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don't want to serve either the military joint or refugees including police officers 3 to india's northeast but the government wants to deep force that also this hour the u.n. security council warns of increasing attacks in afghanistan a car bomb has killed at least 8 people in ferat province. could give you back out give all of this back and the largest settlement for wrongful death in u.s. history the city of minneapolis agrees to pay the family of george for its $27000000.00. announced on how much now all the sport including the head of the olympics thomas back says it would make no sense to boycott the beijing winter games over china's treatment of its bigger muslim minority.

thank you very much for joining us demonstrations against myanmar as military have again turned deadly at least 6 protesters have been killed by security forces saturday's rallies coincide with the anniversary of the death of a student in 1988 that sparked an uprising against the military government more than 70 people have been killed since the army seize power on february 1st 3 people were killed in young gone in an overnight raid by security forces one man was shot dead when soldiers fired on a sit in protest others were beaten and arrested and when neighbors went to the police station to demand their release police fired live ammunition on the crowds. i told my son that we have nothing and will die if we go against them i go and shoot back at them if i had a gun now we can't do anything tell me do we always have to keep silent and die why are we dying for doing the right thing. tony chang is keeping an eye on the

situation in myanmar for us from neighboring thailand he joins us live from bangkok tony fewer protesters on the streets but still more deaths tell us 1st about what's been happening on the ground in myanmar this saturday as you're hearing. when the was only 30 minutes old when we saw those 1st casualties as you mentioned in the south the young gone there had been a crowd of people who'd gone out to protest against the arrest 3 men who'd been seized in their neighborhood in raids the police had been conducting during the night and the the security services opened fire killing 2 men wounding another who we understand has since died today then the smalling crowds came out on the streets of mandalay grounds again the security services opened fire we've heard of a number of fatalities one middle aged woman who we understand was just a bystander we've seen several other people seriously wounded including

a monk so i think we're just seeing the cycle of violence perpetuated again and again the protesters as you mentioned have come out in slightly fewer numbers in recent days partly because the brutality they're facing people are obviously very very scared but also they've changed their tactics to they're moving faster more mobile they're trying to put up blockades using in some cases bombs and fireworks try and slow the the police advancing on their positions but they're also moving quickly through the back streets trying to regroup so you know the thing you know the tactics are changing somewhat on the streets but it is still a brutal force of the police and the soldiers are using to try and crackdown tactics changing from the protesters because as you say their numbers have been increased decreasing in light of the military's brutal crackdown what does this

indicate as far as where the situation is heading i mean who's got it would seem the military has the upper hand right. i'm not sure that's the case and while these protests on the streets have been going on there's also been a civil disobedience movement which with those opposed to the coup called for almost immediately after the the military takeover on the 1st of february and that has been very widely respected and it does appear to be causing quite a lot of pain to the military for example civil servants have stopped going to work in many government offices the banks have been shut down for the last couple of weeks because bank tellers have been going into work public transport has almost ceased to operate with domestic airlines shutting down the train services shutting down engineers refusing to go to work and doctors and don't forget miramar was having real problems with covert 19 now that's almost been forgotten about and

somebody inside me a month told me a few days ago we've just forgotten about 19 of these protests but that does appear to be having quite an impact the military has been targeting some of those engineers that don't to the civil servants in these nighttime raids trying to pressure them and scare them frankly to going back to work but it just doesn't seem to be working and there was a document a document circulating overnight on social media which claims to be from the military authorities threatening the civilian banks that if they don't reopen next week their assets will be handed over to military control bowings while they clearly have the power to do that that would suggest they are beginning to feel the squeeze thank you very much for that tony chang live there in bangkok with the latest on the situation inside myanmar meanwhile india's government has warned regional authorities not to allow refugees to cross the myanmar border following

reports that about 150 people including dozens of police officers have already entered india since the military call for states have been ordered by the indian government to begin deportation without delay. but some of them share ethnic and tribal ties with the refugees that speak to come up about this his editor in chief at the news website. that focuses on india's northeast and he joins us from guwahati in assam state thank you very much for being with us so some communities in india's northeast said coming out in support understand of the protesters in myanmar of the refugees and this is more than just about a shared border isn't it best like show the state where we just see the maximum support for the unrest and then model it from milling around i believe you will see. big relationship with putin problem which is keeping me on my own which is borders so there are relations people from have come to misery and it

made it from a settle down so that's why there is a connection and bets like the people all around to be supporting to jesus and are welcoming them to what it believes god the state government the regional problem said that we will welcome refugees from no money but again the government of india has issued a notification thing that you know all refugees must be deported why does the indian government want them deported why not allow them in as refugees. i think you know it to stand by a date then by the government of india because it. should be on moderates can extend shaky because they're not really put out there what they would that that stand is so i guess that's one question and the 2nd of course is

that you know if you look at the end time not teach because we also have a lot of tribes and not all tribes support but after just coming in the chief minister of another state which has to be tricky and boundary with myanmar in that statement to east logic when you give us an interview told us that yes he is willing to accept refugees from myanmar but they can't be at that he said that we have to we have to tell what the central government the government of india says the even been don't just say that you've got the best nice victory g.'s would be kept but again saying that we can have 2 weeks of the central government saw that the other big cities just as borders and also ethnic tribal population is not of that sort they're also you have the naga tribe and you have a simpler not a tribe living across the border yon must be a baby strong relations strong family relations so from then on if there was the

refugees want to come in i'm sure that would also expect because of the ties they have while the refugees certainly have been trickling in we don't know the exact numbers of course but they have been called by the indian government to deport some of them including the police officers that we talked about earlier what will this happen in your view. it is a pain in the government of india of course because if you look at some money moves around to the government be just have to feel how we spend now because i don't mean . specially the. police officer come on shoot support for. war against look at the again the military crackdown in myanmar so the government will have to train very carefully before we've been deciding to send those back because they feel they've been might be public backlash and. there is

support thank you very much for talking to us about this come upon jor editor in chief at the news website. thank you for your insight on this story. in other world news now a car bomb in afghanistan's harrod province has killed at least 8 people and injured dozens a hospital spokesman says the explosion late on friday night destroyed several homes no ones came just ponce ability but local officials have blamed the taliban in a statement the un security council said it condemned in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in afghanistan the statement continued to say on that these heinous attacks have targeted civil servants the judiciary the media health care and humanitarian workers including women those who protect and promote human rights and ethnic and religious minorities that speak to ophelia contra for his life or as seen in kabul filio an increase in violence against civilians in afghanistan the taliban consistently however denying

responsibility tell us about what's been happening on the ground and who and what could be behind this uptick in violence. well let me just tell you 1st about the attack that happened last night around 9 30 pm inside herat city and this is what makes it kind of important it was an attack that happened inside an urban center and though we have seen that violence has been reaching president levels across afghanistan in the past years since the u.s. and the taliban signed the deal i mean violence has become so routine this morning in province a roadside bomb killed 3 civilians including a child but large afghan cities and urban centers have been spared the taliban have repeatedly said that as part of their commitment to that u.s. deal they have refrained from attacking big cities. and afghan president

hamid this morning he condemned what happened even directly blaming the taliban and accusing them of not wanting peace so far no one has claimed responsibility about what happened in head up where 8 people have been confirmed dead and that beast 51 are wounded the number is expected to rise because several people are in critical condition so it will be very interesting to see if who will claim responsibility and whether this attack will mark will be an isolated incident or it will mark the beginning of more attacks inside or been centers because inside big cities is where people feel more save despite all the violence that has been gripping like you mentioned it's those targeted killings that have been creating and i'm president an atmosphere of fear among all afghans because there are no front

lines here it seems that anything can happen anywhere at any time and ask any afghan and they will tell you it feels like we're standing in line just waiting for a turn to die folly thank you very. for that figure concert florrie live there in kabul well let's discuss the security situation in afghanistan further now with obeidallah here who's a lecturer of peace in conflict mediation at cardon university and his rise from kabul thank you for being with us sir so this increase in violence in afghanistan is coming at a time when there is a renewed international push for peace in the past we've seen the taliban try to gain leverage in talks by carrying out attacks could it be the case again this time even though they say they're not behind me a tux. first off i think it's really important to note that it's a positive development that the united nations is so actively participating in being a book all about just security situation no one has done i think the initially too

little news league then the washington post news with regards to the draft after alex or the it would follow in turkey sort of involve the u.n. and lot of neighboring countries which is which is a positive development for the country now with regards to the recent attacks and the leverage situation. it could very possibly be a strategic decision from the taliban side to have more leverage when they're going on that he was shooting people that tactic that is used by belligerent and certain groups all around the world whenever there who's shipping and if you look at the trend in afghanistan. whenever it colored by have approached negotiations they have escalated by and so it could very well be that way and the other 2 circumstances could be that it could actually be spider groups from within the movement that are conducting these attacks trying to spoil the process that we have and the 3rd and more horrendous possibility is that there could be

a 3rd group out there that is sophisticated enough to carry out such large scale attacks which necessarily means that anywhere we reach within the peace process isn't going to truly guarantee peace as you said alluded to the u.s. has drafted a plan for a power sharing interim government in afghanistan that would include the taliban which they have rejected it seems and have marks no interest in but at the same time the u.s. seems to be blaming the afghan government rather than the taliban for starting the peace process how is that being viewed. again i think the sometimes becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy we need to understand that the trump administration to get a political win out of afghanistan sort of haste and through this whole process which necessarily led to the sidelining of the current of an administration and then whatever the did after that was all existential to them again with a government or insurgent groups like alabama who are already acting as

a government in waiting there are governments that have been removed and are fighting to come back and there's always going to be competition up legitimacy. and in that when the united states actually undermines a couple administration there to react in a way that sort of shows like they're enjoying the process however i personally think that this is a good opportunity because if we have to restart the draft proposal has some positive aspect well the united states if they are planning on creating the leadership council sort of are showing a map that sort of had not existed for the past year is off negotiation there is the united states now is showing that it has some idea of where it wants to go there's an international push to get other countries involved in the negotiations russia turkey as the talks in doha appear to be somewhat deadlocked this is been

a very thorny peace process can turkey end russia's involvement do you think produced tangible action movement can it bring about change. whenever urban insurgency or an internal conflict is internationalized it presents opportunities and problems one of the opportunities that the internationalization brings is it sort of creates an opportunity for mediators to get involved and there's always an opportunity and a time to turn sponsor states into actual mediators within the process so again if there is anyone who benefits from insurgency and fight within a protestant when you bring them on the table and try to protect their interests within of course settlement country or all of that to understand it will come to exist in. it will obviously help reach a resolution because conflicts can be settled but conflicts need to be resolved

because if we settle the of one problem it will be a very temporary fix that will eventually boil over at the moment troops the more an international it stops flowing in so we need to find a more permanent solution for the a point problem and that can only happen when these important players are all on the table and discussing a possible resolution thank you very much for talking to us or by don't lead by here lecture of peace and conflict mediation at khandaan university thank you for your time. yes more ahead on this news hour including no deal why has the rebels in yemen have rejected a u.s. bond for cease fire researchers in the philippines are on the hunt for bots to learn how to prevent another pandemic and sports n.f.l. star tom brady sets his sights on even more details coming up later in the show.

the u.s. city of minneapolis has agreed to pay $27000000.00 to the family of george for lloyd's it's the largest settlement of its kind in u.s. history freud died when a policeman knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes his death spock's global protest officer is set to go on trial and the floyd family says a cash payout is just one step on the road to justice john hendren reports this city of minneapolis has put a price on just how much black lives matter in the case of george floyd $27000000.00 that's the amount the city has agreed to pay in a civil settlement with floyd's family in the racially charged case of a black man who died beneath a white police officers knee i think the state of minnesota for getting this settlement taken care. but even though my brother is not here he's here with me. because if i

could give you back i would give all that is bad the settlement is the largest ever in a minneapolis police shooting it also eclipses the $12000000.00 the kentucky city of louisville paid recently in the death of briana taylor gunned down in her own home by police one year ago friday a floyd family lawyer says the beneficiaries go beyond one family the fan edge of compensation. most directly impact george floor and his family their future of their family but it is the policy reforms they want to fix all of us other cities will think twice he says before allowing police to use chokeholds no knock warrants and other controversial tactics because in cases like this one as george floyd's family reacted to this settlement the man who knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds was less than a mile away he has spent the week in

a minneapolis courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case and that if you don't get police and correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening. then you'll be sorry miss again despite this settlement the floyd family insist just as we can to that happening john hendren who crosses. saying in the u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer is the latest new york politician calling for the resignation of governor andrew cuomo who is accused of sexual misconduct was

facing several allegations of sexual assault and harassment but is refusing to step down there's also a growing scandal over his handling of the covert 1000 crisis his top aides are accused of altering data to obscure the number of deaths from the disease in nursing homes. memorial services have been held in new zealand to mark 2 years since the christchurch mosque shooting 61 people were killed and dozens wounded when a gunman opened fire at 2 mosques the attacker a self-proclaimed wise premises is serving a life sentence in prison you zealand's prime minister says the country has a duty to support its muslim community in yemen a spokesman for the who the rebels say they've rejected a u.s. plan for a nationwide ceasefire insisting it only represents the views of saudi arabia and the united nations the u.s. envoy for yemen said who he's appeared to be prioritizing a military offensive in the northern region and warn the country will spiral into

greater conflict if the fighting doesn't stop she pretends he has more. the u.s. backed boming of yemen by saudi arabia and its allies has already created the world's worst humanitarian crisis now as who the rebels attempt to solidify their position in the north the united nations is warning of even worse to come the violence has forced up to 15000 people to flee since early february roughly 60 percent of them are reportedly residing in informal settlements and crowded sites where services are overstretched more than 20000000 people 20.7 to be more exact need humanitarian assistance many of them are at the brink of starvation speaking in washington the u.s. is on void timlin the king says the saudis support when he cools his sound plan for a ceasefire but feels the hooty he's prioritizing taking the government's last area

of control in the move the province of matter and we urged who these tourists are that's why i was in the region for these last 2 weeks and i will return immediately women who these are. the world food program agrees a ceasefire is key because it is still up. by what measure it should a significant way which will allow us the liquidity into the economy which will wrap the real date back up which will allow food prices stabilize or that the who thing you say the ceasefire proposal fails to address the economic blockade that's led to such hardship whenever you have a kind of how he and his mum the american proposal does not stop the seats or the fighting however it represent cosmetic understanding to bring back the siege what the american envoy presented is a conspiracy to put yemen in a more dangerous state than the current one. and the u.n. reports that in fact the siege is tightening last month no commercial fuel imports

were allowed through her day to port that's 0 in recent years more than half of commercial fuel imports had been coming through her data this is the 1st time since the escalation of the conflict in 2015 that we've seen the level drop to 0 this is driving shortages and price rises. the bud ministration is no other place in the blame for the impasse on the duties of the us military is reported to be increasing its assistance to the saudis claiming this defensive and offensive and make sure she had a chance the oldies are. still ahead on the news hour 2 german states head to the cold spot the results impact the nation why sunday's vote could determine who succeeds chancellor angela merkel all eyes on china as the need is of the u.s. japan india and australia hold talks for the 1st time to address regional challenges and support this english call for takes a step closer to a when that's over 10 years in the making action from the pay

a championship coming up do stay with us we're back after the special way. there's a lot of cloud over europe and you try to analyze what was going on it looks quite messy but this is relevant this is the atlantic air pushing against the cold is in western russia that's producing snow and this is just one of the series of rather wet and windy still be situations if you like the been running into northern europe displacing what's been settled warmish weather recently dropping the temperature by a few degrees mostly it's cloud of rain for some it's going to be snow particular that's true in the alps and in switzerland zurich shows that drop off but 10 degrees or about 3 or 4 degrees for the next 3 days with either sleet snow or rain showers and the cool does keep pushing south it looks like

a lot of snow drops over the higher tops in the balkan southwards into greece but love the emphasis is lost by then in fact you look at the forecast for athens the temperature doesn't drop much below 14 for next couple of days but a few showers and then it's sunny once again so we're not seeing a big drop back to winter we are housings back to whether it south of that in the middle of algeria there's a storm system developed here which means it's picking up the sand and dust this is a sand storm potential through libya moving towards north need shipped there are showers that are south. of. lebanon is grappling with its worst economic crisis in generations. exasperated by the coronavirus pandemic and then this. one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history shine a light on

a nation already in economic and political freefall people in power travels across the country to find out what's next for the trouble state lebannon the state of collapse on the. reporting in the field means i often get to witness not just news is breaking but also history as it's unfolding rotha. servia the hungry the red one there might be covering politics in the next hour of my covering protests. but what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. welcome

back you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me for a reminder of our top stories at least 6 protesters have been shot dead in the latest sound guy who demonstrations in myanmar police are reported to have fired on protesters in the 2nd city monday on saturday overnight security forces used live ammunition on crowds in young. the u.n. security council has condemned the increasing number of attacks on civilians in afghanistan this comes after a car bomb inherits a province killed at least 8 people and injured dozens and be us city of minneapolis has agreed to pay $27000000.00 to the family of george voided sort of largest settlement of its kind in u.s. history boy died last may when a policeman knelt on his neck for night nearly 9 minutes is death squads.

the world health organization says brazil is not moving in a good direction in the fight against corona virus from covert 99 exceed 275000 the 2nd highest number of fatalities in the world after the us want to pay it back here very poor some rio de janeiro. aside for sore eyes a couple of empty beds waiting for couvade 19 patients and enough professionals to welcome them but the administer to give out a hospital in the seaside town of money is an exception in most of brazil the health care system is on the brink of collapse as the corona virus is spreading and claiming lives at a new warming rate. doesn't rest of fear we're seeing an upsurge of infections and deaths everywhere partly because people have stopped prospective social distancing last month's carnival was cancelled but that didn't keep

brazilians from partying without masks doctors in this intensive care tell us they're admitting a greater number of younger patients than a year ago beds are scarce but so are vaccines in rio de janeiro diana finally had to wait in line to get her mother admitted to a single beso as a spit on there were 5 people ahead of her for she was able to wait but i'm sure that many others who were in the more critical condition didn't make it brazil is facing the worst phase of the pandemic since it registered the 1st covert 19 deaths exactly a year ago this week saw a rise in the daily rate of deaths with 2000 people losing their lives every 24 hours. mass inoculations could have been a light at the end of the tunnel but president jade was so mad to downplay the pandemic and delayed the acquisition of vaccines less than 6 percent of the population has received the 1st shot so far as

a result governors and mayors have decided to take matters in their own hands the city of medicare for example just announced it will buy 400000 doses of the russian vaccine enough to not relate its entire population if you were going to get a little more we can't even count on the numbers the federal government gives us at the beginning of march the health ministry said it would buy 48000000 vaccines then it reduced the number to half at this right brazil will finish the 1st round of vaccinations and i pull may next year by then new variants will be circulating which may be a 1000000 to the vaccines we have now. poorer states and cities with larger populations will have more difficulties in fighting the pandemic on their own but doctors and scientists warn that if no action is taken brazil will represent a threat to itself and others. neighbors many countries in latin

america almost all of them except a couple and some countries are doing better in the neighborhood but if the situation in brazil continues to be serious like this then the neighboring countries will be affected and it's not about the neighboring countries but it could go even even even beyond. the fear is that mutations was curt at a much faster rate outpacing the vaccines and spreading to the rest of the world monica al-jazeera rio de janeiro. sports venues in america's biggest city are trying out a new app to ensure fans can safely return to big games the covered 900 passports verify whether the holder is infected or not christian salome reports from new york . for basketball fans it's game on extremely excited to go to

a game. with huge basketball they'll do whatever it takes to see their favorite team including taking a covert test we got tested and it turns out when we got tested it wasn't that it so now we have to get retested here or in this case a retest not quite the crowd you'd expect here for a game night attendance has been limited to 10 percent capacity and you have to have a negative p.c.r. code to pass on your phone in order to get inside sports venues in new york are testing out a new app meant to verify the holders covert 3 it's a digital record what some are likening to passports allowing access to countries or night clubs currently being used to verify vaccination and places like israel and china leading new york mayoral candidate andrew yang believes there should be more of this technology on the local level in shops and workplaces so this to me is going to be a vital element of getting the city back on its feet for people to be able to

quickly convey their vaccination information and this is something the city needs to invest in paul meyer runs a technology foundation called the commons project that's been working with the airlines to develop a system that's not only secure but also internationally recognised people are showing up at the airport waving pieces of paper that are easily forged if you think about it from countries perspective countries want to open up they want to allow troubled resume to get economies going but their 1st responsibility is to protect their populations health but the slow roll out of vaccination efforts made clear that lack of digital access remains a problem among the most vulnerable americans and critics worry implementing this on a local level will just increase and equalities to day one in 5 americans don't have access to a smartphone and that number is much higher when you look at those over 65 so. potentially talking about a form of jewels in the wall millions of new yorkers from every day life at this

stage of the reopening game access for sun appears to be winning over access to all in the rush to jumpstart the economy kristen salumi al jazeera new york. to the philippines now where researchers are taking an extra step to prevent another break like over 19 have been focusing on diseases from bats to find out more about other types of strains and as jimmy linden and reports the efforts have been vital for vaccine development. local folklore here is steeped with stories of just how mysterious philippine bats can be. but we are not climbing mt mckee link to explore legendary tales of these filipino scientists are testing bats for new strains of coronaviruses they hope to prevent another global pandemic. philip a your life has been recording and testing bats across the country for more than 10

years the bat species found here on mount mckee ling is that close this gene is to the one in one china where the 1st case of covert 19 was recorded it gave us all the more recent to be urgent but do we this virus work the government in more ways than one refocus their priorities. working on for all jian epidemiologist . so it's $530.00 local time the mists that have been set up and researchers here tell us any time now the bats are going to come out of the cave. we stay quiet for a few minutes. the air is cold and the night's creatures soon start to make their presence felt. over and then the 1st bet flies into the trap and water. then another. and

another. the researchers say about $5000.00 bats come here during the meeting season. now they think only a few 100 are left. with the captured bats a safely contained. we make our way back from the forest. the bats are identified. both. measured. around. and swabbed. before they were released back into the wild. doctor and his team of isolated at least 7 kinds of viruses over the past decade including corona virus and an ebola virus. they say their work serves as a blueprint that can be used to develop vaccines globally including those for

corona virus. and they're driven by their belief that every evolution in human history has been made because of a scientist's determination. dogon al-jazeera manila. the u.s. japan australia and india have agreed to supply asia with a 1000000000 coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of next year the commitment was made at the 1st meeting of the so-called quad's group that aims to counter china's growing influence our white house correspondent kimberly hockett reports. a virtual meeting with his indian australian and japanese counterparts a group also known as the quad us president joe biden told the group free and open indo-pacific is essential to each of our future the quad was formed to cope with the devastation following the 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami

but now it's set its sights on a new threat the rising military and economic might of china. the quote is concerned about china's growing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and the world the united states certainly sees this alliance to stop the growing influence of china if not contain china it is not dissimilar to the nato organization which was started $947.00 to stop the increasing influence of military threat that was coming from the soviet union as the world battles the covert 19 pandemic that originated in china the group also announcing on friday a new initiative to manufacture and produce u.s. vaccines in india financed by japan and the united states and supported by australia the quad committed to delivering a 21000000000 doses to i.c. on the indo-pacific and beyond by the end of 2022 climate change is the other big

challenge the group must confront how to push global nations to live up to the commitments made in the paris climate agreement overall china emits almost double the c o 2 of the united states but per capita the us takes the lead china responded to the meeting of the quad saying exchanges between governments should be to create understanding not target 3rd parties the meeting of the quad comes just days before the u.s. secretary of state and national security advisor will meet with their chinese counterparts in alaska that meeting is expected to be more forceful as the united states confronts china over issues of economics security and human rights kimberley health at al-jazeera the white house. activists in the u.k. are panning vigils on saturday after mete triggered widespread anger about women's

safety a police officer has been charged with kidnapping and killing sarah ever and who disappeared as she walked home from a friend's house in london on march the 3rd her body was found on wednesday it's unclear whether the socially distant distance vigils will be allowed to go ahead because of a ban on launch gatherings. like everybody i'm shocked and appalled by the news from the net about sarah and i think that the whole country will be united in their. feeling for friends family and share their shock and and their grief and. i can i can see and i totally understand why this is triggered such away years of feeling on on this issue on the issue of safety of women and safety of the of

the streets and i want to echo very much what pretty patel said which is that no woman should walk our streets in fear every woman should feel able to walk our streets in safety. germans in 2 states are heading to the polls on sunday in regional elections about 12000000 people can vote and many of already done so by mail is seen as a key test of opinion ahead of september's general election dominic kane reports from berlin. hya is one of the most prominent social democrats prime minister of her home state for the past 8 years and a politician of national importance during the pandemic her message for voters is clear and it's good i want them i know and there firstly it's about his managing the crisis safely and reliably secondly he resolutely dess to make a new start after the crisis and thirdly it's about who is shaping a strong future for our state of ryan lamp latinate i'm convinced that is the

social democrats her main opposition comes from the christian democrats with just a few percentage points separating the 2 parties in recent weeks a scandal over the procurement of facemasks has engulfed several christian democrats in the federal parliament and although this has had an effect on the polls the cd used lead candidate is concentrating on his team. most of all and we did what you wanted to do and what we could so i am very happy with my team and my cd you across the state border lies the more populous barden vote in barrack where another prominent prime minister is seeking reelection vin fleet clutch man is the most senior elected green politician in germany he governs in a coalition with the c.d.u. and though the polls suggest his party is ahead he is skeptical. i mistrust polls somewhat i don't know what impact a pandemic and the measures we are taking the frustration and anger have on the

election. more than 10000000 people are eligible to vote in the 2 states representing a sizeable chunk of the german population and yet the person most responsible for managing the pandemic is not on the ballot chancellor angela merkel is leaving politics this autumn and as such is playing no part in this weekend's proceedings even though her continuing popularity means some in her party might wish. she had although sunday's vote is about state parliaments the verdict of so many millions of germans voting will resonate fall beyond the states all the way here berlin and the federal parliament dominant came in the german capital. bolivia's former interim president janine onions has been arrested after allegations of a coup against her predecessor evo morales i knew as is facing charges of terrorism

sedition and conspiracy she took over as interim leader after maraniss fed bolivia and 29000 amid violent protests against his reelection returned after his movement for socialism party won october's election party members came on years and her former cabinets promoted the overthrow of morales which she denies. guatemala is observing 3 days of national mourning for 16 migrants found dead in northeastern mexico the president made the declaration as their remains arrived home their bodies were discovered with 3 others in a burnt out vehicle in january a number of crossings by undocumented migrants at the us mexico border has increased since the biden administration took office guatemala says it's working with the u.s. and mexico to curb people smuggling. i want to send a clear and forceful message to the human traffickers who misled people and encourage irregular migration we are working closely with the countries of the

region and the guatemalan security forces to locate chase and dismantle all those criminal gangs that are unscrupulously take advantage of the needs of our fellow citizens. and just like the lincoln memorial in washington or the arc de triomphe in paris chile is bachata no monument has been a landmark in santiago for nearly a century but has just been removed to save it from attacks by protestors latin america at its embassy and human story from santiago. under the cover of darkness chile's national monuments authority began removing the statue of general manuel back from the plaza that bears his name. it's a major landmark of santiago but when it became the epicenter of constant social protest 16 months ago the battle for back of them was on the war of the pacific hero was painted written and dressed up by protesters who renamed the area dignity

plaza. no amount of special forces police water cannon or tear gas could preserve his dignity if you know you are indeed this is symbolic between the old and the new order that is a rose more than a year ago with the safe school uprising. in the last 6 months and his steel have been painted every color of the rainbow by day just to be repainted a dignified black by night by authorities there's something else very significant about this exact spot in that is that it represents an invisible dividing line between uptown and downtown something between of the wealthier and the poor and rightly or wrongly many people seem to see general. as a symbol of someone who was trying to defend that division. but when he was set on fire last week and almost had his leg sawn off authorities decided he had to be

removed sparking a fierce political controversy and. we've just witnessed a capitulation the chairman represents all chileans but the government has decided to remove him so. vandals can continue to storing a civic centers. using his statue to fly the indigenous mapuche a flag has even been described as heresy but many others see it as an act of historic justice through free will he's a symbol of terrorism he must acquit them approaches in southern chile just having occupying this space is violent. the national monuments council says the 2 ton statue is being taken away for repairs for at least a year an image that represents general back in the annals 1st major defeat or at the very least a tactical retreat you see in human al-jazeera santiago still ahead on the news hour in sports these places could be getting crowded sooner than expected sun i'll

be here to explain in just a few minutes. an act of youthful defiance commemorated the return next hour also on the school will . hold for in the morning. or worse that triggered a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle with als and very beginning the armed struggle in syria. the boy who started the syrian war. on al-jazeera. this is a set and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think i am asking the questions now as a new host on the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only cavities so let's leave simplicity to the headlines join me as i take on the lies

dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradiction. i'm marc lamont hill and it's time to get out from right here on out there. the all. time not a source has santa thank you very much for you while the head of international olympic committee thomas buck says that a limpet boycott achieves nothing rights groups have been calling on at least to skip the 2022 beijing winter games and its china's treatment of we go muslims us canadian and dutch governments have all described as genocide beijing denies the accusations as they get ready to host the winter olympics in february 2022 i.o.c.

president back added that a boycott would only punish athletes why would you punish the athletes from your own country if you have a dispute with a government from another country. these trusts you know makes no makes no makes no real sense. and the athletes are would be the ones who are suffering and one of the key principles in trying to deal in because the charter is of the political your drill ity of the i.o.c. we are not a super world government no not the un security council no. no cheese 7 no g 20 has a solution so this is. the remnants of politics well there have been some quite memorable in pick a boycott among them as the 1970 s.

montréal its summer games 29 countries mainly african withdrew because of the i.o.c. refused to ban new zealand following the all blacks touring apartheid south africa that year almost school in 1980 was the most famous 66 countries that took part to any u.s. led boycott against the soviet union's invasion of afghanistan in response to 4 years later the us s. r. and 13 other countries refused to compete in the los angeles summer games and he's probably chief executive richard masur says there's a plan to allow crowds of up 210000 fans back into stadiums for the final 2 rounds of matches this season the u.k. government set out for stage easing of lockdown restrictions at last month under the 3rd stage a large outdoor stadium that will be able to have capacities of 25 percent if all conditions are met starting from may 17th masa said the suspension of the 292020

season and the absence of supporters came at heavy cost. so they'll be a fantastic finale to the end of our season and then begin even next season onwards our goal is to have full stadia and obviously the government's roadmap offices starts opportunity there's a lot of water to pass and a bridge for that can happen but that's our ultimate goal to see the return of a full vibrant premier league stadiums and and a return to the 2 to the normal premier league. from all number one u.s. where there is a step closer to a 1st p.g.a. tour title since 2010 the englishman has a one shot lead going into the 3rd draw on all the players championship in florida westwood who is a runner up at last week's on the palm invitational carried over his good form the 47 year old fired 6 birdies to carve a 6 on the 66 mean long defending champion roy roy

missed the cut the northern irishman finished 10 over par. i thought you know being able to get some more speed is a good thing and. i maybe just. you know to the detriment a little bit of my swing i got there but i just need to maybe read it back in a little bit i want to get on their end right away and try to try to get through this. yeah i'm pretty determined to get back to where i know i can be. well off the tee quite a lot fairways. my own shots were good i played away from flags and i needed to. get into a couple of pens. but show a game bailed me out on those. chip in and don't play gordon rolled the ball on the green so you know for now they're. in control. the biggest name in

the n.f.l. tom brady has signed a contract extension with the tampa bay buccaneers brady led the bucs to victory in the super bowl in his 1st season away from new england patriots it was his 7th title overall and the 43 year old and now has a chance to go for number 8 as his new deal keep him with tampa for at least one more season. defending champion and to be out of the qatar open tennis tournament he went into his semifinal with spain's a little bit too uppity still good to having not played the single match at the event to offer to buy and to walkovers why he lost a straight sets to put the stoke good to a whole play the man who knocked out roger federer nikolas a classy last baby in the final. and that's it for me for the sun i thank you very much for that now tell in northeast china i think sharing a live paula baz in the central enclosure is fully booked on its 1st day of

business guest rooms at the $21.00 room theme park overlook a polar bear pit fitted with fake ice but it's been chopping criticised by conservationist they say it's cruel to paula baz which are active for 18 hours a day and should be evolving in the arctic. as if it's news hour say with this mess as it is with the next. one freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish on the straight line becomes the default the media in any way to vote for images that lead to the

letter to these guys that just how did he create a nuisance makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a 0 when afghan filmmaker has some fuzzy catches the taliban's attention a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his. desperately seeking sanctuary they journey across continents chronicling multi-year saga on their phones. the midnight travel and an odyssey of hope was the aliens and ultimately one family's love for each other witness on al-jazeera. the river narin flows through the coldest reaches of kyrgyzstan the temperatures here could drop to 20 degrees below 0 this time of year but the driving snow and bitter winter conditions on the nuff to keep these men from working on the ice and in the

freezing water because the river norrin contains gold men from villages along the river be panning for gold in this area for centuries the best time of year to do it is the winter because the river is lower than your in the summer months these tiny little yellow flags you can see not look much they were around $50.00 a gram. at least 6 people are killed in the latest crackdown against anti crew protesters in me along. i left me in mar because i don't want to serve the military jointer refugees including police officers india's northeast but the government that wants to deport them.

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