it becomes us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program and the bottom line the big questions on that is the. iran's supreme leader who says us promises have no credibility and repeats the only return to the nuclear deal if washington ends all signs it's. more about this and this is on his ear on live from doha also coming up 7 civilians including a child are killed by government forces firing at a hospital in rebel held northwest syria voting for a president in the republic of congo a man who's been in the job 36 years once another town the leading opposition candidate has got covered 19 and he's in hospital. palestinian authority finally

begins its covert 19 vaccine rollout after getting 60000 doses through a u.n. led program. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has described u.s. sanctions as criminal acts adding that any promise of them being lifted cond be believed how many wants iran to become more self-reliant saying economic blockade should be turned into opportunity and that economic performance shouldn't be based on whether sanctions will go the supreme leader was addressing the nation for the persian new year how many also address the under having nuclear deal specifically attacking the tactics employed by former u.s. 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 weak 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 us 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 assad begs into iran and he says the supreme leader delivered a defiant message. 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 ali khamenei said that the voter turnout is about national

dignity is about authority home and abroad and he encouraged 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 novo the economy has been affected by the sanctions something acknowledged by president has been 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 hurdles and what the supreme leader is essentially telling the people here he wants them to come out mostly 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 2050 nuclear deal and he said that we're not in a hurry in iran isn't in a hurry if the united states continues iran can wait it out 10 fact he he

criticized just slightly. to move move forward with that deal step by step that the united states does something then iran does something rather than the fully comprehensive deal to syria now where the child has been among 7 civilians killed after the shelling of a hospital by government forces it happened in. the countryside west of aleppo w.h.o. says there have been more than 300 attacks on medical sites in the past 5 years al-jazeera correspondent. reports from outside the hospital but lower. than along with other people were killed and wounded here after the syrian government forces targeted a look at a hospital in western aleppo this hospital provides medical services to more than 10000 patients every month the artillery shells fell here early this morning at the main entrance to the hospital. patients were sitting just 5 meters away the injury among them were also treated here for their wounds the 2nd shell directly targeted

the hospital where a number of people were killed including the director of aleppo's health authority he had been treating the injured in the hospital's orthopedic clinic after the shelling the hospital was evacuated and many people were transferred to other regions some were sent to the cherokee for treatment humanitarian organizations have condemned this attack and urged the international community to put pressure on the syrian regime to stop targeting hospitals in northern syria. voters in republic of congo are electing a president then he says and guess who is one of the world's longest serving leaders and is widely expected to stay in power 7 people are vying for the top job but some opposition candidates are either in jail or their boy caught in the poll the internet's been shut down there are concerns the vote is not transparent one candidate who gave brace perfect collarless is in hospital with covert 19 he's urging people to get out and vote malcolm webb is in brazzaville he says there's

a chance the opposition won't accept the results. it's certainly possible that they're able to challenge will question the result is very difficult to monitor what happens with the data once the base accounted here at the polling station after the incident itself. is very hard for anyone to see what the electoral commission is doing in its lack of transparency the activists say is just one of many things that make this process potentially not very democratic it's all. of the and i from an office in candidates who ran in the last election they challenge the result they were accused of trying to overthrow the government sentenced to 20 years forced labor. rights activists complain that they have frequently targeted arrested no freedom of speech and the basic catholic church on the local civil society groups were banned from observing the polls and they were probably among the only observers anyone expected to say anything critical of phil so

a lot of those rights activists and pro-democracy activists say that even long before this election was planned there wasn't really any chance of having a democratic process in the 1st place the u.s. secretary of defense has met the afghan president during an unannounced visit to kabul lloyd austin said his main reason for visiting was to hear president ashraf ghani his concerns that's ahead of a deadline agreed with the taliban to withdraw u.s. troops by may the 1st in terms of an end date or setting a specific date for withdrawal. that's that's a domain of my boss that's the. decision that the president will get some point in terms of how he wants to approach this going forward and i don't want to drag my botched job in 4 way interview that's going on last week u.s. president joe biden admitted it will be tough for the u.s. to meet i mean 1st at line the date which they're aiming to cations between the u.s.

and afghanistan. so 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 that would amount to probably a restart of the war to save it but do it with agreement with all of our agreeing in the extension for a few months that's 8 which would then assure it could have continued to to leave and to me on may 1 without an agreement. to pursue any political talks or with the commitment to pursue political talks which would also be problematic once or the other so but as for the taliban of course i think there are serious you could call it one i've always. gone through with what they have said in terms of threats and objectives that they have i did seem to have to the americans if blueprint for it reduction in violence which i think is very important it could open the way for

concessions positions such as media even extending the american stay in afghanistan preview month as a result of a political deal so one forward to a conference in turkey next month there are a lot of issues it can be worked out politically it avoided this and it war scenario which is what the afghan people basically want is to avoid a war scenario. while israel continues with one of the world's fastest covered $1000.00 vaccine campaigns palestine has only just begun its rollout to the general public the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas was the 1st to get a shot health authority has received more than 60000 vaccine doses and widens today through the international kovacs scheme which helps put countries either able to him has more from ramallah. the health ministry is the 1st in line will be the palestinian medical workers and then seniors above the age of 75 and then those who

. said that they're going to be waiting for cancer patients to finish their treatment before they get administered. it's definitely a good day that many palestinians have been waiting for since the start of the pandemic and it comes at a really difficult time because never heard. of the pandemic. a year ago and this is why many have been rushing to the medical centers we're standing in front of a medical center here. where we've been seeing tens of people being in line waiting to get inoculated somebody even under 75 and they were trying to kind of negotiate their way in to get the. member that we're talking about 60000 they're not going to be enough for everyone and the health ministry is saying that they're prioritizing those but many do not trust the palestinian authority they have

received before from israel and. some of these to the officials and their families so many. to make sure that everyone who has a relative old and wonderful that they would get the vaccine. still had an al-jazeera 9 lives cut short in one day families of activists killed by security forces in the philippines call for justice. more violence a new more protests continue the un's top official calls for sanctions against the little leadership. now the media give you the forecast right arabia know 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 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 or sand out of the desert the eastern sahara sandstorms seem quite likely in libya and also in those nature and that whole pall of sand the air is coming across the nerve and tickly to syria and iraq or a sink if not monday more likely tuesday and wednesday this seems quite likely to be a sandstorm here to 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 through it to be accompanied 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 $36.00 there in riyadh. frank assessment the world is on a brink. that moral failure is that a fair assessment you via catastrophic. to white valuable back saying informed opinions should we be buying big oil ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story. you know.

what you know just a reminder of our top stories this hour iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei says u.s. promises of lifting sanctions have no credibility addressing the nation of the persian new year he added that the country should work to turn the economic blockade into opportunities. a child has been among 70 civilians killed after the shelling of a hospital in syria by government forces it happened in that town and the country's south west of aleppo the w.h.o. says there have been more than 300 attacks and medical sites in the past 5 years. voters in the republic of congo are electing a president the nice us who are gay so is expected to extend his 36 years in power some opposition candidates are either in jail all they have accused to stand. it's been another violent day in me and more for 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 coup people a mandalay held a rally at dawn sunday to minimize the risk of confrontation with security forces tony chang reports from bangkok. protesters in money and central man maya 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 give me an early avoids being shot as the police moved into our open late district in east mandalay as protest to shelter behind sandbags it's clear they've 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 i'm miles forces some cracks have appeared however several groups of police fled across the border into india rather than open fire on their own people. 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 would be ordered to arrest 8 to protest so we have no choice but to leave the 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. there have been record numbers of deaths and infections across brazil hospitals are reaching 95 percent capacity across the country police in the largest city south pollo have broken up more illegal parties and curfews have been imposed to prevent the spread of a local covered 19 very much. america's largest state is being hailed as a vaccine success story alaska is sparsely populated and it's known for its remote and cold to rain some villages are only accessible by boat or plane but nearly 40 percent of people there have received at least one dose are 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 it 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 sefer it's been taking very seriously from the onset because of the native population and the potential for that outlying communities in the native villages to be decimated by the 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. protesters have again gathered outside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is residents calling for his resignation similar rallies have been held every weekend over the past 9 months they're looking to maintain pressure and days out from

israel's general election it's going to be the 4th election in just 2 years and opinion polls suggest there being no clear winner once again in a tight race the prime minister is trying a new strategy he surprised many by publicly courting palestinian israeli voters and force it has more. is 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 in 2019 facebook suspended a chat bot on his account which had our politicians wanted to quote annihilators all this time the message is very different. 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 it and. 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 19 in forced closure for him netanyahu speech 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 will 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 and so see un and dad 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 is

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 fara that means improving on the 10000 palestinian israeli votes netanyahu is likud got last time of 660000 votes cast more and more voters actually. support the forty's. or. so i don't expect a really big. supporter of that you know on the likud but still he can get. one. 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 forsett al-jazeera haifa israel. saudi arabia's state backed oil company says its profits nearly hobden 2020 and blames the slide in global prices during the pandemic and i'm co's made $49000000000.00 in profits that is a 44 percent drop the company seen its annual profits fall every year since they were 1st announced for 2018 all prices have violated in recent months to preplan demick levels march to the hypocritical low in april last year not to solomon as an international or the columnist he says saudi aramco 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 as. obscene in the last. naturally we have seen. as

impressive as in prices from 30 barrels in the 1st of december of last year m m 3 hour 16 their numbers in the bell today it's 65 how long have that last is a great improvement. which you are right as. i look at the last $112020.00 where their prices collapsed under $20.00 of gross salary as well as i am i mean you say there's no need for prayers are approaching each of them have to look too many beds however this is helping them at least for the time being unison. gadd

any budget. katara mauritania have restored diplomatic ties which was severed more than 3 years ago when saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar relations for the 4 countries were reestablished in january the blockading countries had accused carter's government of causing instability in the region and supporting terrorism claims doha strongly denied 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 jamelle and 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 this so their lives on reaching across the aisle in the saloon that the says she was asleep with her husband melvin the sick girl 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 by what it was they say you have weapons we don't even have money for food we are dependent aid after our house was there were stated by 8 a fool unless the same for the 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 the crews were cousins who advocated for the rights of indigenous peoples they were killed the same way among those skilled to where the couple child to meet the even 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 on sunday an entire community grieved the death of money as insurance was unknown 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 burial 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 elation under international humanitarian law if a soldier fires but then i am going minister but this is there a distinction between activist and they're both of course there is human rights activists say those who died had one thing in common they were freedom fighters 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 was an outspoken champion of women's rights in the arab world revolutionizing discussions on gender in deeply conservative societies a best known work was the novel woman at point 0 which has been translated into dozens of languages the site being briefly jailed and facing constant death threats

she wrote more than 55 books over the course of her life. this is all to syria these are the top stories iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini has said u.s. sanctions are criminal acts colonies calling on officials to turn the economic blockade into an opportunity he also addressed the issue of the iran nuclear deal specifically attacking the tactics employed by former u.s. president donald trump but the e.p.a. the maximum pressure of the united states has failed the previous idiot hope to put iran in a weak position so that or.