now more than ever the world needs w.-h. and making the healthy a world for you. to everyone. this is al-jazeera. either given al this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes his corruption convictions wiped clean former brazilian president lula da silva prepares to reveal his political plans. but have lost our immunity. but dupion berryman has lost more than that exiled catalan separatists denounced

politicians after being exposed to potential prosecution in spain where inside one of the hospitals in the occupied west bank overwhelmed by covert 19 patients turning people away. also few signs of a new chapter in the u.s. around relations by that's not stopping american book titles flying off to iran's shelves. and on peace table with all the sports more reports out of japan suggest overseas fans won't be able to attend the olympics this year and on the eve of a meeting by lympics chiefs another test event is cancelled in turkey because of a coronavirus pandemic. after spending more than 3 years as a political cost including time in prison brazil's popular former president is poised for a comeback a supreme court judge's thrown out lewis and also alluded to silva's corruption convictions now that leftist leaders supporters are wondering if he'll challenge

right wing president jaya both in auto and next year's elections of more on this let's go straight to al-jazeera is more likely not to have who is in rio de janeiro monaco so how did this happen. well there was a really it was a surprise decision it's been something that has been. has been put forth many years by lewis defense team they basically said that he could not be judged in the city where he was judged which is in the southern part of brazil and that that court that tribunals that court is headed by was headed at the time by judges. who later became both. justice minister but at the time was the prison leading the whole car wash scandal investigation and he wanted to bring down.

that became evident in another scandal called the carwash leaks were conversations were linked between people working for the justice system and it was obvious that they did want to put the former president behind bars now having said that that doesn't mean that it's in the center of the charges it just means that he would have to be tried again in another court which would be in brasilia of the capital so everything is like on a limbo right now because it's. everybody's waiting to hear what law has to say in one or 2 hours whether he's going to promise to come and make a comeback in the 2021 elections or not to. which is the president was elected campaigning against was. has still has support despite the mishandling of the pandemic and so yesterday some

people went out on the streets to celebrate. this decision although there are very few because brazil is in a lockdown as you can see when we talked. when we were on the streets yesterday. the reason nasa. 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 jalal so narrow in next year's elections well it's good news that comes at the right time because the political situation in the country is so dire but i think if any and 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 a null licken fiction's against. the decision has nothing to do with the lolas 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 one that could be shaped resumes 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 recent home some of them took to the streets to celebrate and to protest against the home president bows and arrows

mishandling of the pandemic. 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 brazil's political divisions deepening in the midst of a deadly pandemic so well now we're now we're waiting for a lot just big because a lot has not been speaking so far he just he just tweeted and his lawyers did say that all doubt although justice is be a right i mean a lot finally they recognized that he had been tried in the wrong place harm was already done so we're going to listen now in a couple of hours to what level have to say i thank you for that like an arc of the law for us in rio de janeiro and we will be taking that live as soon as spicks.

well let's look at some of the key dates and this rise and fall showing us time in office between 232011 he said the benefits of an economic boom to lift millions out of poverty back then he was known as the leader of the poor then came operation call off which swept up loot and other latin american leaders he was given a 12 year sentence and 20 a team for corruption and money don't bring this will come out of that year's election which was won by current president john abell phenomenal then after serving 18 months and it was released when the supreme court ruled his imprisonment was unlawful until all of pales were exhausted geoffrey robertson is one of the lawyers who helped get them his convictions overturned this decision which sounds a bit technical or is in fact quite fundamental we simply tried it in the wrong place in the place to run by his enemies who were out to put him in prison

and not in the proper court so that does leak at the moment of course the government is appealing it but the judge is a respected independent. and is is in the staff and will pave the way. probably when he makes the select good because he has the. support. that can go in really poor people who love him because of his worthless president years ago when he dragged some 20000000 of them out of the direst poverty so he does have that great love and support and he's determined. statements today to do something immediately about the irish crisis. european parliament has stripped 3 catalan independence day does over munity from

prosecution it's a move that said to inflame once again the whole issue of separatism in spain it means the likes o. former presidents push him on to other politicians could be extradited to face charges whose demand is now in self-imposed exile in belgium the trio wanted for their role in organizing the 2017 independence referendum spain's government has welcomed the decision as a victory for the rule of law the former catholic leader spoke shortly after the e.u. parliament vote he said while the matter of extradition lies with a belgian judge the trio will also be fighting the parliament's decision. it is a sad day for european parliament. we have lost our immunity. but dupion parliament has lost more than that and as a result european democracy to. this is a clear case of political persecution and just read the reactions

on the statesman's of crimea in the spanish political leaders including the minister of foreign the 1st this morning the mission of forming a farce for a and their little problem of a spain they say it is really short precious that there is a break strategies and now all european parliament has unfortunately fallen into the strategy. we'll also spoke with clara ponce r.t. one of the catalan members of the european parliament's whose immunity has been lifted she says they all plan to contest any move to have them extradited to spain . these were bullied because actions and the fact that we the broke both tools of our democracy we vote and they a lot they are using their duty should be to prosecute our colleagues our girl it's well enough. that this international and united nations group of people

in the danger and as we did we denounce these aren't we do not read the tensions no well this is the being is for you to go police announce they want to cause more political prisoners and that way they are persecuting but that's not going 2 to solve the whole you can go problem you don't know me and so. spain is proving that they are incapable of managing peace since there is you know just another proof of that. so we knew that in european currents we would be years before and we could be incurred there joe trust found that. they would not be a 3rd. option has been violated from the bed beginning and that's why we got that in european cups to ivory coast now where president and a somewhat odd as governing party has won the parliamentary elections without as r

h d p party has taken 138 of the 255 seats of his party and the main opposition have claimed victory at the opposition says there's been widespread fraud which the government rejects desirous of and interest reports from abidjan. the last 3 contentious. seats have been declared just a few minutes ago on that stage by the by an election official and the seats for you pull gone. and. so from indications now the governing party of president of us will want to as swept more than half the seats in parliament in 5 k. projections that he the party has won $138.00 seats in parliament leaving the rest to the other political parties now this is the official statement so far all the official stands so far and we expect a formal statement from the election commission to tell us how they went about this

so it's almost settled now that the election has been won and lost by their respective political parties. crossness quote was projected to do well because last year when the opposition to the presidential elections. it could be negatively impact on its performance in subsequent elections and this is what is p.c. now right across i because. has more of what's coming up this hour security forces and again crackdown on protesters who defied a nationwide curfew. we take a look at who would get what's from the $1.00 trillion dollars u.s. called the time team relief package. germany's well cup winning coach will quit after the upcoming heroes that's coming up but peter.

senegalese opposition leader is calling for peaceful demonstrations after his release on monday at least 10 people died during protests against his arrest on rape charges the president is also appealing for calm reports from the car. a night of celebration after days of protest i there he is released on bail go addresses the nation in this press conference by his side are leading figures of senegal's opposition. from. the people of sending us politicians a message to our convictions our beliefs we have a sponsor ability to unite the show and bring back politics to its noble cause 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 i wondered 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 of my song that when the end the tension it's. victory for them and a reminder through the government that they're accountable not to big businesses and 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 on co 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 you destroy them you don't reduce poverty you make it worse. the president extended the current of virus 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 a worth fighting for the cliff hawk algis the right to car the death toll from explosions in equitorial guinea on sunday has risen to 98 more than 600 people were

injured in the powerful blasts in the port city of. officials say the explosions at a military base were caused by improperly stored dynamite along with stubble burning in there by farms. south sudan's government has agreed to a peace deal with opposition groups the agreement signed in kenya includes a ceasefire that will put an end to years of violence between the government and an alliance of opposition that's nearly 400000 people have been killed and at least 4000000 displaced in the 7 years civil war in south sudan. military leaders have recalled their country's ambassador to the u.k. after he publicly denounce the coup this comes as a 2nd official with political party it's after being arrested overnight security forces so cause of death is not known the spot another night of violence demonstrators have once again turned out.

the campaign of intimidation reaches new levels in yangon hundreds of young protesters were trapped after they were surrounded by police and myanmar's military in the city's essential district threatening door to door searches they fired guns and use stun grenades as they patrolled warning that anyone hiding protesters would also be punished but. it lasted all night the protesters were finally able to leave in the early morning hours after the security forces pulled out in a rare and risky nighttime gathering protesters in yangon broke curfew went to the streets calling for the release of the others their reports at least 2 dozen were arrested overnight. unfazed by the heavy hand of the security forces across the country protesters came out and faced the continued crackdown just a few hours after the trapped protestors in yangon were finally able to leave since the february 1st coup and advocacy group estimates 800 people have been detained several lawyers have stationed themselves in front of insane prison helping

relatives of those arrested find out if they are inside and if they need a lawyer they say they are dedicated to serving those who have been detained free of charge but also getting information to the families. we are not afraid of people threatening us because we are doing this in accordance with the law and if they do you know this is illegal we are prepared to carry out until the end. in nearby malaysia a court has given rights groups amnesty international and asylum access the right to challenge the deportation of myanmar nationals a big step in the country because its laws often make it difficult to challenge immigration decisions in court 1086 citizens were sent back to me and more on february 23rd it's unlikely they will return to malaysia but it will prevent more than 100 others from being deported the next hearing is in 2 weeks. while it's clear myanmar security forces plan to continue their crackdown the protesters are

also not backing down on the streets. coming out to continue putting pressure on the gentle scot hodler al jazeera. u.s. climate on voice john kerry is in brussels where he's warned the european union and united states must revive their joint efforts on emissions that are on the ground work for the u.n. climate summit. i come here to renew conversations with our friends in europe oh her our cooperation on climate which was extraordinary as we lead up to paris it will have to even be stronger now we face an extraordinary crisis because the science is screaming out of the evidence groans by the year last year again hottest year in history and you go back and trace of all many other indicators.

a surge in coronavirus cases in jordan is forcing the government to roll out new restrictions and on time curfew will be extended and some businesses will have to shelter other measures including school closures and a total lockdown on fridays are already in place more than 7000 covert 19 cases were reported on monday driven by the spread of the more contagious u.k. variant. the u.s. house of representatives is going to vote this week on a covert 19 relief package worth almost 2 trillion dollars it was approved by the senate on saturday now it includes $1400.00 checks to individuals earning less than $80000.00 a year or couples earning less than 160000 the bill has the biggest increase to federal health aid since the obama era affordable care act around $34000000000.00 in subsidies will go to expanding that coverage around $55000000000.00 will be allocated to increasing covert 19 testing the public health workforce and vaccine

distribution of $350000000000.00 will go to state and local governments struggling with huge tax revenue shortfalls i white house correspondent kimberly joins us now from washington d.c. kimberly so is this all systems finally go for this piece of mega legislation. it appears that is the case once there is a passage in the house of representatives if you remember it went through the house it got modified in the senate and now they're going to have some final approval here in the house so it is expected to pass and be signed into law we expect that will happen sometime before thursday evening that's when the president is expected to give a primetime address to talk about the sacrifices that americans have made and this is given the sacrifice is going to help a lot it's going to include $1400.00 direct payments for individuals making under $80000.00 a year so for a family that could mean multiple thousands of dollars this is going to help

americans catch up but it's not going to do is help them get ahead because what's not in this legislation are a couple of things that this white house was hoping for a $15.00 an hour federal minimum wage is one of them and add to that also is the sort of need for jobs to create jobs so that is going to be something that's going to be tackled in the future but for now this is according to the white house going to be welcome relief for the millions of americans that have been struggling for the past year due to the covert 19 epidemic and the downturn in the economy ok so how quickly will this get to the president's desk then. well we're expecting that he is going to sign it into law sometime before this prime time address which we know is scheduled for thursday evening here in the united states and what we expect of the president's going to talk about is kind of how this is going to help americans moving forward but what's

a problem for this white house is that when joe biden came in he promised to unite this divided country and we're not seeing it with this legislation as they had hoped in fact this is going down party lines it's only being supported by democrats not republicans so that challenge still is out there for this president and the reason that they decided not to keep sort of investing capital in trying to get republicans on board as they tried this back in following the 2008 downturn and it didn't really work out for barack obama in fact he wasted so much time many believe trying to get republicans on board that it hurt the legislation and also hurt their efforts to sell it in terms of the credit so they're not wasting time this time given the fact that the situation's pretty dire for millions of americans so they're moving forward with a number of challenges but still celebrating what they see as a win as the president is expected to sign this legislation into law sometime before his address on thursday and time's running out because

a lot of these benefits expire on march 14th so this is certainly in the nick of time if you will going down to the wire thanks for that can we have got there in washington d.c. . hospitals in the occupied west bank a so overwhelmed that turning covered 19 patients away it has more from ramallah we're standing here in one of the main governments of the hospitals dealing with 900 patients and the hospital officials have been telling us that they're turning away tens of patients every day who need medical attention we're here in front of the emergency room and we're seeing patients waiting for their turn to get a room inside this hospital. staff told us that she is a priority when there's a vacancy they would move her immediately i know that they're doing their best given the circumstances. the doctor told us she has to sleep in the hospital but we

can't keep waiting in the corridor my mother in law is tired she's 92 years old people's concerns were confirmed by the palestinian prime minister the fact that the hospitals are very full occupancy even though the government has doubled the i.c.u. the thought of the pandemic that this is left the government with one because those are and more social distancing and wearing masks but people have been this type of spied with the government they say that not only did this government not compensate people for the consecutive closures over the past year but also some of the few 1000 arrived in the occupied west bank have been given to missiles and their families which is raising a lot of concerns among people about the integrity of any future vaccine for a lot of progress much more still ahead this news all why younger women are at more risk of sexual violence and how the pandemic is making it was the w.h.o.

is now announcing a new global report. after a delay the jury selection in the murder trial of derek shelvin will go ahead. and the race for the oldest trophy in international sport. it is about to get underway if you will look ahead to say things americas cup. how high that the weather's looking lousy fought in try across much of the middle east but there is a change on the way if you look a little further north you've got to roll them all cloud just around the black sea around the caspian sea one of 2 showers coming in i may have asked the way you can see that some wet weather just easing across greece that will make its way across turkey as we go through thursday and a good part of the seeing some wet weather and that cloud of rain will just fringe the fog north of syria iraq will see some showers coming into around what's the

weather coming into media georgia and azerbaijan that just around the caucuses just some rain to ensue afghanistan a couple of around 60 degrees celsius but south of that is 5 and dreidels a pleasant sunshine coming through over the next couple of days the sunshine stretches across the whole of africa fight in trial here we have got some showers just brewing up once again around lake victoria but the showers not quite as widespread around the tropics as we go on through the next few days you can see this chain of showers there into northern madagascar well in parts of mozambique still a few showers there into zambia well so weather across the gulf of guinea as we go through the next day or so and the same chain of storms continue as we go on through thursday for thursday that a bit of wet weather for the southern cape but clearing through by the end of the week. it begs well and doesn't require diplomas. that's why so many in macau work for the

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the. the in. the in. your geology is there a reminder about top stories this hour brazil's supreme court has thrown out the criminal convictions of former presidents lewis and also lula da silva ruling paves the way for do that to run at next year's election. e.u. parliament has stripped 3 catalan separatists politicians of immunity from prosecution the former regional leader pushed him out and 2 others wanted by spain for organizing the 2017 independence referendum. made miles but its readers have recall big u.k. ambassador after he publicly denounced the coup and another official of aung sun suu cheez political party don't like to be arrested overnight mind beautiful security forces. devastatingly pervasive and made worse by the pandemic that is

the dire assessment from the biggest report into violence against women which is being released right now the world health organization says one in 3 subjected to physical or sexual violence in their lifetime that's 736000000 women and girls worldwide a quarter of young women who've seen in a relationship will suffer violence at the hands of a partner by their mid twenty's the highest rates of violence are in the poorest countries when they only 40 percent of women are affected and covert 19 has increased women's exposure to violence because of lock downs and disruptions to support services. or more the said speak now to hide his struggle in munich she is the director of the gender violence and health center at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine thank you so much for your time this report one in 3 women subjected to physical or sexual violence and that number is even higher for women and poor countries i don't know about you but when i read that report it just made me so sad that i guess probably the same for many women because it's not all

it's not that shocking is that this is a lived reality for so many women how did you feel when you read this report. i was involved in you know the initial creation after data and i think you are certainly remember that behind every woman and every statistics you see that it is you know a life person arrested students but also family their children who are affected so and as you are it's been incredibly sad a crowded unnatural also been said because you don't really see the changes over the last decades and these numbers to seem to and what you stated same you know that was the other thing that struck me the levels of intimate partner violence haven't changed in so many many years why is that. but i think we fortunately we do have because of their and it's about that issue so that was one of 2 things about the report that we actually had data from 161 countries

don't lie to have conduct that race around the prevalence of an intimate partner violence that event as it's increasingly dare i think what it's missing is really the action from the side of governments to really implement the programs we now know that we work to prevent violence against women and girls so it is a political commitment and you know a decision to put the financial resources into this to support women's movements and to will change the laws and improve gender equality ok so once you have the money to put into these programs how do we change these numbers there is such a deep rooted system isn't there of not believing women or or even that this kind of violence is ok some women themselves believe this violence is ok because maybe it's their husband or their boyfriend so so how do you begin to to change all of that. i think what is needed is a big systemic change in the economic and social inequalities dead women face i mean we know that secondary education for example for women is preventing violence

against women and girls it's also been in being able to have proper labor but also very keen against social norms to you know approve of lying and spoils and that kind of country but also on an individual level we know that we have to start really early in childhood to run childhood violence which is a huge dick to articulate to violence force for a change an experienced if you have to tackle substance abuse that it created a lot of areas really very can go into which actually would also help us to meet other sustainable development goals not only that elimination of violence and i guess also you know if these statistics and your numbers say they're much much worse for women or much worse for women poor countries then then talk me through how the systemic economic inequality plays into this it seems like it's an epidemic of sexual and physical violence against women. one of the problems i think colbert

19 showed us quite a lot about it is a girl struck out of secondary education and basically you know what barnacle 2. to 2 men kind of you know talking their mother and you know i like they had a lot of teenage pregnancies. women after natalie written leaves a piece of partner so they might into relationships that are harmful to the trials that don't have any impact at their economic means and to kind of sustain themselves or their family so do so some of the examples or you know they you know substance abusers and that kind of issue that kind of traps them introduce relationships that if you don't meet them to leave and then after it's also they don't actually get any services that would allow them to get help to end to these relationships and. thank you so much for your diet also i think you will have to

leave it there for time my apologies thank you thank you for your work as well heidi stockwell there in munich thank you. a judge in the u.s. city of minneapolis will start selecting a jury in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing george floyd 3 weeks have been set aside to choose 12 jurors in a case which caused a global outcry the process was due to start on monday but was delayed while lawyers for the officer pushed last minute appeals for died in may there are kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes correspondent john hendren is in minneapolis. john so george ford's death revitalize the black lives movement globalise so many people were so so angry so what challenges does the court face now in jury selection. well the city of minneapolis and indeed the united states and the world is really bracing for this trial because it could have such a dramatic impact just as the death of george floyd did setting off protests here

in minneapolis and across the u.s. and in other countries as well what's happening right now is jury selection has begun today that was paused a day ago because the judge a had to reconsider a 3rd degree murder charge derek show from the police officer who knelt on the neck of george floyd before for about 9 minutes in the end floyd was dead after a battle with the court here is going to decide 2 things did the police officer cause that death and where there are other factors involved did he intend to and so they've got several charges they're considering they're not considering 1st degree murder that's premeditated and intentional that means you walk in knowing you're going to murder somebody that there are considering 2nd degree murder that is an intent i'm sorry intentional but not premeditated and now the judge is considering

whether to consider 3rd degree murder which is not necessarily premeditated or intentional but so egregious that it rises above the charge of manslaughter and so they're questioning the jurors and the big issue here is racial balance this is a city that's about 20 percent black but juries in the united states draw from counties in the larger county is 10 percent black so there's going to be less representation from the african-american community most likely and that can be a problem in the case of the rodney king beating in los angeles they moved the trial because of the publicity which was similar to the publicity in this case to a mostly white suburb that affected the makeup of the jury the officers were acquitted in that set off of riots throughout los angeles and across the and i. it states in vats what they don't want here in minneapolis that's the threat so they're taking 3 weeks they're going to come up with 12 jurors and 3 or 4 alternate jurors as well and the issue here is everybody involved knows that this has

dramatic potential to infect the entire country even places beyond the united states and they are trying to make this as transparent as possible so that they don't set off riots but ultimately the answer is in the hands of 12 jurors who will decide whether or not terri chauvin and in a separate case if 3 other officers are guilty of killing george floyd ok thank you for that john hendren there in minneapolis. members of the u.s. congress are reviewing changes recommended for the capitol building the proposal comes from reports on the security failures that happened on january 6th that's when supporters solve the former president breached the halls of congress as joe castro reports from washington d.c. . 2 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 i'd 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. 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 and steel or we do it with laminated and polycarbonate glass. or you know the north 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 that threat from domestic extremists is growing and the need to arm a robust defense is urgent hi joe castro al-jazeera washington saudi state media say the kingdoms defenses have intercepted another attack from yemen its missiles reportedly took out an explosive drone heading toward the city of qom shit the area hosts a number of military bases and has been targeted before by who the rebels the head of the u.s. central command general kenneth mackenzie says his forces will 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 when you 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 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 inside the yemeni government forces into the forces have been locked in battles now the city of tire is here you can see the government troops firing on pretty positions yemeni media say the rebels were forced to retreat but the violence is taking a heavy toll on civilians in the area. workers a pumping oil wells of a chinese fishing boat that ran aground off the coast of marie the vessel was

carrying 130 tons of oil when it had a coral reefs near the capital on sunday it was a small spill it 1st the whole remained intact it should take 5 days to empty and towed the ship away it's the 2nd ship wreck in the racists in less than a year in july a tanker ran aground and spilled 1000 tons of fuel a global shortage of semiconductor chips is hurting high tech industries from the makers of game consoles to cars also plants are reporting production delays solve up to 1000000 vehicles and the problem is highlighted the dominance of 2 of the world's leading chip makers taiwan and south korea abroad reports 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 in your cars it'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 wang 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 continual sub why a bell in the porch opinion of the state and other your 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 taiwan is strong but it's becoming so strong in a so we need to be careful so is the better to keep a neutral because if semiconductor or silicon shield you know distress is being used as a weapon one way of getting off it with it was the conflict between us the in china

and that is the dangerous there it. is actually getting increased region great little importance it has it thanks to drury washington beijing in taipei 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 seoul. coming up next in sports christiana ronaldo and his team of what to do the fed reached the quarterfinals of the champions league he said look so the chances.

that sport has paid him to get so much they are fresh reports out of japan that overseas spectators won't be allowed to attend this use a number games in tokyo the country's kyoto news agency says the government has decided to ban friends from abroad to prevent the spread of coronavirus games organizers will hold a meeting with official. from the international olympic committee this week and a formal decision is expected at the end of the month the agency is also reporting that the torch relay will begin behind closed doors on march 25 it all comes as the international gymnastics federation canceled its all around world cup event which was to take place in tokyo on may 4th the competition would also have acted as a qualifier and test event for this year's games the 20 $900.00 world championships

would instead be used to determine extra entries into the individual all around competitions. germany's world cup winning national football coach york in live will step down after the upcoming european championship love took over the job after the 2006 world cup and led the germans to the 2014 title along the way he has also won the fifo confederations cup and reached the semifinals at least in 4 major tournaments the euros are set to take place in june and july. eventers will need to overturn a 21 deficit later if we're to reach the quarter finals of the u.a.e. for champions league they'll go into the 2nd leg of their last 16 tie with porto trailing from the opening tie they were eliminated in the last 16 of the competition last season cristiana rinaldo is set to return to the starting line up after being rested for much of last week and you various coach says the 5 time

champions league winner is fired up for tuesday's game moderation to be and it was the screen and good use of the matches he loves to play he's proved it over all these years is charged up he managed to rest a bit these past few days we had planned his workload after the match against betts here and he works very well and when there are matches like this he just cannot wait to play. also coming up on tuesday about a year dortmund are hosting spanish club sivia dortmund hold a $32.00 advantage after the 1st leg 20 year old sensation erling holand scored twice in that victory the norwegian is the top scorer in this year's competition with 8 goals so far bad news for sylvia is that the german club are on and 6 a game unbeaten run at home although they did lose in the last 16 in each of the last 2 champions league seasons it's enough money. to be able to survive this round would make his incredibly proud because we haven't reached the quarterfinals for 2 years i think it's motivation enough for everyone to try to continue in the champions league we have to be prepared for everything and we will be the former

president of african football ahmed has had his 5 year ban from the sport reduced to 2 years by the court of arbitration for sport it was banned in november for misusing caps finances for his own benefit while there is might be welcome by the man from madagascar it's still rules him out of running in caps presidential elections later this week instead the path is clear for south africa's patrice more to pay to take over the owner of 2016 champions league winners mobility sundowns is now the only man remaining in the race after all of his opponents with true in the last few days before owning sundance made his name in the mining industry in his home country the race for the oldest trophy in international sport finally gets underway later in new zealand as sailings america's cup begins racing was delayed by 4 days because of a coronavirus lockdown in all and but now defending champions team new zealand will

go up against challenges alluna ross in the best of 13 contest team in new zealand skipper believes it will be a tight competition between the 2 teams you know it's been a pretty incredible campaign you know obvious it is. i mean a lot of supposed changes going along especially with the covert environment you know not being out of the warm up of your mix touched on you know in a lot of different. situations getting thrown at us but you know i think at the end of the day you know we're here now on to mars the day we're you know it's exciting and you know we actually get to go right in front of a room we know there for us because we say is there more than 2 months ago in which we saw them. a few weeks ago it is the american and english but. i don't know i don't i think is too is to live for me i don't know the crystal ball in the n.f.l.

the dallas cowboys have agreed the richest contract in club history with quarterback back prescott before your contract features a guaranteed $126000000.00 and an n.f.l. record $66000000.00 signing bonus this makes the 27 year old the 2nd highest paid quarterback in the league behind patrick my homes dallas will be hoping prescott can lead them to a 1st super bowl title since $9095.00. that's all sports news more coming up again later q thank you for that peter. a tension between the u.s. and iran doesn't appear to be garbled anywhere anytime soon but that doesn't mean iranians aren't interested in reading about the lives of u.s. presidents and 1st ladies iran is a member of the universal copyright convention so the books are being translated into 5 c. and published without the author's consent as a big reports from tehran book lovers students and avid readers all come to centers to rant 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 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 found out his book could immigrant have been translated and published after google and that i thought is great has an international reach one amazing thing for. what i originally envisaged as a small project but i also thought. that the writers should be compensated because these 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 so many we didn't have any we don't have any say on how it's been translated house remarked to 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 a big al-jazeera the iran well that is the news hour here on al-jazeera don't go away just a few minutes i'll have much more news for you is that all things said about an.

jump into the story there is a lot going on in this. global community when i talk of all the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are aware that be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there is 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 hear to be part of today's discussion this dream on out is there a. one in 3 brazilian women is a victim of domestic abuse it seems every day a woman dies and he just becomes a statistic but some of broken away from the cycle of violence it's not easy to move you have to ask for help and inspired others to turn their lives around i call

the straw hat program the dream program my life changed after the course it gave me opportunities for my business women make change on al-jazeera. decades ago manila was called the pearl of the orient the manila metropolitan theater was once a testament to the city's grandeur but decades later the theater has become a symbol of moneyless to katie now the philippine government is changing their government buildings the universities and monasteries were just some of the many structures that were destroyed in manila during world war 2. but rebuilding a life and a city from scratch has proven difficult and some experts say manila has never truly recover it.

corruption charges against brazil's former president lula da silva thrown out by the country's highest court allowing him to run again. i'm convinced all this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. facing the prospect of prosecution in spain decision goes against exiled catalan separatists including. he does.