and it has to work through that scene from around the world these volunteers were tested to. be getting that samples. at least 15 people were killed and hundreds injured in equitorial guinea after 4 large explosions at a military base in the city of butter. i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up saudi arabia's biggest oil port comes under attack from yemen's who the rebels riyadh says the attempt was thwarted with minimal damage. president biden's administration is considering a full withdrawal from afghanistan by may 1st and

a greater role for turkey in the peace strategy. i was silent. were you silent or were you silence. the latter. prince harry's wife meghan addresses the reasons for their split from the british royal family in an interview with oprah winfrey. equitorial getting the government says at least 15 people have died in a series of accidental explosions more than 400 have been injured in the blast at a military base in batter city the president dora obiang says the explosions were caused by the mishandling of dynamite. after the 1st explosion. because. the 2nd one did i mean then a 3rd and 4th each straw. anger than the other. this is where the blast took place

inside the. barracks one of the country's largest military bases. people ran for their lives. others rushed the injured to hospitals the scene of live on national television the reporter asks is the baby dead no she replies but her mother and. we don't know what happened to this man says everything is destroyed. the barracks were home to hundreds of families in the rubble people try to pull out survivors many are feared dead including detainees trapped in the barracks prison cells hospitals quickly became overwhelmed and called for urgent blood donations on national t.v. the anchor read out a statement from president. he says negligence in the dynamite depot located on the base caused the explosion. given the scale of the destruction and in these times of

low oil prices made even worse by the cave in 1000 pandemic a call on the international community to provide all the help and assistance necessary. being has been in power for the last 42 years amassing half a $1000000000.00 in personal wealth in this oral rich country but according to the world bank 80 percent of the population live on less than 2 dollars a day. his son there with odeon is the country's vice president in charge of the military and the barracks where the explosion took place last year french court charged him with embezzling state funds with a court seizing his 100 $7000000.00 paris home critics of the regime see in these explosions as yet another example of the family's continued neglect of the people of equitorial guinea. pig liz hawk al jazeera as well william

lawrence is a former u.s. diplomat and regional security officer in west africa he says equitorial guinea is not ready for a disaster on this scale. highly shocking traumatizing many hundreds injured which means there's probably significant larger number that aren't even accounted for yet and people are frantically looking through the rubble for bodies in some ways worse than a baby would explosion at least in terms of the carnage and so this is going to have quite a devastating effect on many levels and equitorial guinea is you know this is one of the richest countries in africa with the least distribution of its oil like and most of the you know many coup attempts since independence so this is going to rock the boat but in the short term they're just going to have to account for what happened and so far it looks very that most of the resources are in the capital which is an island off the coast not in the areas where this occurred they're building a new capital city on the mainland but it's not really fully equipped on the u.s.

has done a lot of training over the years of military force things that for example but it's been focused on things like human rights which was the big concern of theirs i don't think there's a lot of disaster preparedness training on this scale so i suspect that a lot of what's going on today is waning and already the country's health services are hit quite hard by covert 900 so this will be an added burden that frantic calls for blood donations gone out so and we have pictures of people lying around in hospital floors just not being treated saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by who 3 rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was fired at all facilities in dharan on sunday evening but was intercepted and destroyed when earlier in the day a drone hit one of the world's biggest oil shipping ports a saudi royal court adviser says all indications point to iran saying the attacks

didn't come from yemen in response to the attack on the port the saudi led coalition launched airstrikes on sana. mammadov the time has more now from the yemeni capital. we can see columns of small comfort still raising up in the sky of the capital sanaa the saudi fighter jets amenity compound that is under the control of the whole these in the north west of the capital it is called the maintenance military compound there are no casualties that have been reported so far but the this attack has spread toran film on the civilians in this area people still remember the carbons of the saudi bombing of the city of sana'a. according to some of servers and also i would was over 5 and a raise have been carried out on this many of the compound and also on another

military sites on minutes to position to the south of the capital sanaa there are more than 15 aires have been carried out in the matter but specially 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 gas and fuel they say that the saudi royal it quality has father tightened their instructions on the floor fuelling guys to area under their control while our senior political analyst model one of the sharia believes international pressure will eventually force both sides to end the conflict. if this really continues to escalate as it is in such a dick areas 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 saudi arabia 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 hate it in a serious way denatured off the confrontation now and the capacity of the house these to reach various parts off so yeah to be a true terrorizing basically the population of saudi arabia if you will down the road that is not tenable and that's why i think probably we're going to see some pressures and the pressures would be on not only the how things there would be also on their sponsors or on their helpers or in their patrols any which way you would want to take it into iran and there would be a lot of pressures on saudi arabia that we've seen it already started by the by the administration staying with yemen and at least 8 people have been killed in

a fire at a migrant detention center in the capital sana'a the u.n. says another 170 were injured because of the blaze isn't yet known the detention centers run by who 3 rebels who have controlled the capital sana'a since the outbreak of yemen's conflict. the u.s. secretary of state has written to afghanistan's president outlining the biden that ministrations strategy to end the conflict and to me blinken has made several proposals one of which involves a leading role for turkey is our diplomatic editor james faves. 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 that 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 it 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 u.s. james bay is al-jazeera at the united nations. at least 18 people have been killed in 2 land bomb explosions in the central syrian province of hama dozens more were injured the syrian observatory for human rights says the victims were farmers explosives left in fields along roads and in buildings of kill hundreds of civilians in syria's decade long conflict. time for a short break here now does iraq when we come back mainmast security forces move against hospitals and universities are intensifying night raids against opponents of the military coup. and after 5 years in custody british iranian aid worker nazarenes a guy radcliffe is released in iran but now faces another trial more in

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call the strong help program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change on al-jazeera. her any. welcome back a quick amount of top stories here on al-jazeera the government in equitorial guinea says at least 15 people have died in the accidental explosions at a military base more than 400 have been injured the president says the blasts were caused by the mishandling of dynamite. saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by who 3 rebels in yemen the government says a mystic missile was fired at iran co all facilities and. earlier

a drone hit rust on the road to the world's largest oil shipping ports. the u.s. sector state has written to afghanistan's president outlining the bike in the ministration strategy to end the conflict and to me blinken call for a 90 day reduction in violence and ask turkey in the un to host force. me in my state news security forces our men taining hospitals and universities it comes after reports the army has taken over institutions to suspend to suppress dissent against the military coup the move follows increasing violence against protesters and intensified night raids as tony check reports. they come in the night firing stun grenades and live around. soldiers and police roaming residential neighborhoods shooting into buildings smashing property as they pass the some these are detention 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 in. the whole of our neighborhood in shock today is frightened we can't sleep at night in case they come back but the protestors have some mind games to play too in many areas clothes lines of women's skirts so long jesus then and underwear and now hanging overhead playing on the superstitions of the soldiers and police. and the reason why we hang with lunges across the street is that we have the traditional belief that if we pass underneath a laundry we might lose our luck the younger generation nowadays doesn't believe it

anymore but the soldiers still do and it's their weakness so we might gain more time to run if they come towards us. against the security services these obstacles are more effective than barricades or barbed wire. 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. live now from bangkok in neighboring thailand scott so what more do we know about those reports of the minimum military says it will be taking over hospitals universities. there we saw some footage that was kind of released at 10 pm on sunday evening that show that there were definitely forces out front of

a hospital in yangon the country's largest city and then these reports coming out and official report from the joint to saying that they're there they're putting them them soldiers and policemen in these facilities universities and hospitals to protect them obviously the protesters in the movement people who run the movement are saying that no that's not the case they're doing that for intimidation like we saw on tony's piece there and there has been continuing intimidation these night raids again on sunday evening it's monday morning now time that continued again more use of stun grenades more use of live rounds so that campaign is continuing but what is concerning yes the soldiers and police officers being stationed at hospitals what does that mean moving forward if there are more injuries coming from the protest that is a very concerning thing when you look at what could possibly happen to the protesters if they can't if they can't enter these hospitals so that's a question moving forward there and yet skelton it's clear that they army is not

increasing its crackdown is this likely do you think to protest as from coming back onto the streets. absolutely what we heard in tony's pieces is spot on that's continuing on and it is flat out intimidation they are going after specific targets like we heard it with the. politician at the end of the who was detained of and died from from injuries well he was detained and then you have them shooting the security forces at night just kind of shooting randomly in the houses there's been footage of them shooting stun grenades we've been seeing some with tear gas canisters being fired directly into houses so that intimidation continues will be something to keep a close eye on throughout the day today monday because a general strike has been called for today to try to shut down further shut down the economy there in myanmar to again put pressure on the journey to come to some kind of an agreement with the protesters but obviously when you look at what's

happening on both sides with the tactics being used on both sides they're very far away from even sitting down and discussing things but again that intimidation that that iron fist intimidation overnight we're seeing they're continuing our i just call part of their lives in bangkok scott thank you. now the british prime minister is demanding the permanent release of a british iranian woman who was jailed in tehran on spying charges means a guard iran claims 5 years sentence has ended she spent final year of her term under house arrest and her uncle tag has now been removed but her lawyer says she's been summoned to court next week on another charge as a big reports from tehran after 4 years in prison and one year under house arrest as a means of deal 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 was welcome in the developments the british prime minister

criticized iran's treatment of her. nazanin holds a jewel in reining 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 for those 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 frankly 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 nazanin case 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 going to be able to. all russia certainly on britain in order to get more. 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 arab. now 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. the roman catholic church was met by large crowds in mosul and the town of course then located in the dwindling christian communities heartland snuffle to reports arabic. 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 you know recently 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 end 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 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 yet 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 a shower like warfare but i 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 end 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 thurmond's while the seeds for a new way of thinking may have been planted in the course of this is correct visit seeing it come to fruition will require political change and reform one of 14 al-jazeera to be. in england nearly 7000000 school students heading back to class on monday many parents and teachers are relieved after more than 2 months of disruption but things are still going to be a long way from normal paul brennan reports from a school in the town of wilton preparing for. it's been

a long hard winter in the u.k.'s education system but the banners are going up and the students are going back a horse will see if the junior school friends and classmates who've been separated since the start of january are ready to be reunited again right below restraint seeing all my school friends and i mean i haven't seen him in like 6 we and i most appealing pretty excited to see them again and i'm going back for no more seen school in the be. more flow because we have will help 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'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 really 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 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 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 woking. meghan markle says the

british royal family failed to protect and were concerned about how dog sons skin color would be the duke and duchess of sussex were interviewed by oprah winfrey for a 2 hour c.b.s. primetime special the interview comes after how he decided to step back a see the members of the royal family last year. all around the same time so we have in tandem the conversation of he won't be given security it's not going to be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born i mean that's the sad irony of the last 4 years i've advocated for so long for women to use their voice and then i was silent. were you silent or were you silence the latter it was only

was only ones who were married and everything started to really worsen. that i came to understand that not only was i not being protected but that they were willing to lie to protect other members of the family but they weren't willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband. took a quick check of the headlines on al-jazeera the government in equitorial guinea says that these 15 people have died in the accidental explosions at a military base more than 400 have been injured the president says the blasts were caused by the mishandling of dynamite nicholas hawkeye's more from dakar in senegal . elliptic 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 hell.