0, we can the army were attacking ringo and now they're attacking everyone in me on my do you regret? well it's like we listen. absolutely. nigeria with a woman presses, it would be great. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on sir. ah, the united states sees is $33.00 media websites linked to iran. iran condemns as a breach of freedom of speech. ah lu, i'm fully becky boy, you're watching al jazeera life from also coming up on kong, apple daily newspapers says it will shut down by saturday afternoon packets. the frozen and several stops arrested under being national security law. india

government says a new call. the 1900 variance has been detected in 3 states and orders testing to be tough. and dozens of fighters in democratic republic of congo surrender the weapon leading to hope that many more will follow. i thank you for joining us. hey, ron has condemned the us seizure of 33 pro iranian media websites, calling it a breach of freedom of speech. the u. s. says, besides violate sanctions against iran. this was the message greeting people, trying to look at the iranian english language press tv site. the channel has now change is domain address, so users can gain access. the us justice department has accused media outlets connected to uranium to iran solution. every god of spreading. disinformation mask linked palestinian web site has also been blocked. let's go as to dos. jabari,

a correspondent, 100 k ron doors, to tell us more about these new sites that have been targeted. and the reaction from the rain, you know, thought well the sites are all branches of the official fate t v broadcast channels. and it comes at a time when, of course, it's very, very critical time for iran and the united states. the reaction we've received so far has been one from the head of the reigning mission at the united nations said that the complication of the websites by the us treasury is an act of any legal act . and he said that iran will pursue the matter through legal channels. and of course, this is at a time when the iranians are now looking at a draft coming from vienna after the 6 round of talks between or on and the western powers about the return of the u. s. to the nuclear deal of 2015. they radians have formed this special committee with the various branches of government to take a look at this document, which they will decide on in the coming weeks. this could not have happened that

a worse time. it will be used as an example by the hard line voices inside the country to say the u. s. cannot be trusted, and therefore we should not accept the steel but the government of hi sandra on he has said that the nuclear agreement must be a bided by all sides. and the wrong is willing to return to that when the us upholds it's and the lift the sanctions. and of course this acts by the u. s. is being seen as a hostile one. and we heard from the president's chief of staff at the weekly cabinet meeting. let's listen into what he had to say about, you know, me check on the con john the what the us did to iranian websites was a breach of all principles of freedom of speech. which the united states is proud of. they restricted freedom of speech. we condemn this measure. we will use all our legal and international means to counter this wrong policy of the united states. it is not a constructive move at a time when nuclear talks are underway in vienna as you say, door. so this is coming at a delicate time in us iran relations. and now press tv reporting. there's been

a sabotage attempt on a building of the reigning atomic organization. what more you hear, what more you hearing about this? well, we have very we have very little information at the moment just struggling in, according to a source that is being quoted by the local news agencies. here there was an attempt on early wednesday morning at one of the organizations building in the city of cottage, which is a city just outside of capital to the west of terror on and the radians of matters to foil the attempt at attack on the building. we don't know what form of attack this was and we don't have much more detail what we do know. there is nobody injured and there was no damage cause to the building itself. course, this is not the 1st time iran has had to do with this kind of sabotage attempts. there was a successful one hands nuclear site in april where the power grid was shut down as a result of an explosion. and then last summer again, then the towns nuclear side,

there was another attack as well. so there is an attempt to sabotage any kind of a mini believe here that any kind of a nuclear agreement that would be reached when the, the iranians get close to an agreement with the united states and western powers analyst here. believe that is when these attacks take place, so it could be an indication of what is to come in the coming days and weeks. but for now, the radian officials are very limited in the information they're sharing about this . but they have said that they've just fall this attack and they will continue to investigate and they were looking for the perpetrators at the time. so thank you for that. dorothy jabari line for us to inquire on in hong kong, the pro democracy newspaper apple daily has confirmed. it will shut down operations by saturday after its assets were frozen. the announcement follows the arrest of its chief columnist. the writer, known by his pen named leaping is a 6 staff member detained this month under bay james national security long diego

palin has the latest from hong kong. the task union has confirmed to us that the paper is likely to stop it's printing process officer tonight, which means that tomorrow will likely be the last print edition of the paper. now this echoed the board of directors, concerns and statement saying that the paper will concede to continue to exist and to follow the rest of that were another arrest of one of its employees. this time, the 55 year old call him this, you mention. he was a prolific writer, a well known for his outspoken views on china. he's been arrested on charges under the national security law for collusion or foreign forces. now was seen as an extension of a raid on the building behind me by 500 police officers on thursday where they arrested the number of executives and editors. and for the 1st time in the media organization confiscated reporter's notebook computers and other journalistic

documents, the police say the investigation is ongoing and it sent chills across the journalist, a community here with staff here saying that there, fearing that they will also be arrested in the following week and girls are hearing of other columnists and other outspoken, well known writers, saying that they will stop their political commentary with one from quite a high profile paper, confirming that to himself and the 1st person in hong kong to be charge under b. james national security law is on trial. the government has denied the defendant a jury, citing concerns over the safety of the jurors. dongle, k, to is accused of terrorism and inciting secession for driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers while flying a protest flag last july. in no more than 20 cases of

a highly infectious coven 19 strain have been found in 3 indian states as closely related to the delta. very interest detected in the country as officials say, the new delta pass mutation is a very deaf concern. elizabeth random has more from new delhi. they've identified 3 characteristics of the delta plus for, for the 1st is increased transmitter to the 2nd is that it is bind more to the receptor of lung cells, receptors of long cells. and also there's a 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 strict containment measures in place immediately. that includes preventing crowds, preventing people socializing increased testing problems, contact tracing, and vaccines on

a priority basis. they've said that the delta plus has been found in 9 countries. including india that include the u. s. u k, portugal, switzerland, 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 delta both here and abroad. the white house chief medical advisor anthony found, she said on tuesday, that the delta, the original delta variant, is the biggest threat to america. getting the corbin 1900 pandemic under control. that 20 percent of all the new cases in the us of a delta. very significant increase from nearly 10 percent 2 weeks ago. organizes of next month's tokyo olympics have unveiled tough new rules for spectators, including a ban on alcohol. they say the usual festive mood of the event will have to be suppressed to make sure it's safe and secure. the decision to go ahead with the olympics is highly controversial, but organizes insist all necessary precautions will be taken. how lisa lama is in

tokyo, he says the alcohol ban. add to a growing list of restrictions for domestic spectators. the spectators. they have to wear them off 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 fictions on the spectators. above that, there is a limit on the number of spectators. it's now up to $10000.00 each event or 50 percent of the capacity in all of the venue is one day. so you can see, although we are just one month away from the mix. but there are still so many challenges to holding in vix and the fun that as an international and celebration of an international games in the world that we're not going to see actually in focus. many of the, many of the events,

especially the country events that we're hoping to see during that would then be that all council athletes, they have to stay in that village. they cannot go out from there. they have to report every day and they have to get into take this daily. so lots of challenges from month away from the still ahead on al jazeera, the republicans in the us senate brought the bill that would have made it easier for more americans to vote and violence between indigenous protesters and police in brazil for his congress just session. ah hello sir. here's the weather story process straightly on thursday. we've got a disturbance, a weather maker hanging out toward the bite. it's feeding some rain and wind for

south australia. so adelaide we could see winds with bob to about 75, kayla meters per hour. we've also got a france across the eastern portion of the country that some showers for sidney. and as i take you toward friday, we see that disturbance crude across to the east will see rain fill in for victoria . but those stiff winds will start to backed out through the east. we're going to get a pretty good feed of rain for the south island of new zealand. so we'll pick up the weather story there on friday. and we do have some weather warnings for that heavy rain that we will see for that southern lp on friday. christ church just and mix the funding cloud for you on friday. ok, next up we're going to go to southeast asia and it looks like this will get some dry spells for indo china, but we will see our daytime heating thunderstorms pop up. and i think we could see that more prolonged is on java island. so this includes jakarta, $31.00 degrees, you know, for the philippines. i think our best bet of seen rain will be both for the north island and also the south. i so devout, we've got

a high of 32 degrees for you and manila. what weather on, tap on thursday with a high of 29 degrees in the forecast for you. ah. with a bag. energy and change to every part of our universe. or small to continue the change all around the shape, my technology and human ingenuity, we can make it work for you and your business. ah,

the me welcome back. a recap of our top story on al jazeera. iran has condemned the u. s. feature of 33 media websites, calling it to reach a freedom of speech. the us says the site find a sanctions against a lawn and a queue of spreading this information on kong straw democracy newspaper. apple daily has control and get were close by saturday. i was chief column, this has been arrested. the 6th member detained this month and the aging national security and more than 20 cases of a highly infectious covered $900.00 strain have been found in 3 indian state. it's closely related to the delta, a very interest detected their alpha official, see the so called out. the approximate taishan is a variant of concern. now me and mars the pose leader on fans or cheese facing

a new trial on wednesday. she's charged with violating the colonial era official secrets act, which carries a heavy jail term of up to 14 years. the military is already brought a series of criminal charges against her since taking power on times which she has been detained since the court in february, drawing louise following development from her love for the charge against long tongues who g for breaking the official secrets. it's one of the most serious charges against her. it carries a maximum punishment of 14 years in prison. and she's been charged along with 4 others, including astray and economic advisor, shawn to know who was arrested several days after the qu. now the case is being heard in the supreme court, which is highly unusual. the voting of the supreme court cannot be appealed because it's the highest court in miasma. but we also understand that the supreme court will be hearing arguments about whether the district court may be more suitable

court to hear this case. few people doubt on santucci will get a fair trial. there have been several irregularities before and during her other hearings, including how her lawyers haven't difficulty getting access to her. how the charges against her have been announced, days, weeks, and even months after she was arrested. members of the public and journalists have no access to the proceedings. now, meanwhile, violence and unrest in myanmar not only continue but appear to be spreading opposition to army rule, had initially been peaceful protests on the streets. but these have been turning increasingly violent with bombings, as well as killings of june, to appointed local officials. us president joe biden fayetteville, keep up the fight to overhaul the electoral system. after the senate republicans

proctor billed to begin debating the proposals 3 fifths of the senators, duly chosen, and sworn not having voted in the affirmative. the motion is not agreed to. it fell short of the 60 votes required democrats, say the reform package will counteract laws passed in republican that states which restrict voting axis. republicans argue the reform package infringes on faith's rights. and his aim that tilting elections in favor of the democrats. it is not a republican concern or a democratic concern. it is an american concern. this is about the american people's rights of both unfettered. it is about their access to the right to vote in a meaningful way because nobody is debating. i don't believe whether all americans have the right to vote. the issue here is their actual access to the voting process or is that being impeded? and the,

the bottom line is that the president and i are very clear to support f one. we support the john, the with the voting rights, and the fight is not open. man b carther is an associate professor of political science at howard university. 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. i mean, if you still the john lewis, voter advancement act, that's still sort of languishing right now in the senate, but there's also a 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 states, whether it be georgia or texas or other ones, that you will see 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 keep away at some of the sort of legal basis for these kinds of motor id law. namely reinstating the necessary sections of the voting rights act to

prevent b activity that have really crept up to the passage of the shelby the holder decision . but it still is the case that you have a spin it that it stops. we oppose relief from the republican to 80 measured. so the likelihood that anything's going to happen at the federal level is slim to none, with this particular split in the city. and it's really going to take some new blood in the senate 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 9 jail katelyn, separatists leaders convicted of sedition, are set to be released from prison after spain. foreign minister, pardon them. they were imprisoned 2 years ago for their role in the region fails. 2017 independence bid. sonya g. a g or 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 movements 9 imprisoned 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 storm outside of california. 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 capital and lead to said only an amnesty would be acceptable, as he could cause to continue the fight for independence. but at 1st water,

the thea, it's time for an amnesty on the right to self determination. it's time to agree on the referendum. it's time for a solution to achieve more internal consensus. yeah, 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 procession is 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. sanctioned. his

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 barely does know that this peace offering will 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 deep divisions that still linger between the 2 sides. so did i ever go out there, or israel is forcibly expelling supporters of time is seen in families in the occupied these through them, neighborhood, or shift era. it's more of a continuing cut down on protests against the forces basement of dozens of palestinian families from their homes to make way for israeli settlers. stephanie deca has more this tiny street in the neighbourhood of shapes that are in occupied jerusalem really is a microcosm of what is happening on the ground here when it comes to the expansion of settlements of israeli settlers. jewish settlers taking over areas of policy ins

. once, for example, this, this is occupied easters, and this is internationally recognized as occupied. this is the place that policies want as then as a capital of any future state. now this is a house that's already been taken taken over by israeli settlers, and then just on the other side of the street, you have a house that is a palestinian home, but that is already being share. so you have a one part time thing and one part where and is ready, sad to live. often you have is ready police guarding the south or is one of the main complaints here of the palestinians is that they are not allowed to have anyone visit down the street. that doesn't live here. it's very different for when it comes to those who want to visit the israeli settlers. and also they say that the police really protect the sufferers when it comes to the really tensions we've seen on the ground here on and off for weeks on end. they are preventing us from here at all. so you're saying that only the member of the cabinet is allowed to come in. but all the others i'm not allowed to see of that. we're talking about

women of people know nothing here is dangerous or nothing. you got anything to do with security and this is your and without, in general, so them according to their low. it's an area which is not occupied. you should be able to pass. but you see, when we are dealing with that up by the senior community becomes occupied, what needs you should becomes open if there's anything closer our price out. this is the 4th time at the heart of the issue also is the fact that israeli law protects and actually allows for these kinds of things to happen. so basically, you look at the legality of why these houses have been taken over. it's because it's been ruled that this land was owned by a jewish trust over a 100 years ago, but will probably say is they don't have the right to the same kind of legal recourse. the people that live here had to leave their homes in 1948 when the state of israel were established and now with them facing eviction. they say that they don't have the same legal recourse to be able to claim what they say is,

rightly they are sedans. prime minister says fractures within the country, security forces are deeply worrying. abdullah handle case urging reconciliation between the military and political groups and is launched. an initiative for unity has been increased tension transplant the managed to integrate arms groups into the sudanese forces. as civilian military power sharing administration has governed since long time, either on my alba share resigned in 2019 people living in ethiopia, ti gray region say fighting has flared up in recent days. north of the regional capital mckelly. they say fight is loyal to the former regional party entered several towns, including audrey, got where people were said to be celebrating until ethiopian and retrain soldiers arrived. the fuel in military has denied the reports calling them. fabrications is, comes a day after elections took place in not part of a country, but no date has been set for posts in t grade. more than

a 100 fighters in democratic republic of congo have laid down their weapons and surrender to the authorities and refers to do so in space. in phoenix, you just choose, the katie imposed marshal law last month to stop escalating violence into is to provinces. victoria gates and be has more armed fighters in the democratic republic of congo. north key b province take part in a ceremony. following best surrender to government forces around 70 weapons, mostly rifles were also handed. it would have been your work in rebellion was the steel, destroy the peace among the people. this is why we, the leaders of the bush troops decided to leave the bush to bring our children out of the bush to embrace a better life. 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. katy put the army and police in charge of administrative court and policing affairs. and 2 generals were appointed as governors replacing those who were elected when it pledge them i see if my fin, the clean up operation is already effective with several religious recovered. we will continue to hunt down these groups wherever they go. violence is played. these eastern provinces, the 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 go for fun, i feel very happy, really happy to see our cousins, brothers and uncles who are once fighters surrender, says 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 said, he says his decision to impose to so called stated 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 gate and b al jazeera in brazil violent confrontations between indigenous protesters and police have forced congress to suspend a session. politicians are debating a bill that would paved the way for commercial farming and mining and protected indigenous lands. monica, and i have reports from real. oh, oh, started as a peaceful printer 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 sprayed against indigenous protesters who were marching to the congress building. several demonstrators were injured and hospital wall 3 policemen, world wounded by indigenous arrows with the 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 to enter the congress building. forcing legislators out for congressmen who defend the indigenous cause, negotiated with security forces supported the protesters away. they said the voting would be soon on wednesday. we'll group 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 prima catered, and can stop us from climbing more lines. the battle is far from over. several 100 indigenous leaders continued to camp outside of congress because they say they're fighting for their survival. and they're running out of time, monica, you know, give, i'll just 0. we addition narrow. ah, hello again, i'm fully back with the headlines on al jazeera k, ron has condemned the us seizure of 33 pro iranian websites, calling it a breach of freedom of speech. the u. s. s. assigned to violate sanctions against yvonne. the justice department has accused media outlets connected to the revolutionary god of spreading this information. dr. barry is entail on with more on the radio response.