so no matter how you take it out you see you read the news and current affairs committee to leave. town to see. the. tensions high in senegal as opposition leader was months on course formally charged with rape and released ahead of his trial. hello i'm barbara starr this is on to 0 live from london also coming up. people define me and maurice curfew to rally against police cornering hundreds of

fellow protesters in a district of young. relief and excitement as millions of children go back to school in england there for another 2 months at home and the international women's day is marked around the world with protests awards and calls for equality. hello and thank you for joining us tensions are again running high in the senate police capitalist supporters of an opposition leader charged with rape gather in defiance of a state of emergency the president is due to address the mounting crisis in the next hour opposition leader about sancho was formally charged and then he was released by a court earlier on monday he says the allegation is politically motivated to stop him from challenging longtime president macky sall the arrest this sparked of days of violence in the capital as well as in other cities. the senegalese youth will

not tolerate a dictatorship anymore we are determined we are engaged and we will go all the way to the end those men song. on the block we are for peace to return to our country we must take strong measures courageous measures the authorities can take you to court and pursue you through the courts without provocation without provocation they try to humiliate you and imprison the free militants of our country nicolas sarkozy and opposition meeting in cairo and says people are angry at the government for several reasons. i think for the opposition this is a small victory after years in which they say they've been. kind of a shrinking of their space to express themselves and that's the sense also that we get from the protesters on the streets who are not this necessarily affiliated to any political party but a sense that their voices has been heard just by the mere fact that some code words

was freed of course he's freed under bail there's still charges against him including his alleged involvement over a rape case rape case that was based on crisis said that it was politically motivated you know the aim here he says is to eliminate him. at least he accuses 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 the court 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 due to the drastic measures taken by the government to try to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. the u.n. human rights chief is urging me and maurice police to allow $200.00 protesters

cornered in young gone to leave safely and without reprisals other protesters have defied that the nationwide curfew taking to the streets to express their anger at the siege at least 3 people were killed in protests on monday security forces used slingshots smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse crowds as the military crackdown intensifies a 5 independent media organizations have been stripped of their licenses all had been actively covering the anti coupe protests and the increasingly violent police response scott hyde there 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 and b.m.r. 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 myanmar that's not happening a little earlier i spoke to

a protest organizer when young go on who we're not naming for her own safety she urged the international community can listen to the people of me and my. follow our lead we know ourselves the most and we know what we are the people want the most and so i urge the international community to continue to hear our voices and share our demands the military in me and maher has sustained a decades of being shot offered by the international community do you worry that actually that kind of pressure coming from the international community is not going to have the effect that you hope i believe even as early as this week we had military generals come forward saying that they were whether there was any sanction the international community places on them so there is a very real concern that they will not be affected as much as we would hope but

even so i urge the international community to come on for it we keep hearing from other countries that they are deeply disturbed and concerned with what is happening to us and while i appreciate that from over more out example my people being the star are concerned will not protect us from the bullets they're shooting at us as a result clearly and urge the international community to continue to implement action rather than just. the view of one of the protesters there 18 protesters in thailand have been charged with sedition over anti-government rallies held last year another 3 protest leaders were indicted for defaming the monarchy and jailed pending trial next week for other activists leaders are also in jail awaiting trial thailand's pro-democracy protests movement has been calling for the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy since last year.

we always said that when we decided to join this fi show we're giving all we've got even if it means our lives we're going to be in jail and that's always in the end even if there are more people in prison even if i'm another person who ends up in prison those who outside can keep fighting it's not necessary to have us continue the fight. saudi arabia is promising to take all necessary measures to protect itself after yemen's who the rebels launched more attacks on its energy facilities the latest escalation comes at a time when the u.s. administration has been trying to restart peace talks among the feuding factions better of reports. more soldiers loyal to yemen's u.n. recognized president of the. are facing their biggest challenge in years preventing who 3 fighters from taking control of marriott the province east of the capital sun which in oil and natural gas has also had his last chance to regain control of

yemen. but the who things 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 ties. 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 ties to prevent government forces from advancing to was mad if the north violence is spiraling out of control while that's going on the whole things have launched an attack targeting oil facilities in saudi arabia was a learned joe in which they 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 a syria and design in the strike was precise. but saudi arabia says its defenses intercepted the drone and b. sila tax which was swift the saudi coalition launched airstrikes 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 u.n. convinced the warring factions to agree on a ceasefire 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.

the white house says it is alarmed by the escalation in recent attacks on saudi oil facilities. 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 protesters in lebanon have blocked roads in the capital as part of protests over the country's economic crisis they declared monday a day of rage using our own barriers and burning tires to close ever all roads linking beirut with the north and south the lebanese pound continues to fall against the u.s. dollar and there hasn't been a government in place since august. after

a 3 day tour spreading messages of hope and religious unity in iraq pope francis francis has flown home to the vatican a farewell ceremony was held at baghdad airport as the head of the roman catholic church departed during his trip pope francis the fide security concerns with visits to regions devastated by i saw where he met members of one of the world's most persecuted christian communities at his last mass before returning to rome francis said iraq will always remain with me in my heart. brazil's former president louise in the silver has it is criminal convictions are not old by a supreme court judge according to court documents the ruling restores us political rights ahead of elections a set for 2022 this event known as lula in brazil governed the latin america's largest economy between 200320118 was convicted over graft allegations in 2000 any

teen and then released in late 2090. still to come in this half hour the march to justice will have to wait the trial of george floyd's death is the laid hours before. and. in london where the british royal family remains deafening least silent following that bombshell interview with the jew conductress of sussex a k a. but . how we got something of a change in the weather on the way across a year of paper the next couple of days we are going to say little area a cloud some of the rough weather pushing in as we go on into the next few days some wet and windy weather piling in across the british isles and the slot is where coastal western parts of europe have the moment we do still have areas of high

pressure loss the inches but they're fighting a way that is squeezed out of the way things have been settled and fine for the most part and up close and all faced we have this weather system making its way further south what's in this was cooler at sucking behind monist on the top temperature in moscow there's that mahler add that wet and windy weather streaming in across western parts of europe as we go on through choose day we'll see some very heavy rain and some very strong winds damaging winds pushing into all of western scotland for choose that basin pieces of rain down into germany will see out so see it covering a snow dusting of snow to into the dark house more heavy showers essential parts of the mediterranean this time all nudging a little further east which is because through wednesday quite a bit of snow that is pushing across towards rumania just 4 celsius in bucharest as it cools down that wet and windy weather will make its way across scotland wales and ireland as make our way through our wedding day with more rain that the friends . of.

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of back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera supporters of opposition leader was months on core back on the streets of senegal's capital after a judge formally charged him with rape and then released him from jail because arrest is let the days of violent protests president reconcile is due to address the nation in the coming hours the un human rights chief is urging me and marse police to allow 200 protesters cornered in young go on to leave safely and without reprisals other protesters of the 5 it nationwide curfew to express their anger at the siege these 3 people were killed in protests on monday and saudi arabia is promising to take all necessary measures to protect itself after yemen's who the rebels launched another attack on its energy facilities the latest escalation comes at a time when the u.s. administration has been trying to restart peace talks among the feuding factions. the british royal family is under mounting scrutiny following oprah winfrey's

explosive interview with prince harry and megan markel the gist of sussex accused of oil family propecia waiting for songs about her and raise the specter of racism at the palace the fucker reports from london. want to be alive anymore the pressure cooker of polish life push make an markel 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 be given

a title. and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born to feel really looked 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 megane 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 monic was praised by how he 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 meghan down the bark at al-jazeera london the trial of a white police officer for the death of george floyd has been delayed at the last minute jury selection was due to start on monday for the trial of their it chauvin in the case which sparked widespread protests last year but a higher court in the u.s. state of minnesota ordered the judge to reconsider a 3rd degree murder charge against a former officer thousands of people have marched in the city of minneapolis the landing justice for george ford john hendren joins us live now from minneapolis so john tell us a little bit about what happened today. well let me 1st set the scene if i may because you know how raucous it got here over the summer when this incident happened. you could see a few stragglers over there there were about 100 protesters but because it's just jury selection we are not seeing the huge amounts of people that i expect we will

see during the trial and possibly after the verdict in this case so what's happened is they were supposed to begin jury selection this morning and what happened was the judge said he was going to consider as he is required to do to a recent appeals court decision whether a 3rd degree murder charge is appropriate now here's how it works in the state of minnesota 1st degree is intentional premeditated murder that is not being charged here 2nd degree murder is intentional but not premeditated and the idea in this case would be that when this police officer derrick children put his knee on george floyd's neck for over 9 minutes that he intended to kill him that's very difficult to prove because you got to look into what is in his mind so now what they are considering is 3rd degree murder and that is. not intentional but with a reckless disregard the word in the law is

a dupré of disregard for human life is if you were firing at a suspect into a train and were possibly endangering other people vats what the law says he's also being charged with a lower charge of manslaughter and all of the difference in that has to do with knowledge and intent so there's a higher level for each higher charge this could take one day might take a few days they might take evidence on whether this is a 3rd degree charge but the defense derrick chauvinist lawyers they say they don't want that charge and essentially what the prosecutors are doing here is giving themselves one more opportunity to convict derek chauvin and that's something he doesn't want his lawyers seem to be going for all or nothing. and john in this case as you mentioned it but he sparked a movement how do you think the trial will affect. you're absolutely right i mean we were here on those 1st nights when people were so

upset that buildings went up in flames they were riots in minneapolis now that calmed down after a few days due to a huge police presence but that movement spread across the nation this didn't start the black lives matter movement but it certainly energized it and that resulted in protests right in front of the white house and elsewhere that radiated across this country and across the globe so now if this officer is not convicted of something the judge knows that this city is likely to erupt in further riots there is already an enhanced police presence 2000 national guard officers 1000 or so police officers but so far they're not being challenge we don't expect anything really to be huge in the streets for the next few weeks until they're done with jury selection they start with a trial but the real threat here in minneapolis and across the u.s.

is what will happen if there is no conviction for derrick shogun or the other 3 officers who will be tried and if in august be a trial with a lot of attention paid to to a john hendren with the latest from minneapolis john thank you. nearly $7000000.00 students have gone back to school in england as the country takes its 1st steps to loosen its latest lockdown it was a mix of relief and the excitement for children definitely parents and teachers after 2 months of home schooling from portsmouth and reports. 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 be very very badly about age

is not seeing anyone so it's really comforting my teach them my friends it's just really great fear to see people actually have less interaction especially because i'm doing a science based object so you have to go to private schools but you know mainly it's just the people that's the real big difference i guess u.s. 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 3 target 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. preparing. for primary schools to

a year of disruption in the past 2 months of homeschooling has taken its toll on role being as well as learning attainment i think root is tied to emotionally exhausted and we're on our last little. battery of kind of of energy looking forward to getting men to know. by april 12th 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 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 timetables paul brennan al-jazeera portsmouth syria's president bashar al assad and his wife asma have tested positive for corona virus both show minor symptoms and are reportedly in good health and working at home syria's had more than 15000 cases and

a 1000 confirmed deaths from the virus but testing capabilities are limited in the war torn nation actual numbers are thought to be much higher amid a recent surge in infections. it's international women's day and around a 1000 women have protested in the center of istanbul again against what they say is inaction over domestic violence the demonstrators say that they want to see more stringent laws to protect women from abuse it comes after a video appearing to show a man beating his ex-wife on the street calls outrage president richard there though has announced the parliamentary commission to look specifically at violence against women. across russia volunteers of been handing out flowers to women to celebrate march 8th even the army has been getting in on the action marking the day in its own way with a parachute jump but activists say the government has failed russian women when it

comes to protecting them from domestic violence and the other rights. 'd and in practice women face violence they are not protected from violence the lure and protection against domestic violence is not passed in the state duma women face discrimination when getting a job this is leighton discrimination associated with reproductive pressure and as a result discrimination in admission to work. and the u.s. secretary of state and 1st lady of honored women from iran and 13 other countries with the international women of courage award jill biden said nearly 2 dozen women made an intentional decision to persist and demand justice despite their fear antony blinken also presented an honorary award to a group of 7 afghan women who were assassinated in 2020. 1000 a coffee is an afghan negotiator in the talks between the government and the taliban and even though she was shot in the arm in an attack last august just

outside kabul she's also the president of the movement for change party she told us the situation for afghan girls and women has improved but the progress is fragile. we have a constitution that guarantees equality of rights and also go to whole women in political participation. out of 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 of course changes and i think the major changes that social transformation the fact that people 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 and more mobility at peace talks there are risks

that we will lose some of it 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 and we have more on international women's day in the way it's been marked around the world on our website al jazeera dot com. thank you very minor of the top stories on al-jazeera tensions are again running high in the senate police capitol the supporters of an opposition leader charged with rape gather in defiance of a state of emergency the president is due to address the mounting crisis shortly opposition leader who's mansong was formally charged and then released by a court earlier on monday he says the allegation is politically motivated the.