could face up to 30 years behind bars, join us on june the 25th for live coverage. as this historic us court case reaches its conclusion. derek show the goods sentencing on our juicy. ah, more than 30 are all in linked websites go offline. the us justice department says it sees control of them for violating sanctions. ah, what y'all do? they were like, my headquarters haven't a whole so coming up a step by the efforts to reform us voting rights. republicans in the senate block, what would have been a major overhaul of the electoral system? also, the 1st person in hong kong charged under the national security goes on trial,

the driving his motorcycle into police officers and india reports cases of the cove at 19 delta plus strain declaring it as a variant of concern which could trigger a 3rd wave. ah, welcome to the program, 33 websites linked to run the offline after the u. s. c's control of them. the justice department says it block them because they violate sanctions. now this is the message greeting anyone trying to look at her on the english language press t b side or the arabic alarm channel. the us has accused media outlets connected to rounds revolution regard of spreading disinformation might kind of has more from washington d. c. the justice department says that the iranian television and radio union had been designated

a special entity back in october last year because of what it alleged was election interference. this requires all of its bodies to get special permission to operate in the united states, which the justice department said it did not do so. as a result, some 33 entities have been shut down. all the websites have been shut down by the department of justice. and now that is the situation there. but at the same time, what you have is these entities moving almost immediately within a matter of hours to radio controlled websites. so they are now continuing to operate, but the timing as well. there are some questions about that. it's only a few days since iran elected a new president. and importantly to it's only a few days since the 7th round of negotiations about restoring the nuclear view with iran concluded. now the us and iran are not taking part to face to face in

those negotiations that happening through intermediaries. but certainly this action now with these websites being shut down is going to have potentially a massive impact on any chance of resuscitating resuscitating those negotiations. but as department of justice says, this is something that has been a long time in the coming. the department of justice has confirmed that these websites were in fact, owned by american companies. although obviously being used by the iranian entities, the bill, it would have led to a major overhaul of the us. the actual system has failed. republican sentences book the voting rights legislation put forward by the democrats. 3 fifths of the senators, duly chosen and sworn. not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. that fell short of a 60 votes require to have a debate on the legislation. democrats argued the reform package will counteract laws passed in republican lead states, which restrict and voting access. man,

because it is an associate professor of political science at howard university and she explains why it's more effective to improve voting rights at the state level. i think the fight will continue at the federal level. me those who still the job with voter advancement act. that's still sort of languishing right now in the senate, but there's also movement that can be had at the state level. i mean, certainly, i think there will be lots of legal challenges to these these policies in the faith, whether be georgia or texas or other ones that you will be a lot more litigation around. some of this to halt the introduction of these law into practice. i think everyone who sort of concerned about this federal legislation has been trying to chip away at some of the sort of legal basis for these kind of voter id law. namely reinstating the necessary sections of the voting rights act per bit. be activity that have really crept up the passage of the shelby

the holder decision. but it still is the case that you have a spin it, that it stops leopold at least from the republican to any such measure. so the likelihood that anything's going to happen at the federal level is slim to none, but this particular split in the city. and it's really going to take some new blood in the minute to go to change the outcome. i think at least federally where election law concern, but i think it's 2, i think short sighted to only focus on the federal level. the state is really important year. the 1st test in hong kong to be charged and debating is national security law is on trial. the government has denied the defendant agirri fighting concerns over the safety of the jurors. tony kid is accused of terrorism and inciting secession for driving his motorcycle toward a group of police officers while flying a protest flag last july. to be a good pollen is in hong kong. she says, tolls trial will set a precedent and has details on the most recent arrest made under the national

security law. this is definitely seen as a landmark case here and sets the tone and many are watching. it's for clues on how national security cases will be conducted going forward. there's already concern that this case will undermine the very wanted and respected rule of law in hong kong. there for one thing, there is no jury in this court criminal cases. this court customarily have a jury and also causing concern is the fact that the 3 judges overseeing this case have all been appointed by hong kong. chief executive kid is only 24 years old. he is accused of running his motorcycle into a group of policemen and carrying a flag which had the words liberate hong kong revolution of our times, which is now seen as the secessionist phrase. and on that basis, he has been accused of violating the national security law on for the session on

charge of the session and alternate charges of terrorism. we're hearing that a 55 year old columnist. i thought newspaper, which is hong kong. last standing on the democratic newspaper has been arrested. he's known for his critical columns and writing on china. now he's just the latest to be arrested since arrayed on that paper. dock paper. apple daily is owned and founded by jimmy lie. he's the media mogul and billionaire was currently in jail. he is facing charges under the national security law, among other things for collusion with foreign forces. on thursday, when a number of executives and editors were arrested, please say they're still continuing their investigation, prompting fears within the media outlets that more of the frontline journalists are due to take place in and his health officials are warning about and of the strain of the cove at 19 that

say further mutation of the delta variant. now they declared that delta plus a variance of concern. and it came from the highly infectious strain that drove the country's recent spike and has been documented in many other countries. more than 20 cases have been found so far in 3 states. let's get more of this. melissa per animal correspondent in the morning lives really worrying development for india. absolutely. so, and that is why the health ministry has said that they have declared the delta plus, as it's being called a variant of concern. they say they do this when a variance shows increased transmits ability and increased violence. they've identified 3 characteristics of the delta plus flow for the 1st is increased transmits ability. the 2nd is that it is binds more to the receptor of long cells receptors of long cells. and also there's the potential reduction in antibody

response as well. now they've said that, you know, there are only 22 cases so far, but it is really important to get on top of this. that's why they've told the 3 states where the cases have been found. that some had astra, mature provision, and catalogue that they have to put strips containment measures in place immediately. that includes preventing crowds, preventing people socializing, increase testing, prompt contact tracing, and vaccines on a priority basis. they've said that the delta plots has been found in 9 countries. including india that include the u. s. u k, portugal to japan, they, paul, russia and china as well. and again, been trying to get on top of this before it has the kind of devastation that don't both here and aboard. the white house chief medical advisor anthony found, she said on tuesday that the delta, the original delta variant, the biggest threat to america getting the club in 1900 pandemic to control that 20

percent of all the new cases in the us of the delta. very interesting, mythical increase from nearly 10 percent 2 weeks ago. of course, lays metrics around the world, including india, calls have keep you very close eye on this development. but in terms of india was about the cases that are emerging there. and the general role out to the vaccine. well, i suppose if there's any good news in india at the moment that the 2nd wave, which for around 100 more than 180 top 1000 death, most of them in april and may, has tapered off. and cases have declined, and d of a quarter around 50000 new cases on tuesday to put that into perspective, there were more than 400000 cases just over a month ago. the health secretary has said that it's a 90 percent decline, but the co, the task force has said that it's very, very important that people still follow cause of 19 protocols that they avoid parties and gatherings. and that is because most restrictions have been removed

from most places, as cases have declined. and the government is trying to use this time to inoculate as many people as possible. that's made vaccinations free as of monday for all adults and inoculated record 8800000 people on monday. but it has a mammoth toss. its target is vaccinating 700000000 people by the end of the year. that requires an oxidation. 10000000 people every day and the challenges of supply remain. and after that record a point 8000000 on monday, the creation is actually drop to 5.4 on tuesday. the throat and thanks very much corresponded there in india with an update on the current of iris situation. will say your message is exactly one month before the start of the tokyo olympic games, which were delayed by a. yeah, because of the current virus pandemic, the president of the game says alcohol will be banned to make sure that they're safe and secure. the decision to go ahead with the games is highly controversial,

but organizes incent, stole the necessary precautions will be taken to ensure they run smoothly. are correspond by the selma choices from tow chemicals? no alcohol at the games, but i'm sure those people will still have fun if they arrive. well, it depends on the definition of fun for different people. but certainly in no alcohol, they can cheer the spectators and they have spectators. they have 40 the country of the assets and the spectators. they have to wait a month all the time. they have to inform the organizing committee, transport the waste from their homes and lodging locations to the venue. so lots office sections on the spectators above that. busy there is a limit on the number of spectators. it's not up to 10000. each event or 50 percent of the capacity in all of the venue is one day. so you can see although we are one

month away from the mix, there are still so many challenges for holding. busy in big sense, the fun that as an international and celebration of an international games in the world that we're not going to see actually in many of the many of the events, especially the country events that we're hoping to see during that was in big's that all cancelled they have to stay in their big village. they cannot go out there . they have to report every day and they have to get to pick this daily. so lots of challenges from month away from the big and the thanks very much for the update fatty. some of the corresponded in tokyo. well, still had here on al jazeera, the, you and wall of an increase in violence. and it's going to stop as the tunnel make

more gains, the head of the withdrawal of foreign troops and spain pardoned capital on separate his leaders. his declaration of independence led to the countries was a political crisis in decades like stories after the break. ah hello. well, is looking pretty good across the middle east. well, that's the mistake. it is looking very hot, dry and sunny, but the winds not quite as strong as they have been recently. so the shamal has east 40 celsius here in doha. not too bad enough. it back then q weight of 4748 degrees. chelsea wanted to shout into central parts of but nothing must speak of a chance of one or 2. she was tuned to northern parts of mom. once again, notice the temperature in moscato as down to around $34.00 celsius with the winds.

coming in from the south westlake direction. wanted to shout was just around the gulf of aid and wanted to shout as to just around the c o. p. and heil is over the next couple of days to catch another show abrasive, leading a few showers into southern pass of somalia, those showers popping up around the p. o p in highlands. cecily ways driving plenty of showers over towards the gulf of guinea cameroon. in particular sinks and big downpours will see the heavy rain also extending its way across southern parts of nigeria could see some flooding here for southern parts of africa. well, it is generally drive. we got a few showers into the far south of south africa, around the western cape, the southern cape ad, on shore breeze, also feeding a few showers into eastern parts of tans and there were some showers, but kenya ah, in the next episode, science in a golden age, i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval period in

the field of chemistry, they transformed the superstition of alchemy into the science of chemistry. many of his chemical procedures, all those which make the today. oh wow. science and a golden age with professor jim mclean. and i'll just 0. 0, the the me here what you want me to hold romney reminder about health stories. the u. s. government says that these control of 33 websites linked to iran, citing violations of american sanctions. this is the message greeting that is trying to look at around english language press p

b science or the arabic alarm channel. us senate republicans are brought to key voting rights backed by democrats. the election reform package contain mentions to counteract both pass and republican. let states which restrict those access. the 1st person, hong kong to be charged and debating, national security law has gone on trial. talking to the accused of driving his motorcycle into a group of officers while flying a protest flag last july. us media is reporting that falls out. he's involved in becoming a journalist. remote shoji had received power military training in the united states because all g saudi citizen was murdered in the kingdoms counselor officers stumble. 3 years ago, the new york times claimed the security company based in all consult provided the training in 2017 and the contract was approved by the state department. glen com is a former deputy national intelligence officer that trans national threats. the central intelligence agency, lisa says the suggestion of us involvement in casualties, murder,

but the report isn't a good look for washington. i think it has importance because to the average listener or viewer, it will associate by one step. remove that all the united states government with the thugs who assassinate, that's not a good thing. however, the training that occurred is the kind of training that, that so the united states and other countries provide to allies to have closer relations to increase the standards and the skills of the other nations. and i know that the united states does not, does not condone or teach assassination techniques. so politically, it's a, it's unfortunate association. it's something that's happened for decades by many nations. and the u. s. did not teach them to do

a fog assassination. and her with the war on terror increase in funding. this kind of activity with private corporation says increase quite a bit. what they train can be could range widely, but it will be how do you protect someone establish a security perimeter for important person such as mal howard and solomon? what have what skills do you have in, in the martial arts and in the weapons control? and in securing a, an area that the v i p will travel to things like that. more than a 100 fighters in the democratic republic of congo, lay down the weapons and surrendered to the authorities. the 1st to do so, since president felix, as katy announced motion law last month to stop escalating violence into eastern provinces. victoria gave them because the story was armed fighters in the democratic republic of congo,

north keyvi province take part in a ceremony, following their surrender to government forces around 70 weapons. mostly rifles were also handed. it would have been your work in rebellion was to steal and destroy the peace among the people. this is why we, the leaders of the bush groups decided to leave the bush to bring our children out of the bush to embrace a better life of the provinces. of north keyvi and i tore in the east of d, o. c were placed under military rule last month to stop escalating violence between armed groups. president felix cheese to katy put the army and police in charge of administrative court and policing affairs. and 2 generals were appointed governors replacing those who were elected. they need to do my c id for my fin. the clean up operation is already effective with several religious recovered. we will continue to hunt dantes on the groups wherever they go. violence is played these eastern

provinces for years with more than $100.00 armed groups operating in the dense forests and attacks on civilians. his surge recently killing thousands of congolese and displacing more than 5000000. so many support the president's actions. as you get done, i feel very happy, really happy to see our cousins, our brothers and uncles who were once fighters surrender. since the military governor has been in office, we see that the activism of the group is on the decline. now they're starting to surrender without gunfire. president, she's the katie says his decision to impose the so called state of siege was prompted by the suffering of those living in north keyvi. and i tore critics worn. the security forces could easily abuse their mandate. but supporters say military rule is already making a difference. victoria gay to be al jazeera people living in ethiopia, ti dry region, say finding

a flat up in recent days. north of the regional capital mckelly, they say fight as loyal to the former regional ruling party, entered several towns, including the route where people celebrated until ethiopian and trained soldiers arrived. the military has denied the claims reports of violence come a day after elections took place and most of the rest of the country, the date has it been set for poles and there are new fears about growing instability. and they've got this done after a string of recent military gains by the taliban. it's fighters capture the main border crossing with the g crystal on tuesday. and the an invoice we got on says the groups taken control of more than 50 districts in the past month. not violence has increased significantly since the us nonce plans to withdraw its troops by september. the 11th out there is diplomatic added to james base. has this report the security situation in afghanistan has been deteriorating for years. but what

the security council heard in this virtual session was the most grim briefing. yet, i cannot overstate to the counsel my concern regarding the present situation in afghanistan. in recent weeks, taliban activity has been focused on a number of key provinces. these pictures from conduce in northern afghanistan, where the provincial capital conduce city, looks at risk of being surrounded. special representative lions said the un believes this may be a deliberate strategy. more than 50 about the dentist and $370.00 districts have fallen since the beginning of may. most districts have been that have been taken for granted provincial capitals suggesting that the taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capital one courses. i fully withdrawn the taliban, deny they were responsible for many of the recent attacks,

but african astonished foreign minister and heath at ma told the council they are behind them. and it's a clear breach of that deal with the us under the international energy. our own fire source, the signing sophia by the united states troops withdraw. the massacre was in school with car axles over the us address on file and select them off. the president biden announced to pull out of us troops in april, his secretary of state antony blinkin, came up with a plan to build on the talks and doha, with a peace conference in stand bull. so the taliban and african government could work

together. that plan now lies in tatters. and most analysts believe the african people who suffered for decades of war and now lightly to face an intensified conflict. un experts preparing for a major humanitarian emergency. james bays al jazeera line, jail council, and separate as leaders convicted of sedition set to be released from prison after spain's prime minister pardoned them. they were in prison 2 years ago for their role in the regions failed. 2017 independence spit. so the guy ego has more a tentative olive branch loaded with consequences. the spanish prime minister has been pushing hard to revive talks with catalog separatists and hoping that a pardon for the movement 9 in prison. leaders can open the way for dialogue. we are responding to mother to the spanish government has taken this decision because it's the best of catalonia, the best for spain, and correspondence to the spirit of hominy and co existence in the spanish

constitution. yeah. it's not without opposition. sanchez finds himself in the middle of a story outside of pennsylvania. it is deeply unpopular, more than 60 percent of the country against the move and parties from the center to the hard right have capitalized on that discontent. but the procession is movement . the pardon do not go far enough. the cattle and lita said only an amnesty would be acceptable as he could call to continue the fight for independence. but 1st water it's time for an amnesty on the right to self determination. it is time to agree on the referendum is time for a solution to achieve more internal consensus? yeah, the illegal independence referendum in 2017 triggered the biggest political crisis of the country had seen in decades. the 9 succession of leaders was sentence in

2019 for their roles in the vote, including catalonia, the vice premier, spain supreme court, which oversaw the trial has also rejected the pardons. as it says, those sentence have shown no remorse. while the ruling is non binding, it could be cited impossible, future legal challenges in the constitutional court, which could send the 9 back to prison. the difficulty for the process session is to argument is that while it is very vocal, it is still in the minority in catalonia, big part of spain is still just about the preferred option that mr. sanchez's dilemma is that he is leading a minority government and can ill afford to squander the support in the parliament . he also needs the support of catalan nationalists parties. their leaders know that this piece offering won't be extended by the prime minister's opponents. it is an enormous gamble,

yet those determined to move on say the pardon are the only way to repair the divisions that still linger between the 2 sides. so did i ever go out there that can be new, free and fair election in nicaragua, later this year? if the suppression of the opposition continues not according to human rights watch, it says the rest of 5 possible presidential candidates as well as rights violations against government, critics or strategy to eliminate competition. the rights group wants the un security council issues discuss the issue, which it says is a threat to regional security. in brazil, violence confrontations between indigenous protest as an please false congress to suspend the session. politicians are debating a bill that would pay the way the commercial farming and mining and protected indigenous lands. monica can report from rio de janeiro o the o started is a peaceful protest to stop

a controversial bill. one that will open protected indigenous land to commercial farming and mining. but it ended in a battle in the heart of brazil's capital security forces fired stun bernice tear gas and temper straight against indigenous protesters who were marching to the congress building. several demonstrators were injured and hospital wall 3 policemen, world wounded by indigenous arrows. boom. but the use of police force was disproportionate. 11 indigenous protesters were hit by rubber bullets. some of our elders fell during the stampede, and some of our women fainted. to smoke and tear gas entered, the congress building, forcing legislators out or congressmen who defend the indigenous cause, negotiated with security forces supported the protesters away. they said the voting

would be soon on wednesday with the governor got. there's a lot of pressure from agricultural businessmen who want to cut down a forest and who had the support of president both scenarios. the bill would also allow the government to reduce indigenous territories which have already been fema catered, and can stop us from claiming more lands. the battle is far from over. several 100 indigenous leaders continued to camp an outside of congress because they say they're fighting for their survival. and they're running out of time, monica, and i give, i'll just sierra re edition nero. ah, what you over there with me. so he'll rom, as a reminder of all top stories, the us department of justice, a c's control of.