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ah the man who inspired the film, the hotel, rolando, and saved of a 1200 lives is released from prison and a deal struck by cattle. ah, hello darn jordan. this is out as they are alive from de also coming up. be prepared for us jack forcefully. protect our people. that's exactly what happened last night. president biden's warnings a tear on often u. s. s. strikes target iran. black forces in syria. indian politician rob gandy is disqualified from parliament ahead of next year's general election. opposition. parties call it an attack on democracy. and we look at how animals are being used to help ukraine soldiers deal with

a trauma of fighting on the front blocks. ah, the man who said more than 1200 lives during the rwandan genocide and in spite of the film hotel rolanda has been released from prison hall, recessive begin. it was sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges 2 years ago. he's one of 20 people who sentences had been commuted. falling intense diplomacy by cotton and the united states. barbara got a report. he served more than a year of a 25 year prison sentence after a rwandan court convicted him on terrorism charges. now paul recess, a beginner, is a free man. 2 years ago, he refused to participate in court proceedings. write scripts and observers said the trial was a sham because also somebody may have household to the old how b denito they want on the government are because does not on,

it does not order it to criticism. and so it, it just showed the right to the, to the system or for wonder of the big scottish it or does why the, this is something that i've been fighting for for human rights in one of our democracy in wander. and he didn't even try to become victim excited nearly 20 years earlier, he became famous when the hollywood film hotel rhonda told his story. his credit had with saving more than 1200 lives during rwanda's, 1994 genocide. more than half a 1000000 tutsis and many his were killed by a who to militia during a civil war. the rondon patriotic front led by pork a guy may want the war and took power. carmella to became president and recess of akina became his critic. rhonda accused him of supporting an armed creep that wanted to overthrow the government we have maintained. oh,

serious concerns about this case, especially as with regards to political violence, but i'm groups including those that are led by people operating from develop countries. but we have the no agreed on fundamental principles as we're able to, to, to move forward with this sir humanitarian relief, recessive. again, a has beltran citizenship and was a resident of the u. s. 3 years ago he was deceived into boarding a plane in to buy and later appeared in wanda's capital kigali in handcuffs. right script say he was kidnapped. rwanda's government says his sentence has been commuted after a presidential order. barbara and cooper, alto, sarah? yes, president joe biden welcomed the muse saying, paused families eager to welcome him back to the united states. and i share that joy at today's good news. he thanked the rwandan government for making the reunion

possible, as well as qatar and u. s. government officials the worked to achieve the outcomes. well, my colleague steve clemens host amount to zeros, but bottom line, interviewed random president polk army twice in recent months. he has more on the government's decision. well, a remarkable change. the turn of events in december i interviewed president, could guy, may you said he would not be bullied into making a decision and that it would it take an invasion to get paul recess of begin out of prison in march in doha, he, i asked him, i said, how's that position going? and he said, you know, sometimes you have to forgive the unforgivable and i got goosebumps on the back of my neck. i said, wow, they are going to release paul recess. begin. and then i said to him on stage it in the interview, if may, if you make that decision, will you give me a call? and they did. and so i think that the united states, with a lot of assistance from cutter,

was able to get to an understanding with wanda about how to get paul recess begin at 20 others released without removing or pardoning his conviction. so the conviction remains on the books. his sentence is commuted. he's going to go to doha soon, and then we'll move to the united states to reside there. what seems to be the key element is a change in stamp, from the u. s. government about how it was approaching president, gummy. and so, rather than raining recess a given as a wrongly detained person that's invalidating the legitimacy of his conviction. i think the white house, my sources tell me the white house reached out to find a different path that would not undermine the solvency of wind as concerns about security and terrorism. and the death of civilians that they felt was tied to some of recessive again,

as associations. president joe biden have warned iran the us will act forcefully to protect americans. it's after the u. s. military carried out and strikes against iran link targets inside syria in retaliation for an attack that killed an american contract to an injured 5 soldiers. i'm also grateful for the professionalism or service members who are so ably carried out this response and to make no mistake. united states does not, does not emphasize seek conflict with iran, but be prepared for extract, forcefully protect our people. that's exactly what happened last night, which have been made the comments during his 1st official visit to canada as president. the trip comes as thousands of migrants have made their way north through informal crossing points. on the u. s. canada border. alan fish reports. it may just be 24 hours, but joe biden is hoping he's accomplished a lot from his 1st official visit to canada since winning the white house at

a time when you alliances are being forged elsewhere. this was about showing one of the oldest links in the world is still strong. both sides are putting the best spin the can on the visit, which brought a face to face, sit down and an address to the canadian parliament. americans and canadians are 2 people to country in my view sherry one heart, but there are tensions, not least at the border crossings from america into canada, a note historically high levels. one point between new york state and quebec. a hot spot, even in winter, that both countries have agreed the can ton away would be asylum seekers. in exchange, canada will accept 15000 more central and south american migrants through legal channels. our border is no longer just the place where we meet each other. is the place where we will meet the moment. cheerleaders also addressed issues like climate change, the water ukraine, and the growing threat from china, the spy, berlin, that flew over america recently before being short don't cross canadian ear space.

suspending, more than defense has become a priority. as, as paying attention to existing allies, we have a, you know, significantly expanded our alliances. i haven't seen that happen with china and, or russian or anybody else in the world. we're in a situation united states. we're nato, a stronger. we're all together. the g 7. a quad, the asi on. ah, japan and korea, the ceaseless, donald trump visited canada in 2018. he tweeted out an attack on the prime minister after he left. the warm smiles and firm handshake this time round suggest alicia's between the 2 countries are better. but they still have issues that haven't disappeared. alan fisher, al jazeera india's parliament has disqualified top opposition. figure ral gandy as an m p comes a day after he was sentenced to 2 years in prison for comments he made about prime

minister in or in ramadi during an election rally in 2019 altima town reports from new delhi opposition parties are taking a united stand thing, india governing pottage and that body is endangering democracy. this comes after parliament's decision to disqualified the most prominent opposition. leda valued gandhi is one of the most vocal critics of prime minister noreen, to mow, the love will go there, made all efforts to disqualified a whole. gandhi saudi, they want to silence him for speaking the truth, upholding democracy, protecting the constitution, and fighting for the rights of the people. on thursday, of course, sent in scanty to 2 years in prison for defamation. the case relates to comments he made about more the surname at an election ready in 2019. the b j. p says the comments insulted marginalized communities or we see some muscular wiggle. will the members of backward communities have to be humiliated due to their surnames? if

a national party like the congress party insults lower communities and does not apologize one because of the ego, can we call this freedom of expression? oh, good, good part to see the government is misusing institutions like schools, an investigative agencies to target your position. 14 bodies have filed a case against the government in the supreme court, which is expected to hear the case on april 5th. the governing board agenda party has a majority in parliament and is also in power in most states rights group say that under prime minister arrange remotely press freedom has declined, and the space with descent and criticism is also shrinking, and democracy has been compromised. many see the decision to disqualify gandhi as part of a trend to silence critic right ahead of elections next. yeah. anybody who says anything contrary to what the government was to say come through. oh, some kind of agree for being was halted in a manner which had not been seen before. they could get visited by enforcement

agencies like income tax and edi and others. and the same thing is happening with political parties are gone. these expected to appeal the defamation case in a higher court. he says he will continue to fight for quote, the voice of india at any cost. pardon him at the al jazeera, you deli police in india, searching for seek separatist am, repel sing, who's been deemed a national security threat authorities and punjab accuse him and his age of crating discord in the northern states. i'm a jam june has moved in late february, the supporters of i'm repulsing, armed with swords and sticks, stormed a security complex in the north western indian state of quinn, job enforced authorities to release one of his aides. thing is a separatist leader and self styled preacher who has revived calls for an independent seek homeland. police accuse him and his aides of attempted murder and creating discord in a part of the country which still bears the scars of

a separatist movement in the 1981 that demanded the creation of an independent seek state called calistoga and prompted authorities to launch a military operation that killed thousands of people. conway pulsing leads a separatist organization in punjab, called dal casa. he says many in the state were taken aback by how quickly he rose to fame. most of the pronounced but. but if in his surprise, and because necktie me and in the very short beaded, he has a he has, ah, he has come into the a limelight. i was gonna sing who attended this rally last month is now on the run . with security operation stepped up, thousands of paramilitary soldiers have been deployed to the state, which is majority c. so far, dozens of people have been arrested. some seek leaders say many people in punjab may still know very little about. i'm really paul singh. but his message has started resonating blog, good nod one. again, the government is not providing enough employment opportunities,

these unemployed youth have to go somewhere. thus they started supporting him plus you. meanwhile, it's not just security officials who are growing more concerned. the government has suspended mobile internet services in some regions. that means customers that fuel stations like this can only pay with cash business, mcgovern, or seller. all business establishments have seen a sales have. common people have also been affected to love. some have had to borrow money since the atm and debit cards aren't functioning wrong. while the seek fight for independence, the began in the 1980s had been crushed by the 1990s. authorities in india still worry about potential agitation, particularly among members of the sea community abroad. political analyst jack group sing 2nd says it will be interesting to see who will be willing to join the movement going forward. just the best, what are we able to look for? just got a there are lots of protests in the diaspora. it happened in england that happened in other places. i like the idea of come back into the limelight way,

but the thing is how much support they have here. holostar has to be created in punjab of the people of punjab, ready for it. all the powerful indian states allow it to happen over here. questions that only seem to be multiplying as tensions rise. and a manhunt continues. i'm a gym to him, a 0. but he's 34 african migrants in refugees. a missing after a boat sank off the coast of tunisia. it's the 5th shipwreck in 2 days, according to officials there. the coastline of smocks has become a major departure point for migrants heading to europe, stuff i shall break here now to 0. when we come back is ready. prime minister benjamin netanyahu was met with protests of his proposed judicial reforms. during his visit to the u. k. on the me, mom military announced the new re patrician plant, but many were hang a refugee say the 2 said to go have more that status.

ah, here's a weather update for the milli is stand africa. thank you so much for joining in. so the winds are picking up across a huge swath of saudi arabia. see the brown on the map that the sand and dust being spun around a number of weather alerts in play here for blowing dust. but around the golf. it is a quieter pitcher kuwait. minima that dough had to buy plenty of sun in your temperature . about 30 degrees on saturday. did see snow in theater ets in pakistan's baluchistan province for the 1st time in march and 15 years, most of the action now round the north islam ballade. and the hor, as so punjab province in boxes, some of its transferring over into punjab state in india. these are westerly disturbances moving out of afghanistan into pakistan for the la vans quite unsettled some downpours along that border with turkey and syria. but really what whether aleppo, beirut and ramallah, and would be surprised if we see some thunderstorms mixed in there as well. our

cecil rains are now starting to come further north. so the rain pepin up along the gulf of guinea and we've got some welcome rain for somalia. i think some thunder downpours in the mix for mogadishu on saturday with a hive. 29 degrees and an improvement in those conditions for south africa's western cape province. still a few showers, though round cape town on saturday. susan aah! with russia's invasion of ukraine, has prompted traditionally mutual latrice to apply for nato membership. while storia, however, is showing no interest in joining the alliance, thinking that either you are with us or you against us. this is a very simplified way of looking at the planning, the austrian foreign minister tools to well to 0, unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. from our london broadcast center on al jazeera

ah ah, welcome back. pick them out of the top stories here on the al jazeera, the man who said more than 1200 lives during the rwandan genocide, and inspired the film hotel relying beth has been released from prison. you a secretary of state anthony blinkin london government for freeing port was a subpoena and cutout for its mediation. president biden has warned around the u. s . will act forcefully to protect americans off the u. s. military count out as strikes against iran, linked targets and syria. retaliation for an attack on american face. an indian parliament just disqualified, took opposition. figure rel gandy as an m p. comes a day after he was sentenced to 2 years in prison. the comments he made about prime

minister nor androtti during an election rally in 2019 now dozens of ukrainian children not returning to their families after saying they were held in russian control territory. keith claims more than 16000 children have been illegally deported to russia. last week, international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for russia's president vladimir putin for allegedly overseeing the practice. moscow denies the claims nor can report law leah. this young girl says hi dad, from abundance put children for russian controlled territory. there were uniting in kia a moment has been anticipating with these children are among dolphins have been reunited with their parents the working for the verse of the semester children, our mission, the rescue mission, as we call it, ended to day. we returned 17 children who were deported to the russian federation.

many ukrainian parents in russian controlled areas said they felt pressure to send their children to what they thought was summer camps. but instead they say they were places to teach russian patriotism. oh, we went to school because they would call and text my grandmother saying if she didn't send her child to school, they would send me to an orphanage. my grandmother sent me to school. we studied there for about 2 months, maybe less. and then we were told that we can go to a camp for 2 weeks, will be a way of another. she was deceived. then in turn, we were deceived, as well without any signatures. i was asking my mother, how could they take the child away? i didn't sign, i didn't sign anything. how? my mother told me they entered the house. these big guys came in with assault rifles. it scary, especially when a small 3 year old child is running around it's scary. ukraine's government says more than $16000.00 children have been deported to russia to be placed in

institutions and foster homes. while moscow and 5th it saving ukrainian orphans or unaccompanied maintenance from the horrors of war. last week, the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin for the illegal deportation of ukrainian children. russia denied the allegations and then issued criminal charges of its own against the i. c. c, for ignoring putin's immunity as head of state under international law. what backing key if children who have been reunited with their parents have been promised, support and counseling while they recover from their ordeal. laura con al jazeera, the final day of week long public hearings into his ready rights abuses, has wrapped up at the united nations in geneva. the commission is examining the allegations by both israeli and palestinian officials and focusing on the shrinking space for civil society. it's heard from human rights activists, journalists and lawyers have been subjected to

a witness to tax restrictions and harassment by the authorities and others. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on an official visit to the united kingdom. he met with prime minister re she sooner at downing street. oh, his democracy on the ground. you do break the law. i. what talks between the leaders not taking place against the backdrop of protests of anatomy on this trip. many israelis in the u. k. and abroad are against his government's judicial reforms . done a whole is falling events of downing street israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu knows the where he goes these days, protests follow and london is no exception. pro palestinian protested, but also the course and p. netanyahu protest as people like these who believe that the policies of his right wing held to a nationalist helper orthodoxy. government is leaving the country towards what they

described as autocracy. this is not an old tradition. this is the end of the democracy. i think there is no legitimacy for what they're trying to do. he came here to london to re focus international attention on iran, something he believes he just sent to the israel. he wanted prime minister soon to join a coalition of countries that would work against the wrongs up and to expand his nuclear program. what he didn't want to talk about under any circumstances is what these people very much do want to talk about controversial plans that his government has to push, push through judicial reform in israel, that they say is an abuse of power that would undermine the judiciary. and the supreme court that would have the power to the government to appoint judges. i'm that personally, they say is essentially just the way of healing him prime minister this on yahoo from the west consequences of corruption charges against it. and you cannot have a democracy without the law and the legislation that has been proposed to not just

report it is the destruction of the system. as we know, history will not forgive you read one banner here and the crowd jobs shame. benjamin netanyahu was welcomed inside downing street, much less so just outside joan, a whole al jazeera, london, israeli army reserve pilots have joined the ministrations against their government by refusing to report the active duty. israel's army, cheapest one prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that his proposed overhaul could affect the readiness of the army. any future security operations man must government has told al jazeera, it will start the repatriation of bringing to refugees and mid april. and for the 1st time, officials say those who return will be allowed back to their homes. but many ringer are skeptical of guarantees on the army and say that too scared to return to annie chang, reports naked off a rare opportunity to speak to me. i mars military leaders

out of your and the man whose become the public face of the genta major general zalman. don't they say they have good news pilot project to allow the ringer minority who fled in 2017 to come home. i'll come out 1st. we will accept them back after that, we will process them through camps for a maximum of 2 weeks. then we will relocate them to their original villages. we have already prepared security for them. a group of officials crossed from myanmar to bangladesh last week to discuss the plan with the ringer community. previous attempts at repatriation have failed, in part because the mere mar authorities would not allow them to return to their original homes. now they seem at least be showing more concern government officials from me and my are present to facilitate our we petri ation and it will inquire about our welfare and how we came here. the situation in the

camps in bangladesh goes from bad to worse. this fire at the beginning of march left 12000 people without shelter. and the u. n. says the international community is failing to provide funding for even basic food supplies. that for many were hanger, safety. is their main concern? no, no, you'd rather no, yes, we guarantee their security lock on it. we have already made the preparations to make them safe for the 1st batch. we are going to accept between 1000 maximum of 1500. throughout the interview, however, the spokesman referred to the ringer, has been goalies denying their long history as citizens of me. among the many people will be skeptical of security guarantees. from the military. in 2017 tens of thousands of wrangler were killed at hundreds of villages burned to the ground and the military crack down. you are described as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. i don't know,

there is one very big difference between now and 2017. when more than a 1000000 ra hanger fled the country, the army that was accused of perpetrating atrocities against them has now seized control. and the crimes that we saw perpetrated against the ra hangar. being seen all across the country. tony chang al jazeera, m a u. s. court has heard the 1st guilty plea of the case of the assassination of haitian president juvenile. marie's read off jar a duel. haitian july and citizen entered the plea on 3 charges on friday, acknowledged that he provided money to pay for weapons, food and lodging, for others suspected of shooting boys in 2021. the country has struggled to cope with rising gang violence and political instability. over the past 2 years, argentina is marking a public holiday to remember people killed during a military leadership that began with a to in 1976. some were victims of what became known as death,

flights in which opponents were thrown from an aircraft. miriam lewin, a journalist who survived and a duction at the time has led a team that track down one of the plains involved is her story. in her own words, my name is maria levine and i'm a survivor of to concentration camps here in the city of one of iris. and i was hidden up after the military crew. i was torture. i was held in captivity for almost 2 years. i backed in 2007. i was in new instigated reporter when this italian journalist photographer called me, he says the have you ever thought were ardor, death flight planes. and he said, i am convinced that ah,

identifying the planes we could could identify flight. the pilots and the bios were murderers. i started working with shank allotted hour, and now after a few weeks we were able to locate the planes that participated in the dead flies. and we located the electress and we located a sky lance. we found there. ah, the flight logs, we'd all the information, all the he's shuree of the plane and that is the plane from were the bodies of the founders of mothers of plus had a major and 2 french nuns who were work in helping them or was thrown to the ocean,

the fact that this blaine is coming back to washington is going to be exhibited at the sight of memory of their school of navy mechanics. and you said it's a strong symbol for the new generations. you ought to remember the grimes that happen in this country so that we can be sure that in the next generations the defense of democracy is going to be steady. hope francis has returned 3 ancient fragments from athens parthenon, temple to greece. the artifacts had been kept in the vatican for centuries. it would increase pressure though on the u. k. to return a much larger collection of marbles, an exhibition in the british museum. they were stripped out of the parthenon,