say that could be a government of national unity if that's the case then porto barsel will keep his job. 0. 00000 i'm. watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes a blackout at iran's made new radio enrichment facility the government 1st calls it an accident but now says the cause was an active nuclear terrorism. amounting health crisis in india as it records the highest single day coronavirus deaths in 5 months and the government denies vaccine supplies are running low. people in chad are heading to the polls but despite having 6 candidates it looks like there's only

one choice for president. and dark days in the caribbean as the tropical island of st vincent disappears under a cloud of volcanic dust i'm john ash with this for to check him out see ahmed is aiming to become the 1st japanese player to win a men's golf major he's playing the back 9 at augusta right now and still leads the mostest. parable malcolm to the news hour we begin in iran where there's been a power blackout of the country's main nuclear facility at natanz after initially describing it as an accident the head of iran's atomic energy agency ali akbar salehi now says the cause was an act of terrorism he didn't specify who was behind the incident but israeli media quoting unidentified sources claimed it was a cyber attack carried out by israel's intelligence services will solely urge the

international community particularly the international atomic energy agency or i.a.e.a. to take action against the perpetrators of what he called nuclear terrorism it comes a day after iran unveiled advanced uranium centrifuges at the tans and when iranian ited states is struggling to revive the 2050 nuclear deal i said bag has more now from tehran. there seems to be an admission now from iran that this was some sort of attack and the head of iran's atomic organization has come out and said that this act was carried out by those that oppose iran's progress in the nuclear industry and it was shows a failure of those that oppose iran's negotiations to have those sanctions lifted he said that iran condemns the act and he urged the international community and the international atomic energy agency to confront what he called nuclear terrorism you also said iran reserves the right to act against those that carried out this act

and those that ordered it now 1st we heard of this it was an incident it was made out to be an accident iran did say that they were investigating but this is very quickly turned into an admission from iran that this is an attack now fingers have been pointed pointed officially but just last tuesday and hearing in ship was attacked by using a mine in the red sea from reports israel is being blamed for the fact and although officially iran hasn't pointed the finger at israel over this incident they are the prime suspect this comes at a time when iran is getting ready to return to vienna to negotiate over the 2015 nuclear deal and iran wants those sanctions imposed by former president donald trump lifted and incidents like this will definitely complicate matters if not make them more difficult than they already are. iran's nuclear program was on the gender is the u.s. secretary of defense or lloyd austin visit israel he met his israeli count any chance he said the any new deal with iran must undermine regional security high

force reports now from west jerusalem. flying into the major foreign policy issue confronting israel's alliance with the united states the divergence in approach to iran and its nuclear program u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is the most senior biden administration official to visit israel since the new u.s. president was sworn in. after 4 years of a trump white house which favorite israeli line on iran these at different days as the u.s. explores options for reviving the iran nuclear deal as a major strategic partner for the united states. bilateral relationship with israel in particular is central to regional stability and security in the middle east and during our meeting i reaffirmed to mr ganns our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our employer. austins opposite number israeli defense minister

benny gantz pledged cooperation in confronting what he called a threat to international security and region and israel. and we war closely resolve american allies to ensure that any new agreement really ron would secure the vital interest of the ward of the united states prevent dangerous armories you know region and protect the state of israel but in the midst of talks in vienna aimed at finding a new agreement the language from israel's prime minister has been very different benjamin netanyahu insisting that israel would not be bound by any deal that pave the way to an iranian nuclear weapon israel is already confronting iran on multiple fronts reportedly behind the attack on an iranian ship in the red sea last week regularly targeting the iranian military inside syria blamed by iran for assassinating its chief nuclear scientist last year israel's defense minister may

be talking about cooperating with the americans on a new deal but it'll be interesting to see the language used by his political rival the prime minister benjamin netanyahu long the most vehement opponent of any such deal when he meets the u.s. defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. well as you mentioned earlier israeli media sources have reported that the incident at the iranian facility was a cyber attack and it wouldn't be unheard of that the nuclear threat initiative as adult $23.00 cyber incidence of nuclear facilities wild wide between 199-2916 those are only the ones that are made public its cause iran 0 out of 4 nuclear security and joint 42nd out of 47 the measures against sabotage it shows that ranking with north korea this wouldn't be the 1st time that the tans has been targeted even though it's isolated from the internet the so-called stucks net attack in 2010 tampered with centrifuges that for more than a year saw that u.s.b.

drives infect the computers are 5 companies linked to the plant which unwittingly to the virus inside. well let's take a closer look at the possible fallout from all of this mark fitzpatrick is a former deputy assistant secretary of state in the u.s. joins me now from washington so this incident at natanz comes off to an iranian congo ship was attacked in the red sea and israeli strikes in syria allegedly against iran supports all iran by elements in the country are we seeing an escalation in hostilities. i'm not sure it's an escalation but it is an intensification i think the more precipitating. event that preceded this sacred tac it was such a cyber attack was iran's announcement of it dances in centrifuges let's suppose assume that israel did it they're done puron that there are ways to stop

their advances. and so then what reaction are we likely to see because this comes just as the u.s. defense secretary is visiting israel and then also at a time when the u.s. and iran are trying to revive the nuclear deal yes exactly the revival of the nuclear deal is foremost on the minds of u.s. officials and i'm sure that defense secretary austin would have made it clear to his israeli counterparts not to further escalate any military action that could overshadow. and you know sabotage the nuclear deal that is seems to be making progress so you would you is your analysis that this was done it tack might have been conducted without the knowledge of the united states or perhaps would it be somehow washington's

favor to see that as a way of exacting pressure on iran. oh i suppose one can construct i popped the cyst that somehow this puts pressure on iran but i i'm pretty doubtful that by the administration would have gone along with that i really do think that they would have nothing to do with this if they had been apps they would sit don't do this because we're making progress in vienna there's a short. timeline ahead to make further progress and and don't screw it up anyone by launching a military attacks that iran will then feel it needs to respond to and the whole thing could unravel and i suppose this cyber attack and other recent incidents in the region raises the possibility that the atmosphere the context will change you have obviously domestic issues with the presidential elections coming up in iran

that could change the political calculus that but also if we do see rising tensions in places like iraq like syria off the seas of yemen that will that could really exclude the possibility of the deal just make the prospects you know even more distant you know i think you're right immune it's a very dicey political situation in iran and i'm sitting in washington and it's out here with a half of the political spectrum opposed to restoring a superior way in the by the administration and insulin needles to get it through in tehran it's worse most of the parliament is against dealing with the united states and the supreme leader who calls the shots is very very skeptical of the united states and he's he's given of it is a people of florida to negotiate but you know i could i could easily see him decide that these kind of military attacks he might think united states has had

a hand in it and get could give him a reason to say no no no compromises with united states and yet. it all seems to be so easy with both the u.s. and iran stating their intention to return to the deal it would take iran a very short space of time to reverse advances in and its nuclear program by the ministration could lift sanctions with executive orders and yet several months into the biden presidency this this deadlock remains where you put your finger on it it's you know both sides want restoration and it's not so difficult for either side as you said that's of difficult technically but politically it's another matter and there's a big issue of which sanctions with the united states left iran is demanding all $1500.00 sanctions designations that trump applied for years now some of those designations were very legitimate for other reasons like human rights like that the

officers who are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of protesters in iran in november 29th i don't think that kind of human rights sanction is going to be lifted and i think you're on you know it's official notice whether the supreme leader accepts it or not is another matter so that will be that's one of the difficult issues that has to be negotiated which u.s. sanctions to lift i have a feeling we'll be having this conversation a kennel something similar not long from now thank you very much month that patrick joining us there freesheet it or do you want to ask me again. in the news hour live from london much more still ahead on the program an overwhelming vote in favor of constitutional change in kyrgyzstan but critics warn it's a step towards authoritarianism. the northern irish troubles ended before they were born you know why these teenagers are at the forefront of new violence. and in school into milan have good reason to be cheerful the explain why in sport.

we go to india now our 2nd wave of coronavirus cases is pushing infection numbers to unprecedented levels more than 152000 people tested positive on sunday which is a new high but the 6 time the data case record has been passed in the last week alone with the rate of appearing to accelerate now in all it means more than $13000000.00 people have tested positive this is the 3rd highest total in the world but india is also leading the vaccine race in numbers alone its 100000000 doses behind the united states and china the problem is that it's a drop in the ocean and you think about the sheer scale of the country's population and nation of 1350000000 people or roger does cooper is a professor at the center of social medicine and community health that neri

university and says campaigning for ongoing regional elections has made the situation was. several doctors associations have written to the country's election commission pointing to more strict and practical guidelines given that given the realities of the indian election and yes in all fall down states cases are on the rise as in the rest of the country in the southern state of time not one candidate actually passed we're on account of covered in case he wins that election to that constituency will have to be held again that's as far as the election and the covert situation goes on the plus side the country was immunizing about an average of $2500000.00 persons per day in in the in the last fortnight of march that has gone up 2 to 3500000 in

the 1st fortnight of april that's on the positive side on the one part of it several states actually have got. stocks that would last for only a few days and on an average of about $8.00 to $10.00 days of stocks in the pipeline and these states are actually wanted and of also there is a large country so a lot of interest you need in terms of the person base population covered state it's as low as 3 percent in the northeastern state of money quote and as high as 70 percent of the population in its neighboring state of support are not part of the from this however the large states are between 7 to 10 percent on the national average just 6 percent so in spite of an impressive increase in terms of population protection it's still a long way to go meanwhile in china the country's top disease control official is

saying that the locally produced vaccines a not highly effective this is a rare admission by the center for disease control is produced for different kovan $1000.00 jobs and they've shipped millions of them abroad chinese health officials are reviewing their vaccine strategy and considering mixing different brands one study found that the sign of that job has a success rate of just above 50 percent. and a study in israel is suggesting the pfizer vaccine might be less effective against the south african strain in a study of $800.00 people who tested positive those who receive the pfizer job or more likely to have the south african variant than those who are unvaccinated or such as at tel aviv university did caution that the sample size is very small or now to develop as in kyrgyzstan where the president is more powerful after voters approved his changes to the constitution nearly 80 percent of its cost back to amendments to let him run for office again and cup a number of seats in parliament but critics say this is

a route to authoritarian rule as charles traffic reports from bishkek the president's tapped into disappointment with an unstable system. voters cast their ballots and cubist on for the 3rd time in 6 months the referendum was called by the new president sort of to power of who asked the country to approve changes to the constitution the critics say they could pave the way for all thora terrorism and misrule. but along with q. i don't think only one man should decide everything there is a proverb that says you only find truth through debate the more opinions you have the better it is for the country's development of who's free from jail by supporters in october jury protests after parliamentary elections were not following widespread allegations of vote buying by pro-government parties. the government collapsed the whole kyrgyz school the 3rd revolution in 3 decades since independence. says the last 10 years of the parliamentary system under the current

constitution has been a failure kyrgyzstan is not ready for a parliamentary democracy the people have been really feeling that the parliament has been the scene of irresponsibility that there is no. there's nobody with at home the bucket stops as it were and the president has really picked up on that sense of sentiment among the people that we have a constitution that doesn't assign clear responsibility to anyone and i'm the one who is going to take full responsibility myself. i will answer for everything that happens in this country and just give me the power supporters of the proposed constitutional changes say freedom of speech and democratic rights will be protected but order needs to be restored to government off take years of mismanagement and corruption to change you can slip we've had 33 prime ministers in 30 years can you imagine that and always the appointments in decisions were made by

the president behind the scenes which was unconstitutional the prime minister was the victim of those decisions because you tional changes mean the president will be able to act transparently keep this going is often described as the most democratic country in central asia kristol to pull off says that altering the country's constitution will not change that but there are many people here who are afraid that he represents a couple of the culture wars for democracy a pulse they have struggles to build since independence 30 years ago started out to 0. we go to chad now our polls of close in the presidential election incumbent president address debbie as the front runner in a 6 candidate rice but no major rivals of emerged in the campaign web demonstrations were either banned or broken up 7 other candidates including your head delia were rejected by chad supreme court security forces tried to arrest him and killed his mother son and 3 other relatives in

a raid on his home 3 other runners withdrew from the race including solich he's vowed to make the country ungovernable if debbie wins and does have a morgan now reports from the capital and janina president appears to have support in the country. he's led the country for more than 30 years and now seeking a 6 term incumbent idriss deby cast his vote in chats presidential election urging others in the capital and around the country to do the same. they must have to. i have come here today as a citizen to vote and have done my duty and now it's your turn what the people of chad to exercise your right to vote wherever you come and vote for the candidate of your choice. hundreds were waiting to vote at the same center where debbie appeared 23 year old and mina makes

a 1st time voter was one of the 1st in the queue. i've come to exercise democracy and also to see the president marshal debbie is the one i think will be able to lead the country forward and bring it stability and improve the economy see anyone i see in the field. 7.3000000 people have registered to vote in this election according to the national electoral commission many reporters we've spoken to on sunday and in the days leading up to the election say their biggest concern is the military and security after $34.00 in the east and recent counterterrorism operation in the north and west many they believe president with running against 5 other candidates can tackle both if the candidate made at least 53 percent of the vote through when the results will be out into the opposition and their supporters say they are boycotting the elections 6 prominent figures who sought to run for president were rejected by the high court to accuse the ruling party of militarizing the campaign

a charge echoed by right groups who say security forces have used ruthless forest against protesters and opposition leaders. we need a free election on democracy accepted by all that is our issue on our condition. we don't think it is. liberty freedom so doug why you become accepted being. called people to all. of these. election observers appear to have a different view of the american. charge role is important in the region especially in light charge in the. region and so preserving its stability is the role of the african countries and the region and the people of the country. whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition

is clear how the 2 sides move on from here almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future people morgan after the euro chat. acquittals 2 presidential hopefuls are facing off in the 2nd round of the election in that country it pits 1st time runner our out against 3 time candidate get my last so so far it's the state of the economy that is dominating the political fight is hugely in debt partly because of the recent global oil price crash well our last america. is in the chiang capital santiago covering the story and you see these 2 candidates that really couldn't have visions for the country that any more different really 2 can contrasting strategies a country. yes you're absolutely right they're ideological differences economic differences and i think i better hold on the 2nd i better put on my mask which is actually it's illegal for me not to be wearing it so i better

return this as ira saying sorry about that they are completely different on the one hand and this had als who is only 36 years old represents the new generation of the revolution of the 21st century that was started by former venezuelan president hugo chavez but many think of him not so much as a new generation but rather as a stand in for ecuador's former president. gloria who started what in ecuador is called the citizens revolution he is now in belgium and cannot return to ecuador without facing an 8 year prison sentence for corruption on the other hand then you have had one last fall he is the old guard capitalist system if you like and he represents those who get along with the with the the world bank the i.m.f. he's a former banker and a businesswoman who's believes in a smaller government and so you have bills ideological differences facing each

other off according to last so what's at stake here is democracy freedom tolerance verses hatred and persecution of government opponents as many. as there have been nagging charges occurred under the government of rafael correa and difficult situation in the country right now with the speaking about the decline in oil prices and then the co the pandemic at the same time. in this increase in. what is the priority going to be for the next president. absolutely at the bottom at the end of the day would really count for of the ordinary citizens the state of the economy which is an absolute shambles after a 5 corera left government he was replaced by his then former vice president who took a viewer to the right to made a deal with the i.m.f. to try to pay ecuador it's a very very large foreign debt and then began

a very very strong belt tightening that has led to massive unemployment the price of oil of course as you mention has gone down and then on top of that we have the pandemic which has hit that country extremely hard people are out of work they've tried and had to been forced to immigrate to other parts of the world and so what they say they want from the new government no matter who wins is jobs jobs jobs health care and education. very much out latin america is have you seen human varian and santiago chile thank you. well voting is also under way in peru in the 1st round of the presidential elections there none of the 18 candidates are likely to win though with an outright majority in the 1st round so the 2nd contest is expected as been all the way to the pandemic and that's really hitting peru hard it of course that issue has dominated campaigning as we see elsewhere in the world polling suggests almost a 3rd of prove ians are undecided and the time now is expected to be low by ana

sanchez in the capital lima and explains why improving votes is a feeling so disillusioned. it's really fragmented and of course it's it's going to make that congress a fragmented one it will be very difficult for the next president to govern no matter what but remember the peruvians are coming from 5 years of political instability we've had 4 presidents in the last 5 years 3 only 3 in one week last year because of this political instability and among the president former presidents that are alive they are all in jail or under investigation for corruption so this is just the spec too. for you to understand the peruvians are disenchanted with the candidates candidates who have been lined out right during

the campaign saying crazy things like a soltan out the whole can cure you from. from the koran the bible and to be more serious. most of the family didn't want the government to not meet the 2030 development un development goals which is very important for a country that is lacking so much in development and they have been really hard hit by the coronavirus leaving millions of people out of work so the answer is really that peruvians are mainly based on chanted with politicians and they don't think that visit election will change anything a black us on the left tenant is suing to police offices the pepper spraying him during a traffic stop late last year. get out of the car now now that i did not go oh well what's gotten hold of us. in video captured by body cameras left 10 an hour on

the scene forced out of his car and repeatedly pepper sprayed in the state the ginia police say he was stopped for failing to display license plates that a temporary plate is visible in this cottage i was then arrested but later released without charge. they'd a little bit longer than they threatened to destroy a man's career if he called them out of the dock to see what i've seen or on the particular footage it's kind of hard to justify having them serving a protector in. you know the news out live from london much more still ahead on the program we look at tensions on the border between russia and ukraine which could turn deadly as calls for deescalation stout. the price of protesting near mas military exacts a financial toll on grieving relatives as the crackdown that continues and then in support rafael nadal is about to return to the tennis court for the 1st time since the australian open.

however we got some lovely spring warm spring up across many parts of eastern year further west we've still got some rather wintry weather a little speckling a shower cloudy over the british isles filtering down across france the low countries through jamey a little area of low pressure just around there mark at the moment and with the system in place we have got some very disturbed weather pushing its way into central parts of europe as it sinks further south was increasingly saying well the more the way of snow there pushing them supro turned into the czech republic or running right across austria we some snow over the alps as well somewhat so weather just coming back in across the good parts of northern and central italy hopefully losing the wintry showers into the southeast in kona because it will further north we can have the 16 celsius in moscow still too bad we'll see highs of around 2 and

18 degrees there in athens fun and dry there across madrid again we're getting up to 16 here festive weather coming through as the showers move away from that western side of the mediterranean but single figures up towards the northwest with that cool wind continuing to blows we go on through cheated by cheese day that wintry mix starts to make its way down across the balkans with more showers there for a good part of italy there are few showers to across northern parts of africa i will next couple days through the process of proceeding away. when the covert 19 pandemic hit iran. a filmmaker drift from his crew. from. international sanctions. and. isolation and one of the world's least understood countries.

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main stories now has been a large scale power blackout iran's main nuclear facility at natanz off to initially describing it as an accident that of the head of iran's atomic energy agency idea he now says the cause was an act of terrorism and our other top stories number of corona virus infections in india has hit a new record high for the 6th day in a row 152000 new cases and 839 deaths were reported on sunday and then in kyrgyzstan voters of granted the president has sweeping new powers in a referendum it shrinks the country's parliament and allows the president to run again in a move critics say could lead to authoritarianism. ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed and another seriously wounded in shelling from russian back separatists in the east of the country this is the latest incident in rising tensions along the border with verbal threats being exchanged but both nations this week us have to say ante blinken has called for russia to deescalate ukrainian

soldiers have been fighting separate in the region since 2014 when russia also an extent. so joining us now via skype from the united states is melinda herring she is deputy director of the atlantic council's eurasia center and a former editor of the ukraine blog 1st of all how serious how extensive is this troop buildup along the border. thanks for the invitation to be here mario it's very serious this is the largest number of russian troops that we've seen on the ukrainian border since 2014 we think the ukrainians say that there's 85000 russian troops on the border and in crimea it's a huge number and as you just said the language is already growing hotter and hotter so it's a serious situation most analysts don't know which way it's going to go so it's not care if though it's too soon to say whether or not russia will proceed to make an

advance or whether we will just see this built this these troops remain in place and haul them around without doing very much. look russia is moving a lot of troops around for a legitimate military they have a lot of they have a lot of military maneuvering going on right now but this is a huge number and they don't have a good incredible explanation i think it's a show of force i think that this is meant to test president biden who has declared his unwavering support for ukraine and to to put a stamp down that the russian federation wants to keep crimea i did also to put more pressure on the ukrainians russia doesn't like what's happening in ukraine now in the past 6 months ukraine has gone and as a different direction a president solecki has gone after pro russian media channels and they've been really hard headed when it came to negotiations so i think these are the factors that are leading to the escalation there's also a lot going on in russia itself which is worth talking about russian opposition

leader alex same to volley isn't prison it is on hunger strike he will probably die that definitely gives blood him or putin a black eye we have parliamentary elections in russia in the fall we have putin's declining popularity his numbers have dropped quite a bit in the last year because of the handling of code in a lot of other factors the economy is not growing the economy really stinks in russia and then you have the koch response as well so it could be a combination * of opportunity he wants to test biden and it's also a distraction technique at tactic promotes happening in his own country possibly a distraction tactic but the you let you name a litany of challenges and priorities the kremlin is facing right now this would also be a very risky move to engage in this sort of hostility at a time when he is facing domestic pressure. that's right look i don't think that russia is going to invade ukraine there's a number of there's a number of limitations on their behavior but the russian calculus is different

than the american calculus or the western calculus or russians are willing to consider more risky kind of maneuvering russia vladimir putin needs a big bump in his numbers that would help him tremendously as they go into elections in the fall he's just signed a document also that will allow him to be remain the president for much much longer as well that was the other news of the week that you think he'd be better off focusing on the economy for those purposes than to start engaging and. militarily with ukraine if you were the leader of a western european country or the united states absolutely but here in russia he needs to have a small victory is war and his numbers will go up again so that i think that it's not off the table he may be interested so when you ask me what does he want in ukraine he wants his numbers to bump up he what he wants to get the nationals excited about him again because he has all those challenges that named but he also

is worried about when he looks at the map he's worried about crimea so russia annexed crimea 2014 they've a water problem so one of the things that they need to do is figure out how to solve that problem there's a canal north of crimea that they could take i don't think it's an easy take and they could also potentially take 3 or 4 cities along the black sea coast so that's another area that i would be watching as well a vague statement from antony blinken saying that if russia acts recklessly or aggressively they'll be there will be consequences a course without specifying what's likely to happen again with it with other foreign policy priorities namely iran is the u.s. going to want to get involved in a confrontation between russia and ukraine right now. mari might think that's one of the most interesting questions so we know that biden is really really focused on china and he he knows russia well and he's you know has its problems and hugh really cares a lot about ukraine but i think the attitude in his administration and the

president's attitude is we want to move beyond this and we want to deal with other issues that we want to deal covered we want to deal with china which is the biggest national security threat so he may be willing to countenance deals that we didn't necessarily think he would be willing to consider thank you very much for joining us on the news hour melinda herring deputy director of the eurasian center at the atlantic council thank you well now to jordan king abdullah and his brother have appeared together for the 1st time since their political rift former crown prince hands have been hussein seen here wearing a light blue face mask join the monarch and other members of the royal family a ceremony marking 100 years of independence last week the government accused of being involved in a plot to destabilize the country says he was put under house arrest but he later pledged allegiance to the king. now the 70 people have been killed in fighting

in yemen's mara bridge and in the past 24 hours government forces say a battle for control of the oil rich region intensified over the weekend iran back to the rebels launched an offensive in february the u.s. and united nations of increased diplomatic efforts to try and reach some sort of cease fire deal well also in yemen protesters of rallied in the besieged city of ties to the mob better living conditions demonstrators denounced a 6 year with the siege of the city a calling for the government to provide better services for salaries to be paid thais residents have struggled in recent years due to high prices inflation outbreak of coronavirus. a caribbean island of st vincent is covered in ash with power and water supplies down after 2 days of volcanic eruptions around $16000.00 people have been evacuated from areas close to last a free eval kaino the ash cloud is now spreading across the region and authorities warn the eruptions could last for several weeks alexey o'brien reports.

the caribbean island of sentiment sent transformed into a gray gloomy moonscape. streets and buildings blanketed by spewed from a nearby volcano. ended decades of inactivity on friday when it erupted in spectacular fashion there were several earthquakes and a column of ash was pumped up to 15 kilometers into the air we want to work. through. and it's hampering the escape of thousands of people who are now in shelters across the island i am. best. means sulfur outlet it's the only potentially active volcano sent which is home to

about 100000 people from the eruptions rained down on several neighboring islands including barbados nearly 200 kilometers away countries including venezuela cuba ghana and the united states a sending aid to the island nation. crew ships have been same turn to help those fleeing near option but because of the pandemic anyone going on board will have to be vaccinated and everyone in a shelter will be tested for covert 19 this is the 2nd they're mad experience in their work enough to force them and they have 10 hours men. they've been 5 explosive eruption zones. vincent in the past 300 years the most recent in 979 while there have been no deaths reported this time an eruption a 902 killed more than a 1000 people but damage to crops and farms from the choking cloud of ash is expected to be severe.

and experts say the eruption could continue for some time yet brian al-jazeera relatives of protesters killed by me and say they're being forced to pay $100.00 for the bodies of their loved ones this comes after at least 80 people were killed in a crackdown in bago on friday protests against federer is military coup are continuing in several cities including young da and mandalay and on saturday 3 rebel groups in east and shan state reportedly attacked the military as they strengthen an alliance against the gentle tony chang is in bangkok and says that many people just don't have the money to get there as chips remains. we have had it confirmed by the bongos student union who've had to pay to recover a number of bodies they have told us that the rate that is being asked for by the

police to recover the bodies of the $82.00 people who are reported to have died in their crackdown on friday is 120000 that's the equivalent of about $100.00 us dollars and there have been some some terrible stories coming out in the case of caking a woman whose husband was lost in the crackdown was killed she was asked to pay this 120000 she didn't have enough money so had to go to the community where people gather those funds together including another woman whose nephew and son had both been killed she didn't have enough money so she decided to contribute what she did so the kings could recover the body of her husband many people are reporting the same thing some were too scared to go for it is still very hard to get information out of me with the new internet sort of blocks of have been put in place in the last week but the assistance association for political prisoners which seems to be

the definitive sort of role of confirmed 82 people died in just one place in just one day. france's national assembly has approved a controversial ban on short haul domestic flights an effort to reduce carbon emissions if approved by the senate and all would force at lines to cut all routes that could be covered by train in under 2 and a half hours it's part of a broader climate bill that aims to cut france's emissions by 40 percent in 10 years the aviation industry has criticised the at a time when airlines are already struggling because of the pandemic sarah foyle is a transport campaigner at greenpeace france and says that the measure doesn't go far enough to have a considerable impact on carbon emissions. it means that only 3 airlines will be concerned will be concerned out of the old dread of the mystical

of flight that exists in france with the kind of benefits that would be really reduced really cheap so we we think that it's fun from being in the ships now and beyond the world's make it seems like every ships it's not it's not so we have quoted that point with the decision and this the the lower level of phoenician. has been a law in violence in northern ireland after over a week of writing more intense in the region seen for decades bracks and the alleged breaking of coronavirus restrictions have seen as been seen as the ignition fang from pro british unionist but as andrew simmons reports from belfast it's teenagers who never experience passed on rest who are now on the front line. it's a new generation engaged in the sort of confrontation that belongs in the last century that teenagers many of them encouraged to take part in the unrest by their elders

the late 1960 s. the start of 3 decades of conflict that's happening here now isn't remotely like that but it's provocation and confrontation nevertheless and it's league youngsters not old enough to vote in many cases goaded on by adults that has shocked people. well i blame the parents for me i'm here with my son who i feel in the streets. out of being horrified that the politicians here have to really unite and come together and condemn it and look for peaceful ways forward for you know the young people for the people who don't think they're being listened to at the moment in this process these are the grounds of stormont castle the seat of a devolve power sharing government created by the good friday peace agreement signed 23 years ago hannah irwin was born just before that now she's leading the youth wing of the alliance party which covers the middle ground in northern ireland

politics parents don't feel they have the ability to it's to stop their kids going on at their because the kids are being drawn out by by community leaders by people here care stoking violence and stoking fears they're being drawn i by them parents can't really speak out against those darker forces they can't stop their kids going i'd because they know if they're seen to go against community leaders in that way they could face attacks themselves they could face threats they could face anything there's deprivation in both the loyalist and nationalist community says of northern ireland those who want a united ireland and the loyalist areas where there is anger about a border in the irish sea imposed by a brics deal in many. areas like this so rounded by echoes of the past it almost feels as if time stands still difficult then for young people to avoid the bad influences within this youth leader has no doubt that many of the young people are

under the for grip of power by the trees new children should be encouraged to take to the streets this kind of bones those who don't like the child to be such that that's just not something for the social services to consider in relation to this and even will be think about the sinister forces that are behind some of these young people taking to the streets on the element of their plan that could be considered child abuse also stephen and others like him have an uphill battle man's andrew simmons al-jazeera belfast. after 120 years of service one of russia's famous food holes has closed its doors and for its palatial and broken teria the. food hole stayed in business during imperial russia and out of the soviet era officials say legal issues and a drop in visitor numbers because the pandemic as forced it to close government says it will keep the stalls interior as an architectural monument. the music on

your computer it is sad news for me of course i've lived in the city on a nearby street for almost 70 years and it wasn't just a drop by and by some food it's been a symbol of the city i used to come here to admire the interiors. of them well for me the closure is a tragedy because it's a store with such history with such splendid design it's the history of moscow that everyone should know about and places like this should stay and bring joy to the locals and guests to our capital. or very shortly a putz a rolling in at the last as well as a new right up to date with what's happening in the final round. from the world's most populated region. and untold stories from across asia and the pacific. to discover the current events.

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janice and now this forward thank you mariam let's get straight to the masters i had him at sea on my is a well on his way to becoming the 1st japanese player to win a men's golf major he started a final round with a 4 shot lead that was cut after he bogeyed the 1st well he responded with a birdie here at the seconds and this chip to the 8 saw him pick up another shot to move to 12 under par another and then he followed that with another lovely approach at the 9th and that helped him make it back to back birdies as he further extended his lead is now 5 shots it clear the field and plays again on his 1st major thyssen krupp to the great growing up to for now an instagram have restored their 11 point lead over ac milan at the top of the italian big that's after they beat calorie one nil ratted on me i'm scoring the way that with 13 minutes left i see

just what that call meant to the players and coach and 10 year contract he said he enjoyed celebrating that one with his team. you can see there are no known problems going to them for the limit jordan i do not see myself like a father but more like the older brother who can shout at them hug them or kiss them i like to prove my feelings towards him i think it's very important to congratulate them when they've given everything and it was important to show their great moment of happiness we are getting closer but we have not done anything yet. athletico madrid have returned to the top of the spanish league with a one on draw against real betis athletico took the lead after 5 minutes 3 yannick caress ko bettis equalized before half time the draw sens efforts go back above round woodridge but with just a one point advantage when it could have been 3 have they won the match a missed opportunity there for them manchester united had to come from behind to beat tottenham 31 in the english premier league sunshine men's goal gave us

a wonderful lead at half time fred equalized united before us and vonnie put them to an up with 10 minutes to go and mason green would have made sure of the win in the 96 minutes united a 2nd best unleavened points behind manchester city while spurs a 76 points of the champions league places now his side may have won the united manager only going to social was not happy with son who went down holding his face under a challenge from scott mcdonald which led to united gulping disallowed in the 1st half in a post match interview so she said if my son stays down for 3 minutes and he needs his 10 mates to help him up he won't get any food but this was spurs boss jerry's and really his reaction to those comments strongly is very lucky that the father is a better person than ali because i think a father i am a father a single father you have always to feed your kids doesn't matter what we do

if you have to steal to feed your kids use you i'm very very disappointed because with me like we see in portugal a brit is reading chooses cheese i told already who are all the what i think about these comments online in manchester united player jesse lingard scored twice as west ham beat leicester $32.00 gerrard bow in scored west ham's 3rd as they went 3 in a lump and they survived a late less to come back to go back above chelsea into 4th or leicester stay. tennis is number one and novak djokovic returns to action at the monte carlo mostest next week in his 1st event since winning the australian open almost 2 months ago he admits he's missed the game and is physically and mentally prepared for the tournament and looking further ahead the next grand slam is the french open which stops in may and has been delayed by

a week in the hype that more fans will be able to attend of its things this could make things difficult for top prizes every time you move any tournament for a week i mean particularly grand slam it messes up with a calendar and a schedule and that's going to be a big challenge for it to be a no every time you make you make that kind of a call you have to see how that impacts the entire tour and need impacts it affects many tournaments and many weeks refound out also hasn't played since taking part in melbourne and he to makes his return at the same tournament in want to tie the king of clay as he's known has won this event and 11 times in 15 appearance is and if results go his way he can return to world number 2 the 20th time a grand slam champion has been recovering from a back injury but he feels fit raring to go i take it the while i thought i was

going to be my 2nd tournament is through that the situation that we are facing not helps to to play that often but yeah right for an important part of the season for me and i think i did the right i want to be the be ready so let's see i remain a couple of days of practice here but yeah happy the way to them playing. for the moment my body is english so yeah i am excited about playing here in monaco the game and the guidelines everybody know is one of my favorite tournaments without a doubt that i love being here. that is all for me for now are up thank you so much that wraps up the news out i'll be back in a moment with a full blessing for you 2200 g.m.t. around up the top stories coming up very shortly including calls for the latest with iran's main nuclear facility and tons more on that in just a couple minutes. xenophobe

a violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. generation identity was at one time a foster's growing far right organization on the continent now watch the investigation that led to the french government banning the group. generation hate . to have a special 2 part investigation on a. capturing

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flags you can see but not look much they were around $50.00 a gram. a black out of iran's main uranium enrichment facility the government calls it an accident but now says the cause was an active nuclear terrorism. allow i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program a mounting of crisis in india as it records the highest single day coronavirus deaths in 5 months on the government denies vaccine supplies have been running.