since the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in japan caused a massive tsunami taking 18000 lives and igniting the world's worst nuclear crisis since the chernobyl disaster join us as we revisit those most affected in a series of reports on al-jazeera. protesters in myanmar as launch a city of young gone are allowed to leave after a tense standoff and violent crackdown overnight. oh there i am however he didn't and this is al-jazeera why from doha also coming up a judge in brazil clears former president lula da silva of corruption paving the way for a possible return to politics. calls for peaceful protests in senegal after the

release of opposition leader it was months on gold. and a global shortage of microchips highlights have a monopoly on production is hurting high tech industries around the world. but 1st sacks of us in myanmar say hundreds of protesters who have been cornered by security forces in young have finally been allowed to leave earlier people for us and the un expressed grave concern for their safety security forces were raising homes in young gone on monday nights searching room by room for protesters and demonstrators staged their 1st nighttime protests defying a nationwide curfew at least 3 people were killed in rallies on monday and as the military crackdown intensifies 5 independent media organizations have been stripped

of their licenses meanwhile malaysia's high court has a load rights groups to challenge the deportation all of myanmar nationals more than a fellow some people were sent back to myanmar in february including asylum seekers well scott heiler is following all of those developments and joins us now from bangkok in thailand scott let's start with the situation inside myanmar what more can you tell us about what's been happening over night. well and now we know that all those protesters who were corralled held up by security forces overnight they have all been able to go to leave but it was a tense stand up as you said this is part of the stepped up intimidation campaign by security forces in myanmar throughout the day there are protests in yangon in this neighborhood of yangon central yang gone on monday and then toward the end of the day they corralled this this group of about $200.00 young protesters and then

pretty much prevented them from leaving and that drew international concern calls for freedom of passage lasted well into the early morning hours and then the police force and security forces took a step back and they were able to leave but what's very concerning is when we see some of these images some of this video that was shot and distributed through social media they were throwing stun grenades they were taking shots at some of the buildings live fire shots at some of the buildings so they were trying to track down where those protesters went and even taking a step further the security forces said anyone who was hiding those protesters who they were seeking could also be punished so this is something again we're seeing this kind of stepped up. intimidation campaign a crackdown at the protest as we saw another deadly day in monday so this is all part of that trying to intimidate those protesters and those behind the movement the social disobedience movement but as we're seeing today tuesday they are still coming out across me and mark and scott the military rule on press freedom within

the country tell us more about the media outlets that have lost their recent licenses. yeah these are 5 media outlets that have been very active. during this protest period since the coup on february 1st very important way that protesters and the outside world has been able to get messages and information and images of what's been happening inside myanmar so now that they're ban the me and my government banning them obviously that's going to be a challenge for them inside the country but with social media and other ways of getting the word out they will still be able to do that even though they're officially banned and then also that going outside the country the still be able to get their information out but yes it's a step by the military gotten to try to again silence what's going on in the streets and. this is somewhat related to the situation but across in malaysia i have significant would you say this development is this court case. after all the

thousands or so people who were affected by the ruling of already been deported. right how they're not going to be able to come back from myanmar back into malaysia but what it does show a couple of things one is there there are still about 150 asylum seekers still in malaysia that now because of this court hearing because of this the advancement of one of the process they will be sent back it's prevented that the immigration department can send them back to myanmar but what is that what's even bigger than that is that. civil civil groups civil defense groups those who are working for asylum seekers and refugees inside malaysia have a word now when it comes to the way they can challenge what the immigration department does in previous times they weren't allowed to do that they couldn't do that this court case today this court hearing today now allows them to challenge

moves by the immigration department so that is a step in the right direction if you will if you are part of those groups those non-governmental organizations so that's a step in that group and that way for those groups there's also going to be another hearing in 2 weeks kind of furthering this situation but again as you said it's not going to get those 1000 plus people back but it's setting a good president for those moving forward cases like this moving forward and for those 10150 people who are facing who are still trying to seek asylum in malaysia ok there bring is the very latest on that moving situation joining us from bangkok scott thank you very much indeed let's turn now to other new the brazilian former presidents luis suva is set for what's been described as a sensational political comeback his conviction on corruption charges has been a no by a supreme court judge the decision restores his rights to contest next year's

presidential election monaco yet the you not give house more from rio de janeiro. recently. i was leading the polls and $28.00 team the left wing political leader would have probably been elected brazil's president for the 3rd time had not been convicted on corruption charges and banned from running now less back in the political scene as the country faces its worst moment in the kobe 1000 pandemic and he poses a serious threat to right wing president jay bill so narrow in next year's elections . that it's good news that comes at the right time because the political situation in the country is so dire to put up a cafe here i would not believe a politician who has already been arrested for corruption and i don't think lula is the right person to run our country. has always said that he was wrongly convicted

and imprisoned he says the bribery money laundering in corruption charges were part of a scheme to strip him of his political rights after years of judicial battle a supreme court judge on monday an old licken fiction's against. the decision has nothing to do with the law as innocence or guilt the supreme court judge argued that the former president had been tried in the southern city of quote egypt when he should have been tried in the capital brasilia. it may be a technicality but one that could be shaped brazil's political and judicial landscape the fact is that lula can now run for the presidency and he still has the support of half of brazil's voters according to a recent poll some of them took to the streets to celebrate and to protest against what they call president bows and arrows mishandling of the pandemic. 7 reacted on twitter saying be an element of the charges proves he has always been right. accuse

the supreme court judge of acting on behalf of the workers' party and. brazil's political divisions deepening in the midst of a deadly pandemic monica and i give all jazeera rio de janeiro. senegalese opposition leader is calling for peaceful demonstrations following his release on monday at least 10 people died during the process against his arrest for alleged rape charges president's maki solace also appealing for calm nicholas hock reports from dhaka. a night of celebration after days of protests. there he is released on bail to spend some go addresses the nation in this press conference by his side are leading figures of senegalese opposition. the people are sending us politicians a message no matter convictions or beliefs we have

a dysfunctionality to unite the show and bring back politics to its noble cause you presenting the people. several people died in scores were injured after he was arrested over rape charges his supporters believe the case is politically motivated . the presence of the military did not deter demonstrators nor did the tear gas nor the police dressed in civilian clothes will the baseball bats restricting the internet to did not stop the hash tag 3 senegal from trending. hundreds if not thousands of people are gathering here still the flying the security forces who are farming tear gas there's a sense among supporters. that when the end detention it's a victory for them and a reminder through the government that they're accountable not to big business in corporations but to the people. demonstrators looted supermarkets accusing

president mikey cell of failing the country's poor by protecting big business interests. after days of protests he finally addressed the nation realizing that the demonstrations were not just about who's months but about many senegalese feeling disenfranchised. their generation faced with so many hardships its verses on happiness is quite understandable to me at the same time let's avoid participating in anything that the laser's in the quest for a better future when you're insecure business when you would take the goods of others you don't create jobs or you destroy them you don't reduce poverty you make it worse. the president extended the coronavirus curfew until midnight to allow small shop owners longer business hours but for many the protests are not just about the economic crisis or politics but about defending senegal's

a long standing tradition of democracy and freedom values protesters say are worth fighting for the cliff hawk algis the right to car. says iran's government has signed a peace deal with opposition groups the agreements in kenya includes a cease fire which will put an end to years of violence between the governments and in the lines of opposition movements nearly 4 $100000.00 people have been killed and at least $4000000.00 displaced in the 7 years civil war inside sit on fictions of convicted congolese military chief bosco untangle and have been awarded a record $30000000.00 in compensation by the international criminal courts. was sentenced see 30 years in prison 2900 for murder rape and other atrocities committed in the democratic republic of congo took on that doesn't have the money

to pay the reparations so the tribunals trust funds has been asked to finance programs to support fixin's. the presidents of ivory cool stars appointed an interim prime minister despite concerns about the results of saturday's parliamentary elections both the governing party and main opposition are claiming victory even though incomplete official figures are still slowly coming outs the opposition is also alleging widespread fraud which the government rejects. still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s. issues a long way guidance for those who've been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus . and civil rights league popular we take a look at iran's the tamil and for translated western support.

we got something of a change in the weather on the way across a europe over the next couple of days we are going to see 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 that 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 also as an all faced we have this weather system making its way further south what's in the east was cooler at talking about hard monist on the top temperature in moscow there's that mahler air that whets 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 a little covering a snow dusting of snow to into the dark house more heavy showers central 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 make its way across scotland wales and all in this make our way through our weather stay with more rain there the friends. frank assessments the well there's an agreement strong that. moral failure is that a fair assessment you can be catastrophic. to twice and valuable back saying 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 school ople headlines the inside story. why the army or the way you know

all. this is al jazeera could try to over top stories this hour hundreds of protesters who had been cornered by security forces in myanmar as marjah city of finally being allowed to leave police raided homes overnight in and gone and demonstrators brought curfew to continue protesting a brazilian supreme court judge as an old the criminal convictions against former leftist presidents to be seen as you would do that a silver the move for them out of the popular politician to be able to run in next year's presidential election and senegalese opposition leader was one song call is calling for peaceful demonstrations following his release on monday at least 10

people died during the protests against his arrest on alleged rape charges. i fully vaccinated americans can gather together indoors without swearing a mask or social distancing that's according to new guidance from health officials the u.s. centers for disease control is also advise and fully vaccinated people they don't need to quarantine if coming into contact with someone who's tested positive but the c.d.c. says restrictions can only be fully lifted once most people in the u.s. are vaccinated and gallacher has more from miami. where 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 be appropriate time so what we're talking about here are more elderly members of the population people who perhaps aren't seen their families for the last 12 months remember people who haven't been allowed to visit for instance long term care facilities so for these people this is a boon this is extremely welcome news because this will help their 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 covered 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. the death toll from a series of explosions and i could see real guinea on sunday has risen to 98 when

600 people were injured in the powerful blasts that ripped buildings apart in the city of bazza officials say the explosions at a military base were caused by improperly stored dynamite's along with stubble burning by nearby farmers saudi state media say the country's air defenses have intercepted another attack from yemen saudi arabia's patriot missiles to catch an explosive drone heading towards the city of homs mashallah it's the area who sets a number of military bases and has been targeted before by hoofy rebels cross border attacks and increase in the past week for the head of u.s. central command general can affect kenzie's says they'll continue protecting saudi arabia. the last wave of attacks and 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 though again in the spring of 2021 we do have an opportunity to find a political way forward on the ground in yemen's government forces and he finds his have been locked in fierce battles that city of tire ease here you can see the government troops firing on his positions yemeni media says the rebels are forced to retreat with a facings taking a heavy toll on civilians in the area. libya's house of representatives is used to resume consultations on whether it's been dorsey answer in unity government it confirms the cabinets of prime minister designate it's up to jaime to they that it will replace the 2 rival administrations in the east and west of libya solomon towns until march 24th to make a decision. benders of the u.s.

congress are reviewing major security changes recommended for the capitol building the proposals come from the reports on the security failures that happens on january 6th when approved more breached the halls of congress. has this report. 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 or 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 of 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 it really felt a 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 says. vention of 6 capitol 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. or we do it with laminated and polycarbonate glass. or you know the doors of that robot up there 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 hi joe castro al-jazeera washington. a global shortage of semiconductor chips is hurting high tech industries from the makers of game consoles to cars compliments are reports in production delays of up to 1000000 vehicles and the problem has highlighted the dominance of 2 of the world's leading chip makers taiwan and south korea from a bride reported snow from seoul. between them south korea and taiwan have a near monopoly on the world's production of processing and memory chips it's a dominance in a strategic commodity that's been developing over years but now making itself felt as the world becomes increasingly technology driven but from here on out it's going to reorder considerably to 8 ships with everything in sight or. it's not. your

electric vehicle if your car's going to have a retreat it's getting old like other car makers this general motors plant outside seoul has been experiencing delays because of a global shortage of chips it's been a wakeup call for many world leaders but the investment of time and money needed to become a chip maker means south korea and taiwan will maintain their lead for years to come it's a global shortage that's been made worse by the pandemic when car factories ramped up production again late last year it coincided with a surge in demand for consumer goods also needing chips and a move towards online activities requiring greater data processing that needs yes ever more chips frank wiring is the founder of one of taiwan's chip manufacturers whose business has grown as the island has come to dominate the sector this is a burning portal with a one point continual so why

a bell in the porch opinion i me state and other you know we're country on this so buying toys in their 2nd largest processor if we have a problem the war or have a problem it's this indispensable that what about right now taiwan's chips are also indispensable to mainland china providing it with the so-called silicon shield against beijing's expansion in the region but also raising the stakes in the increasing comp. tition between china and the u.s. semiconductor is strong power is strong but it's becoming so strong we need to be careful so is a better to keep a neutral because if semiconductor or silicon shield you know distress is being used as a weapon while we're getting off it with the conflict between us and china and that is a dangerous there is the answer is not to get increased action great little. extra

jewelry washington type tried a conflict in competition south korea's and taiwan's production mastery of a tiny component that makes any potential conflict in east asia a matter of global concern rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. tensions between the us and iran don't appear to be going away anytime soon but that doesn't mean iranians aren't interested in reading about the lives of u.s. presidents and 1st ladies some bookstores are full of western titles which are proving surprisingly popular iran isn't a member of the universal copyright conventions on the books are being translated into farsi and published without steele's those consent as a big reports from to her on book lovers students and avid readers all come to central to her and to look for the latest releases and it's here in

a quite back street where one publisher translates western titles. he's just finished his 5th edition of former u.s. presidents barack obama's promised land we do. you know there are severe sanctions laws big american publishers don't get themselves involved in a situation that can be dangerous for them getting involved with the run and risking the sale of millions of copies of their books they say they can't get involved with the running publishes we can't have cultural relations with americans or a financial relationship not even to receive a simple permission stuff here say obama's book was sold out in 2 days people don't like to know about everything that is going on in the world and of course america is one of the important ones so people are interested to know outside on the streets there's an appetite for western titles. i've read hemingway's old man and the sea and now i'm reading tolstoy's resurrection this famous iranian

bookstore has western titles in both english and farsi the books are printed inside the country and not authorized by the original authors or publishes the exception is american academic noam chomsky who iranian publishers say gave permission for his works to be translated and printed you can find books on u.s. president joe biden here michelle obama's becoming and the book and former u.s. president donald trump and fury in farsi consumed by iranians but there is a downside to an authorized publishing especially for authors trying to make a living. british author nick a shock to find out his book the good immigrant had been translated and published after a google that i thought is great has an international reach so what an amazing thing for. what i originally envisaged as a small project but i also thought. that the writers should be compensated

because you know these are all writers who got paid money for the original book and that's kind of the shame of this that we didn't have any say we didn't have any we don't have any say on how it's been translated house remarked the publishers we've spoken to say they'd like to be a part of the copyright convention it would increase translation standards and reduce the number of publishers allowed to print a book but u.s. sanctions mean many companies don't want to engage with iran missing out on reaching a country with a population of more than 80000000 people as big al jazeera the iran. they say is al jazeera and these are the headlines hundreds of protesters he had been cornered by security force there is an a district in manaus largest city have finally been allowed to leave police.