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for the 2nd time in as many days yemen's hooty rebels attack saudi arabia's energy facilities the kingdom retaliates with air strikes on sunday. also australia suspends military ties with me and mine and a growing backlash against the crackdown on protests i was silent. were you silent or were you silence. and suppressed within the palace prince harry's wife megan reveals the reasons for their split from the british royal family. so a series of explosions at a military base in equitorial guinea have killed 15 people and injured more than 400 others and the government is saying negligence caused those blasts and they caused the full story. after the 1st explosion. because.

a 2nd one did i mean the then a 3rd and 4th each stronger than the other. this is where the blast took place inside the nic what doma barracks one of the country's largest military bases. people ran for their lives. others. rushed the injured to hospitals. 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. i'm asking for your excellent susan assistance

from abroad the countries and international organizations to help the republican guinea in this lamentable situation we have we already have the coronavirus health emergency and adding to that this tragedy in the city of boston 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 causing it and given the scale of the destruction and in these times of lower 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 oil rich country but according to the world bank 80 percent of the population live on less than 2 dollars a day his son 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 hawke i'll just. on to other news and saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by hoti rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was fired at boyle facilities and earlier a drone to hit one of the world's largest oil shipping ports riyadh is saying minimal damage in both attacks say it was much bigger it. was the last heard of joe when we say all the artillery and drone divisions were able to conduct a wide offensive in the depths of saudi arabia with 14 drones and 8 ballistic missiles we targeted around cole in ras port and other military facilities into

mom more military sites were targeted in a serious design and the strike was precise. while the saudi led coalition did respond to these attacks. that was how they did it hitting her rebel targets in the capital center a residential area was struck during the operation and there are reports of casualties mohamad other top has more from the yemeni capital. we can see columns of small county fire still raising up in the sky of the capital sanaa 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 there are no casualties that have been reported so far but the this spread toran

fear among the civilians in this area people still remember the occurrence of the saudi bombing the city of sana'a. according to some of the servers and also i would was all over 5 a raise have been carried out on this military compound and also on the another military side on. military position to the south of the capital sanaa there are more than 15 aires have been carried out in specially in the region of mughal where they hold these are trying to advance towards the city of marjah they believe that they will kill take control of the city in order to gain the supply of fuel they say that the saudi cooperation has tightened there is structures on the floor. as to. their control. still with

yemen and at least 8 people have been killed in a fire at a migrant detention center in the u.n. says another 170 people were injured there because of that blood is not known the the detention center is run by the rebels who have controlled since the outbreak of yemen's conflict now there are reports that police have raided yangon's general hospital and arrested several people shots and stun grenades being heard in several areas of me involves largest city security forces and so the court maintaining all hospitals and universities violence against those raising their voice over the military has been escalating $59.00 protesters have died since the protests began after the coup on february 1st. so scott hide in bangkok what exactly does maintaining. the hospitals and universities mean. kimo it's a very good question i guess we can assume based on the footprint we see for the

security forces in the major cities across myanmar is that that they're going to base themselves there at least have some presence in those facilities at those facilities why it's concerning when you look at the universities that start there that's the easier one if you will that is because a lot of the protests particularly young on have kind of centered around the universities either they gather there either that some of the protests are organized by student unions so they bay the security forces look at this as maybe a way to intimidate those affiliated with those universities or using the campuses to organize the protests the hospitals similar to when you have you know a lot of injured protesters and we've seen a lot of injured protesters when they go to the hospitals this could also be an intimidation tactic by the security forces because they're going to be there and if they see anyone that they know was orchestrating or leading one of these protests they could arrest them there but it's also. a factor of intimidation most

definitely and this is something that we've seen stepped up at night these night raids kind of started several weeks ago initially with targeted raids going after certain people connected to the organization of the protests or the end of the party on party to cheese party but now we're seeing these raids to be more just intimidation pot shots with live rounds in the houses and flash bang grenades so that is i think kind of together it's part of their intimidation campaign ok scott i want to talk diplomacy in fact i want to hear from the australian foreign minister who's been adding to the backlash against the military had been suspending defense cooperation programs with me and let's have a listen. we have reviewed our military engagement and i announced yesterday that those activities would be suspended we've also reviewed our development assistance because one of the things that i do not want to do and the distributors not want to do is to penalize the people of myanmar the people of myanmar who are amongst the

poorest people in as eon and who have been dealing with significant challenges for a long period of time so it's something isn't it scott it is actual concrete action but as we heard there from the foreign minister that fine line between cutting off aid to the military but also making sure that the people don't get adversely affected. right that is a very delicate line to walk kemal you know because our situation the poverty rates the need in the country has been great over so many years so there are a lot of different channels of aid money flowing into have been flowing into myanmar so it's a delicate balance to make sure that that aid money still goes to those who need it and to those projects that are helping those who need it but it doesn't go to the joint so that is a very delicate. line to walk because they control the government now so all those

mechanisms you would imagine would have to go through the government so that's why at that's a delicate process interesting thing too about what the estonian foreign minister was saying pulling back on that military relationship with me and mar that is a good move that is a good signal to send to the international community but looking on the ground the nations we want to hear that we the international community and those who are looking to. reduce the violence on the streets of myanmar it would be more helpful and useful coming from nations who actually supply a great deal of military equipment to me and more so that would be china russia the india so those are the countries that supply a great deal of the military might if you will in myanmar it's a good move by other nations and other nations outside of australia have done it as well but the big nations who contribute directly to me on mars military have been china russia and india and they haven't said anything like that and in fact russia and and china in the security council u.n. security council they have vetoed even wording on the condom the

a possible condemnation coming from the security council to the joints in myanmar so that is the challenge that the international community faces but as you said any little step elevates the situation to the global community and down the line that could put some pressure on the joint up that is scott hyde like keeping us across events and me and i thank you scott. the u.k. prime minister is demanding the permanent release of a british iranian woman who was jailed in teheran on spying charges now the. 5 year sentence has now ended she spent the final year of that term under house arrest and ironical tag has now been removed but a lawyer says she has been summoned to court next week on another charge has morphed into iran after 4 years in prison and one year under house arrest as an insult i 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 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 or they've 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 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 once the u.k. to return money it paid for tanks purchased in 1986 but never received iran denies that now as an indicator is linked to the ongoing dispute you may call it the sensitivities around this event that media interest in this case is not only. as or i'm 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 and tell her mother is free to assad bake al-jazeera the. an update on the world weather in

a moment and then could be an end to the endless war by the administration outlines its afghanistan strategy and some excitement on the bit of caution as millions of students prepare to go back to school in england. how i once again the weather's fine and dry across the middle east lots of sunshine coming through but some places of platen little further north because see some rice the snow just rolling out of that eastern side of turkey just around georgia maybe into our media as well possibility of what is to wintry flurries over towards afghanistan but elsewhere was fine and dry temps just haven't done a lot getting it very pleasant 26 celsius and rising could touch 28 celsius as we go on in tuesday the fine weather comes down across southern parts as well through

saudi arabia the u.a.e. oman and into yemen and across the other side of the gulf of aden it stays fine and dry and a theo pia into somalia just as some showers though some lively showers that that's into southern parts of uganda as we go on through monday those showers gathering around the rift valley burundi saying some heavy rain then from time to time some showers there into tanzan a widespread across a good part of tanzania malawi could also see some wet weather as we go through the next couple of days thick cloud there just making its way in sioux were more than parts of mozambique northern areas of madagascar still looking a little unsettled over the next but further south is fine and dry. but. too often on the streets of india. are victims but a new force is at place. female police officers are combative

sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the backs for india's lady called. on disease. with al-jazeera and these are the top stories the government in equitorial guinea says at least 15 people have died in accidental explosions at a military base more than 400 others were injured the president says the blasts were caused by the mishandling of dynamite's. saudi arabia's confirmed another

attack on its energy facilities by hotu rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was fired at the coort facilities in the. earlier drone hit the us tenuto one of the world's largest oil shipping ports and there are reports from me and ma that police have raided young guns general hospital and arrested people security forces say they are quote maintaining all of the hospitals and universities. the u.s. secretary states written to afghanistan's president outlining the bind their ministrations strategy to end the war there and the blankets made several proposals one of which involves a leading role for turkey washington does plan to stand by the full troop withdrawal by may vote as announced by the previous trumpet ministration here is that diplomatic editor james bates. 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 sad 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 gani 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 might. 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 zira at the united nations. well the president of paraguayans expected to name his new cabinet soon after earlier asking all ministers to resign at the open it has facing growing pressure from

protesters over the government's handling of the pandemic including the slovaks seem wrong. and seeing record numbers of cases as well more than 8000 in paraguay in the past week. in england nearly 7000000 school students are heading back to class on monday lots of parents and teachers relieved after more than 2 months of disruption but things are still a long way from normal paul brennan reports from a school in working. preparing for. it's been a long hard winter in the u.k. is education system but the banners are going up and the students are going back a horse will see the junior school friends and classmates who've been separated since the start of january already to be reunited again and i feel a bit strange seeing all my school friends again as i mean i haven't seen him in night 6 we and i most a feeling pretty excited to seeing them again and i'm going to get back to for no more seen school in the movie. more flooding because we have we'll 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're waiting for honestly it's 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 that for education so is amazing here i think through just how to emotionally exhausted and we're on our last little north at all battery of kind of of energy so looking forward to getting back to normal so if i have to make a lot of changes to go this is want i had teachers here has been finalizing her reopening plan so every class 3 house new equipment senate to make sure the children are safe and secure there's been classes run throughout lockdown for the children of the workers such as health care staff but more than 80 percent of the

school's pupils have been absent since january the 5th these empty classrooms are going to suddenly fill again for what promises to be an overwhelming return children need to be happy and settled and for some children especially this last bit of luck it's been really tough they've been stuck inside they haven't happened or contact with white or friends and family so i think it's going to be quite difficult for those children to come back and reintegrate into school but we've got lots of things in place for them. in scotland or wales children won't all return to full time schooling until after easter another month from now but in england nearly $7000000.00 pupils are returning on mass the u.k. government has opted for a big bang return to school bringing all the children back on the same date subject to the school's ability to conduct tests but teaching unions have expressed concerns well you know. 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 $12000.00 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. police in senegal said the opposition leader. will be released after his court appearance later on monday opposition party and civil society groups of call for 3 days of mass demonstrations over his arrest they say charges of rape against a politically motivated for his have said the custody has been lifted but he did remain at the police station overnight it's. protesters burned barricades on the streets of port au prince on sunday as haiti's political turmoil continues demonstrators say president jovan illinois is an illegitimate leader and they're

calling for him to resign from is more is maintain his term lasts until next year while the opposition argues it should have ended 3 weeks ago. well relations between haiti and its wealthier neighbor the dominican republic have been starkly difficult on the caribbean island that they share now the dominican government has announced plans to build a wall between them to end illegal migration and the chapelle explains. this neighborhood is known as little haiti it lies in santo domingo the capital of the dominican republic on the eastern half of the island of hispaniola about half a 1000000 people from haiti on the western side live here but since the pandemic they have fewer jobs especially in construction and farming many like residency permits or access to employment services and health care and now the dominican government says it will build a border wall to keep migrants from haiti out evil but that's all they will sign us in just 2 years we want to put an end to the serious problems of illegal

immigration drug trafficking and the movement of stolen vehicles and achieve the protection of our territorial integrity while some people from haiti who've lost their jobs now sell whatever they can on the street tens of thousands have returned home the dominican republic is one of the fastest growing economies in latin america while its neighbor is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere much of the dominican public supports the move to increase security along the border but obviously important time to put to sea i think it would be important because it would control migration from one country to another that there wouldn't be as many problems as they could be if the world is built and if it's critically dimmock hated it's been official for both countries. when border gates opened on this past friday hundreds of people from haiti were able to cross and sell an exchange goods at a border market it's one of 4 official crossings were many people's livelihoods depend on informal market trade but there are dozens of unofficial crossings along the 380

kilometer border critics say the war won't solve the underlying problems me the measures such as increased border control should ideally be complemented by measures to promote regular and orderly migration the international organization for migration or i.o.m. and other rights groups are calling for a humanitarian corridor for those from haiti who are in need during economic and political crises and who left pension money and there is a permanent persecution we really regret that a government that claims to be a government of change is not respecting the dignity and rights of immigrants in the dominican republic many in haiti say that despite the shared ancestry and history on the island they've long suffered persecution and they are concerned the wall will only create further division and are schapelle al-jazeera. it is international women's day and it's being mocked around the world with celebrations on as protests and strikes they scenes from manila in the philippines just a short time ago women they are marching to the presidential palace to promote

their rights. making markell says the british royal family was concerned about how dark her son skin color would be the duke and duchess of sussex were interviewed by oprah winfrey for a 2 hour c.b.s. primetime special an interview that comes after harry and megan decided to step back and senior members of the royal family last year all around the same time so we have in tandem the conversation he won't be given security is not going to be given a title and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. michael also says she realized pretty soon after marrying prince harry that the british royal family would not protect her i mean that's the sad irony of the last 4 years i have 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 a couple of other stories but a sport actually tennis legend roger federer has said he has no plans to retire a former world number one is making a comeback here in doha at the qatar open after a 13 month injury layoff the 39 year old apparently still raring to go. i'm really here just to test it all out see how it goes and go day by day my 1st goal is really from now all the way to wimbledon use this time the best i can to build up

step by step i don't know yet what i'm going to play on the clay i basically don't know what i'm going to do next week yet so i'm just going to really take it one day at a time i have not had any setbacks the last few. months and that's been really positive for me and that makes me believe that you know good good times are ahead but. you know matches are different to practice a long way to go. and a 1000 year old mayan queen has been brought to life in a new exhibition mexican archaeologists of assembled up close to a creation of the mayan red queen found in 94 and a display reveals never seen before jewelry and the monarchs intricate headpiece i think it was one of the most powerful my own cities in the red queen one of the most powerful monarchs in its history.

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