the situation to come in and help for themselves with supplies hala and nic is there is there more anger over politics where you are because it seems and expulsion of of emotion is coming in that part of the city were you where you are. where you i think i think there is both the political side of it and also the social and economic side of it it's all interlinking of course now as i mentioned because of the current virus there's been restrictive measures like curfews put in place restrictions of movement even public gatherings this means that some markets have been closed people that run small fruit and vegetable stalls have not been able to open and many of those that have those stalls can't compete with big supermarket chains like this one that sell these virtual walls at how it fries in

and we've seen a lot of these small shop owners come in and try to help themselves there's this feeling of injustice through the rest of the opposition leader is fun sancho this feeling of injustice and it feeling that a lot of young people specifically poor young people feel left out because senegal under mao he saw the economy has been booming he's been showing how how the country has been growing and yet there are many that feel left out in this economic boom i'll. bring is the latest from senegal thank you very much indeed. to iraq now pope francis has made an appeal for common ground among religious groups on the 2nd day of his historic visit the catholic leader was speaking at an interfaith meeting in the ancient city of a significant site for christians muslims and jews francis is the 1st pope to

travel to iraq and this is his 1st trip abroad since the pandemic began. believe is a strong element that unifies us terrorism and extremism has nothing to do with religion terrorism exploits religion it is up to us to find solutions and is up to us to face and deal with those who betray religions benj of it has more now from measure. while pope's just left the city of or after making that speech you heard him call himself the messenger for each piece urging interfaith harmony making sure that the message of unity across all faiths in iraq is heard and that before that he was in the city of najaf where he met a grand ayatollah ali al sistani and we've been hearing from various needed of iraq's shia clergy the head who've been highlighting the not just the importance but the significance in terms of how brave the pope was in try and come to iraq i

would not just the pandemic but also the security situation with the next the pope travels to baghdad where he's going to be holding a mosque and then he goes to the city of erbil in his last stop in this in this 3 day tour he's going to be with it in churches in the north in a porsche in mosul and then holding his final mosque in the city of erbil before he travels back to rome the day after look it has been a packed for that for the pope he's been in baghdad visiting the lady of salvation church where there was responsible for a few attacks then he's made history as the leader of the catholic church coming to meet the most reverdy leader of the sheer clergy here in iraq i had an audience of is not just significant because of him being as a revered leader but him playing a pivotal role in recent history in iraq whether it was elections whether it was the fight against isis or more recently telling politicians to respect the wishes

of the people as hundreds of thousands of people across iraq came out to protest against insecurity lack of services and a lack of job. security forces have used tear gas and violence to break up another day of and c q protests in myanmar. to. go out. but despite the crackdown large crowds have gathered across several cities more than 50 people have been killed in protests since the military seized power last month but only chang is monitoring the situation from bangkok in neighboring thailand he says there are concerns over me and mars' on's ethnic groups who are taking part in an siku demonstrations. once again people have come out on the streets in daraa where young gone mandalay in many places across the country and once again they have been met by security services who are firing tear gas setting fires trying to force them back off using those weapons of fear they'd be using to

kill a harshly for the last week interesting to the one place where they didn't push back was in northern shan state in the town of last year where a very large crowd came out at about 9 am local time yesterday evening the t.n.l. a which is an armed insurgent group one of representing one of the ethnic minorities in that area come out close to the city and made it very clear that they were supporting the protesters and we've seen this in other places too where soldiers from the qur'an ethnic groups have come out in support of the protesters. those protesters in last year stood off with the security services further down the road for a couple of hours they were waving groups representing different protesters around the country but also their own ethnic groups and the security services stood back they didn't push back as they had done so many other places and this highlights a big problem that i think many people are concerned about that these ethnic groups

and they exist all across myanmar in many of the border areas and they very well and in certain cases these protests could be the potential for greater strikes in addition to which the military shows any weakness a tool those are groups could use this is an opportunity to push back against them . at least 20 people have been killed in the somali capital after an explosion at a cafe popular with government workers under schapelle has more. for the 2nd time in a year a popular restaurant is attacked in somalia's capital dozens are dead or wounded. yemeni was crowded on friday night when this rickshaw carrying explosives was driven into it a nearby building collapsed burying people under rubble or who have died but. among those killed in the blast was my brother whose name was up to salaam it's really very sad to witness this tragedy. the un and police have condemned al shabaab for

the attack where the targets are stark evidence of how the terrorists don't want any joy or safety for the residents of the capital and the somalis in general will conduct investigations into the circumstances of the blast and inform you of the final results where another suicide bomber attacked the cafe in august last year prevented from entering he detonated his explosive vest at the entrance. controls rural areas in southern somalia and frequently targets government and civilian targets in mogadishu editorship al jazeera. egypt's president uphill fight says sisi has arrived in sit down for a diplomatic visit he's missing sudan's leaders including the head of state until fatah or han are expected to discuss several key issues including the dispute with ethiopia over the grand renaissance stand there this week egypt and sudan called on the international community to mediate in the crisis. but he stands prime minister

imran khan has won a vote of confidence in parliament after suffering a surprise setback in senate elections khan's governing p.t.i. party won the most seats but his finance minister lost to former prime minister and opposition candidates. can cold all the votes on saturday after the opposition demanded his resignation. still to come on al-jazeera the u.s. accuses china of an attack on democracy over beijing's plans to change hong kong's electoral system. people or country are hurting right. and to have a u.s. president is trying to relieve some of the pain of the pandemic. it's time for the perfect janet. sponsored point cut some ways

it's been raining in china it's been raining in japan to be running for a little bit in south korea and that was because of the warmth coming north was but ask going out of the way now we've got the cold returning turkey is down to 10 by sunday and that cold air swings round into the it's the right itself but it loses impetus so i think we're fine temperatures rising fairly quickly but there's been very still in this part of china beijing their quality has suffered as a result of that the forecast for hong kong surprisingly average temperature was about 22 is the average but we'll fill showers here and with the northeast the breeze or nice to the breeze i think is going to be on the low side so it'll probably feel quite pleasant to be honest this is the big picture on monday there's more rain gathering in china and moving towards the east and stretching as far north as beijing a shower to 11 degrees is possible later on monday and there is showers too in afghanistan the north of pakistan the followers of india this westley disturbance produces snow up in the mountains but it's enough to turn over the atmosphere so as

temperatures rise we still got a problem of persistent fog in the northern indian plain and lower quality but on sunday with undertones in new delhi things will improve a little bit before it becomes quite and misty again on monday. the way. too often on the streets of india. are victims but a new force is at place. female police officers are combative sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the badge for india's lady called. on under seal.

this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the headlines this hour rights groups say they're concerned about senegal's handling of the protests against they are arrest of opposition candidates was months on call and the c. international has condemned the use of live ammunition 4 people have died in 3 days of demonstrations pope francis has appealed for common ground among religious groups his focus a meeting between people of different faiths in the ancient city of moore on the 2nd day of his historic trip to iraq. and security forces have used tear gas and stun grenades to break up another day events you can protest in myanmar u.n. special envoy has urged the security council to take swift action to stop an increasingly violent crackdown. and one friday the u.n.

special envoy to myanmar urged the security council to take swift action against the genter and restore democracy christine trainer bergen has said she receives sizes of messages every day from people in myanmar pleading for help but at the mask heads to james bays reports from u.n. headquarters in new york. in the last weeks the u.n. estimates around 50 people have been 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 the hope that they have place in the united nations and its membership is waning special envoy schröder bergen 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 myanma. 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 suchi so 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 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. 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 to permanent members of the council russia and china are prepared to support a much harsher condemnation of the military james out. of the united nations. the senate says pass a compromise by democrats and republicans or federal benefits for millions of unemployed americans politicians approved additional weekly unemployment rate of $300.00 until the start of september the agreement overcomes one or many obstacles

to the president joe biden's near 2 trillion dollar coup with 19 really phil and a gallagher reports from miami. the senate will come to order in a 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. 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 dollars to 300 dollars 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 a last minute plea with less than 2 weeks from enhanced unemployment checks. and 7000000 kids don't have enough food. 30000000 people are behind in their 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 wood 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 all the

bill will pass eventually if passed the almost 2 trillion dollars will help struggling families businesses and 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 to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida they've been chaotic scenes in rio de janeiro as thousands of elderly brazilians lined up for hours for covert $1000.00 bank scenes many had queued overnight after a city mayor said jobs would be given to people over 60 but only a fraction of the doses needed are available lines of people on vehicles stretched

for several kilometers. and paraguayan process over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic turned violent so on friday night. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of people as many broke into shops and set fire to cars in the capital anger has been growing over record numbers of infections that have pushed hospitals close to collapse earlier on friday paraguayans health ministry became the latest to minister rather became the latest to resign under public pressure. the world health organization has urged brazil to adopt more rigorous measures to combat the virus after president's gyre bolsa criticized new restrictions in some states that w.h.o. says it's concerned the whole of latin america could be affected and has warned all countries against letting down their guard i really am very concerned that all of

us governments and individuals alike think in some way psychologically i understand what's driving we think we're through this we're not and countries are going to lurch back in just heard and forth surges if we're not careful it to be the party pooper here but that's unfortunately the way i see it and we should not waste the hope that vaccines bring we should not waste the precious gift of vaccines will bring by dropping our guard in other areas it's really really important. the u.s. has condense you veto power as proposed by china on hong kong selection or election candidate saying it's a direct attack on the territories autonomy beijing revealed the legislation on friday at the opening over its largest political meeting the national people's congress the changes would effectively dismantle hong kong's opposition by giving by beijing appointed committee control over who can run for office al-jazeera say

to him brian has been speaking to opposition leaders in hong kong a base the proposed rules ants they say they won't give up without a fight. located in haiti 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 whole call 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 again 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 no can hayes 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 an

election more. representation of the election for the people who would just be less and less chose 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 rolls 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 heavy individual china hong kong to love a polity 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 a mess adrian brown al jazeera hong kong the white house is warning of

a powerful cyber espionage campaign surrogates and microsoft exchange email software the so-called hafnium hacking group has been removed late breaking into email servers since january the group is believed to be based in china microsoft says the targets include infectious disease research errors law firms higher education institutions defense contractors policy think tanks and non-governmental groups this is a significant vulnerability that could have far reaching impacts 1st informants this is an active threat and as the national security advisor tweeted last night everyone running the servers government private sector academia needs to act now to patch them we are concerned that there are a large number of victims and are working with our partners to understand the scope of this the perseverance rover has traveled its 1st few meters since landing on

mars last month the u.s. space agency nasa says all systems are go that's right brain on its reports. making tracks on mars the perseverance rover went for a spin 2 weeks after landing on the red planet. and milestone on a mission in the mobility of home like we've driven on earth but driving on mars or even the off call and. tell me if i can even how i work toward the ferry moment from here it wasn't a long trip just over 6 metres in total nor was it a fast drive the whole exercise took 30 minutes and almost 0.02 kilometers per hour but so far perseverance is working perfectly we haven't had any hardware issues you know everything i've been working that we've been checking out. and so it's it's actually been amazingly smooth and in that

respect and what here in this picture of a rock formation near the landing site you can clearly see stratification or layers of rock they may be made of sediment washed down billions of years ago when mars was rich with surface water either existed or iraq are likely to populate by rivers flowing into the engine right gender out and perseverence has been flexing its robotic arms with the instruments named sherlock and watson mechanical detectives searching for signs of ancient life within weeks the rover will deploy its mini helicopter ingenuity for a test flight scientists have named the landing area in honor of the late octavia butler a novelist who was the 1st african-american woman to win top prizes in science fiction and a macarthur fellowship for her books including parable of the sower with the help of a spacecraft orbiting mars scientists are plotting possible routes for perseverance

to reach its goal an ancient river delta that may hold some. signs of long extinct microbial life forms if found such signs would be evidence that life perhaps even intelligent life exists in abundance beyond earth throughout the vastness of space robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines unrest is continuing in senegal's capital despite the military being called in to try and get processed some to control banks gas stations on supermarkets have been looted in dhaka 4 people have died in 3 days of demonstrations because he has more from dhaka there is this a feeling of envy.