things out the window and status of the borders to just improve witness consciousness collective on al-jazeera. a showcase of the best documentary films cross the neckline on al-jazeera. millions of people go back under lockdown as europe battles of 3rd wave of covert infections. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera coming up on the program. the type police push back protesters gathered near the king's palace to close the release of their leaders and reforms to the monarchy a new tactic for me and mas military to intimidate the thousands still rallying

against february's coup. and the tokyo lympics organizers decide to bally international spectators the 1st time it's happened in the history of the games. hello welcome to the program our top story countries across europe are returning to lock down as the continent grapples with a surge in corona virus infections so part of an effort to combat a so-called 3rd wave in france 16 regions including the capital paris are now under lockdown for at least 4 weeks that's almost a 3rd of the country's population poland is also entering a 3 week lockdown with students returning to online learning and non-essential shops due to close most of these population went under lockdown on monday with schools closing veron restrictions on movement between the regions the country is also set for a nationwide lockdown of east and with cases in germany rising at an exponential

rate you measures that are likely to be introduced in the coming days and sasha bought reports now from paris. it was clear from the number of people exercising and jogging by the river seine in paris the people who are making the most of being allowed outside the government imposed a 3rd lockdown on the c.c. and 15 regions but this time people aren't required to stay indoors all day glassman. we have to work all week so thankfully we can go outside it's a necessity it helps morale to be able to share some good moments. that we need to adopt again which will be painful in the days to come but we have to get on with it and hope it gets better in other parts of paris a more familiar lockdown site quiet streets closed shops and businesses although schools and essential stores can state and he's on top of liberty to stop

shopkeepers and small business owners are at the point of exhaustion after more than a year of yellow vests strikes no 3 lock downs in some regions it's true much. of the cases of rising in france with almost 40000 new infections a day intensive care units in paris hospitals are full so some patients are being transferred elsewhere the french government says the pods the frogs are battling a 3rd wave they hope that the regional restrictions will help avoid another national knock down by helping to stop the spread of the virus and winning time for more people to be vaccinated. on friday the french prime minister jocasta ex received an astra zeneca jab an attempt to convince the public of its safety off to months of negative publicity and a temporary suspension acces skepticism is high in france but at this immunization center the queues would normally. i'm fine with astra zeneca but it's normal that

some people worried because of recent events but i think confidence will return in the coming weeks for some doctors the restrictions aren't tight enough bought french president emanuel michael says the economy and people's mental health must also be considered for now the new look down is set to last one months out of the many people suspect could run much longer recession just 0 paris well swear bosnia has tightened its code restrictions as it deaths in the capital reached record numbers all spittles in sarajevo warning they don't have the capacity for the rising number of patients the capital's night curfew has been lengthened to start at 9 pm and all hospitality is now closed for 2 weeks to combat the spike in infections and then ukraine has reimposed straight coronavirus restrictions in its capital kiev markets shopping malls museums cinemas they've all been closed now 1000 infections in ukraine reached the highest level since the

month of november on thursday prompting he have to impose a lockdown on yeah are just the shots jokes presidential people will become more frustrated that will be the biggest change it one achieve anything else there won't be a reduction in infections people will continue to infect themselves like before because they will continue to mate in enclosed areas houses apartments and parks. well protests have also been held across europe calling for those restrictions to be lifted in germany where some minor scuffles with police and several 1000 people gathered in the city of castle to oppose the current measures water cannon was also used to break up the crowd while here in the u.k. anti lock down protest as was seen clashing with police in central london 13 people have been arrested mostly for breaching code restrictions. well brazil has just suffered its deadliest week yet since the pandemic began more than 2800 deaths reported on friday and a record 90000 new cases of co that this is the president. the supreme court to

overturn curfews imposed by mayors and state governors want to have reports now from rio de janeiro where beaches are being closed to the public. the beaches in rio de janeiro seem to be a world apart far from the couvade 19 pandemic spiralling out of control throughout brazil this couple from neighboring argentina came here despite news that latin america's largest country is facing the worst health care system collapse in all of its history. in argentina the media catamarans brazil has become the epicenter of the world pandemic that they were his dying that it's all doom and gloom but we came anyway and look what we found a paradise. a paradise that will shut its doors on saturday we use mayor

has just joined other cities and states imposing restrictions to try and stop infections from spreading killing 15000 in just a week intensive care units across the country we're already running out of beds now hospitals in 18 states say they're running out of medical supplies to into bait their patients given the huge volume of patients we start to suffer from the scarcity of basic materials we're going to have serious problems in the coming days with secretive and neuromuscular blockers and this is happening in all hospitals not just this one. doctors have been calling out for a nationwide lockdown but president jalal sonando has asked the supreme court to overturn curfews imposed by governors and mayors he says they're violating the constitution and acting as dictators. so they're imposing a state of siege which is unconstitutional they cannot do this without the approval

of congress humiliating the population most saying they're saving lives how can they be saving lives if the starving people. back in rio bolsa not his words were received with mixed feelings but brazil is one of the you know countries with you know worst number of cases of covert 19 and it's really like preoccupying almost the entire world except our president actually and it's really not. it's not ok i think that it is the law is that you know it was the month. if politicians are going to stop us from working they must 1st find the means to guarantee our survival i feed my family by selling hot dogs on the beach if i'm forced to stay at home what will happen to us the beaches in rio are like an open market place many informal workers make their living here travelling everything. how will. they rent chairs they sell art

and they have no ways of making a living if the beaches are closed specially now that they haven't been receiving emergency aid since january. the government has promised a new emergency aid package starting april coronavirus has hit brazilians hard and next week the country is expected to reach another grim milestone when it will have a total of 300000 deaths from covert 19 monica i'll just sirrah rio de janeiro. now in other developments the prime minister of pakistan has tested positive for coverage 19 the health minister confirm the infection and said imran khan is now self isolating at home on a close aide said he has a mild cough and fever it comes just 2 days after he was vaccinated but officials say it's likely he already had the virus but his dad is experiencing a shot rise in new infections it's currently vaccinating health workers on the

elderly with the sign of farm vaccine. now police in thailand's capital of used water cannon to push back anti-government protest is advancing on the king ceremonial residence about 1500 people broke through barriers surrounding bangkok's grand palace clashing with riot police brought in to protect the area a youth protest movement has grown in thailand since last year model the resignation of the government and reforms to the moment they also want the release of the protest leaders well to pull back e d y mitch is dean of the faculty of political science at thailand's russia tunney and of us t.v. he believes the government is it is adopting the wrong tactics. their government to be more list with their future if they want and be a democracy country but what we have seen today and not become is i'm actually

trying to imminence it because because there are important markets but then to go in actually one to remain in power elite you want it to stay in power by keeping it and that was written by him so so did use to as a man the very man the man who in this country is to remove the power of the appointment to ireland. and that was in order to ensure it who would remain in power at we have seen today. well in may and mark least 2 more protesters have been killed as the military continues its brutal crackdown on dissent 7 weeks after the coup mass protests are being met with more violence despite rock condemnation from me and mass asian neighbors and this tony chang now reports the unrest is also having an impact on the country's economy. once again

protesters head out onto the streets here in town way ward in the center of young gone and once again they're forced back carrying their injured after being met by bra bullets and live rounds but a new tactic from the military bulldozers smashing through rows of cars and turned to simply to terrorize and demoralize. as the violence is spread so has the destruction these clothing factories in yangon was set on fire last week it's not known by whom. in the last 5 years the garment industry has grown significantly under civilian rule but now many garment workers have joined the protests to full the new economic freedom could be lost he'd make and. it is very stressful i am boring and straight for my own security recently i am fighting a fight to get what we want when we are fighting we have to face being arrested and

fire linley beaten by it when you touch. the manufacturers it's a disaster sanctions are likely to cut off the factories and their workers source of income. and we've been urging our government to apply pressure. to end the coup but in tucson a manner that doesn't harm the workers is as we talked about before it's really important to make sure the workers have their livelihoods protected the rights know i would. and forced labor on the streets of yangon this mobile phone footage shows civilians being forced to carry sandbags for the police when one full to as he's made to crawl on his hands and knees more in dignity is at the hands of those who is supposed to protect and serve tony chang al jazeera. still ahead on the program was angry protests in turkey after president do one pulls out of the istanbul

convention to protect women from violence. and iceland lowers the threat level a day after a long dormant volcano burst centerline near the capital. now over the last few days it's got cold most of your food has come down from the north as has the cloud in the still a big circulation rather an area of high pressure which is just the west of on and so the wind does this sort of thing but it's caught into it the bit warmer and so although it's cold narrow as that thing comes out and cooler a warm front if you like it's still cold enough to g.'s rain or snow in poland the baltic states and training back to the alps as well but they are temporarily behind it gets a little warmer now where that cold air before it reached the waters the mediterranean is set up for the last load of storms or persistent rain or snow on the high ground

and that will keep going as you can see we're now into monday and you've still got that northerly breeze against the wall which was used to what the snow for you of the campaigns you know out and beyond that but burdens warmed up a bit to 8 degrees and paris is about 10 degrees now we just sadness because most of the actions in the mediterranean anyway it spills over into the north of africa that we see any proper weather and they are a spot as might see some of what is now early spring snow was raining going to in algeria is quite a stormy system here but we're dragging dust out of the sahara through egypt and will be nasty for a couple of days. most hardcore. after egypt's revolution their passion turned into something much bigger .

on al-jazeera world. the with the the. problem bag watching al-jazeera live from london our top stories now millions have gone back under lockdown across europe as the cauldron struggles to contain a rise in corona virus infections almost a 3rd of france's population and the whole of poland are under new instructions while germany is warning that new measures might be needed there is while brazil

has recorded its deadliest weeks since the pandemic began with more than 2800 deaths reported on friday rio de janeiro's famous beaches have now been closed as governors and city mayors take action. and police in thailand's capital of used a water cannon to push back anti-government protesters advancing on the king's palace about 1500 people broke through barriers surrounding bangkok's ground this. in the united states hundreds of people have gathered in the city of atlanta to protest over violence against asian americans rally was prompted by the killing of 8 people including 6 women of asian descent by a white gunman at 3 massage parlors on choose day 21 year old robert hour in long faces 8 charges of murder the center for the study of hate and extremism says hate crimes against asian americans have been run as risen by almost 250 percent in 16 major u.s. cities over the last year. well i wondered if you have been protesting in turkey as

well with after the government withdrew from the istanbul convention a landmark european treaty designed to protect women from violence. women carrying purple flags and pictures of victims of domestic violence gathered in istanbul to voice their anger at president once decision turkey was the 1st country to sign the council of europe accord in 2011 government officials say domestic law better protects women despite a rise in violence against women in that country. don thought i knew all femicide will rise even more it didn't protect us when it was in effect anyway every day women are killed in the street in the past in the car there are women who are beaten by their lovers in an elevator who reads these stories when you go to the police they say it's ok here's your husband forgive him for the sake of your children but when that woman returns home the same police officers go there the day after and take it to her funeral. yes it will rise it is on the rise anyway there

is no post every day we wake up to a feminine side and while we sleep another one happens when we go to bed we question ourselves death will mean nothing happens to men. well i mean this month president vowed his government would work to eradicate violence against women while health organization data shows 38 percent of women in turkey is subject to violence from a partner in their lifetime compared to about 25 percent in europe a group which monitors femicide says at least $300.00 women were killed because of that gender in $22171.00 others died under suspicious circumstances so far this year 78 women have been murdered or of died under suspicious circumstances and now the turkish women's rights group says that only 7 out of $100.00 women subjected to violence actually report it to the police and only 4 percent of cases lead to prosecutions it backboards court is a lawyer the we will stop femicide platform she says the main arguments against the

istanbul convention don't stand up. for the last 3 years the. convention. has been interestingly sound as we learned would be out and and also the raise they did you boys. and. a man have been man abbie discussing their alimony that me so old do this person say back number one dance is destroying their family life and. oblate culture and so or not it is that it is the main. discussion that is the main opposition against this number convention. iranians have been celebrating the start of the persian new year officials of people to limit travel and in person visits over fears it could trigger a 4th wave of coronavirus infections no less which means new day is usually

accompanied by 2 weeks of celebrations country supreme leader are the eye to eye on the night he has named the new yet one of importance and sensitivity because of the upcoming presidential election. and then in neighboring iraq they've been celebrating you know it was there in the country's northern kurdish region hundreds took part in the annual torchlight procession up a command 10 they also let fison set off fireworks for kurds the day symbolizes the transition from the dark season to the season of light. now tens of thousands of people have been paying their last respects at a memorial for tanzania's former president john mica foully who died on wednesday at the age of $61.00 he'll be buried in his hometown on friday. mega foody come under severe international pressure over his handling of the covert 1000 crisis and in recent weeks there was speculation he had the virus vice president sagna sulu hassan was sworn in as his successor on friday she is the country's 1st female

leader. well the day before elections in their public of congo a leading opposition candidate has been evacuated abroad for medical treatment guy bryce perfect suffering from an unknown illness president an assassin and guess who's rule for most of the last 40 years is seeking another term in office with many opposition politicians either refusing to stand in the in the race or in jail and the capital brazzaville malcolm webb reports. was. not many people openly criticize the electoral process in the republic of congo the catholic church is one of the few institutions that have. father felicity in move only he's been arrested twice because of his activism he was meant to be part of a team observing sunday's presidential election but he told us all church observers have been blocked from monitoring the polls by peace and democracy on paper it is

a democracy since 1901 but in reality with such behaviors we need to question ourselves if we really are in a democracy and that's what. the president any such doing queso has ruled for most of the last 40 years and he's campaigned to stay on there are many campaign posters who after an brazzaville big whatever they're another one here another one there are far fewer the opposition candidate like this one when we try and interview people on camera out on the streets. the thought is specially if anything to do with politics or the election. across the congo river from brazzaville is kinshasa the capital of the neighboring democratic republic of congo. where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protest with violently put down. by reverend he was involved in that campaign we met in

training. leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing voice. is ignored. the choice of the raised voice. everything on the browser will side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy so. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. pollution says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers here that anyone thought might be critical of irregularities in

sunday's polls malcolm webb al-jazeera roosevelt republic of congo. now several 1000 protesters have gathered in israel outside prime minister benjamin netanyahu his residence for the 39th week. the latest rally comes 3 days ahead of israel's general election which will be its 4th in the space of 2 years and that is hoping to benefit on the success of israel's vaccination campaign which has been the fastest in the world demonstrators want him to resign because of charges of bribery fraud and public trust all of which he denies. a long dormant volcano is erupting in iceland close to the capital reykjavik is the 1st eruption in this pos of ice in almost 800 years a no fly zone is in place and the alert level has now been lowered bought as were a challenge reports it's bringing back memories of a major incident 10 years ago. icelanders had been expecting

this after 40000 small earthquakes in recent weeks seen as a seismic statement of intent from the earth beneath the wreckage in his peninsula but how big would the big one be is the answer for now dramatic though not yet devastating considering it's less than 20 kilometers from the capital regular week the eruption is being closely monitored the area is the irregular as you can be at the end where he will retire the main source of becoming the the lofty goals that are. already taking her to be sure they are leaving notes. from the from to be sure that will help say they are not getting. any mean an. apartment. by night it's even more spectacular iceland is a juvenile country and geological terms a mere 20000000 years old it's frequent growth spurts and adolescent temper

tantrums are expressed in. the regulars peninsula is usually calm though it's the 1st eruption recorded here since the 12th century and for the moment it's a minor one certainly nothing is disruptive as the eruption of your cook in 2010 then the huge plume of ash shut down much of europe's airspace and cause travel chaos for almost a month for each island's al-jazeera. the organizers of the tokyo impacts have confirmed the overseas fans will not be allowed to attend the games to prevent the spread of covert 19 it's not a total surprise several reports in recent weeks suggest of the government had already made its mind up about that the 2020 games already been perspired by a year because of the pandemic david stokes reports. with $125.00 days to go until the olympics in tokyo the organizers have made a major call for the 1st time in the game's history there will be no overseas friends in an effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus we have to take your

decision so which are may not need secret respecting who the serve rarity of the safety of 0 or little bigger games this is largely been driven by the japanese public recent polls have shown a growing skepticism about holding the games and of particular letting foreigners in during a global health crisis is there an easier take we thought we should make a decision early because of accommodation and flight reservations there were also requests to messick lee for making a decision as soon as possible. set to cost $25000000000.00 the tokyo games are already the most expensive ever and the absence of foreign firms will make a further dent in the budget tokyo's hotels restaurants and other businesses will miss out on valuable trade and around a 1000000 tickets already sold abroad now need refunding british crown justin reed had tickets and flights booked but he's looking on the bright side if you're sat on

your sofa watching it you know you can you can record it in your own time and watch what you want to watch you can flip between the 2 really can get as many events as you want so i will merely picks may have lost me in past but i definitely will still be watching what i do with it and i'm all around 4500000 tickets have been bought domestically but while japanese fans are expected to be allowed in the venues will almost certainly operate at a reduced capacity with japanese are notorious for being very quiet and very polite . it is like small influxes all excitement then it goes very quiet again so oughtn't to compete in japan before so be used but i think it's going to be a bit of a culture shock. athletes like to tell him how it continued to train all around the world and organizers still have the massive challenge of bringing in more than $15000.00 of them for the olympics and then the paralympics. the next big test will be the olympic torch relay which is coming up on thursday starting in fukushima

10000 runners will crisscross japan over the next 4 months to reach the opening ceremony on july 23rd local crowds just like their foreign counterparts are being asked to stay away. david stokes out 0 there's more in everything right here al jazeera dot com you can get analysis that takes you behind the headlines there also the option of watching us on live streaming if you. look at the headlines now millions of people have gone back under lockdown across europe as the continent struggles to contain a rise in corona virus infections all of poland and almost a 3rd of france's population under the new restrictions and has more from paris now the government is saying that these restrictions they were absolutely necessary in these regions because covert infection rates have joe.