truth about how the climate debate has been systematically subverted the oil industry was bankroller or opposition to campaign against the climate do you think that's a bad thing more shoot it was true if you could see absolutely. 0. 0 . hello there i missed this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes rochelle so a considerable military buildup put is unjustified unexplained. concerning nato warns russia to stay out of ukrainian territory as it amasses tens of thousands of troops on its border. japan says it will release more than

a 1000000 tons of water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean prompting anger in the region. protests in minnesota over the police shooting of a black man the department says the officer mistook a gun for a taser. and the german chancellor seizes power from local governments in a bid to rein in the west wing coronavirus pandemic. i'm johnny gosch also with sports realm great captain sergio ramos has tested positive for 19 and so has the tennis world number 2 dental medvedev who's now withdrawn from the moment to call a masters. now nato has called on russia to withdraw its forces from ukrainian territory and to stop what they're calling provocations ukraine's foreign minister. is in belgium

right now meeting with nato officials over russia's increased military activity as its borders there's growing concern that the kremlin is moving towards a war with ukraine kiev says russia has sent thousands of troops to the northern and eastern borders and annexed crimea russia must end this military buildup in and around ukraine stop its provocations on the escalate immediately we do not and will not recognize russia's illegal illegitimate an accession of crimea. we continue to call on or should to end its support for the militants in eastern ukraine and withdraw its forces from ukrainian territory while the kremlin has denied moving towards conflict a despite reports that it is building up its military presence near ukraine now kiev says russia has amassed thousands of military personnel and equipment on its northern and eastern borders and separatist held areas in donbass as you can see

there now the ukrainian government says it's also happening along the border of the crimean peninsula which russia annexed 7 years ago now well let's speak to tasha butler she is in paris and she joins us live natascha just what else has been starting back had to say today. well there were strong words from stoltenberg you heard some of them they're calling this build up of russian troops ukraine's eastern border in the crimean peninsula calling them unjustified unexplained and deeply concerning he called on moscow to stop the buildup of troops he said there was the greatest number of troops in that region than there had been since 2014 when russia carried out is illegal and explosion of crimea he said the russian must explain what it's doing but work on deescalation we

also heard from the ukrainian foreign minister the 2 men were meeting together to discuss the growing tensions in the region the ukrainian foreign minister said that as far as kiev was concerned what it was seeing was a threat of war by moscow he called on nato and its allies to not just stand by but to act he said let's let's not make the mistakes of the past and what he was alluding to was that illegal an extension of crimea that russia carried out in 2014 if you like under the noses of nato and its allies the ukrainian foreign minister said that if things are to escalate further it will not be a surprise to anyone it cannot be a surprise to anyone and that is why he said it was so important the nato stand by ukraine natasha but across all of that for us from paris thank you so much natasha . well let's remind you of just how we got here to the situation in ukraine in

february 24th teen the so-called my done revolution so the president and the russian ally viktor yanukovych deposed and the opposition winning power in the next month russian forces and next crimea from ukraine prompting western sanctions then in april 24th team pro russian separatists seized parts of eastern donbass marking the start of the internal military conflict in ukraine several cease fires were brokered and then broken in the following years then in 2019 was elected ukrainian president he and russian president hu's in agreed on a cease fire and an exchange of prisoners but the latest ceasefire between ukraine and separatists is failing with both sides making accusations of provocations well let's now speak to fabrice portsea he's a former director of policy planning at nato and he joins us now from santander in spain 3 center there's been lots of talk here about the potential of war but i want to start with what's actually happening on the ground by some reports there are

something like 14000 russian troops who have very recently joined these tens of thousands more on those border areas should we be concerned. yes indeed because what we're seeing is a repeat of what you mentioned earlier the 2014 scenario where before russia annexing illegally crimea and then moving or so into eastern ukraine you saw a major build up of russian military forces on the russian ukraine border what we called the western military district and us enough now and actually some experts are even saying the bigger piece even greater than what we saw in 2014 so clearly putin is on to sending a very strong message and a question whether there will be a response from both not only you have but also the west or for various the timing of this is really interesting persons obviously on the increasing pressure at home all that with no value their elections in september and i see president the lansky

appears to be getting tough on russia so how much of this is being driven by domestic rather than international considerations potentially i would i would think this is a mix but you are right to sit out there sees before put possibly domestic driven full committee who needs to kind of regain the upper hand on basically a more fragile domestic position he's in since the constitutional reform and enough only sick caresses but he's also internationally driven in the sense that i think what we have seen over the last few months is a breakdown of the u.s. russia and relation seems that by the administration to. power and i think putin is basically trying to that and he's testing the by going to be sufficient to see how far are they willing to go on trial for are they really are and on russia well if this is or then increasing the threat of conflict and of

conflict does kick off how likely is it that nato stays out of it that. i think you said that there's going to be conflict is a bit speculatory at the stage and i think clearly putin is trying to exert pressure on zelinsky to possibly have to be pressured by dan mostly to germans and the french to make some concessions on the means agreement negotiations so i think to talk about a conflict is a bit premature benefit to small to ease the west especially the us together with the europeans willing to send this clear signal to dissuade to russia to president putin that to cost of further escalation would be very high and that's i think the key we are playing now you mentioned the west that i notice that ukraine and tekel also have a very tight relationship and president is the landscape is just over there on the weekend is this potentially another space for rivalry then between moscow and ankara. well and if you also look turkey and russia who really close relationship

on both energy and military matters so so i think i think fault for ankara this is obviously going to be of a mixed situation where on one hand and garrulous on want i will sit crises in the black sea and north of the black sea on the other hand and current president out there on this defrocked pretty pretty extensive place of soup with president putin so it's going to put a turkey at odds with where possibly the u.s. and other european allies would want to go and i think this is something to watch very interesting weeks ahead for bass put there there the former director of policy planning at nato great to get your insights here on out of there thanks for being with us. and if you. now moving on and iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will strengthen its position during talks to revive the nuclear deal jobs or if made those comments while meeting the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is right now visiting terror on

a day before negotiations resume in vienna between the parties of that 2015 agreement now iran is blaming israel for what it's calling an act of sabotage at its nuclear plant in the tons said bag is in the iranian capital tehran for us now both foreign ministers seemed fairly upbeat about these uganda talks very contrary to the mood amongst the europeans what if they've both been saying. well yes those talks in vienna are set to resume although not direct talks between iran in the united states no firm direction foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that they believe in the knesset city of preserving that 2 $1015.00 nuclear deal and russia rejects any attempts to delay obstruct it also said that russia condemns any attempts to undermine those talks and said that all parties need to implement its obligations to preserve that deal now russia and iran are on the same page when it comes to that 2015 uclear deal both have called for those sanctions u.s.

sanctions to be lifted but as those negotiators are set to return to vienna the context here in iran is that there is a presidential election approaching in june and president hasn't rouhani and his government will come to an end later this year but there's also the i did pressure of the internal politics of iran the opposition here many of whom have never been for the deal never wanted me to go she a sions and now following this incident at the nuclear facility are calling for negotiations to be called off farm and to develop this warning for the united states. we talk in vienna to restore the rights of our people in sanctions but these talks have a limited time europeans and americans time to return to their commitments. is very limited and if they lose the support unity it will face and favorable conditions. of the suggestion from zarif said in a tense attack will actually strengthen iran's position in the talks and given the

amount of time it will actually take them to fix the damage well it actually. well it's difficult to tell but we have been hearing a bit more detail about that damage and the incident that took place now this morning the government spokesperson said that the sabotage as he called it took place within a tunnel where cabling was leading to centrifuges so he said that the attack took place from within the facility and it was an outside attack and now one of the lawmakers has said that several 1000 centrifuges have been destroyed and iran is saying that those centrifuges are the older less efficient one centrifuges and they will be replaced by more advanced one something that foreign minister divides the reef has echoed in fact he promised that iran would improve its centrifuges and said that the israeli attack as he called it has given iran a free hand to expand its nuclear activities than the 10s facility so in that sense it may give iran a stronger hand if they begin to expand the. activities but he also said that the

united states needs to change its mindset if we think it can win concessions from iran through sanctions or getting israel to act against iran now that is the view here in the iran that yes they are blaming israel for the attack but they also believe that the united states has some role to play and that will make those discussions and those negotiations in vienna a little bit more difficult than they already are as a bank there with all the latest for us from tehran thank you so much as. well there still plenty more ahead here this news hour including. he was like a person. everybody in the world the road. george lloyd's brother testifies and the derek shaven matter try. to report from malaysia as muslims around the wilds began observing the holy month of ramadan again under coronavirus restrictions. and in sports we build up to a huge nies a football and the european champions made. now

the u.n. human rights chief fears that the situation in myanmar will turn into a full blown conflict much like the one in syria michelle back in for a stronger action against me and me saying he's targeted sanctions and not enough protests against federer his crew have grown across the country despite a minute trip crackdown more than $3000.00 people have now been arrested in several cities and more than $600.00 people have been killed since the coup. now japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tonnes of contaminated water into the sea from its rwanda fukushima nuclear plant has been met with criticism by both china and south korea beijing says it's extremely irresponsible while south korea has promised to take the necessary steps to ensure the health of its citizens robert brought reports now from seoul. for years this has been the only solution to the increasing volumes of

contaminated water build ever more tanks at the plant site to store it. crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 water has been used to cool the damaged reactors becoming radioactive and now totaling one and a quarter 1000000 tonnes the japanese government says it wants treated it's safe enough to be released. you know danny. we will attain a level of safety far above the regulation standards and the government will take exhaustive measures against harmful rumors we have judged that release into the ocean is a realistic option and decided it is the policy to follow. supporters of the plan say this kind of water release is common practice in the nuclear industry and that there's only a minimal risk to health but it's parenthood businesses in fukushima like tourism and fishing that have taken years to rebuild and opposition to it extends to

japan's neighbors in south korea protesters gathered outside the japanese embassy with some claiming it's an act of nuclear terrorism fears about the impact on industries like fisheries with the government calling the move totally unacceptable . the decision poses a threat to the safety and marine environment of neighboring countries it is a unilateral action taken without you consultation. there's also been condemnation from china which is called the decision extremely irresponsible and it comes as japan is about to mark a $100.00 day countdown to its summer olympics delayed by the pandemic already mired in controversy the issue of fukushima's contaminated water has cast a further shadow over the event tokyo will hope the decision to release the water will be one less problem to overcome but the political and diplomatic fallout from

it might make that wishful thinking rob mcbride al jazeera so let's now take a closer look at that water used in the clean up that for kashima more than a foul isn't metal tanks containing nearly 1250000 tons of radioactive coating water at a store that's equivalent to around $500.00 and in fact sized swimming pools the tokyo electric power company that operates the plant says there was a contains tricep and naturally occurring isotope of hydrogen as well as traces of carbon 14 a radioactive material and $2800.00 the fam also said 70 percent of the water contains a radioactive substance known a strong t.m.i. . that can cause cancer well let's bring in shaun burnie he's a senior nuclear specialist with greenpeace east asia and he joins us now from castle douglas in the united kingdom sean i see that before they pump it up saying that the water will be significantly diluted to well within guidelines the

concentration of tries him for instance will be one 7th of what's allowed and i see the eye has also back to this plan so what are you actual concerns in terms of impact. whenever he could is free says everything is ok he will be within city limits we always have to question their accuracy and their reliability. of waste that is in these times it's because of direct threat to any environment that it's released into and the decision of the japanese government to d. to move forward with plans to discharge were 1000000 tonnes is wholly unacceptable just to give you an example if you were to take one liter of this nuclear waste water after its process and you were to move on a ship into international waters into the pacific or any other option it would be illegal under international law the so-called london convention to dump that we've just that's the risk that we're talking about your japanese government has said.

that there is no risk from radioactive tritium there is ignoring the science of tritium of the fact that it becomes incorporated so-called organically birand into human cells into planning skills into animal cells so it's absolutely to be expected that the new constrain the i.a.e.a. which supports that you can history will claim that there's no risk that's exactly the opposite as shown by my understanding a lot of the concern we're hearing from fishermen is about reputational risk as well that people won't have the confidence to buy their fish and you say that the scientists who are saying the health impact will be minuscule on not necessarily being completely transparent what kind of an impact should people be worried about in tens of of their food. well it depends on the type of curricular activity and there's so many different clients not just trivia in the water the rules to produce strontium 90 which clicks and boots of fish and humans increasing the risk of blood

cancer leukemia. 3 directive material behaves differently as it enters the environment so some accumulate so by you who leads at a faster rate we do actually treating them as if the hydrogen molecule disperse is widely but also a fraction of that material becomes what's called the police fire and into that cell structures causing protection all d.n.a. done so it's not just reputational damage which is the language used by the japanese government but actual physical damage to marine life. this point where the world's oceans are already under such threat from the extreme climate change from toss it pollution from plastic waste is it really acceptable for the japanese government to decide to dump for decades millions of tons of nuclear waste though it's not also they're running out of storage for theft potentially as any as next to what is now a proposal that has greenpeace to test all of this mission. but we chose to kill it

through the orders of the plot in $21930.00 clear if you've ever visited for khushi market there's an enormous lack of space both on the site and in his surrounding area which is still a nuclear disaster so typical finally admits that there was 3rd species on the site and the japanese government's flawed advisors last year concluded it could store in the area around the plant so the 2022 deadline is just making we've proposed that long term storage in room boss tanks combined with the banks to be able to look g.e. . for the process and to minimize it's the rule of congress is the only way forward and the reality is that this is an early stage of this disaster jemmy's government likes to pretend that within 30 years or so a lot of these problems will be resolved the new could temptation for consumers was that intergenerational problem or could still be talking about this issue in a 100 years so yes there's no real deadline for the removal of that we've 'd bought

our we have to go with the option that reduces the environment a couple of health risks which means long term storage and not dumping in the marine environment and just very briefly this is obviously not making neighboring companies that can bring countries i'm sorry very happy either and i'm really curious about the timing of this causing a diplomatic incident and a lot of bad press in the lead up to the end then thanks why announce this now. well it was a question as to whether the real goods will actually still take place but leaving that aside with ministration he's only been in power less than 6 months they will be having elections in japan probably in the summer also and it's not clear whether predecessor who will continue to be prime minister so i think he made that judgment that actually better get this out of the way as soon as possible. take some damage very bad media coverage public opposition and sometime it please or this year or

maybe a new prime minister who can prove his problem buying the problem is the fukushima disaster is still ongoing and no matter which administration over the coming years a book coming decades is going to have to deal with its sean benny that from greenpeace east asia great to get your thoughts with us and out of there thanks for being with us sean or. now moving on and a vigil has been held in minnesota for a black man shot by a place officer on sunday during a traffic stop hundreds of people have been arrested for protesting there during a curfew police fired tear gas and rubber bullets again and a state of emergency has now been declared in the area so our heart has the latest on. these people have gathered in solidarity under raise black power fist for them it's symbolic of the struggle against racism and discrimination they say black people face daily in the united states the vigil is being held for dante right to 20 year old african-american shots and killed by a police officer during

a routine traffic stop on sunday his brother rejects suggestions by the police the officer involved appeared to intend to fire a taser not gun i can never understand that fear of people who want to live in one i would never understand my brother in law says why because they were perhaps like you have no good for me right now is your complete lack of the right spend his last moments with his girlfriend sitting next to him in the car his mother was talking to him on the phone about what to say to the police when he was shot in the chest the officer involved has served in the force for 26 years brooklyn center police chief says the incident was a tragic error is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with a single bullet. this appears to me from what i viewed in the officers reaction in distress immediately after that this was an accidental discharge there resulted in

the tragic death of mr wright. for a 2nd night though more confrontations between protesters and police who just killed our play by the way when i was curious about my god oh yeah don't get me wrong. i'm good by repeated instances of police brutality and racial profiling in the u.s. hundreds of protesters defy to cuff you that started on monday and have continued to protest despite police using tear gas against them the unrest comes as the trial of former policeman derek shows it is being held a few kilometers away he's facing charges of murder if the killing of george floyd last year. some protests turned violent overnight with several businesses knutson damaged president joe biden has called for peace and calm question is was it actually. intentional every man is to be determined. by what i see. but in the meantime i want to make it clear again there is absolutely no

justification. for looting the 1st black mayor of brooklyn center has expressed his shall we are in pain right now and we recognize that this cannot happen at a worse time we recognize that this is happening at a time when our community when all of america indeed all of the the world is watching many are expecting more unrest in the minneapolis suburb and the states of emergency has been declared. so to hide it. all still ahead here on al-jazeera a fairly coronavirus wave in thailand puts a damper on its new year holiday and plans to reopen for tourists. a volcano on the caribbean island of st vincent explodes and its biggest eruption yet. and may just both teams in minnesota call off their games after the fatal police shooting of

a black man dante writes. all the recent early spring warmth is being squeezed out of europe but it's still there in western russia and the reason really is because the years will be coming in from the north behind this cold fronts or most places the western single figures as hard tempted by a day a few places the east to the teens are going here for example but moscow is it 22 so we're pushing the cold in this direction we're doing that with this from the drops known fact the snow that's going to fall on wednesday in poland and slovakia for example right here is probably going to retrogress and come back towards west and probably even germany come thursday this area is turning or staying cold if you like the cold extends down to least northern greece southern greece looks quite

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hello again i'm mr let's remind you of our top stories this hour nato has called on russia to withdraw its forces from ukrainian territory and to stop what they've called provocations ukraine's foreign minister says and belgian meeting with nato officials over russia's increased military activity at its border is. iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will strengthen its position during wednesday's talks in vienna to revive the nuclear deal the reef made those comments while meeting his russian counterpart. police in minnesota have made a multiple arrests as protesters angry over the shooting of a black man that defied a calf you dante right was shot by a police officer in a minneapolis suburb sunday. oh mr rice was shot just 20 kilometers from where george floyd was killed almost a year ago now the trial of the former minneapolis police officer who was accused

of his mother is now in its 3rd week for his brother has now testified in court he described freud as a family man who loved his siblings and had a one of a kind relationship with his mother john hendren reports now from minneapolis. the witness for the prosecution testified to the life lost when george floyd drew his last breath i didn't really need the police officers need. people with. just because he was nowhere to go all the hear. he was like a person. everybody to the road. he is no. to make people feel. a unique spark of life doctrine in minnesota allows prosecutors to humanize crime victims like george floyd as his brother phil a nice did as the prosecution showed pictures of his slain brother prosecutors began day 11 in the murder trial of former police officer derrick show with

a cardiologist who laid the blame for george floyd's death directly on show vun saying his niece starved floyd of oxygen and stopped his heart in this case mr george george floyd died from a cardio pulmonary arrest. it was caused by. an. induced by the prone restraint and positional asphyxiation that he was subjected to dr jonathan rich ruled out the defense's alternative theory an overdose of the fentanyl and methamphetamine an autopsy found in floyd's system if not for the officers holding him down he said floyd would have survived the encounter after the shooting of another on armed black man just 16 kilometers from the site of the trial in brooklyn center minnesota lawyer asked the judge to sequester or isolate the jury. the fear is that they'd be unduly prejudiced or might be inclined to

convict to avoid more civil unrest but the judge said no i'm going to deny the motion his request for the jury and for additional blood here this is a totally different case after 2 weeks of prosecution witnesses the defense. short one. day and when that happens. until they render a verdict. as they deliberate prosecutors hope they'll reflect on the man show is accused of killing piece showed us like how to treat our mommy and how to respect he he just he loved her so dearly when we went to the funeral. it is joyous. casket all but over here he would just say my. mom was over there would be. here with her it's not likely to be lost on the jury that those are also women floyd's last words as he

lay on the pavement. evidence the prosecution is likely to suggest in its closing arguments that george floyd wasn't suffering from a heart attack or a drug overdose but knew that he was taking his last breaths as his life was being choked out of him john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis well the german government has approved controversial legal changes that will centralize more palette in belen so it can impose tougher coronavirus restrictions now if that changes then approved by parliament the government will be able to introduce caffe use in close schools and businesses germany is now battling a fad a wave of credit 19 well stephanie deca is in berlin for us and following this stuff a bold move here from. yes the german chancellor is actually speaking now a bold move that's been bored out of incredible frustration she's been calling for stricter lockdowns for weeks she tried to implement it over easter and then had to

make a u. turn and apologize very rare move that she made apologized to the german public saying it wasn't because it was unnecessary but it was because it dented up confusing people because it was done in such a last minute this is a frustration that basically the 16 states that germany is divided into have autonomy really when it comes to their health care system have all been in playing lockdown rules in a happy hazard way and of course as you mentioned this is a country currently in a 3rd wave of the pandemic we were just talking to a medical expert an hour ago or so and he's saying that basically the vaccination campaign cannot keep up with the spread of what is mostly the british variant of the virus that is spreading and is more aggressive than that's happening now in germany hence a strict lockdown is needed so this will now give the central government the power as you said there to impose curfews the closure of schools occlusions essential businesses etc but again as you mention it still needs to pass in parliament and

that is going to need a 2 thirds majority there is still some negotiations probably going to happen have to happen there because not everyone is in agreement to give the central government this kind of power so we're going to have to wait and see but people do expect perhaps a vote on that within this week to he'll be following that for us from berlin thanks so much to. india has again reports of the once highest daily tally of new cover 1000 infections and confirmed more than 161000 new cases on tuesday and 879 deaths but the actual number is expected to be even higher because test results were delayed of the weekend as a product has more now from new delhi. unfortunately we are seeing the kinds of pictures that we did last year during the peak of the 1st wave of the coronavirus most recently we have seen pictures of bodies outside the biggest government run hospital in the city an ipod and dr who's chief medical officer said this is

because they don't have enough freezes to keep the bodies and that more bodies at cravath tory and in the city than can be cremated that hospital's intensive care units and oxygen equipped beds have been almost full capacity over the past week i put it in the state of chuck the school which is one of the worst affected at the moment it also has a disproportionately high death rate which is why the central government and to medical teams to chop the school to find out why the situation is so bad there why more people seem to be dying there and those teams reported back and said that there are a number of issues there is a lack of hospital beds in many districts there's a shortage of ambulances in one district that the number of ati p.c.i. tests are going down that containment measures on to being. being. imposed properly as that there is resistance to other containment measures

including attacks on health care workers boss these issues and are not unique to that stage most of these issues are and we have reports of a shortage of medical facilities of equipment in a number of places most notably in the worst affected states where medical teams which was sent there also said that there was an act of oxygen supply and even malfunctioning ventilation is. now thailand is facing what appears to be its west outbreak of $1000.00 so far it's a blow for the tourism dependent nation which was looking to reopen and to celebrate its new year holiday it's called haida reports now from the capital bangkok. this is what streets across thailand should look like this week here locals and tourists in bangkok's backpacking hub of coast sun wrote out in mass celebrating the thai songkran new year with parties and water pipes but on how sun wrote this year and nationwide the party has been cancelled

a recent spike in covert cases thought to have started at night life spots in bangkok has raced across the country thailand has been viewed as a covert success story with low infection rates but now a 3rd wave is here throwing cold water on the hopes of many in the tourist and hospitality industry just as it was positioning for a rebound. b. has run her hair braiding shop a long road for so long she doesn't even remember when she started as she relies on backpacking tourists she might have to close for good yeah. this is a very tiring time after the 1st outbreak i still had some savings left after the 2nd outbreak things got a little bit better but the latest wave is looking like the worst i don't know what to do despite the dim outlook some are still setting up for songkran but without the celebrations what's deeply concerning to health officials about this new wave is that some of the cases have the highly transmissible u.k. variants and this week has seen the largest daily infection rates of the pandemic

and bad new patients from the 3rd wave a mainly from bangkok's middle class but the capability to move around hopkinson is the quarantine and isolation of new patients hospitals are running out of space when the 1st clusters were discovered the need for testing was so great many private hospitals ran out of covert testing supplies prime minister announced that there would not be a national lockdown but each province could decide entry restrictions his government directly hit by the new wave at least 5 cabinet members are now in quarantine including the minister of health. only about 500000 doses of covert vaccines have been given to the population of 69000000 people some of the opposition see the lagging vaccination program as one of multiple failings by the administration. that they really underestimated the severe t. of the crisis and failed on saucing while vaccine options did not continue but

college readiness said at the beginning of the pen demick they were not ready to immediately respond to dissuade wishing that next year songkran will again look like it's supposed to most thais will be closely watching the infection rates over the next 2 weeks hoping there won't be a spike after everyone returns to work after the holiday raising the possibility of a happier new year scott hodler al-jazeera bangkok. 2 protesters and a police officer have been killed in pakistan demonstrators there have been calling for the french ambassador to be expelled because of depictions published in france which they say are blasphemous supporters of a right wing politicians he fought with police after he was arrested on monday there are reports protesters have also set up roadblocks in several cities come all high is enrolled pindi where security forces are bracing for further demonstrations . foghat son is bracing for more protests after the arrest of the

leader of the daily galabank progress on saddam hussein ridgway who had an ounce daddy would lead a long march on islamabad where demanded the french ambassador should be expelled now their security forces across the country are already on a heightened state of alert there or did you see behind me is the main arterial connection to the city of rawalpindi which is the grain fed day of islamabad the capital because tensions are running high that security forces are in place we have heard reports of key highways being blocked in different parts of the country now that they're eager love back pockets on had been saying that the government had promised that they would take up the issue of the expulsion of the french ambassador i'll study reappearance of the cartoons depicting the prophet of islam saying that this was unacceptable that jim bakker to had to go to the government

had given an undertaking to the daily goal of backlog or standard they would bring this issue before parliament on the 20th of april however sodje did we announced that the people should be ready for the long march on islam a bad day or fall prompting the government to our next game and what does government calls a preemptive move but they said they're very organized organizations that support stirred up fog and create trouble for their government abroad or to have already led to gridlock across the country where traffic jams being reported from across the country and also connections between the provinces disrupted there's also includes the really links which have been blocked at several key locations that triggered the forces have been able to clear some of those protesters to open the roads but this is all happening at the time when the country is already confronting it turd wave of that. i don't know why it is leading to oxygen supply issued by the

british they wrote in our barge i'm very relieved of their leader and all that happening i've gone began the holy month of ramadan. the united nations special envoy for yemen is the rival parties involved in the war to find a diplomatic solution martin griffiths describes children who become victims of a 6 year conflict as a lost generation more than 6000000 yemenis desperately need food with about 50000 close to starvation griffith's comments come before un security council members begin talks aimed at ending the war. the war in yemen has lasted over 6 years. in these 6 years yemenis have increasingly and appallingly lacked access to food and medicine more than 6 years with no basic services with a restriction of movement in or around an out of the country and over 6 years of the children of yemen being deprived of schooling and being deprived of their

future generation has been lost. more hot ash and rocks of rain down on the caribbean island us and vincent after a 2nd volcanic eruption there in less than a week the explosion of last year is believed to be one of the largest in more than a century around 16000 people been forced to leave areas that are close by but all there are to say they're concerned about residents who refuse to. call them harry is a program manager at n.b.c. radio he says the islands are already in desperate need of a. because i want to distribution system depends on on as mentioned a surface water which is highly contaminated many want to collection systems in the up a watershed below the flanks of the volcano and in close proximity to be affected by ash drinking want to is very much hard to come by their persons who have been to the stores that were opened up through the open today searching for bottled water.

has been a limited supply and pledges from all regional neighbors to get bottled water to us but we don't yet but it's a matter of us having a drink and want to particularly and fresh available want to put particularly those in the shelters and those who remain in their homes across the different zones the concern is that the the explosive eruption will continue and they advised that this may go on for days and go on for weeks beyond that and there may be very large explosions from time to time throwing even more. and the ever present threat of the city current is one of the major concerns from the limited reports we've had and those ones because it's really dangerous to be that this time we've heard of stories of pretty much been stripped to bare of leaves and all of. the things that you would normally see on a farm the structures have all been destroyed a very close to the volcano and this information is limited and it's not going to

be a pretty picture when we when we get a few things. the

the all. welcome back while muslims in southeast asia are observing the 1st day of ramadan in indonesia and malaysia it's expected to be a little more lively compared to last year's somber affair both countries have eased some coronavirus restrictions to allow present mosques as well as opening

markets from 3 reports now from kuala lumpur. i you appear to is preparing the predawn meal by family as muslims in indonesia observe the 1st day of ramadan. the mother of 2 contracted cope at 19. but hospitals in jakarta were full and she ended up self isolating in a hotel for 2 weeks until she recovered i asked how at this and i was wary wary but i spoke to my children and my extended family every day in the encouraged me to fight on so despite the pain i was in i continue to be positive and hope for the best i'm very grateful that i'm healthy and able to observe ramadan with my family . indonesia has the highest number of covert $1000.00 cases in southeast asia but the country is conducting a major vaccination drive and has begun easing some restrictions including allowing special prayers in some mosques subject to physical distancing requirements in

neighboring malaysia some restrictions have also been lifted last year's ramadan was a much quieter occasion the government had cancelled bazaars because of the pandemic and vendors went online this year the markets are back in most states but with a strict protocols. everyone has to provide details for contact tracing that temperature checks face masks are a must after missing out on one of the busiest months last year when does a hoping for a better ramadan this time. thank god this year i can open my store there will always be time for my family our home i stole from 2 to 7 pm but if we have time to eat break fast and pray together. the bazaars are popular with muslims and non muslims mixed feelings to be honest are on one heart so i feel quite happy because you know it's time for about 3 support local businesses. they got me food but on the other hand i'm also a bit more births because you know where the out of the woods yet greer are i

really love them. but there are a lot of work to make so i'm glad the stores are open this year the government has warned that the bazaars may be shut down if operating guidelines are not complied with a reminder that even as families gather to mark ramadan the pandemic is not yet over florence italy al-jazeera. well it's now time for sport and joe the pandemic is not over in sport either it just keeps coming back next hour yes let's start with 2 high profile sportsman have tested positive for 19 footballers sergio ramos and tennis star daniel medvedev romas read from have confirmed that captain ramos is now isolating in compliance with spanish health guidelines that offender is also captain of the spanish national team is currently injured and i've already been ruled out of rails champions league quarter final 2nd leg away to liverpool on wednesday and in monaco the tennis world number 2 daniel medvedev tested positive at the monte carlo masters the russian is now withdrawn from the tournament and

like ramos is now in isolation he's being monitored by the tournament and a.t.p. medical teams. games in major league baseball basketball and ice hockey were postponed in minnesota on monday following the fatal police shooting an unarmed black man dante writes just a few minutes before the 1st pitch between the minnesota twins and the boston red sox the players came off the field and the game was called off the minnesota timberwolves n.b.a. team and the n.h.l. side the minnesota wild also called off their games out of respect for the community. well there have been protests in minnesota dante wright was killed during a traffic stop on sunday in brooklyn center the police say the officer intended to deploy a taser but accidently fired a gun it comes as former police officer shaven stands trial in the same state for the murder of another black man george floyd i think all of us. all of us

especially our sin and minnesota right now or are tired in a lot of ways of of having these types of conversations and. there's a huge disappointment and sadness when you have to wake up to say thanks george floyd's death last year prompted n.b.a. basketball teams to speak out against racism philadelphia's coach doc rivers says this latest incident should be frustrating for all americans. you know this cancer courtrooms but. you know we're counseling blood loss and i think for me. as a little you know more important are in my opinion and we just just. are make mistakes ongoing but we will try. to force them to we might feel. it is a dead is. it is. friends are

really. in this league moving on this is nothing's happened. it's the action on the court now and it was a record breaking night for steph curry he became the all time leading scorer in golden state warriors history and he did it in style with the 9th of 50 point game of his career as they beat the denver nuggets curry got 53 altogether and that took him 217818 overall supposing the previous franchise record belonging to wilt chamberlain's. the l.a. lakers again will without their top stars le bron james the matheny davis but although they managed to beat the brooklyn nets 2 nights before it was a different story against the new york knicks julius randle scored 34 points against his former team the next winning this one by 15 for their 3rd straight win . to the western conference leaders utah jazz was shocked by the way the washington wizards russell westbrook with his 23rd triple double of the season to help his

team win by 4 that ends utah's 24 game winning streak at home or there were no issues for the philadelphia 76 ers though joe and beats scored 36 points as they beat the dallas mavericks by 18 the victory moves the sixers back above the brooklyn nets and to the top of the eastern conference the u.s. women's national team have been given the green light to resume their legal fight with u.s. soccer over equal pay on monday a judge approved a partial settlement in the long running dispute of unequal working fissions like team flights hotels and much venues $28.00 members of the world cup winning squad who filed a lawsuit can now go forward with their claim for equal pay but the president of u.s. soccer federation says there's still hurdles the 2 sides need to overcome we have offered the women and the exact same. compensation for all matches that u.s. soccer controls the challenges this doesn't include 3rd party prize money like

people world cup prize money are counted prize money. and the women have said that they would not sit down and negotiate with us soccer and last us and was willing to make the difference in the 3rd party prize money which is a ball of the 66000000 which they are seeking in the litigation. so while i agree the prize money gap should be a women it is or at least reduce is not a thing that u.s. soccer controls. well we're building up to a big night of football in the european champions league paris such a man take a 32 advantage into their quarter final 2nd leg against the defending champions by in munich p.s.g. have 3 away goals and home advantage but they've lost the last 3 league games in paris by and have gone a record 17 games unbeaten away from home in the champions league group. though i'm not upset that by and i considered the favorites the favorites have to

be the current holders by and when the champions league the club world cup 6 trophies all together in the last year so we must respect that you know vomiting couldn't cope we need to be calm but at the same time play attacking football and put them under pressure they have issues at the back if we create as many chances as we did in munich then we'll be able to turn it around. and she stays on the game chelsea will look to protect that to no lead to porto just like the 1st leg this game is being played in spain because a coded 1900 travel restrictions between portugal and the u.k. chelsea are unbeaten 9 champions league games and aiming to get to the semifinals for the 1st time since 2014 i am here to win titles i'm here to win games and as a result to win titles this is what i demand of myself so why should we now say anything different that we want to win in 5 years and 2 years and 3 years i don't know what that's then. and now is the time. all right that is all yes but for now i

have this thanks so much joe well that is it for this news outlet i go away nor i'll be hair in a moment with more of the day's news and i'll see you after that. to castres obliged to do his reading communist party since the 1959 revolution has power is 100 over to the gold yes kind of old we look at the situation in the country today this is the end of the movie but continuation of the legacy or the beginning of real change in cuba special coverage has rolled castro steps down. from the al-jazeera london broke out to people in thoughtful conversation people

use the lowest get agreement they describe the outsider with no host and no limitation the difference between a migrant and refugee is purely a choice when you are refugee you are forced to speak of asma khan back at what has happened a lot in the west is that culture and food are separated studio b. unscripted and. busy lights made you look like a city from the sky but there fishing vessels just outside of argentina's exclusive economic zone the united states launched operation southern cross to combat illegal and regulated fishing in the southern atlantic argentina's coast guard say their main task is to control their movements so they do not cross into arjen time territory from this 4 margin time forwards can money for what's happening in its economic you know so. zones but what authorities here are saying is that what's

important is talk regulate what's happening in international waters. there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media screwed up also on al-jazeera government shut off access to social media. rochelle so a considerable military buildup is unjustified. explains the plea concerning. nato was russia to stay out of ukrainian territory and says a massive tens of thousands of troops on its border. below them are a call this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up.