all jews here. will ever. be. alone can be elvis is the news all live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes . senegalese police again faced off with supporters of the opposition leader after he faced court on the child she says is politically motivated. and interim prime minister is named in ivory coast disputes continue about who's winning the parliamentary election. children across england are back in school setting off

a nervous wait for parents and health officials tracking covert 19 infections. also after a year of pandemic hardships women mark their international day with protest some celebrations too. and in support of a joke which talks to al-jazeera about his record breaking spell as the world number one. i don't think yet fully aware of. the magnitude of this milestone is now being on top of the tennis world for $311.00 weeks during his career. there's a heavy police presence in the senegalese capital dakar west supporters of opposition leader. back on the streets. a judge ordered some calls released earlier have to

formally charging him with rank he says the allegation is politically motivated to stop him from challenging longtime president maki sol his arrest has led to days of often violent demonstrations. let's pick now to nicholas hawke was that song party headquarters in tell us what's happening then. we'll listen we are expected to hear kim from the not only. the the opposition leader that was just released or at least partially released by the judge earlier today but also 6 other heavyweights from the opposition including the former mayor of deckard khalifa sol that we saw just early on in good spirits following the release of some co i think for the opposition this is a small victory after years in which they say they've been they've had a shrinking of their space to express themself and that's the sense also that we

get from the protesters on the streets who are not this is not so if alienated to any political party but a sense that their voice is has been heard just by the mere fact that some code was was freed of course he's freed under bail there's still charges against him including his alleged involvement over a rape case great case that was by the front rows it said that it was politically motivated. and here he says is to eliminate him. at least that he chooses the president of trying to use the courts to eliminate the political opposition but these protests these unprecedented protests that we're seeing on the streets of jakarta are not just about politics it's also about people are feeling frustrated towards the government especially during 2020 during the last year where people have suffered extensively the drastic measures taken by the government to try to reduce the spread of the coronavirus jim nicholas last hour when we spoke to you we saw people running away from. i guess the throne tell us what you see now on

the streets today. well it's a very different scene from this this press conference where we're seeing much of the setting of these press waiting to hear from this opposition leader that something that thousands of people in the streets wanted to see. his spokesperson said that he would make an appearance at the nation square to address the crowd well that is not taking place because the government doesn't want that to happen they say it's because of health emergency measures to avoid the spread of the virus but what they're not able to contain is the spread of the protests protests happening not just here in the capital deckard in the south and this it gives you going to show in the north in sound we and yes so why are people still protesting while it's fun sancho has been freed because this protest goes way beyond the person of some of its frustrations towards the government the government response

to it is that at least the threat from the president and from the government is that they will not tolerate the use of violence they want to ensure that there is a dialogue between the opposition and the government in this in this country you have a. what we call a mediator a state weedeater and he came out yesterday criticizing both the protesters for the use of violence and the looting in both the government for failing to tease the crowd and for failing to listen to those that are on the streets at the moment. and that was do we have any idea what. to say today. well you know someone sancho was well known in senegal before the protests following the protests he's really garnered some popularity she really needs a politician who will try to capitalize on these. these demonstrations are

a result was this garden itself anti establishment politician trying to break the will expose outspoken critic of corruption an outspoken critic of the relationship that senegal house with its former colonial power france he's called out big businesses and the corporations that have come in and invested in this country well the president mikey sells says he's welcome these corporations saying that it has improved the lives of ordinary senegalese during the tenure of present myself he's made strides to ensure that health care is free for children he's he's he's invested in big infrastructure projects like building a new airport and you courts but for those protestors it seemed to them that those measures or those big projects are relevant to them what they want is food on the table they want jobs for instance in senegal you have a highly tricity rate you have a high number of graduates and we've seen much of the protest focalized by these students these students that are getting bachelor's degrees but are unable to find

work and that's a key grievance of the young protester most seemed young men that have taken to the streets it's jobs trying to find a way to find employment in senegal and not having to go abroad to do so in the last year and 2020 can we've seen droves of young men taking the boats taking this dangerous journey from the court trying to make it to the closest border to the european union to the canary islands and when you speak to those young men they don't do it because they want to go to europe they do it because they're looking for work for better opportunities they say they're fleeing the economic hardship that they have at home and that's the number one challenge for president might be selling the government can they dress the economic situation that and so what's going to happen here perhaps is we're going to hear from the opposition that was fun so we're probably going to really get to address these grievances and perhaps.

call for more protests this movement is building momentum there's a movement called the movement to protect the democracy that if that were groups a coalition of opposition activists civil society actors and. member members of those parties and they all have this common goal they say insurance jamal christie in senegal is protected this country has a long standing tradition of stability of peaceful consing in handing over power from one president to another and some in the opposition have criticized criticized doesn't like the cells of clamping down on the opposition not of course during these protests we've seen tanks. armored personnel vehicles from the mint military roll out in the capital. not so much to to dump so much of the show for it but to dissuade protesters to take to the street in fact we saw some of these military

protecting french companies french. telecom companies or or gas stations or supermarket chains so i had to we're going to have to 202100 active at 8 o'clock tonight we will hear from president mikey celso following this month's funk was addressed what will be interesting to see is how he saw the response in these 2 politicians and leaders are able to this increasingly angry crowd. ok we will be checking back in with you know down the cliff talks there in the car . is francophone west africa research amnesty international he joins us now live also funk thank you for your time is this a turning point do you think for senegal. i think it is indeed the turning point 3 and regards to the recent political development efficiently as a relationship between the executive it's

a good issue but also about that looming question that has been hold our aim i mean towards the debate which is the. winner of the presidents might use under to be to represent himself as a candidate in the 2024 elections so what we have seen in the last days during the protest was not only support for some some will spawn from who but also a cry for help by you say you folks and i go to say yeah social economic and product of the respective measures that were enacted by the government to something that on them including. one time there were few with that chance that similarly in fact the most of the near of liquidations that each informal sector and beyond that there are so questions about. radiation of property to believe or cheese and see the tree models of their press freedom and they tell an axis of beautiful all's freedom of expression and this is indeed

a turning point it's many of them if they were expecting it to. just have gone much too late during the last part of the curandera of the president but the chance in the a chapter and last 3 years before as a student and of his tenure do you think democracy is in danger in the country. i think certainly some of the political leiber cheese. creams that were acquiring do 2 or so years long struggle decades long struggle during the 1960 s. does a my $990.00 s. were similarly under stress during the last year it's and what we have seen or so is a. challenge for the difference of those liberties and for questions that we have seen or read the. answer of for example during the 2 dogs and you know what they do doesn't work from test internet go which led to the birth of who wants it just yamamoto which from brain against. an idjit is the project to be

a certain candidate by a. previous president people do not expect it to be so on stage and that 10 years after the victory and so it's very important for them that discretion ease put into the fight and it starts hovering and it's always a pretty good debate instead they go. song. has been the trigger i guess the reason a lot of people have gone out on the straight he's facing rape charges now he's just been released we're expecting to hear from him shortly is he the man to unite the opposition is he the man that people will rally behind. i think if you look at a future action in senate you're right no months on who is some left leading member of the opposition to the current government of. most of the political opponents have been sidelined of with a years due to following

a judicial convictions in which the opposition and many civil society organizations . excuse it's a government be behind to expand our convictions at least of instrumental a things are just it's ordered to convict very quickly those potential candidates to the upcoming elections this was a case of a caring what in 2016 disorder the case of honey for hundreds of former mayor of echo are in 2017 and in the last month another leading opposition leader in recess x. has joined the government which have made this month some who is a leader of the opposition and certainly disappearance actually are arabs the last wednesday due to charities that needed to be serving for big and that participating in an another rights gathering and given must demonstrations that have a cure in senate go not only in back our hearts and many other cities that has

given him a national white profile and probably a propos him to be the main challenger to president he's got aids upcoming addict or. it torments. well i thank you so much for explaining it all for us. francophone west africa researcher for amnesty international. and as i said we always think you are smiling thank you we are waiting for a song called to speak we will be taking that live and will take you to it as soon as it happens. how the president of ivory coast has appointed an interim prime minister despite concerns about the results of such days palme entry elections both the governing party and main opposition the claiming victory even though incomplete official figures a still slowly coming off the opposition's also alleging widespread fraud which the government rejects amid interest isn't a big jump and says final election figure is should be out soon. the election results are still pretty good and i think we are at the last total now when the

final results will be announced a lot of allegations by concessions and counter-accusations flying around between the polish and of the opposition and the ruling party now the election commission yesterday had to step in to warn both sides to stay calm as a way of i know seeing. the election because it's been our 2 unknowns who wins the election the rest will be in election commission the constitution of that's all that's what we're seeing right now most of the results have come in and a lot of the legislators who have contested election must have no known their fate and b. and also and we are waiting for just for a few dozen seats that's around $32.00 seats left to be announced by the election commission which is by the way is under way now we've seen also 2 in the run up to

this legislative election there's been tension in the air and even on election day cases were reported in various courts and district cia and i recall. although they are minimal and observers say that these are not enough to impart the overall outcome of this result however people here are really afraid to ask any are voidable the streets here and they will turn without concern about what will come after the final results in 111 such an all of the political divide is strictly either having an outright majority in parliament or its winner of this election. led to more head this news all including more details on the explosions which devastated large areas of the city in equitorial guinea also. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. prince harry's wife meghan markle describes the racism she says she experienced from the royal family

including questions about her son's skin color. and sports we'll hear from roger federer as he prepares to make his comeback to competitive tennis to more than a year away. the un's human rights office is sounding the alarm about demonstrators it says have been surrounded by police in may in ma it's tweeted we are deeply concerned about the fate of some 200 peaceful protesters including women who have been cordoned by security forces again gone and may be at risk of arrest or ill treatment we urge the police to immediately allow them to leave safely and without for prizes. elsewhere there have been reports in local media that 2 people died after police fired on protesters in the northern town of michiana our trade unions are calling for a total economic shutdown in their campaign against the military coup the government

has also revoked the licenses of 5 independent media outlets covering the protests scott hartnell is monitoring developments from bangkok in 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 judge 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. the white house says it's alarmed by the escalation recent attacks on saudi oil facilities on sunday yemen based who the rebels targeted the iran coast while plant and got on with a ballistic missile they also targeted the ross turner of course one of the world's largest oil shipping ports. we continue to be alarmed by the frequency of hooty attacks on saudi arabia escalating attacks like these are not the actions of

a group that is serious about peace the attacks are unexceptable and dangerous and put the lives of innocent civilians at work including americans we of course continue to work in close cooperation with the saudis and we understand that they face genuine security threats from from yemen and others in the region supply disruption fiza rattled energy markets pushing the price of oil above $70.00 a barrel for the 1st time in 14 months. reports. soldiers loyal to yemen's un recognized president of the problem and so hardy are facing the very biggest challenge in years preventing who fighters from taking control of mareeba the province east of the capital sanaa is birch in oil and natural gas is also how it is last chance to regain control of yemen. but the who these have been sending reinforcements they know the battle of could decide the future of the

country. further south fighting has intensified around the city of tire as government forces have launched an offensive to retake military bases controlled by elite army units moyal to the whole thiis. iran backed rebels hold ground in to prevent government forces from advancing to was met it in the north. violence is spiraling out of control why that's going on the whole things have launched an attack targeting oil facilities in saudi arabia was the last heard joe in was 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 targeted around cole in ras port and other military facilities and their mom more military sites were targeted in assyria and resign and the strike was

precise. but saudi arabia says its defenses intercepted the drone and b. sila tax return was swift the saudi coalition launched air strikes in the capital sanaa. the escalation comes as the u.s. on voyage to yemen is visiting the region to rally support for an and to the conflict similar to land the king is hoping to bring all the parties and give diplomacy a chance but the last breakthrough in yemen was short lived in 2019 the un convinced the warring factions to agree on a cease fire a prisoner swap and political talks on the future of the country weeks later the deal collapsed and fighting has not stopped ever since. 0. protesters in lebanon angry or that a terrier ating economic state have been blocking roads in the capital the demonstrators have declared monday

a day of rage they used iron barriers and burned tires to post several roads linking beirut with the north and the sun the lebanese pound is continuing to fall against the u.s. dollar and there hasn't been a government in place since august. international women's day is being celebrated at a time of staggering health and economic crises the pandemic has disproportionately affected women and the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace warns its consequences could last for many years to come up to reports. destry need to fence was meant to guard mexico's presidential palace from protesters on women's day instead it's become a towering symbol of the violence women here face these are the names of those who have been murdered because of their gender last year 939 were killed between 20152020 the number of women who have died for this reason increased by nearly a 100 at 30 percent oh anyone. today we come to give

a voice to these women who are no longer here today we come to write their names to remember them so that they are never forgotten and that justice is done for them. 6 in pakistan activist rally demanded shelters to protect women from abuse around the world aid agencies say the pandemic and lockdowns have led to bull cases of domestic violence but we're of course. been confined so in the case of women who are living with abuse that they are trapped with that person and secondly of course it's much harder for women to access offices so some services have to close down during lockdown periods or simply not be physically accessible. and we also. scene a very very concerning trend of increased violence online in france activist gratitude against existing inequalities made worse by the pandemic. in the

philippines protesters believed their government for a rise in unemployment and poverty the pandemic and government restrictions have leapt women more economically vulnerable and added to the invisible burden of unpaid domestic and care work out is to much across all regions women have become more likely than men to become economically. it was also so that when his wages have been. so winds total wage bill in the countries where we have a fallen by. maybe 5.4 percent for men women have been on the frontlines of the fight against corporate 1970 percent of health workers and 1st responders are women yet the gender pay gap sits at 28 percent. the u.n. says an equal future is within reach if everyone chips in but for now it's largely

women who are bearing the unequal cost of the pandemic. al-jazeera. international women's day in india is seeing women take center stage at the months long farmers protests or than 20000 gathered at the site near delis border with the state. the protesters are demanding the scrapping of new laws that they say will ruin their livelihood. and the lack of cemetery pads as there to widespread discrimination against menstruating women in india according to one survey only 36 percent of women use sanitary products several organizations have made it their mission to change this manufacturing pads and distributing them in schools and rural communities. where gives one of the leaders of hashtags spot the stigma and initiative trying to normalize the discourse about menstruation she says girls dropping out of school was one of the biggest challenges. but and 23000000 girls in india drop out and he will be as soon as they start getting that because again like

i mentioned schools don't have proper proper access especially in rural areas and then you have ritualistic already attached to be and what different always in centuries in your opinion that brings food on your peers you're not supposed to enter the kitchen when you're on your period you're not supposed to and their temples you have some visuals in your way they ask you to keep outside in the hut where you sort of also a very long opiates or big my has acted as a huge bag you're to remain to get access to equality to getting empowered and empowering to feel like it's ok why are we when in the 21st century youth you're treating something so natural as something so simple there are so many taboos around all of this so i feel like although we are projecting to today in the 21st century that's the last to do this not just the fact of the evolution of the using in terms of getting access but to just drive a conversation to just people g.r.

lies that you know even if the practice is that you can doing things centrally then even if this is something that you're conscious they may be things doc questioning the policies easy choices the solutions that you've been calling that be like that is. very very far to read from achieving gender equality act a bigger level in india. the british royal family is on the mounting scrutiny following an interview between prince harry making markel hand over winfrey mike and said she concerns have been raised by a member of the family about the color of their mixed race child as they described allegations of racism and bullying which they say force them to step away from the monarchy a fokker report from london. i just didn't want to be alive anymore the pressure cooker of palace life push make a mall call to the brink of contemplating suicide in a candid interview with the queen of chat oprah winfrey meghan also accused the royals nickname the firm of spreading lies about her i don't know how they could

expect that after all of this time we would still just be silent if there is an active role that the firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us and when meghan was pregnant she said there were questions about her son's color macon's mother is black and her father white so we have in tandem the conversation of he won't be given security it's not going to give in a title. and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born to feel really like down but also in the spotlight prince harry's relationship with his father prince charles and what i was seeing was history repeating itself but more perhaps or definitely far more dangerous because then you add race and you add social media and there were echoes of the $995.00 t.v. tell all with prince harry's mother princess diana when she revealed details about

her prince charles's marital affairs and her mental health crisis diana died in a car crash in 1997 the sad thing is that royalty is diminished by. coming down into the gutter and having a public fight it benefits from keeping a distance from common argument and unfortunately neither side is going to come out of this particularly well and indeed i think we can assume fairly safely that there are faults on both sides ahead of the interview the palace launched a formal investigation into allegations make a mark or bullied her former aides something she strongly denies the family feud has led to a frenzy of claims and counterclaims in the tabloid media and social media are separated into 2 rival camps in the u.k. united states the megan versus timana. the police has been accused of double standards for investigating the bullying claims but not prince andrew's ties with

convicted sex offender geoffrey epstein the rows meanwhile have been focusing their attention on commonwealth day celebrations with a message of unity from queen elizabeth the 94 year old more like was praised by harry and meghan as a warm and caring grandmother but the overall picture painted by the 1st black member of the royal family is an institution quickly out of touch with modern attitudes and a hostile media bent on taking megan down the barker al-jazeera london. italy's prime minister is warning of a worsening coronavirus situation for his country reached more than 100000 deaths health officials there say new infections have increased by more than 20 percent in the past week cases they say are being driven by more contagious variants of covert 19 so far at least vaccinated nearly 2000000 people or just under 3 percent of its

population. syrian president bashar assad and his wife have tested positive for covert 19 both are said to be experiencing mild symptoms syria has had more than 15000 cases and 1000 confirmed deaths so far testing capabilities and limited after years of war so actual numbers are thought to be much higher. israel has started vaccinating palestinians who cross the border for work alist in the into work on the construction of illegal israeli settlements are also being an ocular it are a force that 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 then 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 or 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 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 u.s. vice president carla harris has called the number of women being driven out of work during the pandemic a national emergency she says this could impact the economic recovery and the stability of families christensen he reports from new york. 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 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 or here responsibilities and naomi's and the 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 or peers or competitors its best economy democracies are built up or in child care and they wind up having. substantially higher levels among women hamis is 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 kristen salumi

al-jazeera new york. we're joined now by amy to mahomet in new york she is the deputy secretary general of the united nations thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera. my 1st question we've been reporting all throughout the day violence against women is on the rise thanks to the pandemic as well women are earning less we're taking on more work at the home where less likely to return to work is the pandemic exacerbating inequalities that were already there and what do you think the long term impact of this is going to be. well thank you and happy international women's day and i think there's a lot to celebrate in that we were making some gains but clearly they were many issues around women's rights and inequality that we were not there yet on the s.t. to use and then covert came along to exacerbate it and so we are seeing a greater number of women falling out of the work place that you have said and what we're trying to do is to make sure that the stimulus packages that are being put in place actually target expenditures that can make sure we keep women at work we

support women in innovative ways we ensure that they are connected and that we begin to get ready for the responses we have today for the recovery which we hope will happen once we are getting the equitable vaccine to everyone ok when you mentioned s.t.g. as for those who may not be familiar you're talking about the un sustainable development goals i want to talk on that front about the politicize ation of of women's health the un sustainable development goals specifically around women's health and reproductive rights is the u.n. hand strong and achieving those goals because of the politicize ation of women's rights and you know when we talk about reproductive rights often it's discussed in this discourse of actually things that are unrelated to health in terms of morality or in terms of feminism. well i think you're right i mean this happens in many different places depends where you're speaking about the global issue and some countries are making more inroads and the enabling environment is much easier and

in others that isn't and in some cases we go forward in the in that for years and we come back again as we are seeing since covert so yes and in some cases it is it is politicized i'm i think what we need to do then is to open up the spaces to try to deep politicized that one of us said that this is not just a women's issue is an economic issue and i think that's what it is with women's rights 50 percent of our humanity are women and it is value added to have us as part of the economy part of the growth part of achieving human rights across the world in 70 years of the u.n. there has never been a woman secretary general without the rehashing the 2016 debate which saw women in the running but not pay extra you think that the u.n. could be doing better by leading by example even back a move on his way out you know said it was high time that the u.n. head a woman leader absolutely i think everybody agrees that it is high time that the

united nations does the world bank does the i.m.f. certainly has now i think what is important is what we've been able to do in the last 4 years with gender parity in senior management levels in all our representation across 131 countries that we have and the leadership of the u.n. so i think it's not just about the secretary general is about all the way through the organization how we are seeing gender parity play out in equality and ensuring that women's rights are upheld what's your experience been as a woman as a woman of color as a muslim woman in the u.s. . it's been a it's been a challenge i think that there are lots of unconscious bias that we have to deal with on a daily basis and as we try to become more fit for purpose and reform the institution there are many transformational things that need to happen with a lot of cultural and behavioral changes in a place where it has been dominated in some steers by men over the years and that has to change and it's changing slowly i think we need to put we need to make sure

that the men that we are working with are are much like the secretary general that i have the delegates that supports that enables that environment for us to succeed in the leadership roles that we have so yes i think it's been it's been a challenge and a half but i do think that we are moving in the right direction we need a lot more support from our member states remembering that the united nations is about its ownership of $193.00 countries and they're not all it was same level and so we work together with them to try to move this not just here in new york but in every one of our countries do you think that whether in this discussion about equality that maybe we're missing a vital factor here that by trying to climb this i guess patriarchal ladder this is the system designed by men for men that we're missing valuing the work that women do because it's not always seen as work you know that by as well as caring about

how many women are on the board of directors or women c.e.o.'s we have we could also care about how much we pay clean is social workers those in the service sector who are often women. absolutely and i think we have to take a step back and not just talk about whether it is about women or men it's about our human family and it's about everyone's the you to that endeavor to have a much more inclusive prosperous and peaceful world and in doing that we need to look at every member of that community and what they need to enable them to give the very best of themselves their aspirations that potentials whether it's investing in skill sets in education all the laws that need to need to free up many women to do the things that they need to do or the decisions we take in appointments not just the numbers in the cabinet but what portfolio are we holding and so i think it's a multitude of different issues that we must have a discussion about i think you cannot prescribe it not many of our resolutions have

over the years we have negotiated them they're usually the lowest common denominator if we could only just even execute those resolutions we'd be on a good track but i would say much more dialogue i do think the opportunity today is the intergenerational transition to young people young girls young boys young women and young men i think this is the time when they can take the gauntlet and become partners and show that this world is about men and women and the opportunities and rights they have to shape it they have thank you so much for your time i mean mohamed there the deputy secretary general of the united nations. thank you. the president of equitorial guinea says negligence is to blame for several major explosions at a military base on sunday that base $31.00 people have been killed and hundreds injured the blasts happened in the city but it's meth reports.

the force of the explosions appears to flatten most of the buildings in a city of a quarter of a 1000000 people equitorial guinea's mainland coast was it was ok to look at the other that what it is 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. his son and the vice president. visited the scene with his bodyguards. the defense ministry says high caliber ammunition exploded after a fire in the barracks was such that 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 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 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 the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz al-jazeera. a u.s. court in the city of minneapolis has. delay the start of jury selection in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing george floyd it will now begin on tuesday with many in the u.s. and the world closely watching the case the judge has set aside 3 weeks to choose 12 jurors floyd died in may after an officer kneeled on his neck for the only 9

minutes. across wanted john hendren is in minneapolis john says he said jury selection has been delayed tell us why. well the fact that it is just jury selection probably explains why you got such a small crowd here there were about 100 protesters out here a short while ago if i can just set the scene to begin here this is these are mirrors with what looks like blood smeared on them obviously it isn't the idea being that apparently you know society is responsible for what happened here but. during the 1st day to answer your question of jury selection the judge postponed the trial for at least a day this is the courthouse right over here and the reason is that there was an 'd appeals court ruling that told the judge he had to consider 3rd degree murder now the police officer involved here derek show in the man who was shown kneeling on

the neck of george floyd for over 9 minutes is charged with manslaughter and 2nd degree murder with the court said he also needs to be made to consider charging him with 3rd degree murder and the difference between all of these is 1st degree murder which he's not charged with is intentional murder 2nd degree murder is without intent but with knowledge that it would could have caused death and that is often considered to pray visit indifference and so when you go down to 3rd degree there's a lower bar it may be something so mild as you know what maybe the officer didn't know it might have caused death but maybe he should have known according to what a reasonable person would have known so. the there are some legal niceties going on here it could take a day a couple of days while they consider evidence on whether 3rd degree is an appropriate charge when the bottom line is. this trial is being postponed the jury

selection is being postponed and while you may see a small number of people here remember the streets were filled here in minneapolis with thousands of people buildings went up in flames due to the anger over this event and of course that spread of car across the country this didn't start the black lives matter movement but it certainly energized it and its causes changes on capitol hill and in state houses across the country so we're still waiting to see which jurors will be picked in the key issue there is race the city of minneapolis is 20 percent black but the county hennepin county from which this jury pool will be drawn is 10 percent black and there is talk of even moving the trial that happened in the rodney king case in los angeles and vat caused by itself because the case was moved to a place where there was a largely white jury pool the officers were acquitted and bad led to riots and

that's one of the concerns years of the judge has an awful lot to weigh and that should happen in the coming days ok thank you for that john hendren now in minneapolis. there the 7000000 students have gone back to school in england after more than 2 months of disruption and home schooling paul brennan went to last children and teaches how they're failing and portsmouth. this 1st step out of the u.k.'s lockdown has been eagerly anticipated by children and parents alike but with high school pupils were clambering excitedly into the school bus it's clearly relishing a return to the familiarity of friends and face to face learning. sites just to get back to less. just maybe seeing my friends to see i'm very very badly about age is not seeing anyone so it's really comforting my teach them my friends it's just really great to have to see people actually have lessons an interaction especially because i'm doing a science based object so we're going to go to private schools mainly it's just

that. the real big difference against us defense. in scotland and wales children won't return to full time schooling for another month but in england alone nearly $7000000.00 pupils are returning on mass well i'm hoping they're going to go smoothly i'm hoping the rate stays down and schools stay open but obviously we will respond to whatever the safety message is testing is widespread and as part of their return secondary school children are being asked to have 300 tests at school followed by an ongoing program of home testing but that is voluntary and it remains to be seen how many will opt out. then preparing them for primary schools to a year of disruption in the past 2 months of home schooling has taken its toll on role being as well as learning attainment i think really just tied to emotionally exhausted and we're on our last little nothing all battery of kind of of energy looking forward to getting men to know. by april 12th the u.k.

government hopes to have non-essential shops open again but it will be a nervous wait to see whether the data will allow that allowing $7000000.00 children to mix and mingle again even within the constraints of your group bubbles will inevitably lead to an increase in infection that's the crucial question for the government and its scientific advisors is whether that increase can be managed well enough to allow the next steps out of lockdown to proceed as a timetable paul brennan al-jazeera portsmouth. star not a sport has and a thank you so much came on of a joke which is told al jazeera he feels the best is still to come in his career the 33 year old has just broken roger federer as record for most weeks as world number one have been some controversial moments in the last few months as well jack of it was heavily criticized for organizing a tennis tour in the balkans last year which had to be cancelled after numerous players tested positive for cope with 93 although the serbian has been on top of the world rankings and he's held the number one spot now for 311 weeks during his

career djokovic has been talking to al jazeera and how much. more you see very happy and. you know this is a huge milestone in achievement not just for myself or my family here it's also in my life. you know supported me all the way through my beginnings of since beginnings of my professional career and my life and 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 off of this milestone let's say if you keep on winning more grand slams does that prove that you are better than what to federer and rafael nadal. it doesn't it doesn't prove anything really to me because to me to me the only proves that i am able to

to. in a way meet my own desires and 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 that and i want to try to learn a lesson from it i think the only really mistake that was done during the draft or was was that the closing celebration party of the day was done here in belgrade other than that i don't think there was any mistake that was made i don't think it's you know with 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 court.

and roger federer says he's keeping expectations low ahead of his comeback the 3339 year old even making his return of the cats are open the 20 time grand slam champion is just how to new york and hasn't played competitively for more than a year he's been given a buy in to the 2nd round in doha will face other questions than evans or jeremy shockey old friends i'm really curious to find out how it's going to go the still. amazing amounts of question marks so rounding you know my comeback for me personally and i don't know what to expect i know that expectations from my eyes that are extremely low and i'm just very happy that i'm playing at home again regardless of the outcome of this event john reporter is back in charge of barcelona football club the 58 year old was elected president by club members on sunday and he's returning at a time when the spanish team is fighting to maintain its place as one of the world's biggest clubs for

a small reports. a lawyer and politician who left the club during their greatest period of success in the portal will need to use all his powers of negotiation in the coming months. the future of leno massey 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 contract expires this year laporta have to tempt you with a new deal at a time when the club is around a $1000000000.00 in debt. russia. loves barcelona we are one big family the best player in the world loves. 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 boston. which is everybody's wish. they oversee. 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 cardio in charge the team set a new club record winning 6 major trophies for me the best club in the wall for the fight 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 to resign late last year and was recently arrested as part of a corruption investigation. as to not 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 bartha 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. now in the english premier league manchester city's long winning run is over they lost the manchester united so you know the goals coming from burn off and on those and league show city have been i mean for the 22nd consecutive win in all competitions they do still lead united by 11 points out the toss of a virtue evolved. show and. i said a supportive text message from tiger woods inspired him to victory at the arnold palmer invitational woods is still in hospital recovering from a car crash in the shamba revealed the 15 time major winner got in touch with him just ahead of his final round the running your starting champagne went on to win this title by a single shot at. ok will be most sport for me in a couple of hours' time about it so we're looking for and thank you for that and

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