civil war, i started off leaving this, the grand suite at the commodore hotel. the next room i was in was underground and a tiny prison. so as a hostage, a route the commodore war hotels on al jazeera. ah, united states is back. and democracies of the world are standing together terabyte and begin to to europe aimed at mending ties following donald trump's presidency. ah, clark, this is our life. and that coming up, russia is condemned for binding political organizations linked to a position leader in me with a court classify them as extremists el salvador becomes the 1st country in the

world to make them bitcoin the legal form of payment for everyday use. kevin 19 concerns turn the corporate america football tournament into a political battle in brazil, and course some top sponsors stay on the sidelines. ah, the us president joe biden has arrived in the u. k to begin his 1st overseas trip of his term trip. he says is about america rallying the world's democracies. a visit to europe will take in g 7 and nato summit, as well as talks with russian president vladimir putin in switzerland. it is a chance for biden to show other world leaders, the u. s. values as partners and allies after for rocky is under donald trump. unofficial, has this now from washington d. c. 8 days,

3 countries for some it still bite. has a busy agenda for his 1st trip as us president a trip which will mock and you faith in the crew and a virus pandemic. and us relations with the rest of the world. ah, landing at any for space primarily used to support us, your operations, the president. i lined that what he hoped. the trip would deliver. this my 1st overseas trip is tracy united states and petty to the g. 7, then to the nato minister, and then to meet with mr. to let him know what i want him to know. ok. after you see the virtual meetings, the heads of the leading 7 global economies will meet face to face in the u. k. at this time, there will be a us president who is less deliberately disruptive. donald trump repeatedly confronted other wild leaders of a trade climate change and even the prospect of bringing russia back into the g 7

group. what happened under the trump administration is that it really shook a lot of countries. views of the united states as a partner, as an ally and part of biden's job is trying to restore those ties, restore that image of the united states and the eyes of those countries. president biden will also meet with nato leaders and aligns donald trump talked about leaving . the argued he was ready to purchase a traditions and fellow leaders to deliver on his agenda. trav spent 4 years tearing down nato criticizing. other countries in europe suggesting the united states would be better off without it, why are we tied down here, et cetera, et cetera. and so i think biden sees this as an early opportunity in an early public opportunity to demonstrate his personal diplomatic skills. the trump presidency questions challenged up ended many traditional american political and military positions. joe biden might be able to smooth over the cracks,

but he can't guarantee that things will be that way. after the next election, the relationships that were taken for granted will continue as they always have. biden's biggest challenge will be his summit with russian president vladimir putin . a man he suggested, is a killer, a man. he believe that behind recent cyber attacks on the us, a man who says america should prepare for some uncomfortable truths at the summit. there are no illusions about the state of the us, russia relationships. so the number one priority will be to these, put this on a stable and predictable track. need to show that there are real costs and that this is an administration that will stand up to russia's d, stabilizing behavior, or leaders, hope they're gathering will send a message. things are getting back to normal job, right, and believes he has to send the same message after 4 years of donald trump. i would for sure i'll do it at the white house. but before leaving for europe, president biden said he will be announcing the vaccine plan for the world. us media reporting the country will buy 500000000 doses of the fines

a cobra. 1900. yup. are expected to be given to more than 90 countries. and be distributed through the w h o kovacs program, which provides vaccines to poor nations. brian heath is the author of global translations, politicos, global newsletter, and podcast. a he says the biden administration is trying to make up for lost time in vaccine diplomacy. in the u. s is coming late to the game. now there's good reason for that. the u. s. had the world's largest outbreak for a very long time. but it meant that china, which got off to a slow stop vaccinating its own population and russia, whose back thing is not really trusted by the russian population. we're able to get out there and deliver a lot of those doses when a lot of those, the heart and mind now biden is going to be writing to catch up on them. but he's going to be very careful as well. you look at a country like belgium, it's a major vaccine hub. it would be critical in delivering this new plan that by them have. but it can't get a lot of the materials that need to keep up its usual production pace because of

the restrictions that the binded administration has put in place. so there's a lot of unanswered questions, even around that very generous policy. a russian court is that all political organizations linked to jailed opposition, leader electing around the labeling them extremist and putting them in the same official category as groups such as are tied to it means nevaeh on these lines a band from running in parliamentary elections this year. but it's smith is more now from moscow, with russian president vladimir putin main rival, alexia valley in jail, and his anti corruption foundation, now declared an extremist organisation, hooton's administration has effectively closed all, almost all avenues of legitimate opposition to his government, to say, to welcome all was bad in the trial, we couldn't even talk about any sort of adversarial system. we quality because we filed some 25 petitions and all of them were rejected. the judge didn't want to hear us though we made mincemeat of all the so called evidence both by the

prosecution and the authorities now have the full power to jail activist and freezer asset navarro. and his allies had already disbanded that groups in anticipation of this rule. i'm not another opposition politician. dimitri good coff has gone to ukraine after being warmed by people close to the kremlin that he'd be arrested if he stayed in russia. most prominent anti government activists now, either in jail on the house arrest or have fled the media. my milk, my, my aunt is under trouble restriction that they gave me a hint that they would put her in jail at any moment. she 60 and not ready for anything like this. this is andre, of, of our, of the director of the now defunct open russia, an opposition group linked to exiled oil. ty, cood and crumbling critic may ca hold a cough ski if you were in the kremlin. everyone knew i was going to run for parliament. he said, after being taken off a flight last week that was about to take off a poland from st. petersburg. he suspected of violating legislation on undesirable

organizations. the court ruling bounds, elected volunteers, allies from parliamentary elections later this year, leaving few options for those wanting to take on putin's united russia party. it looks like the final blow to a political network built up over years by alexa and me to challenge lot in a deposition politician supported, they'll still try to use tactical voting to undermine support for the program and united russia party. but it is al jazeera moscow to palestinian intelligence officers have been killed by israeli forces that happened during and encouraging the city of janine in the occupied westbank a 3rd palestinian was injured. the united nations is warning of a major loss of life and isa, ma'am, mar, if no mediate, action is taken as accusing security. forces of indiscriminate strikes against

civilians, its envoys, a mass, death from starvation, disease and exposure could occur and kaya state, where more than 100000 people have fled the conflict or burden manley has its i, high of who day low hopes the small underground bunker will shelter her from the expected air strikes when the military moved in with bombs and artillery far in march, hospital schools and public buildings were attacked. more than 100000 people from me and must pay in state, fled their homes. many escaped to nearby for now they're working to protect themselves against what they expect to be more bloodshed. i get on that without burn or like soldiers are going over the line using tackle too much current. people live comfortably and safely, but right now we have to leave

a home and hide from these people. from keynes internally displaced camp it to her. tar tried to find a way along the banks of the solving river to safety. in thailand, the neighboring kaya is one of several regions where armed groups are fighting back against february's clues. when elected leader on san su cheap was deposed. we believe that there blockading this area. this is again something they do on a regular basis. they will deny humanitarian assistance to any area where they believe there is resistance to their rule. so, you know, food is doc getting through the potable water medicine, other things that people need. the un envoy says mass deaths could occur from starvation, disease, and exposure. the hunter is blocking roach that could provide the aid organizations and those who are trying to get to them access to these people. and i've also heard

a report, a credible report to just to day. but landmines are being laid on the road leading to the forest, where these desperate people are with the wet season about to begin malaria and dank, a fever could also spread quickly. there, it was wondering if there were law l middle. some of the women are pregnant and were closer labor, which makes it hard for them to travel. some have new born baby that need a lot of supplies. youtube well has been in a tooth. how come to 15 years and lose what? it's like the face hunger and the concert threats from the military to new or new order. he told us all, every day i had to follow the news and what the soldiers were doing and how they were going to come in. so we'd know all the moves for now people have no choice, but the barricade themselves into what a very flimsy shelters,

and hope they'll be enough to keep them safe from the next air strike lore by manly out 0. so the head here, now the 0. how a supreme court ruling in india is giving hope to people facing addition charge at the end of a major project to build a pipeline between the us. ah, ah, it's time for the journey with sponsored by capital airways. hello there. china's install for more wet weather. we've got the may you from bringing the that rain to southern and eastern areas on on thursday. it's looking pretty well defined, bringing with it some of the showers to beijing that does clear up as we get into

friday and it'll be the korean peninsula that gets a real focus south korea, seeing some of those heavy rains there, the yellow peaks. and as it go into the, we can have a look what that does to the temperature. it'll dip down on friday before things to pick up. but quite a bit of cloud on the way. and it's a wet picture as well for hong kong. but even wessa as we move to india, that monsoon has now reached mon bye. so it's not only the west coast where the rain is particularly heavy, but also in the northeast scenarios, and that's going to affect bangladesh and mia mont. and as the monsoon winds kick in, we're going to see some really torrential downpours. we could see landslide flash flooding there, but up in the north, things are looking a lot finer and dry. the heat is building daily at $41.00. so similar story from northern areas of pakistan, the whole coming in at $43.00, much of the wet weather is going to be in the south with storms in sri lanka, colombo at $31.00 degrees celsius.

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arrived and but his 1st official trip abroad since taking office during his visit to your flight and will attend to g 7 and nato summit team will also meet with russian president vladimir putin. a russian cord is outlawed philip school organizations linked to jail, physician leader electing to validate labeling them as extreme as it means to valid these allies. a band from running in september parliamentary elections to palestinian intelligence officers have been killed by israeli forces during an incursion in the city of jeanine in the west bank 3rd kind of thing. so l salvador has become the 1st country in the world to adopt a crypto currency as legal, tender. it's congress approved a law allowing bitcoin to be used for everyday transactions. and as many repair reports, it's a financial success of one popular beach town that appears to have served as inspiration for the law change. this is

a sante no locally. as bitcoin beach, this small salvador and tours town is home to variety of small business owners. all have one thing in common crypto currency to do this, i think, and i think they were tourists who didn't bring cash, would come and say they wanted to eat something and they asked if they could pain bitcoin. i said to myself, this is a good strategy. i'm going to use beck calling. i'm going to start collecting. i downloaded the app, and i started selling a lot more with the success of the big point. beach project has boosted the popularity of crypto currency. salvatore, and on wednesday the government announced big point would become legal tender. therefore, the law, of course, is approved supporters of the measure say the new law represents a vote of confidence in using block chain technology to bring informal sector workers into a 21st century economy. you know,

lisa and banks are not necessarily not important. there many salvadorans in this country, they cannot use the bank because thousands of requirements. el salvador now becomes the 1st country in the world to formally legalize the digital currency. the initiative was led by l. salvatore's president. now you buccheri on twitter, he called the passing of the big coin law historic. in the short term, this will generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion, 20001000 the formal economy and in the medium and long term, we hope that this is small decision can help us push humanity at least a tiny bit into the right direction. there are also critics who ward of the risks of big point price fluctuation. ready men look at the moment, bitcoin becomes a legal currency, problems appear, including and it must basic use which is a form of exchange. and this is related to the volatility of the price of coin. while some also ward that legalizing in the centralized digital currency could be

wielded as a tool for corruption, big coin, believers in sante and across of salvatore say the new law will only increase financial inclusion and has the potential to spur economic development. manuel rap, hello al jazeera in the spring and christine wade, whose professor political science and international studies and much of a field research is conducted in el salvador. and she joins us now from sky via skype, from chestertown, maryland. it's christine el salvador, embracing this crypto currency. tell us more about why and while salvador right, well i think a lot of this is down to all the doors, young tech friendly or tech savvy, millennial president kelly kelly, relieved or it was the claims that switch to that coin is going to boost financial inclusion promote investment for tourism etc,

but he's also increasing even under a lot of pressure from the united states. lately for 2 authoritarian tendencies, including scrapping the supreme court firing the attorney general and demolishing the country's anti corruption, duffy bitcoin to alleviate fresher or ben kelly from the state on thanksgiving for them to be in the country as well. we had there about some of the potential drawbacks and one of those is the crypted currency. the scene is a very easy way to avoid taxation. is that going to be a problem? well, this is a really good question. a horse and horse tax evasion is already a really big problem and i'll fall in the door. all solid word has an incredibly regressive tax system. and the both of the taxes are paid. invite by the for through a value added tax which is applied to all bases. good. so one big concern is adopting a crypted currency absence in the other economic policy is will encourage taxation

. what about incoming financial support is concerned about the at potential effect on el salvador program with the international monetary fund for one certainly. and this is a big question. the today is the to be finalized i enough. it's right, $1000000000.00. i'm a package. and how will that be paid, and what will the consequence don't seem to keep going to go after the 90 days? what is that going to be for the loan package? right. do you think this is the start of bro to trend other countries will follow, or is it just a one off for the time being? well, you know, i certainly would be foolish to say that it's not part of a larger trend. i think it's entirely possible that it's part of a larger trend, particularly for small economies that perhaps want to free themselves from the us dollar. and i suspect that most small economy, particularly in the region,

will be looking to see how effective this is followed or, and doing exactly what we probably want the president of the use a bit going for his potential to help solve dornan's and living abroad. and remittances back home, which many do was saying that the us thought it will still be legal, tend to say, explain just why, what difference it actually makes, why it's important? well, we know that there are fees associated with sending the medicine and often on both and and so one of the way that kelly is telling financial inclusion. and this is just that by using point, money can be transferred without the fees that are incurred at the banks and through organizations that union really early for all salvador there about $6000000000.00 or a 5th about salvador gdc and are the single largest form of foreign currency for all salvador. all right, christine,

we'll leave that. thanks for explain it all 1st. christine wade, speaking to a thank you. thank you. next demonstrations have been held in columbia capital after protest leaders called on people to take over bud guitar. unrest began after president even duke a proposed tax reforms. in april, the plan was withdrawn, but protest continued and have turned into a call to en deep rooted inequality. human rights watch has criticized. the police responded to the rallies, accusing security forces of arbitrary detention sexual abuse. and the recent killings of protest is india supreme court has thrown out a sedition case against senior journalists, giving hope to many charge under the colonial air. a law most facing the charge of critics of the government. this problem reports now from new delhi. this, it's been a month since again, rape and killing of a 19 year old girl in the state of author probation. like many journalists. so the

couple was trying to report on the incident to the district of hopper us when he was arrested and held and jail accused of sedition. his family in the state of carolus a couple. who's the general secretary of a union of journalists was only doing his job in like 1100 divided by the membership by the carrier? no, it's our 1900 wedding anniversary in july. i've known him for a long time. now. i very well know what kind of person he is. the only mistake he made was to travel with a member of his last organization. and as the author for the government faced mountain criticism for its handling of the case, police charged coppin, and $21.00 others under a law from the british colonial era researches say sedition is meant to be used only against those who try to overthrow the government by force but there's been a reported 28 percent increase in the use of the charge. every year since prime minister in ramadi came to power in 2014. the minister of state for home affairs

has previously said this cases under the law and not unique to the government of the reigns, morty, and their numbers alone. most of us charged, protested students, academic journalists, and opposition. politicians are in government. does anyone disagree with the district? i think that information that needs to come down on that with a very heavy form rather than engaging in of any piece for dialogue with someone who decides in them one senior lawyer has been petitioning the supreme court to get rid of the law. there's not justification for this lock to remain in the stat your books because incitement to violence. i didn't say that i don't fences in any case, under different sections of the or so this is totally done that this law was brought by the british government to prevent any of the british government by the

indian subjects back but on the times. so it says, no, they're the ones today. those campaigning against misuse of the law were recently given some hold by india's top court. last week, the supreme court throughout the case against the senior journalist who criticized the government, saying, disapproval doesn't amount to submission. the judgement is being seen as the court pushing back against the high number of cases being brought on to that charge. and i'm, it says she hope this means cup and will be released from jail soon. elizabeth moran and al jazeera new delhi magnolia, the former prime minister, could not could also cuz been elected president krusik was forced to resign earlier this year. following protests, he comfortably beat his rival from the democratic party. the incumbent president was stopped from seeking a 2nd turn after controversial changes to the constitution with

brazil football team says it will take part in the upcoming corporate america ruling out boy court for the team is expressing humanitarian concern. also the gains are relocated to brazil, and the countries reeling from covered 19 with a well 2nd highest esto and 2 major sponsors have pulled out over fears at brazil's top court. could band the championship on thursday, one again, a care of his report. nobody else who does the cup america. it's supposed to be sports event with 10 south american teens competing for regional football cup this year. it has turned into a political battle between major players, none of them professional. lastly, like brazil's vice president general emilio model, this was when the national squad suggested it might boycott the championship. he lashed out against the head coach to teach you the sort of feel. i come from

a time when football players would consider it an honor to be part of the national team. now the head coach doesn't want them to play. he should leave the president's son, sen, flexible sonata spoke in defense of his father's decision to host the cop america. despite brazil, having the world's 2nd largest cove in 1900 death toll, syracuse teachy of licking. the boots of former president master mueller, the tumor from brazil, leftist workers parties with a strong contender against both so narrow in next year's election. borders must be on this because this discussion is not about health tita kept silent when the co for america was to be hosted by argentina. but as soon as the venue was changed to brazil, he took a political stand to hypocrites. it was right when president jane wilson took um the cup america after columbia, argentina withdrew as co host arguing. they were facing deadly protests. and corona,

virus infections. the opposition cited with doctors and scientists who said it's not the right time for place to hold such a large event. so presidents, your to say this is a different champion. we need a clean champion shop. the more the national team said it was and satisfied. but would hold his tongue until tuesday, just 5 days before the copper america's kickoff there, silence fuel the war on social media between both financial supporters and opponents. chair peered in means as a staunch communist, a follower of long dead leon trotsky while critics suitable. so now to dub the cop america covey america sports commentator mt a says appear to politicians in south america have always use football to promote themselves. or it's a distraction from an ongoing crisis goal. with that,

if the gym is the comp won't bring any money to the brazilian economy, because there will be no public in the stadium. the government's interest in hosting the tournament is merely political. we've seen this happen before in the seventy's military regimes here and in origin. tina used the world cup as a smoke screen to hide their atrocities. now it's being used by both sides for other reasons. if the organizers of the cop america have their way, the final game will be played here, and we addition, nero's iconic mac and i'll stadium with a small public. but may resilience are weary of promises. that safety rules will be respected. the south american football confederation on the ball is more worried about the millions of dollars it has already invested and would lose if the games were suspended. its priority is to make sure the ball keeps rolling. no matter what monica, you and i give, i'll just 0 re addition,

narrow the canadian developer behind the controversial keystone next l. oil pipeline is terminate to project. comes off the present. joe biden revoked the developers permit. the pipeline was to deliver oil from canada to the us. the constellation is a major setback for oil producers and the canadian governments, but as being hailed as a victory by environmental activists. ok . so this is the 0, these are the top stories and you as president joe biden has arrived in the u. k. on his 1st official trip abroad since taking office during the 8th. a visit to europe biden will take part in g 7 and nato summit. it also meet with the russian president vladimir putin. i'm going to communicate that there are consequences rely for violating the sovereignty of democracies in the united states in europe and elsewhere. i'm going to be clear.