mr. miles on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. sneeze and hero. al jazeera. and this is a news hour on al-jazeera i'm fully back to bill in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes senegalese opposition leader on call is charged with rape but released on bail his arrest us box days of violent protests reports of 2 more people shot dead as pressure piles on mars military just topics a violent crackdown on type 2 protesters also this hour

a few years of deportation more than 150 refugees in indian administered kashmir could be forced to go back to myanmar and on international women's day we look at where women are making gains or are still being unfairly treated. and in school we speak to tennis star novak djokovic has broken the record for most weeks as man's world number one so i don't think it's silly aware of. the magnitude of the smiles stormed the serbian star has held the rankings for 311 weeks throughout his korea. thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour in senegal where a judge has ordered the release of opposition politician song coal hundreds of people are protesting outside the court where some call was charged with rape

opposition party and civil society groups have called for 3 days of mass demonstrations some supporters say the rape charge against him is politically motivated his arrest her sponsor days of violent protests in the capital de kock as well as other cities that's ringing our correspondent in senegal nicholas who joins us from outside the court in the car so tell us nic 1st what happened inside the court and what's happened. now outside of it. well inside the court as you mentioned the judge gave a partial release or in judicial terms it's called the judicial control means that is months of course free we know that he's in his house however his passport has been revoked he has to see the judge every friday he's not allowed to talk about this rape cases and there are charges against him for his involvement in this

and this rape allegation of course in the very beginning this month uncle has said that this is politically motivated and the persons that announced that he was partially freed was his lawyer and as he stepped out of the courthouse right behind me and he made that announcement the protest erupted in jubilation and it seemed to rarely seen we've seen protesters walk up to the courthouse right behind me in celebration and then they've headed towards the cornish which is one of the main avenues of the capital when opposition activists say this is a partial victory for the protest movement but the fight continues for the the protests began of course with the arrest of those months on course but they seem to have become more than just about him tell us about the other reasons people have been taking to the streets not just in the car but in other senegalese cities my son we always see gosh no. well that's right i mean we've

seen people carrying signs just outside the courthouse saying which means i am hungry there's a sense from many protesters here that they are angry and upset with the government's handling of the fallout of the current of our economics crisis and that has really affected people particularly the restrictive measures put in place such as the curfews put in place that restricts shopkeepers to open their stalls after 6 o'clock at night and so it's interesting with the case of whose money he kind of crystallizes this injustice that is felt and that resonates across the country among many poor people that's because sun co has placed himself as the anti establishment politician the one that questions the political system and it is there to defend the poor at least that's what he argues rightly and the anger that we've seen these past few days has also been directed at france the former colonial

power in senegal of course we see french multinational companies that are established in senegal targeted by the protesters why. that's right i mean this is specific french companies not all french companies were targeted but you have to remember that there is a long standing relationship now between france and senegal not only is it the former colonial power but they're also french troops on the ground here and in the arrival mystery years ago of a friend supermarket chain that targeted specifically popular neighborhoods of the capital but also throughout the country well that didn't that wasn't well received from a part of the population especially those that have small fruit and vegetable stalls that are unable to compete with these big with these big corporations remember monkey cell has placed himself as the man that brought the economy back on. truck that brought big big big businesses big corporation to the country there's been the

discovery of oil and gas under his mandate there's been the construction of a new airport this plans of a deep sea port but all of these big projects well a lot of people feel that that is irrelevant to them where they want to see is they want to be able to maybe put food on the table a lot of the protests that we've seen for these outside the university said it go has a huge educated class a higher literacy rate than neighboring countries but many of these people can't find work in a very telling sign during the 2020 last year we've seen droves of people leaving by boat trying to make it to the to europe to the closest border which is the canary islands many of them scores of them have lost their lives we've also seen children taking this journey and interesting really whilst we were in some of these supermarkets that were looted we saw not adults vandalizing but we saw mothers with

their children going through the supermarket stalls trying to pick up basic necessities things that they can no longer for afford like eggs there's even a child that i spoke to yesterday that was eating a chocolate that cost you know less than $500.00 francs and he told me that he hadn't tasted chocolate for years there's a sense of injustice and through this court case there's a sense at least that through this partial release there's a sense of semi victory for a segment of the population of course we still haven't heard from the president himself or the government of in terms of what they will do next to try to address these deep grievances fully nicholas time thank you very much for that he's not correspondent. in other world news local media in myanmar are reporting 2 people have died after police fired on protesters in the northern town of michonne our shops and factories have closed in some cities as trade unions call for

a total economic shutdown to protest against the military cool after more than a month large crowds of protesters are still gathering in many cities at least $59.00 protesters have been killed since the protests began australia meanwhile has added to the international backlash against the on mars military announcing its suspending its defense corp program we have reviewed military engagement and 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 destroyer does not want to do is to penalize the people of myanmar the people of myanmar who are amongst the poorest people in as the un and who have been dealing with significant challenges for a long period of time al-jazeera scott heiler is monitoring developments in myanmar from neighboring thailand. there's been some violence in the northern 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 junk to come to some type of a negotiation but as we're seeing what's happening on the streets a great across the amount that's not happening. and race in indian administered kashmir say at least 168 rohingya refugees have been sent to a holding center for possible deportation to myanmar that's after hundreds were taken to a stadium in general on saturday an estimated 5000 muslim rooting out i an indian administered kashmir. reports. these ring the refugees fled violence and persecution in myanmar they sought safety in indian administered jungle and kashmir but the indian authorities 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 this disputed and politically fraught region of northern india in recent years. but 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're leaving we have no choice i mean very worried for them my wife still has not come back home. thousands of ringer men women and children have been killed during repeated waves of violence against them in myanmar in recent decades. military crackdown which the u.n. 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 the being which turns to me. saying. they did it in person but if their family members when they can stay with them. in the holding center with the security situation which is long being dangerous for the ring and has deteriorated across the country in recent weeks the protestors

have been shot dead by security forces in a crackdown offer a military coup remove me and my civilian leader aung sun suu kyi on february the 1st a leader accused around the world of not doing enough to protect the ring in 2017. that means the future for families like these who face being forcibly returned to normal is even more uncertain and old safe. for al jazeera and more ahead on this news hour including. another escalation between yemen's who fees in saudi arabia after energy facilities in the kingdom in our targets israel starts vaccinating palestinians a cross over for work but most people in the occupied territory i living without protection from colvin 19. and his back a man that helped guide barcelona to some of their greatest triumphs returns as

club president details coming up in sports with some. thousands of people are taking body nationwide rallies across france to mock international women's day unions in charities have called for a one day strike to denouncing justices faced by women every day thousands more are expected to walk out of their workplaces shortly in a protest against wage inequalities in the philippines women are marching through to the presidential palace to promote their rights and voicing concerns linda then spoke to some of them. hundreds of women are taking to the sea of money. both we are. here to celebrate. but also the government. of.

the country one of the highest number of. in the world business also in the world work force is. also one of the highest 'd number of pregnancy in the region and we're income inequality remains a problem. worsened since the fall. we are facing the worst economic crisis in philippine he says. with no. and we are facing the worst inflation the biggest contraction the. every big every economic indicator for this is the speed records.

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mocking international women's day with the launch of a 14000000 dollar campaign urging people to speak up when they witness disrespect against women. is facing questions over historic sexual assault allegation that's what the spotlight on gender inequality and the treatment of women in australian politics international women's day in india has seen women take center stage of the months long pharma spro tests more than 20000 gathered at the site near delis border with the state of hyaena the protesters are demanding the scrapping of new laws that they say will ruin their livelihoods in pakistan rights groups are demanding the government implement laws to protect women have been lobbying parliament to put an end to force religious conversions and to provide shelter for women seeking refuge from abuse. now in the next few hours the u.s. secretary of state is to honor 7 afghan women who were assassinated last year they were activists journalists and front line workers and they're being praised for

their dedication to improving lives in afghanistan under the taliban women and girls couldn't go to work or leave the house without a male escort and the situation has changed but recently there's been an alarming increase in the number of targeted killings of women there and afghanistan remains one of the most difficult places in the world to fight for women's rights well i'm very pleased now to be joined by a fallacy koofi who is an afghan negotiator in the talks between the government and the taliban she is also president of the movement for change body and his via skype from here in doha thank you so much ms kofi for being with us on al-jazeera before i ask you about the current state of women's rights in your country i want to ask you 1st about being one of the 4 women representing the afghan government in the historic talks aimed at ending the war in your country what does this represent for you and why was it so important for you as an afghan woman to be included in the species on. happy international women's day and sort it out it here with

all those women around the world who struggle for equality and for justice. historically in most of our part of the world than in particularly in afghanistan women have not been degraded our citizens who could be. an influential and impactful figure to change the dynamics of war and therefore they have not been regarded necessary to be did you go and table however the poor more than 4 decades of war in afghanistan unfortunately has taken many things from woman not only the lives of women but the lives of their loved ones and probably remembers but also opportunities education opportunity access to. jobs access to resources and especially during taliban we all know that women have had

a terrible life and therefore this peace talk is about women and we have had a lot of struggle to ensure that women are it don't you go shushan table and they represent the transport afghanistan you yourself have been the target of assassination attempts miss a coffee and the taliban in fact tried to kill you when you were a member of parliament it must be very difficult for you i mean to sit across the table from the same people who are trying to kill you. right it is never easy i mean the healing process after i mean conflict is a necessity process that gave the victims the right to express their views most of us in the negotiation table we do not only to present the desire of our people for a peaceful of understand a stable afghanistan but also the desires of the victims of war who have lost the parts of the body who have been targeted who have lost 5 their family members but

but i think at the end of the day it's only the negotiation and you know the talks and talking to each other and putting aside the different aside our differences that could result and healing the wounds of the war and conflict the struggle to ensure women's rights in afghanistan has been a long tough battle as you say i mean during the taliban regime there were and reasonable restrictions that were imposed forbidding women from working from studying in accessing health care they were denied their key human rights since the fall of the taliban women have fought for equality you've been on the front lines how much progress has there been and are they guarantees for the rights of women in the peace agreement. we have come a long way it's through. a social change is not something that you can see the visibility of it it's not visible it's not the building that you both and

tomorrow you see that the school is a school building is build it's a social change of course a lot has happened nothing to compare with taliban or the civil war time the fact that that i now represent along with my other 3 sisters then you have understand there is an indication of change. we have a constitution that guarantees equality of rights and also caught a whole woman in political participation. out of the 11000000 children that go to school 40 percent or girls this is in a situation where only 20 years back i was not allowed to go to my to continue my education as a medical student at the university and i had to stay home and then continue home school for other girls and boys who you know were not even able to go to school so these are course changes and i think the major changes that social transformation the fact that people 6 you know are able to talk about what they want is

a major change but i must say that all of these changes are very fragile and if we do not have international support for more mobility at peace talks there are risks that we will lose some of it speaking of supports previous administrations in afghanistan frequently brushed aside women's rights he has to be said how supportive has the afghan government or current government been of women's rights you feel that you're getting support from your government. well the government has tried to recruit a woman named different position like political empowerment however the insecurity is all over the country has resulted you know the target killing and it has been no accountability and that. in many places the schools for women are closed still and there has been no action to reopen them still there is injustice and discrimination when it comes to recruitment and access to jobs that access to resources you know

the rule of law when it comes to protection of women is still a challenge because of the war i mean some steps have been taken to empower women as comparing to the past but i must say that these are limited to major cities and we still have a long way to go when it comes to gender equity thank you so much mr kofi for speaking to us about the same queue for sharing your experience with us and happy international women's day to you. in the u.s. vice president coming to harris has called the number of women being driven out of work during a pandemic a national emergency she stressed the issue could impact the economy economic recovery there is christian 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 invalidly nothing 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 closed or 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 a 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. 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 or general who are often responsible for the majority of your responsibilities and naomi's lack of job here and 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 issue it's not a one in social. she herself is exploring some promising new job opportunities but like many mothers is waiting to commit to anything full time christine so many al-jazeera new york. time now for

a check on the world weather here that it involves how i once again the weather's lotty set fair across much of north america we have got space pieces of a little bit of snow that is sliding across the eastern and central parts of canada we see some very warm weather recently just spilling out of the gulf of mexico easing up across the plains temperatures will receive a little bit for the northern plains over the next dial to the what about for the most part 20 celsius in minneapolis that's agreeable but that's a celsius that we have when he picked that's a sign of things to come there is some snow around formatted sober pushing across into on teria much of the u.s. central and eastern parts do look fat and drive or move out of the way you can see where the real weather action is we have seen some stormy weather making its way along the west coast even parts of california seeing some of that rain and snow makes the cascades sing of the covering of snow as we go on through the next couple of days for a way to stay still there since a little further south with l.a. could see some rather wet weather i could cause a little bit of localized flooding could see some wet weather too just pushing up

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you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me fully back to brew a reminder of our top stories a judge in senegal has ordered the release of opposition politician song call hundreds of people have been protesting outside the court where some go west charged with rape his supporters say the case against him is politically motivated in myanmar local media say 2 people have been killed after police fired on protesters in the northern town of nature is a shops and factories have closed in the largest city young go on as trade unions call for a total economic shutdown to protest against a military coup and police in indian administered kashmir say at least 160 of growing a refugees have been sent to a holding center for possible deportation to myanmar is an estimated 5000 looking

a muslim sleeping in the beach. for libya's foreign entities gathering for a crucial vote on whether to endorse a new interim unity government prime minister designate abdul hamid has met members ahead of the vote the u.n. is overseeing the process which it hopes will bring unity after a cease fire deal between the 2 rival administrations if the government is approved it will see in libya towards elections in december that speak to our correspondent in tripoli. when what do we expect to happen today and one of the chances that this interim unity government will be approved. well this isn't the 1st time that m.p.'s have attempted to unite and hold a complete session they've been divided since their election in $2142.00 previous attempts failed one in october in the city of adama's another attempt failed in

february in the city of. for the m.p.'s to gather and unite and hold a complete session now what's different now is that there is this deadline looming ahead of these m.p.'s ahead of the parliament and that's because according to the agreement signed by participants of the libyan political dialogue forum in geneva the parliament has $21.00 days to approve this government now that started in the end of february if they're not able to gather and unite and approve this government that power then returns back to the $75.00 per suspense of the libyan political dialogue form so i think m.p.'s are a bit more motivated to come together and try to set this and try to let this government prove this government and let it take in to let it come in and deal with uniting you know all these all these state institutions before elections in december so that if they feel a bit threatened and this is why we might see

a breakthrough today and this government put into power now it's important to note that the cabinet holds libya's 1st or the prime minister nominated libya's 1st female foreign minister so if that's approved today this could likely be history in the making for libya china in tripoli thank you. saudi arabia is promising to take all necessary measures to protect itself after yemen's hoofy rebels launch another attack on its energy facilities the saudi government has confirmed the around coil planting the ron was targeted by a ballistic missile i earlier drone hits ruston or port one of the world's largest oil shipping ports saudi arabia says they intercepted the drone and missile attacks and there was minimal damage but the hoofy say it was a much bigger assault. on a joint will 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 police took

missiles we targeted around cole in ross the new report and other military facilities in the mom more military sites were targeted in a series of design in the strike was precise al-jazeera has covered the war in yemen extensively he explains why the who feels launched the attacks now. there are 2 things happening here the hope is are saying they retaliate into the latest us collation in the area with intensive coalition attacks targeting her 3 positions inside but at the same time by the end of this month the 26th 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 was basically that there will be defeating the who these and reinstating president obama so hardy the attack yesterday deeper into saudi arabia targeting vital

refineries in the han coupled with the attack in 2019 which stopped sunday 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 are 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 are able to move closer to the saudi border the moment they get closer to the saudi border being using the same tactic jones rockets advanced rockets particularly by that and also ball can they have some some advanced missile technology that they have been using to show the saudis the they are far from being defeated. and separately at least 8 people have been killed in a fire at a migrant detention center in yemen's capital sanaa the u.n. says 170 people were injured the cause is not yet known the detention center is run

by who the rebels control the capital sanaa cincy break of yemen's coffee it's. now after a 3 day tour spreading messages of hope and religious unity in iraq pope francis is heading home to the vatican a farewell ceremony was held at baghdad airport as the pontiff departed during his visit pope francis defied security concerns with visits to regions devastated by i saw where he met members of one of the world's most persecuted christian communities. the coronavirus pandemic now and syria's president bashar al assad and his wife usma have both tested positive for coal that 19 both are said to show minor symptoms and are reportedly in good health syria has had more than 15000 cases of cover 198000 confirmed deaths from the virus but testing capabilities are limited in the war ravaged country actual numbers are thought to be much higher made

a recent surge in infections. israel has sought a vaccination palestinians who cross into israel for work palestinians who work on the construction of illegal israeli settlements are also being inoculated harry fosset 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 the 1st dose of the madonna vaccine and waiting a month and then another 2 weeks to get the 2nd dose and become fully vaccinated we spoke to one young man who's a mechanic who works inside israel at 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 is 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. health workers in vietnam

have gotten their 1st job says the country begins its vaccination drive more than 100000 doses have been distributed to major cities in vietnam a country expects another 1300000 to arrive through the kovacs global sharing scheme in april. nearly 7000000 school students in england are back i in class for the 1st time since january but teachers' unions have expressed concerns about reopening and call for priority access to vaccines the government is easing some restrictions as lock down and vaccinations slow infection rates. now the news the president of guinea says negligence is to blame for several major explosions at a military base and 20 people were killed and hundreds more injured the blast happened in the city of baton not far from the western coast when a smith reports. the force of the explosions appears to

flatten most of the buildings in a city of a quarter of a 1000000 people equitorial guineas and mainland coast oh that was ok to look at the city over the years we don't know what happened everything is destroyed these people say you know some of. the negligent handling of dynamite at a military barracks was the cause of the blast according to a statement from president. bush his son and vice president. visited with his bodyguards. the defense ministry says high caliber ammunition exploded after a fire in the barracks was such that many people a fate of 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 on the government is appealing for international help. 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 present 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 the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz al-jazeera. an ivory coast both sides have claimed victory in the. actions despite polls showing a win for the governing body early results show if your 50 percent majority for the r h d p party but the main opposition says the results are riddled with irregularities the win would strengthen president alassane ouattara as position he won a 3rd term in office in november in an election modify and race that killed at

least 85 people. in malawi a formal extradition hearing against a controversial preacher has been both spawned until next monday shepherd was sherry and his wife mary are accused of money laundering feth 10 fraud in south africa the millionaire in self-proclaimed prophet once churches in multiple african countries and regularly drew tens of thousands of followers to his events him and his wife fled to soften africa in november saying their lives were in danger and they wouldn't get a fair trial. protesters 11 on angry at their deteriorating economic state has been have been blocking roads in the capital the demonstrators have declared monday a day of rage they used iron barriers and burnt tires to kill several roads linking beirut with the north and south the lebanese pound is continuing to fall against the u.s. dollar and there hasn't been a government in place since august so. the u.s. secretary of state has written to afghanistan's president outlining the biden

administration's strategy to end the war and there are several proposals one of which involves a leading role for turkey washington pants to stick to a for troop withdrawal by may which had been announced by the previous trump administration has added a magic etta james face with more. 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 wholly 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 anthony blinken has now written to president ghani 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. make rapid territorial gains i'm making this clear to you so you understand the urgency of my term 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 cease fire 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 and boys from russia china india pakistan iran and the us james outers era at the united nations south korea has agreed to pay more for u.s. forces stationed in the country the u.s. state department says the government will give in a go she did increase but gave no further details talks about the cost of $28000.00 american troops on the peninsula have been a sore point for the 2 allies previous negotiations broke down after former president trump demanded a 400 percent increase. china has rejected claims its treatment of ethnic minorities in shane jiang amounts to genocide the government is facing mounting criticism about its detention of a more of more than a 1000000 muslim way gore's in what it calls reeducation camps foreign minister one he says the complaints are baseless and politically motivated so she don't get you today to claim that there is genocide and she could not be more is just a room

a fabric a tit with ulterior motives and it's a complete lie. some way some politicians choose to believe in the lies made by a few instead of listening to the voices of $25000000.00 changing residents of various ethnic groups they would rather cooperate with the clumsy performances of a few empty china forces rather than face up to the basic facts of development and progress engine jank this can only prove that they don't care about the truth but a keen on political manipulation. megan markel says a member of the british royal family was concerned about how dark a son skin color would be the duke and duchess of sussex were interviewed by oprah winfrey for a 2 hour television special interview comes after harry and megan decided to step back a senior members of the british royal family last year in those months when i was pregnant 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 or several conversations a conversation with you with harry about how dark your baby is going to be. potentially and what that would mean or look like. and you're not going to tell me to have a conversation i think that would be very damaging to them like that if you were to grow that that would be a problem are you saying. i wasn't able to follow up with why but that if that's the assumption you're making i think that feels like a pretty safe one. they've been demonstrations ahead of the trial of a dismissed white police officer charged with killing george floyd's thousands of

march in the u.s. city of minneapolis demanding justice for the unarmed black man whose death spock's protests around the world the jury for the trial is set to be selected on monday george floyd died in may after an officer named on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. mayan queen has been brought to life in a new exhibition mexican archaeologists have assembled a close we creation of the mayan red queen found in 1994 in the display reveals never seen before jewelry and the more knox intricate head piece was one of the most powerful my in cities and the red queen one of its most powerful warnock's still ahead on al-jazeera in sports we speak to tennis on obama joke of a charm what's been history making that controversial last 12 months. the at.

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the all. time now for sports hey santa thank you very much for the well novak djokovic has made tennis history the serbian star has broken roger federer as record for most week as men's world number one holding the ranking for 311 weeks throughout his career talk of his current run at the top started in february last year and he's one of 5 titles since the beginning of 2020 his latest success being last month's australian open traffic the last 12 months haven't all being a good joke of it was heavily criticised for organizing a tennis tour in the balkans last summer had

a lack of social distancing and was cancelled after numerous plays tested positive for covert 19. earlier on i spoke to djokovic he says he's trying to move past his mistakes and make more history like his latest achievement well overall receive very happy and you know this is a huge milestone in achievement not just for myself or my family or people in my life the people that are. you know supported me all the way through my beginnings of since beginnings of my professional career and my life allow me to you know obviously play this or that i truly love and have a lot of wonderful moments traveling around the world and and achieving my in realizing my dreams so i don't think i'm just yet fully aware of the magnitude of all of this milestone let's say if you keep on winning more grand slams does that

prove that you are better than what a federer and rafael nadal. does it doesn't prove anything really to me because to me to me the only proves that i am able to to. you know way meet my own desires in my own expectations it's been a very tough 12 months with some negative press around the idea to any regrets over the way it was worked out i don't have an issue to to say that i'm floored that you know i make mistakes when i make a mistake i do say i made a mistake and i of course apologize for death and i'm want to try to learn a lesson from it i think the only really mistake that was done during the tour was was that closing a celebration party after they was done here in belgrade other than that i don't think there was any mistake that was made i don't think. you know we've done

anything wrong in contrary we you know we tried through those events to. do to share with people all passion and love for this or just talk about the tokyo in picks which is still happening at this point we see you competing for gold is that one of your biggest goals obviously next the majors grand slam talk you into games is is the biggest priority for this season i had that fortune me back in 2008 . china in beijing olympic games to carry the flag for my country i hear that there might not be a crowds. present olympics you know let's hope there's going to be at least permitted to a certain percentage of the crowd allowed to be there. one of joerg of ages biggest rivals roger federer is getting ready for his 1st competitive match in 14 months the 20 time grand slam champion has been out on the practice court ahead of his

return to action at the qatar open for those had 2 knee operations in an effort to prolong his that korea the 39 year old being given a buy into the 2nd round in doha kuala porter is back in charge of football club barcelona and the 58 year old was elected president by club members on a sunday and is returning at a time when the spanish team is facing a fight to maintain its place as one of the biggest clubs in europe for a smile reports. a lawyer and politician who left the club during their greatest period of success porto will need to use all his powers of negotiation in the coming months. the future of lino massi will be his top priority the 6 time world player of the year wanted to leave the club before the season began the 33 year old's contract expires this year laporta has to tempt messi with a new deal at

a time when the club is around a $1000000000.00 in debt. loves barcelona we are one big family and the best player in the world loves barcelona and that says a lot and this will help us take decisions we must take in the future ahead to encourage him to continue playing for barcelona which is everybody's wish. rumors. laporta was president of the club for much of the 2 thousands when success was taken for granted he gave his 1st managerial job. and in 2009 with war to go in charge the team set a new club record winning 6 major trophies for me the best club in the wall with before. the sentimental issue. and i'm pretty sure restorers come back stronger in a short time the club won no trophies last season and haven't lifted the champions

league since 2015 the current manager is ronald cumin he was employed by former president joseph maria barr to mayo who resigned late last year and was recently arrested as part of a corruption investigation. i just don't know stymies my future is not in my hands the only thing i know is that i have another year on my contract so of course i will speak to the new president he's the one deciding what direction the club takes i'll just stay focused on trying to win matches bars the fans will be hoping they voted for a better future and majority will want their most famous player to stay and be part of it far as smile al-jazeera athletic league leaders in spain on sunday they drew 110 with city rivals real former barcelona. put a set a go ahead team aiming to win the league for the 1st time since 2014 late equaliser

from getting busy man meant the game is finished and a draw a tactical a 3 points clear of 2nd place barcelona and they have a game in hand. in the english premier league man city's long winning run is over they lost the mantissa darby to united to nail the goals coming from bruno fernandez and looks off in a city that had been aiming for the 22nd consecutive win in all competitions is to lead united by 11 points at the top of the table. so it's hard to golf and press an additional war has won the arnold palmer invitational in florida the reigning u.s. open champion shot a one under $71.00 bay hill to end the week on 11 under and claim his 2nd win of the p.g.a. tour season shambo finished a shot clear of overnight leader the westwood. and that ball from him had you back to fully sound i thank you very much for that bastard for this news hour on

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