and promote sustainable development. al-jazeera. kevin l. this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes british iranian woman as an entire cari radcliffe completes a sentence for widely refuted spying charges but now faces another trial. the leader of the roman catholic church visits mosul and all the towns of northern iraq where just a few years ago are still tied to white christians else. switzerland narrowly votes to approve a ban on facial coverings in a referendum critics denounce islamophobia. and the dominican republic plans

a border wall to lock out what it calls a wave of illegal migration from its neighbor haiti. and as for voting is a huge place in the election that could have a big impact on the future of lino messy also known as members including messy or deciding who will become the new president of the spanish the. british iranian woman imprisoned in tehran on spying charges has completed her 5 year sentence as it means that her radcliffe spent the final year of her term on the house arrest in tehran and her lawyer says she now faces another trial shortly will be live to al-jazeera as a bank in tehran and roy chalons has the reaction from the u.k. including remarks from the prime minister but 1st brand new gupta explains the background to this long running case. farinas and free me free enough any

free for 5 years calls for the release of nasa and cigar ratcliffe world went unheeded free. finally 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 a 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 and her family have denied since then her legal team says she's been subjected to solitary

confinement blindfolded to a gay sions and carried out hunger strikes. 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 parent's 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 1st to tehran where we have as said they are said so nothing sentences but does this mean she's going to go back to the u.k.

well her lawyer says that he doesn't know whether she will be allowed to travel and that's because next sunday she has been summoned to court to face further charges of spreading propaganda against the iranian establishment by attending a protest back in 2009 the iranian embassy in london as well thus giving an interview to b.b.c. persian b.b.c. persian is banned in iran now the charges that she initially faced were those of training and recruiting individuals to spread propaganda against iranian establishment and for the soft overthrow of iran now throughout this she has denied those charges the evidence against her was never made public the trial trial was held behind closed doors and there's a lack of transparency about around the case and that's led many people to believe that there are other motives for iran to hold on to her and there is a diplomatic dispute going on between iran and the u.k. 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 now the other dispute is over these tanks back in 1906 the u.k. iran ordered around 1750 chieftain tanks after the revolution the u.k. didn't deliver them kept the money and didn't deliver them and iran's been trying to get that money back now there are some that believe that these are some of the motives behind this that nazanin and others are being held as political tools but it's important to say that iran rejects all these and say that this is not a political matter this is a matter of someone committing a crime and there's due process here and it's going through the judiciary right now as a big there are a lot of us in tehran. not long ago british prime minister abbas johnson tweaked suits he said pleased to see the removal of the zidane zokora radcliffe's ankle tag but i continue confinement remains totally unacceptable she must be released permanently so she can return to her family in the u.k.

and we continue to do all we can to achieve this goal i'm now tori chalons in south of london. and they're saying we continue to do all we can to get her back in the u.k. what has he done. well this is a question that i think richard regular in as means husband would like a proper answer to a he basically thinks that because this is down to raw politics that this is not a question of the innocence or guilt of his wife it's about a particular score that he believes iran wants to settle with the u.k. that this is centrally a deal that has to be done between these 2 countries and only then will his wife have a mere really really solid chance of coming home he believes that the iranian revolutionary

guard has made it very clear that it is the tanks the as i was just talking about there that is the essential to this that if russia if iran and the u.k. can actually come to some kind of monetary solution and it's basically about half a $1000000000.00 worth of cash that iran thinks that is owed by the u.k. then things might start moving forwards. he also i think has issues with the way that the u.k. has gone about negotiating or at least dealing with iran over this and the u.k. government has issues with the with how he's been behaving as well so the u.k. government thinks that he's been too vocal too strident suspicious spoken out too much and that this is an issue that really needs some kind of delicate quiet diplomacy to sort out where as richard radcliffe's approach has mainly been to to

be as in the public eye as he possibly can be to keep the the profile of his wife high up in the newspapers high up in the in the in the t.v. news channel bulletins and get people talking about her that's not what the u.k. would like to see happen there is also this issue. boris johnson's historical conference to do with his wife. boris johnson went back when he was foreign minister in 2017 said very publicly that now than in the car iraq to have been in iran to teach journalism now that was something that was always denied by as i mean not by her family always night in the legal case that she mounted and this was something that was pounced on by the iranian government and they said they were ok this proves that she was here in some sort of propaganda mission so that i think according to the family has set back her. case significantly so there are

these differences between the family of the british british government for the essentially what they're both working towards the same aim which is getting a home again ok thank you for that from the u.k. from louis. breaking news now there have been 4 large explosions at a police or military base in the city of bata in equitorial guinea. the videos posted online show the aftermath and wounded people being carried away the cause of the blasts the number of dead or wounded is still not clear local media outlets are reporting casualties a t.v. station is appealing for blood donations to hospitals it's been described as overwhelms now we will bring you more on this breaking story as it comes to hand. from the ruins of churches in northern iraq where i saw once ruled pope francis has

called on christians to forgive the injustices committed against them the leader of the roman catholic church was met by large crowds and most all of the town of color cos they're located in the twin christian communities a stark heartland summer of halting the hordes from of the. amid the rubble of mosul's old city a prayer for the victims of war. and in a nearby christian town striving to recover from isis to your occupation and appeal to forgive and look to the future they will refine chile as soon as 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 on his 3rd and final day in iraq pope francis traveled to the northern maine of a plains to highlight the plight of communities damaged by a war and then courage to shrinking christian minority to stay in their ancient

homeland eisel may have been defeated here 4 years ago but the fear it spread still lingers to feel safe church leaders say minorities need to be empowered to govern and protect themselves we could form like local police christian muslims together and train them together and they will know exactly who are there they know all 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. thousands of christians who fled the nineveh plains remain in the semi autonomous kurdish region and eagerly flocked to see pope francis hold mass in the capital at a beetle

a shower like warfare but aka god willing it will be good and bring blessings for all of iraq we're in crisis i'm 60 years old and all of my life has been war may god and these walls. the pope's visit to iraq was a rare moment of hope and inspiration for christians and muslims alike and the break from the divisive politics that have fueled many cycles of violence diversity coexistence and forgiveness and those were the main themes of the pope's thurmond's while the seeds for a new way of thinking may have been planted in the course of this is couric visit seeing it come to fruition will require political change and reform one of 14 al-jazeera to be. saudi arabia says it has intercepted ballistic missiles launched by yemen's to the rebels. earlier the saudi led coalition in yemen hit to the rebel targets in the capital sana'a

a residential area was struck during the operation and there are reports of casualties. sent us this report from sa not just after the saudi air strikes. we can see columns of small can fire still raising up in the sky over. the saudi fighter jets a military compound that is under the control of the whole of these in the north west of the capital it is called the maintenance military compound there are no charges that have been reported so far but the. spread told around fear among the civilians in this area people still remember the cloud of the saudi bombing the city of sana'a. according to some observations and also i would was all over 5 a raise have been carried out on this military compound and also on the arm of

a minute his side or military position to the south of the capital sanaa there are more than 15 aires have been carried out in the murder but especially in the region of motherwell where the whole these are trying to advance towards the city of murder 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 language as to the area under their control. and to more head on the news hour including allegations of for the virgin ivory coast as the country awaits election results. the highly anticipated interview causing discomfort with n presents one family. and in sports an important win on home snow the ski yashin to win the overall world cup title.

the u.s. secretary of state has written to afghanistan's president outlining the biden administration's peace strategy anthony blinken makes several proposals one of which involves a leading role for turkey as our diplomatic editor james bangs. some of the american troops now serving in afghanistan weren't even born when the u.s. 1st went to war there in 2001 the united states currently has 2500 troops serving in the country under a deal negotiated in doha between the trumpet ministration and the taliban they're all supposed to leave by the 1st of may last week zalmay holyfield sadly. u.s. special envoy appointed by president trump but retained by president biden was in kabul for meetings with officials including with the afghan president ashraf ghani

the us secretary of state antony blinken has now written to president garny outlining a new fast track diplomatic process he says we will loss the government of turkey to host a senior level meeting of both sides in the coming weeks to finalize a peace agreement we are considering the full withdrawal of our forces by may the 1st as we consider other options even with the continuation of financial assistance from the united states after an american military withdrawal i am concerned the security situation could 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 by not taking them a the 1st date off the table the u.s. is clearly trying to kick start a very fast diplomatic process it says it will come up with its own proposals on a ceasefire and

a negotiated political settlement which will circulate to the taliban and to the afghan government it's also asking the u.n. to convene a meeting of foreign ministers in envoys from russia china india pakistan iran and the us james outers era at the united nations 1st is in switzerland have narrowly approved a controversial ban on face coverings in public affairs or was approved by just over 51 percent of those who voted in sunday's referendum the measure did not mention is nonspecifically it's known locally as the burka that opponents describe it says as i'm a father and an attack on personal freedoms than once put in place will have any exceptions including for protection from crowded us. said he is head of women's rights at amnesty international in switzerland she says very few women in the country where there is coverings we don't have a visual data about it but

a recent study is showing that they are only about 30 women wearing. a cab in switzerland so they are very few women concerned this is the 2nd time populistic committee is launching a shit if that is store getting one very just minority in particular they started in 2009 with the banning of building of minarets which has been successfully approved by swiss voters and this time they attacked again religious symbol and instrumental ised women 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 women's 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 meanwhile a prominent muslim politician has reportedly died after being arrested overnight by security forces can cause of death is unknown but as tony 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 rounds. soldiers and police roaming residential neighborhoods shooting into buildings smashing property as they pass to some these are detention squads seizing protest leaders politicians and civil servants dragged away to an uncertain fate elsewhere that cleaning up peeling stickers of the coup leader general min onli off 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 40 armed soldiers and police had been searching houses for members of the national league for democracy or n l d. 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 along jesus then and underwear and now hanging overhead playing on the superstitions of the soldiers and police and the mayor. and i 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 or barbed wire the was just the sun sets another

sad ritual in modern myanmar vigils for those who died on the streets in the cities of yangon mandalay dar 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. police in indian administered kashmir have detained more than 100 and fiftie behind the refugees officials have been ordered to identify them and find out whether they have valid documents to live or than a 1000000 rohingya have fled their native meanwhile since a brutal government crackdown began in 2017 an estimated 5400 to have taken refuge in indian administered kashmir results also leaving it all stuff to ivory coast swallowed by a tree election the poll was largely free of the violence that erupted during the presidential election in october but some in the opposition are accusing the

election commission of colluding to read the results of editors has this update from of a jump on every coasts largest city. what we're hearing from the opposition especially the p.d. c.i.i. party of former president horne economy is of the board was rigged and that the claiming victory in the legislative elections saying that they have won 128 out of the $255.00 seats in parliament which of course the ruling party or the governing party said it's on course to win not only a majority but a comfortable majority in parliament according to the p.c.i. the vote was rigged in several areas they have been violence and threats again against opposition voters and supporters in various parts of the country which they said the election they also insisted that the tunnel for the board was not more than 20 percent of the registered voters in this country and they're warning the

election commission that they will not accept a situation whereby the election commission is colluding with the governing party to rig this election that's the situation right now and a lot of people this is what a lot of ivorians fear. some kind of instigation or protest or claim of winning or counter claim self winning the election from all political parties just before the election commission and also as a result it's in the process of doing that yesterday a few results came in and they were declared right now it's been going on since 14 g.m.t. and we expect by before the end of the day on the whole results will come in. relations between hazy and its wealthy a neighbor the dominican republic have been historically difficult on the caribbean island that they share now the dominican government has announced plans to build a wall between the center chapelle explains why. this neighborhood is known as little haiti it lies in santo domingo the capital of the dominican republic on the

eastern half of the island of hispaniola about half a 1000000 people from haiti on the western side live here but since the pandemic they have fewer jobs especially in construction and farming many like residency permits or access to employment services and health care and now the dominican government says it will build a border wall to keep migrants from haiti out evil but that's all they will sign us in just 2 years we want to put an end to the serious problems of illegal immigration drug trafficking and the movement of stolen vehicles that achieve the protection of our territorial integrity while some people from haiti who've lost their jobs now sell whatever they can on the street tens of thousands have returned home the dominican republic is one of the fastest growing economies in latin america while its neighbor is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere much of the dominican public supports the move to increase security along the border but obviously important time to put their feet i think it would be important because it would control migration from one country to another that there wouldn't be as many

problems as they could be if the wall is built and if it's critically dimmock ated it's been official for both countries. when border gates opened in this past friday hundreds of people from haiti were able to cross and sell an exchange goods at a border market it's one of 4 official crossings where many people's livelihoods depend on informal market trade but there are dozens of unofficial crossings along the 380 kilometer border critics say the wall won't solve underlying problems. measures such as increased border control should ideally be complemented by measures to promote regular and orderly migration the international organization for migration or i.o.m. and other rights groups are calling for a humanitarian corridor for those from haiti who are in need during economic and political crises only less than one and there is a permanent persecution we really regret that a government that claims to be a government of change is not respecting the dignity and rights of immigrants in

the dominican republic. many in haiti say that despite the shared ancestry and history on the island they've long suffered persecution and they are concerned the wall will only create further division and or should help al jazeera. and the news ahead excitement and caution as millions of students prepare to go back to school in england. striving for stability believe ians hope local elections can help them turn a national chapter. and it's all the italian team aiming to maintain their push to win the league title you see have ended up 25. how i once again the weather slows the set fire across much of the middle east at the moment got bit base in places the cloud just easing over towards afghanistan

wanted to showers 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 father droste pleasant sunshine highs here in doha round $26.00 and rising will get up to $28.00 by the time we come to choose day still shots of want to see watch the latest showers between the black sea and the caspian sea perhaps this bottle to have light right into afghanistan but as i said it slushy 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 more the merits 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. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and it just becomes a statistic but some have broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to leave you have to ask for help and inspire others to turn their lives around i call the straw hat program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change on al-jazeera. the u.s. is always of interest to people all around the world this has been going on for a number of them with tear gas being used to push the crowd back. to the reporter story from an international perspective to try to explain to our global audience

why it's important how did it impact their life at the height of the storm the with the high with you know hey this is an important part of the world people picking through the book on here now does it is very good at bringing the news to the world from here. what the are. you watching are just there a reminder of our top stories this hour. there's been 4 large explosions at a police or military base in the city of bottle and equatorial guinea videos posted online show the aftermath and wounded people being carried away because of the blasts and the number of dead or wounded it's still not clear. a british iranian

woman imprisoned in tehran on spying charges has completed her 5 year sentence as a name so close lawyers says an electronic tracker has been removed from her ankle that she now faces another trial. pope francis a celebrated mass with thousands of worship is an appeal in iraq's kurdish region earlier he met with members of the christian community and college costs which was one of the towns once held by isis. members of sri lanka's catholic minority of protested to demand justice to victims of the easter sunday bombings 2 years ago the church is off roach that a government report falls short of naming who was behind the attacks more than 260 people were killed in alpha that is reports. a strong but peaceful show strength by catholics in sri lanka these people want justice for the 270 killed in 6 bomb

attacks on easter sunday in 2 n.t. 97 of them were from terry's appearances family the son or daughter and 5 grandchildren that had the help they had the highly they went happily expecting to come back but only their bodies were turned i'm asking that these issues are not avoided by the authorities who are enabling these tragedies to be repeated 8 suicide bombers detonated bombs in churches and hotels in a series of attacks they were blamed on a local extremist group affiliated to eisele that many suspect others were involved . after 2 years of waiting the church is now campaigning for answers. you are going to hear much about this is not a struggle between religions race or politics but it's a struggle of unfair light over darkness justice over injustice the report of the presidential inquiry into the bombings was handed over in february. it says

since 2015 the government did not protest national security instead prioritizing unity and reconciliation witnesses said the government did not take action against religious extremism that only presidents are a sinner and premier rick i'm a single but entire government responsibility we're more interested in finding out who did it who funded it and why did they do it the church says black sunday marks the 1st step of a journey to secure justice the bloodstains are long gone the cut to a pretty a church you see behind me has been repainted the church leaders say there will be no closure until justice is served and the identities of those behind the easter bombings are revealed in a finance i'll just cut you up into. china says exports of ground to the highest level in more than 2 decades signaling

a continuing rebound of the economy 1st hit by the cover of us pandemic the january february parian saw a 16.6 percent increase compared to a year earlier imports also rose by 22 percent electronics and textile such as masks and other personal protective equipment contributed to a higher than expected shipments the latest figures are a stark contrast to the same period last year that's or 17 percent fall in exports that was during lockdowns after the 1st recorded call the 19 hour break and will haunt them. to the u.k. where nearly 7000000 school students in england are heading back to class on monday parents and teachers are relieved after more than 2 months of disruption but things are still going to be a long way from normal for 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 bombers are going up 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 feel a bit strange seeing all my school friends again because i mean i haven't seen him in night 6 we and i must have been pretty excited to see them again and i'm going to get 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 he's not but i place the school you know and for education so he's amazing here i think through just tied to emotionally exhausted and we're on our last little north of the battery of kind of of energy so

looking forward to getting back to normal so if i had to make a lot of changes to the school mrs wand had teachers 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 happened or 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 brennan al-jazeera. riots allegations of police brutality and then scandals are rocking latin american governments and hurting the coronavirus response as. reports there's also growing

fatigue as a restrictions on the i pad clashes broke out on friday in a border city in northern argentina following the imposition of a new coronavirus lockdown restrictions police officers used tear gas and rubber bullets against a crowd injuring dozens for the most is one of argentina sports provinces and had already been hit hard by an economic recession before derives all of the virus a year ago many protesters were informal vendors demanding to be allowed to work was human rights groups have denounced what they say was indiscriminate use of force by the police but insisted the protesters were responsible for the violence. who 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 and put away

its capital s n c on where thousands of angry demonstrators confronted police throughout the night protesters burned roadblocks around congress demanding president beneath this resigned. that powerful legs. resigned forgot. 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 vaccine doses available. the spite moving fast some back seem distribution cases or on the rise in chile as well for a 2nd day the cunt. registered more than $5000.00 new cases the highest infection rate in months 2 thirds of the capital of santiago is under strict lockdown as are

a number of other regions. in brazil the worst hit country in south america. have adopted new restrictions and a curfew to try to control the brutal 2nd wave shops in 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 depend there make. going through an extremely grave situation that could be catastrophic in some parts the result of a policy of denial and 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. big game trophy hunting is a controversial but lucrative business in parts of africa brings in more than $300000000.00

a year in revenue hunters though haven't been able to travel for the past year and that's had a massive impact on the industry arma tassel reports from blue whale. 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 to. try new induces global lock downs and travel restrictions are keeping customers away better fix the family to. do when we would list money we can afford to pay the rest like food. stamps so we would be tough these are challenging times for the country taxidermy industry as a competes with others in southern africa for clients with our tourism there's no business

prevalently as a thing to look through them for doing that if 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 with our hunters business so it is imperative for us 100 percent. before the pandemic many tourists who 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 in these can take a year to make this is could you that's a buffalo in power and here is a water park 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. but in order to keep operating workers here say the world needs to open up again and soon. al-jazeera. life is once again getting closer to normal in new zealand's largest city after a weeklong lockdown ended the final kind of free to go out and eat and drink in schools are 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. voting has started in bolivia for local elections seen as a test of support for the socialist government many hope they will signal an end to 2 years of instability including allegations of electoral fraud and a right wing coup and the 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 really 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 groups around the world go to the ballot box with little optimism of a very close to come together 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. bolivia 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 storage his handling of the pandemic that now underlines every campaign promise every political decision in the stall is going to dot. all the candidates all over the country have said they'll fight against the disease but there are still particular problems in each region in relation to infrastructure. the pandemic has starkly highlighted the issues that most concern bolivian voters nothing will this be. the most important is health not just physical but mental health too and with what we're going through right now with this virus we also need to be economically stable. 7 medical professionals are on strike over government emergency measures to fight the disease or the number of daily new infections continue to rise 19 has killed more than 3000 people in bolivia. a former minister in a very well as his government one presidential elections last october organized at

the height of the pandemic. his 1st few months in office dominated by corporate 19 that things are arriving but not as many and not as often as people would like is no easy she's gone but out 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 roxanne or a 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 drones are being put on a search and kill mission against moths in the netherlands adults 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 insects meeting beings and other good kris's alone

all the intelligence is actually in an external little box with a camera you can see here in the greenhouse so if she's a moth flying by the nose where the drones because it's there and then it just direction the drone to watch them off and it has to do that in a super super fast fashion. coming up soon in sports and he looks at the challenges ahead for whoever becomes the next president of boss alone a full time. 9 years ago out a 0 was the 1st major network to find evidence of genocide and me. when the tragedy of the ruling was mostly unknown. it didn't genocide on al-jazeera. when the news

breaks would be considered popular support when people need to be heard. and the story told to struggle for justice they would be at rights this hour with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports with montagu feel to be the place that you start not a place for you and that al-jazeera has teams on the ground but climate change is changing all of that right to bring you more award winning documentaries and life news. or as. a year off to prince harry and his wife meggan stepped back from royal duties the

world is about to hear the back story to best but from britain's monarchy are expected to reveal more about what the previously described as racism and bullying allegations have also been levelled at the duchess as they back reports from london . i just want to make it clear to everybody is you know subject that off limits crieff from the confines of the crown they can markel isn't pulling any punches accusing the british royals nickname the firm of a smear campaign i don't know how they critics that go after all of this time we would still be silent if there is an actor that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us with my wife when the full interview airs expect huge audiences massive revenues and lots of shouting at the television. these are wrong comfortable topics for the royals from the death of princess diana to racism my biggest concern was history repeating itself. back in britain

a swirl of rumors surrounds the royal palaces with 12 staff members reportedly queuing up to take part in a palace investigation into accusations meghan mistreated her former aides something she denies but royal watchers say there's no palace conspiracy to take megan down ahead of the interview discounted staff it's claimed of fueling the fallout they are low paid loyal servants of the crown who work away and expect in return for their duty is to be treated with a a level of respect they feel clearly from what's been said they want to call it that respect they also felt that the palace and swept back complaints under the carpet. meanwhile the royal family has activated a tried and tested tactic say nothing. strategy used after the explosive tell all with prince harry's mother princess diana in 1995 when she

revealed details about her and prince charles's marital affairs and her eating disorder we decided not. to say absolutely nothing not regularly not. continue the discussion. 2 years later pursued by paparazzi diana was killed in a paris underpass and the boy princes aged 15 and 12 followed their mother's body through the streets of london. there's a tension between the royal family's public persona as representatives of the 1200 year old monarchy and their private lives the tabloid media often argues that all the attention they get is completely warranted because they are public figures like celebrities station just simply deal with it they also receive a huge chunk of money $93000000.00 a year from british taxpayers meaning every aspect of their lives their joys their woes and indiscretions are in the spotlight. parallels have been drawn between meghan and harry and the abdication crisis of ed with the 8th who gave up the

throne in 1936 to marry american divorcée wallis simpson. into the popularity of the netflix series the crown has fueled people's appetite for the real royal drama now unfolding on both sides of the atlantic with many of the us coming down firmly in support of team meghan. especially after the scandal surrounding prince andrew's questionable ties with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein no palace investigation for that despite 99 year old prince philip harry's grandfather recovering in hospital after heart surgery there are no plans to delay airing the interview behind palace walls the royals are bracing for impact leave barca al-jazeera london. for life now that breaking news from editorial guinea local t.v. is reporting that 20 people have been killed in 4 large explosions in the port city

of basra it happened at a police or military base details are still very hard to confirm including what exactly caused the blasts hospitals are described as overwhelmed and we will be bringing you more on this developing story as it comes in to us here on al-jazeera . is time now for sports with andy thank you so much ken well the voting still taking place in the election that will decide who becomes the new presidents of barcelona football club it's a vote that could have a big impact on the future of lino messy messy well he's already made his confidential choice there are 3 candidates with former president run the ports are the favorites to win businessman victor fonts and former board member sonny fraser the other names in the race more than 100000 club members have the rights of votes whoever wins tasked with taking the club forward despite that succeeding $1000000000.00 of reasonable value bellisario. use are the most important elections in the history of our circuit and they make bar some more than

a club with voting i believe that everybody all the fans including myself we all want to take part in this and have members come to vote because that makes us more than a club. or playing games behind closed doors contributed to the losses of $115000000.00 for the last financial year asked have also spent close to $500000000.00 on players over the past 2 seasons one $146000000.00 more than they've earned from player transfers messi while he's on a contract worth $167000000.00 a year that deal ends in june and messi did want to leave the club before the season even began and then on monday former president joseph bottom a it was arrested as part of a corruption investigation when talking to sports finance analyst dan plumlee of sheffield hallam university in the u.k. he believes the new president will have some room to maneuver despite the financial challenges. there's no longer an in financial issues here with cost alone of the stretch back you know over the course of a number of years debt in itself is not necessarily

a bad thing of course but if he's not being able to service that debt and as it falls to you and i think the short term aspect of the debt you know around 400000000 of that is this year we've mentioned the pandemic and bosler ical that has been hard and some because of the pandemic if you look at the museum alone and international tourism that brings them in $58000000.00 euros per year they're estimating $200000000.00 euros lost revenue because of the pandemic him and funds not being ground so there are this is a kind of perfect storm also i don't know i think barcelona can afford to keep little messy i don't think that's. potentially an issue i think the terms of the greenman will will be key here obviously we know that the current squad have taken a pay cut we know that barcelona's wages are $3.00 quarters of their revenue so that 75 percent wages to turnover is a concern i think the interesting thing with messi and one of the one of the presidential candidates has said this is that he he makes 08 percent of barcelona's

cost base but he generates them around 30 percent of their revenue so it is in the fact that here with a little messy and that's around he's overall value to barcelona but i think you know from a wages perspective of course he's the biggest and so moving somebody like him on and off the wage bill would be a weight loss but i don't think any of the candidate really you know want to do like even though the uniqueness of messi what's going to turn of the league leaders in spain they've just drawn 11 with city rivals rael madrid form of asana pylea sorest putting out let's go ahead the same to win the league of the 1st time since 24 same but a lace equaliser from carrying ben's moment this game finished in a draw athletico 3 points clear of 2nd place pass and i have a game in hand. in english premier league manchester city's long winning run is over they've lost the manchester united soon old goals from bring a phenomenal as and luke shaw city had been aiming for their 22nd consecutive win in all competitions they do still lead united by 11 points at the top of that sable

liverpool's shambolic defensive the title has continued they lost at home for the 6th straight league game relegation threatened follow him beating him this time out so one nil at anfield liverpool for now down in 7th in the table the boys want to win the toilets and want to win this game. i saw that. we did with. that problem. but it's not about you don't want the boys don't want to move through rivers make. a similar out of man same league title challenge and it's lease area basing house for owner sunil the wind moving within 3 points of lead is in some alarm but i have played a game more into the mr bush a 6 point advantage with a victory against atalanta on monday the. south african billionaire patrice is set to become the new president of african football that follows the withdrawal of all other candidates from the upcoming

election will succeed ahmed ahmed who's been banned for 5 years due to governance issues the elections takes place in morocco next friday where his new job will be officially confirmed i'm kelly shifrin just missed out on a 70th world cup victory. double olympic champion there finishing 3rd in the john stalin the american i mean held at the start of a final run from all the same minutes while coursework is trying to fix a broken gate and that day how favre has of all over the big chance to win this race and stay back here. also faced such chances of winning the overall world cup title. the season is nearing its end it finishes up in switzerland's lights wrong this month's. ok more sport for me in a couple hours time but that is it for now. thanks so much for that and a. as the news ameren a mousy in london will be with you next to an extent of being.

told to own their own we are in a case where civilians are being compensated civilians when we listen to the only music you hear is your own the most beautiful music in the world and silence we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that will go to 0. it's one of the biggest clubs in south america. but its greatest rival is just a few blocks away. a mutual dislike between funds formed from

a class divide sustained over generations. most wealthy junior supporters of born into these club colors. in an epic feud of rich versus poor the friends who make football on al-jazeera. march on al-jazeera studio b. unscripted brings you 2 special guests in called the station exploring ideas and finding common solutions 10 years on from the tsunami that struck japan al-jazeera revisits the people most affected by the disaster football brubaker's eric cantona presents a huge sea breeze about iconic players whose influence has been as great off the page as on it's israel's 4th election in 2 years after the government's failure to pass a national budget upfront smocked lamont hill cuts through the ad lines to challenge conventional wisdom. match on al-jazeera.

t.v. . and impassioned call for peace and coexistence from the ruins of churches destroyed by i.c.l. france's holds mass in the iraqi city of mosul. and i know i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program iran releases british iranian aid work and as needs a garri radcliffe after 5 years in prison.