some snow there over the northern plains once again down towards the south it is looking fine and dry just notice how it does cool off in minneapolis where we get up to around 90 s. as we go on through wednesday but to the east of that the lovely d.c. 20 degrees. a supreme court judge in brazil and all of the criminal convictions against former president lula da silva paving the way for him to run in next year's presidential elections. alone daryn joining this is al jazeera lawyer from doha also coming up unrest continues in senegal as opposition leader. calls for large scale protests following his release on bail. people defied me in moscow

a few to rally against the police who were surrounding hundreds of fellow protesters in a district of young dogs. and after a year of pandemic hardships women mark their international day with protest celebrations to. we begin with brazil and former president luis and i see a limited silver 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 the 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'll face off against far right populist. want to unite here that's more now from rio de janeiro. just fish and was taken not because they considered 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 car wash scandal and they say that that 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 of what each event 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 the extreme opposite of president right wing president. so this polarizes the election once more because in 20 teen i 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 in brazil on social media there were many that celebrated the decision saying that this proves that i was innocent all along and it was

a political persecution and there are those criticizing the decision saying that it shows that corruption must is still at large and present day so i don't stay in power to fight it because he he ran with this slogan in your campaign with fighting for corruption senegalese opposition leader is calling for a large peaceful protests he addressed supporters after being charged with rape and when east on bail sunk as a restaurant the worst on rest in years may have had least 8 people dead he says the allegation is politically motivated to stop include challenging the president. 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 and hundreds of opposition supporters

gathered outside the court saying they're not just protesting against sancho's detention. center 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 well the crisis has put mounting pressure on president marcus our 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. has more from outside the opposition's headquarters in dhaka. for think he wants to reassure the population and say that he understood 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 the talk by most senegalese difference in tone who 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 you're saying that politicians need to

move away from personal attacks. activists in manama say hundreds of protesters have been cornered by security forces and young gone have finally been allowed to means only had the u.n. expressed grave concern for their safety at least 3 people were killed in ronnie's on monday. reports coming out was back on the streets defying a curfew in myanmar this protest against the military began like others with people marching in the streets of michonne 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 building 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 there were covering the protests watch scale demonstrations have taken place every day across many cities and towns in myanmar i . bought these some stray sions caught at a risk the dog and i were not and 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. signs of resistance have followed despite a rest and violence keep hanging women's clothes across the streets of myanmar 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. yeah

you know you had to be down there and as a woman for me i'm like this is motivating these comments are considered sacred so we're using the superstition to fight back against the military. the military denies responsibility for protesters loss of life it claims toppled leader on songs which she deserved to be pushed out last month she was elected it says amid widespread electoral fraud but thousands of protesters disagree and say the public outcry will continue. al-jazeera scott high blood joins us live now from bangkok in neighboring thailand scott so these protesters have now been allowed to leave the area after being surrounded by security forces that was real concern for their safety wasn't there yes there in the sand chao area of yangon about 200 protesters were trapped inside this

area and the security forces said that they're going to go door to door to track him down and obviously when you look at the track record of these 56 weeks of protests and how the security forces in myanmar have handled them and the increasing violence way that they've cracked down on the protesters they were in genuine danger and so that's why there is such a concern that's why there was even an international outpouring cry if you will for them to be released peacefully and that appears that is exactly what happened in the last couple of hours there and it obviously was a very tense night and as we heard in that piece there was an outcry on the streets 2 people defied the curfew and went out and protested banging drums and pots and things to have the security forces allow these students allow these people protesters to leave the area and that sounds that is exactly what happened now and scott away from the protest malaysia's high court is set to rule on

a legal challenge to the deportation of me and non-nationals what's this all about . yeah this it just got under way in the last 10 minutes it's going to be a zoom hearing a teleconference hearing and what it is basically is back in february 23rd 1086 myanmar citizens were deported from malaysia now this came after cries from human rights groups and even a court hearing a court ruling i should say to prevent them from being deported but they were deported anyway the immigration officials and government officials in malaysia have said that it was because they broke immigration laws so that's why they were deported human rights groups are very concerned because they say that there are some within that group who are seeking asylum the immigration department in malaysia said no that wasn't the case these are all just people who were who had broken immigration rules and that were also voluntarily going back to me and mari it's obviously quite

a difficult thing to believe when you see the condition of what's happening in myanmar right now so that hearing is going on today and it's you know it's obviously going to be something that sets a precedent for future potential deportations because those 11086 have already left so it's very unlikely that they'll be sent back by myanmar officials but what they're looking to do in the court today human rights groups and that is to do set precedent to make sure that doesn't happen again or a test called hide and lie for us that in the thai capital bangkok scott thank you . all right a lot more still to come here not just here including the u.s. issues a long awaited guidance for those who have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus . and why the fight for women's rights is intensifying across latin america more on that stay with us. for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways ally the weather's looking set

fare for japan over the next couple of days largely clear skies never got a little area of high pressure just pushing back cloud out of the way just squeezing the west to weather away from the eastern side of the country so 13 celsius in tokyo fan not it warm up nicely as we go on and see where the states and 90 degrees at that stage ok this little bit of snow on the other side of the mountains for a time pushing up into cairo but even that will gradually ease by the end of wednesday fun and dry across the korean peninsula know the positron in looking at central and southern parts do see some rather wet weather with the possibility some localized flooding in some rather heavy showers there just pushing into more than possibly at nama over the next day or so could see some heavy showers to just making the way towards the philippines over the next couple of days indonesia continues to see some more heavy showers borneo sings and wet weather down towards java as well it looks very unsettled at all subtlety when to strengthen as we see some showers just drifting across the by a single into a tunnel now to be

a shower or 2 into a western parts of india as well just around carola for a time further north it's generally thought into line more warm sunshine coming through choice of the west the disturbances spilling out to pakistan as we go through wednesday pushing into northern parts of india. sponsible qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian global community when i don't have all the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are and where be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are who would love to heat a new in the to be part of today's discussion this dream on out is there a. welcome

back recap our top stories here this hour former brazilian president very soon as we look at the silver set for a political comeback a supreme court judge as an old his conviction for corruption the decision restores his right to contest next year's presidential election. senegalese opposition leader months longer was calling for large scale peaceful protests he addressed supporters after being charged with rape and released on bail sancho's arrest triggered the worst on record in years we've got these 8 people dead. and activists in myanmar say hundreds of protesters who have been called in by security forces in young gone have finally been allowed to leave earlier the u.n. expressed grave concern for their safety at least 3 people were killed in rallies on monday. now fully vaccinated americans can gather with other vaccinated people

indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing that's according to new guidelines from health officials the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention is also advising fully vaccinated people they don't need to quarantine if coming into contact with someone who's positive they can also visit unvaccinated people who are at a low risk from coronavirus and the gallagher joins us live now from miami and so what more can you tell us about these new c.d.c. guidelines. for these essential they are quite long awaited guidelines but let's give you a snapshot of what's going on in the u.s. at the moment something like 30000000 or so people have been vaccinated that's hovering between 9 and 10 percent of the population of course we need to get to about 40 percent before we get to that magic herd immunity so this is very specific advice for those that have been fully vaccinated in the words if i had both shots and waited the appropriate time so we're talking about here are elderly members of

the population people who perhaps haven't seen their families for the last 12 months remember the. having been allowed to visit for instance long to care facilities so for these people this is a boon this is extremely welcome news because this will help that mental condition they can reconnect with their families but there are some caveats if they are going to visit their families it has to be local only c.d.c. says their advice is not to travel also if they're out in public they still need to social distance and wear masks because the science behind these vaccines is not completely yet known it doesn't know if these people can still spread it 19 despite the fact that they have been vaccinated but these guidelines have been a long time coming i think for those that have been isolated in a way for their families for such a long time this is extremely welcome news to under gallica life for us there in miami florida and we thank you. 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 and 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 the head of the u.s. central command general kenneth mckenzie he says his government will continue protecting the saudi arabia the last wave of attacks even before that we have done a number of things to help the defense of saudi arabia and you'll understand i can't go into those and you'll understand that for operational reasons but we continue to help saudi arabia defend itself we haven't backed away from that promise and i think we've been very helpful to them very close to war with iran because of their or their strike on the al assad air base we negotiated our way through that through that very dangerous period of time i think right now there were again in the spring of 2021 we do have an opportunity to find

a political way forward. the u.s. is granting temporary protected status to venezuelan migrants living there the decision could help around 320000 people and follows up on election promises made by president biden his administration says it's working to coordinate international pressure against venezuelan president nicolas maduro to hold free and fair elections so let's bring in vanessa newman she's a former venezuelan american diplomat who served as a consultant to the state department on latin america she joins us via skype from new york but it's a good to have you with us here on al-jazeera how significant is this temporary protected status and what does it mean for the thousands of venezuelans who fled their country to come to the u.s. . thank you very much for having me on it's it's absolutely critical and divide us well and that's great celebrating because it represents a shift from the relationship with the trump presidency with to the relationship with the biden presidency a month but as far as an absolute collapse you have something like 90 percent of

that has fallen within the country have food insecurity meaning that they women stand on line for 10 hours just to find food to eat and then when they when they when they at the exit if they have worn from going to sweat it will be the biggest migration exit is in the world it's going to surpass your area by the end of this year so the fact that the state department head down to this today on the international day of woman's day it is significant because that women are have are so greatly impacted and basically we already have a goal to have over $7000000.00 refugees by the end of this year so biden is giving the example he has said he will not have i don't know presidency so he is giving the example that step one you need to address the humanitarian crisis and to be consistent you need to protect the people who have fled this humanitarian crisis and entered the united states yes and that's an important point to make but according to the u.n. over 4000000 venezuelans have left their country to escape poverty hunger brutal

repression from the madeira government are we likely to see much more many more venezuelans trying to get to the u.s. under this biden policy shift. well we don't know the t.p.s. permission is very very clear that it is temporary protected status applies to the people who have who are here in the united states you know and this is their main residence so the takes them from be illegal to be illegal basically so these are people who have entered the united states are here already are trying to work they can't work there were in this diplomatic limbo the other issue with honest what is that the men who are regime has not the issuance of passports so would that is also a an electoral royce's electoral both sides here that the mother over she doesn't want the best for the diaspora to be able to vote or exercise it citizenship rights and the only way they give you a passport is basically they behave like an organized criminal organization you have to bribe them and it's thousands of dollars ok so desperate text digs it

allows also will buy and granted these marriage these citizens these bennis whelan's. it gives them a country they have been made stateless by motherhood oh and the u.s. to say kingdom it and one day if they become u.s. citizens it will also definitely more of us voters and they won't forget this thank you joe biden here just a final thought here vanessa what does all of this mean in terms of how the biden administration will shape its policy on venezuela going forward would it be looking for regime change something that the trumpet ministration failed to achieve. right well they're they they are looking definitely for enter the dictatorship and that's what that they are definitely look at and they have made this very clear they're not dropping the sanctions they are looking however for a political solution they're not there the rhetoric coming out of the biden administration and we knew this from even before the swearing in from what they had said and they can't pay and on the nominees that have since become you know a bit of a floor and biden's cabinet that they need to that they are going to put

a lot of pressure for the parties to come together to have a negotiated solution and for the international community to ramp up the pressure for a negotiated solution to get to a free and fair elections the biden path to democracy in venice for that which is a former regime change that speak clear because we're changing from a dictatorship is through fear free and fair elections so the minute a regime ok if they want the sanctions have to agree to these elections and international observers from this i mean really good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera thank you thank you very much for having me. 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 argentine capital but as i was activists were out on the streets calling for an end to violence against women wings groups that say the government doesn't do enough to combat from inside the country needless to boredom last december to his abode has more now from

the argentine capital. right here in front of argentina's congress where thousands of people have gathered to denounce the finance against women in argentina women rights groups are saying that women it's nearly 6 every 29 hours in argentina so far this year over 50 years i think that's why they're pushing for the government to have what they say is a gender emergency you know women here are carrying the frankford care that you can see here that greets me when i'm a nurse or not 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 have been in argentina that many women end up being hospitalized because of that and that's why legalizing abortion in this country christian women. face in about 14 argentina

with a huge victory and rights groups like this people here are saying much more needs to have been ignored or to save women's lives. thousands of women's rights campaigners i've also been rallying in chile a latin america editor on the scene human has more now from santiago. 0. rather it hits right a dangerous the 2nd wave of covert 19 could keep these women at home tens of thousands of. others to the streets to mark international limits both to celebrate and to mourn. the biggest triumph perhaps is that it has succeeded in pressuring the political status quo into accepting gender parity in the upcoming constitutional assembly elections which will have the power to rewrite the magna carta. there are so many women running for office for many years to come

situational delegates it's incredible the empowerment of women and their decision to take the bull by the horns but there's still a long long way to go in chile 46 percent of fathers don't pay child support and domestic violence has increased dramatically as thousands of women and children some with babies marched to demand stronger laws to protect their rights riot police began spraying water cannons. sending the crowd flee. i don't know what started this but now a lot of the people have stopped running and they're vowing to go back and they're going to read the riot police they say they're not be intimidated at least of one of the women that. abortion is another key demand in the last country in the americas to legalize divorce. it seems that the more that women demand respect to any quality the more often they are being murdered a new u.n. report in fact indicates that latin america is

a region in the world with the highest number of spin the sides per capita and that is why a lot of women here and in the region are demanding that feminist emergency be declared. israeli forces stormed a woman's. number of them were reportedly arrested as i celebrated culture. today we were planning to celebrate. palestinian place not allowed to wear palestinian traditional dresses they found a palestinian flag and went bizerk. members of congress are reviewing recommended security changes at the nation's capitol building proposals on details in a report about the security failings exposed on john or the 6 when approach bridge the halls of congress. has more. to security experts who watched the january 6th riot at the capitol memories of the 2012 attacks on u.s.

embassies in tunisia and sudan came to mind my draw jaw dropped because of the fact that it happened to see. people in the united states doing this is opposed to what happens overseas keith used to this is president a fabrication designs inc a manufacturing firm that makes reinforced doors and windows for u.s. government buildings his products were not installed at the capitol where a mob successfully broke through using their fists and a flagpole that allowed them to enter through the through the openings of the glass and if you really felt the need to be stronger perimeter the nonpartisan task force charged with reviewing security after the capitol breach agrees its report recommends reinforcing doors and windows the deployment of mobile fencing and retractable barriers the hiring of more than $800.00 capitol police officers and

a more efficient decision making process for security leadership in a crisis more than 5000 national guard troops remain protecting the nation's capital a jarring sight for americans who are unaccustomed to seeing their military at work outside of natural disasters or foreign wars but these troops will eventually go home the plan is to replace them with a rapid response team of local guardsmen who could deploy to the capital at the 1st sign of trouble and after the suspension of 6 cap. total police officers for their alleged role in supporting rioters on january 6th background checks are recommended for all identification card holders who work at the capitol of people are going to be here protecting us we'd like them to go through the same background checks and security assessments 2 months after the riot the so-called people's house still stands behind barbed wire and armed guards security experts say the u.s.

capitol can return to its normal look we do it either with additional concrete and steel or we do it with laminated and polycarbonate glass. or you know the euro or that that's right but also all of that can be hidden the cost of the security recommendations run hundreds of millions of dollars and some members of congress have already baulked at the price but included in the report is a warning the threat from domestic extremists is growing and the need to arm a robust defense is urgent heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. talk a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera former brazilian president lisa last year a new notice over a set for a political comeback.