the way the news discovered the listening post on a. documentary is that something. on. this is al-jazeera. hello i'm about this and this is the news all live from doha coming out of the next 60 minutes egypt makes preparations to offload containers from a ship that's been stuck in the su is canal for days after efforts to refloat it appeared to fail. suicide bombers target a cathedral in indonesia is always the island at the start of the easter week at least 14 people are injured. a cry for help nearly 200

foreign workers are trapped in a hotel in northern mozambique after a town is attacked by an armed group. the national day of action protesters across the u.s. demand an end to prejudice and violence against asian americans. and it will be a sport including controversy in the world cup qualifiers kristie is not happy after being denied what looked like a clear goal for portugal action coming up later. egypt's president has ordered port authorities to prepare to lighten the load of the cargo ship which has blocked the souse canal for 6 days is causing widespread delays to the global shipping network syria's been forced to ration fuel it has

a tanker waiting in the traffic jam along with around 300 other vessels steps are being taken to guarantee supplies for hospitals and bakeries and water stations yemen and lebanon are also considering rationing feel so as can all authorities are waiting for more tugboats to help free this ship on saturday they said they successfully dug out the stan the canal is one of the world's most important shipping lanes with 12 percent of global trade passing through it spends a while she is the vice president of oil markets and downstream consulting at i.h.s. market is joining us from london spencer thanks very much indeed for being with us how much of a strain is this continuing blockage putting on supply chains which are already under pressure because of covert 19. hi yes i'm good to speak to you again so yes as you said it is putting a significant strain i think less so on on oil markets but as you said more so on other critical supplies there's

a backlog of $300.00 ships trying go through and it's estimated to be costing something around about $10000000000.00 a day of of of good stuff would have been going through the the canal costs we were into there just a couple of the countries there that were already feeling the pressure with syria being one of them for example lebanon being another what countries are likely to feel the brunt of this. well i can really only told more from a from an oil perspective i'm so it's isn't around about 7 percent of the world's oil trade goes through the disagrees canal and it can't any any ship has the choice of taking the longer route round the south of africa takes around 2 weeks longer obviously cost more because of the additional i'm shipping cost so ships are having to make their decision do they white are in that queue of $300.00 or do they take need a longer trip from an oil perspective we think that it could be net which is

goes from from europe and from russia heading to asia that could be the greatest challenge to a great he's pinch points asian needs that nap the supply and uses it as feedstock to turn into plastics one of the things that those of us who don't really understand the way that international transporting supply chains work one of the things that gets us into problems is the fact that we look at the suez canal we think you know we just if the suez canal gets blocked then you just reroute ships and so on but it's important to remember that companies around the world particularly oil companies gas companies and so on as well are working to such tight margins in such tight timelines that really any delay can begin to cause problems for global supply so going from a week to get through the suez canal to 3 weeks to get run the cape of good hope for example is a significant difference. yes absolutely so if we take an oil

refinery in the mediterranean who is using crude oil coming from the middle east that refinery would typically keep around 7 days worth of spare crude in a tank for for delays it's now estimates that it could take 2 weeks to to clear the blockage in a series canal it's already taken almost a week there was hope yesterday that the on high tides they would be able to clear the ship so far that hasn't worked it's worth noting is that it's not all bad news at least for some people because i believe in container shipping and like dry hole these tankers will dry bulk tankers and so on they're seeing the spot rates go up they're beginning to see their prices rise. yes absolutely i mean like any almost any situation there are winners and losers the finalists 300 ships in a queue means that they create such

a tightening of the of the world's freight markets and less available ships and therefore people who are wanting to charter ships another part of the world all of a sudden there is there are less available and fright rates go up so so yes there are there are some positives but we understand that around 10 or so those 300 ships might seem contain i'm livestock and i'm sure this other i'm perishable goods on there so there are significant concerns about the queues there's a happening a lot of people are going to be watching the next few hours very closely to see what happens with that ship spencer thank you very much indeed thank you. at least 19 people have been injured after a suicide attack at a cathedral on indonesia's center ways the island police are investigating which networkers responsible for the attack the president's called for calm and is urging everyone to work together to fight terrorism jessica washington reports from jakarta. right. at the beginning of easter week on indonesia's soon away sea island

catholics in the city of mecca saad gathered to mark palm sunday on a winter 2 bombers were waiting the pair tried to enter the cathedral through the main gate but it was stopped. for the attacker was trying to enter our church and one of our staff soared and got suspicious he then stood by the gate and that's when the bomb exploded police cordoned off the area to divert the time that so far all police units are here including the forensic team and also the police chief the president said all people in indonesia have the right to worship in peace so. i strongly condemn this act of terrorism and i have given instructions to the police chief to investigate the networks of the perpetrators to take down that network to the root in the early 2000 bomb attacks in engineers that were more frequent and killed many people but in recent years authorities have increased their crackdown

on active network us experts say the threat has decreased but not disappeared yeah . the security apparatus has actually created maximum deterrence but we know that these terror groups are always finding new ways to avoid security. in recent months police have made more arrests and authorities are investigating whether the attack might have been a retaliation against their operations just to washington al-jazeera jakarta. well here's the jacobs associates taser security and political risk on a list she says clandestine groups in indonesia have repeatedly targeted churches in recent years there has been no immediate claim of responsibility and i guess we're going to have to wait for a definite answer how the churches are routinely targeted 'd by numerous militia is in the scripts the indonesia for example in 2803 churches were attacked by supporters of the jamal unshowered jadi a group that was formed by

a radical preacher called a man of drama generally security forces and local security guards outside of religious says the still it is aware of the threat it posed by militant islamists to religious facilities. it is usually quite robust unfortunately the determination of the attack is persists i think that the government and the security force indeed in indonesia generally by and large do a good job you'd see that in a february about 20 suspected jadi members. were arrested. and the police have been quite vigilant throughout 2020 even with the pandemic raging i think they've arrested about 200 or so suspected militants throughout the country so they are doing what is required of them but there will always be individuals given that these are clandestine organizations that operate in diffuse cells.

always ones that will slip through the cracks unfortunately. 3000 villagers from in moscow men states have fled across the border to thailand many spent the night sheltered in the jungle after the military launched airstrikes targeting the car and the national liberation army the armed i think group is one of dozens fighting me a modest central government earlier on saturday that said they'd overrun and seized a military outpost well tony chang is across the border in bangkok and he's joining us live it's perhaps no surprise that people were trying to free this of leave this violence but 3000 is a big number to go into thailand. it is indeed but we understand even more than waiting in camps across the border as many as 5000 and we've also seen in the last couple of weeks people fleeing the large urban centers in myanmar as these protests have intensified and the military crackdown and many of them have moved back to these areas in the countryside close to the borders this

however seems to have been sparked very specifically by the airstrikes last night that occurred late in the evening on 5 targets villages affiliated with the k n u k n l a. we understand 3 people were killed in those attacks but many fled quickly into the jungle spent the night there and have now moved across the border they've been trying to get the elderly the sick also children across the border 1st of course these are fluid orders there's been a tradition for many decades of people moving across to thailand to seek sanctuary it's something that the thais have been preparing for but i think as we see the deterioration of the situation inside men man this is something that neighbors are really very concerned about that that violence could spill across the borders and we could get a situation as we've seen in the past where you get tens of thousands of people

seeking shelter and when this is happened in the past those people have remained particularly in thailand for decades afterwards last 24 hours are being martyrs the bloodiest since the start of the crew but protests and the violence are still going on across me and more. indeed we've seen mandalay and yangon the 2 biggest cities relatively quiet although the security services have still been operational in both places and people have reported hearing gunshots and there have been clashes of the protesters have largely stayed off the streets there but they are still marching in places like daraa of the city of daraa in the south up in the north and in more rural areas too and i think the protesters i'm very keen to show that this by the bloody crackdown yesterday in the very high number 114 fatalities being reported by local media they're still very

keen to show that they are going to back down in some ways the intensity of the security services crackdown yesterday the fact that they were so liberally using automatic gunfire live rounds hand grenades in certain cases are being reported used as well that they will not be cowed and i think what we're seeing now is a crystallization of. these entrenched positions the army absolutely determined not to back down the coup with fervor the 1st we've seen them say that they are going to take back control there will be elections at some stage in the future but the protesters also understand that if they allow that to happen. but that their control the gains they made under a democratic government for the last 5 years will be lost and they are not going to back down despite the number of deaths we've been seeing recently tony thanks very much indeed tory chang in bangkok. but more ahead on the news hour including

warnings from the united nations that i saw may slowly be rebuilding itself in the deserts of syria. get out and enjoy your freedom a bold call from the governor of the u.s. states for more than 30000 people have died from coronavirus. and from refugee to heavyweight champion of the worlds that's coming up in sports with peter. the french energy giant total has evacuated a 1000 of its workers out of palma in mozambique off the town was attacked by an armed group on wednesday fighting continues an estimated 200 people are trapped in a hotel including fallenness sort of high that has the latest. this is the only thirty's that has emerged from inside the hotel where up to 200 people have

reportedly taken refuge in the town of palma remains under siege for a 5th day by an armed group hundreds of people have attempted to flee the town running into forests and nearby villages. we don't know how we will get out of here if we can get to the sea if we will be rescued by who they are helicopters flying over the hotel they checking to see if we can reach the beach to get a boat out but as you can hear we don't know if it's possible the situation is critical we have no food just water with god's hands no. gun battles have been ongoing for days between the armed groups the cause itself and government forces trying to take back control of the coastal town fighting started in northern mozambican 2017 by armed groups mainly in kabul province where most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years. the town of palma had been relatively safe for foreigners working on africa's largest liquefied natural gas

project until this week. the french energy giant total is now evacuated a 1000 of its workers this is spending its operations it was due to restart a $20000000000.00 project this week after stopping work in january because of security concerns is a fighting in capital gado has left more than 2500 people dead and forced more than half a 1000000 people to leave their homes. it's really a toxic mix of various issues it is a problem and the northernmost province of mozambique that is marginalized people feel frustrated they have been people of the land. of mining activities they will be mines specifically and then we need was announced that the biggest increase made on the african continent these last few decades were going to come to cope without god that's when almost the you know it exploded it

amnesty international blame several parties for war crimes committed during the conflict it is accused of armed groups as well as a government backed private south africa military firm for the deaths of hundreds of civilians it also says government troops have arrested civilians without reason tortured detainees and carried out extrajudicial killings there are reports of boats taking those escaping the fighting to the provincial capital pemba but as the conflict continues the united nations is warning of even more internal displacement . jazzier. sudan's transitional government has signed a deal with a key rebel group agreeing to a permanent ceasefire the government signed the juba peace agreement with the sudan people's liberation movement promising to work together and stop fighting it also opens the possibility of the rebel force being integrated into the national military the group was one of 2 that didn't sign up to

a peace deal last year. the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken is to meet this week other foreign ministers representing the global coalition to defeat isis their goal is to review efforts to ensure what washington calls the enduring defeat of eisel this comes as the un has warned that it's trying to regroup in syria in an interview with al-jazeera the u.n. special envoy to the country cited worrying signs of a resurgence in the desert diplomatic editor james baines reports. they created their own diffract state carved out of parts of syria and iraq and ruled in a most brutal way justifying their actions with their own interpretation of islam. 2 years ago president trump declared eisele had been defeated that after a long military operation some of it human rights campaigners say also carried out in a brutal manner involving kurdish fighters the iraqi military american special forces

and u.s. bombardment from the air. now their former capital racker lies in ruins but experts say eisel may be slowly rebuilding themselves in the deserts of syria and what we've witnessed in central syria in particular is a robust and growing isis campaign that is applying pressure on the military and oil infrastructure that is actually forcing the russian the regime and the iranians to respond and try to figure out how to stabilize the security situation is such talk alarmist not according to the u.n. special envoy for syria pederson you should or should be worried about what you see as increased garnish activity is in order and in certain areas in syria and i have never before as you know members of the security council now we need a collaborative effort you fight the terrorists that are still active in syria and

. iraq but i'm afraid to be. on top of this there's another problem related to isolate the world is not confronting there are thousands of prisoners some of them foreign fighters but mainly women and children being held in camps in northeast syria in the largest camp i'll hold there are nearly 30000 children the conditions a grim they risk being alienated and further radicalized james pays out 0 at the united nations well known carbon as head of policy analysis at the out of center for selection policy studies he's joining us here in doha by skype good to have you with us here on all jazeera one thing i just want to get to some context for you if i could from me if i could is isolate still regarded as a single entity or is it more than ideology that on groups choose to fight under. no i mean the simple answer to that question dr apps is that are i said the lights

. were going to his asians have always been the i mean the most important i mean aspect of them is that the idea the ideology which is that drives them and appears to us and look if you if you don't but this war on terror are they not history started actually 20 years that will after the september 11th attacks on new york and washington and it started as a war against al qaida and then i guess i said unbroken in the coming years but going to see. a new organization with a different name all of these organizations actually have always been consistent in the sense that. the pretty. causes which have led to the images in the past this must be dealt with if we really want to defeat them once and for all and and as long as these what causes are not there to with i think we are going to keep

seeing them coming back time and again so not only not surprised that isom is making a comeback in syria and in iraq we have seen a rise out with an increase in the activities of ice and in the and what countries the united states as we all know has declared victory against ice in 2019 it has declared victory against al qaida i mean before that but i just said it all before you really need to deal with the with the root causes which is leading in fact to that lies of ice and of al qaida and likeminded organizations you need to deal with the ideology we need to deal actually which with with the with the idea and with the circumstances which are leading i mean the beast organization coming back and again every every. every while let me ask you about those causes then what are the circumstances specifically in syria but also in iraq that are allowing isilon on

groups relating themselves to eisele to begin to strengthen again. marginalization of an important part of both the iraqi and syrian societies are actually. making basco over these societies which feel that justice had been actually done to them to make them sympathize with isis on one hand and also security and isn't in the region is another factor that we need to deal with the rise of iranian influence in the region over the last 2 years since the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003 in fact has led to. to to to to the rise of shiite influence in the region that is driving actually parts of senior societies in for syria and iraq and to seeing eisel as as an organization that broadly it is it presenting them somehow or do i mean that the war against isis has that to

the the fear that this struction for these sunni communities with 60 and ism marginalization is of important parts of syria and iraq is that these are leading actually i mean to the to the rise of feisal one more time and our elected causes behind the continuation of likeminded organizations in both countries always good to get your thoughts on this mall in kabul and we appreciate your joining us and as i thank you very much indeed thank you and u.s. secretary of states has condemned to for tat sanctions by china against american officials can call the measures against 2 u.s. commissions baseless he says it will only add to international scrutiny of what's happening in the shin jang region where china is accused of committing genocide against muslim we go minorities beijing says the sanctions are in response to lies and this information about sheen jang. meanwhile china's capital is shrouded in

thick dust for the 2nd time in 2 weeks sandstorm affecting beijing carries extremely high levels of hazardous particles china's meteorological authorities say to originated in mongolia for wal-mart temperatures and less rainfall a creating the ideal conditions for sandstorms. space x. is hoping to send tens of thousands of satellites into orbit over the coming decades as part of a global internet service launching later this year but experts fear in the last company could create more space to bring and hender scientific discoveries likely gauge has the story from the strenuous capitol camara. 60 satellites launch into space on a lawn mosque 3 usable rocket falcon 9 it's part of a constellation of low orbit satellites from space 6 promising high speed internet connection to remote locations around the world about 1000 being deployed the goal

is for that to grow to more than $40000.00 if you imagine the problems we have with space to brain space junk already that is just adding to it at a rate that we can't keep up we can't keep up with the risk that creates space takes now owns about one 3rd of all active satellites and more satellites means greater potential for collision millions of paces of so-called space junk or already in orbit some as small as a fleck of pite but type of damaging a space croft pre want to have human exploration of the solar system we need to make sure we're looking after the nearest environment before we start going towards other planets. this trial in research is a developing software to manage traffic in space time to traducing the risk of collisions the reality is there's no policeman up in space there's no traffic rules so at the moment it's a bit like

a free for all customers are signing up to styling but initial consumer costs are expensive and similar projects have previously failed and the other issue is what's the lower orbit satellites could mean for stratum is someone they will fundamentally change the sky's appearance the stargazers the. sensually limiting scientific discoveries orbiting closer to earth their broader and more visible blocking astronomers views the problem space x. is trying to solve amazon and one web have similar plans as well as china prompting calls for tighter regulation of spice the biggest challenge of how do we regulate to make sure that that commercial waste doesn't outweigh how our out global interest in the global commons of spent nearly half the world's population doesn't have access to the internet space x. is hoping its constellation of satellites will be part of the solution to connecting the globe nicola gage al-jazeera canberra star for the weather here's

rob now this satellite picture is fairly obvious that is a lot of thunderstorms some of which were torn arctic as you well know around the picture is kodak coming up against that. and if anything is being in holland at the moment but the picture if you're in northern tennessee much been typically this is the front edge of a big thunderstorm followed by at least lightning that's all going away for monday going offshore and we can leave you quietly for monday choose him possibly wednesday in the southern states that looks quite quiet for most of us but look at this this massive snow in central canada and coming down through the rockies into the plains states the temp is dropping denver's down to 6 because here possibly in a snowstorm here that's a big contrast in temperatures when they come together in the same area possibly wednesday we've got the same think about multiple but let's leave it to wednesday

and drops us for a couple of days it should be fairly windy through the lesser antilles quite a few showers i think has more violence and is more likely more like it of rain in panama costa rica for generally in central america including some parts of mexico as you can see in south america is likely we'll see some more big showers in some parts of western colombia. still ahead of the dramatic reversion of the coronavirus death toll in mexico reveals more than 320000 people have died as countries across latin america struggle to contain the virus. and the energy from the east chinese martial art is finding its way into iran's public spaces and leaving it late there's a dramatic finish in the n.b.a. coming up in sports with peter. vaccines a promising path out of the pandemic but implementing the greatest inoculation in

history is testing the global community around the world already a clear gap is there between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations from the geopolitics to the pure economics the misinformation the latest developments what's going on here is very different for a start the vaccine comes in the form of the nasal spray special coverage of the corona virus pandemic. frank assessments. that. is that a fair assessment catastrophic. twice. informed opinions should be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story.

emotional visit a reminder of our top stories this hour egypt's president has ordered preparations been made to lighten the load of a ship that's blocked the souse canal for 6 days more than $300.00 vessels are waiting to transit the waterway the delays of forced syria to ration fuel. at least 19 people have been injured in a suicide bomb attack at a cathedral on indonesia's the way sea island police are investigating which network is responsible the president has called for calm. 3000 villagers from near moscow and states have fled across the border to thailand many spent the night in the jungle after the military launched airstrikes targeting the cotton and national liberation army.

scientists base in qatar identified a coronavirus mutation that may lead to a covert 1000 test returning a false negative the findings have been published in the journal of clinical microbiology the study calls for testing centers around the world to monitor mutations and ensure testing methods are up to date dr patrick tongue is division chief of microbiology at central medicine is joining us live by skype from doha it's good to have you with us and al-jazeera thank you very much indeed can you explain to us 1st of all what a false positive negative is. thank you for having me and maybe i'll make a minor correction to that it's not technically a false negative but it's a potential for false negative results so this is a virus that we detected in our report or that it can't stand that not one of detection targets or the virus so in most labs in the world it would detect

multiple targets in the viral genome to be able to have higher confidence that you are doing the virus and and the other thing is that if the virus for ever to mutate it could potentially knock out one of these detection targets so you need to have more than one and any good in the portrait to be able to constantly check for buyers so what does this mean for testing programs around the world that have been going on well this is a reminder 2 things one is that the virus is constantly mutating so every time we give the virus a chance to enter a new host there's a chance for it to mutate and it also is a reminder that our diagnostic systems are very robust in most parts of the world that we're able to pick up he's mutations and characterize down find out what the mutation is and then in

a scientific literature so that all the other scientists and doctors around the world are also alerted to these possibilities if i understand it correctly no other country so far has reported this how did you and your teams manage to discover this . well these nations are random and is somewhat lacking and in that somebody here that came to our hospital at this mutation several people have. and it is mutations probably circulating in many different parts of the world but because we don't have the capacity to do you a lot of genome sequencing of the virus in many parts of the world probably missed this so what would be more concerning this is to have many of these mutations develop be with out knowing about. so now that is being published in the journal of clinical microbiology presumably that means that

countries around the world should go back to their testing processes and just reaffirm that they are testing for as wide a range of possible mutations as they can exactly so after republicans this many of my colleagues in north america also reached out to us to find out more about this that mutation and as well as the company that produces this commercial test for the virus so so that that is that we have a way of starting that dialogue and making sure everybody as us work over 90 dr patrick tying division chief of microbiology at center medicine thank you very much indeed for being with us and here are you in a special committee is urging israel to fulfill its responsibility to ensure palestinians are vaccinated against coronavirus the group has expressed concern over reports that israel has been donating vaccines overseas while failing to protect the health of people in the occupied territory it has israel to comply with

its obligations under international law israel has the world's highest vaccination rate. mexico has increased its official covered 1000 death toll by nearly 60 percent the government says the real number of coronavirus deaths is more than 321000 not 200 in 1000 as previously reported and i suppose testing rate is low and its health care system is overwhelmed that means many people are dying at home without being tested chile has launched its strictest coronavirus lockdown yet to curb a rise in cases more than 80 percent of the population is under mandatory isolation the president says it's necessary to ease pressure on the health care system about 40 percent of the population has been vaccinated that's more than any other latin american nations able to take your level yeah we have restricted transit through drop downs and cemetery controls today more than 16000000 countrymen are under

quarantine we are fully aware of the difficulties and 2nd for us is that this major means to july and families but to protect health to protect the lives of all our citizens is definitely our 1st priority the leader of the venezuelan opposition honker i doze says he's tested positive for covert 19 isn't answered on twitter saying he has mild symptoms and is in isolation quite also said he was concerned by the number of infections in venezuela more than 155000 cases and over 1550 deaths have been reported the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil has topped 3000 for the 2nd day in a row the country now accounts for a quarter of the world's covered 980 s. and health experts are warning it could get worse the health care system is already struggling with intensive care units in most states near or at full capacity.

in the u.s. the numbers are still rising health officials fear with states having as much autonomy in dealing with a pandemic the country could face another surge florida's republican governor has faced criticism for refusing to shut down the economy or make it compulsory to wear masks now he says the state's economy is booming and his approach was right all along and he gallacher reports from miami. businesses shouted deserted streets and strict measures in tackling a global pandemic for most states in the u.s. these are familiar scenes but in florida it's a different picture there have been no statewide code restrictions for more than 6 months with restaurants and beaches open at full capacity republican governor ronda santa says his decisions which critics accuse of flying in the face of science based advice were right we actually have people opening new businesses here we actually have people hiring people our employment rates much less than the national average in way less than

a lot of the walk down states like california new york today though we did we can build off this momentum that momentum is obvious in places like miami where tech finance companies and restaurants and relocating unemployment here is also lower than states like new york and california but encouraging people to come to florida has consequences 0 7. the authorities in miami beach put a coup few in place after thousands of revelers many masculists flocked to beaches and bars the unusual move came after officials decided spring break crowds posed a serious risk to public health and security there has been gun play open brawling and other hazards and all that in the midst of a pandemic where mask usage and physical distance thing seems like an afterthought if that so we've had to implement measures we would prefer not to deploy but must the real metric that matters here is the state's reaction to covert 19 death rate per capita in florida places it 24th in the nation or right in the middle of

a 30000 people have died and variants of covert 900 still pose a serious threat gov decided to spoil the policies have been vindicated some think it's too soon to say tourists a still flocking to the state driven in part by loose restrictions cheap flights and covert fatigue but economists say it may be years before the true cause. aust is known with. a leave lens but we were going to have people knew this and this is part of the reason why they did come to florida for breaks. and again you cannot really measure the economics of it until you figure out a what has it cost in terms of lives what has the constant terms of security. and so on as the u.s. heads towards an uneasy return to normalcy challenges remain for the entire nation florida may have fared better than expected but the u.s. death rate remains among the highest in the world and gallacher al-jazeera miami

florida protests against a rise in violence and discrimination against asian americans are being held across the u.s. when i'm out of rallies has grown since a gunman killed 6 women of asian descent in atlanta earlier this month i did jocasta reports from washington d.c. . as burials for the victims of the georgia asian spa shootings continue people gathered in cities across the country for multi-day rallies against asian hate the crowd in the chinatown neighborhood of washington d.c. numbered about $100.00 among them was lille new when who left vietnam 8 years ago to study in the u.s. i didn't travel across the border to america to stay silent he says he have to speak up after the georgia mass shooting and after seeing a growing number of unprovoked attacks on asian americans this past year many of the victims have been elderly asian culture is we put our our our oldest our elder

1st so to see that the most horrible people in our community and also the most well respected people in our community being attacked. we're we're age in the young age in the young people we could take that personally and we find that fear has been growing in the in american communities across the country many who had protested that they had never taken their voices to the streets before but were now pushed to action because of the recent violence that i was on the street people were calling names out of nowhere and why why would you do that to the people of this kind of inherent racism that there even as the protests continue more asians are being attacked one woman was punched in the face last weekend after attending a protest in new york with her daughter and near los angeles a man drove through a crosswalk during a stop asian hate rally yelling racist profanities asian americans are speaking out

in a lot of whites to get it back americans up to and not at the a.p.a. for coming out in full force in this together the protesters blame former president donald trump for stoking racism against asians by linking them to the coronavirus they fear that opened a floodgate of hate that led to the killings and the attacks and they demand it ends castro al-jazeera washington. hundreds of people are blocking a major highway in bangladesh as part of a nationwide strike against a visit by indian prime minister narendra modi the strike was called after at least 9 people were killed during demonstrations on friday and saturday the protestors accuse modi of stoking anti muslim hatred in india it was in bangladesh to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence for billions of christians around the world the holy week that culminates in these 2 sunday is just beginning the head of the roman catholic church pope francis has held a mass at the vatican only

a limited number of worshippers could attend due to coronavirus restrictions on palm sunday christians celebrate the arrival of jesus in jerusalem they believe crowds of people greeted him as he rode in on a donkey by throwing down palm branches on the road and in occupied east jerusalem cafes gathered at the church of the holy sepak a clergyman believers have held a procession around a domed shrine built over the site where the body of jesus is said to have been laid after being removed from the cross and in manila celebrations took place outside the church because of coronavirus measures most of the population in the philippines is roman catholic on friday government officials easter 2 week ban on religious gatherings juta pressure from the catholic community high unemployment in zimbabwe makes it hard for young people to find work some are becoming farmers to earn a living their leasing land or using farms the parents are quire during the government's

land reform more than 20 years after land was seized from whites several farms are still not being fully used young farmers like towns more force a say that needs to change my name is still as mobile as a little is the prince michael really. 29 years old and i'm a farmer in zimbabwe. the journey to becoming a farmer. it came after a realisation that. i needed a lasting solution to my personal financial program. is difficult it's almost impossible to get employment after college or after 18 even all of our cities get on the 11th circuit but this issue has been and it's to going to create employment is special in our days right now i mean a small village you can see it's a small small village i don't only lend you these small spaces for my mom so if my

mom to order decided to just me that means i'm lentulus. i believe the length of the reform program now should be targeted at the youth because we are the future and the figures now so for us to secure the future for the united nations to come we need to give the youth the length maybe the government would need to take a lead or did maybe then see those who are utilizing it positively and those who are not and those who are not they should be. taken of them and be given to the use was showing signs of potential to utilize the in positive. to be honest i see yes subgroups in my business coincidentally way way in how i started in twitter i am right now in

a managing to take care of my family to care for myself and even to expand more so for me something positive and i'm liking it and i believe in dickens to come. support is an ordinal position at that is the breadbasket of africa off southern africa i believe it was the youths are not taking a step. still ahead on al-jazeera a stunning goal from qatar is there iraq up another victory in europe that's coming up in sports with peter. a sister turned human rights activist the day her brother is locked in a notorious goes back to desert prison. her fight for his freedom sees her exiled surveilled and betrayed by those closest to her. but her resolve is unshaken.

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and it's time for the sport here is peter thank you very much we'll start with world cup qualifying and christiane are all there with a few raging off controversially being denied a late winner for portugal against serbia portugal are the european champions and looked to be cruising thanks to 2 goals from liverpool's the jotter but they didn't kill the game and serbia 4 back to level it up at 2 each serbia also had a man same tool for in vain came the controversy in the 3rd minute of stoppage time or an elder thought he had schooled when a supporter to go but the referee said no the even though replays showed the ball had crossed the line clearly there was no video review available ronaldo was booked for his protest he ripped off his captain's armband and tossed it onto the ground as he stormed off the pitch to to the final school both teams have 4 points each at the top of group a week after next up for portugal bay face to luxembourg who pulled off

a shock when of ireland the dublin castle rodrigue a dismissing the only goal of the game with 5 minutes left. stephen kenny has had a when he it in his 1st 10 games in charge of. the world's top ranked team belgium were held to a one all draw in the czech republic lucas travelled for the home team ahead in prague and it was belgium's all time leading goalscorer romelu lukaku who rescued the point with his 59th international gold both teams were without several squad members of the german clubs refused to release players because of quarantine rules . 5000 fans. were allowed in to watch the netherlands take on latvia in amsterdam after testing negative for covert 19 it's part of an experiment which could pave the way for more fans to attend the euro's stephen barrett got the pick of the goals of the dutch want to know but here for the last. turkey made

it 2 wins from to win a campaign they really beat norway 3 nobels into france scoring 2 of a gold including the stunning effort in the 2nd half turkey top group g. on goal difference a hit of montenegro who have also won both a game so far the world cup hosts carter made it through from 2 in a series of international friendlies. got both goals as they fall from behind to beat azerbaijan 21 have been invited to play teams in european qualifying group a but the points don't count next up they face the struggling republic of ireland on tuesday cameron's francis is the new u.f.c. heavyweight champion he knocked out american steeping church who is widely considered the greatest u.f.c. heavyweight of all time left cameroon 12 years ago as a refugee and lived on the streets of paris for eventually finding a gym where he was allowed to train for free he now wants to take his world title

belt home to africa be with you to find a place in the public place in your room and put it to the ground so kids can look on the antique he is trying to do they want to stand out as a symbol of good in the nation you know like. somebody coming from where they are. to get that everything is possible for them. to for clues on believe in the indian or treat. big boxing news 2 heavyweight contender dilli and white put himself right back near the front of the queue for a feature to advise the briton knocked out alexander povetkin in the 4th round on saturday in gibraltar this venger the defeat to the russian in august but white might have to wait a while for his title shot as anthony joshua and tyson fury are in talks of a back to back bout. the 1st race of the formula one season is just

a few hours away max for stop and will start on pole for the bahrain grand prix the dutchman posted the fastest lap for is red bull team in qualifying at the south we have circuit world champion lewis hamilton will start 2nd on the grid. for week so far i think because we were working really well and just been really enjoyable to drive of course with the wind changing a lot around every session is not easy to set up the car but it all worked out perfectly in qualifying so yeah it was very happy with the decision. not too far away here in cutter italian rider francesco. secured a pole for the 1st moto g.p. race of the season in his 1st qualifying session on a deckard he smashed the lap record at the sale circuit. and a maverick of in your list will start 2nd and 3rd respectively and valentino rossi was clearly delighted with his 4th place on the grid the 9 time world champion is

entering his 26th grown pre-season and his 1st on a patrol in a spike. it's all to play for in the 3rd and final one day international between india and england in pinay in won the toss and sent the home side into bat pants was the best of the batsman with 78 but after looking to be in a strong position the indians lost their way a little bit and were all out for $329.00 england struggling in response then $95.00 for 4 who are currently the winner will take the series. with the olympics less than 4 months away one of the main problems facing organizers is getting athletes qualified for tokyo with so many global travel restrictions but some progress has been made in archery 6 places were awarded for the games of the americas continental qualification to an event in monterrey mexico brazil canada and ecuador won the 3 women's places and it was colombia chile and mexico who trained the spots in the men's competition the 25th edition of the dubai world cup

one of the world's richest races or one by american horse mystic a guide under jockey louis size was riding in this event for the 1st time mystic guide finished 3 and a quarter lengths clear of japanese trained to wear wizard to win the $12000000.00 1st prize it's a 3rd straight win in this race for owners good of. and it's finish with an amazing finish in the n.b.a. the sacramento kings trailed the cleveland cavaliers by a point with less than 2 seconds left and then this happened $1.00 to go there's a lot of things that catches made by. just in time harrison 3 point. and then one of the kings by 2 that's their 4th straight victory and proof it's never over a letter. that's. thank you very much indeed

now the chinese martial art of taichi is going popularity in iran particularly among women those taking part in the sport say it's helping change views on gender segregation big reports from took wrong. and well known chinese martial art the past few years has seen it growing popularity in iran especially among women. it's a way to release energy that's trapped in the body the sport requires a lot of patience usually women have more harmony and from the perspective of physical ability i think they deal better with the sport it's not common to see this kind of performance in public spaces in iran. in a country where women practicing sports is usually held behind closed doors tightly seems to be the exception it's also not segregated like other sporting activities. this couple met at a thai chief festival. straight out of the same job with the good we practice

together outdoors at home whenever there's an opportunity the sport doesn't require a lot of space neither in. the impact of tight she i can tell you it has reduced to periods of anger and maybe arguments and within a few minutes iran has a national team and an annual championship. i can tell you some 70 percent of people who engage in this activity in iran are women many people like him. and practice it in many parts of the country in this competition those taking part were aged between $8.63 some have competed internationally man as i said 7 that this is the 3rd year i'm attending the national championship next year i got a gold and 2 syllabus and i received an invitation to the national team. but it's in public places like this that the sport is getting most attention inspiring others to join in while some simply appreciate the art form a side big al-jazeera. and that's it for me rob matheson for this news i'm going to

be back in a moment with more of the day's joy news join me then if you can buy. on march 15th 2019 these ilands sense of security risk shattered when 51 people were shot dead in 2 christchurch mosques another 40 wounded when a gunman began shooting at christ church mosque it was packed with worshippers attending a friday service for those who lost loved ones finding ways to deal with the trauma is crucial. game when she. was told her she was with. 4 months later i feel much quieter and i feel much more calm and really focused of my life let us love one another that love doesn't cost

once it makes your heart happy and my heart if he doesn't bring any loss for the new simple let us pick just this. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish and the state line becomes the default the media namely the images that each day that it gives to these guys that just how did he create and use it's makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news this covered the listening posts on a. you were dealing with a very powerful people people in influential positions in government where we know there were elements within the police completely evidence that we're getting screwed that we were getting too close to some people higher up the line if you're

. going to talk to something. that is essentially the perfect you have a diplomatic bag that. qantas such al-jazeera investigates the poaches pipeline. egypt prepares to offload containers from a ship that's been stuck in the series canal for days after efforts to refloat it fail. i'm about to send this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up and asia's president condemns a suicide bombing outside a cathedral which injured 1000 people celebrating an easter mass. thousands.