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protest of rebel held cities across syria as it marks 10 years of civil war with more than half a 1000000 people dead millions forced to flee their homes. the latest twist in a maritime boundary dispute between kenya and somalia. and hope in the youth we meet the teenagers standing for election in the netherlands. and in sport team new zealand pull off a big comeback win in the america's cup the defending champions are now within sight of retaining their title on. my. concern is growing over the astra zeneca covered 900 vaccine with more countries suspending its use spain has fallen from germany and italy and expressing concern about blood clots. last week norway reported 4 serious cases more than

a dozen nations have doubts stop administering the shops and speaking a short time ago at the world health organization at the head there said they're looking into the astra zeneca reports but they're not overly concerned this does not necessarily mean this events are linked to box emission but it's routine practice to investigate them and it shows the surveillance system works effective controls in place deadly to advisory committee on vaccine safety has been reviewing the villa bill data is in close contact with the european medicines agency and will meet to morrow europe's top medical agency says it's investigating the reports but continues to stand by the vaccine in a statement it said the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine are preventing covert 19 with its associated risk of hospitalization and death outweighs the risks of

side effects public aim is live now from berlin dominic how are these pauses going to impact impact europe's vaccine rollout. one of the fascinating things about what's been happening today is the way that the perspective changes depending on where the person is so in france in germany in italy and in many other european countries there is doubt about the safety of the astra zeneca vaccine enough doubt for a succession of health ministries to say we need to pass the decision back to the european medicines agency about how safe it is for us to give this vaccination to our citizens because of the concern reported about the incidence of blood clots now the e m a the european medicines agency has said that it has been a maid or it said in the last few days that had been a myth made aware of perhaps 30 instances of blood clots amongst around 5000000

doses having been administered no that statement was from a few days ago but that equates to a ratio of around one blood clot to every 170000 doses administered so you have concern on the european side but juxtapose that concern with what's being said in the united kingdom right now the british prime minister boris johnson in the course of the the day that's that's gone by has said that he has every faith in the safety of the coronavirus vaccination has said see no evidence to suggest that it is not effective and that he is pleased at the pace with which the u.k. has gone about vaccinating its population interestingly the united kingdom has plans for millions of vaccinations to be administered this week with reports suggesting that it's going to be doing that using a sizable contingent of astra zeneca vaccine to immunize those people so you have

a fascinating juxtaposition going on right now that european leaders are unsure about the safety of astra zeneca while the british prime minister is all guns blazing as it were full steam ahead vaccinators. many people as possible that's what's playing itself out or has been rather over the course of the past few hours ok we heard earlier from the w.h.o. saying you know basically it doesn't have any major concerns it's going to be speaking with the e m a but i'm wondering what you think that this delay or this poor is from all of these different countries will do to public trusts in the backseat. that's the really fascinating question that many people across europe will be asking not least of which here in germany and indeed here in the german capital because we have several different mass vaccination centers that have been set up over the course of the past 456 months and have been in operation now since the start of this calendar year 2 of them should be right now administering asked astra

zeneca vaccine to people whose whose names have come up in the scheme of things the progression of things the priority lists that sort of thing 2 of those centers in the old airports have to go in tempelhof should have been busy today and tomorrow and for the course of this week giving those doses to people but now they cannot they are closed so that's the 1st thing to say the 2nd thing to say is that as a consequence of some of the doubts that were expressed about the astra zeneca vaccine earlier in this year lots of people when asked in surveys were saying well if i had the choice perhaps i wouldn't take the astra zeneca vaccine one study from around 4 weeks ago suggested the just over half of all people pose the question would say i would prefer i'll have it but just under half was saying no i'd rather wait for one of the other doses well now that certainly for this week anyway for

the next few days now that astra zeneca is not available serious questions will be asked about what everybody else will make of that knowing that the perception of the speed of the vaccination program in the e.u. certainly in germany but also in the e.u. is that it has been much slower than it has been in the u.k. but i have lived there thank you for that update there dominic came live for us in then. while this method is a vaccine ologist and professor of emerging infectious diseases at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine medicine she joins us by skype from geneva it sounds like you are just the person we need to speak to dr how serious is this these delays from spain france germany italy delaying the use or pausing the use of astra zeneca i mean how how seriously how serious is. well we want to get as many vaccines in just maybe arms as possible to really avoid the 3rd wave

so this comes as a disappointment as a setback. but we also must say it is a good sign that regulatory authorities and countries aren't taking any it grows in fact very very seriously so. for a limited amount of time isn't this a precautionary measure and i think actually it should increase trust and confidence that scientists and regulators around the world are taking it seriously i can see what you're saying that it should increase confidence you know that obviously the checking the checks and balances those mechanisms do work but but but surely you know the people who were saying you know agree but that should be paused must have considered the public trust element you know that the concerns are serious enough to warrant this ports. so so indeed if you if you have a cluster of events the 1st step is to pause and then make good at this assessment

so you have to investigate. and you have to pause and do you have spinal eyes to investigation and hear the questions to be asked is is it unusual is it more is it the cluster is a trend is it more frequent than what you would expect. of blood clots to be occurring in the general population and you need to remember you know this vaccine is being given to high risk groups you know older persons people with underlying medical conditions not at risk of severe qubit so we would also expect a high impact around the rate rate on blood clots so now it's about comparing it's higher than the background so the numbers are right and seeing is is for you know what i think that 30000000 to 17000000 doses given in e.u. and about 40 cases is that higher than your background that is a question that needs to be answered is this

a normal thing that happens with other vaccines that will be rolled out and they'll be paused to check some things and then they'll continue to be rolled out as a 2nd before. oh yes so so it is a part of your of your mixi that rosie bend monitoring and also triggers that you have to pause now the dissociation with blood clot i've never heard before it's unusual to me and i must say i can also not explain in biological eames is a lead biologically plausible and so i think there are many questions to be answered we need to take this seriously but i do understand that bears agencies including the u.k. i mean to a double edge or but also you could say well we continue vaccinating because the benefit of the vaccine at this time still far outweighs the risk all right thanks so much for that dr. smith of x. and all just a professor of emerging infectious diseases. thousands of protesters

have turned out across several rebel held city as in syria they're marking 10 years since the start of the country's civil war the conflict has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises with more than half of syria's population displaced. and protesters have gathered on the anniversary in the capital it lipped they say despite years of conflicts not giving up the fight against the government . being here is to topple the regime and to overthrow its militias we also i am to unite our selves to keep syria unified and united i'm sure the regime will be toppled and after 10 years we are still ongoing and we haven't stopped if it's all the free people of syria with differently toppled the regime. so much. as long as we have the will and as long as people from everywhere are here the regime will be toppled sooner or later we are here today to convey a message to the entire world our message is that there is no power but the power

of a lot of the power of the syrian hours my apologies the capital is of course damascus now the u.n. special envoy game pederson has described the situation in syria as one of the darkest chapters of recent history filled with unspeakable horrors he spoke to a security council meeting and condemned the international community for its failure he says a country wide cease fire is more necessary than ever that must be supported by foreign powers all syrians have seen that the international community has been divided trapped in gear or political competition called in their own computing verity is an offer focused on supporting the wrong side in the conflict the rural house lot succeeded in helping deliver the syrians as one people from general has called it a living nightmare a diplomatic etta james faces live from the united nations james so what else was

said at the u.n. mission of syria. well this is a regular monthly meeting that they have on syria to discuss how bad things are and everyone agreed with the misery of the last 10 years what is worth but the point worth making here is that the security council isn't just an observer of the events in syria it's been a key part of the tragedy of the last 10 years one of the reasons that there isn't a different fate currently in syria is because the un security council the ultimate court of the world on international peace and security has been so divided on this issue for example why is there no accountability when you've seen war crimes committed by all sides in syria over the last 10 years while i tell you the reason they've tried to get a resolution through 4 on that and russia and china vetoed it and it's the same on very many different aspects of the situation in syria the fact the security council

is not united means there cannot be an international push to try and end this war and also bring those who are responsible for war crimes to justice what is the feeling at the u.n. james about the future prospects for syria the future role of the u.n. it perhaps finding a political solution. i was just speaking to the special envoy mr patterson and will see the interview later today on al-jazeera he has been pursuing this constitutional committee in geneva which has met 5 times over almost a year and a half and made absolutely no progress he knowledge to me that there had been little progress but he's giving it one last try but he's saying that there may need to be some new fresh approaches to this as there might be a new format for international diplomacy that is needed is something that brings

all the key players around the table of course you do have the a start up process where you have russia. and turkey and iran involved but the u.s. doesn't sit at that table so he's thinking about some sort of new international format to push things on all right thank you for that that is a diplomatic as a james baker is always 5 quid while they are to serve as a senior syria adviser to some of the power president obama's ambassador to the united nations he says the international community must give the syrian people an alternative to the syria controlled by bashar al assad. what we have here is there are opportunities there's a fork in the road either to continue with business as usual and reconvene 10 years from today talking about further suffering and misery in syria or to decide to prioritize civilian protection in areas that are not under the control of the

charlotte aside to invest in the north the north east the northwest to make sure that people can live there in peace and to perhaps entice those who have been displaced and meet refuge there he sees to return to those areas and to use that new reality in the north i'm not talking about breaking up syria but civilian protection in areas that are not under the control of the show a sub and a lot of allowing them to grow and to be protected in concert with the regional countries and i'm speaking here specifically of the gulf countries and turkey and the united states and the europeans espied and to provide that as an alternative to the syria under bashar al assad's control not in order to wage war against the regime in damascus or to force a regime change but to provide as a safe haven an alternative and to use that reality. to bargain or perhaps if a little settlement for a better syria in the future i think that is

a much more preferable solution and the christian. led to more head on the news hour including funerals after the deadliest day so far in me an uprising against the military coup and it demonstrates you say they'll continue to fight for democracy plus. a defining moment in libya's war as a unity government is sworn in after a decade of diplomatic failure. and insupportable here where this record breaking quarterback has to say about his decision to retire and if. parents are holding funerals for their children and me and after at least 50 protesters were killed on sunday the worst day of violence 1 in a 6 week long crackdown on the atika movement demonstrations defied martial law monday where they were again met with live ammunition killing 6 more scott the

reports. of the deadliest area on the most violent day of the anti coupe protests on sunday was in an industrial suburb of yangon. and on the protesters were killed with live ammunition some of the protesters there targeted factories financed by china many protesters say the country is supporting the coup global times a chinese state run newspaper said factories were attacked and set on fire by so-called instigators and causing $37000000.00 in damage it prompted the strongest statement yet from china calling the situation very severe and urging myanmar's generals to stop all acts of violence punish the perpetrators and protect the chinese people and companies its large influential neighbor to the north china is by far the largest trading partner with me and mark. and is the biggest supplier of arms and military equipment to the tatmadaw me and mars' army. after sunday's violent crackdown and vandalism the judge to announce at least 6 areas in yangon are now

under martial law. in smaller groups than on sunday protesters came out again on the streets of mandalay on monday marching against the giant and supporting their democratically elected leaders ousted civilian leader aung sang suu kyi she was to have another court hearing on the charges against her including one added last week accusing her of accepting illegal payments but the hearing was pushed back to. a jaunt to a new food. this man. cannot be dismissed could not be conducted. today because we have no internet in the country for the whole country these 6 weeks on the protesters resolve has remained constant. but according to some they've had to increase their willingness to sacrifice their duty could have found the meaning of the tattoo is

freedom from fear they threatened us with weapons but our revolution won't win if we have fear so we must get rid of this kind of fear to prevail in our revolution. the term revolution now increasingly being used by those out on the streets protesting but it's now also being used by civilian parallel government saying revolution is needed to overturn the coup scott hodler al-jazeera. libya's new unity government has been sworn into office in a ceremony and to brooke it's part of a u.n. back to effort to bring stability ahead of elections in december of conflict divided libyan institutions between the internationally recognized government in the west and a rival administration to the east security will be a major task for the government trying to has more from tripoli. the prime minister abdul hamid has said that he plans on unifying libya still institutions including the military now the military and libya's divided those in eastern libya controlled

by. and in western libya previously by the g.n.a.s. so the hope is now to this military track that the u.n. is facilitating meetings have been ongoing to sort of unify libya's military ranks but there's also other issues for instance according to the u.n. support mission there's over $20000.00 foreign fighters in libya so being able to come together 1st unifying libya's military and then and then foreseen the foreign fighters out of is just one of the tasks that the governor of national unity will be. will have to focus on also bringing about elections now throughout this throughout last year we saw lections city of new supposedly elections take place in western libya and a few cities in the south but that hasn't happened in eastern libya and areas that are controlled by by have to so whether or not elections can take place in december

the government's main objective is to leave the country until elections so whether or not that will be able to take place some some people are concerned that that might not happen but for the most part libyans and i think now the international community want to see libya move towards a democratically elected country so the hope is that libya will see a unified country and elections in december. kenya is boycotting the start of an international court of justice hearing to decide its maritime border with somalia the neighbors both like claimed the energy resources off the coast of somalia 1st off the international court of justice to rule on the maritime border in 2014. of the dispute which is over a triangle shaped area of about $100000.00 square. somalia argues its maritime boundary should run toward the south east to match the direction of its land border kenya says the border should take

a roughly $45.00 degree turn at the shoreline area is believed to be rich in oil and gas and also considered one of east africa's richest fishing grounds antonios that accomplice is an associate professor of international law at the university of oxford he has taken part in cases before the i.c.j. joins us now from london thank you for your time what does it mean that kenya is boycotting the harry what will happen now will it go ahead anyway. it has actually gone ahead so the hearing the 1st day of the hearings just finished maybe about an hour ago with somalia presenting its case it is actually going ahead so nonappearance before the international court of justice does happen one occasion but it does not affect the bar of the court to hear the case nor does it affect the part of the court to show a binding judgement but surely that point can you at a disadvantage right if it's not in court. yes it

certainly does but it is a disadvantage of its own making in a way i mean the court is still obligated to take into consideration all potential positions that kenya might take it is also well aware of the arguments that kenya is making and will have to consider the merits on the basis of the submissions of somalia and on and decide on the basis of international law so. it will still have to be a decision that is based on what the law provides. just without the benefit of kenya's argument. let's talk about the given i know everything i've read about this it says it all comes down to whether somalia has bought a shoot straight out from the direction that heads the land or if it goes to up to a $45.00 degree angle what does the i.c.j. have to go off then i mean it seems simply to be a difference of almost just a difference of opinion. well you're right but there are provisions in the law

about how maritime boundaries are to be delimited. if so for for example when it comes there are different zones here the 2 states are asking for a single maritime boundary which means old zone should have one boundary. roughly let's let's put it this way roughly what somalia is saying is that the law provides for an equidistant line from the 2 shore so basically equal distance from both shores for that there tauriel sea and that should be projected further for the for the other zones and so it should follow the course of the land boundary where is kenya is basically saying look that might have been the national position but in our case we believe it runs parallel to the latitude so that 45 degree angle which you mentioned and that has been our position since 1989 and it has been respected by somalia since 979 until 2014 so for

a good 35 years before somalia changed its mind and said well the boundary should run some other course so kenya is argument roughly could be if you haven't disputed something for 35 years then it becomes some sort of agreement between the 2 to put it simply so the the court will have to decide this so the court will have to decide do i do we believe in the boundary on the basis of the somalian came that we should just apply the relevant provisions of the law in the relevant tests that we have developed or do we accept the kenyan. position that some sort of tacit agreement has been formed between the 2 states because of the long known protest over. over the boundary running another course ok thank you for explaining of us that a couple us there. was a professor of international at university of oxford. and

a court in mali has dropped charges against curley. and has accomplices they were accused of being involved in a massacre of soldiers and 2012 but has this report. not in his usual 4 star generals uniform but a gray suit former coup leader amadou son ago walks out of the tribunals a free man along with 15 other soldiers he no longer faces charges of torture killings and rape but this woman says she was among those on of those soldiers rounded up when he took power in a coup and 2012 and she was held in captivity for 19 months and raped every night to her the court's decision is wrong it's over from ollie to military can commit cruel acts criminal acts without ever having to face justice to court is in their hands even better day will use a lot of amnesty and reconsideration to cover up their crimes the lawyers of those she accuses deny any wrongdoing saying there's no proof to her allegations the

court did not issue a verdict but instead the judge cited a $29000.00 rican solution law offering amnesty to specific crimes committed during the 2012 crisis that's when armed groups took over the north and captain sun ago took over power in a coup in an interview with al-jazeera at the time he said his plan was to bring back the rule of law and end political corruption. i don't belong to a political party i'm not a political man i'm not a window into what it was. during his short 3 weeks rule son ago ordered the arrest of 21 soldiers of the presidential guards accusing them of fermenting a coup against him they were tortured blindfolded and thrown into a mass grave before being shot for rights groups this amounts to international war crimes from all these military rulers these are not crimes but past events that do not warrant a trial under an agreement brokered by the states the victim's family will receive at least $25000.00 in compensation for a 5 bedroom house and the state funeral for the deceased. i'm shocked by the

court's decision i would have preferred that they were sentences many victims and survivors see in the court's decision. a rushed attempt to reconsider the ation in war torn mali and they say they have been denied justice and are unable to heal and move forward nicholas hawk al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera netflix dominates this year's oscar nominations about viewing habits changing the age of the pandemic . and u.k. to australia a rallying cry for governments to do more to end violence against women. install the format and often puts on a final round martha clausen the players' championship details later on in the show .

how they're swarming up nicely once again across the middle east of los the dust and sand that we saw over the course of the weekend glossy clear skies lots of hazy sunshine let's push further north where the weather action is we've seen some big winds are rolling in across the eastern side of the mediterranean driving some showers there for cyprus towards the levant wintry mix there into central and eastern parts of turkey as we go on through choose day just pushing a little further east which as we go on into wednesday to the south of that there we go we warming up southerly winds picking temperatures up here in doha to around 30 degrees celsius so some more pleasant spring was coming through a lousy dry then as one would expect and it's lousy dry to across the whole of africa although we also want to see showers just coming into was central areas of somalia as we go on through chiz day chance of wanted to showers just cropping up into southern parts of ethiopia where the weather will be across the democratic republic of the congo easing across into the gulf of guinea more heavy rain coming

in here from time to time and we got some heavy rain so you into central parts of south africa some wetter weather just pushing for. nothing a little further east was joining up with some wet weather would have cost more than parts of namibia into angola and fish i was to america. for what $300000000.00 going to miss you and visit such a small place where everyone knows everyone and it's great easy to corrupt the system. really good about. britain so. it's a film but helped bring down the corrupt governments and lead to the jailing of the former president. al jazeera investigates stealing paradise. when the news breaks the war would be considered

a hero how can i support when people need to be heard. and the story told to struggle for justice they would say and rights to start all over with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports with montagu ph to be the place that you start but not a place for you and al-jazeera has teams on the ground but climate change is changing all about right to bring you more award winning documentaries and life needs. the. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour spain has joined france italy and germany in suspending use of the astra zeneca vaccine more than

a dozen nations are expressing concern about blood clots the world health organization says it's a. thousands of people have turned out across rebel held city is in syria to mark 10 years since the start of the war the un security council has matched and heard calls for a renewed cease fire and political settlement. security forces a 1000000 man had killed 6 protesters a day off the worst violence since the military coup 39 people were shot dead on sunday. ugandan opposition leader bobby wine has been arrested while leading a protest in kampala. wine called them off our shoes to free hundreds of his supporters arrested before during and after january's presidential election which he lost to longtime leader nobody in the $71.00 disputes the results he tweeted that he's not been charged but his home is surrounded by the police and military.

such as that. and. the restrict the link with you it would really kill the jury to. demand that you do respect the right to life of the bond. by jerry and officials say gunmen have abducted 3 teachers from a primary school in the northwestern state of car do not know the children were taken the raid is the latest in a string of attacks on schools and nigeria coming just 4 days after $39.00 college students were abducted. still in nigeria there's been constant conflict between fall was wearing castle and all those who grow crops politicians in some areas say the open grazing of animals needs large amounts of water and it's unsustainable but once the ocean has managed to reduce violence between. the projects can be replicated. by new car joins

a herd that's grown over the past 4 years. the animals are a mix of local importing breeds and the result of a government scheme to improve herd management and minimize conflict between farmers and herders. was spacious housing and a constant supply of feed and supplement farm manager say business is thriving. we got at least 6 jersey pregnant cows and broncos and cattle from the government they helped us upgrade our facilities which enabled us to expand and more milk production is up and we even excess cattle. because of the upgrade he says both production has grown by 300 percent in 3 years and continues to increase. the state government started the program to stem violence sweeping many parts of

nigeria as competition for land and water intensified between livestock farmers and those growing crops the state is expanding the program just as hundreds of cattle farmers forced from the southern part of nigeria by the violence are moving north we have 1000 grizz in reserves that are provided for these herders and we have said to do some of them. so that the farmers will know know the limits of encroachment we have to where there is a possibility of trying to have between on the beach in the famine and the headers as we'll have in some of these locations that has been taken care of the cattle farmers are told to go for it or for the herds and better risk eels. the government is make. the not obstruct or encroached upon in areas where the new scheme is up and running we also have dames where animals drink. the arts minnow

also encouraged to form both cooperatives and send their produce to government or private processing facilities. nigeria's cattle population is estimated at 1x4w3w of them here in sokoto state but while deadly violence involving cattle herders and promises reported across much of nigeria here is there's been no major incident over the past 6 years the government says it plans to settle prosperous is bringing calm and raising output. violence between farmers and herders is a decades long problem in nigeria but has worsened recently and many hope that initiatives like this might help bring that to an end of a decrease al jazeera nigeria child kremlin critic alexina valmy says he's being held in a concentration camp and a message shared on his their 5 instagram account valmy sent greetings from a high security sector of the camp 100 kilometers outside moscow he says is doing

well in the camp is not violence but he is under constant surveillance of ali was jailed for parole violations charges his supporters say are politically motivated. to the netherlands now where there's been a resurgence of young people in politics more than ever before the running and parliamentary elections a 10th of the candidates for wednesday's vote are under 30 of the youngest is just 16 years old steadfast and followed her on the campaign trail. they are 1617 and 19 years old and campaigning for a seat in the dutch parliament because tina middleton napal represents the young party or young and along with leash are here they're the youngest candidates running in this week's parliamentary elections all the time i was working for you only an idea and now it's now i can see where i am where i am right now you're on the official list. as a number 2 here these are the 16 year old grew up in

a foster home and decided to run so she could fight for more protection for young people everyone in the 2nd chamber is talking about the younger people would not live with them so that's what i decided to that's when i decided to join young so are they will they will have to talk to me and to my colleagues. climate change is one of the main reasons young people are entering politics thousands have sounded an alarm all over the nataline's to stop global warming among them young politicians we've seen to date are doing bare receive black lives matter all over the world but there has to be a group of people that says we love that activism and we're going to translate it into parliament and 1000 year old bibi really is number 6 on the list of fault a rapidly growing party would bases all over europe and a large number of young candidates as a group that's going to pay for the crisis that we're facing so the economic crisis after the corona won and especially the climate crisis we're going to pay the bill

so we should be the ones making the decisions well the election campaign has been dominated by traditional parties mostly focusing on the mastic issues this is seen as a new force to be reckoned with a new china. ration more interested in politics and with international views and above all they want change and change that will eventually happen says political analyst order a cracker well the average voter in the netherlands is over 50 years old the influence of younger generations is an avid to bill he says the age differences in foetal behavior have never been as large internationally as they are today since world war 2 most of all the younger generation folks much more often for radically progressive parties like green parties we see that almost every country. also in almost every country that the traditional center parties like the social democrats and the christian democrats perform really poorly among this youngest age group the polls show that newcomer of old may win 20 seats in parliament while this is not enough for a seat for the party is already seen as

a surprise of these elections young will be lucky enough to get one seat but their campaign is paying off until today. before we met them i didn't think about it so i don't know yet but it made me think yeah yeah if elected christine i'm in the list not yet allowed to work as a member of parliament as she's under age her seat would go to the next candidate on the list visiting the parliament building for the 1st time she can't wait for the day her career in politics get started step fasten al-jazeera the hague protesters have gathered outside the british parliament as members debate a new policing will allow police to crackdown on demonstrations considered disruptive the debate comes as london police face criticism for arresting people at a vigil for a woman who was killed while walking home. i have already said some of the footage circulating online of captain com is upset in so whilst the police are rightly

operationally independent as the metropolitan police are reporting to what had happened this government backs up these in fighting crime and keeping the public safe but in the interest of providing greater assurance and ensuring public confidence i have asked her majesty's inspectorate of constructive to conduct a full independent lessons learned review. tens of thousands of people have rallied in marches across australia protesting against the abuse and harassment of women it's been triggered by allegations of rape and assault centered around australia's parliament reports from canberra. thank you protestors outside astrologers parliament demanding action of violence against women in recent weeks allegations of right have rocked a struggle in politics prompting a growing number of people to speak about sexual assault and harassment i don't want to go up the world where women are listened to and i think that we should make

a change it was sparked by shocking allegations that former political star for britney he was right by a colleague in the defense minister's office. we're here because i'm function of how we used to having to fight this same stale tired of. the struggle is top floor officer attorney general christian porter is also accused of an historic right dating back 3 decades which he categorically denies police have closed the case but the government is facing growing calls for an independent inquiry we just don't think that it's appropriate that a man who holds the highest floor office in the country can have an untested and also apparently on a ridge right allegation sitting out there it makes women feel very unsafe and unsupported allegations of massage me and sexism in australia's parliament and nothing new the nation's 1st female prime minister julia gillard called it out in

2012 having but stories of a toxic culture continue it's still very much a bloke's world here a man's world and even if you work in the building as a woman you know are very clearly that you're not in charge of the government says violence against women is a priority and has set up an investigation into workplace culture but many don't believe that goes far enough this isn't just about women in politics many others here have their own story about being harassed or sexually assaulted their calling for their family crying from the top down like the women are treated equally. some are calling this latest movement a struggle is 2nd me to wave stories all too familiar right across the globe because a gauge al-jazeera canberra. u.s. secretary of state tends to blame canada defense secretary lloyd austin now making

the fest of a 6 trip to east asia washington's concerns about china a mockery to dominate the tour as roselyn georgia reports from the u.s. state department and here they're in his 1st congressional testimony since becoming u.s. secretary of state antony blinken made it clear to legislators his upcoming meeting with top chinese officials in alaska won't be a social call we intend to raise and we will raise the host of issues some of which have already been touched on today that concern us we'll also explore whether there are avenues for cooperation and we'll talk about the competition that we have in china with china to make sure that the united states has a level playing field and that our companies and workers benefit from that blinken and white house national security advisor jake sullivan are meeting senior chinese foreign policy officials eulogies shia and one year at a time when the biden administration has declared beijing the u.s.

is main global rival state department officials say the problems washington has with beijing are many hong kong shinji on tibet pressure on taiwan broader human rights abuses the south china sea the meat kong. economic pressure arbitrate as tensions on the origins of over $1000.00 other issues the china u.s. ministerial meeting will come at the end of the 1st in person overseas trip for blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin while observing pandemic related protocols austin and lincoln will hold strategic talks with their japanese and south korean counterparts on tuesday and wednesday austin will also travel to new delhi for meetings with indian military leaders. china's military ambitions including its efforts to control international waterways and. develop nuclear weapons will be discussed. the u.s.

will also be raising north korea's nuclear program. and the crisis in myanmar. former u.s. assistant secretary of state danny russell says in person meetings with washington's allies will repair the damage done during the trumpet ministration but he expects blinken meeting with chinese officials will be the start of a long process of engagement i think it's clear that joe biden isn't going to russia and china or. and he's not going to rush to try to solve every problem as i said understands that he needs to deal with the chinese from a position of greater relative straits if he's going to. be able to. move chinese decision making policies in directions that they may not necessarily want to go. u.s. officials say the meeting in anchorage in alaska is about engaging with the key

global challenge or initiatives and strategies can come later that is if the u.s. thinks it can trust the people across the table rosalyn jordan al-jazeera the state department wants an outsider netflix is crashing the academy awards after a year of lockdowns the streaming service has received $35.00 oscar nominations across 16 of its productions previous they have film had to have been screened at the cinema in los angeles for at least 7 days to be eligible for oscar consideration last year organizers allowed streaming services to be held of this year's awards after fears his across the world shut down due to the crowd virus and that mike. it's been an historic night for women at the grammy music awards they all say has become the most decorated artist in the awards history that have lopez has. an award ceremony to

honor the best of the music industry the grammy awards made history this year marked by women taking home the top awards good girl who goes to there was. the star of the night was beyond say who won for grammys with her 23 when she became the most awarded woman in the grammys history of wanting to uplift and courage celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world. was taylor swift also made history with her album full floor she became the 1st female artist to win album of the year 3 times and that puts her in the ranks of so-called 3 peat performers like frank sinatra stevie wonder and paul simon mostly we just want to thank the fans you guys met us in this imaginary world that we created and we can't tell you how honored we are. british singer do a leaper won best pop vocal album for her dance the future nostalgia and spoke of

the value of music during hard times and record of the year when to billie eilish for everything i wanted yeah thanks for doing this i love you thank you the song of the year went to r. and b. artist her for the black lives matter anthem i can't breathe addressing issues like police brutality social justice and rates we are the change that we wish to see and you know that that that fight that we had enough of the summer of 2020 keep that same energy thank you the pandemic has devastated much of the music industry with canceled festivals like concerts and twitterers the grammys reflected that reality with artists at the ceremony socially distance and wearing masks and also with many prerecorded performances that in the show a groundbreaking ceremony and a reminder of the power of music especially during challenging times katia lopez so the young al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera sports the mistake of post be

decisive in the outcome of the america's cup with that story crew.

the rules the all. time of sport has power ken thank you so much a big mistake and a stunning comeback go a long way to deciding the outcome of the 36th america's cup italy's luna rossa looks set to level the contest against team new zealand but the sailing gods had other ideas and a richardson reports. with defending champions team new zealand for 3 up in the

best of 13 concerts there was a lot riding on the race 8 of this america's cup. the new zealand boat was going well in the contest with its elite luna rossa until this happened the home favorites made a tiny era in the light winds of the all can coast and the boat came off its foils the foils are carbon fiber hooks that lift the whole out of the water and allow these boats to race at speeds of more than 80 kilometers per hour but well positioned like this the boat came to a temporary stop and that allowed luna rossa to sail away and build up a full minute late the race looked to be over and saloon a russert made their own era the italian boat producing an action replay and it to fell off its foils. that gave the new zealand a chance to recover and pull off one of the biggest comebacks in the 170 year history of this event that over here. the wind pushing them $53.00 up and

within sights of victory i thought i heard of course that. pretty unreal fight that from the from the guys their absolute made a pretty costly error jiving out right behind them. on the 1st down wind and fell off for those back got a back up briskly quickly and then you know sounded great rise from their end of the sea bed i meant to say one of the techs at the top marquee and it made my day it's really right when jim jim made a mistake and we never looked back ever almost talking up the ways talking about a washington you know is going to be 7 mil. so yeah you if you if you ask a whole lot of people out here that might have a different answer by my answer is i call for some months a mite's everyone at same letter also believes we can win this and will certainly be going out some are with the gloves off and ready to fart whatever their rivals may not be giving up but see new zealand could now when the 36th america's cup with

2 more wins on tuesday and the richardson al-jazeera. one of the n.f.l.'s greatest ever quarterbacks drew brees has been speaking for the 1st time since announcing his retirement the 42 year old ended his 20 year career on sunday his last game for the new orleans saints was a loss to tom brady's tampa bay buccaneers in january brees led the saints to their only super bowl win in 2010 he's the leafs all time leader in passing yards and completions. you know really i approach the last 4 seasons with that mentality of i'm just import everything i have into the season then i'll give myself. at least a little while after the season so in the northwest family and my wife and then make a very thoughtful decision i think going into this season about felt like this was going to be and let's go get it a fight that we unify boxing's having weight division may have moved

a step closer to happening anthony joshua entice interiors signed a to find a deal to take each other on that's according to josh was promoter at a yarn last week kerry said he'd stop training because a deal was nowhere near the final just. that massey is about to hit yet another landmark at barcelona when he plays against west later this monday it will be his 700 and 67th match for the club that will equal the a parent's record set by chevy hernandez it's incredible because that shows how important you watch for barcelona and the number of games the number of the number of heads reach and the number of titles let's hope that we welcome to new which lay on winning titles what he showed and what he did for the school. goals world number 3 justin thomas has won the players championship in florida the american produced a 4 under par round 68 on

a song with an issue one shot had to flee westwood has now been the runner up for 2 straight tournaments this is thomas' 1st win this season and his 14th p.g.a. tour victory. it means a lot obviously it's a huge championship very special it's a tournament of want to win a tournament that i truly did feel like i was going to win it at some point and hopefully multiple times i just i love the golf course it was an incredible shape this week the greens were were so good the fairways were perfect ruffles was long. just a great test of golf. so here's a lump of organizers have confirmed that the torch relay will begin as planned on march 25th the real what with the subject to cope with $900.00 safety measures and the start won't be open to the public games organizers have also said that ahead of the relay they want to make a final decision on whether or not foreign fans will be allowed into japan for the games they lympics are due to begin on july the 20. ok and that is all your sport

for now can back to you thank you for that. but that's it for me came down for this new zone to go away though don taylor and our european broadcast center will be here in just a moment with plenty more of the days i'll see you next time a bunch of them. jumped into the story there was a lot going on in this. global community when i don't have all the misinformation i think we don't want to feed than we are aware it be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always

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it and nowhere in india is the situation was that in daddy the number of cases. where a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor success of pollution across 5 north and ian states health experts and bob mentioned this and being one in 4 months of the easing of the law would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those because the 19. germany becomes the latest country to pause astra zeneca vaccinations over concerns about side effects but health experts insist it is safe. and our intent of this is our 0 live from london also coming up. protests in

rebel held cities across syria as it marks 10 years of civil war with half a 1000000 people dead and millions more.