a message they're taking right to the top women rally outside australia's parliament calling for an end to sexual violence. and it's loud and clear in london growing anger at how police handled a vigilant in the killing of 33 year old sarah ever. hello i'm daryn jordan this is not a 0 life and also coming up a curfew in brazil to curb soaring coronavirus infections but thousands of people

are rebelling against more restrictions. and a dust storm and builds china's capital pushing up pollution levels and affecting flights. protesters out opposite ends of the world are taking up the fight against violence directed at women in cities across australia thousands of joined rallies demanding justice for victims the action is similar to what's been happening in the u.k. there are mass demonstrations have been taking place against how police are going to vigil that followed the killing of 33 year old sarah everett we'll have more on that shortly but 1st to make a gauge in camera where political figures are also the targets of protest as. allegations of right have dominated strongly in politics for weights and now thousands of a strongly ins have come out calling for an end to violence against women including

in the nation's polman it was sparked by shocking allegations by former political advisor that she was allegedly right by a colleague inside the defense minister's office so you know after there were allegations that attorney general christian porter the top floor officer in a stroller the allegations of a historic right case against him from 30 years ago he categorically denies that but these issues within parliament house have absolutely resonated with the australian public many who have telly been telling their stories about sexual assaults and harassment bullying in the workplace but when it comes to poem and house the real issue here is hell is this still happening it was back in 2012 that australia's 1st female prime minister julie wright issues and called out miss old shinee and 6 this behavior within the palm and and still way hearing stories of

bullying sexual harassment and even worse but the australian government says this acting on violence against women is one of its kate priorities it has launched an independent investigations into the culture at palm house but many people who have been protesting in australia don't believe that goes far enough they want an independent inquiry into the allegations against christian christian porter the attorney general even though police have closed that case well as mykola mentioned the allegations of sexual assault or arrest once against several politicians and stalls in australia's parliament have been right accusations against attorney general christian porter dating back to 988 he says he's innocent separately for the police. advisor brittany higgins recently went public with allegations she was raped in parliament house in 2019 and claims of harassment of emerged against frank

zumbo who is a senior aide to a liberal party m.p. 6 women have made formal police complaints. well in the u.k. prime minister barak johnson has vowed to look at how women and girls can be better protected from violence he's made the pledge following criticism of police action at a vigil for sarah ever there was killed while walking home alone learning barbara has that story. i was angry outside police headquarters in london a day after a vigil ended in seems that shocked many people here in the u.k. demonstrators gathered mixing demands for an end to male violence against women with claims that the police are part of the problem at saturday's vigil the focus was clearly on the we've been victims of male violence here the focus has shifted with denunciations of police brutality hundreds had come to the south london vigil near where sarah ever odd went missing initially police kept their distance but the decision to move in on the crowds and the use of force to arrest women created

outrage i. agree pretty patel asked the metropolitan police force for a political the department said they were unanswered questions after she met the mic chief cressida dick and london's mayor city carm from the opposition labor party says he's unsatisfied with her account insisting the met didn't honor its assurances the vigil would be policed sensitively but despite calls from some for cressida dick to resign she standing firm and strongly defending what happened with her. big crowd that gathered lots of speeches. quite rightly as far as i can see felt this is now unlawful 3 which poses a considerable risk to people's health cordin to the regulations. really invidious position for most is defined. labor's now set to vote against a new policing bill in the coming days this week in parliament we start policing

bell 300 or so pages 170. something called this and almost nothing almost nothing if you can believe it. the gaping hole in this bill is what will be voting against it on a complete missed opportunity by the government civil rights groups have also criticised the legislation saying it gives police too many powers to ban demonstrations if the cause disruption more protests are planned near parliament on monday is the pressure on the capital's police and the politicians it increases. al-jazeera london. thousands of supporters of brazil's president have joined protests demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions many cities and states have been tightening lockdowns as hospitals are stretched to capacity the president has repeatedly opposed lock down saying they are necessary hurting the economy as more.

police with axes an assault rifles raided this venue in sao paolo and found about $600.00 party goers most without most repentant. we pay taxes and we know the risks we may get sick or infect our family we need to do something in life. the police said the venue had no windows and doors were closed elsewhere and also uncovered a clandestine casino where among the revelers was international brazilian football . the country's collapsing hospitals all over crowded and people are still playing and gathering at the forbidden event with more than 11000000 people infected and 277000 deaths hospitals in brazil are struggling to cope 12000 people died in the past week alone and the united states

has been hit harder. we saw a family being destroyed not long ago father mother grandfather grandmother everyone suffered in the family so it's very sad the state government with a population of 44000000 has imposed new emergency measures including a nighttime curfew a ban on sporting events and the closure of all non-essential businesses at a last a minimum of 15 days. the protesters many of them supporters of president jabal sonando took to the streets to oppose the measures. we are protesting against the dictatorial attitude of the governor has locked into our jobs our health and to the people of. the operation to vaccinate brazil's 211000000 people has been slow to get going one who has is a 75 year old former president popularly known as lula. both of us you know do i

hope this vaccine gives the result that i dream of that the brazilian people dream of because all they want is to be vaccinated against this monster called coronavirus the president needs to stop being so ignorant while some fight the pandemic of this brazenly defy it the only certainty it was ills coronavirus casualties continue to rise that al-jazeera when osiris people have poor is to remember thousands of victims of covert 19 countries hit record levels in the past week the number of new cases and deaths nearly 3 and a half 1000 people have died since the beginning of the pandemic public anger has been growing at the slow rollout of vaccines new york has also been honoring those lost a year on from the 1st death from covered 9000 in america's biggest city it's been mourning the deaths of more than 30000 residents photographs of some of the victims were displayed at a memorial it's been the worst hit city in the worst hit country is now grappling

with a new surge in cases reporting more than 6000 cases a week. sensibly and. is due back in court in the coming hours she faces at least 4 charges including the illegal use of walkie talkie radios and infringing coronavirus protocols. it follows one of the bloodiest days of demonstrations against the military coup security forces killed at least $38.00 protesters on sunday reports. defiant protesters again march through the streets of mandalay on sunday in strong voice and in large numbers they were clearly unbound by the violence of the day before that's when the security services shot dead at least 6 people in a crackdown in myanmar 2nd city and injured many more but with the death toll rising a call for revolution from the former vice president now leading a sabellianism ministration in hiding. this is the darkest moment of the nation and

the moment when the dawn is close this is the time for us citizens to test their resistance against the dark moments speaking of a new federal democracy the message was clearly aimed at bringing diverse ethnic groups together to overcome the army and their coup. when forming a resistance unity plays a vital role despite our differences in the past this is the time we must grip our hands together to end the dictatorship for good. these diverse ethnic groups are scattered across myanmar's borderlands divided they don't represent a significant threat to the military who've been fighting them for decades but united they could be a considerable obstacle but there's long been distrust between these groups and the n l d the national league for democracy bringing them together would be no small task.

in peaceful defiance protesters break the curfew to honor the dead in candlelit vigil is across the country you never heard nothing about me and now we come out on the street to show that we are against military dictatorship by breaking the curfew order imposed by day one top review continue fighting that is the military continues with its brutal tactics on the streets calls for a revolution that's not so peaceful may gain increasing support tony ching al-jazeera. the chinese capital beijing has been and gulf by a dust storm the sun does blown in from the gobi desert pushing pollution levels up to the top of the scale much of northern china is being affected on flights have been grounded in among goni a region these storms though are a common problem around march or april the government's been planting what it calls a great green wall of trees to trap incoming dust before it reaches the capital.

time for short break here down to 0 when we come back 10 years after a peaceful uprising in syria turned into a civil war remains a distant dream for many. and how the pandemic has met musicians to find new ways to reach live audiences more and stay with us. for the perfect gentleman. who went to sponsored point qatar airways how the weather is quieting down now i stay now for the middle east we saw some very strong winds through the course of the way can as this system made its way across us but the skies coming back in behind not looking too bad unless you're in turkey we've got some rain sleet and snow coming in across the turkish mounties quite a brisk way into into the eastern side of the med it's raining a little dry some showers into lebanon as we go on through what shoes day still see

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demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dishes on the state line becomes the default and media namely develop new kinds of images that lead to the end that it gives to these guys and just how did he create a new system 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. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here at this hour thousands of supporters of brazil's president are demanding an end to coronavirus destructions more than 1100 people

have died of cope with 19 in the past day contributing to its deadliest week yet. large protests are being held across australia demanding an end to violence against women one of the biggest rallies was outside parliament house in the capital canberra. and thousands of people have also protested in london as anger against the police handling of saturday's vigil for sarah ever a 33 year old woman abducted and killed earlier this month. while the case has drawn parallels with another issue confronting london's police and that's race a previous investigation into the metropolitan police handling of the death of the black teenager stephen lawrence in 1903 found the force was institutionally racist leader logan was one of the u.k.'s most highly decorated black police officers a former superintendent betrayed by the actor john but in the b.b.c. drama small acts depicted his fight against racism in british policing. or logan is the former chairman founding member of the black police association he says the

police response highlights several systemic issues. well it's a major and go that way in which that robust response to a vigil seemed to be totally out of context totally out of sync with the reasons for people feeling compelled to come to them to vote clinton comment to show that she had solidarity for the test of sarah and of course the circumstances behind it and instead of there being a light touch policing there were heavy handed element at the end which looks terrible on camera and is cannot be justified because even though there may be current regulations the human rights act actually states that people still have the right to peaceful gatherings and a vigil candy is the most people of that so are likely to think that that the

police understands what they cost and and i truly believe the commissioner should really question the opposition she says she's not going but i really think she passed their sell by date i mean i was one of the police say members who said that the police service was institutionally racist 20 odd years ago in 1908 and it is because there was that disconnect especially when it come to working in partnership with minority communities and that's one is the bernards case was an iconic case where there was a lot of learning and we saw a lot of learning through the maximum recommendations. really improving the internal culture of the organization to be more effective all of the community and of course how to improve service delivery hate crimes trial yates offices the race relations amendment act and build encourages and not barriers and we've seen that

being eroded over the last 10 years for austerity and citizen focus. offices safe neighborhood teens and safe schools offices they've been lost and this disconnect and unfortunately people are not responding to police officers in the way that they should and police officer not understand in the communities they serve where britain's foreign secretary says it's unacceptable that iran is pursuing a 2nd case against nozinan zardari radcliffe the british iranian woman who's been detained in iran since 2016 has appeared in court on a new charge she's now facing a charge of propaganda against the system now isn't finished her previous 5 year sentence for a separate conviction only last week but her husband richard rakim says the treatment against her is tantamount to torture. this has been a 5 year ordeal where she had one on for charge country on it and we never knew one that has carried a huge toll on her we last week submitted to the british government you know how

medical for pointing out that her treatment is tantamount to torture and yeah i i do worry for her the longer this ordeal continues how long it'll take to put the pieces back together so i think that last name is being held over a british. government dispute over money she's a hostage in albany and i would like the government to make it clear that that is unacceptable. they should be getting home but they should also be make it absolutely clear that you cannot shoot an innocent person. is out rutty different things they could do 10 to distant had sports to take you. and we'll see which ones the military courts the most recent request we had was for them to tantrum what happened. that they declined to company her and we will see when a fan is the parents are very strong it is evident in his statements today condemning the court appearance but we'll see what happens in the coming days and i

think there's been a reluctance on the part of most western governments to do what to call it hostage taking to acknowledge that states can do it in the top states but certainly iran practice it more and more and certainly a reluctance to work to challenge the practice so the british government for instance would prefer to talk about consular cases and treat nothing like she's a regular case with british and that's got into trouble overseas and need some help so i think there is an interim estate and there is a need to look at what are the reasons why iran is taking us just an address those and then also look at that distance and revising the practice of the moment it's a reason effective tactic we're in the thirty's and that's what's grim. syria is entering a 2nd decade of a relentless conflict that's devastating the country best tool no political settlement and want to cease fire is largely holding many think that further military assaults al-jazeera santa ana knocks back at how what began as a peaceful uprising descended into war. this is the birthplace of

syria's uprising in 2011 but opposition members call this moment the end of the dream of a democratic country it's 2018 and the government has just recaptured the southern province after 7 years of resistance. i almost had a breakdown after all the sacrifices when they raised the flag we felt stabbed the town had a lot of symbolism for the revolution. it was here where the wall of fear was broken we watched syrians turn against the police state we watched them bury their dead demonstrators who were killed by security forces. during. protests spread to other areas in homs tanks were sent to suppress the uprising. the city which became known as the

capital of the revolution became a battleground. the regime forced us to take up arms and turned the uprising into a war it was no longer possible to face guns without screens. there was a siege on the rebel stronghold after months of heavy fighting months later the opposition agreed to leave the area. and ashraf was among them he says they had little choice they were trapped without basic supplies running low on ammunition and abandoned by the world. 2 years later and after a 4 year stalemate the opposition was forced to abandon aleppo which weakened them politically. and i felt broken when i got on the bus i still think about it but the siege was unbearable people were dying either by bombs or hunger. this is among the millions of internally displaced syrians who live in the

opposition controlled north unable and unwilling to live under syrian president bashar assad's rule but he says he fears a ceasefire agreed last year will not hold. already hundreds of thousands have been killed millions have been displaced inside and outside the country and there has been no accountability. serious conflict is entering its 2nd decade with the majority of its citizens poor and with little hope. we have been forced to give up on our dreams the international community has failed the syrian people. there is no reconciliation there is no peace 10 years of war has divided a country and its people sending for their beirut. the saudi led coalition says it's intercepted undestroyed a drone launched by yemen's who things which was headed towards the saudi city of honey's machine it is happening less than 2 weeks after the coalition said it shot

down 6 explosive drones directed towards the. nigerian security forces have repelled an attack by armed men in the northwest who attempted to adopt students from a school official say all children and staff are now accounted for and troops have stepped up their search for 36 other students still missing after gunmen attacked a college in the same state dinner on thursday you have a not right it was a 4th mass school abduction in the region since december. people have voted in the 2nd round of legislative elections in the central african republic it took place smoothly that's a far cry from december's 1st round which was marred by fighting between the government and rebel groups reports. the last time voters lined up to cast their ballots in the central african republic armed groups were threatening to march on the capitol to try and disrupt the vote. a 2nd round of voting happened on sunday under heavy security with a 3rd of seats in the national assembly up for grabs. we didn't know there were

these you have to come in large numbers to vote in our country has suffered a lot we need people to help us move the decree nisi to do even though there's insecurity in the country ok i have to vote i must vote and that is essential work for a citizen 2 thirds of registered voters were unable to participate in december's polls due to violence this time many stayed away for another reason voter apathy you know people start models more unfortunately unlike on december the 27th there is no real enthusiasm but generally speaking this is what happens when people don't necessarily have an electoral culture when people vote the 1st time they don't see the point of voting a 2nd time. after president faustine are charged $21.00 reelection in december rebel groups put the capital under a blockade and cut off food supplies un peacekeepers russian mercenaries and rwandan troops stepped in to support the government crucial supply lines have been

reopened with neighboring cameroon 200000 people were forced from their homes in between the 2 rounds of voting the u.n. says the rebels are backed by former president francois boise and claimed there were voter irregularities the last time around 20 party is expected to hold on to power in the national assembly despite efforts to disrupt the vote and or chapell al jazeera. space x. is making history again on launching its re-usable falcon 9 rocket for a record 9th time he said. it lifted off from nasa as kennedy space center in the u.s. state of florida the rockets carrying the latest batch of space x.'s internet beaming satellites called stalling once complete the satellite constellation aims to offer high speed internet to the world's most isolated places. some of the performances been in the united states because of the coronavirus pandemic undeterred the musicians in new york

a found new and safer ways to play for live audiences christensen reports. violinist charles. and pianist peter do. have played both carnegie hall and the kennedy center. but these days if you're lucky you'll find them playing an empty storefront on a random street corner on manhattan's upper west side. the musicians aren't exactly roughing it steinway donated the grand piano. and they're getting a decent salary thanks to a local philanthropist who came up with the idea this is not typical performance experience by a long shot but it's one of the 1st shows that we've been able to do for an actual live audience and. we're very grateful that we can do it here for people that might not go to a concert hall or an arena and just hear different kinds of music that they might

not have like before. still these are precarious times for performers according to the local chapter of the american federation of musicians 95 percent of their 7000 local members are out of work we have never experienced anything like this certainly heart of careers have pretty much disappeared. or online before including things like that but it's just not the same feeling and of course there's not as much work to go around concert halls and performance spaces like the iconic lincoln center were among the 1st places to close in the pandemic and they're likely to be the last ones to reopen not only depriving musicians of their livelihoods but also new york of its life blood. 60. shows with 100 performers have been scheduled organizers can't say where or when for fear of drawing too large a crowd. word is starting to get around this neighborhood known for the arts

just give me this energy that makes new york that more the way i think new york feel to be that close and be able to see the proportion interact with each other was really fascinating and usually can afford seats that for. a bit like a musical scavenger hunt at a time and a neighborhood where such a performance is the ultimate prize. kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. all right time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera large protests are being held across australia demanding an end to violence against women one of the biggest drama is was outside parliament house in the capital canberra demonstrators are calling for action following a string of sexual so.