i don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are little enough to keep the new and 18th to be part of today's discussion this dream on out is there. jordan's former crown prince says he's under house arrest after what he calls a crackdown on critics of king i don't know. how to make like this is out there alive from the halls or coming up. certainly hope the pope sees the messages millions of europeans face tougher coronavirus restrictions. and desperate for something to eat 99 so the problems for

millions of brazil's poorest people. and fighting for the right to freedom of expression protests in the u.k. against a law that would elect police crackdown on demonstrations. so the former crown prince of jordan says he's under house arrest and among military denies that's but says a former minister a member of the royal family and others have been detained as part of an ongoing investigation lebanon egypt and gulf countries have expressed solidarity with jordan's king abdullah there but mainly as this report and. it is video passed through the media by his lawyer jordan's prince hamza says this may be the last time he can contact anyone he says he's been ordered by the army's chief to stay at

home and that his phone and internet are being cut off. he criticized jordan's leaders for corruption and tonight being part of any conspiracy. agenda there is no outside agenda there is nothing on my part to affect the country or outside plotting from behind the scenes we listen to these accusations over and over again this is only in order to make a smokescreen over the retreat and retraction that we witness in the country every day in our beloved country. when. the video is released came shortly after to tinian state t.v. an ounce multiple arrests of former senior officials on such a night jordan's army chief denied the prince how it was among them but it didn't mention the arrest of the former head of the royal court bus and our dollar. was a long time also that of the cheating and was at one time

a minister of finance and has been arrested along with several others that were very close to the heart of court it is not clear exactly what the role that prince. played and that but clearly there has been any division inside the court that has led the security forces to consider this a danger to the stability of jordan's government. prince hamza is the hoff brother of king abdullah when their father king hussein passed away in 1909 king abdullah was crowned and prince hamza became the crown prince of jordan however king abdullah stripped him of this title 5 years later following saturday's arrests regional leaders including the g.c.c. were quick to express solidarity with king abdullah security personnel have been deployed in the capital amman and other parts of the country there are still more

questions than answers about the highly unusual arrests and what flaunting it says it a stable country in the middle east lower about in money. let's explore this further let's bring in my associate professor of political science at long island university joins us from new jersey. welcome to the program how do you remember what's going on here. this is really reflective of a domestic internal rift and the wording of the former crown prince about corruption really is reflective of what's been happening economically in jordan you know this king king abdullah has been running or talking about economic reforms not really political reform since he took office and you have a country that's hurting economically it becomes a point where opposition forces are opposition within the government can rise and say we haven't had political reform especially since the arab spring the economic

reforms are failing today for example jordan's foreign debt has reached $35000000000.00 it's 90 percent 95 percent of the country's g.d.p. and so does it lends itself to several challenges in the pandemic recent refugee crisis. when you had to implement some austerity measures so the country's been economically hurting which has put him in the kind of crosshairs of many opposition forces inside inside the court who see him as failing compared to his father. denies any wrongdoing and clearly the roll call think otherwise. well what he did was need to hear references in his video he met with members of tribal elders or tribal leaders and the voice their dissent and so him being in that presence signaled that there could be a rising internal rift but really

a threat to remember he was the former crown prince the former lead king hussein wanted him to be the crown prince and it was king abdullah who were moved him and so there is especially in this time of austerity a comparison and it seems that former crown prince hamza sees himself as the natural leader harkening back to a time of his father where could this lead to what are the dangers of what's happening here. this is probably not going to lead anywhere but what the king has to do is probably raise some of the austerity measures here it's going to be very difficult because these are the conditions the i.m.f. has placed time for him to reduce the debt to g.d.p. ratio in order for the i.m.f. loans to continue so domestically it's going to be a tough time for the king in terms of international relations and where he stands in the region there probably won't be any changes he still held favorably in the united states in the u.k.

he's a long term ally jordan shares a very long border with israel and so there might not be any change in status quo internationally this is really a domestic rift right i was going to say the leaders have been quick to express solidarity with all the nations who may be less willing to stand alone if the circumstances were right all changed. well really interesting thing is that although our man is very vital to israel's interest and its cornerstone you know jordan is the custodian of east jerusalem. and its shares a 335 kilometer border with israel. the west bank essentially. the king's relationship with no 10 yahoo has been strained and so the silence coming from israel is quite telling it does not mean that they would want some one sided front from king abdullah but the silence is quite telling and it just emblematic of the rift for example just this past week we saw prime minister netanyahu refused to

approve the supply of water to jordan you saw the tit for tat over air space so the king was not allowed to go to jerusalem and then the next day they refused to allow netanyahu to fly to the u.a.e. his helicopter over jordan so it's been a very strained relationship for the past couple of years it does not mean that it will change relations but let's see what happens in israel looking at what's happening in jordan a dollar for me great to get your perspective do appreciate that thanks very much indeed thank you police in somalia is competent mogadishu's say at least 6 people including the attacker have been killed in a bombing a group has claimed responsibility for those separate attacks on saturday on 2 military bases outside mogadishu the military says they successfully pushed back on a ship killing 765 says the head of the roman catholic church as his father was not

to lose hope during the pandemic francis delivered the message during a scaled back east vigil in peter's basilica about 200 people were allowed to attend. the vatican dropped its traditional but some ceremonies to keep the spread of covert 90. thank you they from a man came over you know see that even from the ruinous fragments of our humanity got prepares a new story he always goes before us in the cross of the suffering in the desolation of death as well as in the glory of a life that resurrects a story that changes hope that comes back to light and indeed dark months of the pandemic let us listen to the risen lord as he invites us to begin a new and never lose hope. millions of people in europe are marking easter under coronavirus restrictions france has entered its 3rd national lockdown on saturday and its leaves returning to street to measure is. $1000.00 factions there are

concerns that the slow vaccine rollout and new contagious variants of the virus will make a 3rd wave of hyundai make it difficult to contain. well the number of covert 1000 infections in latin america has passed 25000000 brazil is the hardest hit country in the region the world's 2nd highest number of cases behind the united states a widespread spike in infections it's prompted both chile and bolivia to close their borders ecuador and peru have also imposed new measures of the easter holidays to limit travel and public gatherings. but the pandemic has left many of brazil's poorest citizens reliant on food handouts to survive a survey found more than 80 percent of people living in slums depend on donations to feed their families when they can if you joined workers from one campaign in rio de janeiro is trying to stem rising tide of hunger. the lines are growing in the center of rio de janeiro and not just in front of the soup kitchens

many come here for a bath and a haircut. in the past but the number of people living in the streets has doubled since the beginning of the pandemic many here have lost their jobs at home. 10000000 brazilians were already going hungry when the pandemic began now the situation is much worse in january the government suspended the emergency aid benefiting half of brazil's population just as infections began to spiral out of control forcing new lockdowns. to pay the crisis affected private businesses which were contributions to charity last year and can no longer afford to do so with no help from the public sector and no jobs for people in the slums and core neighborhoods are literally starving to death. he. is part of the g. 10 a group of brazil's 10 biggest slums they have started the campaign empty pots in brazil

together they were able to obtain the 1st donation this year 1000 basic food baskets to share among way too many 180000 people live in the hasi alone. we receive 10000 basic food baskets to distribute but this year it was only 100 donations dropped by 95 percent and the number of people dying from covered 19 is growing by just last 10 friends and one week william has been walking the streets of his senior to pick those who have nothing in their pockets oh you very much like my lee who lives with her 86 year old mother and stopped working after she got sick. 7 out of 10 people living in brazilian slums have no money to buy food they're receiving donations but much less than last year a bag like this $1.00 for example has rice and beans and oil it cost the equivalent

of 10 dollars but it only lasts one week and a family of 4 who over 1000 has affected donations in another way dwane vasconcellos tells us the number of people working in soup kitchens has decreased some volunteers were infected with the coronavirus while others are too afraid to go out on the streets monica and i give al-jazeera rio de janeiro. still ahead here on al-jazeera families grieve for the victims of friday's train crash in taiwan well prosecutors raid a construction site near the tunnel. why the u.s. state of georgia is most famous sporting event is in the rough with the civil rights groups.

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a hung jury squat amala see some heavy rain recently into billy's as well that will continue to make its way further east was growing grass the same dry weather coming into hispaniola but fine for the east not hands. on counting the cost of the billionaires the bank has finally had enough of brazil's president green. how the world plans to reduce carbon emissions and turn vast tracts of land back to nature plus europe's rush for battery technology. counting the cost i'll just see a. bold and i'm told stories from asia and the pacific on al-jazeera.

her again you're watching out there the mind of our top stories this hour the former crown prince of jordan says he's under house arrest and i'm out on the military denies prince hamza has been detained efficient news agency says 2 former senior officials and other suspects have been arrested for security reasons. lockdowns are in place across parts of europe to combat surging coronavirus numbers france will shut schools and non-essential shops for weeks while italy is looking down for the easter holiday. the number of corona virus infections in latin america has passed 25000000 brazil remains the region's hardest hit country of bolivia and chile closing their borders because of a spike it is. now leaders of countries neighboring mozambique will hold talks next

week about ongoing violence the united nations says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly on group stormed the town of palmer a week ago killing dozens of people and displacing thousands. gears crow is the emergency coordinator for doctors without borders he says thousands of people have yet to reach safety in a cabinet. and various proportion of what theoretically should be the quantity of. people that he was around a right to safe places like where there are no longer there are multiple ways of. show we're we are assuming that they are probably dozens of thousands of people in the shining there in the forest hiding or trying to reach safe bases. and they're probably they are the ones that they are or either more or. more terrified of probably the ones that they are more vulnerable or more sick and they cannot reach the bases where they can be assisted early to be possible because we are not we

have not received been as much people that we were expecting but for example a misspeaking with my colleague x. who are most of them displaced themselves from the last year of the space many more see what a prayer or even a you know their places with their god oh and they they are just hounded by by their by the time that they were spent they spent. hiding in like 456 days they were hiding in the in the in the forest and then he took another 4 or 5 days to reach safe places and now what people are saying to us is that they are trying to avoid the few roads that they are there because they are afraid and they're literally people coming to their places of people has left their houses with no with nothing on their hands so so a lot of people these birds are food a lot of people are showing no injuries in their food and in their feet and in their in their arms honor of course they didn't have food or water for a few days. at least 5 more people have been killed in men more in the latest

crackdown and to coup protesters and local rights group says at least 550 people have died since military seize power 2 months ago on saturday 10 ethnic armed groups announced their support for the protest that's raised concerns the violence could spiral into civil war. prosecutors in taiwan seeking an arrest warrant for construction site manager who struck course the devastating train crash on friday 51 people died but that number could rise as crews continue to search the wreckage for slowly has this report. we may survived the carnage but lost her husband his son and her daughter. they were on their way to for the annual to sweeping day a traditional chinese festival she remembers hearing a loud bang just before the train and took the tunnel. it was like a living hell our carriage was mangled things had fallen off and piled on top of passengers shelves fell on top of me it was dark. the train had crashed into

a construction truck that it slid down a hill and onto the track just minutes well with dollars and so we were younger when i got hold of a mobile phone and turned on the torch to try to find my husband and children i saw them but there was nothing i could do to get them out so many objects piled on top of them i tried to remove some of the things such as iron bars but there was just too much stuff and when i did a voice kept asking me not to move anything because it hurt him so i just sat still was rescued and alan later president visited a hospital where dozens of the injured are being treated and promised a thorough investigation into the accident as well as government support to affected families for you keeping. this distressing accident caused heavy casualties i came to while in today to visit our wounded and express my sympathy to the families of the victims. officials have said the driver may have failed to

properly applied the brakes of the construction truck prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for the manager of the company that carries out tracks like maintenance a court has released the man on of. the workers are still trying to remove the more heavily damaged sections of the train that remain inside the tunnel. as taiwan marks a 2nd day of mourning families of the crash victims gathered at the site of the disaster on saturday to say press conduct religious rites and grieve for those they've lost florence louis 0. ferguson belgariad head to the polls in under an hour for a general election prime minister. is hoping to win a 4th term with the center right g e b party no major parties like it we're not right majority but it's myth reports now from the capital sofia. bulgaria the prime minister hasn't given any interviews in this election campaign just photo opportunities where the only camera allowed is

from his own team or go bars or governs an e.u. country where according to the u.s. state department there's little judicial independence there are arbitrary arrests and journalists are threatened with violence in sunday's election he could well retain his grip on this former satellite of the soviet union. takes long for democratic states to mature but on the other hand there are concrete. experiences of the both gerunds over the past 3 decades the fact that they have not being been able to reap the benefits of a democratic system in theory should provide so they have become disenchanted the more of the polls there is that state 45 percent would prefer a model of strongman leadership last summer several months of anti corruption protests with the biggest challenge to power so they started after an opposition leader tried to set foot on a public beach that had been sealed off for use by want to bulgaria as most

powerful that. christo ivan off says the e.u. ignores the corruption here because boris office party is allied with the largest center right coalition in the european parliament with of is not an ideal he doesn't. sort of make any political pronouncing he is a tyrant practitioner of open federalism of corruption within a pin people's party the elite in brussels and in berlin frankly we will need to understand that they cannot afford any longer to go the blind eye to what is happening in the office any protests now a tiny in comparison that's part phase of covert part resignation. and a former prime minister says the e.u. ignores at its peril what is happening here that transparency feelers have defined has to be put on the new on the road it came so that. banned and so financing from european union became a song it's not

a cut option not for the development of the plan the european commission says corruption is a major obstacle to development in bulgaria. the latest polls give the prime minister's party around the 28 percent of the vote the opposition socialists a trailing around 8 percent behind political experts here say that could be a government of national unity if that's the case then. as head of the largest party will keep his job as prime minister. al-jazeera saffir. margaret says 11 years duch prime minister could be coming to an end after a vital coalition partner withdrew support narrowly survived a confidence vote on friday over his handling of coalition talks since last month's election now the leader of the christian uni party says it can no longer be part of his government ministers the party is the largest in part of. there's

been demonstrations in several u.k. cities against a bill that will give police more power to break up protests the bill was drafted after the so-called extinction rebellion rallies in 2019 it would let police set time and noise limits on rallies activists say it's an attack on freedom of speech brennan was one of the demonstrations in the capital and reports on why the policing bill is so controversial it's largely inspired by 2960 action rebellion protest which power lies in central london for many many weeks and the police felt powerless to actually move people on and get the therof as of london the roads open and running again the criticism of all 'd of this particular proposed legislation is that it goes too far the other way that it wouldn't allow the police on a much lower threshold. from the risk of serious disorder public nuisance grounds to. finish times and impose more of the strictures on protesters the government

doesn't appear minded to back down on this they have a majority in parliament theoretically they could push it through if they wanted to there will be amendments no doubt submitted by opposition parties who are very angry at. it's the biggest criticism really is that it's a mammoth bill which lumps lots of different things in together for example proposes longer sentences for serious crimes not in prison sentences for less serious crimes they're kind of things that many people here in the u.k. would agree with on the protest side of things there that's where it really gets sticky and the idea of clamping down on what people regard as a human right to dissent is not a popular measure. u.s. president joe biden says he supports major league baseball's decision to strip atlanta of one of the prestigious all star game it's because of new voting laws in the state of georgia critics say the measure is signed off by georgia's republican governor limited access to the ballot box and target minority and poor if it is a moving the baseball is puts pressure on georgia's most famous sporting event

that's the masters golf tournament i don't guster and that starts on thursday when civil rights group wants goals governing body to cancel the tournament and is calling on players to boycott it until the voting law is repealed we can let the other side. you know out flank us out politicize this. you know or we can get in a fight with them and that's what we're doing i mean this is a call to everyone not only in georgia but all across the country to wake him to get in the fight and to help us in that fight because they are coming for you next i mean what event what sport are they going after now what event are they going to go after what convention political hane is in washington d.c. and she says this goes beyond just the state of georgia. this is a nationwide issue and now this all goes back to what is been dubbed the big lie

the claim that there was widespread voter fraud which is why donald trump is no longer president think it's important point out it's not just the media that says there is no evidence of widespread widespread voter fraud more than 50 courts took up cases and found in each and every one that there was no credible evidence still we're seeing republican leadership in $47.00 states put forward about $361.00 bills that would restrict restrict voting rights in their states and so now what you're seeing is companies react we've saw dozens and dozens of companies heads said in letters to georgia including the 2 major employers in georgia coca-cola and delta airlines saying this they disagree with this law they're trying to send the message to these big companies we're talking about twitter and estee lauder and dozens and dozens of others sending the message to places where their headquarters where they're located saying look we don't want you to take these steps don't approve these voting restrictions but in georgia the governor's 5 firing back. he

will host a climate talks for the middle east and north africa later on sunday u.s. a special presidential envoy for climate john kerry has traveled to the united arab emirates to meet with his u.a.e. counterpart and they discussed national and regional preparations ahead of the united nations climate summit to be held in glasgow in november his vice counterpart in the effort to make glasgow a success and bring our nation to a place where we are addressing the climate crisis with the seriousness that it demands. it's wonderful today i spent a day with sultan. viewing the largest solar field in the world. viewing an extraordinary. parabolic. solar facility which was one of the 1st ever created of its kind.

and also. listening to dr weil jobber and his plans and the plans of the u.a.e. to help lead the world the last fassel stranded by the grounding of a container ship in the suez canal have passed through the waterway more than 420 vessels were delayed when the ever given got stuck for nearly a week it blocked one of the world's most functional waterway it's. just time for a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera and the crown prince of jordan says he's under house arrest in amman but the military denies prince hamza has been detained official news agency says 2 former senior officials and other suspects have been arrested for security reasons. there is no outside agenda there is nothing on my part to.