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open in djibouti where president this myeloma galah is seeking a 5th term in office and reports of beheadings and last month's attack by eisel linked fighters in northern mozambique. a teen foreign ambassadors to me and have issued a joint statement calling for the restoration of democracy it's in response to me and mars' ambassador to the u.k. being ousted. was locked out of the embassy in london and removed from his post after criticizing fabrice coup the u.k. says it's allowing him to temporarily stay on. and me and miles militaries also pushed back its promise to hold an election it now says it will let the country vote within 2 years previously it had said it would carry them out within one the

armed forces have been intensifying their crackdown by imposing more internet restrictions earlier information blackout that will make it harder for people to get images showing violence like this out of the country and through reporters. let's cross over now to scott hyla who is covering developments from bangkok so let's start with the latest lines there about elections in 2 years clearly this doesn't look like a military that's in a hurry to let go of power scott. absolutely not sami and you know when you look at the history of the coup on february 1st they said the generals said that the reason they did that they took over the country was because they saw the election back in november to be fraudulent that's when on song suit cheese and now the party won in a landslide that's why they said that there was fraud in that election that's why they said they had to take over the government they said that there would be you know right of those early hours after the coup they said there would be

a march back toward democracy and there would be an election they didn't they were kind of loose on the timeline then they floated within a year and then it became a little bit more cloudy if you will but today saying this is from a joint a spokesman saying that the election will be held within 2 years interestingly in this press conference where they announced that within 2 years they'll be election they also said that that the government should be back to normal business as usual relatively soon all the ministries will be back doing their jobs and this they say because they view the protest movement as winding down as that they're not as many people going out now obviously that is not the case because we are seeing protests today we've seen protests every day we know that there's one that has turned deadly near yangon at least 4 people have been reported to been killed other reports on social media say it could be much more than that so those protests are still going on they're not as big as we saw maybe several weeks ago but they are still going

out there sami and this is kind of the government's way this is a joint as a way of trying to put a spin on it if you will they also went on to say that that there is fake news circulating that they are viewed as not viewed as the leaders in the international community that they are not the legitimate leaders of the country by the international community they say that there's fake news saying that they that there's an opposite opinion out there so very interesting a lot of kind of spin going on in this press conference to be expected from the spokesman all right thanks so much call. well the latest round of talks to revive the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement between iran and world powers have ended in vienna all sides have agreed to resume negotiations in the exact location next wednesday president joe biden says he's ready to lift sanctions and reverse donald trump's decision to pull out of the deal in 2018 but 1st washington wants iran to

return to the full limits imposed on its nuclear program the iranian president says negotiations are on the right track but the u.s. state department is cautioning against expectations of any immediate breakthrough these talks have been described as constructive as businesslike as accomplishing what they set out to do. and that is true we would characterize it that way as well we would also however hasten to. not allow expectations to outpace where we are after all we have said this will be heart skirvin now to asad bega joins us from the iranian capital tehran so what happened in today's talks 1st of all. well we understand that they've been talking about technicalities about how this would actually work what's required from the united states in terms of lifting sanctions and what they or what the united states and the europeans

expect from iran in terms of taking those measures to reduce or reverse the steps that they have taken in their nuclear program but it's not a done deal of course. that actually one of the chief negotiators for iran has said that iran is serious and they want the other side to be serious and if they see that they're not then they won't continue the talks but ultimately they will be coming back to vienna next week but for the iranians they have to come back to here have run and discuss with the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini he is the spiritual and political leader of this country and no deal no agreement will be signed off until he says so but there's also the aspect of the internal political factions inside here in iran parliament is dominated by conservatives who were never for the agreement in the 1st place president hassan rouhani is from the reformist camp he really wants this deal to work he wants to do. to be revived because he's president it comes to an end later this year and he doesn't want to be remembered as the

president that resided over a failed agreement and also he wasn't able to deliver on his promises of getting those sanctions lifted so this door i've got to jump in now sorry i want to bring you breaking news there's been reports here that prince philip of the united kingdom has died he's the husband of the reigning monarch the british monarch of course queen elizabeth died aged 99 years old and on the golden wedding anniversary the queen described him as her strength and stay also known by his title as the duke of edinburgh philip spent more than 70 years by her side which was often marred by controversy and controversial remarks drew simmons takes a look back at his life. he was by her. aside throughout the longest brain of a monarch in british history the prince for that you could edinburgh it wasn't only a marriage but on life of service to his wife queen elizabeth the 2nd born into

greek and danish royalty philip had a lonely childhood he was taken under the wing of the british aristocracy. when he married that then princess elizabeth and $947.00 he was a promising young naval officer. it was a fairy tale wedding for a country emerging from will in the hardship it all change for the young couple when elizabeth's father king george the 6th died at only 56 years of age she became queen and philip in the words of his private secretary looked as if the world had fallen down on his naval career ended along with his independence prince philip was sort of forced into making huge sacrifices he was very much a man's man not someone who was going to naturally fall into the position of playing 2nd fiddle and walking 2 paces behind his wife and calling her man in public and so on. and so began life in the queen's shadow hundreds of engagements

a gear he did however manage to find time for his own charities helping young people conserving wildlife very energetic a problem solving sort of scientific cost of mind so there's a sort of you know on the positive side the attributes that people of modern. sometimes there you know his hit his detractors woods would would say that you know some of his forthrightness could come across as rudeness philip did have a reputation for embarrassing and politically incorrect remarks whether he was being rude about the chinese or indians or swearing at photographers often a sideshow to formal occasions yet even though an air of racism hung over him a staunchly royalists u.k. media had generally forgave him he was certainly given a much easier ride than politicians politicians who tend to make a racist or an offensive remark in this day and age 10 to have to apologize a couple of days later because so much pressure on them but i've never known

a prince philip's apologize for a mark and i remember once he won it over after said to an aboriginal leader to still throw space at each other and i saw him do this in australia in 2002 and the next day he came over it made front pages all over the world and he just wandered over to the trouble with you is you've got no sense of humor the complete absence of humor so he was going to apologize his retirement from public duties came in 2017 with a sendoff from the royal marines. whatever the faults his 60 years of public service was of mobbed by many people. while their marriage was said to have had its ups and downs in the couple's younger years prince philip remained dedicated and supportive to the queen she'll receive immense sympathy from a british public known to view her with respect and affection. right

now voting is underway in djibouti 73 year old a smile on the ballot is seeking a 5th term in office he's been in power for 22 years main opposition parties have boycotted the vote though to boot he sits on one of the world's busiest trading routes the crossroads between africa and the arabian peninsula and several military bases which means foreign powers watch its politics very closely catherine sawyer reports. many people in djibouti say they already know who will win the election president is smile on mark galli has been the country's leader for 2 decades and he's hoping for another run. he changed the constitution in 2010 scrapping time limits while also introducing an age limit of 75 he's now 73. his political rallies with a campaign platform has continued to have been attended by thousands of supporters

he says he still has much to accomplish in this country of 1000000 people. we are a small country we need to regroup to build our country and to share benefits we also continue to defend peace in our country he is a desert nation but strategically placed in the horn of africa and on one of the wards b.z.'s trade routes is that a crossroads between africa and i reagan peninsula and the president has exploited this geographical advantage by investing heavily in ports and other infrastructure his plan is to transform djibouti into africa's largest trade and logistics hub the country has also attracted foreign military bases including the u.s. several from europe china and japan but many bushes are poor and unemployment rates are high the president has also been accused of cracking down on his opponents in the past few years something this man wants to change. zaccaria is

only challenger he's an independent candidate and widely seen as a political novice who has not been campaigning march. it's challenging for me to compete again is the president because he's been in power for so long but i believe in the promises are making to the people the big government as never really purities to them all the other more established opposition leaders have both courted the poor claiming it will not be free and fair. face potus last year but analysts say any opposition is fragmented and disenfranchised catherine soy al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera new violence old fears in northern ireland we look into what's causing the worst rioting in years. but is why the extended national locked down its struggles to secure a covert 19 vaccine supply is.

it time for the perfect jenny. went sponsored point qatar airways carlos looking like a fighting trial we came from japan and the korean peninsula so last he settled weather was to go on through the next couple days last lever of high pressure just nestling in his eye keeping it quiet but we will see some what the weather coming into western parts of china and eventually that cloud of rain will make its way further east was clouding over turning increasingly wet as we go on through sunday and into the early part of next week could lead to a little bit of localized flooding southern parts generate dry as that dry weather for south korea from north korea 21 celsius and lovely sunshine in seoul and not see bad in japan getting up to 20 degrees there and a saka now if you try to across a good part of south asia we have got want to choose showers in the forecast around eastern parts of india as we go on through saturday down towards the southwest you

could catch a shower or 2 into carola maybe into kind of taka possibility of wanted to share was that too into sri lanka but elsewhere as you can see so what about that pre monsoon heat getting up into the low forty's once again warming up further north new delhi getting up to 38 degrees celsius that's 100 in fahrenheit just watch out for that's a westie disturbance moving to more than pakistan through the course of the weekend across the middle east it's not a fun and dry highs here in doha of 33 degrees. qatar airways. xenophobia violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. generation identity was at one time the fastest growing far right organization on the continent now watch the investigation that led to the french government banning the group. generation hate. part 2 with

a special 2 part investigation on a. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines prince philip the husband of reigning british monarch queen elizabeth has died he was 99 years old also known by his title as the duke of edinburgh phillip spent more than 70 years by his side to govern out for a chance joins us from london so rory what do we know about what happened he did have recently about of illness which required him to be hospitalized.

yeah he has been in and out of hospital for quite some time over recent weeks and months with i think some expectation. on the behalf of the country the perhaps he was nearing the end of his life a few weeks ago prince charles was allowed to go and see him prince charles being his son the future king of england was allowed to go see him in a hospital which you know is considered one of those things that is only done in the u.k. at the moment because of coronavirus restrictions if there is some fear that you know the person is about to die we don't have any confirmation yet over what the cause was we just have a very brief death notice at the moment from the royal family read it to you now it says it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen announces the death of her beloved husband his royal highness the prince philip you could enter of his royal

highness passed away peacefully that this morning at windsor castle further announcements will be made in due course the royal family join with people around the world in mourning his loss and that's given today's date now what happens next well we expect his body will lie in james's palace 1st perhaps before a funeral in the coming days at windsor castle but of course i think these details are not absolutely nailed down yet and will will be told more in the coming hours do we know what sort of reaction are we getting rory to this of his the the monarch herself but also the people. well know yes this is still very early need and i don't think this you know it's only been announced in the last 20 minutes or so so this is this is still being digested. i think over. the ensuing hours and days there will be

a lot of reaction from people going over his life assessing what sort of man he was does not an uncontroversial figure certainly within british life he was. perhaps. you know it times he could say things that didn't come across as particularly sensitive certainly when it came to race. and culture but he was certainly someone who was viewed is perhaps quite a lively individual. unpredictable you never knew quite what you were going to get from prince philip when he opened his mouth but also someone who was absolutely loyal companion to queen elizabeth they were married in 1947 so very very long history together was always by her side or one step

behind according to royal protocol. did lots for charity he set up the edinburgh scheme where young people school children go off on expeditions and develop their characters and personality. he did a lot of charity work so there is there is lots to go over in the coming days about what sort of man he was and the loss that we felt by people who care about the royal family not everyone does but but there are many who do alright thanks so much rory chalons there. the nigerian army says 10 soldiers in an officer of been killed in an attack in central benue state they were deployed bad to tackle local armed groups in the past 6 years hundreds of people have been killed in violence between farmers and cattle herders in the region and in the northern kaduna state 5 students have been released after they were kidnapped from a primary school last month the attack was the latest in

a series of abductions from schools in northern nigeria a total of $39.00 college students were taken by armed men the remaining $29.00 students are still in captivity now it's emerged that 12 people some believed to be foreigners were beheaded in a hotel in no northern mozambique that happened during a recent raid by ice a linked fighters regional leaders are trying to find a solution after a recent surge in violence layer hardening as more. confidence in the struggle was evident when islamic state fighters invaded the town of palma in march this hotel was raided to a police officer said he found the reception overturned and rooms littered with victims clothing if you surveyed i'm assuming that's what it is much. of this is a hotel that hosted many foreigners at the time of the attack many foreigners thought it was the best place to find protection so they ran here they had security

but the insurgents were stronger they broke into the hotel into 12 citizens of different nationalities were tied them up and beheaded american for o'mara showing journalists around the hotel he points to a patch of earth he said he buried the bodies here himself this is only the latest offensive by eisel linked groups in mozambique and what has become an especially violent month. in a coordinated attack insurgent seized pama this coastal town that lies close to a multi $1000000000.00 liquid neutral gas project it's crucial for the mozambican economy the assault claimed dozens of lives while the u.n. says more than 11000 were forced to flee the northern province of kabul delgado has seen an encrease in fighting since 2017 some believe ice a link fighters are trying to establish a caliphate here but regional leaders say they won't let that happen the recent attacks in the tang of palma have recently demonstrated the magnitude of the

problem at i want to steps on thursday a delegation of 16 southern african countries met to discuss the latest violence in mozambique the southern african development community or s a d.c. is charged with finding a solution to the unrest in a tweet the president of zimbabwe said the summit agreed that the s a d.c. force should be resuscitated and capacitated immediately so that it can intervene the violent escalation of an insurgency in the north of the country has sparked fresh concerns about security in southern africa a region that has enjoyed relative stability and recent decades but with these recurring attacks hope is scattered hard in al-jazeera. now there's been another night of street violence in the northern irish capital belfast. where.

protesters threw projectiles at royal right police who responded with water cannon the unrest began a week ago it's mostly been blamed on pro british youths tensions have been simmering caused by brigs trade issues they got worse after a decision not to prosecute republican politicians for violating a coronavirus lockdown. ukrainian president volodymyr zelinsky has visited soldiers on the eastern border his appearance comes as a time of heightened tensions with russia a buildup of russian troops along ukraine's border last week has been causing concerns for kiev its european allies and the united states but russia says its military activity is defensive and has no plans to move into ukraine needs the white house says it's reassuring ukraine of its support while it closely monitors what it calls russian aggression. the united states is increasingly

concerned by recent escalating russian aggressions in eastern ukraine including russian troop movements on ukraine's border russia now has more troops on the border with ukraine than at any time since 24145 ukrainian soldiers have been killed this week alone these are all deeply concerning signs of course. the president spoke with president selenski as you know last week in addition to reassurances craning officials the united states we are also discussing our concerns about the increasing tensions in ceasefire violations and regional tensions with nato allies so that's another part of the conversations that is ongoing but i don't have any engagements with the russians to read out. north korea's leader has acknowledged his country is facing what he calls the worst ever situation partly because of the pandemic kim jong il and made the comments

during a meeting of the governing party he compared the challenges to the famine of 990 that killed hundreds of thousands of people can also blame the economic problems on us that sanctions and last year's natural disasters germany's health minister is calling for a nationwide lockdown after a surge in corona virus infections yen spawn says the measures should last for as long as a month he also wants night time curfews intensive care units across germany are filling up fast and there are concerns if it continues it may overwhelm the health system. take you to downing street where the british prime minister is talking let's listen in to what he saying. we remember the duke for all of this and above all for his steadfast support for her majesty the queen. not just as her consort

by her side every day of her reign but as her husband her strength and stay of more than 70 years and it is to her majesty and her family that our nation's thoughts must turn today because they have lost not just a much loved and highly respected public figure. but a devoted husband and a proud and loving father grandfather and in recent years great grandfather. speaking on their golden wedding anniversary her majesty said that our country owed her husband a greater debt than he would have a claim we should ever know and i'm sure that estimate is correct. so we mourn today with her majesty the queen we offer our condolences to her and to her family and we give thanks as a nation and

a kingdom for the extraordinary life and work of prince philip duke of edinburgh. we will remember the duke for his steadfast support of the monarch the words of boris johnson britain's prime minister coming of course after the announcement from buckingham palace that prince philip the duke of edinburgh the husband of the reigning monarch queen elizabeth the 2nd has died at the age of 99. no stray there's government says it will purchase another 20000000 doses of the pfizer bio on take a vaccine that's because now wants people under the age of 50 to get the finds a job instead of astra zeneca the government has also highlighted very rare cases

of blood clots in some people who took the astra zeneca japp but this is likely to further delay the vaccination drive brazil is reported more than 4200 deaths on thursday the highest figure yet health systems in states across the country are at breaking point with many already overwhelmed. let's take you through some of the stories we're following here prince philip the husband of reigning british monarch queen elizabeth has died it was 99 years old also known by its title as the duke of edinburgh philip spent more than 70 years by her side rory chalons has more from london he has been in and out of hospital for quite some time over recent weeks and months with i think some

expectation. on the behalf of the country that perhaps he was nearing the end of his life a few weeks ago prince charles was allowed to go and see him prince charles being his son the future king of england was allowed to go see him in a hospital which you know is considered one of those things that is only done in the u.k. at the moment because of coronavirus restrictions if there is some fear that you know the person is about to die. 18 foreign ambassadors to me and maher have issued a joint statement calling for the restoration of democracy it's in response to me and mars' embassador to the u.k. being ousted cho sharman was locked out of the embassy in london and removed from his post after criticizing fabrice coup the u.k. says it's allowing him to stay to stay on temporarily and 3 is also pushed back its promise to hold an election it now says it will let the

country vote within 2 years previously it said it would carry them out within one.