the monday just 11 celsius in tokyo but it will tundra and price and warm as we might the way to choose day temperatures then getting up to $15.00 degrees celsius . 0. 00 i maryam namazie are watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. to thieve rebels fired drones in missiles or oil facilities and military targets in saudi arabia hours after air strikes on yemen's capital sana. at least 17 dead in equitorial guinea after a series of explosions at

a military base in the city of bought out. an impassioned call for peace and coexistence from the ruins of churches destroyed by ice still pope francis holds mass in the iraqi city of mosul and iran releases british iranian charity work and as a means of garri radcliffe after 5 years in prison but some in touch of course on another charge. in sport votes to be encountered in the election that could have a big impact on the future of lino messy also known as members including messier deciding who become the new president of the spanish club. welcome to the news our top story yemen's who the rebels are fired drones and missiles at the heart of saudi arabia's oil industry attacking saudi aramco it rusts to noora saudi energy ministry said there were no casualties or loss of

property there. was saudi government is saying that around car facilities were also targeted in the horizon with a ballistic missile falling around close residential compound there earlier on who's the spokesman said they also attacks military targets in the cities of the mom i see there and just on what it comes after the saudi led coalition carried out several as strikes on who he targets in yemen as capital son. a residential area was also hit in these strikes which in turn came after rebels said they'd shot down a saudi spy plane riyadh said to his he said fired and missile and drones at an oil facility and civilian areas inside the kingdom but they were intercepted and destroyed mohamed el a tab sent a report from santa just after the saudi ass strikes hit a city. 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 these in the north west of the capital it is called the maintenance military compound the. spread tora on the civilians in this area people still remember the occurrence of the saudi bombing the city of sana'a. according to some of those and also i would was all over a 5 k. race 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 50 marys 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 you're a little quality has tightened there is structures on the floor. as to. their control. we're now joined from doha by our senior political analyst marwan bashar and certainly one are we seeing a dangerous new escalation in this war. yes we are although if you speak to the healthy who are carrying this escalation they would tell you no there is no escalation this is more of the same they consider their operations to be legitimate and. basically effective whenever they can make it in a sense that it doesn't matter if it's after that an american diplomat visited the area or after some sort of an agreement down somewhere in some western capital in

a spot as they are concerned. there is an escalation against them in yemen by the sodium or at the coalition and they are responding and durham now it is true that for the last few days we've seen escalation in my read a strategic area within yemen as well as the dispatching a few well the drones and double sickness silos and so on so forth so in some ways marty i'm the how these are clearly trying to establish 2 things one is that they are undefeatable and that they will continue to launch attacks no matter what until there's a will do all of the saudi a majority from the war and to perhaps they are trying to establish

a balance of terror or sort meaning in us fight as their concern while they are being terrorized in their country they will be continuing to terrorize so is the idea as well. that have been the saudi as strikes in the capital sanaa which have also hit civilian areas in iran those that have precise civilian casualties i suppose the fare is that the humanitarian situation could get even worse if we see the the attacks on saudi's energy and security installations. absolutely and that's why i think this situation might not be tenable for too long in the sense that if this really continues to escalate as it is in such a dick it is within yemen itself and as the humanitarian situation gets worse and worse and as we see the saudis being at that it's in more rapid rhythm

than before i think so yet it cannot afford even without it suffering major losses in terms of its oil installation or in terms of its civilian population even without. getting you know hit in a serious way the nature of the confrontation now and the capacity of the house these to reach various parts off so yet arabia at twill that are rising basically the population of saudi arabia if you went down the road that is not tenable and that's why i think probably we're going to see some pressures and the pressure is would be on not on in the health things there would be also on their sponsors or on their to help us or in their patrons any which way you would want to take it into iran and there would be a lot of pressures on so a good idea that we've seen it already started by the by then i'm assertion in the sense of 2 things one saying we will not provide saudi arabia with offensive

capabilities and 2 they basically took the healthiest out of the list of that the terrorist organizations which trump basically put them there just last year so in a sense we're already seeing some pressures at 2nd place overseas on saudi arabia whether the how with this will feel what the how down would put some of the pressure that will depend on the by the administration thank you very much for joining us live on bashara. well just on the bit of news from yemen with the united nations saying that at least 8 people have been killed and 170 injured in a fire at a migrant detention center in in yemen's capital now the cause of this fire isn't known the detention center is run by the who these who have controlled the capital sana since the outbreak of yemen's conflict when we want to equitorial guinea we've

been following a story for the past couple of hours at least 17 people have died hundreds more have been injured in a series of large explosions at a military base in the city of bata now the president to dora obiang is saying the explosions of caused by negligence relating to the use of dynamite at the base local t.v. is showing people searching through the rubble fists of ivors they're also appeals for blood to be donated because really hospitals in the area are overwhelmed in trying to deal with the aftermath of these explosions which as you can see have torn apart houses around the base trucks are being filled with injured people many children actually have been injured as well and they've been trying to get as many people to hospital as they can all out there is nicolas sarkozy following developments from the car this is quite extraordinary announcement from the president you look at the scale of the destruction several explosions houses have been flattened and and children have been killed and severely injured in these

explosions. that's right i mean dick scenes there on the ground in equitorial guinea and the impact of the explosion really was over a kilometer radius you could see people really trying to get some help the 3 hospitals of the city which is the explosion happened in the city of baton which is the biggest city to former capital in equitorial guinea will all 3 hospitals are overrun with patients some just some are dropping the the injured in front of the hospital hoping that someone would come and pick them up to give them treatments a really extraordinary scenes unusual scenes i mean we're told guinea is a country that's quite a recluse it's often referred to as the north korea of africa and its leader theodore obiang has been in power since 1979 for the last 42 years from the as long as i've been alive and and his his there's been a tussle for power we know that his son is in charge of the military and this

explosion happened inside the barracks so the onus is on him to be in charge of what happened earlier we saw scenes on national television where his son to go to in was assessing the situation on the ground accompanied with his israeli security a bodyguards to try to reassure the population following these very unusual for explosions that happened in a row there in the outskirts of a in these army barracks marry him thanks so much for updating us on what's happening there nicholas haq. you watching the news hour live from london still ahead on the program. the. unions called for a total strike to shut down meehan mas economy on monday as the security forces ramp up their crackdown with massive nighttime arrests so it's the narrative proves a far right proposal to ban face coverings despitefully women and wearing the niqab

. and then in sport the italian team aiming to maintain their push to win the title and you will be here with that story. pope francis is iraq's christians to forgive the injustices committed against them he made the plea on the final day of his historic trip to iraq as he told northern areas decimated by eisel the head of the roman catholic church was greeted by locals in the ruins of mosul he released a darvon heard from residents there about life under the group's brutal reign he then traveled on to car akasha christian enclave that was overrun by eisel fighters where crowds lined the streets to see him then it was back to erbil where he started the day and where despite surging covert cases he celebrated a mass in a stadium with 10000 people so wonderful to reports now from there bill.

amid the rubble of mosul's old city a prayer for the victims of war and they don't nearby christian town striving to recover from isis to your occupation and appeal to forgive and look to the future. you know everything to be a sunni it's a matter of conversion of the hearts reconciliation and putting aside our differences we must all work together for the future for turn all of 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. other name of a plains to highlight the plight of communities damaged by a war and the courage to shrinking christian minority to stay in their ancient homeland i saw 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 local police christian was them's together 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 at 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 yeah i would i would urge the government 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 god willing it will be good and a blessing for all of iraq we are in crisis i am 60 years old and all of my life has been was my cold 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 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 we want to hold the al-jazeera to be. joining us now via skype from the united states is dr abbas kadhim his senior fellow in iraq initiative director at the atlantic council and it was northern iraq i suppose that really bore the brunt of i still scroll to how would you describe the challenges and the recovery in this part of the country given that many of the people francis was appealing to have been returned over 3 years since the defeat of feisal. thank you for having me it's just disheartening i

went to college and mosul back in the next 8 years so it's personal for me and you know mosul is my 2nd city after my own town and i just and definitely it breaks one's heart to see the level of devastation destruction and also the human suffering there this is that reality of life isis has been. ordered present at the worst crisis in modern iraq is 3 and it will take a lot of time and a lot of money to restore everything back to normal but we are better hope hopeful and and let to see our nest but francis is in in mosul and in many other cities this will turn people's attention to this area to its needs and also to the human side of it it is possible to imagine mosul without its muslim and christian heritage. in christians and more soul are

among the 1st iraqis they pretty as an ethnicity they predate christianity and also embrace christianity and the 1st century so it is important for iraq and force also for the international community to put this as a priority a great thing is that the pope is bringing more than media attention it is also diverting the attention of people from associate think iraq with with terrorism and with their lack of safety to. a place that has a book that has a major agenda to head off it to bring life back to normal and especially for the i.d.p.'s most of whom are christians. also held a historic meeting with a grand ayatollah ali al sistani on this trip want to waste in. figures within shia islam how important is the establishment in najaf. not

just for the shia within iraq itself but also for ethnic and religious groups. sixer a new port and turn the grand ayatollah sistani is not just the highest of thora q 4 this year on iraq he is the highest of thought before the shia are around the world some 250000000 people everywhere on the globe but also he is a respected and seen as a father figure for all iraqis because of is now a moderate position because of his defense of all iraqis as support for democratization and a civil state rather than a theocracy he is everything one hopes for any and a person with his influence in iraq and certainly this is while it is the 1st time the top 2 leaders and the catholic church and also and among the shia are meeting

together this is a coronation of a long time effort between the vatican and not just what delegations visited each other for a long time that was a lot of interfaith dialogue and also projects working and seeing this it is that it is cementing the idea that i want destination is the need to have tolerance existence and faith and that communique that came from the meeting really specifies that and what the needs to be done it is it is a moment that cannot be described with words for importance for its prospects or fortunate is but the most important part is not only the meeting that is historic and this but also what to make of it and how to follow up on it to make sure that we continue with this momentum for a lot of good things that would ensure that can't happen talk to abbas condom joining us there from washington thank you thank you. now geo iranian british

national means a guy radcliffe might be one step closer to freedom after 5 years in custody a lawyer is told an iranian website house arrest has officially ended and she's now had her ankle tackle moves but she's also been summoned to appear in court on another set of charges i said they were ports from town run after 4 years in prison and one year under house arrest dozens of the radcliffe's ordeal looks like it's almost over on sunday electronic ankle tag was removed but she's not yet completely free her lawyer said he doesn't know if she will be allowed to leave iran while welcoming the developments the british prime minister criticized iran's treatment of her. nazanin hold to julie rein in british citizenship she'd gone to iran with her young daughter in april 2016 to visit her parents on the day she was meant to travel back to the u.k. she was apprehended by members of the iranian revolutionary guard at the airport she was sentenced to 5 years for plotting to overthrow the iranian government

evidence against him as need has never been made public a trial was held behind closed doors and she's always maintained her innocence the lack of transparency around her case has led some to believe that iran may have other motives holding on to the people who are in the uranium regime are absolutely . about the west about america about you know big states and little states some folks think that we will stop at nothing until there is regime change and it is trying to i'm very very hard to get them to trust us and so that is the challenge of trying to deal with iran wants the u.k. to return money it paid for tanks purchased in 1986 but never received iran denies that as an indicator is linked to the ongoing dispute you know all of the sensitivities around this. media interest in this case is not only sees this. as or i'm going to be able to.

all russia certainly on britain in all the. war. now than has been summoned to court on march 14th to face further charges of spreading propaganda against iran her husband richard has led her campaign for release from the start and throughout it all the daughter gabriela has been counting the days until her mother is freed said baik al-jazeera the. so joining us now by skype is dr roxanne far one from yana lecture on the politics of on the politics the middle east at the university of cambridge so the sentence might have been completed but obviously this renewed on certainty of these new charges that nothing is a current right that will be summoned to court and i suppose that will form the basis of a new prosecution case it's possible we don't know exactly what lies and rape

you know we what we do know is that the majority of cases in the past where's prisoners that were dual nationals such as not. when they were released and their term was finished they were still not given permission to leave iran in the majority of cases for up to a year or so it is very unlikely in any event that she will be able to go back right away how do you what what is your assessment of this case in the broader context of diplomacy around the iran nuclear deal and iran relationship with the signatories of that agreement. well it's certainly on the table at the moment and we have to look back at the time when iran and the signatories of the iran nuclear deal were putting together the original deal. was in prison at that point and nothing really moved on that case even as the nuclear deal was was

put together and adopted on all sides so it's possible that it will not have a great deal to do with her case on the other hand it is good timing in the sense that the 2 sides are in the process of trying to find an opportunity to sit down and negotiate and i think it would be quite likely that the british negotiators who would make this an issue as they try to hammer out the aspects of the nuclear deal that the opportunity is there and it is only there for how much the iranians feel they are receiving as a recognition of any kind from the british side that would possibly make a difference so this element of how much the british foreign ministry is or

defense is willing to possibly have a pretty long term. chieftain loan that is out 400000000 pounds that the iranians feel there do they do not link that to the case that doesn't need has at the moment nor to the other cases there are 2 other british dual nationals that are being held in iran and the cases are not linked but on the other hand were he meant to be made it would probably not hurt the situation at all so we have to see how flexible all sides are in fact as we come to this crux moment of the iran nuclear negotiations thank you roxanne pheromone from me on. voters in switzerland have narrative approved a controversial ban on face coverings in public the proposal was approved by just over 51 percent of those who voted in

a referendum it did not mention islam specifically but the measure is known informally in switzerland as the burqa ban there will be several exceptions including face masks to protect from the crown a virus you see here we're voting for a text which concerns maybe 30 women this is really a demagogue of popular initiative and this is in that sense we are denouncing it at this demagogue accuse and this will of ostracizing a community of which is extremely well integrated here in switzerland city and measure of it being free is to be able to show our face that respect women stick have our own identity and therefore i do not understand the discourse of people who want to imprison women behind this veil you know at the london news hour still ahead on the program 2 years after the easter sunday attacks because catholic community is still calling for justice. choose a polished bags are packed as students in england prepare to go back to school after one months in lockdown. and in sport important weigh in on home snow for this

year is she aims to win the overall wildcard type. hello there we got a late blast of winter coming into the northeast of europe at the moment we got this earlier a cloud here sinking down across the baltic states this cold front this blue line that will continue to track its way further southwards. so to speak just coming in behind to temperatures in moscow minus 4 celsius there's snow on that into western russia into ukraine to sliding out of poland temperatures was you can see subzero form. many right clouds meanwhile across the northwest of europe we have some showers just coming in across the north sea plenty of showers across the western side of the but it's right in that it could be on the heavy side as we go on into

monday and shoes to choose to become a little more widespread they can filter their way across central parts of italy possibility of some snow over the high ground and some snow there into the outs snow clears away from moscow meanwhile but take a look at that temperature minus 9 the top temperature this stays back into the northwest well we're getting up to plus 9 in glasgow wet windy a mild to add just thoughts to push its way in from the land we've got some wet and windy weather also making its way across northern parts of morocco northern areas of algeria over the next couple of days and shop showers here with a distinct possibility of some localized flooding. but. they captured the hearts of founds around the world some things for pulled its run like most others they forward hard. and put themselves in the minds of something more important than the beautiful game footballing legendary can saddam

introduces a form of players who bucked the trend and stood up for what they believed in their way. and huge season of football rivals coming soon on al-jazeera. frank assessments the world is on a brink. that model failure is that a fair assessment you catastrophic global hialeah to twice and valuable back saying informed opinions should we be buying big oil 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 our. the. the a. recap

of the headlines yemen is who the rebels are fired drones and missiles at the heart of saudi arabia's oil industry attacking saudi aramco facilities that rust to lure and ron earlier the saudi that coalition launched air strikes and who the targets and yemen's capital saana at least 17 people have died and hundreds of been enjoyed in a series of large explosions at a military base in the city of bazza in equitorial guinea president adore me and says the explosions were caused by negligence relating to the use of dynamite at the base. and pope francis has called for peace and coexistence urging iraq's christians to forgive injustices committed against them is made the plea on the final day of his historic trip to iraq as he toured more than areas destroyed by ice till. now labor unions in myanmar are calling for

a national strike on monday in an effort to shut down the economy in protest at the military coup this comes as a funeral was held for a prominent politician who died in police custody after being detained in a nighttime raid khin maung lot was an official fun song suchi as national league for democracy party member says they suspect he was tortured there could not all come a viewing government or the military doctors stage his death was due to a heart condition i asked how he got the bruises on his body there were bruises on the back if he's head on the back knew his heap but the doctors said those were not the cause of his death. well the police and the army have been carrying out increasingly brutal nighttime raids in the country tony chang reports on this now from bangkok. they come in the night firing stun grenades on 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 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 the car because the sun sets another sad ritual in. 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 grace brown as a chalice to spend the past 3 is living any angle she returned to the united kingdom on saturday with her family and joins me now by skype from welsh so you were obviously living in man ma for the past 3 years how would you describe the way things change the shift in the past month since the military coup and obviously these protests that we're seeing now. i would say that before the coup it seems that life was getting back to normal covert 1000 cases were flying businesses were reopening there was some hope for recovery afterwards on february 1st everything changed beginning with telecom blackouts we were up on that day with no internet initially and no idea when it would return. uncertainty fear

as your colleague tony chen mentioned those night raids which cause tariff in any room as everywhere in absence of reliable information and news b.b.c. . of the day that. everything is black you can't watch the news unless you have very good internet connections and you can sometimes strain simple tenuously but most people don't and those living in me and mine now face multiple dangers imminent threats. violence and detention being in the wrong place at the wrong time just. being on the street in communities affected by a process you have the risk of being beaten and shot at and arrested in broad daylight it doesn't matter where you are whether you are processed or not if

you are unlucky enough to be there they don't necessarily discriminate though as a spike in fires across the city on one weekend the same weekend that many prisoners were released by the army our housekeeper told us that she was unable to work for several weeks because a family actually had to guard their home from people who were trying to set it on fire. a home in one of yangon sparse neighborhoods where her one year old daughter sleeps at nights the feeling among the communities was that these were potentially people being paid by the tatmadaw to go out and cause chaos so nighttime brings particular nightmares for me and must people and they are hoping for i ask you is it likely to despite everything that's happened the

crackdown we've seen some 50 protesters that's a figure that we know of 50 people have been killed now these nighttime raids which is a deep intimidating has it done anything to deter the demonstrators i'm not sure if you had a chance to speak to many people before you left the country i would say knots i think that the people are spoken to who. are friends and. neighbors they they say that they are. they're willing to risk everything they're willing to risk their life they herds and those their jobs by being part of civil disobedience movement for example which includes doctors that covert $1000.00 testing centers included some and public hospitals teach themselves very briefly to people want what they be ok with that military sort of bringing back and sense 18 the l.n.b. and sort of renegotiating its political role they want the military out of politics

well i think that everyone our wants them in that regard they are out of politics so to speak there's there's a deep distrust of the military across the country i think before this the the tatmadaw has approval was actually sort of flattering it was. there and sort of forgotten about them in a sense the threat was really imminent but now they are sort of united against and you have so many different groups of people who wouldn't normally agree who are now do but going back to your question about the protesters i think that they're willing to risk it all they're willing to risk their lives their own interests their livelihoods but they're not willing to lose their freedom nehemiah has had

a taste of freedom and it's much easier to not have something to begin with than to have something and have it then taken away they have tasted democracy they've experienced the outside world and i don't think that they'll go down without a fight thank you very much grace brown joining us thank you. now shrank as catholic minorities have attended mass dressed in black to demand justice for the victims of the easter sunday attacks almost 2 years ago no one has been prosecuted over these bombings which targeted 3 hotels and 3 churches when alpha nando's 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 297 of them were from terry's appearances family the son the

daughter and 5 grandchildren that had the help they had the poly 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 bombers detonated bombs in churches and hotels in a series of attacks they were blamed on a local extremist group affiliated to eisele but many suspect others were involved . after 2 years of waiting the church is now campaigning for answers. but you are going to your mouth about this is not a struggle between religions race or politics but it's a struggle of fear over and fear light over darkness justice over in justice 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

purgatory sing unity and reconciliation witnesses said the government did not take action against religious extremism but only presidents are a sinner and premier rick i'm a single but entire government response ability we're more interested in finding out who did beat who funded 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 see there would be no closure until justice is served and the identities of those behind the easter bombings are revealed in a finance al-jazeera cut to upper tier. at least 18 people have been killed in 2 landmine dinks not mine explosions in the central syrian province of hama now dozens more were injured in the blast with explosive left in the fields along roads and in buildings that have been killing hundreds of civilians in syria's decade

long conflict it remains a serious risk to people that. now power wise president is planning a cabinet reshuffle present as his face growing pressure from protest as to resign over the government's handling of the pandemic security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at riot is in the center of the capital the health minister resigned soon afterwards anita says he'll name a new cabinet chief in education minister in the coming hours for more changes the cabinet will be evaluated over the next week. israel is in its final phase of lifting coronavirus restrictions with hospitality businesses and schools reopening their doors on sunday the government is also approve the partial reopening of the main international airport with limits on the number of incoming passengers most public activities are available subject to immunity under the so-called green pos system people must show that they've been fully vaccinated or have recovered from covert 19 in order to attend cultural events or go to restaurants where opening the

economy has been a major campaign promise from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu ahead of this month's election in new zealand's biggest city has reopened after a week long lockdown there people can now leave their houses and businesses are open but there is still limits on crowds and mosques are required on public transport or planted recorded a cluster of highly transmissible u.k. variants of over 1000 cases in the community which cause the city to shut down but health officials say the country's recorded no new cases for a week well in 87000000 students are expected to return to class in england on monday in the 1st stage of britain's exit from its covert lockdown parents and teachers have spoken of their relief at returning off to more than 2 months of disruption but it's still going to be far from normal paul brennan reports now from a primary school in the town of woking. preparing for. it's been a long hard winter in the u.k. is education system but the families 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 are ready 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 most often predict sizes even 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 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 waiting for honestly i am 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 their future because it's not but their place their school you know and for education so is amazing here i think through just how to

emotionally exhausted and we're on our last little nothing all about 2 years 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 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 they've been classes run throughout lockdown for the children of the workers such as health care staff but more than 80 percent of the schools 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 kiba well 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. al jazeera. still ahead on the program. accusations fly before as a blockbuster entity that sparks

a war of words in the bush royal family. and in sport a victory party that's been a decade in the making for fans of a scottish football club and he will be here with past. it begs well and doesn't require diplomas. that's why so many in macau work for the casinos. in but for those like jiang who struggle it school. dropping out has become the less evil in perseverance the greater gamble in macau the future gamble part of the viewfinder asia series the notice era. examining the impact of today's headlines didn't matter you're rich or poor what your religion is you are battling this and make you're staring at it in the face and you're dealing with it setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions that are

unfolding on capitol hill international filmmakers are world class journalists bring programs to inform and inspire you each and in one of us in the responsibility to change all thirsty exploits for the middle on al-jazeera. the earth the old. market back the british royal family is bracing itself for a highly anticipated interview between a prince harry his wife meggan and us chat show host oprah winfrey and a clip already released meghan accuses the royals of perpetuating false it's about the couple this is the palace says it's investigating bullying claims against the

duchess by former members of royal staff the fark reports from london. i just want to make it clear to everybody as you know subject it's off limits gray 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 but after all of this time we would still be silent but 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 ad 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 make it 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 being said they want to call it that respect they also felt the palace and swept back complaints under the carpet. meanwhile the royal family has activated a tried and tested tactic say nothing. the 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 and 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 and naturalists for the andy. thank you so much marmalade you're on the ports will soon officially be back in charge of barcelona football club after a vote by club members to elect a new president's his rival candidates have in the last few minutes conceded defeat

supporter is returning at a time when the spanish team is facing a fight some insane its place as one of the biggest clubs in europe far as far pools. a lawyer and politician who let the club during their greatest period of success join the portelli to use all his powers of negotiation in the coming months that the future of lino massi will be his top priority the 6 time world player of the year wanted to leave the club before the season began the 33 year old's contract expires this year laporta has to tempt messi with a new deal at a time when the club is around a $1000000000.00 in debts but the terms of the greenman will will be a key here obviously we know that the current squad have taken a pay cut we know that barcelona is wages are $3.00 quarters of their revenue so that 75 percent wages to turnover is a concern so the wage bill will naturally have to come down and if you look at what looks at you in scrubs under make up tends to be what's happening it tends to be.

the porter was president of the club for much of the 2000 when success was taken for granted he gave pep ordeal his 1st managerial job. and 2009 with guardiola in charge the team set a new club record winning 6 major trophies for me the best club in the wall for the 5. the sentimental issue. and i'm pretty sure stories come back stronger in a short time the club won no trophies last season and haven't lifted the champions league since 2015 the current manager is ronald cumin he was employed by former president joseph maria barr to mayo resigned late last year and was recently arrested as part of a corruption investigation. i still not stymies money my future is not in my hands the only thing i know is that i have another year on my contract so of course i will speak to the new president he's the one deciding what direction the club takes

i'll just stay focused on trying to win matches bars the fans will be hoping they voted for a better future and majority will want their most famous player to stay and be part of it far as smile al-jazeera. well that's coming out of the current legal aid is in spain they've drawn $11.00 with city rivals round madrid former barcelona player luis suarez putting up let's go ahead in this one the same aiming to win a lot of league of the 1st time since 2014 equaliser from karen benz a moment the game finished in a draw athletico are 3 points clear of 2nd place boss and they have again in hand in english premier league manchester city's long winning run is over they lost the manchester united to no goals coming from burn off and on theirs and luke shaw city have been a me for 22nd consecutive win in all competitions they still lead united by 11 points at the top of the table we need to prove on so many things to get over to.

to. get our consistency back to of course there are 11 points ahead of us if i'm wrong time games to go that's a long way so we need to vote was ourselves just be a better man united. liverpool's shambolic title defense has continued they lost at home for the 6 straight league game relegation threatened following beating them one nil liverpool down an 8th in the table the boys want to win the toilets and want to win this game today i saw that. we did with the eggs but the problem. is not about you don't want the boys don't want to make the readers make them. we are in scotland rangers fans celebrating a 1st league title win in a decade the club managed by former liverpool player steven gerrard of glasgow rivals a celtic had won the championship for the previous 9 seasons. ac milan have been saying the league title challenge in italy syria milan beating her us for

a sunil the win moves them within 3 points of lead is in some a land that they have played a game all in thick and reestablish a 6 point advantage with a victory against the lancer on monday. a south african billionaire patrice month survey is set to become the new president of african football that's following the withdrawal of all the other candidates from the upcoming election and so you will succeed i am an abbot who's been banned for 5 years due to governance issues the election or takes place in morocco next friday where his new job will be officially confirmed i don't know. if you realize. that the message that you are sending today to the whole of africa and to the entire world. easten incredibly strong message i wrote a federal is getting ready for his 1st competitive match in 14 months the 20 time

grand slam champion has been out on the practice calls ahead of his return to action of the cats are open for the results who knee operations in an effort supposed long his career the 39 year old's been given up by into the 2nd round in doha hell face other britons than evans or jeremy shockey of fronts. i'm a callous schifrin is just missed out on a 70th world cup victory the double olympic champion finished 3rd in the john slalom the american was held at the start of a foreigner run for more than 2 minutes while cross workers try to fix a broken gates favorite picture of over one race in slovakia this fig tree also boosting our chances of winning the overall world cup title the season ends in switzerland later it's. ok that is how you sports is looking for now let's get back to mary i'm in london a lovely thanks very much and a well that wraps up the news hour but i'll be back in just a couple of minutes with that the 2200 g.m.t. but it's your roundup of all the top stories coming up very shortly including of

course those developments in yemen. 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 of broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to leave you have to ask for help and inspired 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. it begs well and doesn't require diplomas. that's why so many in macau work for the casinos. but for those like and who struggle it school. dropping out has become the less evil perseverance a greater gamble. macao the future gamble part of the viewfinder asia series unnoticed 0. joggers in new delhi take advantage of the relatively clean air after weeks of toxic small stopped people from venturing outside institutions including harvard say air pollution is leading to more severe cases of the coronavirus and more deaths from it and nowhere in india is the situation worse than a daddy the number of record highs and whether

a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of air pollution across 5 north and ian states health experts and bob mentioned this had been wanting for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those because of the 19. who the rebels fired drones and missiles at oil facilities and military targets in saudi arabia hours after as strikes on yemen's capital sana. no i'm maryam namazie and on the new watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program at least 17 people have died in equitorial guinea ofter a series of explosions at a military base in this.