in the low thirty's and fairly humid there are because of the afternoon showers as far west as when talk but not on the skeleton coast. the roman catholic pope arrives in northern iraq where he'll hold an open air mass on the 3rd day of his tour. that i am alomar here and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out. the crackdown continues reports of life fire on crowds in myanmar as an siku protesters turnout across the country. millions of americans agree or were to

financial relief after u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollars pandemic package is approved by the senate. and the knock on effect of the pandemic taxidermists feel the economic pinch and zimbabwe and the big game hunting is all but shut down. pope francis is in northern iraq on a 3rd day of his historic visit he just arrived in will soul a short while ago and he later celebrate mass there before foundations of people the pope has used the trip to appeal for tolerance and unity among religious groups while some wonderful team joins us now live from erbil and some one of the popes that he has a busy show job on this 3rd day of his visit to iraq

a just outline for us what he's got plans in the hours ahead. well here i have to end. erbil the capital of the semi autonomous kurdish region earlier today where he met with kurdish officials and he has now flown with helicopter to mosul where he will be visiting the old city which is of course an area that was severely destroyed during the war with iceland much of that area still allies in ruin specifically he will be holding a prayer service at the target square which is a place that consists of 4 different churches from different denominations highlighting just how diverse iraq's christian community is this used to be before the war and during this prayer service he will commemorate the victims of war specifically the people who died during the war with i saw and of course his presence in the old city is also in the way

a message of support for not just from the christian community but also in the way in direct way of highlighting the lack of reconstruction and rehabilitation that has been place in the city despite the war with i saw having been over for more than 3 years there is still a lot of buildings that are destroyed not infrastructure for people to return to this one reason why very few in fact just a few dozen members of morsels christian community have returned to now after morsi who will be going to the village of product which is in the name of our planes that in the plains are an area that again prior to ice we used to have a vibrant christian community but very few of those christians have returned in part because of the presence of armed groups there and that has really resulted in a demographic change in those areas and to better understand the drivers for that change list let's listen to. the archbishop of to be.

if you passed within the same state of iraq through all of these checkpoints i feel i would feel a lot safer i mean i prefer to have for example the iraqi police or the local police but the local police of mosul to protect the check and it would be good also to have young people from these villages trained together we could form local police christian muslims together train them together and they would know exactly who are there are they know the people very very well in that sense we offer jobs and also security and that the same time try to bring the trust of the people in their land again because they would feel that they are responsible in protecting this land yet i would i would urge the government really to take these steps again i mean having all of these different units will

not give to anyone a full sense of security. there you've heard the bishop talk about the importance of making sure that christians feel safe to return to the main our plans now later today the hope of france as well as back in that bill where he will hold. the stadium which is right behind us and we will bring you updates about that throughout the day we will indeed but for now is some one of 14 in erbil thank you very much. now police are using tear gas to try to disparage sensi who protesters in myanmar who turned out it's in their thousands to spites the escalating crackdown to. the will there defying the military to call for a return to democracy this follows a night of rain swer security forces stormed houses and rounded up people including

journalists and politicians days of life far tear gas stun grenades and at least 60 civilian deaths have failed to stop the daily protests let's get more now from tony chang he joins us live from bangkok in neighboring thailand and tony the military are up in the pressure with these nighttime raids what more can you tell us. they are we've certainly seen an increase in the number of raids that are going on at night and the sort of level of violence that the security services are bringing will bring with them last night there were reports not just in yangon but in mandalay other cities across miramar the security services went out in some cases they were searching for people deemed members student leaders people who had been associated with the civil disobedience movement and dragging them away in other places it seemed just to be process of intimidation the footage of soldiers

firing live rounds stun grenades into houses fairly randomly smashing the windows of cars and other bits of private property that get in the way we've also receiving reports today that in one of these raids an l.t.e. politician khin maung lat who represents rakhine state. the from there he was taken away and he is now being reported dead we don't know how he died yet but his death is being confirmed by other n.l. the members so it does appear that there is this blanket process going on on the streets in the daytime what the security services seem to be doing is using the opportunity of darkness and of the curfew that's been posed across the country to reassert control in the dark and tony how is this impacting

the protest movement do you why their side look like they're willing to back down that they think. well no frankly we saw again today particularly after the week of violence the number of fatalities that we've seen and injures we've seen people coming out again in daraa in the south in mandalay. in but can we understand that large numbers came out. you know heritage site famous for its 1000 year old pagodas there we understand in the last hour that the protesters were met with live fire in mandalay similarly where large numbers of doctors came out they have also been dispersed with tear gas and live rounds no reports of any fatalities yet but neither side appears to be backing down and the longer this goes on the more it seems to escalate ok to the chain very is the very latest from bangkok to anything. sony arabia says it has destroyed

a number of missiles fired from yemen reports say explosions were heard over and around co all facility near the city of jeddah saudi arabia says it's a defense is also intercepted an attack headed toward the city of comes from a shy it's it's the 2nd time the kingdom's all facilities have been targeted in less than a week. u.s. presidents joe biden has achieved his 1st major legislative victory the senate has passed a $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill by the narrowest of margins by means campaign promise will provide one off payments worth 14 $100.00 to most americans the bill now goes back to the democratic controlled house for approval i canna reports from washington d.c. bill as amended is passed. the bill was finally passed in the process tagged of vote

a rama it was the longest senate vote in recent memory approval coming more than 24 hours after the role of members was called this bill will deliver more help to more people than anything the federal government has done in decades we could've worked together as a broker but our democratic colleagues. their top priority one pandemic relief it was their washer and wish wish. the whole process began as it would largely continue with the deciding vote by the vice president kaamelott harris to accept the bull debate breaking a 5050 deadlock along party lines the 1st major delay was among democrats with senator joe manchin holding out for more than 10 hours before reaching a compromise the president biden on unemployment payments i am at republican insistence the whole bull was read out in the chamber

a highly unusual measure that in itself took some 11 hours and then came dozens of amendments introduced by republicans the vice president's vote not needed many as a republican senator from alaska had to return home for a family you will not agree to the amendments were rejected by 30 votes to 49 unfortunately my friends on the other side have used the link tactics after the length arctics obstruction of structured obstruction some senators raising the issues as part of the abstraction should taxpayer money be set $1400.00 to every illegal alien in america provoking a heated response the statement of the senator from texas is just playing force force let me be clear the ball will go back to the house for approval and president biden is likely to get his victory now is it likely i said will really get the

government out of the business of battle you know on twitter and back in the business of delivery for the american people. making a difference in their lives giving everyone achieves a fighting chance but made very clear is that any legislative process depends on a raised earth than majority one that could be threatened should any single democratic senator go against the party line by kind of al-jazeera washington still to come on al-jazeera with covert 19 infections on the rise some latin american countries return to unpopular nocturnes answer man because catholics wear black in protest at the lack of justice for victims of the 2019 easter bombings.

that code dancer eastern europe behind this cold front sitting over the black sea but they sort of fizzles out that's not the end of proper wintry weather that's redeveloping over scandinavia of the baltic states and poland probably better routes that huge circulation will bring quite a cold wind with it so was this maybe fizzles out in the sun gets to work slowly lifting temperatures again this rather does the opposite so forecast wise warsaw goes down towards 0 windy start a few snow showers concert and then in the sunshine it's a frosty night and it's not very warm by days that's proper winter still sitting in that part of europe it will slowly warm out for the southeast and this of course this is still fairly warm western med italy spain and portugal been significant rain recently in portugal that's on its way out of the way in fact you can see is

circulation satellite picture from the algarve up towards morocco that's produced a certain amount of street flooding right in the far north of morocco and that rain is going to continue your i suspect but not particularly heavily is quite well spread into our area as well at the same time it will hit the canary also for sunday monday and tuesday last promise is not really very summery. but. to only 0 we are in a case where some mean compensated zillions all we listen to the only music you hear is the only the most beautiful music in the world is silent we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories the on the world is their own. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. is room in the world on al-jazeera.

the off. base is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour pope francis is in northern iraq for the 3rd day of his historic visit upon surface all during a prayer service in will sue for victims of war wounds used the trip to appeal for tolerance and unity among religious groups police are using tear gas to disperse anti crude protesters in myanmar who have turned to it in their thousands despite the escalating crackdown that follows a nice of raids for security forces stormed houses and rounded up people including

politicians and journalists and the u.s. senate says narrowly passed a $1.00 trillion dollars coronavirus relief package bill includes one of payments of 14 $100.00 to most americans and emergency unemployment benefits and billions of dollars for increased vaccination distribution. of us return to our top story of course the pope's visit to iraq and also was once home to a vibrant christian community before the city was destroyed by ice off ice his efforts are now underway to rebuild the city of 14 reports. stone by stone christian heritage is being restored but will it be enough to make the city's christians come back this complex of 4 churches was partly destroyed during the war riff i saw 4 years ago now unesco workers are collecting the fragments which will be used to rebuild what's left of the assyrian catholic church the nave of the

church. to a line of. long. it's the goal is to restore it to its original design. a message to people to come we rebuild it again so they can be there with their prayers and muslims as well i saw used our church as a court and the adjacent armenian church as a prison the graffiti on this wall reads and transfer a bit and on the orders of the islamic state it's a chilling reminder of isis for which sought to wipe out morsels religious diversity the rehabilitation of the structures and just aim to restore the city's heritage it's also part of an effort to nurture reconciliation between the sunni muslim majority and the christian minority before i still took control of the city

in 2014 around 1000 christian families lived in mosul only a few dozen have returned this is the only church in mosul that has really opened its doors father hopes that pope francis visit to iraq will usher in more outside support to help rebuild mosul. we need the moral support of the pope to influence the international point of view to mobilize if it's to reform was devastated city not just in terms of infrastructure but also on the human side. but the rifts will take a long time to mend a christian from mosul works as a guard at the time had a church his family fled the city when i said to control and has yet to come back from here on the most important thing is security people are afraid to come back there is no stability to foster religious coexistence but the same unesco project includes plans to restore the great mosque of nori this is where i saw declared the

establishment of its caliphate in 2017 as security forces close. the armed group blew up the city's beloved leaning minaret a symbol of morsels identity or. the one who built the manor it was christian and the one who'd rebuilt the story was christian we lived all as one it and we wish that our relations return to what they were now christians and muslims once again to work side by side to restore what has been lost so that one day the sound of church bells can once again ring out alongside the call to prayer seem awful to al-jazeera in muscles all city. roman catholic worshippers ensure langar are demanding justice for the victims of the 2819 easter sunday bombings that were in blacks a church on a day will legislators have declared black sunday the catholic church is criticizing a government report for not revealing who was behind the bombings its members say

they'll hold mass protests on the 2 year anniversary next month if a fool investigation isn't carried out its more than 260 people died in the coordinated attacks. a surge in coronavirus cases is causing chaos across parts of latin america and paraguayan the president has asked the cabinet to resign after process turned into riots tina's government has been condemned by human rights groups over police violence and in brazil tighter restrictions have been imposed in the 2 most populous states sandra reports. the clashes broke out on friday and furthermore a border city in northern argentina following the imposition of new coronavirus lockdown restrictions police officers used tear gas and rubber bullets against a crowd injuring dozens more says one of argentina's sports provinces and had

already been hit hard by an economic recession before your rival of the virus a year ago many protesters were informal vendors demanding to be allowed to work. in human rights groups have denounced what they say was indiscriminate use of force by the police but otoh it is insisted the protestors were responsible for the violence. defeat nothing justifies these violent actions we call for reflection and invite you all to make your claims in a peaceful manner i similar scenes on the same day across the border in part of ways capital s. and c. on where thousands of angry demonstrators confronted police throughout the night protesters burned roadblocks around congress demanding president beneath this resigned. that our flag for our. resign resign for god's sake or resign earlier in the day the country's health minister was the latest

official in the region to give up his post but that wasn't enough to quell people's anger over the government's handling of the global health crisis but why is experiencing record numbers of cases with hospitals on the brink of collapse and few very. seem doses available. despite moving fast and vaccine distribution cases or on the rise in chile as well for a 2nd day the country registered more than $5000.00 new cases the highest infection rate in months 2 thirds of the capital santiago is under strict lockdown as are a number of other regions. in brazil the worst hit country in south america local in rio and sao paulo have adopted new restrictions and a curfew to try to control the brutal 2nd wave shops and stalls are shut as police patrol the streets this this by president. told citizens to stop whining and move

on as he continues to downplay the pen them it. is going through an extremely grave situation that could be catastrophic in some parts the result of a policy of denial an empty scientific platform and a contempt for human life. the latest restrictions are expected to last here until march 11th but many were out on the beach in rio on saturday the find the experts alison that i'm here. nigeria's president has received his 1st dose of a covert 900 vaccine as part of an effort to boost public confidence muhammadu buhari was inaugurated days after nigeria received almost 4000000 astra zeneca vaccine doses through the global kovacs scheme the program has been marred by delays sand limited supplies nigeria has recorded more than 150000 coronavirus cases police in suisun have dispersed hundreds of demonstrators welding

and see locks and protest in stockholm authorities say the rally was illegal as large gatherings are banned under coronavirus restrictions no more than 8 people are allowed to meet protesters are demanding that measures the east. several 100 protesters rallied in barcelona against the jailing of spanish rapper publisher hersel. the. there was a heavy police presence and although the protest was mostly peaceful there are reports walks were thrown at officers a cell was convicted for criticizing spain's monarchy and glorifying a separatist group armenian soldiers and veterans have been joining protests against prime minister you called pass union hundreds of officers gathered outside the defense ministry and then marched towards the presidential residency there condemning the prime minister's decision to remove the chief of staff of the

armenian armed forces they've been demonstrations ever since his government ceded land to azerbaijan to end fighting in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region in of ember. senegal's opposition party and civil society groups are calling for 3 days of nationwide protests starting on monday they say the arrest of opposition leader or swan song go and charges against him are politically motivated they're also denouncing heavy handed tactics by security forces to crush the growing protests nicholas her because more now from dr. in deckard affluent neighborhood this is what is left of a french supermarket following another night of riots i'm lost for words i had tears in my eyes laments this cashier as she watches people including young children take away what they can a bag of passed out for her and door and unemployed carpenter who in the looting

saw an opportunity to find a meal for his family tonight it's not just about shooting from. the are suffering . countless people have lost their jobs we need a little something to get by and feed our families the. protesters at the supermarket on fire following days of nationwide demonstrations it all started after the detention of opposition leader. wednesday he's accused of rape inciting and authorized protest and public insurrection but his supporters say these charges are politically motivated spence and co this part of himself as the anti establishment politician has been very critical of the relationship of big corporations with the state and the government specifically the president himself accusing him of corruption the government wants to see an end to the violence with the interior ministry warning the looters they will face arrest several local t.v.

stations have been taken off air for inciting violence while journalists perceived as supporting the government have come under attack. the government calls on all the nation citizens and forces for calm and serene outi. while internet monitor net block says social media messaging apps are being restricted supporters of song go civil society activists and the opposition have joined forces taking the protest both to the streets and online with a hash tag free senegal one to defend our democracy because we added outrage to see how our government and the. people our young people have been organizing fighting in the streets standing up to say enough is enough. they believe people are looting because they're hungry and are calling for more peaceful demonstrations across the country starting monday in what appears to be

not the end but the beginning of a movement nicholas hawk. my big game trophy hunting is a controversial but lucrative business in parts of africa it brings in more than $300000000.00 per year however hunters haven't been able to travel for most of the past year and that's had a massive impact on the industry. reports from the wyo in zimbabwe where taxidermists and tanneries are now struggling to stay in business. everybody from the skeleton of a giraffe all soon be shipped to paraguay in south america is just one of many outstanding orders for the preserved remains of animals killed by hunters the taxidermists here in zimbabwe are working on but the coronavirus pandemic means their business could soon be did too just thought i knew induces global lock downs and travel restrictions are keeping customers away that affects the family to. whom

we would list money who can afford to pay the rest fall. into holes and stuff so. it tough these are challenging times for the country taxidermy industry as a competes with others in southern africa for clients without tourism there's no business prevalently as a thing to lock the world down or doing whatever it is destroyed tourism around the world. of a citizen to africa. those are there is a tiger market or a very niche market really target hunters obviously the hunters business so it is imperative for us 100 percent. before the pandemic many tourists will come to zimbabwe to hunt big game and take back stuffed animals and trophies as souvenirs. you can mount just about any kind of animal and these can take

a year to make this is a couldn't that's a buffalo in power and here is a water everything is recorded with legal documentation this includes government approved legal paperwork for export the hunts are regulated and only a certain number of animals can be killed each year taxidermy and trophy hunting is criticized by some animal rights groups. but advocates say money from the hunts supports conservation efforts the industry also creates jobs in a country with very high unemployment. and who but in order to keep operating work is here say the world needs to open up again and save. al-jazeera.