it appears. that many want. this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. palestinians go through another day of death and bloodshed as israel continues pounding gaza with artillery and as strikes. from all special beds to electricity to water people in gaza a real on the shortages. and almost that the u.k. is taking a major step towards normality as coronavirus restrictions are being eased across england wales and most of scotland. jailed hong kong media tycoon jimmy law is in

court for a new trial he's facing charges of inciting pro-democracy protests. i'm german ash with sports a new poll in japan shows that 80 percent of people in the country oppose hosting the olympics but organizers is still insisted the take a games will take place as planned despite a surge in cave in 1000 cases. hello and welcome it's 18 g.m.t. that's 9 pm in gaza where the streets are empty and the nice is on certain more than 2000000 palestinians are living through what they describe as moments of terror and college throughout the day israeli airstrikes pounded the besieged enclave a building where. gaza's religious affairs ministry was located was destroyed the

office of qatar's red crescent was also severely damaged in central gaza for the 2nd week homes clinics factories and roads have all come under israeli fire so far 200 palestinians have died among them docked is $59.00 of them children and hospitals are overwhelmed as they struggle with a crippling shortage of electricity water and critical supplies and in israel cities and towns have also come under more rocket attacks by hamas and allied factions 8 people were injured in a stalled and 9. how much says it will target tell of even if israel continues to bomb safe houses and residential buildings we have harry forsett for us live in west jerusalem where prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been meeting with his

top security officials but 1st let's get the very latest from suffered who's in gaza for us suffer what bring us up to date with the situation in gaza today. we currently know in the bar ground god the seas of gaza city now are all empty people are back home. those who managed to get out today they both told put by what they need and then because no shelter so the only choice. is just just to stay home. at the end of this all. the time it is they have evacuated their homes because one of the residential buildings received a warning from the israelis that they wouldn't form. 'd their home so. the other hand in the last couple of hours the parents of the fire is live and. live today. doing that very nice you cut it out several attacks all over the gaza strip

killing 4 palestinians including a senior islamic jihad. military commander let me jihad said they will retaliate for the finish and of their command also hamas the militant wing of hamas release a statement or to say that they will also. let the israelis continue hitting the safe buildings. the safe place that is eventually. that hunter humanitarian crisis is now the focus or the solution to. the humanitarian crisis that 'd are rising up after 8 days old a closure on as we know all those mentioned before that israeli civilians have been shutting down the crossings with daughter sort of including. in the south the gaza 'd strip which is the only crossing for essential supplies for gotta 'd serve

including the fuel cooking god food and other elements 'd other needs. just. busy busy to the left busy and next to one of the schools 100. of publishing as fled over how to iraq your way their homes because of the heavy bombing in their areas 'd 'd taken from the u.n. shells others according 'd to the united nations more than 41000 palestinians now are staying in 50 united nations schools. most of them when we were reporting and 'd during the day they were asking us about any positive indication overseas even for even if of for a team photo receipts for many of them the ones they said that they want to go back to their homes to check if their homes when they 'd were home or if they can pick up some of the. essential important things including bookman's or money or whatever

they could they could pick up from there also the health condition in these places also you know. 'd in the last just right before the escalation the minister of health was dealing with covered covered 19th or the with the pandemic issue. been doing lots of the. procedures provide preventative procedures to protect people from from the outbreak all of the recovered 19 but from what we saw without lots of people staying in crowded rooms using old news much of this because this is the only choice which means also that. the thing that the minister of police had been warning from all force which means that the pandemic there is a risk that the pandemic will also. more and more patient will vote in fiction inside the these classrooms and the cleaning include inside these crowds. busy.

ok safwat out there for us in guard and we'll be getting more on the humanitarian situation in gaza later on in the program 1st let's go to harry forsett who is live in west jerusalem for us an interesting development here the prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting with his top security officials do we know much more about what they will be discussing. not yet but when the security cabinet met on sunday there was some reporting that they were going to discuss moves towards a cease fire which does seem to be very much israel's decision though if it does want to start talking about terms for ending the violence there is no reporting as yet as to what's being discussed now but in your who is there with his defense minister with the internal security agency chief the mossad intelligence agency

chief the army chief and others i think one of the key things to look out for will be i saw what was talking about there the humanitarian situation if a humanitarian corridor or does begin to be opened up into gaza sometime soon that could be a sign that things are starting at least to slow down certainly the americans are becoming slightly more vociferous in public about the urgency for that there was a state department statement talking about talks with the jordanians where both sides were urging for calm in that direction also the national security advisor jake sullivan tweeting that he'd been talking to both his israeli counterpart and the egyptian government about working quietly behind the scenes but intensively to try to bring an end to the fighting so there do seem to be some efforts at least on the way so far no public indication yet from israel that it's ready to do so as for

the violence that continues there is more there has been more rocket fire into israel throughout the day. injuries so far rather than the fatalities more israeli airstrikes of course as you've been hearing about into gaza and the one other major issue that has been in israel in recent days has been the common all violence another death to report a man a jewish man who was attacked by stones by a palestinian group after a palestinian israeli man that man was killed the night before this happened several days ago he has died in hospital to be pronounced dead today. many thanks for that update harry force of there for us in west jerusalem u.s. secretary of state and the blinken says he has not seen intelligence from israel that shows how much was using the tower housing media outlets including al-jazeera that was destroyed in gaza on saturday israel has a special responsibility to protect civilians in the course of its self-defense and

that most certainly includes dollars. of all of you said that you requested additional information have you received that have you seen it and did you find it credible i have not seen any information provided and again to the extent that it is based on intelligence that would have been shared with other colleagues and i'll leave that to them to assess that's bringing in a marsh to keer he is the israel and palestine directs a human rights watch he joins us live by skype from palo alto in california many thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera what is your perspective on what is happening in israel and palestine would you say war crimes a taking place. look absolutely we must start with the fact that these events take place against that backdrop of the reality of apartheid that these really government is practicing against millions of palestinians the focus on gaza has led folks to miss the larger context which is that these events began over moves in

occupied east jerusalem to evict palestinians from their homes as part of a larger government policy to take over palestinian land confine palestinians to enclaves and ensure that that land goes jewish israeli settlers and that in the gaza strip we've seen israeli forces strike commercial residential buildings buildings that house hundreds of families offices clinics these have caused significant civilian damage we've seen civilians kids women dozens who've lost their lives you know strikes that target deliberately civilian infrastructure or that are disproportionate are war crimes at the same time hamas and other palestinian armed groups have fired rockets indiscriminately at israeli population centers which are also war crimes so there's certainly been war crimes committed in the context of the last week or 10 days but they come in the context of the larger crime against humanity of apartheid that the israeli authorities are imposing on

millions of palestinians and what do you make of the israeli military targeting some of these tower blocks many of them residential but some containing media organizations including the al-jazeera offices and the associated press offices and now we're hearing the possibility of them even targeting schools where many of the refugees that have been carney displaced are sheltering. it's hard to fathom any legitimate military purpose that would justify targeting highrise residential buildings demolishing the homes of hundreds of palestinians human rights watch has documented human rights abuses in israel palestine for 3 decades including on lawful airstrikes by israel israeli authorities he deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure disproportionate strikes and certainly these would appear to fit within that larger pattern i think it's worth also noting that

the israeli government has produced no evidence to suggest that some of these targets for example you know the one targeting the offices of al-jazeera and associated press actually contained a legitimate military target i think there is very concerning reports we're seeing tens of thousands of palestinians displaced from their homes schools should absolutely be productive protected there's a track record in israel already in recent days has damaged schools has damaged medical facilities i think that's deeply deeply problematic and i think speaks to a larger disregard an utter disregard for palestinian life by the israeli government by you as an organization disappointed by the stance the u.s. has taken so far on this conflict. the u.s. position is a relic from above a foregone generation their rhetoric is disconnected from the reality on the ground the idea that the israeli government would reflexive lee you know make comments

about israel's right to defend ourselves that's not what's at what's at issue here what's at issue here is israeli strikes that are targeting civilian buildings that have killed dozens of palestinians including women children many others the fact that these are that the the by an administration can't even acknowledge the deep civilian harm caused by israeli airstrikes i think speaks to a policy that's out of date the democratic party is moving on this issue we see some members of congress we see many others acknowledging that the power disparity here acknowledging the larger context including apartheid the biden ministrations policies out of touch and it's inconsistent with a stated policy that base you know u.s. actions abroad on human rights suing just the opposite many thanks to a time. israel and palestine director for human rights watch thank you. well as a humanitarian situation in gaza gets more diet by the day pressure is growing on

the united states to get ally israel to agree on an immediate cease fire meanwhile the u.n. general assembly is meeting on thursday off to share and algeria requested a session to discuss the conflict iran call reports from west jerusalem. with neither side backing down israeli and palestinian officials are using tough language that presents a problem for a diplomatic solution on sunday the un security council was reportedly unable to issue a statement to us veto it's the 1st time that has happened this week one person involved in the talks told out is there that egypt jordan the u.n. and others are all pushing for a breakthrough but it's unlikely anything that happened in the immediate future in ramallah palestinian prime minister spoke to reporters urging the u.n. to act and asking friendly countries to withdraw ambassadors from israel.

speaking. to. declarations. must be. described. in the most. but with no breakthrough the u.s. has reiterated its position with the secretary of state anthony blinken insisting israel has a right to defend itself palestinian politicians say this isn't self-defense if you ask the residents of gaza they would say what the remains to be done is to drop a nuclear bomb into gaza the amount of attacks the scale of of hostilities the amount of ammunition that's been deposed in gaza is beyond belief beyond

imagination but there's israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued a warning to mass were trying to degrade hamas as term stability and to degrade their will to do this again but with no breakthrough in diplomacy the conflict has carried on the question now is not whether all parties involved can get diplomacy back on track but whether there's even a hope for a long term diplomatic solution. how does the western islam. christian salumi as live at the united nations have courses in new york with details off that upcoming u.n. general assembly meeting we'll speak to her in a moment fast less talk to our white house correspond can help that way we understand president joe biden will be speaking to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu shortly what more do we know about that. well we know that the president will be speaking with the israeli prime minister that is what he told reporters as he left the east room as he made an announcement about the export of

vaccine doses to fight covert 19 we should know that this is the 3rd phone call since the violence began in israel and israel's campaign against gaza we should also point out that what we know is that he will only be speaking to the israeli prime minister he will not be speaking to mahmoud abbas the palestinian leader he will also not be speaking to hamas because the white house views hamas as what they call a terrorist organization and so in terms of communication with those leaders that is being left to partners in the region namely egypt and jordan for communication so we know that the united states will be speaking directly with the israeli prime minister in the hour and will be updating us following that call and meanwhile we've heard today from the white house press secretary john psaki to get much

insight from that press briefing. the incidents we got are that despite mounting criticism of to use its leverage the white house so far is reluctant to in some ways coax benjamin netanyahu and the israeli government to seize the actions that it is taking in gaza in other words the united states is not calling for a cease fire and there have been repeated questions by the administration or rather reporters to the administration about why that is not the case but still there have been no concrete answers only that the white house says it's engaged in quiet diplomacy. what our role is is to play the most be as constructive as possible in deescalating the violence bringing an end to the conflict we've done again more than 60 calls over the past week with

a range of partners in the region so our objective here our role is not to do political analysis or or or provide motivation for any actions but to take steps we can take as a leader in the world as a as a country with deep relationships in the region to discourage the escalate the violence on the ground but there is criticism coming from within the president's own democratic party calling for the white house to do more 28 democratic senators have called for the white house to potentially use the recently approved arms sales some $735000000.00 in arms to israel to halt that sale until there is a cessation of violence something so far the white house has not said that it would do ok thanks to that committee hold for us at the white house we can cross over now to kristen salumi so kristen the united nations general assembly expected to meet.

today can we expect much to come out of that meeting specially off to the u.n. secretary u.n.'s he met on sunday and we didn't get much from that. yes this latest meeting of the general assembly was called as most recent efforts to get a unified statement out of the security council have failed. diplomats tell us they're disappointed the security council hasn't been able to speak in one voice but they're not surprised the spokesperson for the secretary general also expressing disappointment that there hasn't been a unified stance on the part of the security council the united states continues to be the primary obstacle to that we've asked the united states mission to the u.n.

why that is for their comments they tell us that the u.s. is in gauging in intense tipple matic efforts at the highest levels to try to bring an end to this conflict and that they see the security council statement any kind of action of the security council has to be in support of these efforts they did not give us any direct comment on what they have objected to the most recent efforts are all of the efforts in the security council have been led by china which holds the presidency of the council tunisia the arab member of the security council and norway which has been actively involved in middle east issues going back to the oslo accords and so on the draft that they put forward called for deescalation of the situation cessation of violence respect for international humanitarian law especially regarding children and civilians the draft also called for protection of civilian humanitarian facilities which we know now are under assault the u.n.

is expressing great concern about schools and shelters being. subjected to some of this violence that called for efforts to achieve a cease fire can really just talking about the u.s. standing back from those kind of comments in the. the statement also called for maximum restraint regarding tensions around the holy sites in east jerusalem and noted with concern the possibility of even action so again the united states not for those kind of comments one diplomat noted that the u.s. keep citing diplomatic efforts which are ongoing but the situation of course on the ground hasn't gotten any better and with that as the backdrop we have the general assembly calling its meeting where countries will again be able to go on the record and make their feelings heard and the hope from those countries is to put pressure on the parties to bring an end to the violence we will be watching here from the

united nations. many thanks for that kristen salumi there for us at the united nations. let's get a little more analysis on all this joining us live on skype from lancaster in the united kingdom is simon mabon he is senior lecturer in international studies lancaster university and thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera i don't know if you were listening to our white house correspondent but it does seem like the u.s. has the leverage to stop israel when it comes to the escalation in fighting specifically when it comes to arms sales so why isn't the u.s. doing that. well i guess it has some leverage i'm not convinced that it has as much leverage that might think it has some luck that's more the white house than the united states perhaps i think the white house is in a particularly difficult moment right now particularly under the bite in the

ministration as he tries to to figure out his new foreign policy agenda is busy with the j.c. the nuclear deal he's busy trying to result things in yemen and now he's facing this this serious crisis with regard to the israelis and the palestinians where he's not only going to address conflict in israel the devastation of of what's happening in gaza widespread protests in the west bank and everything that comes with this but he's also got to do it whilst on tangling the legacy of donald trump's presidency we're trying through great deal support behind prime minister netanyahu to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and embolden the settler movement to this played such a prominent role in this escalation of tensions so it might not be as easy is as many would think by then to actually do what he wants to do perhaps i do want to there how much pressure is on him because he has made

a big deal about his administration banging on about human rights and this will surely any so long he can stay quiet while israel bombs refugee camps and media organizations. oh certainly i imagine he's coped with iraq in a hard place that there's no doubt that. as the president of the united states that puts human rights and respect for democracy in been his words at the front and center of his new administration then the longer the he goes without saying anything without condemning israel for their actions then the more damage is done to his credibility on the international stage but i think the other the other point to remember is that and this is in no way. an attempt to justify by the silence here but he's also facing domestic pressure from the lights of the israel lobby in the united states which wields an exorbitant amount of power within domestic u.s. politics so there's a delicate balancing act but if is if biden is is hoping to be as true to his word

as as many others hope it will be with regard to foreign policy and and human rights really putting human rights and democracy front and center then he has to come out he's already damaged his his position on the world stage quite quite dramatically i think by not coming out sooner with regard to condemning israel for their for their violence so 5 to pay is nice side is budging when it comes to ending the fighting in thames have to play misty what do you think is the way forward. well it is true is shown us that this type of thing has happened on a regular basis we see skirmishes leading to increased violent conflicts between the israelis and commerce on a on a one of somewhat regular basis where it appears that it's going to be very difficult to make a breakthrough and then there is obviously a great deal of diplomatic work going on behind the scenes brokered by maybe qatar

or others that have got the ability to speak to both through various back channels and i would imagine that that's the type of thing that we'll 'd see happening in the in the coming days the pressure and the diplomatic creative solutions being proposed by states working behind the scenes but i guess the the issue remains is that the israelis and hamas don't really seem ready to to to deescalate just yet then does one of your columnists wrote on your website today there's a great deal domestic pressure on mr netanyahu not to let up right now so i think there's a lot of different factors that are making this an incredibly difficult situation to get results just going to make it really difficult for anyone wanting to step up to the diplomatic plate salmon a senior lecturer in international studies at lancaster university many thanks for your time thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera 11 update from talking which is emerging from some tough restrictions.

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the. hell are you watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour israel is continuing its bombing raids across the gaza strip despite international calls for calm the military has warned the un that it plans to bomb 2 schools they used the combination for refugees 200 palestinians including 59 children have been killed in the past week. 17 israelis have been injured by rocket fire from gaza buildings were hit in a staunton and beer sheva 10 israelis have been killed since the escalation began. here at such a state and lincoln has reiterated washington stance that israel has

a right to defend itself against rocket attacks from hamas but he called on both sides to do more to deescalate the situation and respect international. well israeli as strikes have been targeting areas close to offices and clinics of aid agencies doctors without borders tweeted this image of the clinic in gaza where part of the facility was damaged by the israeli bombardment in the neighborhood joining us live on skype from occupied east jerusalem is a lie saul key is the head of mission for doctors without borders in gaza and he thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera i'm sure you're incredibly busy what is your understanding of the humanitarian situation in gaza. so the situation the humanitarian situation in gaza it's really complicated i mean they've been a been 88 days that they've been the point being if the if we night. going

out is really risky patients cannot have access to. health facilities because of those shootings medical staff cannot reach the duty station because once again of the of the shootings or even mix and the access of care really difficult and water sanitation other infrastructure understand all that spin damage what kind of pressure does that hurt on. what is already a very fragile health system it's it as i say makes the current situation even worse and as you say even without the conflicts the situation goes out because the blockade was over if you could now the lack of fuel it's difficult to get electricity so they get some of the few hours during the

day so you need electricity to run your hospital your medical facilities. and under talking about all the medical supply running out of drugs and so on so what we are really calling now it's you know. of the crossing to get medical staffs inside to sort of the health system and also the crossing for to get medical supplies equipments fuel anything which could relief and suffering. and what are these are israeli authorities saying about this are they going to allowed allow best's aid to come through. so it seems that will how do we do it tomorrow student needs to be confirmed. it's the 5th day we're waiting for this opening. ok many

thanks for your time at least stock speaking to us there from doctors without borders he's head of mission there. jailed hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has been back in court for a new trial along with 9 other pro-democracy activists charge for their roles in a 29000 protests as a proceedings began chairs and lies company was suspended from trading on hong kong stock exchange catrina you as the latest from beijing. as activist and media tycoon jimmy light appeared in court on charges related 282-9000 pro-democracy protest all of his assets were frozen and shares from his company next digital the largest listed media company in hong kong were suspended from trading on the territory's exchange a notice of the freeze was issued on friday it also applies to the bank accounts of the 3 companies owned by him the pro-democracy activist and billionaire is in jail

serving a 14 month prison sentence for taking part in antigovernment protests his newspaper apple daily has been fiercely critical of beijing hong kong police say lies assets being used to fund an independence movement it's the 1st time authorities have used the national security law which criminalizes subversion to target a listed firm and that's worried investors in the asian financial hub i think this will be another man with. his business and. more than 100 people including some of the territories most prominent democracy activists have been arrested under the law many have left since it was employers last june and a recent survey by the american chamber of commerce found that 40 percent of its members were also considering relocating it's not the 1st time beijing has targeted the businesses of those personal of its roots the companies and financial and ali baba were punished by chinese regulators after found and 1000000000 it jack ma criticize

the country's financial system the moves received as a warning to all chinese companies not to cross the communist party. jimmy law. and 9 others pleaded guilty in court on monday to charges of an authorised assembly in october 29th. supporters say the law is being used to silence all those who dissent from the government not just hong kong but the whole world is watching and people are very concerned. ly is also under investigation for colluding with foreign powers and indeed during national security charges that can carry a maximum sentence of life in prison katrina al-jazeera beijing. the. indian prime minister in iran demurred being accused of cracking down on criticism after dozens of people were arrested in the capital they had put up posters asking why

a cave in 1000 vaccines was sent abroad earlier this year instead of them being used in india police say they were arrested for deep faith singh walls meanwhile top an invalid just has resigned from a government curren a virus advisory group that looked into new variants so he had to mail accuse the government of not paying enough attention to a more contagious strain despite being warned about it in march and he wrote in the new york times as scientists are facing stubborn resistance to evidence based policymaking. has more from new delhi. you are seeing is significant dip in numbers you know just 10 days ago the fresh case count was hitting 400000 but still at nearly 300000 cases this is not a situation where india can or is being complacent so you are seeing many states extending lockdowns in the west when go on one of the states that held elections in april has announced a fresh 2 week strict lockdown and in terms of deaths more than $4100.00 deaths in

24 hours and this is in line with the trend you see with the virus that is the death spike follows the spike in cases now what we are also learning is a huge focus being given to rural india and the situation there so one of india's poorest states is now starting is serve it announced that it is going to be ramping up testing and trying to getting a better sense of how many cases there really are the more the government has also announced that there will be it 3 tier medical system in the local villages and towns so really getting primary health care centers and schools to start helping with isolating and treating milder covert cases. people in turkey allowed to move more freely from monday as tough lockdown restrictions are eased the government had tightened measures after daily infection numbers soared above 60000 back in april while people will be able to go out during the day

a nighttime curfew will remain in place until the beginning of next month or so such a has moved from istanbul. this is the 1st day of the reopening of the country after 17 days of a complete lockdown coffee is and restaurants are serving the costumers and strewed when there is are back in business selling souvenirs and food is. something the business is not at the level we want to get back to that level the restrictions must be completely lifted cafes are not fully operational and people are not feeling comfortable outside yet turkey enter the food lockdown after all $29.00 after a surgeon corner various cases with daily cases topping around $60000.00 after the complete lockdown simply this of the complete lockdown the case is true of all around the country and the works initially ruled out continues and many in the country are hopeful that that was the last lockdown they have endured and with the reopening of the country it will have an economy recovery as their business has

been remarkably a factor by locked down well i guess it almost hoping the business gets better soon once restrictions are all gone there will be more people around and business will recover and of course more importantly tourists they're the ones who feed our business the normalization will be gradual as limited logon will remain in place until june 1st but now people are expecting a reduced measures with more mobility will help their business especially out of the tourism season as turkey heavily relies on tourism revenues which had suffered from a significant loss last year kevin $1000.00 restrictions have been eased in much of the united kingdom and if anything from high rates of vaccination businesses have reopened including bars restaurants and sporting venues but there are still concerns about the spread of the varian 1st found in india china hall has the latest from manchester. another big step in the great reopening of england scotland

and wales with northern ireland to follow the resumption of gatherings indoors breathes new life into restaurants bars gyms theaters and cinemas dormant for much of the past 14 months we lost about 33 percent of our membership base through the lockdown but today's been fantastic we actually had 4 members in the classes so the gym today actually seems nice and busy so that's been a really good reaction to it to reopen properly fans can return to sports venues and limited international travel is allowed it is almost as if life has returned to normal things that we used to take completely for granted like meeting up around a table indoors now feel new exciting and hopefully long lasting but as ever with the coronavirus there's a catch a new variant to 1st discovered in india thought to be far more contagious threatens to derail britain's unlocking plans if it spreads beyond clusters in the

north west the midlands and parts of london the early evidence suggests that the $1617.00 is more transmissible than the previously dominant that area the early laboratory data from oxford university corroborates the provisional evidence from bolton hospital and the initial observational data from india that vaccines are effective against this variant and willing to delay the reopening the government has its fingers firmly crossed that surge testing and localised vaccination campaigns will keep the so-called indian variant in check as scientists warn of a possible 3rd wave of infections. that means if it's your freedom to start. out what was actually but the day after day thursday so with love in it and a good bottle day. and everything so yeah it's great i'm up and out now sort of not as our long. so it's been it's been out on me but now my. a nice day in the mall

a man's friends a liberal. on what's in it which is only. what remains are social distancing more squaring and hand washing the final hole marks of the pandemic set to be abandoned in late june but the new variant brings new uncertainty and prime minister boris johnson has urged people to embrace their newfound freedoms but to do so with a heavy dose of caution jonah hill al jazeera manchester. the u.s. supreme court has agreed to take on a case by the state of mississippi to limit abortions the republican led state wants to enact a law banning the procedure after 15 weeks mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . well it's deeply significant because it's the most major case dealing with abortion in decades what the situation is at the moment is that the issue of abortions has been governed by a 1973 decision roe v wade which held that the woman had

a right to an abortion up until the point at which the fetus became viable that is could live outside the womb doctors estimate that to be between 24 to 28 weeks now this mississippi court has restrained this period to 15 weeks saying that after 15 weeks both ins can only be performed it where medical reasons where medical health is threatened but does not include for example rape or incest now judges in lower courts have already thrown this out both a single federal judge and then a full bench of the 1st circuit court have rejected this particular law but now it has come up before the supreme court the supreme court has transformed during the period of the trump administration widely seen as a 6 to 3 conservative court and it's significant that the court has not chosen to hear this particular case it's been around for

a long period of time since 2018 but it's only now that the court has chosen to decide on this issue. left wing candidates have won a majority in a historic election for the delegates who will rewrite chillies constitution president sebastian pinera says it shows his government and political parties are out of touch with citizens an american at a lycée anyone reports from santiago if they even get to feel that they have to do during an election like know what their chile has seen marked by hope and they need their dose of uncertainty. chileans voted overwhelmingly for left wing delegates to write the new constitution dealing a bitter blow to the governing conservative coalition that had bet one of taining enough seats in the upcoming convention to block radical changes. if what. our citizens of sent a strong and clear message to the government and all the traditional political

blogs we are not adequately tuning in to our people's demands and aspirations we must hear this message of humility. but it's not just conservatives who are licking their wounds after an election that has dramatically changed chile's political map the biggest winners have been the independent candidates and the biggest loser is the mainstream center to center left the next when political parties have also done very well including the clumsiness and that could give their candidates for the upcoming presidential elections later this year an unexpected boost. in some of the results of demonstrating that those searching for a true transformation of this country of time a tremendous triumph this consolidates not only a new democratic constitution but also the possibility of a new popular democratic government even the right wing voters like my idea luis were horrified but follow that with the this country is going downhill if we

don't find another general pinochet i swear this won't work them of. others a bitter over the voter turnout especially among young people which was much lower than expected i guess the ability i mean. they just don't believe that anything will change we fought for this institutional change but too many people don't believe it can happen you know where the hard work begins now to draft a constitution over the next 9 to 12 months that can build consensus instead of even deeper divisions you see in human al-jazeera santiago. phil ahead on al-jazeera and sports small fitness concerns for possible was biggest style gemma's here with that story.

now it's time for sports. thank you a new poll in japan is showing that 80 percent of people in the country believe the take your name pics should be canceled or postponed organizers are continuing to hold test events and say the games will stop the shuttled on july the 23rd tokyo is currently under a state of emergency due to a search in 1000 cases one international athlete believes at the strict safety protocols that will be in place may actually improve performances. congregate in big groups or you get a station you little 5 people the whole stadium. it's exactly always treated

like it has the. experience for me it's all about the competitions it's going to be pretty routine people are going to perform it really highly integrated as they want to sing distractions. from all the different sports face. despite the extra safety measures these members of public in japan aren't feeling rich showed they gathered outside a main train station in tokyo on monday holding up signs and chanting to protest against the games a group of australian cricketers have finally made it back home following the suspension of the indian premier league the players that flew to the motives 2 weeks ago when the competition was brought to an early end due to coronavirus at the time australia had banned all arrivals from india their home to sydney has attracted some criticism with thousands of australians still stranded in the country they are praising even. though i understand. that i have to go on. to say before i haven't i haven't sought any special special

treatment. now obviously that back in australia. or i'm very. manchester united manager only going to so shocked miss his players have been affected by the fan protests against the club's owners united supporters if he making their feelings very clear about the glazer family in a series of demonstrations in recent weeks and so shot says that the protest along with a congested fixture list is to blame for the team and losing that last 2 games. just didn't want to used up as an excuse because we lost a few games would surely it's. reason behind the performances and the results we've got physically it is impossible for them to turn up and play at the intensity at the level that's required. because didn't the amount of games

fans are allowed back into premier league stadiums this week after coronavirus restrictions were eased in the u.k. on monday chelsea will welcome 10000 homes of fortis to stop richer it stopped at a bridge sorry for the match with the top 4 rivals at leicester on tuesday i had some matches where we struggled a bit and with the momentum maybe. i had the feeling during during this run that is that support can help could help now and would be crucial to our team so having the fans back is fantastic and i hope the day they come in the right moment to help us to secure this last one in stamford bridge this season 23 time grand slam champion serena williams has won her 1st match in 3 months she accepted a wild card if the media romagna impala is safe 33 into the 2nd round and on one seed 17 year old a qualifier at least 6362 the italian was born it's 2 weeks before syrian one has 6

major ties that win with him in 2003. bron james is playing down health concerns as his l.a. lakers team head into the n.b.a. season james appeared to reinjure his ankle during their women against the new orleans pelicans the 36 year old is still getting back to full fitness after 2 months out ended with a kiss next day as against the golden state warriors on wednesday. it cost me $7.00 weeks of the season 6 weeks of the season which i still think back on a still. comfortable with. gave it. much thought to it as well as like you know. what the season could have been the general manager of his franchises says he's hopeful the team will be playing in front of capacity crowds when its 1st ever season starts in october the seattle crack and have just paid a $615000000.00 to become the n.h.l.

is a 32nd team a crack and a set to play home games at the city's climate pledge arena which is undergoing a $1000000000.00 redevelopment we've been talking to and each outdoor cost a maestro about the challenges the team will face. it is the highest expansion fee and n.h.l. history i believe the biggest gold knights were just $500000000.00. back when in the last expansion before that was minnesota in columbus and it was nowhere near that i think it was only a couple 100000000 to get in so as teams come in and i think because the n.h.l. had so much interest they knew they could get a hefty penny for expansion fees and seattle was willing to pay that if things can get back to a sense of where they can have at least 50 percent capacity it could set them back at least at least half a decade there are a lot of great players that aren't going to get the contracts they would have gotten say 2 or 3 years ago because there's just not the money to go around there's no ticket sales there's no concession sales merge sales are are ok but they're not

where they were they should be because a lot of people buy their merchandise on site and they're at the game they go to the game and i o. i don't have a jersey let's buy $200.00 jersey right now and the fans are excited i've talked to multiple people who live up there who are season ticket holders who are excited and the energy there is going to be if people thought vegas was impressive the energy in seattle is going to topple that without a doubt. and the pizza guy has won stage 10 of the jay wright italia a slovakian ride out sprinted a phenomena of average to take his 2nd stage great victory in its knees ground till club in 2nd but out retains the i relate the right as when i have time to recover but with cheers day the 1st rest day of this is. that as a loyal sport from a finale back with more later. many thanks for that gemma and me for the sat. back see.

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a world for you. to everyone. another day of terror for gazans as israel unleashes a wave of airstrikes on tunnels roads clinics and holes as well as also warned it will attack 2 government schools which are housing thousands who've lost their homes. and our barbara farah you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up.