people in power vested gates poland's church and state alliance on a 0. what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through here and i just we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. jordan's a former crown prince is accused of being part of a plot with foreign help to destabilize the kingdom. but i'm a clown fizzes out 0 live from doha also coming up. fears there's worse to come dozens die in remote parts of indonesia and east timor with more differential rainfall caused. blazes former prime minister is backing quarter

of a multi-billion dollar scandal to drugs act appeals against his conviction and sentence . and bulger is ruling party is on target to win another general election but faces a tough coalition to go stations for lunch prince and. so jordan's government says it's thwarted what it calls a malicious plot 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 but jordan's deputy prime minister says that prince and other top officials have been under surveillance for some time on i don't have it as this report. 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 more than and dozen people including best. my wife

a former head of the royal court and finance minister he then became part of the inner circle of prince hamza bin has seen the house bred of the king who was also crown prince until he was removed from the role in 2004 jordan's deputy prime minister a minister said for he said that beyond a doubt in a circle of prince hamza were coordinating 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 hamza surely for some bizarre but some of the lower and others whose movements were 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 to belittle shortly after the arrests prince hamza appeared in a video saying he had been put under house arrest for bit in from communicating with the outside world i claim later denied by jordan chief of staff the prince

also took the unprecedented move after 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. i'm not responsible for the lack of faith that people have in their institutions. their response to the former crown prince had been sidelined since his removal from power but he is said to have been forging ties with this gruntal tribesman and the 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 idea

of a lot there is just not true there is there is clearly. an internal issue that has 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 hammett al-jazeera. well certainly with certain is executive director of democracy for the arab world now and she says what's most notable is the jordan's leaders haven't come forward with 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 does us so that we can avoid unnecessary and false rumors of course there are allegations that time. the crown prince via a vast amount a lot of love who is now an adviser to crown prince mohammed bin some men in saudi arabia but the truth is not clear king abdullah has been an outlier in the sunni 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. flash floods and landslides have killed at least 76 people in indonesia and neighboring east timor and there's more extreme weather on the way turns will rain cause destruction across the chain of islands in the south with rescue workers struggling to reach remote areas just to washington reports now from jakarta. east flora's in tunisia flash flooding and landslides have killed dozens of people and it 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 them 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 their 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 rancho rains strong winds and powerful waves just a washington al-jazeera jakarta. at least 2 fishermen have been killed after their boat collided with a cargo ship in indonesia's java sea the fishing boat capsized and divers are searching for 15 people who are still missing so far no reason has been given for the collision a state of emergency has been declared in a county in western florida after a leak at a wastewater pond raised fears that hundreds of homes could be deluged the pond contains hazardous waste from an old fertilizer factory the state's governor is downplaying the danger i recall he has this report. 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 retention 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 by product 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 are and of 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're hoping that by pumping out more than a 1000000000 liters a day they are slowly averting a much bigger crisis to calling out to 0. egypt says a new round of talks with ethiopia and sudan nerver disputed dam on the not last chance for an agreement the african union is mediating 3 days of negotiations in the democratic republic of congo if european says the granary nations time is crucial to its development but he gypsum sudan or the project will cause water shortages behavior more reports on what a drop in the water levels would mean for sudan this what

a treatment plan is called is the 2nd largest in sudan's capital how tomb supplying between 1.2 to 1500000 people it relies on water from the nile 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 brought in from action movies if you said once. because of the fluctuation of the everybody. is just one of several stations that was affected by the feeling of the grand renaissance dam last year the dam which is based on stretching on the blue nile the source of more than 70 percent of the river watts's is near completion for nearly a decade if you pan and downstream country sudan and egypt have been holding talks about the project and it's filling and operation. 4.9000000000 cubic meters of water was stored in the grand renaissance them during the 1st filling in july last

year so that means 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. sudan's government says at least 20000000 people could be affected if as expected what are levels drop from april to september some like omaha might who relies on water for living are concerned about the days ahead after seeing the impact of the 1st filling. we know water is life and we needed to drink and cook but for people like when the water goes off it means no work no work means no income. living 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 an ounce ment of a 2nd failing we are seeing that nor. its meaning for the mission was a little serious then during the population living along. which is approximately half of the city's population is nearly through not exaggerating 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. still ahead here on al-jazeera praying for help colombia's intensive care crisis is it braces for another surgeon covered 19 cases plus. scar my face

i was hit by like the belt refugees who fled violence in west africa recall their hiring journeys to a new life in the united states. we have a few days off and most of us most accounting for any significant weather now there is still snow out of that cloud in quebec and there is still snow in british columbia and in the northern rockies in the cascades from that rather weak system nothing about that is unusual is when you bring this cold air that into contact with what still feeding it from the gulf that sings become active so i said on monday it's not unusual snow running through montana idaho probably why me coming further sasson eventually make it russians the central plains nebraska for example

is any early april to so snow is not one usual but you can see what's going to happen can you not you've got this cold air coming south with a feed constant feed of warm moist air right across the play's a flat plains where the 2 come together you tend to philip yet another system of these the sort of things that develops these spring tornadoes views or you see 3 episodes of this could be the 4th one tally show but it certainly want to watch it is risky it's not until wednesday so we'll come back to that. safa toll there are still residual big showers potentially in haiti dominican republic possibly present rico and then quite a lot of cloud and rain in honduras and probably nicaragua that doesn't change much in the next 2 days. but. a unique here endangered biodiversity lies in the heart of one of those tropical jungles there was

a lot of misinformation about psionic last every half year and now the probability is becoming by so their stuff conservation their communities al-jazeera journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist and her team's effort to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuador's hidden treasure on al-jazeera. oh. but again you're watching out there are a reminder of our top stories this hour jordan's government says it's thwarted a malicious plot to destabilize the country a half brother of king abdullah has been put under house arrest prince hamza says he's being punished for speaking out against corruption. at least 76 people have

been killed by a flash floods and landslides in indonesia neighboring east timor rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas and more heavy rain is forecast. a state of emergency has been declared in a county in western florida after a leak in the ways water pond raised fears hundreds of homes could be deluged water contains hazardous waste from an old fertilizer factory. each day hundreds of families arrived at the u.s. mexican border to escape violence in their home countries many are from central america but some make the perilous journey from as far as west africa to refugees who were recently granted asylum in the u.s. she had their stories with heidi jackassery. the road clinton album danny took to spend a carefree day playing football with friends in maryland has been remarkable the 24 year old's journey began a year and a half ago when he stepped outside his cameroon home to make

a phone call as i had stepped out to talk to them all fortunately. the military met me outside. it was the height of cameron's crackdown on anti-government protesters and though i will be gone he says he wasn't protesting he was taken to jail where he was tortured for 2 weeks discard my face i was hit by like a belt. so he might not. and in one of my teeth i was hit by gone he says he thought he'd be killed but he managed to escape when gunmen attacked his transport vehicle the way the ones we cut the rope off me and i begged him for my life and then lead me to go he ran with his personal savings and what money his family could spare as far and as quickly as he could 1st to nigeria

where he hopped a flight to ecuador the country cameroonians can land without a visa from there a guide sent him toward north through colombia panama coastal rica nicaragua honduras guatemala finally reaching mexico's border with the united states he says along the way he was harassed by police robbed in the jungle where a friend documented their exhaustion and passed a corpse of someone who had gone before him i just took it as a challenge to myself because i was trying to live and i had nowhere to go so i was just like let me just give it a try. this woman completed a similar journey she asked us to hide her identity. because her children are still in cameroon and may face danger and never got the time to feel good by that much. she says she was also arrested and tortured by cameron's military a bribe got her released but not her safety she also fled arriving at the u.s.

border after harrowing months on the run it was trauma posting i don't live that their son in my country i ran away went to the horrific to come here and with her and that they're on again 5 months of u.s. immigration detention followed ghani was detained for 2 months both recently won their cases for us asylum becoming the rare exceptions of the thousands who are denied these are our people who had to flee who made a very difficult choice because it was a life or death situation and what they need is welcome they need community both say they're adapting to life in the united states they look forward to family reunions and continuing their studies i can start my life all over the u.s. safety and a fresh start in a new country. castro al-jazeera maryland. now malays is

a former prime minister 90 runs acas in court against last year's conviction on charges of stately hundreds of millions of dollars was sentenced to 12 years in jail and fines of nearly $50000000.00 in july u.s. a malaysian authorities say 4 and a half $1000000000.00 is believed to be stolen from the bee which is a fund that night she founded to promote economic development let's preserve our slavery who's live for us now in kuala lumpur in florence do we know how niger will argue his case. well one of the grounds in appeal petition is that he did not receive a fair and just trial and we had heard during his trial the 1st instance in the high court defense lawyers arguing that not gyp had been misled by those around him that he had essentially been tricked though in the closing arguments of the trial the defense lawyer had said that not just was a victim of scam in

a series of misrepresentations by a financier who's now at large low take joe who also goes by the name of joe that nutjob had been tricked by joe and other company officials and as well as some rogue bankers prosecutors of course argue that none ship as the defense minister or as the finance minister and the prime minister at that time should have known what was happening so the appeal argument is largely going to be based on those same grounds that knowledge it was a victim and that he had been lied to and that the trial judge had made an error in dismissing evidence that defense lawyers will appeal lawyers argue will show that not gypped had indeed been misled and that misled into believing that the money found in his account was a donation from the saudi royal family. as this is the only legal case of no use for these. that's right now this is the 1st

case in malaysia related to one m.t.b. to go on trial but it really involves a relatively small amount of money about $10000000.00 is alleged to have gone into the rather the trial judge found that $10000000.00 that went into nigel's bank account had come from a subsidiary company of one im d.b.'s r.c. international that prosecutors also believe in that more than a $1000000000.00 have made its way into not just the personal bank accounts and that he faces more than 40 criminal charges related to that money laundering breach of trust tampering with an audit report this financial scandal was so big that at its height at least 6 countries when vesta gating it and investigations found that high ranking officials and major financial institutions were implicated now in the last couple of months in the recent months malaysia recovered more than

$3000000000.00 from u.s. bank goldman sachs ordered firm deloitte and malaysian financial group bank in relation to settlement deals related to one n.d.p. or foreign things that are from through the kuala lumpur. exit polls in boulder area are suggesting the prime minister's center right party has won the election for a group or 2 so if you seek your 4th term but with a drop in support to without a clear majority he's likely to struggle to form a coalition or so if it's calling on his opponents to join forces for the state for the sake of stability but as with his more now from the current sophia. ballot boxes were taken to self isolating voters in bulgaria's general election but even with this unprecedented effort has been typically low and 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 problem. 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 we're going to swing here in from their

perception from the west that this can no appeared at the time when there is a 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. bernard smith 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 the health authorities say in the system is on the brink of collapse and the reports now from. on a regular easter sunday tens of thousands of colombians would visit this sanctuary of months overlooking the capital. there with covert infections once again on the rise tight restrictions mean just $170.00 faithful 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 has harmed the entire world then for health of our family and our business it's been a tough year. your tories in colombia 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 and on sunday the government announced new restrictions. health experts are particularly worried that the surge in infections will easily overcome the slow rollout of vaccination program in the country seniors hear of the noun steve 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 is 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 told him and said i was going to pick him up immediately he's been waiting for a cold for a long time i thought this was our chance.

starts and political scandals have affected the rollout much of latin america where only a fraction it's been inoculated but hospitals are at the brink of collapse even in chile where more than 35 percent of the population has already been vaccinated the country surpassed 1000000 infections and sunday with more than 8000 new cases every day the spike a total obligatory lockdown. 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 rio de janeiro's 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.

thousands of police officers have been deployed across paris france enters a 3rd national coronavirus locked our offices have been in force in covert 900 structures with checkpoint people who don't follow mosque wearing regulations or gathering groups of more than 6 people are being fined last week the government announced alcohol consumption would be banned in some public places. so this is a 0 these are the top stories jordan's government says it's thwarted a malicious plot to destabilize the country the half brother of king abdullah has been put under house arrest print terms and says he's being punished for speaking out against corruption jordan's deputy prime minister says prince hamza and other top officials have been under surveillance for some time what. the state intelligence with already has been closely monitoring activity from his highness homes a surefire some bizarre but some of the.