we know what happening in our region we know how to get the playfield that others cannot fire the way they held the story is what and make it different. al-jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up the next 60 minutes a child is among 7 people killed in a syrian hospital that's been hits by government far dr hillary. iran's supreme leader says u.s. promises have no credibility and repeats the only return to the nuclear deal if washington and its own sanctions. are voting for

a president of the republic of congo a man who's been in the job for 36 years wants another 10 and the leading opposition candidate has got a covert 19 and he's in hospital. in paris the hospitals are full but corona virus infections still continue to rise. and in sports chelsea all 3 to the semifinals of the english f.a. cup almost equal side beating sheffield you know it's a 2 nail in the last it's. going to begin in syria on a child is among 7 civilians killed after a hospital was shelled by government forces it happened in tongue in the countryside west of aleppo the 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.

people were killed and wounded here after the syrian government forces targeted 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 injure 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 turkey 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. but one is

a water is the international rescue committee is country director for northwest sirius is joining us live by skype from quite a in pakistan thank you very much indeed for being with us is there any suggestion that these medical facilities are simply caught up in other actions or are they in your opinion being targeted deliberately. means i'm as as you know as you rightly reported drop this is really really an other. day that we have experienced and not to ask that we have seen any of them act in not west syria and then let me let you explain it to you that it's the 5th at the incident that happened only disappeared and we are only in the 1st quarter of a year so somehow it's really sad that to see that these how your services have been attacked. so many times despite being all these court you need the u.n. staying then these one of these hospitals should be protected under international

humanitarian law but unfortunately the fear he had passed last and other estefan like that includes and of the child so for us this has been this incident has been like continuously happening in our west see from the last 3 months i'm fortunate can i just be clear that what you're saying is that the coordinates of medical facilities like this one are passed on to the united nations but despite that these attacks are still going on that's the dark so true that despite all these in all these cordon it's and all these things that d.c. 1000000000 infrastructure should be protected under the international human didion law unfortunately the parties to the conflict are ensuring noticed back to these international humanitarian law and these civilians infrastructures are being targeted time to time in your opinion why do you think these facilities are being hit. i mean unfortunate this is this is the this is the

unfortunate what you call it in this is unfortunate that in war or in the pun fled normally such kind of health facilities or other civilian infrastructures are targeted normally which should not happen actually. during the war but this is this is the fact of the war that such kind of incidents normally happens and on and the 2nd thing is that this is not the war this is not the 1st time that we say all of this has happened just by incident or something like that i think it should be it should be stopped ask us what it will so that the civilians who have who are already like living a life of 10 years war am in syria this should have discussed this stop because it's really really a burden on the life of the civilians and you have noticed you have just reported that actually i was among among the among the casualties and not only that them so

if health workers were also are of it so it's it's really unfortunate that we are seeing that such kind of incidents are happening time to time so that it is dalla grid or whether it is i don't know it's land or unplanned but unfortunately for us as an international rescue committee we do condemn that such kind of incidences should be stopped on the civilians infrastructure so that those people those civilians who have been living a life under the war from last 10 years at least can be given some kind of health facilities and i just want to mention that our recent report has actually assured that there is there is only one doctor or one medical staff or 10000 syria to get syria so you can also see you can also see that already there is like lack of medical staff and such kind of targets are actually discouraging the medical staff there they don't want to continue and i think 70 percent of the medical staff have already. that part of the country was they don't they want to see if the end they

don't have that $62.00 to continue just sort of is just so this is really really unfortunate incident for aspect of our one of our c.n.n. and your partner a cdn medical. association or society has been talking to indians and this incident today. we appreciate your joining us on al-jazeera thank you very much indeed for your time and thanks so much thanks for having me iran's supreme leader ayatollah on economy has described u.s. sanctions as criminal acts adding that washington's promises to left them can't be believed how many once a round to become more self-reliant and says economic blockade should be turned into opportunities he also says iran's economy shouldn't be based on whether sanctions will be eased the supreme leader was addressing the nation for the persian new year 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 last very disgracefully his departure came with a lot of descriptors 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 a crime 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 khomeini said that the voter turnout is about national dignity it's 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 hasn't 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 to 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 on isn't in

a hurry if the united states continues iran can wait it out 10 fact he he criticized just slightly has been 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 fully comprehensive deal and elections been held the republic of congo that could see the president extend his stay to almost 40 years then he is one of the world's longest serving leaders is widely expected to stay in power 7 people are vying for the top job but some opposition candidates are either in jail or boycotting the poll the internet's been shut down and there are concerns the vote is not transparent malcolm webb's joining us now live from brussels how did the voting go. well we did it several polling stations throughout the city a lot of them pretty quiet not much time and many people coming in to fill in some

of the residential suburbs on the outskirts of the city where the opposition a popular including the candidate. who's actually at the moment in the hospital forcibly with coded to put supporters who turned out in big numbers in some of those suburbs now he was apparently in the deteriorating health over the course of last week he didn't sign up for his final rally on friday and then on saturday evening published dramatic video message in which he was in a hospital bed with an oxygen mask explaining that he wasn't calling on his supporters to go and vote and so mr porter's before the internet went off and started to speculate that you might have been poisoned by the government on this no evidence that that happened but it certainly is a mistrust of the government and if some of its supporters believe he had been harmed certainly could be a cause for tension on the rest of the internet went off in the early hours of this

morning all businesses have to close during the election the roads are closed people can only move around. in addition to the curfew as well which is soon to kick in that's spreading preventing the spread of tobit so it's going to very difficult now for anyone who wants to monitor what's happening with the counts in the polling stations goes on past curfew and also very difficult for anyone to monitor what happens with that status once the polling stations these are some of the problems the lack of transparency that activists say it means that this whole electoral process is in the words of one of them sure rod. thank you very much indeed. plenty more ahead on the news hour including the palestinian authority finally begins its covert 19 vaccine rollout after getting $60000.00 doses through a un led program. for violence in myanmar as protests continue the un's top

official echoes calls for sanctions against the military leadership. and in sport frustration for the top seed in the final of the knesset can open and he's here with that story. ok let's go to latin america where there have been a record numbers of deaths in infections across brazil 12000000 cases have been confirmed or more than 290000 deaths in part of why every single i.c.u. bed is full and surging infections are pushed hospitals to a breaking point for more as good life to done who's in want to satisfy us talk us through the situation part of wife 1st of all because it sounds extraordinary. yeah i mean it does rob i mean doctors have been warning for some days some weeks now the paraguayan was likely to reach this point it only had 655 i.c.u.

beds anyway but with the recent rise in the number of people infected 192000 or so overall 3700 deaths it was always going to reach this point and then the doctors have now said it has all of those beds are now occupied they managed to find another 40 or so on saturday they were immediately filled also now paraguayan military stepping in to offer their facilities to help the situation and we did have in paraguay earlier this month we had demonstrators on the streets of the capital on asking for the president needs to go alleging that money was disappearing that vaccines weren't arriving there were clashes with police the president organized a cabinet reshuffle among those to go with the health minister the demonstrators said they want the president to go but he still firmly in place but they now have this situation vaccines are arriving 36000 on friday.

to seneca vaccines as part of the kovacs scheme to supply poor countries with the vaccines they've got another 3000000 or so 4000000 or so on the way russian sputnik vaccines are on their way as well a 1000000 of those but not certainly won't arrive quickly enough for those many thousands of people who are sick and are not going to get the space in the hospital and the care that they need i mention briefly the situation in brazil just bring us up to do with the situation across the the rest of latin america. well really similar situations very few have actually reached the breaking point we've heard about in power why the hospitals in brazil right across the country are talking about 85 to 95 percent occupancy rates in those i.c.u. beds with a rising number of infections mostly do they think of these 2 variants the p one

and the p 2 variant which are extra virulent and the numbers are shooting up while at the same time the president also now at all is urging people back to work or to go to the beach you know so they have a big problem there peru has just passed a grim milestone of 50000 deaths there are reports of oxygen shortages there or doxygen there is reported to be selling on the black market for huge sums of money which many people simply can't afford chile which has had a very successful or so far vaccination rollout nearly half the population of 19000000 there have been vaccinated yet at the same time we're seeing numbers shooting up infections deaths and there is a very tight lockdown in place there and here in argentina 54000 deaths the government likely to meet on monday to discuss further restrictions on on movement to try to keep those numbers down but the problem is the frustration is

vaccinations which started arriving at the end of december beginning of january have been very slow in coming and people are frustrated they're impatient like ever like the rest of the world they want to see an end to this the soonest possible vaccinations of the way and they're simply not coming quickly enough and governments are finding it difficult to encourage people to urge people to stay at home and to keep waiting to bring the subject for one and so is daniel thank you very much indeed. a state of emergency and curfew have 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 the maze described the situation as out of control police have struggled to break up parties in restaurants and on the streets from saturday everyone must stay indoors between 8 pm and 6 am and businesses in restricted areas are going to 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 act before one of those incidents happen we cannot act in the wake of something meanwhile america's largest state is being hailed as a vaccine success story alaska's 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 don't are diplomatic editor james bays reports from anchorage. with an outside temperature of minus 15 degrees celsius this is a drive through covert 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's president mahmoud abbas was the 1st to get a shot the health authority received more than 60000 vaccine doses of story through the international kovacs scheme which helps put our countries in a better him has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. the health ministry is the 1st in line. and then 15 years above the age of

75 and then. to finish their treatment before they get ministered. to definitely a good. 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. and this is have been 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 in 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 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. officials and there are so many. to make sure that everyone who has a relative old it was wonderful that they would get the vaccine. protesters have again gathered outside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is residents calling for his resignation similar being held every weekend over the past 9 months looking to maintain pressure on netanyahu days out from israel's general election. was going to be the 4th election in just 2 years and opinion polls suggest there will be 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 that has 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 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 than. 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 it was 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 friday night jar 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 an analyst jeff of farah that means improving on the 10000 palestinian israeli votes netanyahu is likud got last time of 660000 votes cast more and more voters actually. all the

parties and less and less the 4 of us 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 force it out just era haifa israel. it's been another violent day in me and more 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 coup people in mandalay held a rally at a dollar on sunday to minimize the risk of confrontation with security forces tony

chang reports from bangkok. protest as a money in central man 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 mandalay doctors came out to protest their express intention to avoid a confrontation with security forces as they marched in chanted for a return to democracy. but a crank down came later in the day the rider on this motorbike. and airily avoids being shot as the police moved into only inlay district in east mandalay his 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 is not. enough to 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. the orders to arrest. a protester so we have no choice but to leave our country outside nationals living overseas a key. 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. still had an al-jazeera the u.s. defense secretary pays a surprise visit to afghanistan crucial talks before

a looming deadline for american troops. battling illegal fishing in the high seas argentina's efforts to protect its catch and marine environment. and in sports more problems for external ranald of his his team's hopes of winning the italian title suffered another setback. for. now the media give you the forecast right arabian or where it was turkey leaser 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 summer 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 i think if not monday more likely tuesday and wednesday this seems quite likely be a sandstorm here too but 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 arks through it to be accompanied by stray. this is a green arrows here that increase in sound likelihood syria as in iraq science of all artes quiet only 30 in their hearts at 6 there in riyadh.

mixing the traditional with the modern nobody knew what to expect ignoring cause divides the only thing with united their voice the music greek music blaring through the speakers wielding the power of music to turn up the volume on india's social injustices when i saw the performance i was like wow and shake things out we went on stage or something we brought us to just something that witness causeless collective on al-jazeera. a young fellow in the for most of the file is when we have to assess indications. and behind this approach anything from sky is the limit so the young girls both through secondary school with a point to be able to see and progress that's one thing able to change have fun. meet the women in guyana who are going places when it comes to education women make change on al-jazeera. to

move. more charges are a reminder of our top stories this hour a child is among 7 civilians killed after the hospital in syria was shelled by government forces it happened in a town in the countryside west of aleppo the w.h.o. says that have been more than 300 attacks and medical sites in the past 5 years. there on supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei he says u.s. promises of lifting sanctions have no credibility addressing the nation for the passion new year he added that the country should work to turn the economic blockade into opportunities. voters in republic of congo have gone to the polls to elect

a president. is expected to extend his 36 years in power some opposition candidates of either in jail or they've refused to step down. 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 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's the domain of 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 this going forward and i want to try to my boss job for him for me to do that i will put continue to dissipate in a very meaningful way interview that's going then. well last week u.s. president joe biden admitted it will be tough for the u.s.

to meet a may 1st deadline the dates which are aiming to keep was set by biden's predecessor the taliban's warns that the 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 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 on afghanistan's warring sides to reach an immediate cease fire well douglas ollivant is a senior national security fellow at new america think tank he's joining us live by skype from culpepper in virginia thanks very much indeed for being with us on al-jazeera if the u.s. troops are pulled out on may the 1st does that mean that the u.s. is losing leverage when it comes to talks with the taliban. one could say that. bigger question though is does that matter is that

really a major u.s. foreign policy objective that needs to drive clearly a major decision that involves a lot of policy attention and tens of billions of dollars i was just reading an article in stars and stripes from january this year says that for every where is that for every one soldier for every one service member the u.s. is central command is employing 7 contract terms that's about 18000 u.s. contractors currently in afghanistan if these troops go is actually make any sort of difference. well most of those contractors are providing the logistical lifeline for the entire to be operation there it's no secret that most nato armies don't have the kind of logistical infrastructure to supply of themselves in a place as remote as afghanistan so

a number of those 18000 troops are providing the lifeline for the thousands of nato troops you discussed as well as the u.s. forces so really this is. this isn't just a question yes some of the contractors are doing some training but the bulk of them are just there providing the logistical lifeline for the u.s. and nato forces everybody seems to be focused on this may 1st deadline do you believe that the u.s. has a policy towards of down astound pos that now if so any idea what it might be. i think the u.s. policy in afghanistan is to try to reprice or it ties it for 20 years afghanistan has now occupied u.s. foreign policy attention and a time when the united states is trying to focus on china focus on russia reestablished relationship with your up worry about central america and the

conditions there that are driving refugees to the united states the southern border i'm not sure afghanistan ranks in that was top 5 or even top 10 priorities anymore and yet again it takes tens of billions of dollars real money even by u.s. government standards and a great deal of corn policy attention that could be focused on all those above named problems as you mentioned earlier joe biden has said that it's going to be tough for the u.s. to meet that may 1st deadline the taliban of course is warning that there will be a reaction if the deadline is not met how significant a threat do you think that is if logistically it's simply not possible for the u.s. to pull those troops out on that date. there will be some face saving measures i'm sure the taliban having drawn in the line in the sand will feel the necessity to do something if the u.s.

forces are not withdrawing or at least withdrawing on the 1st of may send i'm sure everyone understands the realities and wallet here and if that deadlines slip just a little that's one thing if this week comes a wholesale renegotiation of the us presence and we start looking at not just a few months but another years of increasing the lease on the life of this 20 year presence that would be a horse of a different color when the u.s. troops u.s. presence shall we say including the contract has eventually leave afghanistan there are still at the moment roughly about 7000 nato troops is and then she and before do you think that that will put pressure on the nato forces and allies to start managing their own withdrawal and if they do what do you see afghan afghanistan looking like often that happens. as i said earlier quite simply i don't

think that nato has the capability to support themselves at the end of a logistical mine that is so distant and so difficult afghanistan is landlocked supplies happy to be flown in or come through pakistan or come through the former soviet republics it's a very very difficult place to supply yourself in the united states and its contracted logistical support and go i don't think nato has any choice but to simply out of logistical necessity really interesting to get your thoughts on this douglas ollivant we appreciate your time so thank you very much indeed my pleasure . saudi arabia state back to oil company says its profits nearly hobden 2020 and blames the slide in global prices during the pandemic i'm cosme a $49000000000.00 in profits but that's a 44 percent drop a company has seen its annual profits fall every year since they were 1st announced for 2018 oil prices have rallied in recent months to prepare demick levels after

they had a critical low in april last year mundo solomon is an international oil economist he says sadie around whose fortunes are turning around despite the drop in profits the current improvement in a very price is really helping us out of course as saudi arabia and also the economy is. obscene it's in the last. naturally we have seen the most impressive is in prices from 30 barrels in the 1st of december of last year i'm an. hour 16 then i was in the bell today it's 65 i have that last is a great improvement. which you are right as. i look at the glass ceiling in 2020 where their prices collapsed under the plant

you don't have of course salad as well as i am i mean you say there's need their prayers are approaching each of them have to look at the many beg how this is helping them at least for the time being if you simply. gad any budget. qatar's foreign ministers met his mother tinian counterparts in doha as the 2 countries restored diplomatic relations saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt agreed to reestablish ties with qatar back in january after a 3 and a half year blockade mauritania followed suit after the 4 countries accused qatar as government of creating instability and supporting terrorism strongly denied the

claims israel has confiscated the palestinian foreign minister's border pass after he traveled for a meeting at the international criminal court israeli officials told local media as possible revoked because of the visit we had on maliki traveled to hold talks with a top prosecutor in the hague earlier this month the prosecutor announced plans for a formal investigation into war crimes in the palestinian territories 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 when alan 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 there 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 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 on sunday and in targum unity grieved the death of money as when 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

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 a human rights activist say those who died had one thing in common they were freedom fighters who were outspoken critics of the government. dogon al jazeera manila. illegal fishing as a constant problem across latin american waters and it's happening on an industrial scale a massive regulated fleet made up of mostly chinese vessels is operating in the south atlantic it's starting south america's fishing sector and the oceans ecosystem there is about reports on how argentina's coast guard is trying to control the issue. this lights may look like a city from the sky but their fishing vessels just outside argentina's exclusive

economic zone. there are hundreds of them. argentina's coast guard say their main task is to control their movements so they do not cross into argentine territory that will get you on the dock and buna you have vessels with argentine plugs 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 such a large. 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 of 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 across cation issues related to the cutter and crew itself go also focus on partnering with south atlantic 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 explained ansa 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 regulate. 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 dead the u.n. or 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 have a one sided. canada's conservative party has rejected a resolution promoted by its leader to officially recognize the dangers of climate change the resolution had also sought to place more responsibility on polluting companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions party later ellen o'toole urged members to take seriously the impacts of climate change if they hope to win the next elections but the resolution was rejected by 54 percent of delegates. our

natural disaster has been declared in parts of the eastern states of new south wales after the worst flooding in decades dozens of people have been forced to leave their homes and more heavy rain is expected so how about reports. from the air an assessment is made of the damage caused by its french rain in new south wales capital sydney the largest has overflowed flooding neighborhoods in the city's western suburbs further north from what was meant to be their wedding day a couple lost their home as it floated down manning river off to bursting its banks emergency services have responded to thousands of calls from people who've been left stranded many more have been forced from their homes. and there are warnings of more flash floods in the coming days with water levels not expected to subside until thursday and foremost priority is to save lives save as many properties as possible but also to give people enough warning of what's occurring and i appreciate in parts of the mid and north coast regions which are experiencing one

in 100 year event there's been sustained damage to infrastructure there's been sustained damage to how people communicate and move around and i just want to say that everybody in new south wales is experiencing that fear and that anxiety that you will get assistance to you as soon as we can. about curation orders on now in place long stretches of australia's east coast and hundreds of people especially in low lying areas have been heading to emergency evacuation centers a severe weather warning is also in place just west of camera. just over a year ago these areas of australia and many others were ablaze in devastating bushfires scientists say natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more severe due to climate change and people here are being urged not to drive through flooded areas because of strong currents so high it. 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 the volcano is near the capital reich of it but the authorities say people on to risk. the famed egyptian feminist author now assad already has died at the age of 89 her family says she passed away at a hospital in cairo following a long illness so dari 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 moment at point 0 which has 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 her life. still ahead on al-jazeera and sports le bron james season has taken a painful turn and is going to be here with that story.

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some of the sport here's thank you so much trouble chelsia through the summer finals of the english f.a. cups almost cycle side beating sheffield united so you nail in the last 8 last season's bateson finest own head thanks to an own goal and sure shot for the front since it was on that buy or know what you know did have some good chances to equalise the. mcgoldrick missing the best of their opportunities i can see ashton school chelsea 2nd in added time they will face manchester city in the semi.

i event to says hopes of retaining the it's highly in league title looked to be all but over they suffered a shock defeat against been a vent so this was benevento his 1st win since early january and lifted the team 7 points clear of the relegation zone wants even christian or elder couldn't inspire a comeback you've a ots 10 points adrift of lead is. also out of this season's champions league as alonso now level on points with events this after losing out surround madrid in the last 16 of the champions league on choose day they would soon know when is he against us for a minute. and japan's top division e.j. league has produced one of the goals of the day so far at least brazilian forward lee underdone mio scoring with a spectacular overhead kick the effort helping our 2nd front cell seal a 5 mill win over the euro work read us our bron james a season has taken a nasty turn the l.a. lakers say he'll be out indefinitely with an ankle injury the 36 year old suffering

the sprain in this game against the atlanta hawks the 4 time n.b.a. champion led the lakers to the title last season he did make a vain attempt to return to the action shortly afterwards but lets out pretty quickly that will bring the l.a. lakers once a loser against the hawks abroad and also being considered for the us is a limp big score tweeted this straight after the game nothing angers and suddenly more than not being available to and for my teammates hurt inside and out right now the road back from recovery begins now back soon like i never left. we do forget that he's innocent in mass so to see him as. notable like that and actually been a lot of pain mad just you know set his back to remind us that he knows that he still has to. you know go to the sample because as we all do if this are big enough and really by the same time you know he's still a different man well any time any guys out you would just and play the guys that

are 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 voice you know i think that's something that we could potentially miss a lot on the defense side of the ball so everybody's going to pick up the slack on that on that in that regard every bit as much as they're picking up jeff and slept well and be a broadcaster brandon robinson says the lakers will struggle to retain that championship if upon isn't fit for the pie season. 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 6 out shape and i think we look at our heroes as just super human who look at look in that same frame it's just larger then why not what the guy who is more and if any davis is also out for the lakers to be

successful they need here near 0 to be in the hole and it's going to be difficult because you have a theme that are. built to compete with hope of something car you're going to hear in your rant in james harden on. a force to be reckoned with let's get the money and he goes we're used to congress to getting healthy or helping them out of bio as well as jerry butler. from peace and ross on cricket england will be without joe for a watch if they're coming one day international series against india the fast bowlers being rolled out with a long standing elbow injury this in a year that includes the c 20 world cup and an ashes series in australia is also sets missed the start of the indian premier league well was that won't just be ashes you know me for my part it's a great all that i want and yes i have it once it's in my body so make sure that

the best treatment around him and give him the best chance and shine chris troubling on day one of the 1st test in the west indies the white seam reduced to $129.00 to $5.00 and say get windies caps and craig breath white leading by example with that run at. and this woman the 7 hours on is verified as one of the 1st title of the year there has been subsidies to find a sits across in the final of the mexican i've been the great player striving to consign his frustration at sam's going on so when the acapulco final in straight sets. i feel like this year's difference a little bit player we played a lot in to those 19 and you know if you don't 21 i was kind of myself in a way. you know definitely was was a better quality match for me and you know i'm happy i can build from that. ok more from me in a couple of hours time of action from the english f.a. cup quarter final between manchester united and leicester that is if i do thanks

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