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a military base. another escalation was in yemen's who these and saudi arabia energy facilities in the kingdom are targeted then said arabia launches air strikes against samar. and fears of deportation more than a $150.00 reindeer refugees in indian administered kashmir could be forced to go back to myanmar. as begin in senegal where the sorrow position leader was once on go is jus to appear in courts the last week has seen protests sometimes violence over his detention opposition party and civil society groups of called for 3 days of mass demonstrations against his arrest he's been charged with rape which supporters say are politically motivated storage they say some cause custody has been lifted but

he remains in a police station over night live both suit nicholas harker who is in dakar for. as nic has my son who said said here in coeur it's what are we expecting. well just just to set you the scene we're just outside the tribunal that just here right behind you and you can see there's a police who are getting off right now and some to right now is being heard by the judge over the allegations of a rape case he's 4. weeks now and since then this is what's been happening in senegal and it was the protesters raising their their hands just like this saying take his handcuffs off free him. so this protests has not just spread here from the capital the car but it's across the country. as a response the government has deployed the military more as a as a as

a force of dissuasion to try to get people to go back into their homes because we've seen a lot of looting. couple of days let me just come close to the crowd. that if. they're shouting it is so who is these 3 sons what i can see some of them are holding signs saying i am hungry this protest isn't just about the. but it's also about people that have been suffering through the coronavirus pandemic and through what they say the mandate of mikey's self feeling that they have not enjoyed the wealth that some in senegal i mean is this the wealth you still have. that is not just time strong it is some cool support because this is an incredible number of people who own the streets is this is this

a widespread fraud says. it is widespread protests and it goes beyond the opposition figure itself in fact over the weekend a new movement was created joining the supporters of response of course there's also members of civil society members of the opposition each having their own part of the song to want to say this was a politically motivated case but who are members of the opposition and civil civil society activists that say it's more about her criticism of the handling of the government over the country's affairs for members of civil society they say that there's a shrinking of space for for the opposition to express themselves as stifling of the space for people to criticize the government specifically my piece of one son who has been the spokesperson to that feeling he's been very vocal and very

critical of president specifically his relationship with big corporation and also the former colonial power france. in senegal. i mean i think you referenced there why some of the anger being directed at france in these big corporations just expands on that which you why are people targeting french in these fronts in these french companies this seems to be about a lot more than just one opposition leader. that's what i mean what's interesting here is that the protesters are this protest movement isn't targeting all french companies are or are french citizens and as such they're targeting specifically one or 2 corporations a supermarket chain that has opened up a lot of of these supermarkets in poor neighborhoods in areas where people who are

food in vegetable or sellers cannot compete with with the supermarket chain there's a feeling among poor people in poor neighborhoods that they're being robbed of their jobs by these corporations by these supermarket chains that are that are coming in inside their neighborhood and who's been some go he described himself as the anti establishment politician he's really been using that grievance to garner support and during these protests we've seen that many of these you know we've seen a lot of looting in many of the looters that we've seen are actually mothers that have gone in with their children trying to pick up where they can kind of food or you know exit vegetables whatever they can to try to to get enough food to get by and really that really paints a very different picture to what matthiessen is trying to portray about his country he's been the president of infrastructure of big businesses he's created opened up new highways opened up a new airport is opening up

a new train railway train line there's been this discovery of oil and gas but these protesters this is completely irrelevant what they need is. food on the table to feed their family they want jobs the rate of unemployment is is excessively high for a country that has so much wealth at least the welfare mikey cell is describing that we haven't heard from the president yet he's expected to address the nation later on today but the rest of some code crystallize is this feeling between. a very large section of the population that feels that they're being ignored by their government and that's why we're seeing start such a large protest you know we're in the neighborhood of the medina and a lot of the people here that are protesting you see our young men that have stalls around the neighborhood and because of the coronavirus pandemic in the restrictions put in place by the government well they haven't been able to open up their shops

there's been immense restrictions with a curfew in place at 6 o'clock they haven't been able to get customers to come in and buy. there's that feeling to the minister of interior has promised that they will be some sort of measures to to baby stop the curfew to allow people greater freedom of movement but it's unclear whether that will you know well this crowd that's growing in intensity despite the police presence despite the military on the streets hala be fascinating to see how that pans out over the coming hours but for now nicholas hogg live from dakar in senegal thank you very much indeed. the local media in myanmar are reporting that 2 people have been killed after police fired on protesters in the northern town of michiana shops and factories of calls in some cities as trade unions call for

a torso economic shot in the process against a military coup after more than a month large crowds of protesters are still gathering in many cities security forces are checking cars guards in hospitals and conducting overnight raids to deter the movement at least 59 protest as have been killed since the processed began well it's really has added to the international backlash against me and most military announcing it suspending its defense corp program 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. scott heiler is monitoring developments from bangkok in

neighboring thailand there's been some violence in the northern catchin state there are protests up there in the capital city and that turned deadly for 2 protesters gunshot wounds to the head there were both police and military forces confronting the protesters there that happened within just the last couple of hours so that is something that you know again we're seeing that some of these protests are turning deadly and they continue to turn deadly you know in young gone there are protests again as well the same parts of the city that we've seen most over the last month and month plus a week going on so that has been going on but also there is a strike a general strike that was called by labor unions and that has really shut most of the shops and businesses but also factories in myanmar the the purpose behind this they say is they want to bring the economy to a halt thus putting more pressure on the judge to because of what they have done because of their takeover of the democratically elected government back on february

1st they're using this as leverage the protesters they say yes today is good monday's going to be a general strike but they want to be ongoing we know that you know civil servants have been taking strikes have been not showing up for work over the last couple of weeks so that's also coupled with this they hope to pressure the judge to come to some type of a negotiation but as we're seeing what's happening on the streets a great across memory that's not happening. police in indian administered kashmir say at least 168 rangar refugees have been sent to a holding center for possible deportation to man maher that's after hundreds were taken to a stadium in jump on saturday and estimated 5000 muslim wrangham in indian administered kashmir. reports. these ring the refugees fled filaments and persecution in myanmar safety in indian administered kashmir but the indian. georgie's say they

are not welcome here indian security forces reportedly started rounding up the families on saturday some of the estimated 5000 remaining are believed to have arrived in these disputed and politically fraught region of northern india in recent years. yes out yesterday when i was away at work the police came and took away my wife and she still hasn't returned my small children have been crying all night and we are leaving we have no choice i mean very worried for them my wife still has not come back home thousands of rigging are men women and children have been killed during repeated waves of violence against them in myanmar in recent decades. military crackdown which the un called textbook ethnic cleansing forced nearly a 1000000 to flee into neighboring bangladesh in 2017 the buddhist majority myanmar government has for years denied citizenship to the mainly muslim are. they often

described as the largest stateless ethnic group in the world. india's hindu nationalist government of prime minister narendra modi has repeatedly asked state and territory governments to deport what is estimated to be tens of thousands of bringing a who have sought refuge in the country it says the ring of our security threat. rights groups have long urged india to observe international human rights law which prohibits sending refugees back to places where their lives are in danger. my son and daughter in law went to buy something only my daughter in law came back on my son was taken away. there are reports of dozens of rigging being held at a makeshift holding center at a jail in jamu in preparation for them being returns to myanmar. and they did it in person but if their family members they can stay with them. in

the holding center with the security situation which has long been dangerous for the ring and has deteriorated across the country in recent weeks the protesters have been shot dead by security forces in a crackdown after a military coup removed me and my civilian leader aung sang suu kyi on forever the 1st a leader accused around the world of not doing enough to protect the ring in 2017 and that means the future for families like these who face being forcibly returned to myanmar is even more uncertain and unsafe john strafford al-jazeera the president. says negligence is to blame for several major explosions at a military base at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured the blasts happened in the city of boston not far from the western coast bernard smith reports . the force of the explosions appears to flattened most of the

buildings in a city of a quarter of a 1000000 people equitorial guinea's mainland coast. was. that what it is we don't know what happened everything is destroyed these people say. the negligent handling of dynamite at a military barracks was the cause of the blast according to a statement from president and game. the defense ministry says high caliber ammunition exploded after a fire in the barracks feeling like many people a fair to been trapped under the rubble of collapsed homes hospitals have been overwhelmed with the wounded the health ministry has made an appeal for blood donors and volunteer health workers and the government is appealing for international help. to do the work here i'm asking from your excellent sees assistance from brotherly countries international organizations to help the republic of equitorial guinea in this lamentable situation we have. the

equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and before all in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz made al-jazeera. still to come on al-jazeera israel starts vaccinating palestinians who cross over for work and most people in the occupied territories are still living without protection to cope with 19. and on international women's day we look at where women are making gains or falling behind .

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my. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour hundreds of people are protesting against the detention of senegalese opposition leader whose one song call is june cords to face a rape charge that says he says is politically motivated it's local media in myanmar reports and 2 people killed after police fired on protesters in the northern town of michiana this is the shops and factories colston myanmar's largest city yang gong trade unions are calling for a total economic shock trying to process against a military coup. and police in indian administered kashmir say at least 168

strenger refugees have been sent to a holding center for possible deportation as an estimated 5000 rincon living in the region. so the arabia is promising to take all necessary measures to protect itself after yemen's hitty rebels launched another attack on its energy facilities the saudi government has confirmed the iran call plant and iran was targeted by a ballistic missile earlier a drone hit ruston or a ports one of the world's largest oil shipping ports saudi officials say they intercepted the drone and missile attacks and there was minimal damage but the herky say it was a much bigger assault was the large oil more 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 noor

a port and other military facilities in the mom more military sites were targeted in a series of bizarre the strike was precise. the saudi coalition responded to the attacks . by hitting the targets in yemen as capital sana'a a residential area was struck and there are reports of casualties al-jazeera correspondent has covered the war in yemen extensively he explains why the launch the attacks night there are 2 things happening here the hope is are saying they retaliate into the latest us coalition in the area with. intensive coalition attacks targeting her 3 positions inside but at the same time by the end of this month that went to the 6th of march is going we will be commemorating the 6th anniversary of the saudi led coalition against the who of these remember back in

2015 the narrative by the saudis and the emirate is basically that there will be defeating the who these and reinstating president are also handy the attack yesterday deeper into saudi arabia targeting vital refineries in the han coupled with the attack in 2019 which stopped saudi production of oil for 50 percent of the capacity of saudi arabia for most for most few days is a message by the who thinks they're far from being defeated that they will continue to gain ground or they will continue to expend their political and military influence and that now they're able to move closer to the solder border the moment they get closer to the saudi border being using the same tactic jones rockets advanced rockets particularly bothered and also book and they have some some advanced missile technology that they have been using to show the saudis though they are far from being defeated international women's day is being march around

the world with celebrations honors protests and strikes in the philippines women are marching to the presidential palace to promote their right sam voiced their concerns to me that alan jochen spoke to some of them. hundreds. of money. both we are. here to celebrate. but also. one of the highest number of. in the world business also in the world work force. also a. number of pregnancy in the region and we're income inequality remains a problem. here. since. we

are facing the worst economic crisis in philippine he says. with no. we are facing the worst. the biggest. every economic or the spitting records. and are around.

unproven. it was the largest. was government felt that he had that that is. the. natural for the level of the world have never been offered the. international women's day and india is seeing women take center stage at the months long farmers process where the 20000 gathered at the site near dallas border with the state of her iana the protesters are demanding the scrapping of new laws that they say will ruin their livelihoods. years vice president come on harris says call the number of women being driven out of work during the pandemic a national emergency she stressed the issue could impact the economic recovery of

the series kristen salumi takes a closer look. linda hamis hold her management skills as the chief operating officer of a multinational consulting firm i want to put my name here and valentinian there but these days she's spending more time in her backyard than the boardroom she left the job in the early days of the pandemic to care for her children now $4.00 and $6.00 my mindset was how to patch together and enough hours in the day so i would get up early and i would start working around 6 or 630 sometimes she became one of 2 and a half 1000000 women to leave the workforce in the last 12 months compared to 1000000 men my husband and i had to make a choice right you know which one of us is going to be at home with the girls and has not there was no other choice when schools in care facilities close to women began leaving the workforce in droves some like those in the service industry who were laid off had no choice others did what they thought was best for their family

but the impact on the economy has been profound what some have labelled and she session nicole mason chief executive of the institute for women's policy research came up with the term women of color have been just personally impacted mainly because they're overrepresented in the service sectors while men and women are now returning to the workforce mason says many women are working fewer hours for less pay while others have stopped looking for jobs altogether when we talk about you know working women and mothers their general who are often responsible for the majority of your responsibilities and naomi's lack of all those years have had a devastating impact on working working women with only about a quarter of the nation's children in school full time the worry is gains made by women in the workforce will be lost hamma says hoping the last year will inspire systemic changes like flexible work schedules and better childcare options it's

really an economic issue it's a societal issue it's a business show it's not one it's a show. she herself is exploring some promising new job opportunities but like many mothers is waiting to commit to anything full time christian salumi al jazeera new york. health workers in vietnam have received their 1st jobs is the country begins its vaccination drive more than 100000 astra zeneca doses have been distributed to major cities there vietnam expects another 1300000 to arrive through the kuwait school will sharon scheme in april. israel has started vaccinating palestinians who cross in see the country for work palestinians who work on construction sites of illegal israeli settlements are also being inoculated harry fawcett reports from the occupied west bank after a small pilot program last week in a delay to the start of this process on sunday this is the 1st day proper other

plans are vaccinate more than 120000 residents of the occupied west bank those with permits to work either in israel or inside illegal settlements in the occupied west bank the process will see them over the 1st 2 weeks getting a 1st dose of the madonna vaccine and waiting a month and then another 2 weeks to get a 2nd dose and become fully vaccinated we spoke to one young man who's a a mechanic who works inside israel work either it's protection for yourself it will allow you to work freely you'd still have to wear a mask but hopefully things will be better in the future. israel has faced criticism from some quarters in the international community from human rights groups for not as they put it meeting its obligations under the geneva convention to more fully vaccinate people who live under occupation in the occupied west bank and in gaza israel maintains and indeed the palestinian health ministry has said that it is its obligation to vaccinate its own people but the numbers the disparity

is very stark israel has vaccinated more than 5000000 people with at least one dose 3000000 with both doses inside the gaza and the west bank there have only been a few 1000 vaccinated so far the palestinian authority has been given 22000 vaccines so far with another $60000.00 or so to follow this month but this comes at a time when there's a big spike in the virus itself inside the occupied west bank so those who are able to get the vaccine at this point remain the lucky few. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines hundreds of people are protesting against a detention of senegalese opposition leader home he's jew in courts to face a rape charge that she says is politically motivated nicholas huck sent this update from dhaka. protesters raising their their hands just like they're saying take his

handcuffs of free him. so this protest has not just.