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egypt's president after l.c.c. goes to sudan for the 1st time since the overthrow of former president obama share . and the hacking spree on microsoft e-mail exchange service that's not over yet despite emergency software patches and in sport india have qualified for the inaugural world championship final a 31 series win against england means they'll be taking on new zealand in the title decider. senegal's political turmoil has triggered more unrest and the deployment of the military banks petrol stations and supermarkets was set upon in the capital dakar with shelves stripped bare the violence began 2 days ago when opposition leader horse man song called was detained is a bad in court accused of rape rights groups are concerned about the crackdown on his supporters and site to t.v. stations that have been shut down due to their coverage of the on wrist it was hank

was in one of the businesses in dhaka that's been trashed. this is much more than than politics whilst the the rest of response song has crystallized this feeling and remember we spent on co describes himself as the anti establishment politician he's been very critical of the relationship of big corporations with the state and the government specifically the president himself accusing him of corruption and that has really resonated among many people here as this typically after this year of pandemic where the government has put really restrictive measures on the on the on on people the curfew has badly affected some of these people who no longer can earn a living many of them have stalls fruit and vegetable stalls and they're not able to sell they're not able to compete with big corporations that sell their vegetables at half the price that they are selling it so there is this feeling that

this protest is not just about politics it's about a social movement it seems you know protesters these are not protesters these are people that live in this neighborhood young people that come here to get by and to get some food maybe for today. and it's not just happening here it's happening in so many other places not just in the capital but throughout the country and nicholas joins us now live from outside that supermarket tell us what's been happening since we last saw you and and also i believe we're expecting to hear from political allies of some coal what what are they likely to say. and that's where we're expecting a press conference that will the members of we've been sancho's political party joined with members of civil society the group as well as other opposition activists they call themselves now an umbrella organization they call themselves the defenders of democracy and in this friends conference we expect them to reject

and condemn the words used by the interior minister yesterday who came out on national television calling to protest or is terrorists calling the march that they had organized and insurrection and so the feeling is for the protest movement is that as as as i mentioned earlier this isn't just about some go it's about safeguarding the long tradition of democracy that you have here in senegal never has there been any coup or military dictatorship unlike neighboring countries here there's always been a peaceful transition of power and this to belittle the bedrock of the stability of this country is this active civil society that now and then erupts to call into question the government when people are displeased with their leadership ok tell us about the government's response do you think it will stop attacks on businesses.

well i was sitting right behind a friendship or a market that was looted in the fancy is the wealthiest neighborhood of the capital and this area just further down the road is where the united states embassy is it's only the most safest area in probably in the capital and yet protesters were allowed to come in and loot this supermarket now they're trying to rebuild it and they're trying to put it back on its feet but earlier today we saw not just protesters frankly women with their. mother mothers with their children going in and trying to get anything that they can with the food sure they've paid for and they've really stripped that supermarket bare and even taking into fridges out and that shows the level of desperation among the people that are protesting and particularly among many senegalese who feel frustrated after

a year of restrictions because of the global pandemic and while president monkey self has really boosted the economy during his mandate it seems that some of them feel left out there's a deepening of a void between the haves and the house not so much of this is driven by this feeling felt vice but by the protesters and so we expect in the hours to come after this this press conference people are waiting to to hear what the leaders will be out for people to go back on the streets or will there be a call for calm of course and we haven't heard from the president himself president mikey's cell where people are waiting for him to respond to bring back unity to this country as i said or only it's very unusual to have protests like this we haven't seen protests like this in fact since 2012 when the former president of dillard tried to run for a 3rd mandate and then it was the current president mikey cell that was on the

streets calling for protests and those that supported him then are now protesting against him there's a need for dialogue and scenes between the population and its leadership jim thanks so much for that update and for us. well pope francis is holding mass in baghdad's tel d. and cathedral it's the latest stop on his historic visit to iraq these are live pictures from that mass earlier the head of the roman catholic church delivered a message of peace to a nation wracked by war and religious division prime minister most of all call them a has declared bunch 6th iraq's day of tolerance and coexistence earlier pope francis was a nudge off where he met iraq's most senior shia kerrick some of the debate was there. under strict security pope francis enters not just one of the holiest cities

for shia muslims another historic 1st for the leader of the catholic church as he met iraq's grand ayatollah ali al sistani is a reclusive leader who is rarely seen in public he's iraq's most revered cleric and his proclamations have influenced many since the 2003 u.s. invasion the plight of those being persecuted in the region including palestinians and syrians that discussed. short the point of equal rights for christians in iraq and peaceful coexistence the meeting between the pope and grind ayatollah ali sistani is symbolic and significant although the majority of the religious authority says it plays no role in politics has played a pivotal part in iraq recently whether it was urging people to take part in politics in elections whether it was to tell them to pick up arms against isis and more recently in the favor of the protestors clerics in najaf say the pope's visit has highlighted iraq's central place for all religions and is a brave gesture from for france's in the face of security challenges and the

pandemic. home. clerics through their words and behavior convert the message of peace and love and convince people to stay away from extremism this is what we did in iraq in the last 2 decades and not just doors have remained open the pope's visit to natura will boost the spirit with our partners the christians in iraq. as part of this part 3 day visit the pope and on a pilgrimage to or the city is the birthplace of prophet abraham the patriarch of all abrahamic religions. in a meeting with leaders representing sudanese sheers christians disease and sabin's francis called himself a messenger of peace advocating harmony faiths. no my belief 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 the ancient city in the

province where there have been frequent protests violence but on saturday the message from politicians and religious leaders there was of tolerance and peaceful change many iraqis say they're ready for such a transition and hope it will also has brings corruption and bring more jobs some of the job it out of the niger egypt's president eldar father of sisi has visited sudan as the neighbors push to break a diplomatic deadlock with ethiopia over a giant new dam both egypt and sudan live downstream from the grand ethiopian renascence dam and they're worried about future water supplies years of talks between the 3 countries have repeatedly stalled before. we discussed the renaissance dam in ethiopia this affects all the countries around the nile basin we had agreed to continue our efforts on coordination and consultation we insist on returning back to negotiations in order to achieve a further balanced agreement regarding the feeling and operation of the dam for the

sake of egypt sudan and ethiopia have morgan joins me now live from khartoum have or so this is the latest of many meetings discussing the dam c.c.i. believes now left with any major developments. well yes this is one of the many many talks held between sudan and egypt with regards to the ground if you're a parent as long as them but this time it's at the top level with the head of the sovereignty council of them for $100.00 thing the issue of the dam with the egyptian president and the fact that sisi now both sudan and egypt seem to be united understands that this talk needs to include more mediators instead of just the african union over the past year the african union has been trying to mediate between sudan if you and egypt so that they could reach a deal before the filling of the of the dam but in july last year if you're pre-announce that it has started filling the for the 1st phase of filling all of

the dam without reaching an agreement now it has also announced last month that it will fill the dam once again in july during the rainy season that is something that sudan and egypt both say is unacceptable without a legally binding agreement at best is what they've been trying to reach for more than 4 years now and they have not been able to reach back there should president obama and egypt say that they want the united in the united nations the u.s. the european union to have a greater role rather than just observers as they do right now of course egypt and sudan are both relying on the dam sudan says 20000000 people will be affected by the by the feeling of the ground if you pronounce them egypt has more than 90 percent of its population relying on that dam now while. he says visit was welcomed by the senior officials and the government here not everyone in the country was happy there were minor protests along some of the major roads here in the capital hard tool because of the issue of the triangle which lies on the border between

sudan and egypt and which has been claimed by both countries so sudanese some sort of needs on the street say that this is the issue that sudan should have been focusing on rather than other issues ok thank you they have they've had the morgan live. in the news ahead this hour christians cutting its overseas aid budget will look at the countries being hit hardest and the worst possible time. polls are open in ivory coast parliamentary elections that could be to the return of an exiled. in sport the election that could have a big impact on the future of barcelona star player and he's here with that story. dozens of people have been killed over the past 24 hours during fighting between yemeni government troops and who the rebels and nodded warplanes from the saudi led coalition have been targeting the who the rebels launched an offensive last month

to try to take over the city and the nearby nearby oil rich areas. security forces have used tear gas to break up another day of anti coupe protests in me and. growing rocks but despite the crackdown large crowds gathered across several cities more than 50 people have been killed in protests since the military seized power last month tony chang is monitoring the situation from bangkok in neighboring thailand he says there are concerns of a 1000000 miles armed ethnic groups who are taking part in antique 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 using to kill a harshly for the last week interesting new 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 become 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 aren't ethnic groups and they exist all across myanmar in many of the border areas and they're

very well armed in certain cases these protests could be the potential for greater strikes in addition to which the military shows any weakness a tool those groups could use this is an opportunity to push back against them well as tony just mentioned the current meanwhile has sparked rare unity among ethnic minorities who spent decades at war with the military here from the karen national liberation army can be seen but protesters in the southeast on friday the armed group has been engaged in one of the longest running battles with the central government they. are. they used water and flashed the 3 finger salute a strong indication of their support for the anti coom movement manzana is a family's human rights activist and a co-founder of forces of renewal southeast asia he says this is an extraordinary moment of unity for people and me and mom there is that a radical reversal on the part of the majority very amber means public

that have been brainwashed to over decades to view these as insurgents right so these are communities that want to have a face share in the way the country is run and the military is the major block and so now there are 2 things that that are happening that have not been captured on camera because it's not possible one is the you know complete and total ostracization of the security sector including extended family members to you know children of generals cronies families that have ties with the military by the society you know the vendors would not sell water to police or like you know of food and also the there is what they called the protesters and the society called social punishment it's the religious equally the society societies with lentil excommunication excommunication of the entire sort

of the security sector and it's a sub social system and the other one is forging all of inclusive society that recognizes that muslims and buddhists and other different ethnic groups they do not pose a threat to each other the common enemy at this point they suddenly realize is the national army and the the generals that have unleashed on president biden's an attempt to put society back under the boot. on friday the u.n. special envoy to me and urged the security council to take swift action against the genter and restore democracy after to medicare to james space reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york. in the last weeks the u.n. estimates around 50 people to be killed by the military in myanmar the u.n. special envoy christine seana bogan 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 shriner 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 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 suchi 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 shot bullets it's just it's not 'd it's not sustainable and i think they know it hard 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 0 at the united nations

in neighboring thailand anti-government protesters are marching in the capital bangkok defying a ban on public gatherings are calling for the release of activists who were arrested under strict laws that ban criticism of the monarchy the government is accused of using those laws to stifle dissent. as the pandemic drains more money from government budgets worldwide britain is among countries planning to scale back its aid commitments an investigation by the non-governmental organization open democracy reveals the severity of the proposed cuts aid to nigeria south sudan somalia and the democratic republic of congo could be reduced by around 60 percent compared to prepare demick levels aid to yemen is expected to be hogged just as it's pushed ever closer to famine and elsewhere in the region the british government is said to be planning to cut assistance to syria by 2 thirds

and lebanon may lose nearly 90 percent danni's risk on the roger is oxfam chief executive for great britain he says the budget cuts if they happen will lead to loss of life. but there's no denying that this pandemic is wreaking havoc across the world including in countries like britain but you know what developed countries spend on aid is a tiny proportion compared to what they're spending propping up failing industries in terms of their own trillions of dollars spent on on supporting their own economy and you know what was great about the british promise on the point 7 percent of its income when i was it was a promise made at the best of times but it is you know as the archbishop of canterbury said here in the u.k. recently it's particularly galling that this promise is now broken in the worst of times and the no a few hundreds of millions of pounds will not save the british exchequer

a huge amount will not make a tangible difference on the fiscal pressures on the u.k. government but will make a huge difference when it comes to the humanitarian effort that organizations like oxfam are involved in in places like yemen all the democratic republic of congo. at least 20 people have been killed in the somali capital mogadishu after an explosion at a cafe popular with government walk is al-shabaab is being blamed. 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. 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 starkly billions of how the terrorists don't want any joy or

safety for the residents of the capital and the somalis in general who conduct investigations into the circumstances of the blast and inform you of the final results where another suicide bomber attacked the cathay 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 and al-jazeera the people of the ivory coast of voting in a parliamentary election it's happening 3 months after i left someone thought i want to presidential poll that was boycotted by the opposition for the 1st time in 10 years the ivorian popular front headed by former president laurent gbagbo with taking part ivory coast has a long history of political turbulence last october's disputed elections sparked violent protests president allison whataburger who's governed for more than a decade won with 94 percent of that vote but his opponents do not accept the

results a constitutional amendment following a referendum in 2016 allow tarted to seek a 3rd term that led to violence between opposition and ruling party supporters and security forces ivory coast experienced a civil war after without its 1st election victory in 2010 former president level bug bo refused to step down the leading to violence in which 3000 people were killed. 3 roger below is an africa affairs analyst and the president of africa international media group she thinks the opposition's boycott of elections hinders its ability to challenge the government. this is a constant. opposition has been commuting all. the way. whenever we have an argument against the incumbent our or the write downs of risk and the like the.

election. instead. we want cuts the next election we don't get. in the parliament election which has been a mystic saw there what happens is that. what. only got you one was that well gee jones now when don't. we boycott what happened who don't see any opposition in the parliament they happen or what. we've done just before the election so. there is a positive dynamic. for them to break now jan and. what we know and we've seen in the parliament that you have to see

the u.s. government says it's still assessing the size and severity of a cyber attack targeting microsoft's e-mail software so far it's thought at least 30000 u.s. organizations including both government and corporate have been hit and many more worldwide it appears all of those affected use web based versions of outlook since january the hackers have exploited software flaws to steal e-mails and fax servers and leave behind the back doors to return later and it seems they've stepped up their campaign since microsoft released patches to block them u.s. media outlets have named the china based group as being behind the attack. this is a significant vulnerability that could have far reaching impacts 1st in 4 months 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 once more to come in the news all south africa wants to vaccinate most of

its people by the end of the year the plan is running into problems. the u.s. accuses china on an attack on democracy of the beijing's plans to change hong kong's electoral system. and support a crucial victory for the 2 time olympic champion aiming to win a number of well cup title. the front edge version mall when it blast down the gulf brings dust and sand with it and there it is it found its light and that's in the empty quarter and there is the wind still blowing beyond that the winds are fairly quiet and the weather is fairly quiet throughout the middle east and most of turkey and iran in the in the caucasus there's a change in old and he does get a cold air coming out to europe that will spread snow across the snow in politics

and toward the media and georgia and the same time the winter comes slightly larger and cold back up i think being in the dust with it towards q 8 once again by the time we get to the end of monday. then we'll jump through the whole of africa down to the south where it's significant weather once again the focus is most likely going to be in madagascar we have had significant rain in this northern part of madagascar tickly the northwest for the last 3 days something like $200.00 millimeters now that is not unusual but it cascaded always produces flooding has done just the same this time but the trend is for that rain to become a little lighter is still there you know can be lighter if you follow back to the mainland than malawi and maybe dia see bits of zambia will see some rain some so that the a scattering of showers but an awful lot of persistent long lived sunshine doubly. but. too often on the streets of india women are victims

but a new force is at play. 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 needy call. on un disease. since its inception in 1961 the kuwait fund has been supporting people's livelihoods in over 100 countries by funding projects in an array of sectors. ranging from infrastructure to health and education. these initiatives ultimately help to eradicate poverty. and promote sustainable development.

what. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour senegal's political turmoil has triggered more unrest people have stalled banks petrol stations and supermarkets in the capital dakar there's been violence since opposition leader or smart phone call was arrested earlier this week. security forces have used tear gas and violence to break up another day of antique and protests across me a lot more than 50 people have been killed in demonstrations since the military seized power last month. and pope francis is celebrating mass in iraq's capital baghdad on the 2nd day of the 1st ever papal visit to the next

leader of the roman catholic church called for common ground and unity after meeting with christian and muslim leaders. early on saturday the pope went to a place of historic importance for both christians and of olson's and dismount a full team reports the visit is raising hopes of development in the long neglected area. the ancient capital of mesopotamia it was 1st settled 5000 years before christ and became the seat of samarian kings but this was not just the cradle of one of the earliest civilizations in the world according to the biblical book of genesis old is also believed to have been the birthplace of abraham the father of the 3 monotheistic faiths 2 days in christianity and islam part of his you are here with. this visit is important in many respects it will boost tourism in order and it will be. for christians of course that will serve our

province archaeologists hope the papal visit will usher in funding to further develop the site only around 10 percent has been excavated the walls of the royal tombs opened around a 100 years ago and left unprotected from the elements have been weakened by salt and humidity and are at risk of collapse. the fluctuations and with the conditions greatly impact the buildings which are made of mud bricks and one stone. of the great ziggurat of abraham's house are the only structures that have been rehabilitated in recent decades for muslims abraham is known as prophet abraham who sacrifice is celebrated during the islamic holiday of . i will be. a father's used to take us to every homes house every 3 to 4 weeks since our childhood we were raised to love abraham's house his words his dialogue. shaken he has traveled to the vatican himself and hopes the pope's visit

will result in formal collaboration. with and i hope this 1st visit will be full of other visits from the institutes will be established here for mutual understanding an interchange where students from the vatican come to iraq to study for one or 2 years and are students can go to christian institutes the people who live around or have more practical demands like this new road paved just ahead of the pope's arrival and. we hope that after the pope comes there will be better services there will be more developments are jobs such expectations risked being left unfulfilled during a profound financial and health crisis still the pope's visit will at least for a day cast the limelight on a side that has had few visitors in decades of war and instability seem wonderful to an al-jazeera in iraq's ancient city of. pakistan's prime minister iran card has

won a vote of confidence in parliament so after suffering a surprise setback and set elections he was able to secure 178 of the 172 required votes come called the vote on saturday after the opposition demanded his resignation thousands of indian farmers have blocked a major road net new delhi to mark the 100th day of protests against the government's controversial farm laws the protests began in november farmers say the changes could lead to a monopoly of big corporations and end guaranteed prices for their produce the government says reform of the agriculture sector is long overdue. the u.s. senate has passed a compromise by democrats and republicans on federal benefits for millions of unemployed americans politicians have approved additional weekly unemployment aid of $300.00 until the start of september there clément overcomes one of many

obstacles to president joe biden's net 2 trillion dollars covered 19 relief bill and a gallica reports from miami the senate 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 american 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 institute of museum and library services what's that got to do a co nothing this legislation is the most consequential in a blow to progressive democrats 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 come and 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 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 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 to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. and part of protests over the government's handling of the pandemic turned violent on friday night. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and hundreds of people as many broke into shops and set fire to guard cars in the capital as health minister is the latest official to resign as a record number of infections overwhelms hospitals. there's been chaotic scenes in

rio de janeiro where thousands of elderly brazilians lined up for hours for vaccines many had queued overnight after a city mayor said jobs would be given to people aged over 60 but only a fraction of the doses needed are available lines of people and vehicles stretched for several kilometers. the world health organization has urged brazil to adopt more rigorous measures to combat the virus after president jaya both an auto criticized new restrictions in some states the w.h.o. says it's concerned all of that in america could be affected and as ward 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 us we think we're through this we're not. countries are going to lurch back in 3rd and 4th surges if we're not careful need to be the party pooper here but that's unfortunately the way i see it and we should mark weeks to hope

that vaccines bring we should mark wish the precious gift of vaccines would bring by dropping your guard in other areas it's really really important. south africa's plan to vaccinate most of its people by the end of the year is running into problems one major challenge is getting the vaccines to rural areas where a 3rd of the population lives are made a 1000000 reports from cars one or another where some say they're being left behind . among buried her brother behind a family home in him too about to buy inquisition are told just months ago she says he died from covert 1000 well she says a family's been devastated by his and the death of 2 other relatives they're not convinced the vaccine will protect them some say that you know it's not. a good vaccine to be take him because it can continue killing and they can say that

is it really airbags that it can continue maybe you are going to die more after these likely turn dizzy their lives in the village of some killer which is nearly 200 kilometers from the city of durban the main clinic years already under pressure it's limited resources have been further strained by the call of the 1000 pandemic i'm not trying to just now and we have many challenges we have few nurses and not doctors. in its 1st phase of the vaccine rollout south africa's government has vaccinated tens of thousands of health care workers across the country here in course do not tell fewer than 2000 have received the jab so far only after all health care workers are immunized with it vaccinate essential workers the elderly and the vulnerable more than a 3rd of south africans live in rural areas that are often difficult to get to and have poor infrastructure well tens of thousands of health workers in urban areas

have been vaccinated it's unclear how the government plans to inoculate those who haven't been and others in areas like this one. in addition to its current supply of johnson and johnson vaccines the government is expecting $20000000.00 doses of the pfizer job later this year but it requires storage at minus 70 degrees and that's unlikely in rural areas with facilities a limited our population is going down arc but for now we can't just our process because we will create an expectation that will not be 4 feet if we strain now good to be vaccinated then they will see when and then we are not read the with specifics because we are still as i've said to you we've only $10.00 in a bowl turn bowls in for the government expects more vaccines every 2 weeks and it's increasing the number of vaccination sites but as time does heal as family

mourns the loss and fear of becoming sick themselves their faith in the vaccine and when it will come remains uncertain for me to millar al-jazeera was do not tell south africa the dalai lama has received his 1st vaccine dose the 85 year old took the oxford astra zeneca jab at a hospital in india's northern city of sodom siler the exiled put a spiritual leader encouraged more people to get inoculated. amsterdam a city known for its not life is holding its 1st major called sid since the pandemic began more than a 1000 people are expected in its largest music venue. but they have to abide by strict rules step falseness there and tells us how things are unfolding. finally feel good. again and while there's a real marquee mood here this is not the marching 1300 people here to take part in

this march human experiment going to be organized with the birth of the world's largest both a group that's trying to build an experiment the big question here is are people willing and able to follow only 3 regulations at a bright year. here their progress situation the organizers of the year 6 different problems in which their role to be involved bobby brown will be allowed when we are to one big band and the other one they can move around and actually dance this way be organized to fight with the way organize such a large. battleground here. and this includes challenging market are really worried are you smarter. than handing down your job or

a great one. the u.s. has condemned new veto polls proposed by china of hong kong selection of election candidates saying it's a direct attack on the territories autonomy ageing revealed the legislation on friday at the opening of its largest political meeting the national people's congress the charges would effectively dismantle hong kong's opposition a giving beijing appointed committee control of a who can run for office well that scott is a senior international economist at the economic policy institute he thinks the united states options for pressuring china on them it'd. certainly we can sanction china in international arena as we can consider terrorists from putting limits on their diplomats that mean limits on their voting rights in forums like the international monetary fund we're china china has sought to increase representation so that's one step we can take and i think the key is to actually curtail china's

economic power which we have failed to do over the past 2 decades if you feel that enormous trade surpluses and its use east to fuel is growing could gemini around the world there are sanctions the united states can put in place on business and operating in hometown specially chinese businesses so that's one option available to us and i think that would make progress unfortunately i think china has decided it it does not need a financial power and it was tested in hong kong before it is powerful of itself china sitting on some 5 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 damage but back to businesses may move from hong kong to taiwan or to singapore and other countries i think that will have less consequences for china perhaps more countries more consequence for countries like great britain that may have to repatriate millions of on her own citizens. coming up next in sports

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minorities are missing out which americans are moving to florida to avoid fights. counting the cost on al-jazeera i care about how the u.s. engages with the wealth of the world we're willing to fit in taking you into a place you might not visit otherwise feel that you were there. welcome back discovered 19 vaccinations rollout around the world false and misleading books are becoming increasingly popular online that's prompting calls for consumer health warnings the best selling book on amazon. vaccination

immunization section is called anyone who tells you vaccines are safe and effective is like other books claim to expose the dangers of vaccines and one criticizes what it calls misconceptions and mis reporting on medical issues amazon says it urges customers to follow official government sources and that it removes products that breach guidelines but the company also says it recognizes there are different views charted berman is the author of adding back says how to challenge a misinformed movement he says amazon should 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 and 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 result so the data is that it has been growing significantly over the years you know. quite a bit and it seems to have emerged with the entire mask movement so what the entire mass movement gets is the expertise of people who've been doing anti public health work for decades and what their axes get is a new large audience. i'm not a sport has andy thank you so much kim india have qualified for the inaugural world test championship final a 31 series win against england means they'll now take on new zealand in that title decider earlier on saturday very kohli's team basing in mumbai on any eggs and $25.00 runs in ahmedabad accept ravichandran ashwin taking 5 wickets each is

england were bowled out for just $135.00 in their 2nd innings on sunday barcelona elects a new president a vote that could have a big impact on little messes future former past presidents run the porter is the favorites he helped the club win 13 major trophies during his previous 7 year reign is up against business been victor fonts and lawyer and fraser around 90000 club members gets votes with a lot of big issues in play the club not seeing good financial status debts of close to one $1000000000.00 in a massive contract expires on june the 30th many could lay for free at the end of this season on the pitch they're on the brink of a last 16 exit from the european champions league and earlier this week former presidents. who stepped down in october it was arrested as part of a corruption investigation it's alleged bought some wrongfully used club cash to criticize some that seems players including messi for social media or we've been

talking to spanish football writer rich sharma he believes sorting out the messy situation is the immediate priority and the reporter has the best chance of getting the argentinian to stay. i think that was it is that. and he probably is also the guy who has the best chance of keeping messi because he has a relationship they know each other like water that was passed in 20032010 which is the latest that stages they are. the best is the best bottle opener in history possibly the best football team in history perhaps pep guardiola garza 208-000-9010 look was or was there and he knew messi and he speaks to messi i would say regularly but he does speak to messi unlike us attorney pressure and because of blood we don't have that personal relationship with messi look water to me is the guy with the best plan he's not the guy with the who's been working on this this election years and years and years that's the bottom is the one who's going to know he's a businessman he's carefully plotted out how he wants things to go if and when he

becomes president but look water is a personality he's a character he's a showman and people like that and that you know they haven't looked upon him in the last week they've been 3 debates between the candidates and one of the accusations that was a byproduct of the pressure was that he was avoiding the bait and avoiding speaking but in the debates it's been a look also who's come out on top because he does have that natural character and i think it was a bit of a start the week he's a favorite now. look at this costly mistake in the janie vice chair as our sarkozy's keeper this misstep by congenial and decisive in the game and his team lost 3 s in tokyo the wind moving tokyo up to 5th in the table 20 time grand slam champion roger federer has arrived in dire half the cats are open as he gets ready to make his competitive return to tennis after a year outs with injury the 39 year old's undergone 2 knee operations since his

exit from last year's australian open. i get very very excited and with medals the moment worth remembering all the people involved are made this possible it's been 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 place have been practising very well. just really pumped out of the final of the women's cancer i've been on the way to my grand slam champions are in that cycle decider with. the taking on patrick vits of are the 2 met in the $28.00 team final without occasion was the winner because it ever has just won the 1st set. canada's currie connors has taken the half way lead at the arnold palmer invitational connors here carting a 3 and a 69 he gets a 9 on the for the tournament's leading by one stroke going in surround 320 champion rory mcilroy is a couple of shots behind and seats are going to be champion kelly shifrin has

claimed her 45th world cup slalom victory the american edging up home favorites petra flow for the slovak actually competing on the slope where she learnt to skate she for lunch still $45.00 points behind fall over in the overall world cup star and standings there are 3 races left in the series. ok that is a sports fanatic just thank you to andy i persevered and rover has completed its 1st short drive since landing on mars last month now that says it went about 6 and a half me shoes and now it's all systems go for the rovers mission to collect samples that will hopefully be brought back to our brand support. 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

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 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 shantaram 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. that is they all just their news all

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