where and do your situation worse than a daddy the number of cues ordered records are used were a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor sources of air pollution across 5 known for dia the state's health experts and bar mental said been wanting for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in who should have the impact that would have on the cause 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'a. no i'm maryam namazie and london you're 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 the city of butter. an impassioned call for peace and coexistence from the ruins of churches destroyed by i.c.l. pope francis holds mass in the iraqi city of mosul. and shoes are being polished bags are packed as students in england that go back to school after more months in lockdown. yemen's hoofy rebels are fired drones and missiles at the hearts of saudi arabia's oil industry attacking a saudi aramco facility at rest to noora riyadh called it a failed assault on a global energy security. around co facilities were also targeted and iran with a ballistic missile falling around close residential compound there but the saudi government said no. either attack cause casualties or loss of property earlier

who's the spokesman said they'd also attacked military targets in the cities of them on a c.r. and just on earlier the saudi led coalition carried out a number of as strikes on hoofy targets and yemen's capital sana'a. a residential area was hit during these strikes which were in response they say to who sees launching 10 other drones at saudi arabia which the coalition said it destroyed. a top sent us this report from santa just after the saudi ass strikes hit the city. we can see columns of small comfort 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 worst of the capital it is called the maintenance military compound the. spread

tora on the civilians in this area people still remember the close of the saudi bombing the city of sanaa. according to some observation also i would was over 5 a raise have been carried out on this military compound and also none other military sides or military position to the south of the capital sanaa there are more than 15 aires have been carried out in a marriage especially in the region of mughal where they hold these are trying to advance towards the city of moderate 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 tightened their instructions on the floor fuel angle as to area under their control last senior political analyst

marwan bashar has more now on the consequences of this latest escalation in the conflict. 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 attacked in more rapid rhythm than before i think so get a bit 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 hits 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 want to 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 only the how things there would be also on their sponsors or on their how purse 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 again a get that we've seen it already started by the by then i'm assertion. well there is a bit more news from yemen the united nations is saying that at least 8 people have been killed and 170 injured in a fire at a migrant attention center in the capital city the cause of the blaze is not known the detention center is run by who theory rebels who control the capital sana since the outbreak of yemen's conflict on a move on to a developing story from equitorial guinea nowi 17 people have died hundreds more have been injured in a series of large explosions a military base in the city of butter president to dora obiang says the explosions are caused by negligence relating to the use of dynamite at the base focal t.v. should people searching through the rubble for survivors people are being urged to

donate blood in hospitals in the area are overwhelmed the explosions tore apart houses around the base and trucks were filled with the injured including many children to take them to hospital. there is nicholas has been following developments for us from dakar. scenes there on the ground in equitorial guinea and the impact of the explosion really was over a kilometer radius and 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 butter which is the biggest city to former capital in equitorial guinea will all 3 hospitals are overrun with patients some are some are dropping the the injured in front of the hospital hoping that someone would come in 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 recluse it's often referred to as the north korea of africa

and its leader earthier obiang has been in parsons 979 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 to be in charge of what happened earlier we saw scenes on national television where his son to go to 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 but in these army barracks. pope francis has to 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 to

northern areas ravaged by i sell the head of the run catholic church was greeted by locals in the ruins of mosul he released a dove and heard from residents there about life under the clips of bush still rain event travel. on the car caution a 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 wept despite surging kovac cases he celebrated mass in a stadium with 10000 people so wonderful to reports now from their bell. 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 they will refund. it's a matter of conversion of the hearts reconciliation and putting aside our differences we must all work together for the future efforts 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 the 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 local police christian was thems together and train them together and they will know exactly who are there they know all the people that are 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 and protecting this land now 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 god and these was 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 sermons while the seeds for a new way of thinking may have been planted in the course of this is torah visit seeing it come to fruition will require political change and reform one of 14

al-jazeera to be. kewl iranian british national. might be one step closer to freedom after 5 years in custody a lawyer told an iranian website that a 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 a different set of charges as a beggar pours from tehran after 4 years in prison and one year under house arrest as an insult to read radcliffe's ordeal looks like it's almost over on sunday her 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 holds a jewel earring 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 nazanin 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 it's 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 you 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 nazanin scase is linked to the ongoing dispute you know all of the sensitivities around. the media interest in this case is not only

sees this. as or getting. all russia certainly on britain in all the. war. has a name 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 i had fun on the ground. unions called for a total strike to shutdown me and mas economy on monday as the security forces ramp up that crackdown with last night time arrests and the blockbuster interview that's going to accusations flying in the british royal family before it's even and.

how them places safe on a warning has now been issued for a tropical cyclone and they are and that's pulling away from southern fiji pulling away from the new caledonia high pressure coming in behind things quieting down quite nicely that we have got some showers into eastern parts of australia having said that over the next couple of days just around 7 posit queensland northern parts of new south wales could still see some rather heavy rain from time to time plenty of showers around the cape york peninsula just around the top and if the sunshine and warm sunshine that you're after well take a look at the southwest getting up around the 30 degree mark here over the next couple of days in person not faring too badly by choose day we'll see some what's the weather into the interior alice at 36 celsius with some showers showers right the way down towards sydney at this station

a south wales still seeing some wet weather showers longer spells away gradually making the way towards new zealand over the next couple of days and we're seeing some wet weather recently for the north making its way away from much apparent so some wet weather still in place there was a go on through monday just 11 celsius in tokyo but it will turn drier and price and warmer as we make our way to choose day temperatures then getting up to 15 degrees celsius. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of sedition and the state line becomes the before the media in any way devoted looking for images that lead to a lot of the these guys that just how did he create a nuisance makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening

post on a 0. to . a come back a look at the main stories now yemen's who see rebels of 5 drones and missiles at the heart of saudi arabia's oil industry attacking iran care facilities and rust to noora and iran riyadh called it a failed assault on global energy security at least 17 people have died and hundreds of been injured in a series of large explosions at a military base in the city of baton equitorial guinea the president adore obiang 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 the injustices committed against them he made the plea on the final day of his historic trip to iraq as he turned northern areas destroyed by ice . now to me and the labor unions are calling for a national strike on monday in an effort to shut down the economy in protest at the military coup it comes as a funeral was held for a prominent politician who died in police custody after being detained in a nighttime raid ken long lott was an official fun son city's national league for democracy a party member says they suspect he was tortured there could no longer come a viewing government or the military doctors state his death was due to a heart condition i asked how he got the bruises on his body they were bruises on the back of his head on the back and he's here but the doctor 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 there is tony chang reports on

this now from bangkok. 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 for some these attention squads seizing protest leaders politicians and civil servants dragged away to an uncertain fate elsewhere they're cleaning up peeling stickers of the coup leader general 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 had been searching houses for members of the national league for democracy or n l d. a where the whole of our neighborhood in shock today is frightened we can't

sleep at night in case they come back of the law and as the sun sets another sad ritual in modern myanmar vigils for those who have 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. the u.s. secretary of state has written to the afghan president outlining the byington administration's strategy for the country several proposals have been made including washington's own terms for a permanent ceasefire between the taliban and the afghan government and diplomatic editor james bass has this report. 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's the 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 u.s. 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 bowie's al-jazeera at the united nations. now results from ivory coast elections are showing that the ruling party has won 58 percent of seats in the parliament this would strengthen the position of president allison with tara who won a 3rd term in the election in october that was marred by an rest in which at least 85 people killed. it faced a combined challenge from opposition parties led by 2 of his predecessors some in

the opposition of accuse the election commission of commuting to rig the results. now israel is in its final phase of lifting coronavirus restrictions with hospitality businesses and schools reopening their doors on sunday israeli government has also approved the partial reopening of the main international airports with limits on the number of incoming passengers people must show they've been fully vaccinated or have recovered from cover 1000 to attend cultural events or go to restaurants we opening the economy has been a major campaign promise from the prime minister benjamin netanyahu ahead of this month's election we're very happy do you stay can you leave because we stood there in the right you see the will be will be able to hear is the easy to go. to see stressful situation because you believe in the movie believe i believe we're asking if we could still. be as you can see today

is a happy day for us because we are open but still we are worried because it's not finished yet nobody knows when it will finish and we are. actually afraid that there's going to be another lockdown. well nearly 7000000 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 often more than 2 months of disruption o'brien reports now from a primary school in the town of walking preparing for. it's been a long hard winter in the u.k.'s education system but the families are going up on the students are going back a whole school see the junior school friends and classmates who've been separated since the start of january already to be reunited again and i believe it strange seeing all my school friends again because i mean i haven't seen him in nightsticks week and i'm most of it in pretty excited seeing them again and i think pull it to

gain back to for no more seen school in the be. more flawed because we have will have more then 7 people in the classroom and it's going to be. it's going to be more exciting many parents are just as excited this is what we're waiting for honestly i'm with kids all the time my husband he's working all day sell everything he's on my child there so i'm really glad they coming back to school is that good for the future because it's not but their place their school you know and for education so is amazing here i think through just tied 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 it had to make a lot of changes to go 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 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 period of lockdown 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 well probably as they 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 will kick. the british royal family is bracing itself for a highly anticipated interview between prince harry his wife meghan and us chat show host oprah winfrey it's airing in the coming hours but in a clip already released meghan accuses the royals of perpetuating falsehoods about the couple says the palace says it's investigating bullying claims against the duchess eve barco reports from london. i just want to make it clear to everybody

is you know subject that's off limits free 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 could expect that after all of this time we would still be silent if there isn't after that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us with my wife when the full interview is expected 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 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 there are low paid lawyers who 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 that the palace was 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 decided not. to say absolutely not 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 they should 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 fuelled 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 geoffrey 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 out of syria london. a quick look at the headlines now yemen's who the rebels are fine drones and missiles at the heart of saudi arabia's oil industry attacking a saudi aramco facility at rest to noora riyadh is called a failed assault on global energy.