there straight ahead there are 3 individuals in very rare to see that it's really exciting the season of programming exploring the climate crisis ahead of earth day on. the athletes along. with the world of sumo wrestling is shrouded in secrecy. inside a sport ancient tradition meets modern. 0. think. voters in charge are choosing a leader president idriss deby wants to extend his grip on power. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. with regulation orders issued on the

caribbean island of st vincent where a once dormant volcano has burst into life. parts of brazil have begun easing coronavirus restrictions but the nation remains the epicenter of the outbreak in south america. and 23 years after a landmark peace deal will look at what's igniting the recent violence in northern ireland. chance president idriss deby is looking to extend his 3 decades in power by seeking a 2nd term in office polls have opened but the opposition has called for a boycott and accuses the government of repression and cracking down on anti-government protesters on saturday the interior ministry said it arrested several people for planning attacks on polling stations let's go straight now to our correspondent head morgan she's outside a polling station in the capital and janina there we've seen plenty of protests and

tensions in the weeks leading up to those folk what's the atmosphere like there today. coming through. president idriss deby is expected to pass his food in a few minutes we've moved his heavy security presence and people here around the capital say that this is something that the mood has that has been increasing over the past few days or specifically on friday and saturday the days leading up to be elections now hundreds have already lined up here at this polling station. any of them say that this is going to be the 1st time that they're casting their vote in the presidential election more than. 17000000 population. so many of them say that they care about issues that are related to their future but other people we've spoken to say that they're here to see the himself president agrees there be a man who they say they will cast their vote for and that's something that people

have been running around over the past few days. on the streets at the national stadium and elsewhere across the chechen capital in 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 30 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 1900 debbie overthrew his predecessor who he had worked for as a military advisor before their falling out 3 years ago chat's 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 was there he met her supporters on the final day of the election rally opposition candidates were notably absent in the weeks leading up to the elections hundreds of years protested against there was candidacy and human rights watch says the british forces have the crackdown on protesters and the head of the boat. weeks before the elections the army raided the house of opposition leader. killing 2 of his family members whose country this. he 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 provision to send. more and more 100 percent of his members if you have. any regrets in your

friends. from the recent work to this is going to be fiction the solution would not be transparent it. seems. to be. really really 3. 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 i'm had to say they will take part a few 1000 hours away from where i will vote because it's my right and duty 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 say they'll 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 i will be recording 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 the candidate they support will be the one to lead them for the next 5 years. now the incumbent president a breeze very has just arrived at this polling station to cast his ballot and then people will start other people who are here one starts to vote as well the opposition has called for a march base they do want to see their supporters defensively voice is one thing their opposition to the fact that it will take about 2 weeks for the vote to be announced and they say that this gives ample time for the ruling party as well as the high court to reveal actions that is why they feel that they believe this election will not be free and fair now at least 7300000 people have registered to classy here you see here behind me means that president deby has cast his vote which paves the way for the people to now start voting but again many people say

they have been called before so right now it comes up down to the observers who are here who are monitoring this election to see what they make out of it as well as the people who are voting. for chad will keep an eye on that voting there today for the moment thanks very much however. well in their name people are also choosing a new president the voting there comes during a time of political tensions present petrie's talent is facing a weakened opposition in a vote he is likely to win he's accuse of sidelining most of his rivals with many opposition leaders now in exile so long came to power in 2016 promising to serve one term and vowing to stamp out corruption. thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes on the caribbean island of st vincent after the eruption of kaino from last week where have been reported as far as the island of barbados was 190 kilometers away or the eruption could go on for weeks rob reynolds has more.

a towering. sky overseed vincent as. you know continue to shape the cure. via an 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. 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. this. week there

are no more on the run after move no. 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 know too 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 is 3000 it individuals have been in the shout as 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 ashram 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 warn that the eruption could continue for days or even weeks robbers al-jazeera. and earthquake off the coast of indonesia has killed at least 8 people a magnitude 6 trauma hit the main island of java well and 1300 buildings have been damaged that was also felt on the neighboring island of bali as the 2nd strike in tunisia and a wake up to tropical cyclone killed at least a 165 people. a number of corona virus infections in india has hit a record for a 5th day the country is struggling to contain another met wave 839 people died. in $1000.00 on sunday that's the highest single day death toll in 5 months of parties in several states a warning a vaccine sources in the coming days but in his health. and family.

countries across south america are rushing in restrictions as they battle to contain the virus problems are being made worse by slow vaccine rollouts and weak health systems in the worst affected country brazil there are no moves to ease restrictions in places that have seen a huge rise in coven 1000 cases and deaths than are trying the reports from one us ariz. a mixture of relief and disbelief is 2 weeks of lockdown lifted in rio de janeiro one of the worst coronaviruses cities in brazil and the poor which is that it's more like 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 your require has also extended lockdown restrictions until the end

of april to contain a surge in covered 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. accidents are being applied that many complain the ritu few a new batch is a not arriving fast enough but until those vaccination programs start to take effect the only other option if overburdened health systems are to code is to impose ever more lock down restrictions but with people angry and defiant those measures are proving to be increasingly ineffective. for their own 2010 cyrus. colombia has imposed a strict 3 day lockdown in its capital bogota a city of 8000000 is facing restrictions on movement and

a ban on alcohol sales kind of virus cases rising rapidly across the country the number of new infections as doubles during the last month and intensive care units are approaching capacity in a number of cities. some of the world's poorest countries may have to wait longer for the 2nd dose of the vaccines up to 60 countries that have begun their vaccine rollout may have to wait until june for more shots supply shortages have seen nearly all deliveries to the u.n. back kovacs program blocked world health organization scheme is designed to give poor nations fair access to vaccines. so had hair on al-jazeera. to vote for their next president and the coronavirus pandemic has made it an unpredictable contest. plus claiming to tradition how yemenis are preparing for the muslim holy month of ramadan at a time of war and the pandemic. we've

got some very heavy right now starting to push his way into western parts of europe clouded rights from the atlantic tiny particular unsettled has to go on through the next couple of days and whether coming across the bay of biscay into western parts of france through the low countries see some heavy rain coming into a good part of belgium luxembourg all the way up into the netherlands and eventually running across northern areas of germany 3 potent and up towards the baltic states to the north of that we've got cold air you see that spike pulling of shower cloud rolling in from the atlantic and that's going to see some wintry showers in once again across northern parts of the u.k. scandinavia in the mix to some of that wintry weather as well still a few wintry flurries into central and eastern parts of turkey but the west the weather will be across western parts of europe turns to snow over the alps some

very wet weather to eastern side of spain at the moment feeding up into our northern areas of italy same bank of cloud of rice making its way across northern parts of morocco with some sundry downpours some localized flooding as a result of that wet of weather extending across into northern parts of algeria for a time showers meanwhile there continue across a good part of west africa slowly but surely making their way through the north. a star striker in the top a town in the foot devoted to the working class of his hometown and its class. footballing legend and accounts in awe and produces destry on the lakotah a one of a kind superstar. equally adored by his fans for its socialist values and his many goals against italy's footballing elite football rebels on our dizzy.

form. again you're watching out is there his reminder of our top stories this hour polls have opened in the charts presidential election the opposition's called for a boycott is the government of repression and cracking down on anti-government protesters president idriss deby is seeking a 6th term. just a warning there could be more eruptions from a volcano in the caribbean islands of some vincent around 16000 people have had to leave their homes. reach the island of barbados. and countries across south america are rushing to impose new restrictions as they battle to contain the

rising number of coated 1000 cases brazil is easing restrictions despite being the west affected country in the region. people in kyrgyzstan aversion on proposed changes to their constitution that could include giving presents more powers that would also allow him to run for a 2nd term projects accuse him of trying to impose a more thorough tarion form of rule since taking office in january the power of called for the referendum after months of political turmoil so in parliament system of government governance is dysfunctional and corrupt. child strafford he joins us now live from charles we are seeing much of you see as i'm for this vote people coming out to cast their ballots. but it's been pretty quiet so far this morning what we do know though is that your power for has a lot of support in this country especially especially in the rural areas as

a rule urban space if you like in his support base but he won that presidential election with 80 percent of the vote to turn out there under 40 percent and we expect certainly those supporters of him to come out and endorse these kind of proposals these changes to the constitution that include things like the president now being able to appoint cabinet ministers to be able to introduce legislation to be able to veto legislation to be able to dismiss ministers and as you say potentially to be able to give him 2 terms 5 year terms in office so many people here are saying that this is the end if you like of 6 months of japan power game will power play from being basically a prisoner to president and to talk about this with a little bit more detail i'm joined by political analyst eric bass solo he's a political analyst with the central asian bureau for analytical reporting.

could you tell me in your opinion how much of a rate do you think these proposals for constitutional change are to the progress kyrgyzstan has made democratically so far. well a. referendum will bring the new changes in constitution such as broadening the power of the president and the decrease of the number of m.p.'s and their power introduction of new bodies such as the people's choral tie and also the constitutional chamber will be out of the supreme court and will be in another body so certain parts of the. country countries community community they are afraid that this referendum the changes in constitution will bring today this balance of the power let's say the. division division of the power in the branches the branches of power so the president's power will be more broad

in strength and it also brings a little bit of concerns. there's also been controversy over the drawing up of these proposals the process of establishing exactly what. according to power needs to be changed in the constitution to make it presidential just how controversial has that process been and where does that controversy lie. so then the process of the preparation and the discussion of the project the draft constitution was heavily criticised inside of the country and outside by their international community that this is the time period that period was not carried out properly and also there was a criticism of the content of that draft law because it said as i said earlier it might bring that this balance of the branches of power and also the focus from

the rule of law will be less than it was i think people also civil society groups of complain that they weren't consulted for a long enough period of time they weren't given time to really thorough really analyze these proposals as well as i said part of one the presidential election he has a huge support base especially in the rural communities what's he's appealing why is he so popular especially in those rural areas of this country. well in my opinion. clear concise we're a simple messages which reach their general audience there's the people in country in the rural area also as you said he was in prison. and when he was in prison he was the son and he has this image of martyr and people usual of this kind of images and so far he has

a very good critique of trust at the beginning of his career as a president thank you very much eric yes it's safe to say that this is the power of has a lot of sympathy in voters who see him of having suffered under previous governments of course he was in prison but no matter who you speak to in this country whether they are supporters of japan or off or opponents of him and against these constitutional changes that he wants to make one thing is for sure people want change they want an end to this political crisis and they want to see a boost to the economy economy that is in tatters and as only be made worse by the global coded pandemic. thanks very much. now peruvians are also having to the polls on sunday to vote for the next president that's a major spike in covert 19 a pandemic has killed tens of thousands and hamper the run up to the election many people say they don't know who they'll vote for sanchez reports from lima. it's one

of the most unpredictable general elections and produce history $800.00 presidential candidates and pollsters see any of the 6 front runners could reach the 2nd round it's an unprecedented scenario a few by the pandemic hours ahead of the vote it was too close to call out and only the campaigns have been unusual people haven't had the chance to meet candidates they've been hardly any rallies or town visits nearly 60 percent of people don't know the candidates proposals so they'll be undecided until the last minute and this may be why they are undecided they go for him already running for the 3rd time while under investigation for corruption literally come in those are making a 2nd run with a progressive left wing agenda is ideologically far from the radical leftist teacher. i have now under this sort of known for his controversial theory of beating poverty through giving them titles to the poor has falsely claimed owning

10 doctorates only list can or populist who says the coronavirus can be cured with alcohol and salt and then there is an ultra conservative. or who says he practices self flagellation when in front of a pretty woman but peruvian seem to be more worried about their health than politics tens of thousands have died of corona virus since august but is waiting for news of his wife in hospital. with all this happening the election should have been suspended so many people are dying and now what the new president what is he going to do. it was at the crest of the 2nd wave of contagion with the brazilian variety. rapidly spreading many are afraid of catching the coronavirus ball just say they don't know how many people will vote it is a big question for many older peruvians who are trying to decide whether to take the risk of voting and getting infected at polling stations pollsters say the

candidates on offer are so unimpressive voters have been constantly changing their minds in. our findings continue to show that each week each day people change their opinion if the elections were 2 days or one week after we would probably see different results. waiting for news of her son ill with coalwood says she doesn't know if she will vote they make so many promises i hope the hot summer moved and they take 1000 patients. in such a fragmented scenario where not one candidate holds more than 13 percent of support in the polls the only certainty is that there will be a runoff vote in june with just. having riots and parts of northern ireland's nearly every night for a wake for access uncontroversial coronavirus instructions are being blamed for triggering the violence and. it was called 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 peace wall in belfast that separates loyalists on one side from republicans on the other really 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 won't condemn what's happened i want these young people to feign that they can come back from where they cross and that laying they need to be able to step back condemnation look for event

that it will get them more and you know i think that nobody has used this term yet but i'm going to use it as far as i know i don't feel of erotica. 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 our own subject to your opinion regulations put simply even the more moderate loyalists feel they've been betrayed and alienated by brics it but over the peace wall the republican leadership feel that the good friday agreement may have been damaged but it's secure all and will stay that way shin fein says all sides need to play a part of the political process as saints row is on our streets are very just arguing i'm dangerous but i don't think. you agree with that what

i asked to be nurtured dr all of the players after ensure that they play their part and developing another major issue is a republican funeral question fane leaders fail to observe covert regulations the union is 1st minister of nor the law and 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 with prince philip even if those cool. scenes like this could return soon and for now it seems there's no solution andrew simmons belfast. protesters gathered in the serbian capital demanding the government do more to stop pollution demonstrators blocks traffic in front of parliament in belgrade stricter laws to prevent pollution by industries such as mining in recent years serbia has started selling

its mining resources to foreign companies despite opposition from within the country. and astray and serve been paying their respects to the late prince philip a church service in sydney prime minister scott morrison was among those attending on saturday he offered his country's deepest sympathies and condolences to queen elizabeth who's the head of state in australia and in canberra the national flag was lowered to half staff over parliament house. with al-jazeera these are our top stories polls have opened in chance presidential election but the opposition has called for a boycott president idriss deby is seeking a 2nd term is accused of repression and cracking down on anti-government protesters morgan has more from the capsule and. now hundreds have already lined up here at

this polling station many of them say that this is going to be the 1st time that they are casting their vote in the presidential election more than. 17000000 population are many of them feel that they care about you.