if you want to help save the world. into your own. al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes iran's supreme leader says u.s. promises have no credibility and repeats only return to the nuclear deal if washington ends all the sanctions. an election in republic of congo the man who's been president for 36 years another one is leading challenger is in hospital with

covert 19. the palestinian authority finally begins its covert 19 faxing rollout after getting 60000 doses through a u.n. led program. coronavirus restrictions trigger protests across europe as countries brace for another wave of infections. and is full of bron james is season has taken a nasty turn his team the los angeles lakers say he'll be out indefinitely with an ankle injury. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has described u.s. sanctions as criminal acts adding that washington's promises on lifting them can be believed by many once iran to become more self-reliant saying economic blockades should be turned into opportunities and that economic performance should not be

based on whether sanctions will go the supreme leader was addressing the nation for the persian new year. the company also addressed the unraveling nuclear deal specifically attacking the tactics employed by former us president donald trump method. the maximum pressure of the united states has failed the previous idiot hope to put iran in a weak position so that iran could be brought to the negotiating table and he could impose his will on a weaker iran but he lost very disgracefully his departure came with a lot of descriptions he disgraced not only himself but also the united states with the dignity given to us by god this nation is going to move on and they should know that the maximum pressure has been failing so far even in the future if the new administration in the u.s. continues to carry on the maximum pressure this will be their future as well they will also those and they will also fail and day by day iran is becoming stronger

and stronger when i said begs life for us and much of what was in this speech wasn't actually new including references to the nuclear deal but there was a focus on the elections and the economy. yes it was a very defiant and powerful message by the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and there was a focus on the elections that's because last year in the parliamentary elections the country saw the lowest voter turnout since the revolution in 1989 and it was a rallying call not only for the political establishment but for the country the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini said that the voter turnout is about national dignity it's about authority home and abroad and he courage to those candidates that want to stand for presidency to pay attention to the economy and that they shouldn't depend on the sanctions being been lifted and that's an important message and although the economy has been affected by the sanctions something acknowledged

by president hassan rouhani the supreme leader said that the silver lining to the sanctions were that the country's domestic production had increased and in fact he's called this upcoming year the year of production support and the removal of hurdles. and what the supreme leader is essentially telling the people here he wants them to come out he wants it to them to participate because that gives authority to the political establishment in this country but also he said he was referring to the j.c. the 2015 nuclear deal and he said that we're not in a hurry isn't in a hurry if the united states continues iran can wait it out 10 fact he criticized just slightly hasn't rouhani administration's approach to j.c. purees saying that they were in a hurry to sign that deal indicating that he's preference was to move move forward with that deal step by step that the united states does something then iran does something rather than the free comprehensive deal but like you said there's nothing new except for a rallying call to the people looking forward in

a few months time to those presidential elections i said thanks a lot talking to us from i want to bring in ali husham who's covered iran extensively for 0 why do you think it is so important for the leadership to get people to vote is the distance between the people of iran and the leadership really that great. rob in every election iran wants to show a picture of people queuing and in front of polling stations because this is part of the establishment legitimacy this is part of the picture of that of pollution that it's still alive and that's why in the last elections in 2020 the parliamentary elections as i said said there was a picture the establishment didn't want. to see people not turning out to the elections maybe less than 50 percent for the 1st time so this is a real challenge right now and that's why he himself the supreme leader came to the

television i mean it's a planned speech on the beginning of the iranian $1400.00 and he set in and a clear way that this is the beginning of the presidential campaign whoever wants to run for election should come now he stated that kind of a framework for who should be in that position at evolutionary who should believe in the. main. beliefs of the islamic revolution however this is also a reason for those who might not be on the same page with the supreme leader also to go to the elections and to vote in order to get their own nominees or candidates for the presidency as what happened in 20172002 that was reason for dog aside i mean that is the foremost on the conservative camp in iran so many people believe

that the supreme leader covers the conservative side that's why the 84 mists might want to get their own candidates to the presidency and by this by this way what on the supreme leader is asking for that evolutionary to be the president then the other side is going to also get their own p. . to the streets in order to vote for their own counted as we were just talking about there with us. the supreme leader has said that iran is going to comply with 2015 your fair deal if u.s. sanctions are lifted as we know they parliament in iran is dominated by conservatives and there are many conservatives in iran who believe that the original 2015 nuclear deal was actually really bad for iran and would like to see that go if it happens that there is a president elected who is revolutionary who is likely to support those conservative ideals all we going to see

a change to that deal or does the 2015 deal for what it's worth i actually stay the same well rob. renegotiating for example the deal i don't think that it's on the table for iran to iran's establishment through the iranian supreme leader ayatollah who he is personally right now supervising the whole path i think there is one way to get out of this whole issue keeping to the deal everyone getting back to their commitments on their own will get back to its commitments and renegotiating the deal is not going to be at least on the table for now this is what he said and he repeated on several occasions now for the conservatives there are a hardliners that are right wing conservatives and that are rational conservatives with respect to dealing with the nuclear deal it's more of those

conservatives who are rational and who believe and think that this deal is important and necessary for the country and we can't we can't forget that the supreme leader himself gave the blessings to the negotiating team in order to agree on the 2015 nuclear deal and he said this on several occasions now he's not happy with the deal this is. another this is another issue but it's necessary for the country to continue without international sanctions now iran is under u.s. sanctions but the nuclear deal helped iran and iran from the united nations sanctions and this is very important for a country who he says wants to get from the 18th position with respect to the size of economy to the 12th so with international or united nations sanctions this is not going to be possible thank you very much indeed we appreciate it voters in the

republic of congo by reelecting a president denise as soon as one of the world's longest serving leaders and is widely expected to stay in power 7 people of vying for the top job and some opposition candidates are either in jail or they're boycotting the elections the internet's been shut down and there are concerns the vote is not transparent one candidate he braced perfect colas is in hospital with covert 19 but he's urging people to get out and vote. compared to. my take i'm partly it's i'm in a difficult situation i'm 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 for may it was welcome i was at a polling station in brazil. along the polling stations we went around the center of the city indeed very few people there's a few more people in this district in the south of the capital brazzaville. short line of people waiting to vote here but. who's in the hospital widely reported to

have coded this is an area where he supported where he's popular now the internet's been switched off a little actually went off early this morning but before it went off in some parts of the country colors supporters started showing messages on social media saying that they believed he'd been poisoned by the government while there's no evidence that that's happened or certainly a very deep mistrust of the government and so if his health is to is to be seen as to who have been harmed certainly something that could be quite inflammatory the african union is doing in a couple of other organizations but no one that has any kind of history or track record of being critical the only the last one standing among the observers who might have been critical or expected to be with the catholic church in the local civil society organizations that have been blocked for a lot of these democracy activists say that even before today's poll began there

was no chance of having a democratic process too with a prominent candidate from the last election they said they'd won and they were cheated after a victory when they disputed the result they were tried and they were accused of plotting an armed insurrection to overthrow the government sentenced to 20 years of forced labor each so it's already in the context of what some people described as. elections going ahead other rights activists have been detained and jailed and so a lot of these people say that just simply isn't enough freedom of speech to have a serious political campaign or a democratic process in the 1st place. and i am going very as a political analyst on the republic of congo and lives in exile in france he says while the opposition has been strife old they were able to be heard jewing the election campaign the opposition is very weak because there has been killing repression a desire for some some people or so the. opposition is weak but today's society

remains strong and is trying to to overcome the resultant repression just being the election is a way to have a the message heard from the british and because without the elections you don't have time to address to people you don't even have access to public media but with relation we were able to see many oppose and being a hair on the national t.v. which is our only our pen every 5 years for the elections the country is evilly in-depth front of a trader the old trader and also the people republic of china so we must tackle with that and also there is an ongoing what i can say is cultural and political practice in the country the value of the country as has been inverted so when you

are a crew when you are still or when you are a robber you grow up down in the country you are cute but when you try to do your breath and walk very good you are the last novel of the society so this effect is a very real crisis and there is also. this problem of the political prisoner so we need to have a kind of global discussion amongst congolese people in congress to tackle those crises of adapt and also security matter. plenty more ahead on the news hour including more violence in miramar isn't he who protests continue the un's top official echoes calls for sanctions against the military leadership. to reign in remote villages power america's largest state of alaska has managed to become a leader in vaccination rates. in school and frustration for the top seed in the final of the mexican open and he's here with that story.

countries across europe are reimposing lockdowns as the continent grapples with the surging coronavirus infections that many people are protesting against the restrictions on calling for them to be lifted it to regain reports. a 3rd wave of covert 19 is forcing new lock downs 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 are a threat to their freedom. i consider coronavirus 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 5000 protesters gathered in the town of elite still to demand an end to cave it restrictions which have shut restaurants and other public places for months i mean because we want our life back we want to live we want to live in a democratic and we want our children to be free and safe elsewhere in europe 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 as 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 him set. a tree hugging her to ease the roots and allow peaceful protests. but some global health experts say that would be a mistake right now what we need is continued restrictions on as it into 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 manufacturing vaccines there's frustration with the slow rollout of vaccines in the european union and to die 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 al-jazeera a state of emergency and curfew has been imposed in the u.s. city of miami beach after a large crowds gathered there over the spring break vacation without following social distancing rules that has described the situation as out of control police have struggled to break up parties in rough strongs and on the streets and saturday everyone must stay indoors between 8 pm and 6 am and businesses in restricted areas will be closed our city right now in this area has become a tinder and we cannot have a policy of simply hoping that it's not lit we have to before one of those incidents happen we cannot act in the wake of some. police in brazil's largest city cell pollo have broken up more illegal parties there curfews have been imposed in several major cities to prevent the spread of a local cove of 19

a variance that's causing more infections in the past 24 hours brazil registered another 79000 cases and close to 2 and a half 1000 deaths. and things are getting worse in other parts of latin america chile is reporting infection rates close to record seen last june most of the country is back on the lockdown a large and teano which is short of vaccines is also imposing restrictions america's largest states being hailed as a vaccine success story alaska is sparsely populated and it's known for its remote cold to rain some villages that are only accessible by boat or plane but nearly 40 percent of people there have received at least one dose diplomatic editor james bays reports from anchorage. with an outside temperature of minus 15 degrees celsius this is a drive through vaccination center in anchorage the biggest city in alaska the u.s.

because of its wealth and power has vaccinated a higher percentage of people than most countries and this state which is more than 1700000 square kilometers is the largest state in the union has done better than nearly anywhere else in the nation we are very fortunate alaska that we have actually been able to open eligibility up to everyone 16 and above at this point how did you get to that point it has been an incredible effort throughout the state in a lot of incredible collaboration with our local and state partners those receiving the vaccine seem appreciative of the state cephus they've taken very seriously from the onset because of the native population and the potential for that outlying communities in the native villages to be decimated for all. the bad virus and we've seen things like this happen before so they're taking it very seriously which is great 1000 percent of people here have been fully vaccinated and already life is

returning to a kind of normality with restaurants retailers and sports facilities all back open for business the figures for alaska are amazing this state has vaccinated a far larger percentage than most us states and just compare this possibly populated state with many countries for example alaska has vaccinated more people than nigeria a country with a population of over 200000000 people a real achievement for the health care workers in a state with 800000 residents but at the same time clearly an indictment of the way vaccines have been distributed globally james pays al-jazeera anchorage. well israel continues with one of the world's fastest vaccine campaigns palestine has only just begun its roll out to the general public the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas was the 1st to get a shot the health authority receives more than 60000 vaccine doses on wednesday

through the international kovacs scheme which helps put our countries in the abraham has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. and then 15 years above the age of 75 and then. to finish their treatment before they get. that many palestinians have been waiting for the start of the pandemic and it comes at a really difficult time because never. and this is. to the medical centers we're standing in front of a medical center here. where we've been seeing tens of people. waiting to get to

somebody even. 75 and they were trying to negotiate their way in to get. member that we're talking about. they're not going to be everyone. ministry saying that they're prioritizing those but many do not trust the palestinian authority they have received before. some of these. officials and there are so many. make sure that everyone who has a relative all the wonderful that they would get the vaccine. protesters have again gathered outside israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu his residence calling for his resignation similar being held every weekend over the past 9 months they're looking to maintain pressure on netanyahu days from israel's general election it's going to be the 4th election in just 2 years and opinion polls suggest they'll be no clear winner once again and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is trying

a new strategy he surprised many by publicly courting palestinian israeli voters for sometimes more. it's not the 1st time benjamin netanyahu is focused on israel's palestinian citizens during an election campaign in 2015 he tried to boost right wing turnout by warning of quote arabs coming to the polls in droves and 29000 facebook suspended a chat bot on his account which said our politicians wanted to quote annihilators all this time the message is very different that. a campaign video presents palestinian israelis supporting a prime minister who among other things is pledging to address the number one issue . a surge in violent crime sparking protests against the israeli police the failing to tackle and i mean really me i'm committed to bringing in into the violence and the crime in your communities this is

a national assignment that touches each and every one of you and your children. in the northern city of haifa is reopening his restaurant after months of coded $1000.00 in forced closure for him netanyahu is pitch is missing the mark he's a hypocrite if we say this 20 times it's not enough they don't want any alliance with arabs they never have they'll never give us our rights the same goes for the customers we spoke to even those who become frustrated by the palestinian israeli parliamentary block so see on and i'm not entirely happy with the air parties because they haven't been working properly socially speaking things have been deteriorating especially the violence. if you expect benjamin netanyahu to experience a sudden warm embrace from a group of voters that he spent previous elections casting as a threat to the prospects of a right wing government what he's looking for is just the tiniest slice enough voters to help him gain that extra one or 2 seats that could prove crucial to his

chances of forming a coalition for activists and analyst jeffrey farah that means improving on the 10000 palestinian israeli votes netanyahu likud got last time of 660000 votes cast more and more voters actually. all the parties and less and less than 4. so i don't expect a really big. support enough and you know on the likud but still he can get in 4 then surely. he may also benefit from a split in the joint list palestinian israeli grouping the breakaway united arab list says it may work with netanyahu after the election however that plays out one broader change is emerging in recent polling a growing acceptance of the political legitimacy of a sector of society for so long kept at arm's length harry force it out just era haifa israel. but more still ahead this news hour 9 lives cut short in one day

families of activists killed by security forces in the philippines call for justice . battling illegal fishing in the high seas argentina's efforts to protect its catch and marine environment. and leo messi is set to make more football history all the details coming up in the sport. now the media give you the forecast right arabian or where it was turkey syria iran is it looks pretty typical the winds optically strong for the most part there's not much in the sky apart from the cloud of the tough in the sun or should say a little bit cloudy and significant rain is still a legacy of the changing season in northern turkey will feel fairly wintry here the still snow for the caucasus but happening further west particularly in libya and in

northern egypt that increasing wind is bringing dust all sand out of the desert east and sahara sandstorms seem quite likely in libya and also in those nature and the whole pall of sand the air is coming across the nerve and of tickly to syria and iraq or a sink if not monday more likely tuesday and wednesday this seems quite likely be a sandstorm here to the beirut on the coast represents the other type of weather with this windy stuff and it's 3 days of windy weather particularly so on tuesday was showers all rain throughout knocking the temps down eventually to about 16 about how we get to wednesday so that rain then arcs through it to be company by strengthening winds and this is the green areas here that increase in some likelihood syria as in iraq science and all that is quiet only 30 in there ha 36 there in riyadh.

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room. oh oh oh. you want to know just remind of our top stories this iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei says u.s. promises of lifting sanctions have no credibility addressing the nation for the persian new year he added that the country should work to turn the economic blockade into opportunity. the palestinian authority has only just begun its covert 1000 vaccine rollout to the general public ever sees more than 60000 doses on the web in states where the international call back scheme. protests have been how to course you are calling for covert 1000 restrictions to be lifted the continent

struggling to cope with another one is that in sections many countries are returning to lockdown. the u.s. secretary of defense has been meeting the afghan president during an unannounced visit to kabul lloyd austin said his main reason for visiting was to hear president bush afghanis concerns that's ahead of a deadline agreed with the taliban to withdraw u.s. troops by may the 1st and in terms of an end date or setting a specific date for withdrawal. that's that sort of made up my botched that's the but. you know the decision that the president will it get some point in time in terms of how he wants to approach is going forward and i want to try to get my boss job for him for me to do that i will put continue to dissipate in a very meaningful way in our view that's going to. well last week u.s. president joe biden admitted it will be tough for the u.s. to meet a may the 1st deadline for withdrawal dates which they're aiming to keep was set by

biden's predecessor the taliban's warn that missing the deadline would amount to a violation of agreements reached and this will have a reaction the u.s. has about 3 and a half 1000 troops in afghanistan there are also roughly $7000.00 nato and allied troops the afghan government and the taliban agreed on friday to try to accelerate peace talks at a meeting in moscow following that the u.s. russia china and pakistan called it afghanistan's warring sides to reach an immediate cease fire. and is a former afghan diplomat and he's a senior fellow at the atlantic council he's joining us from washington d.c. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera one would imagine or cynics might suggest that the u.s. defense secretary may already know what the main concerns of president would be what do you think were his reasons for being in kabul. well yes of course he does know but what mr cheney wants to know is what mr biden may decide because

as your report said it mr biden is faced with 2 choices in my opinion one is to stay and break the agreement that was signed last year and keep american troops in afghanistan with amount to probably a restart of the war to save it but do it within the remit with god on agreeing in extension for a few months it's 8 which would then assure it put a path forward sort of it would give everybody it's a breathing space to discuss the future in a political settlement in their option obviously is to continue to leave and to me or on me one without an agreement. to pursue any political talks for them to pursue political talks which would also be problematic when some of the other so

you're on the future which is less at this point the taliban as you mentioned is one that if the u.s. troops don't move by may there will be reaction how significant a threat is that if for logistical reasons alone it is not possible to get u.s. troops out of afghanistan. well just a point of view we're hearing that the pentagon has issues for any one of those in the areas so maybe it can happen and certainly went to prison right into waiting for that movement that exact moment when things can change one way or the other but as for the tone of what of course i think there are serious because of what i've always. gone to with what they have said in terms of traits objectives that they have either seem to have today we are hearing the tone of one have given the americans it blue print for it reduction in violence which i think is very important it could often do with war concessions concessions such as media even extending the american stay in a fund separate few months as a result of

a political deal so going forward to a conference in turkey next month there are a lot of issues that can be worked out politically it. is in the it war scenario which is what the afghan people really want is to avoid a war scenario as i mentioned a moment ago i mean there are still about 7000 nato and allied troops still in afghanistan how did the afghani people themselves feel about the u.s. leaving is it actually going to make much of a difference to their lives or is a predominantly symbolic to have the u.s. leave. it's a good question remember also there are more than 50000 contractors who are all of this contingent i think the. reaction from the afghans is mixed you know who those who worry that the american pullout if not a sort of political arrangement made lead to some fighting in chaos i don't

think that it's going to help afghanistan it forced the afghan factions to you to come to terms with each other to say there are people of the trunk of who are chaos so it's a mixed picture at this point i think what is very important is to know that the afghan people were you know war in this it was a situation for 20 years now if you don't have the other 23 years. of stability and peace but of course you also want to make sure that some of their basic rights are respected by all sites and it is important for us to remember that of course there are many afghan factions as you mentioned there are many armed groups still working within afghanistan is it right for us to sit to believe that the taliban in the negotiations are talking essentially with one voice or is this essentially a representation that then has to be fed back if you like to those on groups to get them to agree in order to be able to move things forward. well to go to college go

on or made up of if you factions. also have shown. to be a unified command and control and leadership outfit. and speak in one voice even to me had differences within the ranks i think that there's more of this on the cold front on the government front. struggling to find consensus on the we've who i think the next few weeks is really to be challenging a big test for all of the most intolerable in the other afghan factions in call. in the government as well to find some kind of unity and even if you fool pieces of it enough honestly out front people who want change the region is watching in the world is watching as well it's really good to get the benefits of your experience in this omar samad thank you very much indeed sir for your time it

caught us foreign minister has met has monetary and counterparts in doha as the 2 countries restored diplomatic relations saudi arabia the u.a.e. buckling and egypt agreed to reestablish ties with cars out back in january after a 3 and a half year but kate mauritania followed suit after the 4 countries accuse cartels government of creating instability and supporting terrorism the hot strongly denied the claims saudi arabia is a state backed oil company says its profits nearly hogged in 2020 and blames the slide in global prices during the pandemic cause made 40 $9000000000.00 in profits that's a 44 percent drop the company has seen its annual profits fall every year since they were 1st announced for 2018 all prices have rallied in recent months to prepare endemic levels after they hit a critical low in april last year. mongoose on there is an international oil

economist he says saudi aramco is fortunes are turning around despite the drop in profits the current improvement in the very prices will help call as saudi arabia and also the economy is. obscene it's in the lab. and naturally we have seen the most impressive that is in every prices from 30 barrels in the 1st of december of last year m m to each of our 16 down their numbers in the bell today it's 65 how long have that rest is a great improvement. which leaves you in the core of who i am as. i look at the last $112020.00 where their prices collapsed under the plant you don't have of course salad as well as i am and i have for you

says need their prayers are approaching each of them have to look at the many beds how this is helping them at least for the time being using. gad any budget mourners in tanzania are paying their respects to late president jiang not before the his body is lying in state at a stadium in the capital got a salon remains will be moved to other areas of the country so locals can pay tribute before burial and i go for his hometown on thursday his official cause of death is heart failure but opposition leaders believe he died of corona virus. it's been another violent day in me and 4 more protesters were killed and others were critically injured on sunday but the military's increased use of violence hasn't stopped demonstrations against last month's crew people among the lay held

a rally at dawn on sunday to minimize the risk of confrontation with security forces tony chang reports from bangkok. protesters in money and central men shelter as the security services advance but there's little they can do in the face of the onslaught separate these protesters was shot in the head in men today doctors came out to protest their express intention to avoid a confrontation with security forces as they marched and chanted for a return to democracy. but a crank down came later in the day the rider on this motorbike. narrowly avoids being shot as the police moved into only inlay district in east mandalay his protest to shelter behind sandbags it's clear they are prepared. to sling shots fireworks and petrol bombs they're trying to fight back. to give themselves time to

escape. but resistance is almost futile against me a mouse forces some cracks have appeared however several groups of police fled across the border into india rather than open fire on their own people is not. enough to reach we feel safe but we heard from some sources that the indian army was searching for us and wanted to send us back to me and we are not 100 percent safe here now the must live in hiding scared they could be sent home and they offer a chilling insight into the orders of those enforcing the crackdown. that the orders to arrest tells you to protest so we have no choice but to leave our country outside now nationals living overseas a keen to show their support more than a 1000 students and workers gathered in taiwan to commemorate those who have died but at this stage they can do little more than watch as their homeland is to

implode tony ching al jazeera. the families of 9 people killed in a single day by state forces in the philippines are calling for justice they say their loved ones were peaceful activists targeted earlier this month for criticizing the government but police say there were communist rebels who resisted arrest so well allan dorgan has the story from manila. 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 lho was a friend and colleague of melvin was also killed he lived across the street people here tell us it was a wrong 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 the 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 to me that even the least and live on the least are from but on this province both

were killed by police just meters away from their son and on sunday and in targum unity grieved the death of mine us and 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 the so-called drug war began in 2016 the government has ordered an investigation into the killings of the president. the order of the president was correct kill kill kill if your enemy has a gun to be shot and killed it is not the way relation under international humanitarian law if a soldier fires at them i am gone minister but this is there a distinction between activists and their belts of course there is a human rights activist say those who died had one thing in common they were

freedom fighters who were outspoken critics of the government. duggan al jazeera manila. the famed egyptian feminist author now also dolly has died at the age of 89 her family says she passed away at a hospital in cairo following a long illness also though he was an outspoken champion of women's rights in the arab world revolutionizing discussions on gender in deeply conservative societies her best known work was the novel woman at point 0 which had been translated into dozens of languages despite being briefly jailed and facing constant death threats she wrote more than 55 books over the course of a life. illegal fishing is a constant problem across latin american waters and it's happening on an industrial scale a massive unregulated fleet made up of mostly chinese vessels is operating in the south atlantic it's threatening south america's fishing sector and the ocean's ecosystem there is about reports from when i said it is and how argentina's coast

guard is trying to control the issue. this lights may look like a city from the sky but they're fishing vessels just outside argentina's exclusive economic zone there are hundreds of them. coast guard say their main task is to control their movements so they do not cross into argentine territory. you have bases with argentine flags and vessels with foreign flags all of these are ships that have been detected by our system when there is irregular activity they tend to shut down their radios but we can still track them with satellites. illegal fishing can generate millions of dollars in losses and costs irreparable damage to eco systems that's why it's $1.00 of the biggest challenges nations face today from this from argentina or forty's can money for what's happening in its economic exclusive zones but what authorities here are

saying is that what's important is to regulate what's happening in international waters and. where most of this vessels that you can see here i located. the ships come mostly from china but also spain portugal and japan this year the united states launched operation southern cross to combat illegal and unregulated fishing in the southern atlantic they participated in joint operations with brazil why angle yana. morag not only focus on training a qualification issues related to the cutter and crew itself oh also focus on our knowing with our kalanick countries that have a like minded approach to curbing illegal on imported an unregulated fishing habits greenpeace argentina has been highlighting the damage caused by unregulated fishing in the area in 2018 the ship explain answer reached what is known as the blue hole where argentina's exclusive economic zone is located and captured images from the

seabed biologists say it has been devastated by overfishing and inadequate policy of international waters they were months and. there's no regulation there's no law in international waters we need a new treaty that's being debated at the un it will allow countries to create sanctuaries international waters are 45 percent of the water worldwide only one percent is protected the treaty will be debated at the u.n. he nor ghost those who supported hope it will give nations more tools to protect their territories and the thousands of species currently under threat that is how will. their option of a long dormant volcano in iceland is still putting on quite a display bursts of lava shooting into the air or forming streams flowing across a valley in the country's southwest peninsula dorkin is near the capital dry convict but authorities say people on to risk still ahead of the world's

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for it sense the action shortly afterwards that didn't go out and say well that upon the like is want to loose against the hawks the problem is also being excited for us is a limp excluding tweeted this after the game nothing angers and saddens me more than not being available to and for might see mites i'm hurt inside and out right now the road back to recovery begins now back soon like i never left we do forget that he's innocent so to see him as the are. notable like that and are actually doing a lot of pain mad just you know so there's better mothers that you know this is do house that. you know go to the sample because as we all do on this big enough injury by the same time we know he's still different. any time any guys out you would just and play the guys they're in there's strengths you know and you know this will be no different. you know we talked about you know more than the office of organization a branch for your table as you know the defense of command with his boys you know i

think that's something that we could potentially miss a lot on the defensive side of the ball so everybody's going to pick up the slack on that on that in that regard every bit as much of the pick up you haven't slept. well n.b.a. broadcaster brandon robinson says the lakers will struggle to retain that championship if le bron isn't fit for the postseason. he spends a lot of money on. make sure the upkeep of his body over a $1000000.00 a year to make sure to keep its value shape and i think we look at our heroes as just super human who look at look in that same range is larger than why not work. 'd and anthony davis is also out of the lakers to be successful they need. to be in the hole and it's going to be difficult because you have a theme that are built to compete with something

car you're going to hear in your rant and james harden on. a force to be reckoned with less money and he knows we're. getting healthy helping them out of bio as well as jerry butler. from ross well in the last few minutes chelsea have made it through to the semifinals of the english f.a. cup they beat sheffield united in the 6th round game chelsea going out thanks to and i'm goal in the 1st half of the knowledge deflecting in a shop by bench show all i can see are scoring a late 2nd manchester city needed a couple of late goals to be evident in their quarter final on saturday ok then the one made the breakthrough for city before a kevin abroad in him made it so you know city still have a chance of winning 4 major trophies this season. november december general remarks would you have done is more than remarkable so. incredible is one of

the greatest achievements we have done together. southampton also threw after 3 no one ever born with a setting up their 1st goal my 3rd redmond's brilliant solar run and finish made it sunil also scored his 3rd as they put their premier league struggles aside to make it into the last. little messy set to make care more match appearances than any other barcelona player lights are on sunday bosses game against real sociedad in the league it will be messy 768 match for the club this will put him ahead of passage and shove in on theirs if they went past or claimed 2nd place in the league on saturday around madrid moved ahead of them and within 3 points of leaders at let's go to madrid they beat celts of ego 3 want for their 10th win in a row in all competitions karim benzema scoring twice our course sense you know getting number 3 be more not ok so you know well we have to keep doing what we're

doing but we played very well in a lot of games lately we're entering the final part of the season when all is at stake we're happy with how the team is performing with how well we are physically and with how we are defending because today it was an easy game at alonso have been doing their best to put the disappointment of going out of the champions league behind them italians seem lost out surround madrid on tuesday in the last 16 of that competition and they will soon know when is here going to tell us foreigner in syria. athel answer falls in the table stay on course to qualify for next season's champions. japan's top vision the jane league has produced one of the goals of the day side for brazilian forward and enjoyed them i hear scoring with a spectacular overhead kick. the effort helping care psyche france i'll see a 5 no win over the euro arad's. england have suffered a major blow ahead of their one day international cricket series against india a spoiler just for archer ruled out with an ongoing elbow injury the 25 year old

also sets missed the start of the indian premier league a one day series starts on shoes day and tennis world number 7 icelanders verifies want to 1st title of the year he beat top seeds to find a city pass in the final of the mexican open the greek player struggling to contain his frustration at symes. going on to win this at the poker final in straight sets . it is the germans 14th a.t.p. so. i feel like this year's difference a little bit the way we played a lot in to those 19 and begin if you don't when you when i was kind of myself in a way. you know it definitely was it was a better call the match from me and you know i'm happy i can go from that. ok more action from the english f.a. cup throughout the day will be more sports in a couple of hours time that starts looking for andy thank you very much indeed and

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