triggered a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle without and that was the beginning of the armed struggle with syria. the boy who started the syrian war. on al jazeera there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media spread also on al-jazeera to shut off access to social media. a supreme court judge in brazil announce the criminal convictions against former president lula da silva clearing the way for him to run the next year's presidential elections. in jordan this is al jazeera. also coming up unrest continues in senegal as

opposition leader calls for large scale protests following his release on bail. people defy me in moscow into running against police were surrounding the hundreds of protesters in the district. after a year of pandemic hardships women mark their international day with protest celebrations to. begin with brazil then former president luis inacio lula da silva is set for what's been described as a sensational political comeback his conviction on corruption charges has been an old by a supreme court judge a decision restores his rights to contest next year's presidential election as one of the most popular figures on the left if he decides to run he will face off with the far right populist also. joins us live now from rio de janeiro. a little that

was cleared because of a technicality what more can you tell us about this court ruling. well exactly just fission was taken not because they considered it to be in the center or guilty but they said that he was he was tried in the wrong place in the wrong court he was tried as part of the carwash scandal and they say that that the with the reason why he should be tried that had nothing to do with the carwash scandal so it should have been instead of being a court in the southern city or pretty cheap it should be in brazilian the capital that would mean that he would be retried in this case but as of now he's cleared to run. for elections next year and yes he is the opposite extreme opposite of president right wing president. so this polarizes the election once more because in 20 teens moola had not been able to run because of this conviction so now he's he's

back on track on the political scenario once more and this is because you can see the divisions that exist on social media there were many that celebrated the decision saying that this proves that the law was innocent all along and it was a political persecution under those criticizing the decision saying that it shows that corruption must is still at large aaron and present day so i don't see an hour to fight it because he will run with this slogan in your campaign the fighting for corruption. not have life for us there in rio de janeiro monica thank you for that let's bring in senator john paul the labor party minority leader in the brazilian senate who joins us live from we have run today in brazil senator have protests how surprised are you by this ruling because as monaco was saying that appears to been cleared of corruption charges by this one supreme court judge on an eagle

technicality. they are and how are you morning because well we are very happy that i have to just use was belief that once was done. in fact it's not exactly a technicality all the it's. a set of mega technicalities but above all you know has been evidence clear evidence indicating loser between prosecutors and magistrates on the carwash operation. meaning that in any government when you want to prosecute and to punish. wrong gross procedures or forms of government you have the real channels to do with injustice even in brazil and this was not done what was done

was not at a time up a certain time of the investigation all of the investigation become to be. contaminated by qualities by political ok scorched 5 people dispute and this was what made the process now to be an old ok and this means. that lula is now clear to run in the 2022 presidential elections of course he remains a popular left wing icon in brazil but is he likely to be able to beat president jacques bolton r.-o. who himself from maine is extremely popular despite his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. right now we have all over the world one out of his ation that thinks next here are all the awful climate for elections anywhere you have people that are against vaccines even in the world including rez the boss the matter of which was not. doing and not efforts to contract but scenes and other

logistics for the conduct of movies in brazil and up so far has ation is there any way the stool leaders are very popular because they have the country on one side and a half on the other the difference was that moolah was either to compete before and now was going to face a new election at the end of next year with the same handicap so right now what we have is. we will see if the brazilian courts which were to correct one still ok the another and the process at the beginning will be in charge now the whole process again this gives a chance yes to run for the election ok but lula supporters and your labor party should not be celebrating just yet because the full supreme court still has to consider the ruling and president both an ira has just said he hopes the supreme

court will overturn that ruling. yes but what is what who are there not for ready is the fact that moolah is released from all of these must be 5 received during the last 4 years you were basically in call off everything that was done under you've got the notes as if it was something she used by himself only now look this now will be divided into several investigations again with a neutral judge just a neutral prosecutors would have to bring all sort yeven on the other side on the defense side that was basically a big deal will happen for lula during the last elections for instance where he was banned from the process ok we're being the 1st in the balls so let's jump our protest shall we have to leave it there thank you very much indeed for talking to our jazeera thank you sir thank you very much cynically as opposition leader is

calling for large peaceful protests he addressed supporters after being charge of rape and released on bail sankoh as arrest triggered the worst unrest in years leaving at least 8 people dead he says the allegation is politically motivated to stop him from challenging the president to south. forgot what is us on this mobilization must be maintained it must even be much larger but it must above all be peaceful it must be peaceful today the people have regained the rights that macky sall confiscated 9 years ago at the demonstration the people have taken it back by force we must not lose this right. well hundreds opposition supporters gathered outside the court saying they're not just protesting against sankoh detention. center because these youth will not tolerate a dictatorship anymore we are determined we are engaged and we will go all the way to the end bozeman song. 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 while a crisis has put mounting pressure on president he's been forced to address the nation to call for calm dunno when you decide. we have to show our differences in a way other than destructive violence because whatever our political choices we are a single family and none of us can have a separate destiny from that of the senegalese nation but it's an. individual and collective work orders us to work together consolidating the fundamentals and not destroying them. nothing is more important than the preservation of keeping the soul of the senegalese nation. more now from outside the opposition's headquarters

in dhaka. well i think he wants to reassure the population and say that he understood i understand the need empathizes with those that have dropped into poverty last year due to the coronavirus primary due to the economic fallout of the current virus pandemic he also addressed the criticism made by the opposition specifically this month sancho who argues that he is arrogant and he takes decision on decisions on his own he says that he works towards consensus addressing and also engaging in dialogue with the opposition without. by which he comes up with measures but what's interesting here is the star difference between the formal address of president mikey cells inside his palace and what has happened here at the one song headquarters difference in language might be solid dressed the nation in french when some code addressed his supporters in wolof which is the local

language and talk by most senegalese difference in tone we spun some go 1st started his press conference by naming those that were killed during the protests also engaging with the security forces saying that the security forces are the pride of the nation he also condemned the looting and he also insisted that the importance here is the restyle blish meant of the rule of law still criticizing like you saw saying that he is illegitimate that that to that he is an arrogant attacking president might be solved personally and yet saying that politicians need to move away from personal attacks. the un and us are urging man miles police to allow hundreds of protesters they have cornered in young guns and leave safely and without reprisals thousands of defied the nights on curfew taking to the streets to express their anger at the siege another 3 people died in

protests on monday taken the number killed since last month to more than 16 cutting up as other young reports come. back on the streets defying a curfew in myanmar this protest against the military began like others with people marching in the streets of meeting are out. but moments later. at least 3 people were shot dead by security forces witnesses say several people were then hit by gunfire from nearby buildings. was exactly right it's part of an ongoing crackdown on those who oppose the military's recent coup was. kneeling before security forces this catholic nun pleads with them to stop the violence. the government has revoked the license of at least

5 independent media outlets that were covering the protests watch scale demonstrations have taken place every day across many cities and towns in myanmar 4 . but these some stray sions come under risk is arguing that we're not you are the media i want to speak out and i want us to stop being afraid i will women to join and save this movement by protesting alongside men against the military dictatorship. dozens of protesters have been killed the united nations fears more jobs will follow. in a statement had said we are deeply concerned about the fate of some $200.00 peaceful protesters including women who've been cordoned by security forces in young gone and may be at risk of arrest or ill treatment. signs of resistance have followed despite arrests and violence hanging women's clothes across the streets of me on mars may be one of the most creative lines of defense

walking beneath female clothes this traditionally considered bad luck for men and many soldiers are overjoyed ing crossing the line being out and about your enemy down and as a woman from myanmar this is motivating me this garments are considered sacred so using the superstition to fight back against the military was a military denies responsibility for protestors loss of life it claims toppled leader on songs which she deserved to be pushed out last month she was elected it says a middle widespread electoral fraud but thousands of protesters disagree and say the public outcry will continue cocktail opus of leon al-jazeera. time for a short break here on out is iraq when we come back the number of people killed by explosions in equitorial guinea has risen to 98 as rescue workers search for survivors plus. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born prince harry's wife meghan model describes the racism she says she

experienced in the british royal family more nice things. hello once again the weather's lotty set fair across much of north america we have got space bases 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 day i would say but still not bad for the most part 20 celsius in minneapolis that's a great bowl but that's a celsius that we have when he picked that's a sign of things to come there is some snow around for manitoba pushing across into on teria much of the u.s. central and eastern parts to look far to drive from a vast 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 was 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 towards the or the lakes some snow there over the northern plains once again downs was a south it is looking fine and dry just notice how it does cool off in minneapolis where we get up to around 9 celsius as we go on through wednesday but to the east of that for the lovely d.c. a 20 degrees. frank assessments the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure is that a fair assessment it would be a catastrophic failure to twice valuable backseat informed opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this

that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day headlines inside story on 00. the. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour the former brazilian president the reason i saluted the silver set for a political comeback a supreme court judge of the knowledge his conviction for corruption the decision that restores his right to contest next year's presidential election. senegalese officer. is calling for large scale peaceful protests dress supporters after being charged with rape and released on bail sancho's arrest triggered the worst

congressman here is meeting at least 8 people. on the un human rights chief police to allow 200 protesters only young don't leave safely and without reprisals testers have defied a nationwide curfew at least 3 people were killed in monday's bings. now it's international women's day and demonstrations across latin america being driven by a growing outcry over inequality and gender based violence in the argentinean capital but desirous activists are out on the streets calling for an end to violence against women when groups say the government does not do enough to combat femicide the country legalized abortion last december to ease a boat has more now from the argentine capital. right here in front of argentina it's called great work now dozens of people have gathered to denounce the finance against women in argentina women rights groups are saying that women it's the other 6 every 29 hours in argentina that so far this year over 50 years i think of them

that's why they're pushing 5 government to pass what they say is the gender violence and marriages feet and all women here. are carrying the frankford care that you can see here that greets me when i'm a nurse or not or less referring to the amount of women that have been killed in this country last year congress in argentina legalized abortion in this country women rights groups are saying that already around $500000.00 irregular forces happen in argentina that many women end up being hospitalized because of that and that's why legalizing abortion in this country western russia this case in about 14 argentina with a huge victory and rights groups like this people here are saying that much more needs to happen in order to save women's lives. well thousands of women's rights

campaign has also been rallying in chile latin america at a tennessee and human is in the company santiago to see how a woman in chile are managing to get their voices heard especially during this corona virus pandemic. hi there well they're getting at her hit right out in the streets especially you know or rather despite the fact that chile is now facing a new and quite strong 2nd wave of the coronavirus still thousands and thousands of women and children even toddlers and babies brought by their mothers of course were out on mass here near dignity plaza as it's been nicknamed which is straight behind me about 100 meters behind me there are several 1000 women still here although people are starting to leave the march now this has been going on all day long at one point riot police moved in and started spraying water cannon at the crowds we were never able to really understand why what had happened but in any case that

sent thousands of people with their children scurrying for safety but they came back again and they as a been out here demanding the same thing as in argentina and in so many other parts of latin america and that is less violence against women and more rights and freedom for women. equal except for women that is what we're hearing over and over again here all right tennessean human there live for us in the chilean capital some sadness here thank you a courtroom guinea's vice president says the number of people killed in a series of explosions at a military base has now risen to 98 this as rescuers continue to search the rubble of last stop in the city of baton not far from the western coast when a smith reports. ok. 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 and was ok.

with 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 have 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. on 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 met al-jazeera. the u.s. state department has condemned sunday's attack by the who things on saudi arabia and urged the group to work towards a cease fire. the who these in our view in the view of our allies and partners have to demonstrate their willingness to engage in a political process they need to quite simply stop attacking and start negotiating well the escalation between who the rebel is and saudi arabia has rattled energy markets pushing the price of oil above $70.00 a barrel for the 1st time in 14 months or so how bahrain has more. more

soldiers loyal to yemen's u.n. recognized president of the album and so hardy are facing their biggest challenge in years preventing who think fighters from taking control of mareeba the province east of the capital is birch in oil and natural gas has also had his last chance to regain control of yemen. but the hope these have been sending reinforcements they know the battle of bad it 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 moyle 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 the last heard of joe it was a all the artillery and drone divisions were able to conduct a wide offensive in the depths of saudi arabia with 14 drones and 8 ballistic missiles we targeted around cole in ras port and other military facilities and their mom more military sites were targeted in a syria and design and the strike was precise. but saudi arabia says its defenses intercepted the drone and b. sila tax retire early asian 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 to maty 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 ceasefire if prisoners swap and political talks on the future of the country weeks later the deal collapsed and fighting has not stopped ever since. a u.s. court in the city of minneapolis has delayed the start of jury selection in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing george floyd now begin on tuesday with many in the u.s. and the world watching the case closely the judge has set aside 3 weeks to choose 12 jurors floyd died in may after an officer knelt on his neck and then in 9 minutes. the british royal family is under mounting scrutiny following an interview between prince harry meghan markle and oprah winfrey meghan said concerns had been raised by a member of the royal family about the color of their child they described allegations of racism and bullying which they say forced them to step away from the monarchy mubako reports from london i just didn't want to be alive anymore the pressure

cooker of palace life push making markel to the brink of contemplating suicide in a candid interview with the queen of chat oprah winfrey meghan also accused the royals the 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 we 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 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 to make this team on a. 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 of an institution quickly out of touch with modern attitudes and a hostile media bent on taking make and down the al-jazeera london now here's what happened when a bus got stuck on a level crossing in sweden. where we are now.

well remarkably nobody was seriously injured 3 people on board the train received slight bruises the bus was empty it happened during the morning commute the city of gothenburg the drug train is being salvaged with investigators trying to work out why the bus got stuck. all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address to c.n.n. dot com al-jazeera dot com. time for a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera the former brazilian president luis and asio knew that a silver is set for a political comeback a supreme court judge has announced his conviction for corruption but isn't restored his right to contest next year's presidential election senegalese

opposition leader. i was calling for large peaceful protests he addressed supporters after being charged with rape and released on bail so go.