really exciting this season of programming it's growing the climate crisis ahead of the earth day announces the. queues of people are seeking coded 19 treatments in brazil last infections reached record breaking levels but still there's a push to ease restrictions. come on peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up they feel betrayed by breck's it among other grievances what's igniting the violence in northern ireland 23 years after the good friday peace agreement. a 41 gun salute for britain's long serving royal prince charles says the family is touched by tributes to his late father prince philip. the pearl was a was

a very special person who i think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction. and bleak scenes from an exploding volcano on a caribbean island turned as a warning there could be no respite for days. countries across latin america are rushing in restrictions as they battle to contain outbreaks of coronavirus the problems are being compounded by a slow vaccine rollout sand weak health systems but in the regions worst affected country brazil there are moves to ease back on the lockdown there even though infections and the death rate continue to soar daniel swam the reports now from buenos aires. a mixture of relief and disbelief as 2 weeks of lockdown are lifted in rio de janeiro one of the worst coronavirus hit cities in brazil and the

poor which is that this was the good news is that by enforcing the 14 day epidemiological period suggested by specialists plus other restrictions we managed to lower the number of people seeking the city's basic health system. yet for the past week across brazil there have been an average of 4000 deaths a day adding to a total of more than 350002nd in the world only to the united states health experts say much more needs to be done to curb the spread and. we can't sleep because we don't know full be able to attend to the patients if we will have medicines oxygen today we have them but if these cases continue growing at some point it will be chaotic there is no other way we don't sleep today's reality is that health workers don't trust chile despite a vigorous vaccination campaign has also seen a recent surge in coverage 1000 cases coming a few weeks after restrictions were lifted to encourage tourism in the pacific

resort of vineyard omar and the nearby port city of el paraiso. we believe that this increases directly related to several factors but one of them is the holiday permits which allowed a significant number of people to travel to districts in our region in a festive spirit has periods of rest relaxation and disconnection after a very bad year you require has also extended lockdown restrictions until the end of april to contain a surge in coverage 1000 cases well here in argentina we've seen a record number of daily infections and a new set of restrictions including a nighttime curfew. that people aren't going to tolerate being locked up again like last year many people want to go out they don't want to let their children or their family go hungry they need to look for their daily bread. that scenes are being applied that many complain there are too few a new batch is a not a riding fast enough but until those vaccination programs start to take effect the

only other option if overburdened health systems are to cope is to impose ever more knock down restrictions but with people tired angry and defiant those measures are proving to be increasingly ineffective. in their al-jazeera when osiris ok let's bring in raphael pani he's professor of public safety. foundation he joins us from palo raphael on the department how can the authorities even be thinking about easing the lockdown when the numbers continue to get worse well the big problem in brazil is the seizures are not taken by siamese decisions i mean the baby all it's in the president president is very against and very vocal against lockdowns so he put some pressure on the state bloggers and also on this it made yours to ease down as made as well as well just go and as fast as possible and disease one of the reasons why we are having so many people being sued by these

virals because the way they are dealing with that is a political way the same to. there seems to clearly be an issue here of supply and demand when it comes to pee pee protective equipment medical requirements as well as getting the vaccine not just into brazil but into the region is it your sense that the leaders in all those countries in that region are doing the best they could possibly do to increase the flow of in bownde absolutely essential equipment. it doesn't seem to me so unfortunately all this usual serving day by political reasons some countries are really a little bit better than lawyers for example into now is doing in chile are doing better than brazil but even so is it still very problematic their way to region is dealing with to spend them what are people doing for themselves i mean ok the lockdown is about to be eased understandably some people will go with that but give

us a sense of how many people are ok physically medically but they will choose to carry on behaving in a way that make sure they stay ok well the impression i have that if we're not taking these very seriously here there is a question of the income as well that the people have to fall to work because the government is not given enough money down to live by and also they are their point is that some people believe the virus threats because of stole the ideological context and the logical climate created by the presidents so this makes things very difficult because people some people are even marching against look down when meeting brought this that means look not even though this science has proven that these is the best way to do if the far as i know your area of expertise is public safety and you're not a political reporter or correspondent but give me an idea give me a reading here of how popular or unpopular diable sonando is with the way he's been

handling this now for the best part of what coming 1516 months. he's been very good own take interest also be out of clean and well disposed have been sent on orders so he's getting like all of one 3rd of the relational support seen even though that result huge increase in the number of people who works like he knew at the moment the numbers of peoples they've shown that was a lot of use increasingly being disapproved with by the police and with the brother of ease their deeds can't be too far into weight but a lot of people die and probably most a lot of fodder if you are going to die because of their reckless manner that is the new piece from them ok we must leave it there raphael the ponies thank you so much for joining us there from sao paolo. hundreds of people in romania as capital are protesting against coronavirus measures there they've gathered outside the presidential palace and book arrest to express their anger at restrictions imposed last month these include curfews and business closures remaining has seen

a surge in new infections with some hospitals warning the health system could soon be overwhelmed for more than a week now crowds of predominantly young people have rioted almost nightly in different parts of northern ireland the effects of bricks it and the controversy over coronavirus restrictions sparked the protests the people had hoped they would never see again under simmons reports from belfast. it was cold the peace wall but a ceasefire took 3 decades to achieve now 23 years after the good friday peace agreement was signed it fails to live up to its name again dissent on the streets is reborn. for more than a week pro british loyalists have been attacking police some of the worst violence has been near the peaceful in belfast that separates loyalists on one side from republicans on the other billy hutchinson is a formal loyalist paramilitary who served 15 years in jail for murdering 2

catholics in 1974 he points to a mural of loyalty to the british monarchy and talks of a lull in violence during the period of mourning for prince philip hutchinson is now the leader of a political party that doesn't advocate violence but he condemned what's happened i want these young people to feign that they can come back from whether. or not laying they need to be able to step back. and you know i think that nobody is used this term yet but i'm going to use it as far as i know i don't want people of iran to go waste. the brics a trade deal had a late switch of plan to put a border across the irish sea that separates great britain from northern ireland there's a customs post on this site among the vexed issues has been chaos on imports coming in which are all subject to european union regulations put simply even the more

moderate loyalists feel they've been betrayed and alienated by brics it but over the piece wall the republican leadership feel that the good friday agreement may have been damaged but it's secure and will stay that way shin fein says all sides need to play a part of the political process as syrians role is in our streets our brightest our game i'm dangerous when i don't think. that i have asked to be nurtured us and our players after ensure that they play their part and developing another major issue is a republican funeral question fane leaders failed to observe covert regulations the union is 1st minister of northern ireland is calling for the resignation of the chief constable for not making any prosecutions the violence involves a small minority many of them teenagers signposts call for a suspension of protests until after the period of mourning the prince philip even

if those cool. scenes like this could return soon and for now it seems there's no solution andrew simmons al-jazeera belfast. well the funeral for prince philip will take place in a week it will be a low key affair in line with the wishes of the husband of queen elizabeth who died on friday at the age of 99 he was on it today with a $41.00 gun salute in the u.k. in and on board naval ships around the world is worried chalons. across the u.k. including london edinburgh cardiff northern ireland on the royal naval ships at sea and gibraltar to a special gun salutes for prince philip once a minute 41 times a tribute to from his son prince charles. my dip of pearl was was a very special person who i think above all else would have been amazed by the

reaction and the touching things that have been said about him and from that point of who we are my family deeply grateful for all that it will sustain us in this particular loss and at this particular time. outside the queen's london residence a growing row of flowers from the public for the man who stood beside her for 73 years of marriage it's a reminder for our sins you know those wonderful values of bravery and loyalty and he was just a great british man someone who gives that many years to public service. just come down. from a sad moment isn't it. well meaning something the royal family is trying to discourage because of restrictions like you paris is keen to avoid the royal residence is turning into a focus of mass mourning it's actually asked people not to come down here and lay

flowers but as you can see there is a steady stream of people who've turned up to pay their respects anyway. the pandemic has also drastically scaled down plans for how he'll be laid to rest philip himself had ruled out a state funeral buckingham palace has announced the service at windsor castle on april 17th is to have no public access for public procession beforehand as per the u.k.'s pandemic regulations the number of mourners will be limited to 30 prince harry he's distanced himself from the royal family will return from his new home in the us for it but his pregnant wife make an markel will not on the advice of her doctor rory talents al-jazeera london. still to come on this program for you. groups joining forces in meanwhile we'll tell you what it could mean for the country's military leaders. and to support ukraine over its increasing border

tensions with russia. i once again we've got some very nasty weather now moving across the deep south of the u.s. you can see the thunder has lightning strikes moving across those southern states anywhere from louisiana mississippi alabama over towards the florida panhandle that long line of cloud and rain will produce thorough severe storms as we go through the next 24 hours or so ahead of that the warmth continues to getting into the mid twenty's quite readily up towards d.c. into the low twenty's there in new york and not too bad across the eastern side of canada dry weather comes back in behind the increased fire risk remains in place which was a southwestern corner west coast stays dry and find there will be some showers wintery over the mountains there just fading across that western side of canada

meanwhile for mexico is fine and dry in that dry weather comes all the way down towards the yucatan peninsula some of the live a shower. just a little further south into southern parts of central america some heavy showers there from the correct costa rica and also for panama i want to show this to over towards hispaniola maybe puerto rico seeing some showers could catch a shower to winston vincent and also into grenada over the next day or so meanwhile say some flooding rains moving across northern parts of argentina right across the plate. but. the story you know one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the u.s. . study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspectives dominate american media coverage what part of this came to get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want

and if you don't say it we're not to let you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind on al-jazeera. war. welcome back you're watching else 0 a reminder of our top stories this half hour countries across latin america are rushing in restrictions as they battle to contain coronavirus outbreaks the problems are being compounded by a slow vaccine rollouts and weak health systems brazil has been easing its restrictions despite being the worst affected country across the region. the irish prime minister has warned against a spiral back after 14 police officers were injured in the latest night of plashers

in belfast protesters threw petrol bombs and rammed a burning car into a police vehicle there's anger on the streets of abraxas among other grievances. and the funeral of prince philip will take place on the 17th of april the events at windsor castle just west of london will be relatively low key military tributes were paid for the husband of elizabeth who died on friday at the age of $99.00. people will be going to the polls in chad in the coming hours to elect a president the incumbent. is seeking a 6th term whilst most members of the opposition are boycotting the vote morgan reports from. on the streets at the national stadium and elsewhere across the chechen capital in jemaine thousands have come out to show their support for one man president idriss deby the incumbent leader has been in office since he took power in a coup more than 50 years ago debbie is now seeking a 6th term and promising

a new future for. together we're going to build in africa like other continents that shares a long history a common history with those who colonized us and we're going to start this chapter together with them. during the mine 1090 coup debbie overthrew his predecessor saying our brain who he had worked for as a military advisor before their falling out 3 years ago chats parliament approved a new constitution that expanded powers it's also allowed him to stay in office until at least 2033 you know votes boycotted by opposition legislators chad has been fighting with rebels in the east and several attempted coups in recent years while incumbent president raised that he met her supporters in the final day of the election rally opposition candidates were notably absent in the weeds really up to the elections hundreds of times protested against that his candidacy and human rights watch says the british forces have ruthless a crackdown on protesters i'm a physician ahead of the vote. weeks before the elections the army raided the house

of opposition leader yeah deano killing 2 of his family members ditto whose candidacy has been rejected by the high court along with 6 others has fled other opposition candidates have withdrawn their candidacy accusing debbie and the military of intimidation initially provisioned victory centers. and more and more run 50 percent of those members you have. any regrets in your friends. from the receiver to this is going to be fiction if you solution remove the transparent from sincere. and not be. moved to the retreat. 7.3000000 voters have registered according to chad's national electoral commission 5 of the candidates are also in the race but opposition leaders have called on their supporters to stay away from the voting but those who

backed the president like yes it say they will take part of the if it were i will vote because it's my right i want stability and security as well as better economy and i believe the current president is the man who can provide thought so i will vote. others they will follow the lead of the opposition. these are not elections there are no competitors some of been rejected some of being intimidated and things have been the same for the past 30 years and i don't think there will be a chance so will be the election. the polls are open for a single day but it will take 2 weeks before a winner is announced but many here at the stadium are confident that they support will be the one to lead them for the next 5 years morgan 0 chad 5 people have been killed at polling stations in eastern india the violence happened in the state of west bank security forces shots to disperse

a crowd that was attacking them 4 people were killed in a separate incident an 18 year old was shot. it is unclear who carried out the attack. a coalition of 3 powerful armed groups in myanmar has reportedly attacked security forces for the 1st time since a ceasefire in 2019 at least 10 officers were killed in eastern shan states and in bargo at least 80 people are believed to have died in a crackdown on the military tony chang reports. even before the sun rose the sounds of battle raged myanmar's armed forces moving into the city of bargo an important gateway to the south behind the barricades the protesters tried to stand their ground but the military advance was fierce automatic gunfire and evidence that heavier weapons pictures posted to social media appear to show rifle launched grenades and reports that 3 of myanmar's ethnic rebel groups attacked

a police station in the far eastern shan state on saturday morning unity amongst these disparate groups could be problematic for the military as it faces attacks on its outposts and civil unrest in towns and cities but a news conference the gentle spokesman said support for the protests was waning and the death toll is considerably lower than reported with an ominous warning sign i've got it if we really shoot at the protest group using automatic rifles the $500.00 you refer to could be killed within hours but the evidence from mandalay on saturday suggests protesters are still out in large numbers marching through the streets despite the threat of detention or worse. some have fled the cities however for the relative safety of the bases of the ethnic rebel groups along the border while the conditions may be basic the alternative could have been worse. you will need you know you will need we know that if we were to get arrested the security

forces would not let us live that kill us so we had to run away. and the steady flow of people heading towards the borders is growing as many now fear myanmar is on an unavoidable course towards civil war tony chiang al jazeera. me as a prominent human rights activist from me and explains why a situation like the civil war in syria is unfolding in me in ma i don't know if it will get better definitely it's going to get worse it's worsening that's what i like you know a lot of us start to use the syria analogy in this really people thought this could be you know the use of syria analogy is a high poverty and exaggeration no if you look at the the political and military landscape you have on one end side sad and national own forces about 400-0012 teeth backed by russia and and most importantly china and they

stole and then you've got 54000000 people over the last 2 and half years refusing to be subdued by ruthless and pervasive killings you know in 44 different cities that needed 4 dozen children have been killed this is not accidental fire the children are killed in front of their parents activists a sniper you know of course like you know death tolls over 600 not by the thousands however the sniper fire is meant to turn our rights their community because no one is safe in either in their own homes or on the street protesting all out trying to get groceries so that we are actually on the brink of a very serious syria like a situation in the middle of southeast asia. now the turkish president is promising to support ukraine over its increasing border tensions with russia and says he

hopes the dispute can be solved though through dialogue it came as richard 2 i've heard one welcomed his ukrainian counterpart to istanbul for talks cinema because so new has the story from istanbul this is the 2nd meeting in 7 months between ukraine's leader volodymyr zelinsky and turkish president rejects a bad don so lost his visit to a stumble comes at a crucial time for both nations but the focus on saturday was largely on trade tourism and defense ties between on current kiev ukraine has a soviet legacy of producing helicopters aircraft and cruise missile engines turkey's next generation of combat aerial vehicles equipped with ukrainian engines are expected to be introduced later this year c.r.c. there saw more color considering that defense and foreign policies are interconnected we established a platform without offending foreign ministry's through increased cooperation

between our countries is cooperation is by no means a threat to any 3rd country. but tension has been rising in the black sea region in recent weeks russia is amassing troops and a weapons near its western border with ukraine and the fighting in is 10 ukraine between government forces and russian backed separatists and on bass has escalated russian officers have indicated moscow could intervene to help russian speaking residents and is stand ukraine if the government launches an all out operation there yet of course as per usual we discussed in detail the issues of security and joint action patrolling dres in the black sea region it's worth noting that the regions of kiev in ankara coincide with regarding the threats themselves and the ways of responding to those threats. the united states is considering sending 2 warships to the black sea region in the coming days despite do u.s. navy routinely operating in the area this time the pentagon believes the deployment

will send the message to moscow that the u.s. is watching the situation closely turkey is in a sense to position at the moment as a nato ally it is likely to support their alliance in any potential crisis between ukraine and washington on one side and moscow on the other but that could provoke anger in russia a country ancora depends on for its energy needs russia and turkey have a fragile partnership in syria libya when it comes to ukraine that through lation ship could be tested in the weeks and months ahead so now kosovo also 0 stumbles thousands of people who join protests against pollution in the capital demonstrators blocked traffic in front of the parliament in belgrade they want stricter laws to prevent water land and air pollution by industries such as the mining sector mining activity has increased in serbia despite opposition. a volcanic eruption on the caribbean island of st vincent has forced thousands of

residents to flee the authorities say there could be even more explosive eruptions in the coming days and weeks rob reynolds has more. a towering plume of smoke and ash filled the sky over st vincent as lawsuit free a volcano continued to shake the caribbean island with violent explosions the cloud rose 15 kilometers into the sky and was visible from space the situation is that when common experience in a very intense ashfall throughout most of the men lands and been sent and we've been experiencing this since late yesterday the explosive portion of the eruption began yesterday morning and as we went into the night last night we had the intensity and the amount of action crease quite considerably ash covered houses roads and cars and the smell of sulfur hung in the air about 16000 people have been evacuated from the so-called red zone surrounding the volcano as they've done this

mine there are no more on the run after the move know some people fled by coast guard vessels to safer areas several cruise ships were also assisting in the evacuation effort until recently. had been quiet for decades but in 1000 no to a severe eruption resulted in the deaths of at least a 1000 people there now some 78 emergency shelters that are active at this point in time and the last figure we have as 3000 of individuals living in the show does at this point in time there have been no reports of injuries or deaths in the latest eruption but damage to crops and farms is expected to be severe ash from lawsuit free air fell as far away as barbados nearly 200 kilometers from st vincent countries including antigua cuba venezuela and the united states are sending aid to

the island nation home to 100000 people scientists warned that the eruption could continue for days or even weeks robert oulds al-jazeera. this is al jazeera these are the top stories countries across latin america are rushing in restrictions as they battle to contain coronavirus outbreaks the problems are being compounded by a slow vaccine rollouts and weak health systems brazil has been easing its restrictions despite being the worst affected country in the region. the irish prime minister's want to get state spiral back after 14 police officers were injured in the latest night of class.