on ads and online. form. coronavirus restrictions trigger resistance across europe as countries brace for another wave of infections and resilience biggest city police are breaking up the party has to try to contain my team out. there on the star's antanas al jazeera life and also coming up. was. sidelined but speaking out catholic leaders question the legitimacy of republic of congress presidential election. some are already homeless and there's no response

yet from flooding in a strange way as the most populous states. all countries across europe are returning to lockdown has the continent grapples with a sad and corona virus infections but there's been rebellion against restrictions with protests calling for the strict measures to be lifted into the reports. a 3rd wave of coded 19 is forcing new lockdowns to spread across europe but with the restrictions comes resentment and resistance to the new rooms. in germany police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse and he looked down protestors in the city of castle chancellor angela merkel has wound new restrictions will likely be imposed with cases of the virus rising exponentially but protesters say the measures such as the closing of non-essential shops hotels

restaurants and gyms or a threat to their freedom. i consider corona virus to be a serious disease just like the flu but to make a pandemic out of it as we are experiencing now with many restrictions on our basic rights i don't think that's justified. in neighboring switzerland more than fine. 1000 protesters gathered in the town of elite still to demand an end to cave age restrictions which have shut restaurants and other public places for months i mean because we want our lives back we want to live we want to live in a democratic land we want our children to be free and safe elsewhere in europe more and he looked down protest on saturday from bulgaria to remain in serbia to croatia. but i'm here because i'm fed up with the lies coming from ignorant people is not only in croatia it's across the world they want to force us to stay in our houses and not to go out not to breed not to work not to

eat what they want from us to crawl on the floor enough is enough. in the u.k. dozens of em to look down protesters were arrested on saturday as campaign has defied police warnings a march through central london under current restrictions it's unlawful for groups to gather to protest these demonstrators want those rules changed as to more than 60 m.p.'s who signed a letter to the home secretary to ease the wounds and allow peaceful protests. but some global health experts say that would be a mistake right now what we need is continued restrictions and 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 x nation much much more rapidly which means we need to increase manufacture and vaccines there's frustration with the slow rollout of vaccines in the european union and a dire warning from the german health minister that there aren't enough vaccines in

europe to prevent a 3rd wave and despite these demonstrations it appears tighter measures are on the way victoria gate and be al jazeera. well in france 16 regions including paris will have restrictions now for at least 4 weeks that covers almost a 3rd of the country's population and reports. 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's imposed the lockdown on the city and 15 regions but this time people aren't required to stay indoors all day plus many. we have to work all week so thankfully we can go outside it's a necessity it helps moral 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 stay open is 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 lockdowns 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 french government says the pods 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 shore cast sticks received an astra zeneca jab an attempt to convince the public of its safety off to

months of negative publicity and a temporary suspension roxy's skepticism is high in france but at this immunization center the queues. i'm fine with the astra zeneca but it's normal that some people are worried because of the recent events rather think confidence will return in the coming weeks for some doctors the restrictions on tight enough bought french president emanuel might call says the economy in people's mental health must also be considered for now the new lock down is set to last one months out of the many people suspect could run much longer recession al-jazeera paris hope police and brazil's largest city south palo are breaking up illegal parties to try to slow the advance of covert 19 cafes have been imposed in several major cities to prevent the spread of a local variant which is helping to drive a surgeon infections there in the past 24 hours brazil registered more than $79000.00 cases and close to $2500.00 deaths on the korean virus is also surging

across other parts of latin america chill a is reporting infection rates 1st a record high is only seen last june despite most of the nation still being under a strict lockdown and argentina has imposed restrictions and is also experiencing vaccine shortages. and what is areas with the latest on brazil. $79000.00 new infections in the last 24 hours that brings the number of infections up to nearly $12002400.00 deaths that brings that total up 229-2000 deaths the i.c.u. beds in the brazilian hospitals breaking point 95 percent occupancy in rio de janeiro a similar situation around the country hence these measures by the author it is in rio de janeiro to close the b. is there also stopping buses coming into the city bringing tourists to those beaches they've done that before the question now is whether they will police it

whether they will stop people massing on the beaches they also have to put up with the president of the country job also nod or encouraging people to go to the beaches and take in the sun he's saying that's a good idea so they can soak in vitamin d. which will allow them to fight the cove in 1000 virus so that is a problem always in brazil you have the national authorities led by the president telling people to go back to work ignore the measures not wear masks and then you have city council state governors trying to fight against the virus telling people to stay indoors and not work so a difficult situation there as the numbers continue to rise while israel continues with the fastest maxime campaign in the wild palestine is only just begun its route out the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas was the faster receive a jab next on the list medical staff people aged over 75 and those suffering serious illnesses how this time received more than 60000 vaccine doses through the

cracks came on wednesday. i'm moving on and the polls open in less than 2 hours for a public of congo's presidential election dennis hastert is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power with many opponents either refusing to stand or in jail and there's also been another setback for the leading opposition candidate. has been admitted to hospital with covert 19 he made this last minute appeal ahead of the voters. my dicom partly it's i'm in a difficult situation i'm fighting dave i demand that you rise up and go vote for change fight don't give up the fight rise up please do this for me. and the catholic church has raised questions about the fairness of the vote after the government rejected its request to deploy more than a 1000 election observers out of there as malcolm webb reports now from the capital

brazzaville. not many people openly criticize the electoral process in the republic of congo the catholic church is one of the few institutions that. father felicity him of only 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 about 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 where the. president then he has ruled for most of the last 40 years and he's campaigned to stay on there are many campaign posters questar in brazzaville big whatever there another one here another one there are far fewer the opposition candidate like this one and when we

try and interview people on camera out on the streets they're scared to talk if 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. reverend. was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing. if you might be with is there are ignored. the choice of today's voice everything on the president's 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 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. 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 brazzaville republic of congo. now parts of the astray and states of new south wales are saying some of their west flooding for 100 years and entire house was seen floating down a river near the northern coast many in the region fled to their homes on saturday and as the trench will rain continues and that durations are now underway in sydney's. still ahead here on al-jazeera myanmar's military uses

a new tactic to intimidate thousands still rallying against. one day 9 lives cut short families of activists killed by security forces in the philippines call for justice. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways but we're back to normal now which for arabia for levant iran is generally speaking this time of year a lot of sunshine not much else every now again the breeze picks up in the show oil is still blowing down not so strong but some we get the into sunday that brought the temperatures down to normal from a record breaking one day a couple of days ago but things are changing in the central med and they're also changing in egypt he says brownstone here that's the wind picking up dust or light

sand from the east so hard taking cross northern egypt and across the levant and into society that probably keep going this direction a pall of rather poor quality if you like and also that rather active weather around the black seasonal effect to your notice iran sits pretty we still got snow in afghanistan. now although the seasonal rain has left most of southern african that you tend to get a coating cushion coming against a fairly warm weather you generate some pretty big showers these orange top things here around causing the natalee side of south africa some sort of produce flash flooding and they are moving slowly no also hit so sutton mozambique and then probably diag not cheering monday were 30 cove breeze at least on the coast but leaving behind warm sunshine. at ways. to say just that and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think i'm asking

the questions now is the new host of the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only cavity leslie simplicity into the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradiction. i'm marc lamont hill and it's time to get up front right here on al-jazeera. hello there you're watching al-jazeera that's monday about top stories here the salah protests have been held across europe calling for covert 19 restrictions to be lifted as the continent struggles to cope with another rise in infections many

countries are returning to lock down the police in brazil's largest city south paolo breaking up and eagle parties to try to slow the advance of the 19 curfews have been imposed in several cities to prevent a variance that's helping drive up infections from spreading. and the leading opposition candidate in republic of congo's election has been admitted to hospital with 1000 just ahead of the presidential election he's appealed to supporters to end the rule of president an assassin. people in myanmar want the united nations to impose sanctions and to send peacekeepers to stop the military's violence that's the message from andrew kirkwood the un's top official in the country and comes as rights groups say the death toll has now almost reached $250.00 after 4 more crew protesters were killed on saturday and as tony chang explains the crackdown is also severely hurting the economy. once again protesters head out onto the streets here in town way ward in the center of young and once again they're forced back

carrying their injured after being meant by the bullets and live rounds a new tactic from the military bulldozers smashing through rows of cars intent simply to terrorize and demoralize. as the violence has spread so has the destruction these clothing factories in yangon was set on 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 common work is have joined the protests to full the new economic freedom could be lost he'd make. it is very stressful i am boring and straight for my own security recently i am fighting my fight to get what we want when we are fighting we have to face being arrested and finally beaten by had a pretty tough. the manufacture is 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 on 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 protect 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 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. well police in thailand have fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters who broke through barriers around the king ceremonial residence at least 5 people were arrested security forces and riot gear as you can see pushed back about $1500.00

anti-government demonstrators officers charged the protesters who threw rocks and firecrackers in response tens of thousands of people mostly youths have been taking to the streets since the middle of last year demanding a new constitution and reforms to the monarchy. people would die but we repeatedly issued warnings before escalating our response the police have detained 5 protesters. the protesters refused far crackers marbles and also of concrete intended to harm the police. the families of 9 people killed by state forces in the philippines in a single day a calling for justice they say their loved ones were peaceful activists targeted for criticizing the government but police say those killed in coordinated operations earlier this month were communist rebels who resisted arrest jamal and i can has their story. it was the worst day for activists in the philippines in recent years on march 7th a series of operations conducted by state forces resulted in the deaths of 9

activists in several parts of the southern loose on region rosalee in the saloon that says she was asleep with her husband melvin the sick go and their children when police force their way into their home melvin sands she says was behind his head it was an act of surrender she says but melvin was still shot several times my body well that's what they say you have weapons we don't even have money for food we are dependent aide after our house was there was stated by 8 a fool unless the same or they stripped us of our humanity and our dignity have you no heart no conscience you kill us like animals because we join release markley because there was a friend and colleague of melvin was also killed he lived across the street people here tell us it was around 4 30 in the morning when they heard a group of armed men forced their way inside mark leese house they say they heard

his family pushed out of the house before markley was shot several times right here . their home is abandoned now and in the other parts of result province poor boy and pull on below crews were cousins who advocated for the rights of indigenous peoples they were killed the same way among those killed 2 were the couple child me the yvonne the least and they're here live on the least they're from but on this province both were killed by police just meters away from their son and dog sunday and in targum unity grieved the death of money as sean was a known labor rights organizer for many years. the police say all of the victims were killed because they resisted arrest and that led to what they call an armed encounter but rights groups here say this narrative has long been used by police since its so-called drug war began in 2016 the government has ordered an

investigation into the killings burial of the president. the order of the president will kill kill kill if you're only has a gun to be shot and killed it is not the way elation under international humanitarian law if a soldier fires at them i'm gone munis but this is there a distinction between the beast and rebels of course there is a human rights activist see those who died had one thing in common they were freedom fighters who were outspoken critics of the government. dogon al jazeera manilla. or thousands of protesters have gathered outside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu his residence calling again for his resignation some rallies have been held every week and for the past 9 months israel's 4th general election in 2 years takes place in just 3 days time there's an e.r. who is hoping to benefit from the success of israel's vaccination campaign which has been the wild fastest. the rebels have admitted responsibility for a fire at

a detention center in yemen's capital sanaa earlier this month at least $45.00 ethiopian migrants were killed. hundreds injured who had ministry of interior says 11 of its fighters threw smoke bombs to stop protests at the facility is said to have been arrested and comes after the u.s. and e.u. called for an investigation. now top aide to malta is former prime minister joseph muscat has been charged with money laundering and fraud he's schembri was $1.00 of many officials accused of corruption by general stephanie cutter want to kill it sia she was killed by a car bomb 3 years ago corona glitziest supporters say schembri as prosecution is long overdue the journalist death sparked protests around the country and forced well skep to step down and hundreds of protesters in ukraine have rallied to demand the release of a far right activist supporters of sarah heston echoes that fires and set off fireworks to celebrate his birthday he was sentenced to 7 years in jail last month

for kidnapping and beating a local official and 2015 stone anchor has a strong following his you tube channel and led anti corruption protests in the port city of odessa. and protests have also been taking place in spain marking a month since the jailing of cast around. they're demonstrating against houses 9 month jail sentence on charges of insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism in his lyrics and tweets his supporters say it's an attack on free speech. hundreds of people have also been protesting in turkey after the government there withdrew from the european women's rights tracey advocates say it's crucial to fighting problems such as domestic violence but critics argue they agreement is incompatible with turkish values alexandra bias reports. the landmark treaty protecting women from violence bears the name of turkey's largest city now in istanbul there's anger that turkey is walking away from the accord it was 1st to

sign a decade ago and run because in the lead up to the time you're on they said to me i wasn't feeling safe as a woman even before this and after this i feel like i'm in the unsafe environment because there was a law a decision that i was leaning on but now i feel like i don't have any support i feel vulnerable in 2011 more than 45 governments promised to take tougher action on domestic violence marital rape and female genital mutilation. but conservative groups and officials from the governing act party have long argued it's inconsistent with turkey's values and undermines the traditional family unit tayyip erdogan ordered his country's withdrawal and a presidential decree the government says turkey's laws are enough to protect women and their rights but not everyone agrees that on. every day women a killed in the streets in the bus in the car there are women who are beaten by

their love as in an elevator when you get to that place they say it's ok has your husband forgiven for the sake of your children but when that woman returns home the same police offices there a day off to take a to have funeral how they're protecting us rights groups say violence against women and deaths are on the rise in turkey their is being. made last year only last 100. $170.00 cases were unidentified so women are saying. investigate why be a we're being well why do you want * to learn turkey's not alone in turning its back on the istanbul convention conservative and populist governments in hungary poland slovakia and bulgaria have all moved to prevent the accord from being ratified when you have a situation where people in charge think they can score political points by withdrawing even nominal protections for women and vulnerable populations you have

a situation where people who would like to target them believe they can do so without any sort of penalty. protesters like these in istanbul say they'll fight on insisting their years long struggle won't be a race by the stroke of a pen. alexandra byers al-jazeera. how coronavirus station imagine seeing parts of japan is there to be lifted within 24 hours and seen as an all there to ensure that the tokyo lympics does go ahead but in a big blow to the games overseas fans will not be cheering from the sidelines they would start. 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 a decision so which may not need a secret respecting who these dry rooty of the safety of.

all impede your 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 any 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 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 friend just in read had tickets and flights booked but he's looking on the bright side if you sat on your sofa watching it you know you can record it in your own time and watch what you want to watch you can flip between the 2 you can get as many events as you want

so i will. last me in my last but i will still be watching it with it and i'm all around 4500000 tickets have been booked domestically but while japanese fans are expected to be allowed in the venues will almost certainly operate at a reduced capacity in japanese that aren't or it's been very quiet and very polite is like small influxes op. excitement then it was very quiet again so. to compete in japan before so we used to 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 and the eruption of a long dormant volcano in iceland is still putting on quite the display you can see bastable are the shooting into the air are forming streams flowing across a valley in the southwest i don't already say it poses no risk to people. that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines protests have been held across europe calling for covert 1000 restrictions to be lifted as the continent struggles to cope with another rise in infections many countries are going back into lockdown police in brazil's largest city south paolo are breaking up in.