f.e.m. sera gavel nayak and paragraphs and pasha which hal your stories we are your voice no news your network al-jazeera. the. war. jordan's former crown prince is accused of being part of a plot with foreign help to destabilize the kingdom. oh i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead. there's worse to come dozens die in remote parts of indonesia and east timor with more torrential rain forecast. and warning that a pond could collapse in a u.s.

state unleashing a wall of waste water. all of this water is pumped in or leaked into the bay it could be catastrophic to the entire fishery and could in essence put us out of business and train for health columbia's intensive care crisis as it braces for a surgeon called 900 case. thank you for joining us jordan's government says for ted what it calls a malicious brought to destabilize the country the half brother of king abdullah has been put under house arrest he says he's being punished for speaking out against corruption by jordan's deputy prime minister says friends homs and other top officials have been under surveillance for some time hoda abdel-hamid reports. it was talk about the 0 hour to government said that prompted jordan's king

abdullah to give the green light for the arrest of mordant dozen people including bessemer would allow a former head of the royal court and finance minister he then became part of the inner circle of prince hamza bin hissene the half brother of the king who was also crown prince until he was removed from the role in 2004 jordan's deputy prime minister a minister for the said that beyond a doubt in a circle of prince hamza will coordinate. with foreign parties and opposition abroad a plot to destabilize the country where. the state intelligence with already has been closely monitoring activity from his highness hum's a surefire some desired by some of the lower and others whose movements were aimed at undermining our stability and security the surveillance intercepted movements including communication with foreign sides on a so-called 0 hour to trigger measures aimed at undermining else debility shortly after the arrests prince hamza appeared in the video saying he had been put under house arrest for

a bit in from communicating with the outside world i claim later denied by jordan chief of staff there prince also took the president didn't move off publicly criticizing the leadership of the country i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in governance for the corruption and for the incompetence that has been prevalent in. our governing structure for the last 15 to 20 years and has been getting worse by the year and i'm not responsible for the lack of faith that people have in their institutions. their response to form a crown prince had been sidelined since his removal from power but he is said to have been forging ties with this gruntal tribesmen and a loosely organized opposition known as head a that has been calling for mass protests so far the government hasn't revealed the scope of the alleged plot but some say it's unlikely it was aimed at directly

overthrowing king abdullah you can't have a coup or lesser security people involved so i don't think and you know this whole idea of a plot there is just not true there is there is clearly. an internal issue that's come out in the public and i think in a way it has turned out not in the favor of some of the people who began this process of arrests it's not clear what will happen to the former crown prince king abdullah said to favor an amicable solution for the sake of the royal family and the stability of the country there are still many questions that remain and answers the government says it will reveal all details in due course but if anything recent events reveal deep divisions within the royal family of a country considered a beacon of stability within a turbulent middle east but at that hamid al-jazeera harry i spoke with sylia weights and who is the executive director of democracy for the arab world now

she says what's most notable is that jordan's leaders haven't released any detailed information about the alleged plot. they haven't pointed the finger specifically at anyone and in fact it would be very helpful if deputy prime minister somebody would tell us who exactly he's alleging was plotting a coup with the crown prince how was us so that we can avoid unnecessary and false rumors of course there are allegations that time the crown prince. while the love was now advisor to crown prince mohammed bin some men in saudi arabia but the truth is not clear yet jordan stability. is very crucial for the region we know and regional leaders and the us were very quick to express solidarity for king abdullah and this is coming at a time also of worsening relations between israel and jordan over. west bank and

parts of the jordan valley how do you see this affecting israel in particular and the region as a whole well clearly king abdullah has been an outlier in the sony axis that has driven itself so close to israel and its friends in the region. king abdullah has resisted some of the normalization efforts that have really come without condition for any interests of the palestinians and of course this is something that's very important to him we saw the recent scuffle between israel and king abdullah with the inability of his son to go and pray in jerusalem and so it's very clear that in some ways there's concern the king abdullah will be a spoiler or could be a spoiler between the plans and plots of israel the u.a.e. the main egypt and potentially saudi arabia. in other world news

flash floods and landslides have killed at least 64 people in indonesia and neighboring east timor and there's more extreme weather on the way to wrench will rains cause destruction across the chain of islands in the south where the rescue workers struggling to reach remote areas or get an update on the situation from jessica washington shortly but 1st here's our report. east flora's in tunisia flash flooding and landslides have killed dozens of people in at least 7 villages and the death toll is expected to rise many families say their loved ones are still missing . as the scale of the disaster unfolds communities are in mourning. this man's body was pulled from the debris people in the video say he was a teacher. thousands of houses are likely to have been buried under mud after the landslides at least 5 bridges were destroyed and most roads blocked hampering access for search and rescue workers or. we need to work on giving the logistics

because this is extreme weather we have to use both we're looking into planes or helicopters we will support the needs of the people the power and communication lines are down making it difficult for authorities to know the extent of the disaster authorities say they're trying to get food masks and other essentials to evacuation centers. i would challenge patients we will try to find other ways to access the area to deliver essentials in neighboring east timor this boarding home for students was one of many buildings destroyed in the floods witnesses say a 2 year old is among the dead indonesia's weather bureau warns of further to ensure rains strong winds and powerful waves and jessica joins us now live from jakarta what's the latest jessica on rescue efforts just how difficult is it to get to the affected areas. well this is still an

ongoing situation and we have slightly more information about that rescue effort this morning on monday in indonesia but it is still a very complicated situation authorities say they are trying to reach the most heavily affected villages which are on a small island called other naro which is within the region of east floras we know that the impact is not just situated to that island specifically there was a wider impact in the province of anbar some of our contacts in that region who you would normally speak to to get updates have also lost communications lost power as well so we're trying to bring you up with the latest information but we've heard from the governor of this province is that at least 55 people within the province are dead 42 are missing and they are trying to get the essential heavy machinery to the affected villages so they can start to clear some of the roadblocks but they are experiencing difficulties this is a remote village a remote villages and the island itself can only be accessed by sea at this stage

but there are difficulties because of the weather conditions we know that there is a tropical low within this affected area and that is complicating rescue efforts because there is heavy rain strong winds and his strong waves as well waves up to 6 meters high that is making it difficult for rescuers to get to these affected villages they do say that they are trying to assess whether it's possible to flood to this island but the strong winds are making it difficult jessica thank you for that update jessica washington live for astaire in jakarta and a small ferry has collided with another boat in bangladesh this time killing at least 5 people rescue workers are looking for survivors up to 50 passengers were on board a police inspector says the ferry was rushing to leave the city of najaf gunshop to the government confirmed a new coronavirus lockdown. a leak at a wastewater pond is causing concern that a wall of water could overwhelm hundreds of homes in the u.s.

state of florida the want to contains hazardous waste from an old fetch lies a factory particle hang has the details. it's the one question thousands of people in the u.s. state of florida are asking will this spill turn into a giant flood we're talking about the potential of about 600000000 gallons within a matter of seconds and minutes leaving that written in pool and going around the surrounding areas the danger one pond collapses and the other 2 near it also breach the potential of 3700000000 liters of water running into hundreds of homes nearby the concern is that could lead to a nearly 7 meter tall wall of water barreling down still not everyone nearby has chosen to leave even with the hurricanes and everything and we didn't evacuate but one concern has been alleviated initial reports said the water was radioactive officials now say it's not but to be clear the water being discharged to port

manatee is not radio active and is primarily salt water from the port manatee dredge project mixed with legacy process water and storm water runoff but some of the water is a byproduct of processing phosphate or into fertilizer and it contains nitrogen and ammonia and that could be a problem if too much pumped into nearby water since i retired from the fire department i'm now i'm a full time commercial fisherman and crab or and have all of this water is pumped in or leaked into the bay it could be catastrophic to the entire fishery and could in essence put us out of business. state officials insist the water it's really seen is safe but that the bigger concern is a potential flash flood they are hoping that by pumping out more than a 1000000000 liters a day they are slowly averting a much bigger crisis. al-jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera how tens of millions of people could be affected by the failing of the grand ethiopian

renaissance down and gary is ruling party is on target to win another general election but faces a battle to form a government. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways raney's leaving japan behind it the air is quiet and still which usually means poor quality for places like beijing but much of northern china recently there's been a bit of a change and things are better but i think they might deteriorate once again the sun should replace that cold breeze in the north coming from the north of japan so you've got 19 degrees in turkey the light breeze is fine ever most of the korean place or if not all and again most of northern chiles are the band of rain developing in the southwest that actually extends from in montana where right heavy

rain seem to be the thing at the moment and surprising that sways goes away down towards northern borneo that's the active one we have a in the timor sea a potential tropical cyclamen i think will just be a tropical low that's taking much of the energy away from big showers in indonesia well as a reminder what's happening in myanmar beyond that we don't think much about showers are few and entrepreneurship there's a westerly disturbance or northern pakistan and india that will have the usual effect in somewhere like delhi where the wind will pick up in the bees and thunderstorms so temporarily equality to increase not true further south in the north and indian plane otherwise it's a picture of well have a guess it's pretty monsoon is getting warmer and it's getting more humid. qatar airways. a footballer from spain traded battling opponents on the pitch for fighting fascism at home on the brule. footballing legend at accountant

introduces suck the name on the bottle. of water who used his beloved game to help himself one of those survived the horrors of the nazi concentration camp. on al-jazeera. a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour jordan's government says it's tortured a malicious fraud to destabilize the country after either of king abdullah has been put under house arrest prince hamza says he's being punished for speaking out against corruption at least 64 people have been killed by flash floods and

landslides in indonesia and neighboring east timor rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas and more torrential rain is forecast and a state of emergency has been declared for parts of the u.s. state of florida a leak at a wastewater pond has brought fears that a wall of hazardous water could overwhelm hundreds of homes. to malaysia now where former prime minister najib razak is in court to appeal last year's conviction on charges of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars and was sentenced to 12 years in jail and fines for nearly 50000000 dollars in july u.s. and malaysian authorities say $4500000000.00 is believed to have been stolen from the one m. d. be fund which founded to promote economic development let's bring in our correspondent in kuala lumpur florence luis so florence what is. appeal arguments likely to be well the basis of his appeal one of

the bases one of the grounds of his appeal is that he didn't get a fair trial just trial during the case now we heard during the trial at 1st instance at the high court defense lawyers arguing that not jip was tricked and he had been misled by those around him including a fugitive financier take joe better known as joe and several other officials now. the defense lawyer had argued that not chip was a victim of scam and a series of misrepresentations by these people the prosecution at accountant that not chip who was at that time a finance minister as well as the prime minister should have known what was going on so we know we can expect that at the appeal it's going to be based more or less on the arguments that have been presented the trial the 1st instance and the appeal lawyers are going to argue that the trial judge had made an error in dismissing the

evidence that not been misled by others around him and into believing not gyp's argument was basically that he believed that the funds in his account had actually come from the saudi royal family and it was a donation to him but this isn't the only legal cases facing. that's right now. prosecute officials believe that more than 4 and a half $1000000000.00 had been stolen from one m.t.b. and this case involves a relatively small sum of money only a $10000000.00 and it's money that came from a former subsidiary company of one m.t.b. known as s.r.c. international now but prosecutors also say that they believe they allege that more than $1000000000.00 made their way into not ships bank accounts so he faces several other charges. more than 40 charges including money laundering illegal breach of

trust as well as tampering off and audit reports now this $1.00 and this scandal was such a big financial scandal that at $1.00 countries more than 6 countries were investigating it and the investigations implicated high level officials and major financial institutions and in recent months the government of malaysia has now to recover about $3000000000.00 from us bank goldman sachs audit firm deloitte as well as a malaysian banking group bank thank you for that florence story live there in kuala lumpur taiwan's transport minister says his tipping down following a train crash that killed 51 people the train derailed on friday when it hit a truck that rolled onto the tracks from a neighboring construction site manager has apologized and is in police custody. so then i would like to make a statement i have cause a serious accident to taiwan railway a new situation and start our coal train umber of fall 08 during the tumble

sweeping holiday desir disclosed people to be wounded and i deeply regret this i also expressed my most sincere apologies old do all i can to cooperate we've seen instigators and take on the responsibilities i have. on tycoon protesters in myanmar show no sign of being silenced despite weeks of deadly crackdown spy the military they've been peaceful demonstrations in cities across the country on sunday in mandalay one group gathered at dawn on motorbikes calling for a return to democracy more than 560 people have been killed since the military seize power on february the 1st blog area now an exit poll suggests the prime minister's center right party has won the general election. seeking a 4th term but with a drop in support and without a clear majority see his likely to struggle to form a coalition but as smith reports from the capital sofia. ballot boxes were taken to

self isolating voters in bulgaria's general election but even with this unprecedented effort has been typically low at just over 40 percent. i cast my vote hoping for change we can live better than this up to now nothing good has happened gary's prime minister didn't invite cameras when he cast his vote this video is from his public relations team for kobar soft as avoided the press since widespread corruption protests last summer relying instead on social media this is the most corrupt country in the e.u. according to transparency international both jerk party and the main opposition socialists have lost votes to anti establishment parties that emerged from those protests. in the current situation it seems it would be hard to make a government too many parts of the parliament.

on the edge of the e.u. bulgaria is a former satellite of the soviet union today it's in the middle of a fight for influence between brussels and moscow 6 russian diplomats were recently expelled from severe accusations of spying there is i think our russian intelligence activity in the country or going to swing areas in their perceptions of the west that this can no appeared at the time now and there is waning international legitimacy in the sense that both areas american and european partners to begin to down to its pro western credentials one recent poll suggested 45 percent of bulgarians are in favor of a strong man style of leadership the didn't have to bother with elections. the party will be the largest in parliament but faces tricky coalition talks because this new. party says it will refuse to share power with the prime minister and any

delay in forming a government could affect how record $59000000000.00 of e.u. funding is allocated here that's more money than bulgaria's had so far and it's 14 years of e.u. membership. burnet smith al-jazeera sophia. with intensive care space already near capacity colombia is bracing for another surge in corona virus infections after the easter holidays the situation is critical in some cities where health authorities saying the system is on the brink of collapse. on a regular easter sunday tens of thousands of colombians would visit the sanctuary of months overlooking the capital. there with covert infections once again on the rise tight restrictions mean just $170.00 fateful are admitted to each mass.

in her daughters say they came to pray for help in these challenging times pretty closely to end this pandemic that is home the entire world then for health of our family and our business it's been a tough year. your tories in columbia are also praying to avoid the expected arrival of a 3rd wave of coronavirus after the easter holidays but in some cities the situation is already critical with i.c.u. units on the brink of collapse then on sunday the government announced new restrictions. health experts are particularly worried that the surge in infections will easily overcome the slow rollout of the vaccination program in the country seniors hear of the noun still lays in complications in getting an appointment. in colombia we have vaccinated just 4 percent of the population at this rate it will take us well over another year we don't have that luxury the ministry of health

lacks management skills. to try to increase daily those seniors over 70 are now allowed to get a vaccine without an appointment 74 year old enery sanchez said he had been waiting for one for a month until his niece saw the announcement on twitter. i called him and said i was going to pick him up immediately he's been waiting for a call for a long time i thought this was our chance. and. limited resources delayed starts and political scandals have affected the rollout in much of latin america where only a fraction has been ocular. but hospitals are at the brink of collapse even in chile where more than 35 percent of the population is already been vaccinated the country surpassed 1000000 infections on sunday with more than 8000 new cases every day the spite a total obligatory lockdown. rules in brazil the worst affected country in the

region where more than $66000.00 people died in march a special mass was broadcast live from the foot of religion arrows economy christ the redeemer statue a somber occasion to remember doe's who died in what would usually be a day of joy and rebirth. al-jazeera. thousands of police officers have been deployed across paris as france enters a 3rd national coronavirus lockdown offices have been enforcing call the 1000 restrictions with checkpoints people who don't follow mask wearing regulations or gather in groups of more than 6 are being fined last week the government announced alcohol consumption would be banned in some public places maybe a meanwhile is getting ready to start its fact and nation campaign after receiving his 1st shipment of jobs 100000 doses of the russian made sputnik vaccine have arrived in tripoli there's been

a surge uncovered 19 infections in the. last month they be a has at least $161000.00 confirmed cases of coronavirus. egypt says a new round of talks with ethiopia and sudan over a disputed dam on the nile is their last chance for an agreement the african union is mediating 3 days of negotiations in the democratic republic of congo ethiopia says a grand renaissance dam is crucial to its development but age of 10 sedan worry the project will cause water shortages. morgan reports on what a drop in my water levels would mean for sudan this water treatment plant called is the 2nd largest in sudan's capital how to supplying between 1.2 to 1500000 people it relies on water from the mile to operate and while it's just a little more than 10 years old operators are worried about how it will function in the coming months and years last july we have

a we all know how we all grow up in production you move if you pharaoh's here because of the location of everybody. is just one of several stations that was affected by the filling of the grand if you can remember on stem last year the dam which is based on stretching on the blue nile the source of more than 70 percent of the river waters is near completion for nearly a decade if you pan and downstream countries sudan and egypt have been holding talks about the project and it's filling and operation 4900000000 cubic meters of water was stored in the ground when i was on them during the 1st spilling in july last year sudanese authorities say the resulting drop in the level of the nile reduced or cut off water from more than 5000000 people in some districts the lack of water lasted for a week this year the dam is expected to go up to 13500000000 cubic meters and they are concerns about its impact on the millions of sudanese living on the banks of the mile and beyond. so dan's government says at least 20000000 people could be

affected if as expected what a levels drop from april to september some like all matter how much who relies on water for a living are concerned about the days ahead after seeing the impact of the 1st filling. we know water is life and really needed to drink and cook but for people like us when the water goes off it means no work no work means no income and so we face difficulty living water is life for us in every way possible to dance called for expanding the talks about the dam to include more mediators in addition to the current mediator of the african union a call egypt has backed but if you appeal has rejected the few people government says the dam is crucial to lifting tens of millions of its citizens out of poverty by providing electricity and wants the african union to remain in charge of the talks but those talks were halted since january and the sudanese government is concerned about if you peace announcement of a 2nd filling we are seeing that nor. is. your

formation was a little serious is. the population living along the line which is approximately half of the sudanese population is very true not exactly getting back of the plant operators say it will be hard to prepare for the future without clear information about the filling of the dam in the high lands upstream morgan al-jazeera harts home. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on jordan's government says it's tortured a malicious brought to destabilize the country half brother of king abdullah has been put under house arrest and his being punished for speaking out against corruption with. the state intelligence with 30 years being.