teams on the ground the last time voters lined up to cast their ballots in the central african republic an attempted coup was taking place to bring you more reward when documentaries and liveliness on air and online. ready. this is al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes hopes of reopening the sewers canal a massive container ship is partially refloated after blocking the busy waterway for days. the trial is set to begin of the police officer accused of murdering georgia floyd whose death sparked protests around the world. under this caper 5

days seizure in northern mozambique but there are fears dozens of all those have been killed. in the begins to ease coronavirus restrictions but a 3rd wave gets worse amongst its continental neighbors. and it's for spain made a last minute goal to secure their 1st win in qualifying for next year's world cup in qatar a late strike can simply see completing a comeback victory against georgia but the 20 tensions. the container ship has blocked the su is canal for nearly a week has been partially refloated but it remains unclear why and the ever given will be able to continue its voyage the giant vessel ran aground in one of the world's busiest waterways it's been costing billions of dollars in trade every day alexey o'brien reports. she is of celebration in the so is canal and horns blaring

. as the every given finally appears to make a move back in. a the days and despite a multinational rescue effort the vessel has hardly budged now finally it's been partially refloated. waged across the suez canal the scale of the problem has dwarfed the machinery seen as the solution is and degas have removed thousands of cubic meters of santa from underneath the giant to contain. a ship and a team of at least 10 tug boats has been trying to dislodge it for days since it ran aground to tank is in a cargo ships carrying oil gas and grain have stacked up at either end of the canal delaying global trade and costing billions of dollars every day around about 70 percent of the world's oil trade goes through the series canal arm 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 whites are in that queue of 300 or do they take the a longer trip the crisis is a weirdy having an impact on syria the authorities forced to announce a few rationing of supplies from iran a stock the news coming out of syria is deeply deeply worrying the country was already hitting crisis point with cannot make collapse hitting syria and the daily lives of syrians and now these delays to fuel shipments will make an really bad situation worse there had been fears an operation would be needed to lighten the ship which is $20000.00 containers on board requiring a crane and other equipment that's yet to arrive but it appears a flotilla of tugboats and a higher tide may have deemed that unnecessary alexy o'brian al jazeera well

egypt's president of the fattal says he has hailed the success of the operation let's take a closer look at what's happened so far 400 metre long vessels been waged across the canal since tuesday its owners said high winds and the sandstorm pushed the ship sideways but egyptian authorities say it could have been human or technical. earlier on monday after days of dredging and with the help of at least 14 tug boats those working in the salvage operation monies to turn the ever given into the right direction the next move is going to be towing the container ship to a wider part of the canal so that other vessels can pass the blockade has disrupted global supply chains on hundreds of cargo ships and all tankers have been delayed well steve parkes is director of seaport freight 7 seas he's joining us live by skype from felixstowe in england thanks very much indeed for being with us on al-jazeera how have companies like yours been affected by this. well got 20 complaints on board and that can't ranging from the one you know or is it suits us

. very good and we get a good time. they say it's very good news. i'm a son from the head of the canal authorities that it may take another 3 and a half days for the canal to open reopen properly you said you had some foodstuffs on your cargoes how worried to are the owners of that that cargo a boat whether or not it's going to be in good condition once it gets to the. well it's known parish or something we call or say that's that's not really a problem if anybody has got parish work with the mayor then i suppose i could be an opera because she was cute extent. and i really seen a riot and. maybe 14 days or so and that checked rather.

woman imagine that because of the backlog in the in the canal that we're going to see several ships arriving at their destinations at the same time someone would imagine that's going to extend the problem isn't it because there's then going to have to be a sort of juggling process to get those cargos on dry land in time. yeah but you're actually right i mean we've just got over a u.k. can pull congestion was just starting to get better. and this came along so yes you're right i mean who all of us are going to be released more or less once and they're all going to be arriving in europe. roundabouts this and so on so there is not create and. or congestion. congestion it will correct me if i'm wrong but i define a standard correctly this is a fairly rare occurrence at least something on this scale but one would imagine that companies like yours and obviously the transport companies and the shipping

companies are going to be asking questions about what can be done to prevent this happening again what do you think needs to be done to avoid this yeah you're actually right i mean i don't ever have but still i think the last times was in 9067 during the 61 war yeah i mean this this is really never at all this was like getting larger and larger and it's very very narrow now. nothing and that all or turned around a tape in africa really isn't any i think i mean do. in terms of countries around the world as alexia brian was a saying in her reports the countries like syria for example have had to introduce a i've been seeing fuel shortages as a direct result of this do you think that countries are going to have to start rethinking how much they hold in reserve whether it's fuel oil or whether it's gas

or whether it's perishable goods for example in the event that something like this might happen again. yes i do i mean this goes to prove how fragile it's like cheney and i have destruction like this it's just trim out there who can have such an effect on ground on the chance of. yes like i do truly understand comics. steam parks we appreciate you joining us on al-jazeera thank you very much indeed for your time coach of our national civil rights leaders in the u.s. are calling for justice for george floyd they held a prayer service alongside his family before the start of derek shoguns murder trial later on monday a former minneapolis police officer is accused of killing floyd in may last year by kneeling on his neck for almost 9 minutes and dying so often is charged with murder now if convicted he faces a maximum of 40 years in prison the 45 year olds also accused of manslaughter to

get a conviction prosecutors would need to prove showing created an unreasonable risk of death or bodily harm george floyd died last may in the u.s. city of minneapolis the 46 year old was arrested for allegedly using a fake $20.00 bill to buy some cigarettes was filmed kneeling on floyd's neck for nearly 9 minutes floyd was later pronounced dead in hospital john hendren has more from minneapolis. george floyd's death reignited the us civil rights movement and set off a racial revolution in american streets. it energized the black lies matter movement in harden the country's racial divide now the trial of the police officer accused of floyd's murder could either close a bitter chapter in american history. or rekindle the arson fueled riots of the summer of 2020 across the united states and i think will be similar to what took

place when this happened you know we felt all the way in chicago. you know people angry and. venting their frustrations will say they know how the murder trial of fired police officer derek children is perhaps the most anticipated civil rights case here in the u.s. in the 21st century it will mark a test case of racial justice in 2021 in the case of a black man who died beneath the knee of a white police officer who held him there for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. that jury will see show than in this disturbing video as floyd cries out for his life at the bridge. these are the images we don't take anything for granted we have to keep our eyes on the prize to make sure that he doesn't get away with murder as so many other police officers have done to people of color in america not since the racially charged trial of the white police officers charged in the 1991 beating of

rodney king has one legal case so captured a moment in american racial history. when a largely white suburban jury found the defendants not guilty the streets of los angeles a rock did in violent fury in black america police are now often seen in the darkest light now people are not viewing the police as a welcome. rather as an unwelcome. presence as it's been referred to over the years an occupying force. as minneapolis anxiously boards up for new demonstrations many fear what could happen if children is allowed to walk free people gonna be outraged because it again has proven that it's them not protect them and fellow i think people gonna be ok. all right we have 15 this time a racially diverse jury of 12 and 3 alternates 9 white 4 black into mixed race will

decide the fate of another white police officer. in that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. memos militaries had cut n. states with more air strikes forcing thousands of people to flee their homes many across the border into thailand prime minister says the government is preparing for a flood of refugees memo's military has been targeting the cut-n. national liberation army the armed ethnic group is one of dozens fighting for greater autonomy. well because please let this be an internal issue for us we don't want to have an exodus into our territory but we will observe human rights to. how many refugees are expected we've prepared an area for them to stay 1st after they cross over we can talk about the numbers later we're not going to talk about a permanent shelter the years we're not there yet but this is a matter for the department of national security to deal with ok tony chang's

across developments and joining us now from buying called once again thailand seeing a flood of people as they are this saying heading towards their country from me a more. indeed 3000 we understand have crossed in the last 24 hours but i think real concern for thailand is that there are reported to be 10000 more waiting to come across this is the 2nd night in a row they've had airstrikes we've been hearing from people flooding across those borders that they are too scared to go back this is the 1st time that they've seen significant airstrikes like this since the 2015 peace agreement signed with the military and i think that it's an illustration of the fact that it's broken down but it's not just in this area there have been clashes with in kitchen state up in the far north yesterday evening there was

a lot of fighting in colombia which is a small town but strategically very important into chin state and i think what we're seeing here is men mars armed forces trying to take the initiative against these ethnic town groups along the border there's been a lot of talk since the protests became so violent that these were the only groups that could push back against them and it seems that the myanmar army is now at this stage trying to push back before they can take the initiative tony what more are you hearing about the protests in the main cities as well. well as the days go on it's actually been remarkably quiet in fact somebody was saying to me from the mandalay that they are there even more nervous because it's so quiet in mandalay itself been they the people think that there's been a senior member of the military visiting one of the. city has

been long down a very high security presence for an on the roads going from the old palace which is the major military base in the city towards this per go to and they've spotted lots of helicopters flying to and fro but they're also concerned because the last time it was this was just the end of last week before the big crackdown on saturday i think they're really concerned that something more may be coming their way in fights in certain areas in yangon on and around the country perhaps not as violent as we've seen over the weekend when we saw in the military come up to killing on saturday armed forces day and make a point to using such extreme violence but i think what's also disturbing is that we're now seeing those soldiers in the police completely unrestrained as they were over the weekend they're firing indiscriminately the they're not trying to

hide the live ammunition they're using anymore in fact there's now starting to use our piccies as reported in calais as they we saw them throwing hand grenades not stun grenades were proper hand grenades in yangon on one young man lost his life on saturday yesterday another lost a hand and so it marks an escalation in that both in the ferocity of the fight but also the weapons the security services are prepared to use and yesterday evening even armored vehicles were spotted on the streets of central yangon tony thanks very much indeed tony chang talking to us from bangkok. please an indonesian have discovered explosives related to sunday's suicide attack on a cathedral in the city of la casa officers conducted raids in several locations including the home of the bombers 19 people were injured in the blast jessica washington has more from jakarta we know now that the 2 bombers were in fact

a married couple but only been married for 6 months before they carried out this attack on a cathedral in the city of mecca saddam we also know that these 2 individuals belonged to the local chapter of a militant organization known as j a g o jemaah unshadowed the love that is a militant organization in indonesia that has a violent history of targeting churches and also police stations it's the same organization that was responsible for the church bombings in the philippines in 2019 and also church bombings in sort of buying into misa in 2018 this is an organization which has launched these small scale attacks and the style of yesterday's attack in terms of involving 2 spouses is quite characteristic of this organization now in terms of the security landscape in tunisia the situation has really changed in these type of bombings did not happen at the same sort of frequency that they did 15 or just 10 years ago but this organization as

a result of the pressure from security forces has resorted to these small scale attacks and often wholly planned attacks if the intention of the bombers was to cause a huge amount of damage and a high number of casualties to makings for is a professor of international relations at deakin university and author of the politics of indonesia is joining us by skype from nell burns thanks very much indeed for being with us let's talk about these searches that the security forces are carrying out what do you think that they're looking for. certainly don't make here quickly and i think that we'd be looking to other international lending them to the wider network that would be involved in these bombings in order to try to prevent future bombings which would be very likely given this one has now taken plus as jessica was just pointing out that there has been a period of time where the security forces seem to have had the upper hand that there were fewer of these types of this type now we've seen this one what are the

concerns that we might see more of them well it's very likely that this attack was carried out on it like table involved in all 'd just returned from middle age from syria and iraq who 'd are involved 'd in the islamic state it's not realistic that we know the number of combatants had returned from lakes to mean that there is here and we haven't searched and so i see nothing in the ratio so it's very likely there's a link between these 2 attorneys and this recent revival if you like of the violence and so i see how much support there armed groups like this one have in indonesia it's very difficult to gauge they there is an estimate of days perhaps 10 to 15 percent of indignation population that would regard themselves as militant great inclined towards jihad is one of them perhaps and we're a very small fraction of the data in gadget neutral balance so you're talking about

a very small city but you know a population of over 250000000 people there can still be a very significant number in absolute. in terms of day level of support that they might have from the of the authorities themselves there is always the reason i'm asking the question is that there's always a speculation in some countries that a blind eye shall we say can be turned to the activities of some on groups if they serve a political purpose is there any indication that that might be the case in indonesia . it's it's unclear that there would be any sort of link to the current bombing but having said that there is certainly a history of arms the military support for an organization that has lost a jihad around 2004 which travelling from java tourists or y.c. to engaging in spotting there is one has inspired fighting so there have been links between the security forces and is language jihadi organizations in the past

whether or not there's any link now it's very just so it's probably fairly unlikely isn't the security forces have been cracking down very heavily if they need us but of course we may see things that very complex and mikey and you could never really matters we're going to catch a thought from this damning kingsbury represent a tanker very much. as a. there are more ahead on the news hour including the war of words over heats up as china warns foreign companies not to mix business and politics. and in sports a big upset and full of fire for next year's africa cup of nations here with that story. mozambique's ministry says dozens of defenseless civilians have been killed often on group took over the town near

a major gas project song among the victims are 7 civilians who were ambushed as they fled the hotel foreign nationals and among those caught in the violence between security forces and an armed group hundreds of people have been evacuated a lot of the toss is joining us live from hadi in neighboring zimbabwe just bring us up to date with the situation in palma 1st of all on. a communication blackout in mozambique is there still pockets of resistance we have fighters from this still operating in. evacuations are still ongoing but if they need they need to get heavy cops to evacuate thousands of people to safety people are asking how did this attack happened if they have the mozambique an army they they have the police they that private armies the area but still the fighters from the army managed to go in to we've been told that before the fighters into the town

there was some kind of disturbance outside the town so some security forces went in that direction in joining the chaos to believe that some of these fighters from the armed groups. and in with the local population now mozambique's army does have a strong point but it's known or it's been reported that there is a low morale in the army they don't have enough manpower and they don't have to be quick when it comes to the fighters for. the armed groups people will tell you no one really knows much about the fight is people don't know who they are and what they actually want but analysts say that they seem to have strong intelligence and they seem to have sophisticated equipment and that time they've managed to the entire towns are telling us of course the people are moving towards pambo how are people in town book coping with the people who are arriving from parma. well before the violence came back which is the provincial capital was a tourist resort if you have the wide beaches people will come there for holidays

and enjoy the sun and the tourism but in the few years that the fight against bin laden has not become more and more and. is not become more and more pays for the people displaced by fighting to come they could still consider to be safe so over the years you've seen camp sprout from the people being displaced an angel set up offices there where they provide food and shelter to these people they complain because of the people leaving the party doing the most and becoming in to blame for the numbers are now getting overcrowded they need assistance they need money they need donations another concern they saying is that they also need extra help to come in extra manpower thumb organizations have started complaining that some of the people they want to bring into mozambique from other countries aren't getting visas fast enough they complain 5 people have been waiting for months to get into mozambique to help people who need assistance so all those things are playing out right now as more people being evacuated from parma are coming in to kimba out of it's also talking to us from harming thank you very much indeed. 2 soldiers have

been killed in an attack on a military camp in ivory coast according to officials 2 of the assailants were also killed during the raid on the base in kabul of near the park in a fossil border no group has yet claimed responsibility. ivory coast has suffered increasing violence from on groups near its northern borders in recent years the base previously came under attack in june last year when 13 soldiers were killed. only $5000.00 people are now escaped fighting in venezuela than taken refuge in neighboring colombia some accuse venezuela's military of abuses including extra judicial killings are the sounds of n.p.r. to report some archita in colombia because they got really carries this hard and as he shows us a video of his home destroyed in clashes between the venice with an army and a colombian rebel group. it's researching how easy it is to lose everything you've

built with great sacrifice. he and his family fled a week ago from a town across the border as many swale and soldiers moved into their neighborhood and bombs fell from the sky they left in such a hurry that he didn't have time to put shoes on he is one of almost 5000 people who have sought refuge in one of the 18 shelters set up in and around the border town of. colombia they've come here after diminished when an army started an unprecedented operation against colombian armed groups they had long tolerated in their territory many are accusing security forces of abuses and the in at least one case of extrajudicial killings and then you know what they don't want to say i am afraid of going back to venezuela because i don't know what they would do to us a soldier killed our neighbor her kids and her husband they say were all the vilest . the influx of refugees many young children is overwhelming this town.

on sunday the colombian government set up a command post to manage the worsening humanitarian situation with the help of the united nations refugee agency and other organizations. the priority is the humanitarian assistance of those who entered the country to guarantee their health food and hopefully guarantee a swift for turn the colombian government is planning for the shelters to operate for at least 2 weeks even if local business well a notorious he said on saturday that people could go back by the sheer answers from the venezuelan government that the situation is under control we heard more explosions coming from the other side just a few hours earlier and more people are arriving fleeing from venezuela into colombia 8 days into this crisis the situation is very difficult this man says there is no food we don't know what we will do back at the shelter most people say

there are no guarantees for a safe return for now who is a god he is happy he and his family at least have food in a shared roof over their heads allison their own beauty and just keep. still ahead on al-jazeera we look at the impact of coronavirus on the illegal wildlife trade and why many fear it may only get worse. and living in the shadow of afghanistan's past the struggling cave dwellers of bunny and sue fear of the subjects of the taliban and in sports this golfer celebrating his 1st world golf championship title. they have a quick look at the satellite picture you tell me what the weather is going to be

you might think a lot of cloud being brought in back or strong wind that's true for some it is not true for all is still coming up against eventually what's a fairly cold block of air in western russia or eastern europe that's being eaten into and this is coming from the atlantic and it's actually drawing up some fairly warm air the cloud itself isn't necessarily thick this was seen this is typical of a halo around the sun as thin high tide and that's how it shows itself a bit of cloud moving slowly east was sure to see a bit of rain coming out of it in for example better off maybe the baltic states and of course further south you've got that breeze that will come for a 2nd chance for the black sea but for most of the exception might be scotland and norway it's warm sunshine and it is quite warm sunshine a bloom of orange in many places temps into the twenty's well above where they were you know we are where they should be for an average point of view they last that way in london until thursday they were dropped into 14 or the cold northeasterly wind this is the big picture for wednesday then and look at that bottom right hand

corner that's a cold wind developing across the bosphorus the sea of marmara so 10 degrees in istanbul and quite windy for the gin and into the eastern med for a couple of days. frank assessments should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this and in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on 00. planet earth a wondrous diverse ecosystem but human activity is the escalating climate change and posing an existential threat we don't get a research but on top of the 3 scare in the lead up to us to al-jazeera run special coverage documentaries discussions and of course exploring the consequences of our actions and inactions it's very heart news a part of 3 all civilization their cultures and showcasing ways in which some are

seeking to turn the tide there straight ahead there are 3 individuals in very rare to see them really exciting a season of programming exploring the climate crisis ahead of earth day on al-jazeera. the roof. i want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour the container ship that's blocked the suez canal for almost a week has been partially refloated authorities warn it could still take days to clear the backlog of hundreds of ships queuing on either side of the canal. opening arguments in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer accused of killing

george floyd beginning on monday that he could face decades in prison if he's convicted footage of him kneeling on george floyd's neck last year sparked protests across the u.s. and beyond. mozambique's military says dozens of defenseless civilians have been killed in the 5 days among them were 7 people who were ambushed as they tried to escape a hotel in the northern town of palma. england is now allowing small outdoor gatherings as it enters the 2nd phase of its lockdown easing swimming pools tennis courts golf courses and sailing clubs are also reopening it comes just after britain passed the milestone of giving 1st vaccine doses to more than 30000000 adults but it's a different story across the channel in continental europe are restrictions are tightening due to surging infections when john hall is joining us live from london

it really sounds like the u.k. has turned a corner. yes absolutely it does a hypo cautious approach though being followed here in england in particular to the lifting of lockdown also in the other nations of the u.k. all following a sort of gradual stage by stage lifting of lockdown there's none of the sort of gung ho rush to freedom that characterized past lockdowns for 3 weeks now in england the schools have been open as of today as you said that people can gather outdoors and in private gardens in groups of up to 6 in another 2 weeks time the pubs and restaurants will be allowed to serve people outdoors only but it's all being undertaken with great care the overriding sense is that this should be the last ever lockdown but of course the real problem that people here are very concerned about is the looming specter of 3rd waves hitting countries in europe that you mentioned there the idea that they may be variants there are variants

circulating there that could then be imported back to the u.k. and threaten that enormously successful vaccination program as of monday 57 percent of adults have had their 1st job the government expects that by july all adults would have been fully vaccinated and that is a program and progress that they are desperately keen to protect so much so that the latest government messaging coming out on monday to accompany this next stage of the lifting of lockdown includes advice from a psychologist aimed at people who may be tempted to go further and break the remaining lockdown restrictions perhaps under pressure from their peers it says set your boundaries be assertive and say no we're just as well as we were talking about the situation in europe not so great a very much slower rollout of vaccinations there and the possibility of a 3rd wave. vaccination rollout across europe beset by all sorts of difficulties in recent months political difficulties

international disputes corporate difficulties delays and so on. and really struggling to get up to speed and we are seeing 3rd waves hitting a number of countries take germany and france the 2 biggest e.u. economies in germany chancellor merkel in the last 24 hours as has warned regional state leaders that if they don't step in and enact emergency brake measures designed specifically to kick in lock downs once the infection rate hits a certain rate and it has done so if they don't she says she'll step in and do it on a federal basis so likely new restrictions heading germany's way in france particular concern over the rising infection rate there that's hit around $37000.00 although it is ticking downwards a bit but compare that to the u.k. now at 5000 infections day doctors in france warning that i.c.u. levels are up where they were in november and that they may start in hospitals around france having to make life or death decisions about who they can treat and who they can't get in certainly not for the 1st time during the last 12 months so the pandemic very much still gripping parts of europe germany france and other

countries in central europe struggling as well bringing us up to date from london john of thanks a lot or the u.n. is hoping to secure $10000000000.00 from international donors at a conference in belgium to support syrian refugees the 2 day meeting is being co-chaired by the european union and the u.n. hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in syria's decades long war more than 10000000 have been displaced. our appeal response mischief hysteria covering both refugees in neighboring countries and syrians inside their own country is the biggest we've ever had for this crisis we're trying to raise moment $10000000000.00 and it's bigger this year than ever because the the crisis is worse there is a particular huge impact of the global economic contraction and syria's own economic problems on malnutrition and on and declining elsevier some like the country last

year we raised 5 point $5000000000.00 i would like to be able to raise more this year we'll see what we don't stray able to do most of the don't know as i know we're going to say there are obviously it's well known as one of 2 unfortunately you caves that back but we hope people will act in a way that reflects not just a need to be generous to the syrians but also reflects the national interest of other countries because we don't keep these problems are going to spread your own special envoy to syria has told our visitor there are worrying signs that eisel is trying to gather strength in the desert our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations. they created their own defacto state carved out of parts of syria and iraq and ruled in the most brutal way justifying their actions with their own interpretation of islam. thank you no 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 russians the regime and the iranians to respond and try to figure out how to stabilize the security situation is such talk a lot of missed not according to the u.n. special envoy for syria pederson you should actually be worried about what you see

as increased direction activity is in the desert and in certain areas in syria and i have never before as you know the members of the security council now we need a collaborative effort you fight the terrorists that are still active in syria and . the fact that i'm going 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 his era at the united nations. foreign companies are being told not to mix business with politics if they want to keep operating in china the warnings come from a spokesman for change as we general government in a news conference. he was asked about the alleged use of ethnic readers as forced

labor to produce cotton it in brown reports from hong kong. has now become a sensitive issue for china's consumers western clothing and sportswear companies who've raised concerns over the use of force labor in the province's cotton industry are being punished as shoppers respond to calls to boycott some of the biggest brands in the world and. we are boycotting them because of the statements they've made if what they've said is true then we are willing to accept the situation but that's not the case that's why we boycott them. i think at the heart . person so at least for now i won't buy anything from these brands the u.s. government says the boycott is the result of a state led social media campaign but it also coincides with a deepening diplomatic row between china and western countries over human rights and on monday a government spokesman had

a message for brands like sweetens was why you cannot also seen on the internet that no one is going to aging in stores now so what are the results can you survive in the chinese market can you still make money from the chinese you can't earn a penny. china's government has repeatedly rejected accusations that forced labor including tens of thousands of ethnic weaker muslims is used in its cotton industry that accounts for around 20 percent of global production the united nations wants to investigate that as well as other world documented evidence of repression we have asked for the human rights i commissioner to be able to have a visit in china we not any limitations in the excess this is being negotiated at the present moment between the office of the un commission and the chinese authorities while human rights groups remain skeptical about the prospects for a meaningful visit with unimpeded access in china the un secretary general says for now he remains hopeful an agreement can be reached adrian brown al jazeera on the

airport staff in the galapagos islands have rescued $175.00 endangered baby tortoises from a trafficker they've been wrapped in plastic and put in a suitcase it's believed they were being brought to the mainland ecuador before being shipped elsewhere the reptiles can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in the black market and amanda finds an associate director of the wildlife conservation society she's joining us from hanoi in vietnam by skype thank you very much indeed for being with us one would have thought that the kind of restrictions and lock downs that are being imposed by a because of covert would've actually made it more difficult to traffic wild animals is that the case. unfortunately we're continuing to see wildlife trade and wildlife trafficking around the world there's definitely increasing concerns about wildlife trade as a driver of disease emergence but the practice is still common and we still see confiscations and reports coming from around the world of wildlife trade in

trafficking we think one thing when we're talking about trafficking that we're talking about obviously parts of the animal but also it goes to collectors it goes to. unscrupulous zoos for example but it is not the only issue at stake here well the wildlife trade is very complex and multi-factorial for sure there is the removal of wildlife from protected areas and natural lands to be consumed as food to be traded long distances to be sold as pets and as you say sometimes to be sold illegally to collections and soon it is it's a it's a large problem because there are a lot of different. components of the trade we also need a lot of different ways to address it but imports in the rules that are in place and continuing to engage both with governments and have pressure from the public to

end the practice is really critical moving forward as i understand it one of the concerns is the transmission of viruses that can be can travel with these animals as they're moved around the world how concerned are you about that. definitely extremely concerned yes the wildlife conservation society has been working on addressing wildlife trade in trafficking and also the health risks associated with wildlife trade for a couple decades now and the kind of practices that we see in the wildlife trade especially wildlife moving for human consumption as food but also for pets we see the trade in a lot of mammals a lot of birds both groups of animals that can harbor biases that could infect people as well and spillover to domestic animals and or human populations and become a pandemic as were seen today with kobe $1000.00 there are countries around the world where it's can be beneficial to the economy at least in terms of the local

economy of the of those countries and parts of them to essentially turn a blind eye to what's going on how difficult does that make your job when it comes to trying to trace just how big this problem is. well we're not talking here about the consumption of wildlife and local communities for food as it has been consumed for generations but more about the trade the commercial trade the buying and selling and the long scale transportation of wildlife that's where you have the opportunities for different species to mix for viruses the spillover across species and also for animals that are moving through this trade being very stressed therefore producing more virus and then coming into contact with domestic animals and humans it is definitely a challenge but we're seeing a growing awareness amongst countries in terms of national governments but also the public and working together to address this issue 1000 has been

a wake up call for many and it will continue to need multilateral and sort of multispectral engagement definitely working with local communities and people that are currently involved in the trade to identify ways that we can phase out and change these practices that are very much leading to the potential of another pandemic amount of fine of the wildlife conservation society we appreciate it thank you very much indeed thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera a thrilling finish the 1st race of the formula one season and he's going to have the action in the sports.

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u.s. intelligence agencies of one of the taliban could overrun afghanistan within 3 years if american troops leave prematurely it's one of many concerns for afghans in bunyan the taliban destroyed a cultural treasure in the central province 20 years ago he reports from there. carved out of the rock by buddhist monks more than a 1000 years ago these caves in by me our national park are now home to some of of ghana stands poorest people the government says they're squatters. but those living like this say they have nowhere else to go. mohamed makes his living collecting scrap metal but it's barely enough to feed his

family only once a day. there are no jobs we don't have any other place and i don't have the means to build a house on the government to provide us with shelter. then a mission of. daily life is grim. there are no toilets burning wood for heat makes it difficult to breathe and insects are ever present as is the fear the taliban might come back out of oklahoma she missed a lot of voters who are not a little mist of the taliban is a problem for us there is fighting 24 hours a day and people are in trouble they're not safe and there's no security you don't then see her worries are valid these communities live near the site of the bombing on bhutto's giant stone carvings from of ghana stands rich previous slum it passed in 20016 months before 911 the taliban declared the statues an affront to islam and drew

a line in the sand for the whole world to see. i want more show. all of all of the statues of the buddha that once stood at this site in balmy on were an estimated 15 centuries old and they want us to part of afghanistan history they were a part of human history many officials here in afghanistan say that their destruction at the hands of the taliban is also a part of history now and that they are best left in the past broken pieces of the buddhas still sit under lock and key with little hope of rebuilding but 20 years later a 3 d. projection helps afghans see the statues as they once were. sold. on a song the demand of the afghan people must be included in peace talks such mistake and crime should never be repeated again any group that lives here should accept that these cultural and historical artifacts belong to the people history and

culture of afghanistan. when the sun comes up the lights go down and the buddhas disappear once again leaving only vacant holes a grim reminder of the kind of violence afghans fear could happen again if the taliban come back. by me on. it's time for the sporting heroes andy thank you so much trouble spain needed a last minute gold seussical the 1st win in world cup qualifying for next year's finals and cats all they came from behind the georgia sea one coach listen rico demanding a big improvements out of the next game that scans cost on wednesday for a small reports. 15000 fans were allowed into the stadium in georgia's capital tbilisi. all hoping to see the home team cause an upset against spain and the side ranked 83 places below spain had their chances now to continuously after

losing to sweden in their opening match a goal just before half time set georgia up with a chance of a famous victory. somewhere spain are aiming to maintain their record of not having lost a world cup qualifier for 28 years manchester city's ferran torres scored an equaliser early in the 2nd half. in stoppage time danny almost grabbed the winner and with back spain back on track with 4 points from 2 games she is the probe oh. yes i am worried very worried ahead of the course of a match but we need to find a solution a matter what if we are missing accuracy clarity the players are tired we must win with our head or heart but spain must be in the next world cup and we are not thinking otherwise of the terrible basilio after being held to a draw in their 1st group game against ukraine and france were 2 no winners against kazakstan the reigning world champions are back in action on wednesday away to

bosnia herzegovina. 2800 semifinalists england have made it 2 wins from 2 captain harry came open the scoring against albania with his 1st international go in more than a year given it away chelsea's mason mountain wrapped up a 2 nil win england next space a far tougher task a home game against poland in 2 days' time if we want to deliver then we've got to have really high standards of the things we can get better. of play through the window you know they should enjoy it we always get through doing this. but i think we can improve. and germany maintain their perfect start to qualifying 4 time world champions are top of their group after this one no win over running an outbreak remained the only go so far is smile al-jazeera now south africa have missed out on qualification for next year's africa cup of nations they made it just

a draw against sudan so make sure of their place at the finals in cameroon instead it was sudan who finished up as soon as the winners and there through the finals for the 1st time since 2012. i mean ited states men's team has failed to qualify for the olympics for a 3rd strikes on the u.s. would have qualified with a win against honduras and guatemala hora but fell to rights to defeats jurists while they're heading to tokyo for their consecutive appearance at the games 7. and the l.a. lakers managed to pull off their 2nd win without stopping bron james he's out with an ankle injury and finding n.b.a. champions now in the 2nd worst team in the eastern conference them your line by magic scored 21 as the like has rallied in the 4th quarter i'm just missing the chance to level the schools in the final minutes here like this help them off by 3 points like as they sit 4th in the western conference.

world champion lewis hamilton has won the opening rice of the new formula one season in bahrain the miscellanies driver had sick overcome a strong challenge from red bulls much step and has drawn a geyser oscar reports. for the last 7 seasons miss a.d.'s domination of formula one has gone largely unchallenged in both the constructors and drivers championships but with max the step in starting from pole position in the season opening race in bahrain an upset look promising i both drivers got away cleanly from the start with a stop and staying out in front but in early pit stop from hamilton paid off and saw the world champion take the lead the stepan's chase was on and as hamilton's tires began to lose grip it appeared the dutchman had successfully overtaken his rival with 4 laps to go. but in the process he broken the rules by running his car off the track and had to hand the lead back to hamilton hamilton held on in an

extraordinary finish to win a record extending 96th from prix with the stop and coming out 2nd best in a thrilling tussle between the 2. so. what a difficult race that was step definitely stopping early was going to we knew was going to be difficult but we had to cover. max they've had an amazing performance all weekend so it was going to take something pretty special and. we suffer that last stint and trying to find the right balance between not pushing too much and having ties and at the end of the race who's typical and max is all over me right at the end it's of course a shame but you also have to see the positives you know really putting the fires on to them and their thing that's that's great for the starboard studier like that so

it's advantage hamilton after the 1st rice but it looks like the 7 time world champion may have plenty more challenges from a stop and to contend with this season john al-jazeera. now there being a race of the mice or g.p. season in cats i wasn't short of drama either i come back and i started on pole and led the race and so a yamaha smarter than i was made his move with 8 laps to go just behind him world champion john man looked set for a podium finish but he ran wide on the final corners of it sank in the knowledge that i stayed out in front to secure his 2nd career when the list sails kids. and american beauty hershel is claimed his 1st world golf championship title or show made only one birdie in the championship match against can patrick scully scheffler in texas but he was still able to go on and climb soon one victory in this match by events of the 1st 8 or title 628. ok most sport from

a few others i was looking for in iraq i did thanks very much indeed so here rahman is going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories stay with us if you can i'm rob matheson like. you were dealing with a very powerful people people in influential positions in government where we know there were elements within the police completely that means we're getting screwed twee we're getting too close to some people higher up the line illegal to. do the job itself. is essentially the perfect you have a diplomatic bag that partly open to accomplish al-jazeera investigates the

poacher's pipeline. talk to al jazeera. tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we do not. sense material any country. and yet we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covered 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar sites are underway the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researchers say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country under spread of coronavirus

appears far wider than anyone thought. paul an untold story asia and the pacific i'm out to seattle. area. hopes of reopening the serious canal a massive container ship is partly refloated after blocking the busy waterway for days. to sterilize my headquarters here in doha are also coming up the trial is set to begin the police officer accused of murdering george floyd whose death sparked protests around the world.