and despair a group of friends resist. rescuing books from the rubble they build a refuge for freedom and democracy. a secret library of hope from which they endeavor to rewrite their story and that of their country. who witness. a library under bombs on al-jazeera. british iranian woman as the names are carried radcliffe completes a sentence for why be refuted spying charges now faces another trial and. how they're given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the leader of the roman catholic church visits mosul and to other towns of northern iraq where just a few years ago the us all tried to wipe christians elfs. the saudi led military

coalition in yemen hits hooty targets in sun up after the rebels launched more armed drones of the kingdom. and switzerland narrowly votes to approve a ban on facial coverings in a referendum critics denounce as islamophobia. a british iranian woman imprisoned in tehran on spying charges has completed her 5 year sentence now the names of her radcliffe spent the final year of her term under house arrest in tehran and her lawyer says she now faces another trial shortly we'll be live to our correspondent in tehran 1st franco gupta explains the background to this long running case. i mean as in free me free enough any free for 5 years calls for the release of nastiness the guy radcliffe world went unheeded free. filing on sunday her ankle tag was removed she spent 4

years in prison and almost one under house arrest but it's unclear if she will be allowed to travel back to the u.k. the british foreign secretary while welcoming the developments calderon's treatment of her intolerable. but do it we need u.k. citizen she'd gone to iran with her young daughter in april 26th to visit her parents. on the day she was meant to travel back to the u.k. nasty and was apprehended by members of the iranian revolutionary guard apparent airport in a secret trial the guy radcliffe was sentenced to 5 years in prison on charges of plotting to overthrow the reigning government allegations which she had a family have denied since then her legal team says she's been subjected to solitary confinement blindfolded to a geisha ins and carried out hunger strikes you know all of the sensitivities

around the. media interest in this case that. this is. organised. all russia certainly on britain in all the. war. in spring last year she was eventually placed under house arrest at a parents' home and they're on because of the coronavirus pandemic throughout her husband richard has been leading the campaign for the release and throughout it all their daughter gabrielle are counting the days until her mother would be free they're all to see her let's go live to tehran where we have said so her sentences ended but does this mean she's actually going to go back to the u.k. given these other charges that she's now facing. well her lawyer says that he doesn't know whether she will be allowed to travel yes the electronic tag has been

removed she was under house arrest for the last year and she couldn't move more than 300 meters away from her parents' house here into her hands but that electronic tag has been removed but she does face further charges and those charges are spreading propaganda against the ring establishment by attending a protest back in 2009 the iranian embassy in london also by giving an interview to b.b.c. persian not b.b.c. persian is banned here in iran national was initially arrested in 2016 as she was attempting to leave iran with her 22 month old daughter and then during a revolutionary guard said that she was running courses to recruit and train people to spread propaganda against iran seeking the soft overthrow of the iranian establishment throughout this she has denied all those charges but she was sentenced to 5 years and although that sentence has ended there are some that believe that iran is holding on to her for other purposes to use a subpoena to call tool now the thing about this case has been that there has never

been any evidence presented to the public against her the trial that took place happened behind closed doors and she's denied everything throughout this and that's why many believe that they are all to motives here and mainly the dispute between the u.k. and iran now back in 2019 the u.k. foreign ministry said that she was eligible for diplomatic protection something iran rejected because they don't recognize jule nationals but there is a political dispute going on between iran and the u.k. over 1750 tanks that were purchased by iran prior to the revolution in 1976 after the revolution the u.k. didn't deliver the majority of those tanks but kept the money on iran wants that money back iran denies that that dispute has anything to do with this case but there are other people that don't believe that and as a bank there in tehran thank you. from the ruins of churches the northern

iraq where i saw once ruled pope francis has called on christians to figure of the injustices committed against them the leader of the roman catholic church was met by large crowds in mosul in the town of qana cos located in the dwindling christian communities historic heartland it was nearly a raised during arsenal's reign you know everything on t.v. is to me it's a matter of conversion of the hearts reconciliation and putting aside our differences we must all work together for the future opportunity love which recognizes a common humanity and together build a dialogue and forgive. pope francis those who celebrated mass at a stadium in erbil the capital of iraq's northern kurdish region the 1st ever papal visit to iraq will wrap up on monday summer faultiness a newbie of and explained why the city is able to host such a large event. reason why this venue may have been chosen for such a large gathering is perhaps 1st of all because bill is home to quite

a large community of displaced christians who fled eisel back in 2014 and who still live here because they don't either feel safe to go back to their villages or because those areas are still destroyed with no services or no infrastructure and other reason maybe because the semi also them a skirmish region and to be in the capital are relatively safe compared to the rest of iraq we see relatively few security incidents here and of course security has been one of the major concerns you're in district so so that may have enabled this this larger gathering here but throughout all the meetings that the pope has held over the past 3 days that the message has been very consistent and that message has been one of reconciliation of unity of coexistence of diversity has been repeating those words many times earlier today when he visited the old city in mosul and also when he gave his speech in the village or the town of color called. the saudi led

coalition and yemen has hit through the rebel targets in the capital some. residential area was struck during the operation and there are reports of casualties earlier riyad said the who these had fired a missile the number of drones that an oil facility in civilian areas inside the kingdom the saudis say they were intercepted and destroyed mohamed sent us this report from sana just after the saudi air strikes. we can see columns of small comfort still raising up of the sky over. the salty fire to jets minute to go. under the control of the whole. was moved. capital it is called the maintenance military compound there are no charges that have been reported so far but the. spread tora among the

civilians in this area people still remember the cloud of saudi bombing the city of sanaa. according to some of those and also i would was over 5 a raise have been carried out on this military compound and also on the arm of a military side or military position to the south of the capital sanaa there are more than 15 aires have been carried out in the in the region of mughal where they hold these are trying to advance towards the city of marjah they believe that the world can take control of the city in order to gain the supply of fuel they say that the saudi royal it quality has father title and there is structures on the floor for your lying as to. their control.

the u.s. secretary of state has written to afghanistan's president outlining the biden administration's peace strategy and needling can make several proposals including an intention to ask the united nations to convene foreign ministers and envoys from russia china pakistan iran india and the united states to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in afghanistan he adds we will ask the government of turkey to host a senior level meeting of both sides in the coming weeks to finalize a peace agreement and we have prepared a revised proposal for a 90 day reduction in violence a diplomatic etta james space is at the united nations. there was a deal done between the u.s. and the taliban talks in doha and under that deal all u.s. troops are supposed to leave on the 1st of may so that's just a matter of weeks away the problem is the 2nd stage of the doha process which was the afghan government sitting down with the taliban has got completely bogged down

so now the u.s. is piling on the pressure the 1st stage is to have a meeting of foreign ministers of concerned regional countries brokered by the u.n. i'm trying to get comment here at u.n. headquarters from the u.n. on this i think the u.n. has only been asked to host this because one of those invited is iran and because of that nuclear deal in the delicacy of it the u.s. couldn't actually chair such talks styles then a new process this time in turkey and this time is going to be different because the u.s. says it has its own proposals for a cease fire and a settlement that it's going to put forward to all the sides and i think the most important thing of all is that the u.s. is keeping that date of the 1st of may on the table it says it's still under consideration pulling your troops out and it ends the letter that has been sent by the secretary of state to the afghan president with quite a sort of chilling message it says even with the continuation of financial

assistance from the u.s. to your forces after an american military withdrawal i'm concerned the security situation will worsen and that the taliban could make rapid territorial gains i'm making this clear to you so you understand the urgency of my tone in other words he's telling the afghan government we're going to do a fast track process and you better get on board otherwise american forces might leave and you might be toppled by the taliban. still ahead on al-jazeera schools in england get ready to reopen but with caution. and striving for can recover from years of political turmoil made worse by the pandemic people go to the polls to decide.

how i once again the weather sloshy set fire across much of the middle east at the moment but bits and pieces of cloud just easing over towards afghanistan want to shall is coming in here just some showers into eastern parts of turkey just around the cocos georgia could see a shower would see maybe armenia as well as we go on through monday but to the south of that it is fondant rasa pleasant sunshine heis here in doha around 26 and rising will get up to 28 by the time we come to choose day still shots of want to see was later chose between the black sea and the caspian sea perhaps this bottle to have light right into afghanistan but as i said it's largely 5 and dry that dry weather stretches across the gulf of aden largely dry for somalia for ethiopia we have got some showers brewing up just around uganda some of the crew well be on the heavy side more than parts of tanzania also seeing some rather sharp shafting to see how they gather through the rift valley northern areas of mozambique still seeing some very wet weather as is the case too into madagascar spain pretty wet

here recently with some flooding and the showers just cling on to the far north of the country because he wanted to show is just getting across the south after over the next couple of days but a study dry fine and warm by choose day. frank assessments the world is on a bring. i had catastrophic model failure is that a fair assessment it would be out catastrophic fairly up to twice as valuable back saying informed opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on 00.

2. there are charges there are a reminder of our top stories this hour a british iranian woman imprisoned and to iran on spying charges has completed her 5 year sentence as an ins lawyer says an electronic tracking has been removed from her ankle that she now faces another trial. bob francis has just celebrated mass with thousands of worship is in erbil in iraq's kurdish region earlier he met with members of the christian community in the town of kalak which was overrun by i saw him 2014. started coalition is carried out air strikes against targets in the gammons capital sana'a a residential area was hitched during that operation and there are reports of

casualties. voters in switzerland have narrowly approved a culture of a ban on face coverings in public the proposal was approved by just over 51 percent of those who voted in sunday's referendum the measure did not mention islam specifically but it's known locally as the burka back opponents describe it as islamophobia and an attack on personal freedoms the ban once put in place will have many exceptions including for protection from grow the virus syria logano is head of women's rights at amnesty international in switzerland she says very few women in the country where full face coverings. we don't have official data about it but a recent study is showing that they are only about 30 women wearing the niqab in switzerland so they are very few women concerned this is the 2nd time populistic committee is launching

a shit if that is storage getting one very just minority in particular they started in 2009 was burning off a building of minarets which has been successfully approved by swiss voters and this time they attacked again religious symbol and instrumental lies to remain to advanced populistic agenda according to opinion surveys people have been convinced by misleading propaganda that banning full face veil would help protect the rights of muslim governments which is of course not the case on the contrary dishpan can have a negative impact on the women in question they can be marginalized and excluded from public spaces and may involve a prominent muslim politician has reportedly died after being arrested overnight by security forces can model lots cause of death is unknown but astonishing reports

the police and army have been carrying out increasingly brutal raids throughout the country. they come in the night firing stun grenades and live. soldiers and police roaming residential neighborhoods shooting into buildings smashing property as they pass. these attention squads seizing protest leaders politicians and civil servants dragged away to an uncertain fate elsewhere they're cleaning up peeling stickers of the coup leader general minong lie on the road but for those watching from behind twitching curtains it's clear they have one main goal to intimidate. the yangon resident who filmed this told al-jazeera that soldiers and police have been searching houses for members of the national league for democracy or in. the whole of our neighborhood in shock today is

frightened we can't sleep at night in case they come back but the protesters have some mind games to play too in many areas clothes lines of women's skirts so long jesus then and underwear and now hanging overhead playing on the superstitions of the soldiers and police. and the reason why we hang with lunges across the street is that we have the traditional belief that if we pass underneath a laundry we might lose our luck the younger generation nowadays doesn't believe it anymore but the soldiers still do and it's their weakness so we might gain more time to run if they come towards us. against the security services these obstacles are more effective than barricades so bob why. does the sun sets another sad ritual in modern vigils for those who died on the streets in the cities of yangon mandalay da way and elsewhere the candles burned to commemorate a growing list of names until the darkness and the security services claim the

streets once more toni ching al-jazeera. china says exports have grown to the highest level in more than 2 decades signaling a continuing rebound of the economy 1st hit by the krona virus pandemic the january to february period saw a 60.6 percent increase compared to a year earlier imports also rose by 22 percent electronics and textile such as masks and other personal protective equipment contributions to higher than expected shipments the latest figures are a stark contrast to the same period last year that saw a 17 percent for all in exports that was during lockdowns after the 1st record of covert 90 i'll break in will han down wearing is the chief economist for hang saying bank china and shanghai she says china's growth in exports is because manufacturing elsewhere has not yet recovered. this year's situation is very much

a continuation or last year since most countries manufacturing capacity are still not back to normal yet and i last year about 20 percent of china's exports were code related and this year at least in the 1st 2 months i think the number will be rather to the similar and for the rest of that support i think it's still mostly about trying exiting us as cities and other industrial inputs the market consensus now for 2021 growth is 8.3 percent that's significantly higher but at the same time we also heard from n.p.c. that the fiscal policy anemometer policies are both more conservative than last year so combine all those information my conclusion is that chinese government mint is not trying to spur growth and they want to contain financial risks and other economic risk for their personal growth and so this year i don't think we'll see much of the monies for expansion or targeted stimulus one key message from the

n.p.c. is that china would absolutely stick to the south reliance strategy in its 45 year plan so a lot more a lot more of the resources will be shifted to research science and technology and that means when it comes to that u.s. china's dependence on u.s. technology support will be lower than before but at the same time the u.s. trade it depends on china regarding regarding to industrial impose and other materials will not necessarily go down so in a way i think the global reminds on china has been increasing not decreasing and in china u.s. competition will continue. and the $7000000.00 school students in england to heading back to class on monday parents and teachers are relieved after more than 2 months of disruption because of the pandemic but it's still going to be a long way from normal paul brennan reports from a school in the town of working. preparing for. it's been

a long hard winter in the u.k. is education system but the battles are going up on the students are going back a horse will see the junior school friends and classmates who've been separated since the start of january already to be reunited again and i believe it strange seeing all my school friends again because i mean i haven't seen him in nightsticks we and i must have been pretty excited to see them again and i'm going forward to go back to for no more seen school in the be. more flawed because we have will have more and then some people in the classroom and it's going to be. it's going to be more exciting many parents are just as excited this is what we're waiting for honestly i'm with kids all the time my husband he's working all day sell everything he's on my child there so i'm really glad they coming back to school is that good for the future because it's not but their place then school you

know and for education so is amazing here i think rule just try to emotionally exhausted and we're on our last little nothing all battery of kind of of energy so looking forward to getting back to normal so it had to make a lot of changes to the school this is want i had teacher here has been finalizing her reopening plan so every class 3 house new equipment senate to make sure the children are safe and secure there's been classes run throughout lockdown for the children of the workers such as health care staff but more than 80 percent of the school's pupils have been absent since january the 5th these empty classrooms are going to suddenly fill again for what promises to be an overwhelming return children need to be happy and settled and for some children especially this last bit of luck it's been really tough they've been stuck inside they haven't had the normal contact with white or friends and family so i think it's going to be quite difficult for those children to come back and reintegrate into school but we've got

lots of things in place for them. in scotland or wales children won't all return to full time schooling until after easter another month from now but in england nearly $7000000.00 pupils are returning on mass the u.k. government has opted for a big bang return to school bringing all the children back on the same date subject to the school's ability to conduct tests but teaching unions have expressed concerns while the prime minister resisted calls for children to go back after the febrile half term and the extra 2 weeks of closure has allowed the u.k.'s 7 day average to drop from 12000 new cases a day to just 6 and a half 1000 a day but amid all the excitement of friends reunited at the school gates the government's scientific advisors face a nervous wait to see what impact the school's reopening will have on that crucial infection data. paul bremmer al-jazeera. life is once again getting closer

to normal in new zealand's largest city after a week long lockdown ended people and opened a free to go asked to eat and drink in schools reopening the lockdown was prompted by a single new corona virus infection the government has defended its policy to close down and stamp out cases quickly saying it spared the country a much higher death toll roman catholic worship is in trouble and demanding justice for the victims of the 2980 s. just sunday bombings they're wearing black to church on a day religious leaders have declared black sunday the catholic church is criticizing a government report for not revealing who was behind the attacks more than 260 people died in the coordinated attacks. results are slowly being announced after ivory coast's parliamentary election poll was largely free of the violence that erupted during a presidential election in october but some in the opposition are accusing the election commission of colluding to rig the results. voting has started in bolivia

for local elections seen as a test of support for the socialist government any hope they will signal an end to 2 years of instability during allegations of a total fraud and a right wing coup then of reports from neighboring argentina. it's always been difficult for xander and her family to eke out a living but the pandemic has made their lives harder still for her not working is not an option i mean i mean. it's for my family my mom and dad have been sick and the medicines are very expensive all we can do is go out and keep working. voting in bolivia as obligatory on the would go to the ballot box with little optimism i think that. even though the elections bring new authorities the politics are always the same they campaign they talk a lot but when they're in power they forget i believe it will always be like that.

libya is striving for stability after years of political turmoil with saw former president evo morales flee the country in 2019 to be replaced by a right wing interim government socialists and now back in charge nationally but it's your thirty's handling of the pandemic that now underlines every campaign promise every political decision almost. all the candidates all over the country have said they'll fight against the disease but there are still pretty kewl are problems in each region in relation to infrastructure. the pandemic has starkly highlighted the issues that most concern bolivian voters. the most important is health not just physical but mental health too and we were going through right now with this virus we also need to be economically stable the . medical professionals are on. strike over government emergency measures to fight

the disease while the number of daily new infections continue to rise. has killed more than 3000 people in bolivia. we sort of see a former minister in everywhere as his government one presidential elections last october organized at the height of the pandemic his 1st few months in office dominated by corporate 90 the vaccines are arriving but not as many and not as often as people would like is when he sees a component of a coolness it is very difficult to buy vaccines in the world today is very difficult to get them all countries are trying to buy a back seat. that's not what rick santorum millions of believe in is like i want to hear the degree of patience and understanding they have in their politicians handling of the pandemic will be reflected in the ballot box. that there are 201 osiris. small basic drones are being put on a search and kill mission against moths in the netherlands

a down start up firm is behind the technology which is being deployed in greenhouses to protect crops from caterpillars produced by moths the drones are directed by cameras which can distinguish between different in 6 leaving bees and other good critters alone you can always find much more on our website address for that is al jazeera dot com. and convert al with the headlines on al-jazeera a british iranian woman imprisoned in tehran on spying charges has completed her 5 year sentence as an ins occur radcliffe's lawyer says an electronic tracker has been removed from her ankle that she now faces another trial the charity worker was arrested in 2016 for plotting against iran's government which she.