already this is legal research talk about just good hardworking people that want to live the american dream like our ancestors these are huge refugees are terrified that they may be forced to return to being more. birds and possibly as close to victory in parliamentary elections for a campaign that focused on an economy hit by the past damage. either came from al this is al jazeera lloyd from doha also coming up the u.s. warns moscow of consequences of kremlin critic alexina valmy dies in prison he's on his 3rd week of a hunger strike. and alarming rise in the number of babies dying from covert brazil

and in india more children as shown suggest symptoms compared to last year. 12 of europe's biggest football clubs announce a new super league competition to rival the away from its champions league. wake to head back warning of legal action. the ruling party is declare victory in palma transactions prime minister who says korea is silva ran a campaign promising to turn around the economy which has been devastated by the pandemic the opposition has conceded defeat nicolas hogg has more from the capital prior. moments ago. just waved outside his apartment here to a crowd of spectators here we are still waiting for him to actually make

a proper statement but moments ago the opposition leader. conceded defeat also saying that she respects the will of the camp virginia people as well as saying that she'll resign as the party head of the. party for african independence cafferty historic party here so clearly the man in charge for the next 5 years is the prime minister who really campaigned with the slogan no come you know it's a good meeting that here is the sure path for this country a country has suffered greatly both in the last year from the pandemic and the economic. consequences of the pandemic for this country that relies on tourism something to remember during this election i thought was quite interesting unlike other west african country when there is an election usually the opposition isn't

as quick to concede defeat well in this instance just hours after the vote was counted the opposition conceded defeat. a monitoring group in me an ma says the torture and murder of pro-democracy activists will continue if the international community doesn't the assistance association for political prisoners made the plea to local t.v. broadcast images of detainees bearing signs of quote harrowing abuse comes supporters of a newly formed pro-democracy government valley way a national unity government says it should be included in crisis talks with neighboring countries it's criticised a move to invite the military's leader to a special someone in jakarta on saturday. tony chang joins us now live from bangkok in neighboring thailand tony what more can you tell us about these images that state t.v. has broadcast of people in detention. 6

you 4 men 2 women who are from the young chin area of yang gone they appear to have been detained on sunday the images were broadcast on the nightly bullets in of 8 pm local time and they showed images of these people before their arrest and images of them afterwards and there is a very clear change. all of them show signs of being beaten quite severely one of the women kin who has a large swelling on her jaw a black eye they all look very downcast the announce but announcement said that they had been involved in a bombing. on saturday at 2 pm outside the yankin government office in which 3 government soldiers had been injured didn't provide any more information

than that we've seen the military turn to accusing people quite spirits of the crimes we've also seen them using this technique in the since the military coup showing people in detention presumably as a deterrent for for those who are still going out protesting and over the weekend once again we saw crowds in all the major urban centers going out to show disagreement with the with the military coup their disapproval of the military jointer but that doesn't seem to be stopping the military jones we understand according to the p.p. now 3229 people are in detention in conditions that we understand are very poor. and the rising death toll which is now $737.00 since the coup on the 1st of february meanwhile tony the military's leader has been invited to the r.c. on summit but not anyone from the national unity government which has just been

formed for most people who oppose the coup how is that likely to play out. well there's a broad disapproval within myanmar they feel that this is going to offer legitimacy to the military particularly to gentlemen on line the leader of the. they would like to see local governments within the region to be speaking to the national unity government i suppose in the sense that presents a problem many of the members of the national unity government are in detention or in hiding under arrest in some cases so it would be very difficult to open a dialogue with them but i think people feel that particularly in the case of a country like thailand for example that announced that men on ly would be attending the meeting in jakarta on saturday they feel they have

a very cozy relationship with the joint to the generals here know the generals are there and i think they're very concerned that if minong ly is accepted into the fold that this leaders meeting it will make it much easier for the military than to impose control over myanmar and to legitimize their military coup all right thank you for that tony chang there cost about meant to me and mark from bangkok russia has expelled $20.00 diplomats from the czech republic it's a reaction to a similar move by prague accusing russian spies of involvement in a 2014 explosion at an arms depo 2 of the suspects are being blamed for poisoning 2 people in the u.k. the kremlin has denied any involvement. close allies of kremlin critic alexina valley have called for massive protests in moscow and st petersburg on wednesday it's happening as the health of the opposition figure rapidly to terror the velma his daughter is calling on russia to allow him medical treatment after doctors

warned he's now at risk of kidney failure he was jailed in february for violating parole conditions as a result of traveling to germany for being treated after being poisoned as you're castro has more on the response to develop these deteriorating condition. it's been nearly 3 weeks since alexina vali launched a hunger strike after russian prison officials denied him access to private doctors to treat back pain and the loss of feeling in his legs the symptoms possibly lingering effects of the poisoning of all he suffered in august but the opposition leader barely survived and blames on the kremlin now his colleague tells al-jazeera the bombing may be near death situation deteriorated on friday when we seized his blood which showed up normal level of the touch which is associated with imminent risk of getting a fair and. heart issues so we are indeed very worried i think the

count is in days and you know he. is likely to give in fearing the volman will soon be dead his supporters have scrapped plans to accumulate half a 1000000 registrants for the next round of mass protests there now asking russians to return to the streets on wednesday pretty late is saying that the events are unfolding too quickly and extremely badly we can no longer wait in a jury and extreme situation requires extreme decisions we're announcing the protest no. police arrested more than 10000 people during nationwide protest in january calling for an evolving to be freed he was arrested upon returning to. russia from germany where he had spent 5 months recovering from the nova chalk poisoning he's now serving a 2 and a half year prison sentence for violating the terms of a previous fraud conviction that volley says was politically motivated his doctors

say they were not allowed inside the prison to scene of all nice sunday. came as doctors but it's cruel and monstrous to deny access to a dying patient we will call the medical unit and try to find out what's going on we'll keep trying but at the moment we've done everything we can we can't do anything else the u.s. is closely monitoring of all the situation president joe biden has said the treatment of no vali is totally unfair and totally inappropriate and on sunday the u.s. national security adviser warned that if not all me dies in russian custody the international community will hold the kremlin accountable and there will be consequences castro al-jazeera washington. 12 of europe's biggest football clubs they will launch a breakaway super league 6 english teams including livable chelsea and both manchester sides have agreed to joint fellow european giants real madrid barcelona

and eventis will also play into the club's owners of being accused of a poet grab football governing bodies have threatened legal action of war we can bring in tancredo primary he is the be in sports correspondent italy and he joins us by skype from milan thank you for your time for those who may not be familiar with the world of football helmets is this. well it could just be the most important night in football in the last 65 years since that time well let there be a lot of french john that he still had the idea of in banking at a european cowboy or the league along with all the champions league that was a weight on being at nation's back together after the war what 2nd now is

no more that obviously it's a time where the football or is not only to bring people together. but it is that especially one of the biggest industries in the wall of the making the most that every means of possibly the biggest entertainment the factory weighed in cinema but the feeling is that. the people who thought that using it that it didn't saw the onus on the club but no one's much much more than 11 years of full dam that bond that me obviously and expose them to march and possibly they are relieved that all that possibility is that for many years so they want much more money and they want it now and these projects are all with these $12.00 funding clients because opened to 8 more the this project is government thing down i you

just lie since the very beginning ok and what we thought your book you have a slice of 350 me here are not for you that's just for subscribing to this party so what's the problem if these people want to play football and people want to watch the football or what what's the issue. they should there says we know every sports organized by their nation or laceration they felt that in that nation situations every sports is in that way the mortal to which these as being less compared to the n.b.a. in n.b.a. we have by that one choice is that playing that last season been the greater the forces on the but they are fun tries its you can learn more for one city to another in football is a bit different to the clubs of 5 but they are just that linked to some

places and then we belong to one not national association and they belong to international association mission association and the metro are saying if you build a your competition or later you will be out also from domestic leagues and obviously also from international competitions and the last corner is also from free for the war association or that is saying that the players that would join that want to play for the clubs or join the is a super league that could be out from playing with visual themes and that's what the walk up my passage could have huge consequences for those players thank you very much for time for explaining that for us tech ready pal may there be in sports correspondent in milan. still to come here on al-jazeera why cubism looking outside the country best there are major changes within it. i really

struggle being on my own. most of the summer not being out to see my family it is tough as the u.k. opens up students are demanding to know when they'll be allowed to return to talks . it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways however got some lovely weather to come for japan over the next couple days the korean peninsula set fair as well northern parts of china are also doing quite nicely this play out that's in the process of pulling out of the way still quite a stiff breeze coming in across northern parts of japan as we go through monday a few showers just rattling in on that for a time but essentially it will dry up and it will bright not attempt at getting up to $21.00 celsius at 70 in found hot woman sunshine 2 for soledad also for beijing

signs of some western weather coming into central parts of china as we go on into tuesday a better head of that it's looking good over the next couple of days with 25 in tokyo look further south and you can see this area cloud in the rain here making its way very close to the philippines that of course is al a super typhoon nasty system this it is the strongest typhoon so far of the season of the year in fact with the equivalent of category 5 winds if you were an atlantic hurricane so 250 kilometers per hour on those winds we're looking at damaging winds then we are looking at some very heavy right but thankfully it looks like it's a stay offshore so the worst of the weather will make its way further more towards and out into the open waters but there's the risk of flooding for many pass for the philippines. at ways. i'll just be reduced beneath the waves with a team of women determined to save the told friends we all share the same

responsibility needed something to rebut that amazing outing by using a variety of scientific techniques to study their behavior we can monitor them for their vocal photos and behavior we're able to how they're adapting to their new environment women make science dolphin sanctuary on al-jazeera. your geologist they're a reminder about top stories this hour birds rolling policy is declaring victory in parliamentary elections by mr korea instead of our brand a campaign based on turning around the economy just be devastated by the

coronavirus pandemic. protesters and made mark condemning a decision to invite military leader admin on to an a c on summit in indonesia next week is also growing alfredo images on state t.v. showing the abuse of detainees. the u.s. has warned of consequences of kremlin critic alexei navalny dies in prison divel the is the 3rd week of a hunger strike and close to death that's according to his personal doctor. the world is currently experiencing its highest infection rate yes of the covert $900.00 pandemic despite the ongoing vaccination rollout fuelling the rise is india which is reported more than 261000 new cases on sunday scientists are studying a new variant with a double mutation to see if it's behind the rise infections. and millions of pilgrims attending the annual festival have been ordered to quarantine for 2 weeks

if they return to the capital new delhi or than 3 and a half 1000 people have tested positive at the festival of health officials warning it could be a super spreader event the government is promising action. is that of the birds reserved for coverage 19 patients in our hospitals are filling up quickly the patients are being admitted to the hospitals at a very rapid rate there's especially a shortage of intensive care unit beds fewer than $100.00 i.c.u. beds are now available in the whole of delhi let's take a look now at how covered $98.00 is affecting young children and taunt the doctors in brazil have seen an alarming rise in the number of babies dying from the virus of recent weeks about 1300 deaths and it's not just brazil and india there are reports an increasing number of young children are showing severe symptoms compared to what we saw last year in the us the fatality rate among kids remains low but

there have been at least $3500000.00 positive cases in children. dr. we're seeing is a doctor specializing in internal medicine in brazil she says babies dying from covert 19 is due to the increase in infections across the country. well 25 percent of deaths due to kovan $1000.00 in children have occurred this year alone so when you have high rates of adults infected with current a virus you expect more children to be infected as well this is definitely the main reason why we're seeing such high numbers in children and also brazilian population tends to be younger than some countries so it is likely that you'll see more cases in younger people as well. according to c.d.c. data destitute kovac in children corresponds to around 0.2 percent of the

deaths but when you have hundreds of thousands of people dying due to cove it like you have in brazil we expect that some hundreds of that will occur among children as well and we still don't know whether that be one variant the so-called one that was ferry and is more causes more severe illness than other variants either in the colts are in children they're like we only know that it's more transmissible but it is quite possible that it causes more severe illness as well but there are 2 other factors that i believe there are also responsible for this the 1st is a problem we have also in the outs in brazil there is a misconception that is backed up by our government unfortunately that could 1000 is not such a bad problem that we should in worry too much about it and when it comes to children that's even worse so many people they don't even know that children can do to kovan 19 so they don't worry too much that their child will get infected.

there are media reports of direct diplomatic meetings between iran and saudi arabia the to cut diplomatic ties 5 years ago and 2016 after saudi arabia's execution of a shia cleric sparked violence against its embassy in tehran the recent talks were held in iraq and early april and are reported to have included discussions about iranian back to the rebel attacks from yemen into saudi arabia sources quoted in the report say discussions also focused on lebanon's growing political vacuum the statements also quote talks about growing alarm from gulf arab states over the expanding role of lebanon's iran backed hezbollah movement in the region let's bring in mark fitzpatrick he is a former united states deputy assistant secretary of state and he joins us from lexington kentucky by skype good to feel the program so what should we be reading into these diplomatic meetings between iran and saudi arabia. well this is

a very good step you know the saudis have been wanting the united states to carry their water for them they've been demanding a seat at the table in the talks with iran to restore the j.c. . but now they have their own table to set it directly with iran and you know i don't think they're going to resolve their differences overnight these are very complex issues but it's a good start beyond this taking the pressure off the u.s. or the u.s. not having to push things as you put it why else is this is this a good start well. you know that the iran saudi rivalry is been playing out in many places in the middle east but most of vicious lee in yemen where you know iran doesn't have to be there but they like to have to make trouble for the saudis and the way to to to stop that

troublemaking is to talk directly and to try to persuade iran to stop sending missiles for example to it so who the rebel allies how do you think that the u.s. is likely to view all of this or i think the united states will be quite happy that the saudis and iran are talking i'm sure that the by ministration has been recommending to its saudi partners that they really should take the initiative and talk directly with iran. and you know that the fact that the united states is seen as pulling back from the middle east and pulling out of afghanistan for example is a is a reason why the saudis really have to take matters into their own hands they can't rely on united states and how do you think that others in the region are likely to view these 2 sides coming together for diplomatic discussions. oh i

think i think everyone will be rather happy about it you know i thought there was some hint that the united arab emirates may have its own dialogue with iran you know there's a lot of trade that used to pass through dubai on its way to iran and the united arab emirates certainly would like. to have revived that trade they get a lot of benefit out of that so i can't imagine there are any players that would look askance at these talks between iran and saudi arabia all right thank you so much for your time for your analysis mark fitzpatrick there former united states deputy assistant secretary of state. cuba's ruling communist policy is meeting this week to elect its new leadership and policies the government is under increasing pressure especially from the younger generations to make reforms that will improve people's lives otherwise as to risible reports cubans may seek

a new life elsewhere. and i learned that stuck in the past that's the feeling people like i will me sad have had about cuba for many years. he's a cook in have anna and estoppel leaving in the government's so-called reforms. if there's no radical change in the system there is no way out there has to be a different way of thinking if not then i'll have to see how i skate displace i've been a cook for 10 years and because of the pandemic we have no work. with the social reforms over the past decade including the expansion of internet access have strengthened cuban civil society and many are now daring to speak out. small protests have cropped up despite tight control by authorities. cuba is in the middle of an economic crisis both because of the pandemic that's her tourism

but also continuing and crippling u.s. sanctions this week the government announced it is loosening a decades old ban on slaughter of cattle and sale of beef and dairy ranchers will be allowed to do as they wish with their livestock after meeting state called us. says this will allow him to increase productivity pool and this is sent out for 60 years we did not have the right to eat an animal however as long as i comply with the regulations that are now being imposed on me by the state this opens up an opportunity it will also enhance and increase the production of cattle in the country. but economy say much more needs to happen for the country to get on the road to recovery ok loved by the earth and a guy by the by that the measures need to have a big impact and they need to happen now to help develop the country put an end to bureaucracy i believe the new measures can be implemented and vietnam is an example

of what we could become it's a country that has a communist party leading and has one of the fastest growing economies in the world you have to enter the world buckets and reform the economy. people like i will miss her believe only political change can bring about radical reforms and that's why he continues to look for a future outside the island where he believes he'll be able to fulfill the dreams he says he's denied at home or. university or thorazine is in england up in arms because covered 90 restrictions are still stopping face to face learning students over working remotely since last december won't be allowed to return until shortly before the academic year ends and your symonds has been to staff and she university at stoke on trent in the english midlands to gauge the mood. they're doing all the right things to stay covert secure but while shoppes has cylons a big gardens may have reopened university students can't get back to face to face

lectures they could return within a month but it will be 3 weeks before the academic year ends for most of them as we've got students out there who might be working in the working in leisure centers but they can't come on campus to study and we know that they do want to come on just to finish off the air. and really meet meet their peers colleagues and get back into their education and the sort of more traditional way you know their 1st year at university or their graduation in those years you can get back. here again staffordshire university is doing better than most 2 thirds of its 12000 students have been allowed to return for practical reasons. health and social services are among a host of courses here able to use immersive technology for instance we will bring in a physical patient or mannequin patient in this environment elsewhere though

a mock courtroom remains empty law students are at home many politicians fear a spike of infections similar to what happened when universities opened last september but several surveys dispel that fear one of them from the office for national statistics which directly reports to the u.k. government they estimate up to 3 quarters of students have already returned to their accommodation and there are some who have lived on campus throughout the pandemic chris steers has only recently lifted himself out of depression i'm not going to lie at 1st i really struggled being on my own for most of the summer not being able to see my family it is tough universe to say too many students are suffering now because of government inaction they say while schools have reopened higher education is being stifled and drew simmons al-jazeera stone.