save the world. sneeze into your own. agenda who do you. jordan's former crown prince says he's under house arrest and accuses the country's leaders of corruption and incompetence. the whole rommany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up bulgarians a vote for a new parliament after months of antigovernment protests and a rise in corona virus infections also. was. don't lose hope the roman catholic pope's easter message as millions of europeans

face tougher covert 19 restrictions. a spectacle fit for kings and queens egypt moves its voile ancient to mummies to a new national museum. welcome to the program jordan's former crown prince has been placed under house arrest in amman the military denies that but says a former minister a member of the royal family and others have been detained as part of an investigation in a video prince homes are accused jordan's leaders of corruption incompetence and harassment or a badly has the latest. in a video past the media by his lawyer 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. which. the video was released came shortly after 220 in 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 half 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 in what's long says it a stable country in the middle east lore about a man the jazeera. me is an associate professor of political science at long island university in the u.s. now she says the situation has been building showing the past few years. 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 their 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 is has reached

$35000000000.00 it's 90 percent 95 percent of the country's g.d.p. and so does is it lends itself to several challenges 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 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 and 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 voting is underway bulgaria's general election prime minister boyko bought us all for seeking a full term with his centroid party corruption and managing the crowbars pandemic

have been the main issues in the campaign garia has seen a recent surge in factions will be watched very closely but a smith is a correspondent for the bulgarian capital sofia joins us good morning i mean the campaigning is over the polling stations open for the vote so what are the polls to saying about the potential victor victor. so garza has been in power for pretty much since 2009 for most of the time since then but this election is taking place amidst one of the highest coded outbreaks in europe hospitals overflowing and one of the lowest vaccination rates the lowest vaccination rate in the european even at the moment is 3.6 percent of all guerin's vaccinated nevertheless boy cobar saw the poll say you may still end up being the largest part c this is

a country where he's increased basic salaries by about 30 percent the average basic salaries but it remains this country warm of the most corrupt in the european union . well gary's prime minister hasn't given any interviews in this election campaign just photo opportunities where the only camera loud 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 feuds to mature but on the other hand there are concrete. experiences in the vogue areas over the past 3 decades the fact that they have not being been able to reap the benefits and that a democratic system in theory should provide so they have become this in time to

get more of the poll there is that they 45 percent would prefer a man of strong man leadership last summer several months of anticorruption 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 man. risto ivan off says the e.u. ignores the corruption here because boris office party these are allied with the largest center right coalition in the european parliament with of is not an ideologue he doesn't. make any political pronouncement he's a tyrant practitioner of opponents not only of them but of corruption within the been 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 opening in. any protests now a tiny in comparison that's part of covert part resignation. and the 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 law will it came to. bandon so financing from european union became a source of that option not for the development of 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 boris off as head of the largest party will keep his job as prime minister. but of course i'll just pick up on the fact that we talked and have touched upon the whole coded pandemic or having

one of you might say that the worst rollout across europe how much of that has actually played now into the campaign and about people coming to the polling stations to cast their ballots. there's been a very low key campaign because of the covert restrictions in place and because people are worried about contracting the virus hospitals are overflowing the prime minister at the beginning of march was under huge pressure from businesses to reopens on march the 1st everything reopened in bulgaria 10 days later because an explosion infection she was forced to shut shut everything down again just today restaurants are open for outdoor dining infection rates remain very high but that's affected all the parties and all the opposition parties are also the main opposition socialists riven by infighting so not seen by many as a viable at the turn and alternative so boris off although he may not have a minority may get just enough votes to build some sort of coalition for the

parties so will check in with you through the day as the vote count continues but it's the 3rd force in sofia. now mark which is 11 years as dutch prime minister could be coming to an end after a coalition partner withdrew support now only survived a no confidence vote on friday for his handling of coalition talks since last month's election now the leader of the christian unity party says it can no longer be part of his government. the head of the roman catholic church has urged his followers not to lose hope during the pandemic in the scale back east to service pope francis deliver the messages and peter's basilica in vatican city in rome about 200 people were allowed to attend the service there was no traditional baptism ceremonies in the attempt to curb the spread of covert 19.

mass is being held at the church of the holy sepulture in jerusalem which was closed last easter because of the coronavirus pandemic it's built on the site where christians believe jesus christ was crucified. borders are closed to new restrictions are now in place across latin america and the caribbean where there have been more than 25000000 covert 19 cases of widespread surge in infections has prompted both chile and bolivia to close their borders ecuador and peru have also imposed new measures over the easter holidays. in brazil which has the 2nd highest number of infections and deaths in the world many of its poorest people rely on food handouts to survive a survey stand that more than 80 percent of those living in slums depend on donations on a chaotic here joined workers from one campaign group in rio de janeiro trying to stem a 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 i hear. on the bus. 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 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 poor neighborhoods are literally starving to death. 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 drop 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 family 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 being an oil it cost the equivalent

of $10.00 but it only lasts one week and a family of 4 who've in $1000.00 has affected donations in another way the whiny 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. of al-jazeera rio de janeiro. well still ahead here on al-jazeera fighting for democracy protests continue in me at all despite the increase of violence by the military. assault on the right to free expression protesters in the u.k. march against a law that would let police crackdown on demonstrations. it's

time for the perfect gentleman the winter storm supply qatar airways is in spring a fun time he can go from warm sunshine to snow in much of 24 hours that's about to to happen in some places already is cold by night this area of high pressure the middle of europe is bent right to clear skies and there's not that war anyway so down to below freezing and daytime temperatures berlin about 9 degrees today that's relatively cool compared with the average is much colder than in bulk there is rain around bug area remain here and crosscuts across into northern greece that area be waving around for a while then dying out but this is the thing to look at as a blast of arctic air as a warning out of developing blizzard today in norway i don't. no no's april but that's what's happening the whole lot blowing south of the snow briefly i think in the netherlands in germany the head of it all this frontal system you mentioned it's the cold air that's is front is going to go all way through central and

eastern europe so the big change in how it feels in vienna for example 19 down to 8 and that's after the snow has fallen then data sticks by wednesday only up to about average by the end of the week by friday now much that's happening in europe is only just affecting north africa a bit breezy unshared algeria tunisia and libya. sponsored poll qatar airways. to want to i'll just say right we are going to tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we do not sell the fence material any country the iraq conflict in yemen we meet with the global news makers until about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world which. isn't hero.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me sell robin a reminder of our top stories the former crown prince of jordan says he's under house arrest in amman the military has denied that but says a former minister a member of the royal family and others were detained as part of an investigation voting is underway in bulgaria as general election prime minister boyko office seeking a 4th term with the center right party corruption and the coronavirus pandemic have been the main campaign issues and for the 2nd year christians around the world are marking easter sunday under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic countries cross europe and latin america have enforced new restrictions and lockdown this. there

will be more protests and despite weeks of increased use of violence by the military in mandalay one group gathered on motorbikes calling for a return to democracy on saturday at least 5 protesters were killed in the latest crackdown 10 ethnic rebel groups have announced their support for the protest movement tony chang has more. a wounded man with a serious head injury is carried away from the barricades in money about 136 kilometers northwest of mandalay this was just one of the towns where protesters are reported to have been shot at by the security services in mandalay they took to the streets on motorbikes easier to flee when the crackdown comes. and it follows another night of violence this video from sun chong and central young gun shows police standing over the body of an injured man you can hear the fear in the voices

of those filming as they drag the body away. that violence shed around the world on social media is drawing growing criticism even from myanmar's powerful neighbors. we condemn any use of violence we believe that the rule of law should be privileged we stand for the distribution of democracy in myanmar we have urged the release of political prisoners and supported any attempts at dissolving the current situation including through the efforts of the. pro and regional concerns are increasing as 10 ethnic armed groups are myanmar's borders through their support behind the anti coup movement on saturday that sparked fears of wider conflict on the possibility of a full blown civil war in thailand memo's representative at a global beauty pageant broke down on stage when she proclaimed her support for the

protesters they are working on the streets. of the duma grace now she's unable to return home but determined in her support. for the situation because they told me that they would if i on the street and i'm also fighting my way on the other states now i think that if they would not give that we will win. and the funerals continue to this woman was shot in the head as she travelled home from her job in a south korean bank. bus stops around the country have been turned into improvised memorials for those who have died with messages of resistance now that wireless internet services have been cut off but even these simple shrines are being torn down as the security services try to eradicate all signs of resistance tony chang al jazeera. 22 indian security forces have died during

a raid on a maoist rebel hideout in eastern chad this go to state on my was find who was killed police say their intelligence of the group was hiding in a forest or ensued it was a 4 hour gun battle with one officer saying rebels used grenades the maoists fought the government for more than 4 decades demanding land and jobs for farmers. leaders of countries neighboring mozambique will hold talks next week about the violence in the north of the region the un says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly armed groups stormed the town of parma a week ago killing dozens of people and displacing thousands a tour gets core is the emergency coordinator for doctors without borders he says the hours of people have yet to reach safety in cabo delgado. all proportional here is equally should be the quantity of people that it was around a right to say places like more than one guy they all want to place a pemba so we are we are assuming that they are probably dozens of thousands of

people in the blues and in the in the forest hiding or trying to reach state bases and and there probably they are the ones that they are or either more or more terrified or probably the ones that they are more vulnerable or more sick and they cannot reach to the places where they can be assisted or a little bit possible because we are not we are not receiving as much people that we were expecting but for example i am speaking with my colleagues who are most of them displaced themselves from the last year of the space many muslim world a pariah or even a know their places uncover their god oh and they are just the hunted by the by the by the time that they were spent they spent. heidi in like 456 days they were hiding in the in the in the forest and they need to play another 4 or 5 days to reach take place it and 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 there are

little by little coming through to the places. people had left the houses with no with nothing on the honshu so a lot of people is better food a lot of people is a show in a injuries in the in the food and the feet and then in their arms on of course they didn't have food or what there for a few days. now there have been demonstrations in several u.k. cities against a bill little give police more power to break the protests the bill was drafted after the so-called extinction rebellion rallies of 2019 it would lead to police set time and noise limits on rallies activists say it's an attack on freedom of speech existing laws are under renewed scrutiny after police arrested several people at a recent vigil for a murdered woman paul brennan was at one of the demonstrations in london and reports on why the policing bill is so controversial. it's largely inspired by 2960 action rebellion protests which paralyzed central london for many many weeks and

the police felt powerless to actually move people on and get the thought affairs of london the roads open and running again the criticism of all 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 not from the risk of serious disorder but just from 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 about it and 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 people regard as

a human right to dissent is not a popular measure. of a darby is open climate talks for the middle east and north africa on sunday u.s. special presidential envoy for climate john kerry traveled to the united arab emirates and met with sultan job but who's taken on a similar role for the u.s. now they discuss national and regional preparations ahead of the u.n. climate summit in glasgow in scotland shuttles for november he is by counterpart in effort to make. it 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 our driver and his plans and the plans of the u.a.e. to help lead the world it's a relic of the 2nd world war that hadn't been seems to nearly 80 years but now explorers have reached a u.s. navy destroyer that was sunk of the coast of the philippines and came to rest 6 and a half 1000 meters below sea level is the deepest shipwreck dive at an 8 and the explorer said the vessel still shows the scars of an intense battle. well egypt put on a show to move its ancient royal mummies to their new home of cairo's national museum crowds witness the multi-million dollar spectacle of the 18 kings and 4 queens making the journey through the capital all thought he's hope the event will

help resurrect their struggling taurus an industry as imran khan reports. with all the fanfare the befits egypt's ancient kings and queens the highly anticipated and meticulously planned ferries golden parade was the biggest cultural event cairo has seen in recent years travelling in individual vehicles bedecked an ancient egyptian style the mommy fire drills 22 of them in all were moved from cairo's a gyptian museum in tahrir square they moved through the capital streets to a new location a state of the art facility called the national museum of ancient civilization. where they were greeted by a concert from the cairo philharmonic featuring famous singers and then received by the egyptian president. the pharaohs of the stuff of legend and include ho-tep the 1st ramsay's the 2nd ramsay's the 3rd and queen never

tire. you got to. sing. without the well. prepared objects to travel around the well but then you've got a spectacle. so the logistics behind it went very complex and you can imagine they're very. spectacle but we also felt that everything goes to. the security operation was a mammoth undertaking streets were closed in cairo brought to a standstill the event which lasted around 2 hours was attended by various dignitaries including the director general of unesco the un's world heritage organize a. once the mommies arrived at their new resting place they are to be put into restoration in a lab for 15 days and readied for display but there are a minority who muttered darkly about an ancient curse legend has it that cursed

will be the ones that move the mummies they say the sioux is canal blockage disturbing global markets 2 trains colliding with each other a garment factory blaze and a residential building collapse all came after the announcement of the pharaoh's gold braid. but the ancient curse hasn't stopped the pharaohs once again appearing on the streets of egypt. the wrong car which is are. there with me so robin a reminder of our top stories the former crown prince of jordan says he's under house arrest in amman the military has denied that but says a former minister and a member of the royal family and others were detained as.