illegitimate and we listen we did not sell the fence material any country. conflict and yet we meet with global news makers until about the stories that matter on syria. hello i'm watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes millions of people go back on the lockdown as europe battles of the wave of coded infections for years iconic beaches closed to the public because brazil suffers its deadliest week yet. a new tactic for me and mas military to intimidate the

thousands still rallying against february's. and angry protests in turkey after president pulls out of the istanbul convention to protect women from violence i'm german actuates bought around madrid when again to keep the pressure on leaders athletic in the spanish title race and tokyo's a limping organizers overseas found from attending at this year's games because of fears over the spread of coronavirus. welcome to the program our top story countries across europe are turning to lockdown as a continent ground for the with a surge in corona virus infections it's all part of an effort to combat a so-called 3rd wave all the possibility of one developing in france 16 regions including 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 nonessential shops due to close most of italy's population went under lockdown on monday with schools closing and restrictions on movement between regions the countries also set for a nationwide lockdown to take place over the easter and then with cases in germany rising now an exponential rate new measures there are likely to be introduced in the coming days as action. has our report now from paris. it was clear from the number of people exercising and jogging by the river seine in paris the people were making the most of being allowed outside the government's imposed as a lockdown on the c.c. and 15 regions but this time people are required to stay indoors all day. to close men. who 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

adapt 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 all those 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 too much. 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 parts of france 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 jacques aspects

received an astra zeneca jab an attempt to convince the public of its safety after months of negative publicity and a temporary suspension acces skepticism is high in france but at this immunization center the queues were long. i'm fine with astra zeneca but it's normal that some people are worried because of recent events but i think confidence will return in the coming weeks for some doctors. restrictions aren't tight enough but french president emmanuel might call says the economy in people's mental health must also be considered for now the new look down is set to last one month however many people suspect he could run much longer recession butler al-jazeera paris or ukraine is reimposed straight krone virus restrictions in its capital kiev is markets shopping malls museums and cinemas of all been closed covered 19 infections in the country reached the highest levels since november on thursday from think you

have to impose that lockdown and then bosnia as also tightened covert 1000 restrictions in the capital sarajevo as it struggles with record numbers of deaths country is still waiting for vaccines to be delivered from kovacs the vaccination scheme that's been led by the world health organization so it's on that now. cemeteries are filling up fast morgues are crowded with bodies awaiting burial and hospitals are its maximum capacity to forget what it. was news capital sarajevo's facing a new wave of corona virus infections and it's fair to could be far worse than the 1st more interesting the highest number of daily deaths in the country since the pandemic started you know paula say they're working around the clock to cope. if it goes on like this at the end of march we'll probably have more deaths in these 1st 3 months of the year than the entire last year bosnia has one of the

highest rates of deaths in the world for its size of population the number of funerals of course just the horrors of the bosnian war in the ninety's ninety's so you do get some good sometimes i tend to funerals on the same day so many people died my friends and family this reminds me of the period in the post war time when people were buried after being examined for mass graves in eastern bosnia where i worked the situation is pretty much the same. for the health ministry has recorded more than 6 and a half 1000 new cases of coronavirus in less than 10 days from before this is our central i.c.u. unit we have 2 more wards which we call post intensive care but believe me conditions of these patients are such that they are all really intensive care patients. with a shortage of vaccines bosnia's been unable to stop the mass inoculation program is

sort of more than 2000000 vaccines under the global kovacs increased population of 3500000 but to move rees have been delayed the government says it's disappointed it is only received $50000.00 doses so far. in sarajevo there's been a lack of social distancing and mask wearing. rising cases and deaths the government announced stricter guidelines on friday cafes and restaurants now closed to. all protests have been held across europe calling for corona virus restrictions to be lifted in germany that were minor scuffles with police as several 1000 people gathered in the city of purcell to oppose the current measure is what it can and will also use to break up the crowd while in the u.k. and he knocked down protesters here we're seeing clashing with police in central london 13 people have been arrested mostly for breaching restrictions. well professor jeffrey lazarus is

a researcher at the barcelona institute for global health he joins us now from copenhagen how do you explain the surging infection numbers across europe i think there are 3 main reasons one is the lessening of restrictions countries allowing shops and schools to be open longer or at all it's increased travel within the country i also think there is a sense of pandemic pretty among the population people are getting very tired that's making them blocks that maps on when they're inside and so on and i also think there's vaccine euphoria now that we've seen that the vaccine works people are relaxing a little bit more so i think it's a combination of those 3. spencer activities that's leading to the increase in cases right complacency on the part of the public and the a slight easing of restrictions in some places is not being matched by the pace of

the vaccination campaign what how what does that mean for the numbers could we see this develop into a full blown 3rd wave. i think we could thankfully i don't think we'll see the kinds of hospitalizations and deaths that we saw before because the most vulnerable population and the oldest have been vaccinated but we could see cases increase in germany they're predicting an exponential increase in cases if new measures and strong measures are taken rapidly. what about the variants that aryans from the corona virus could. jeopardize the effectiveness of the vaccines at some point. so on the one hand the variants are also one of the reasons we're seeing increase because at least one of the variants of start to be much more transmissible than the virus we had a year ago or a year ago in terms of the vaccine we're ready to be very vigilant we've already seeing issues with the astra zeneca exene not providing the same level of

protection against the variants i don't divide in south africa those were there's worry that they'll be more variants of concern that some of those might be resistant to the current vaccines so how is that likely to play out in the public arena or are we going to see more and more people. public confidence being undermined because of vaccine risks but then also perhaps some people prefer to have one vaccine instead of the other i think that would be a big mistake right now what we need is continued restrictions i'm hesitant to say that because i know that it's not a popular position but we need to continue a few more months with these restrictions and we need to scale up vaccination much much more rapidly which means we need to increase manufacture and vaccines europe has very low rates of x. nation on average across the ear and 10 percent of the adult population are actually at it contrast that with about half of the adult population. and have been

supply shortfalls that just tickle problems and then the whole sort of procurement process went wrong after a bit how do they how difficult is it going to be to recover from that. well we're seeing the effect with this low vaccination rates new variants that are more transmissible the lessening of restrictions. that this causes the virus to spread more rapidly so we really need to get the vaccine scale up and build the public gardens that we can manufacture and distribute these vaccines much faster cross the e.u. than we've been doing for the last. thank you very much jeffrey lazarus joining us there professor as hers from copenhagen thank you. now rio de janeiro's iconic copacabana beach has been closed as brazil tries to curb a rise in crime and virus infections which are surging in the latin american country right now a city of 6700000 people of already been under a tight nighttime curfew all now beachgoers have been cleared in an effort to

enforce social distancing measures government has been slow to rollout vaccines with someone as a policy is needing to suspend vaccinations jus to a lack of supplies is going to fly 1st and what is are is that always figure great deal this week about hospitals being overwhelmed and just surging case numbers and fatalities from the virus but what measures are being taken apart from these beach closures to to mitigate that. well the trouble marion with brazil is that there are conflicting measures you have the mayor as we have rio de janeiro one of the prices we seen closing all the beaches in the city also banning buses from coming into the city full of tourists who are likely to go to those beaches the reason he's done that is because hospital bed occupation in around rio de janeiro is that 95 percent almost a serious around the rest of brazil at the same time you have the president of the

country job also noddle encouraging people to go to the beaches to soak up as much a victim in the sunshine as they possibly can because he says that is the best way to fight the corona virus you know you've really got this big political problem those who are imposing measures to try to fight the pandemic and the president and his allies saying that they're doing a good job they're dealing with it as best they can it's not their fault really urging people to go about business as usual so that is a huge problem with these these massive conflicts right across the country right so the president at odds with his own state governors and mayors talk to me about chile then they've set a new daily record cases despite the vaccination campaign going quite well. i mean surely stands out in latin america is having had a very successful rollout campaign there close to vaccinating 50 percent half of the 19000000 the population and chile is

a difficult country to get to some of the nether regions large majority live in and around the capital santiago but there are inaccessible deserts in the north mountains in the south and they're getting there yet despite that this what their pride in having done that as you've mentioned the cases are rocketing they've got their hospital beds again they're under great pressure they've got had something like 22000 deaths 7000 new infections a day the question is why this is happening i mean you had your one of your previous speakers talking about people perhaps getting complacent once they've had their vaccination thinking that's great that's the coronavirus over and done with i'll go out and live my life as before but that is possibly one of the reasons that that's happening in chile but now something like 95 percent of the population will be covered by these new measures which will be heavily policed to make sure people stay indoors and abide by those regulations to try to keep those numbers down as

the vaccinations continue that it turned into get as many people vaccinated as quickly as they possibly can but at the same time realizing that measures are needed to stop people spreading the disease at the same time thanks very much. now pakistan's prime minister has tested positive for covert $1000.00 health minister confirmed the infection and said imran khan is self isolating at home or in 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 had already contracted the virus has done is experiencing a sharp rise in new infections it's currently vaccinating health workers and the elderly with the sign of fun back seen. and then parts of the florida gulf resort of the former u.s. president all trump have been temporarily closed because of an outbreak of the virus that somewhat because at the margot palm beach resorts have been quarantined out of what is being what is being called an abundance of caution the result hasn't specified how many people have tested positive trump and his family moved to margot

after he left office in january you know the news hour live from london still ahead . type police pushed back protesters gathered near the king's palace to call for the release of their leaders and reforms to the monaco. towns and ends pain of pay their last respects to the late president john mica food at a ceremony in dar salaam. and manchester city of 3 of the f.a. cup semifinals gemma we'll show you how they did it in school. at least 2 more protesters have been killed in may and mars the military continues its brutal crackdown on dissent 7 weeks after the coup mass protests being met with

more and more violence despite rock condemnation from me and miles neighbors in the region as tony chang reports the rest is also starting to have an impact on the country's economy. once again protesters head out onto the streets here in turmoil a ward in the center of young and once again they're forced back carrying their injured after being brought the bullets unloaded grounds. a new tactic from the military bulldozers smashing through rows a parked cars intent simply to terrorize and demoralize. as the violence has spread so has the destruction these clothing factories in yangon were 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 violently beaten by it when you talk. to 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 to do so in 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 wives protected their right to know why we are. and forced labor on the streets of yangon this mobile phone footage shows civilians being forced to carry sandbags for the police when one falters he's made to crawl on his hands and knees more indignities at the hands of those who are supposed to protect and serve tony chang al jazeera. meanwhile police in thailand's

capital of his water cannon to push back anti-government protest as they're 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 u.s. protest movement has grown in thailand since last year demanding resignation of the government and reforms to the monarchy. and they don't even know what. we repeatedly issued warnings before escalating our response the police have detained 5 protesters we've heard that the protesters refused firecrackers marbles and also concrete intended to harm the police. several 1000 protesters have been outside the residence of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu now for the 39th week in a row late israeli comes free days ahead of israel's general election which will be its force in just 2 years as any i was hoping to benefit of from the success of

israel's vaccination campaign which has been the fastest in the world demonstrators want him to resign though because of charges of bribery fraud and public breach of trust all of which he denies. now to turkey hundreds of people there have been out in protest after the government withdrew from the istanbul convention a landmark european treaty designed to protect women from violence was. carrying purple flags in pictures of women who have been killed protesters gathered in istanbul to voice their anger a president who wants to sit in turkey was the 1st country to sign the council of europe accord in 2011 government officials say domestic law better protects women this as the country is suffering from a rise in violence against women. that are 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 pause every day we wake up to a feminine side and while we sleep another one happens when we go to bed we question ourselves to death. nothing happens to men. or only this month president to do one valid his government would work to eradicate violence against women world health organization data shows that 38 percent of women in turkey is subject. violence from a partner in their lifetime compared to about 25 percent in europe a group which monitors femicide says at least 300 women were killed because of that gender and 202171 others died under suspicious circumstances so far this year

78 women have been murdered or of died under suspicious circumstances and all the turkish women's rights group is saying that only 7 out of $100.00 women subjected to violence actually report it to the police and only 4 percent of cases actually lead to prosecutions dennys is a turkey advocacy specialist at amnesty international us joins us now from washington why is the president on choosing to withdraw from this landmark agreement. thank you thank you so much for having me it's actually very ironic that the turkish government is withdrawing from the convention which bears the name of turkey's most iconic city and it would link back to the current ruling party under which turkey became the 1st country to ratify that stumble convention but unfortunately since then they have failed to implement the domestic laws passed by parliament under the kind of mention and they have completely failed to protect the

rights of girls and women and that's really apparent in the rising femicide rate in the country and with this decision to withdraw the government is caving into the demands of a vocal minority of people in turkey who have objections to the convention for reasons based on massaging me and i hate. president arrid on seems desperate to channel national discourse away from the failing economy unemployment and towards cultural battles where he believes he can score a victory. from the contest that you've seen today it's clear that women don't see this as a cultural battle they recognize this is about fundamental human rights and they're united in their fight against gender based violence. argument from turkish authorities from turkish officials as saying that their national laws and regulations are enough to protect women. right of course.

signing the convention insult it's not an upright and the parliament has passed a series of domestic laws under the convention but the turkish government has largely failed to implement those and as you heard in the testimonies of women turkish police rarely listen to women when they come with complaints of by land from partners and you know even just in the recent weeks we've seen so many cases of women being killed by their partner is after dozens and dozens of complains to police and you know with many signs that this is something that could happen i mean already speaking about some of the figures being quite dire w.h.o. data saying 38 percent of women in the 40 percent of women in the country subject to violence from upon earth at some point in their lifetime now. obviously the istanbul convention that it's positive to have a legal framework but it's no silver bullet do you expect they do expect this problem do you expect those figures to get worse then yes there is actually been

a steady rise in the rate of femicide and violence against women in the past decade and in turkey as in many other parts of the world women are often impacted disproportionately when there's crises such as the global pandemic so we've seen the numbers rise even more quickly since the onset of the pen demick and in just the 1st $78.00 they've the this year 77 women were killed and many more will be unless the government acts to protect women and girls can you tell me more about what life is like for some women there have you spoken to victims of domestic violence is there any stories that stand out for you what what of what have you been told. right i want one case that was particularly traumatic to see for myself personally and i'm sure women and you know everybody in turkey was. about a week or 10 days ago a video surfaced on the internet

a young woman be beaten in the street you know and really in clear sight and even beaten so violently that it was very obvious that the perpetrator was really trying to kill her and thankfully somebody got it on video camera and thankfully she did not die as she recovered from her wounds but it really tells you the comfort in which men can do these things publicly without fear of accountability or any repercussions thank you very much dennys you excel joining us there from washington. thank you. iran and have been celebrating the start of the new year officials have been urging people to limit travel though and visits in person because of fears it could trigger another wave of coronavirus infections no rulers which means that new day is usually accompanied by 2 weeks of celebrations country supreme leader ayatollah ali hum in

a is named the new year one of importance and sensitivity because of the upcoming presidential election meanwhile in neighboring iraq they've been celebrating nose in the country's northern kurdish region hundreds of people took part in the annual torchlight procession and also it fires and set off fireworks for kurds a day symbolizes the transition from the dark season into the season of light. still ahead on this news hour from now on. why in the united states a call for help for someone suffering a mental health episode all too often ends in death. by some low is a threat level a day after a long dormant volcano bursts into life near the capitol. and then in supporting credible catch why in cricket chris jordan in their teeth trying to decide against india.

now over the last few days it's got cold most of your food has come down from the north as has the clout of 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 a bit warmer so although it's cold narrow as that thing comes out and cooler a warm front if you like is still cold enough to produce 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 copper is 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 we have a spot as might see some what is now early spring snow was rain going to an algerian it's quite a stormy system here but we're dragging dust out of the sahara through egypt it will be nasty for a couple of days. for afghans with ties to international organizations. this rate has never been greater . left exposed by the withdrawal of foreign troops. exile may be the only path to safety. but in a nation makes home feel ever further away. bill part of the viewfinder is a series on al-jazeera. examining the impact of today's headlines it

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across europe as the continent struggles to contain a rising coronavirus and factions almost a 3rd of france's population and the whole of poland are now on to new restrictions while germany is warning that new measures might be needed there as well meanwhile brazil is reporting its deadliest week since the pandemic began with more than 2800 deaths reported on friday. famous beaches of now been closed as governors and city mayors take action. and in turkey hundreds have protested after the government was drawn from the istanbul convention a landmark european treaty designed to protect women from violence so far this year 78 women have been murdered or of died in suspicious circumstances and. now to zimbabwe where health officials are appealing for help to replenish the country's blood banks over $1000.00 lockdowns restrictions on people's movements have led to fewer donating blood and that's left national supplies at critically low levels are much faster reports from harare. it's the

1st time giving blood she says the father's sudden death made her realize how important this is my dad was a police officer here part of the zimbabwean police force here and he got shot 6 months ago and unfortunately didn't survive but i mean that weekend he was in the bardo trauma center we had to rush up and down days a place near one of the hospitals that we had to keep rushing to get blood and platelets you know in order for the heart the doctors to do whatever they could and he lost almost all of the blood in his body before the 1st operation so that's why you see it every time i see somebody to donate that's going to be my intention like it could potentially save anyone's life. government enforced 19 lockdowns and. on movement have led to fewer people donating blood supplies have dropped to critically low levels across the. moment prince harry living from hand to mouth most to live 102 days cover because when you talk about strokes we're looking into

how much deeper we walding and for how long we need to cover. so on average we're operating with one or 2 days which is really very we want to do all routing a minimum 5 days stroke if we have to be idealists locked up in 3 d. 4 in units and. earlier this month the government eased it's grown lockdown and an overnight curfew it's imposed in january more people are now coming in to give blood but the numbers are still small the public is being encouraged to support the blood drives across the country in a few months it will be winter here in southern africa and health workers are warning of a 3rd wave of coronavirus infections and if the government enforces a now that lock down it will put even more pressure on the blood banks other countries around the world are also worried about dwindling blood stocks in zimbabwe health workers are approaching eligible donors and using social media to

get more people to support a blood donation programs right now every drop counts. al-jazeera. in the united states hundreds of people have protested the city of atlanta over violence against asian americans a rally was prompted by the killing of 8 people including 6 women of asian descent by white gunman 3 massage parlors on tuesday 21 year old robert hour long faces charges of murder the center for study of hate and extremism is saying hate crimes against asian americans has risen by almost 150 percent in 16 major u.s. cities over the last year. we have. coming in really i think. in the way. of heat. if only you know humanity.

around the world people regularly encounter individuals in the grips of a mental health episode but 5 to 4 too often in the u.s. those interactions begin with a call for help but end in death john hendren spoke to the family of one man killed by police when they say the only person he was a threat to was himself christian hall stood on a pennsylvania bridge suicidal gun in hand in the midst of a mental health crisis video shows him with his hands up high the gun apparently no longer in them then officers fire. they didn't shoot them if they did the police report says he was aiming a gun at officers and advancing toward them look for yourself what do you see. it looks like it's in ricci that people. there they may be fabricated a story like that pennsylvania state troopers knew they were responding to

a call about a suicidal young asian man traumatized by a recent break up all he made it was a happy man and they gave him but is that why would you shoot 1st and ask questions later we know the police can deescalate when they want to critics say that far too often when police are called to help in a mental health crisis in the united states the crisis ends in death maybe they could have done other things other than a bullet they needed to be sure that many times they'd need. to kill him but police forces say they are usually trained to respond to threats not mental health crises in the past 6 years more than 1300 people suffering such crises have been killed by police according to a database compiled by the washington post that's about one in 4 fatal police shootings in america a move many involve minorities such as daniel pruett of rochester new york who suffocated naked in handcuffs in the winter cold after police put

a bag over his head and then there's christian hall would have been different had he been someone else had he been white yet. extremely believe it would be major cities such as chicago have crisis intervention teams that include mental health experts some cities are hiring mental health workers to respond to some emergency calls but over the past 2 decades many have cut those jobs cutbacks . have unfortunately what with these these kinds of horrific own homes in many cities and then not blaming officers but putting officers into situations in which they are not fully prepared to respond aaron. we need to know. until that happens he says mental health crises will likely often continue to tragedy in bloodshed john hendren 0 chicago

a week after arrest bolivia's former interim leader janina onions and has been transferred from jail to hospital for medical attention her lawyers say her health is poor and she's struggling to eat and yours was arrested last week and charged with terrorism sedition and conspiracy in the $21902.00 that ended with longtime leader of a morale is fleeing the country rawest returned in november of his former party came back to power in an election. now who few rebels have admitted responsibility for a fire at a detention center in some earlier this month at least $45.00 ethiopian migrants were killed and hundreds were injured during the blaze hoofy affiliated interior ministry says it happened when 11 of its fighters you smoke bombs to stop protests at the facility they've ripped there are reported to have been arrested now the admission comes after the u.s. and the e.u. called for an investigation into the incident. now tens of thousands of people have

been paying their final respects at a memorial for tanzania's former president john mica foully who died on wednesday at the age of 61 he will be buried in his hometown on friday by good food it come under severe international pressure over his handling of the covert 19 crisis and in recent weeks there was speculation it contracted the virus himself vice president some years to do his son was sworn in as his successor on friday she's the country's 1st female leader katherine sawyer has more from nairobi. today was a very emotional day in tanzania ahead of the burial of the late president john palmer mughal fully on the 26th in his rural home of chart or so it started with a requiem mass at the st peter's catholic church interestingly where those who spoke about him say that he was a just man and he was hardworking and got the job done then that was followed by a viewing of his body at the who stadium it was a very emotional

a very solemn by event and then than they are there's going to be a public viewing and there's going to be events all along the week until friday when he is going to be buried. so tanzania's now are grieving but they're also talking about his legacy which many say chatted some say that they applaud his development agenda they say that they praise he's tolerance to corruption and that he just changed the way government did business but others call him an autocratic leader who presided over government that was. that was intolerant to dissent and most recently he he did come under a lot of pressure about how he handled the coronavirus pandemic with a lot of people thing that he failed to properly institute health portal to protect tanzania and so people are watching to see if the new president sulu who is going

to do things differently. a day before elections in the republic of congo a leading opposition candidate has been taken to hospital. suffering from an unknown illness but local media say he's been treated for covert 19 is treated a message a twitter message resupport as from his hospital bed. i. should. my dear come pottery i'm in a difficult situation i am fighting death i demand that you rise up and go vote for change fight don't give up the fight rise up please do this from a. well his contender president. has ruled the country for the last 40 years is seeking another term in office with many opposition politicians either refusing to stand or in jail and the capital brazzaville malcolm webb reports.

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 on move has 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 putin 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 the. big one over there 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 it's 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 he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing voice if you might be. ignored. the choice of those voices everything on the brazzaville 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. absolutely 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. or protests have been taking place in spain marking a month since the jailing of catalan wrap up the hustle they're demonstrating against high sells 9 month jail sentence on charges of insulting moniker and glorifying terrorism in his lyrics and tweets his supporters say it's an attack on free speech the demonstrations of course the governments have pledged to abolish prison offenses for incidents involving free speech. a long dormant volcano is

erupting in iceland close to the capital reykjavik it's the 1st eruption in this part of ice and an almost 800 years and no fly zone is in place and the alert level has been low for 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 wreck in his peninsula but how big would the big one be is the answer for now dramatic not yet devastating considering it's less than 20 kilometers from the capital regular week the eruption is being closely monitored we already know that is going to. be the area where he where we have. the love off that are. making sure they are. going back from the from to be sure.

how safe they are not being. any mean and. current hour. by night it's even more spectacular iceland is a juvenile country in geological terms a mere 20000000 years old it's frequent growth spurts and adolescent temper tantrums are expressed in. the regulus 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 cook in 2010 then a huge plume of ash shut down much of europe's aspace and cause travel chaos for almost a month for each islands al-jazeera. still ahead on the news out and have more russian tennis players made up. the world rankings don't have that style agenda.

just. freddie mercury as you've never heard him before south korea's scientists bring us brand new songs from the great singers of the past. a football or a jump and the pioneer of british sport he lost the chance to play for his country but one a legal battle that paved the way for a generation of brazilian players footballing legend eric cantor no introduces unfun see no people lived by his club for his political beliefs he took power into his own hands and blazed the trail for players rights football runs on algis eve. a young girl. of bio is wendy.

and they have this opportunity. so the young girls go through secondary school with or to be able to be employed but that's one thing able to change have fun. meet the women in going out who are going places when it comes to education women make change on al-jazeera. go on. and gemma now thank you mariam organizers of the take here lympics have confirmed that overseas fans will not be allowed to attend the games in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus and outs but it doesn't come as a total surprise as several reports in recent weeks suggested the government had

already made up its mind david states reports. with $125.00 days to go until the olympics in tokyo the organizers have made a major cole for the 1st time in the game's history there will be no overseas friends in an effort to reduce the. of coronavirus we have to take a decision so which may not need sacrifice respecting who these dry rooty of the safety of. all of. this is largely been driven by the japanese public recent polls have shown a growing skepticism about holding the games and in particular letting foreigners in during a global health crisis in their own easier we thought we should make a decision early because of accommodation and flight reservations there were also request domestically 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 fans 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 fans 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 record it in your own time watch what you want to watch you can flip between the 2 you can get as many events as you want so i will merely picks may have lost me but i will still be watching and give it a label around $4500000.00 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 in japanese are notorious for being very quiet and very polite is like small influxes of excitement then it goes very quiet again so oughtn't to have competed in japan before so be used to it 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 earlier we spoke with a sports journalist stephen weight in tokyo so explain to us how this decision what effects the japanese taxpayer but the economic impact short term is very small this is a commie with 5 or 6 trillion dollars the olympics are small details it's a couple weeks what really gets affected is the organizing committee this privately funded budget the budget of about $6700000000.00 ticket sales or the 3rd largest

income source almost $800000000.00 they're going to lose a big chunk of that in these refunds and the shortfall in this privately financed budget has threw it out by as usual japanese taxpayers. ravager it has made it to within 3 points of spanish league leaders athletic a madrid they beat south of ego $31.00 for that 10th that win in a row in all competitions caravans of a score twice in moscow a sensical best they've gone to both boss alaina into 2nd. player on sunday when they know messi is set to break the club's of parents freckles it will be his 768th match for the club which will see him overtake jaffe's number of games. manchester city in the needed to late goals in the f.a. cup quarter final 2 and made the breakthrough for city with 6 minutes left before kevin durant here made it to nearly in the 90th minute city into the semifinals

that and still am with a chance of winning 4 major trophies this season. southampton and they're also through after a 3 no win over bournemouth after setting up their 1st go nathan redmond brilliant run and finish and made it to know he also scored southampton's 3rd as they put their premier league struggles aside to make it into the last for. last month's australian open 70 finalist as long as won his 1st title on the men's tennis 2 at the dubai championships he was up against a south african qualifier lloyd harris he knocked out the tournament's top seed earlier this week but it wasn't to be his day he lost in straight sets 6362 this time last year concept was ranked 263rd in the world but this win will move him inside the top 30. india have won that c 20 cricket series against england after a $36.00 run victory in their 5th and final game india batted 1st after winning the

toss batsman so you're kuma you have probably thought he'd done enough had a 6 here the christian right and while he had other ideas the englishman pulling off a blinder of a catch on the boundary india racked up an impressive 224 for 2 england were restricted to $188.00 for 8 in their 20 overs it looks like whiles are going to win rugby's a 6 nations tournament that leading fronts with just a few minutes left in that game last is champions england finished their campaign with a 3218 loss to ireland keith in scoring olens tries with captain dhoni sexton kicking 22 points and finally it we're used to seeing mexican boxer alvarez with gloves on his hands but on saturday he was putting his hands and feet in cement in a covered secure ceremony in los angeles as he was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. alvarez is preparing to face the british fighter billy joe saunders in the super middleweight your fixation bout in may that

one will be a front of 846-0000 fans in texas always on what that feels like yeah that never get to find his way and sing us for stock on the on the walk of fame thank you thank you now my jimmy obsolescent brand new material from the greatest singers of past scientists in south korea have made history in reality creating virtual voices mimicking stars like queens freddie mercury who died almost 30 years ago on private ports now and how they're using artificial intelligence to breathe new life into music. it's a t.v. show that brings together 2 great passions in south korea popular music and technology a computer is told to sing like pop star. who died 25 years ago then recreates his voice to deliver a song written long after his death. to the amazement of his fans.

the same technology produces the distinctive vocal range of the late freddie mercury from queen to sing in korean. stars of the past brought back to life thanks to a i when i watch the reactions of these people to conform that this is the we have to go and see the future of the artificial intelligence the company developing the cutting edge software is not only recreating voices but changing existing ones. to make you younger they really had a little land a woman was wired to it's one of the growing number of startup companies located in south korea's equivalent of silicon valley on the outskirts of so sad sassenach the government wants south korea to be a pioneer in ai as part of it. a push towards transforming the economy with high

tech innovation to korean government is implementing the digital new deal project to transform the country into an advanced economy and humans battling ai is helping fuel the debate on popular t.v. in this show a former gulf champion takes on a robotic opponent in another contest a renowned daytrader has to beat a computer program trading on the stock market and on another network a well known news reader meets for the 1st time her computer generated double to show none of us is indispensable or beyond manipulation for south korea all this technology has very serious applications as our lives are transformed by the marvels of artificial intelligence. changes where the we live them grown ups but with brighter. some south korea.

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