>> this is al jazeera. maryam: hello. i am maryam nemazee. you are with the "newshour," live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes, calm returns to gaza as the cease-fire between israel and hamas and palestinians return to what is left of their homes. but there were more skirmishers in east jerusalem after israeli forces again entered the al-aqsa mosque compound two dice first- -dispersed protesting worshipers for nigeria investigates the

leader of boko haram try to kill himself to avoid being captured by former allies. and ceuta is flooded with children caught up in a diplomatic dispute. >> fifa are going to look into the possibility of holding the world cup every two years instead of four. phil mickelson has made his move up the leaderboard on date 2 of the pga championship in south carolina. maryam: welcome to the program. a cease-fire between israel, hamas, and palestinian groups has brought some calm to the gaza strip since taking place early hour friday morning. this is the scene where people have been able to go after dark instead of hunkering down to shelter from overnight airstrikes. on friday, the streets did start to fill with traffic again as

gazans were able to socialize and go about their lives after friday prayers. both israel and hamas have claimed victory after 11 days of israeli airstrikes on gaza and directors of palestinian rockets fired into israeli towns. in gaza, more bunnies have been pulled from the rubble of bombed buildings, taking the death toll 248. 66 of them children. 12 people were killed by rocket attacks in israel. another 28 palestinians died during protests in the west bank. and there have been more scrimmages between israeli police and worshipers at the al-aqsa mosque, similar to scenes from two weeks ago which triggered the conflict. there are calls for a political process to break the cycle of violence. this report from occupied east jerusalem. reporter: after friday prayers, palestinians in occupied east

jerusalem were salivating the cease-fire when israeli police moved into the compound of the third holiest site, al-aqsa, using tear gas and stun grenades. at least 15 people were injured. >> we were confused and did not know which way to move. we feared we would be had by the grenades and rubber bullets being fired indiscriminately. we saw the israeli occupation forces soldiers storming the mosque and coming in our direction. reporter: in the neighborhood where forced evictions of palestinians sparked this latest round of fighting, there was a solidarity process. what you can see behind the art israeli activists for the organization peace now showing solidarity with the palestinians of occupied east jerusalem. however, let's contrast that with what is going on over here. that is a police checkpoint. if you are israeli, you can walk through that checkpoint without any harassment, without having

to check your id or anything. however, if you are palestinian, your id gets checked and you get turned away from that checkpoint. say you are palestinian and you want to see your friends or your family. you are not allowed in. both israel and hamas claimed they had one the 11-date long battle that is killed more than 250 people. benjamin netanyahu delivered what many saw as victory speech. prime min. netanyahu: we stood united shoulder to shoulder looking at only one thing, bringing back the security and quieted the people of israel. as the prime minister of israel, the only thing that influences my decision is the safety and security of israel and keeping its citizens and soldiers alive. the main goal of this operation is to hit the terrorist operation hard and bring back piece. reporter: the hamas leader was equally triumphant.

>> to our palestinian people and to all free men worldwide, i bring to you this good news, good news of victory. it is the victory created by the palestinian people. it is a victory carved by the noble blood of the fallen martyrs. our resistance groups joined forces and dealt one heavy blow to the enemy. reporter: with both sides claiming the upper hand, the focus is slowly shifting to what sparked this latest confrontation, threaten forced expulsions in the neighborhood. the israeli government insists it is a land dispute for a court to rule on, but the palestinians living here don't have much faith in the judicial system. palestinian israeli politicians and activists in the internet-- want the international community to accept and will that israel has fallen afoul of international law. maryam: al jazeera's harry is inside gaza and describes what the mood is like now. reporter: it is a scene largely

of pretty jubilant victory celebrations, but also an opportunity to get down and have what many people here are calling postponed eid. you see people walking around dressed up, going up and down the promenade by the beach, enjoying themselves, some going along in convoys, waving palestinian and other flags, playing music. so they are celebrating this victory, chatting about jerusalem, out of their homes, with a sense of relief and liberty. behind all of that remains this extremely difficult and very devastating situation in terms of the civilian infrastructure, which has been hit so badly the medical infrastructure which has been crippled, still sending injured people crossing into egypt just to get treatment for some of the most severely

injured and all of these people, as we already reported, who have died, many more injured. tens of thousands have either had their homes destroyed or some kind of damage to their home. ager problems going forward. there is this sort of a sigh of relief to go out and celebrate at the same time. maryam: families in gaza have been returning to homes they had to flee during the bombing to find what is left. more than 16,000 residences have been damaged in the last 11 days. gazan officials say the war because almost $100 million of damage to industry power and agriculture. this report now from gaza. reporter: the family was at home when the walls of their living room came crashing down. the father had actually been watching reports of the israeli airstrikes on television when the house was hit. the apartment was only built last month, also completely

destroyed. >> we are three families living in this home. my daughters came along with their kids, too. suddenly the power went off and we heard violent bombardment. it was our first time to hear such a sound. the rubble started to fall on us and the kids were screaming. they were flying around us. reporter: the family left their home with a little more than the clothes they were wearing at the time. ngand were taken first to hospil before transfer to united nations school. >> when the raids were extended, we went down because my kids were afraid of the upper floor. we got to the ground floor of my son's home. it is not destroyed yet. but then the raids got worse and we went to my brother-in-law's home. we went from one home to another. i brother-in-law's home was destroyed, too.

the second day of eid. my kids didn't get to where the new clothes. reporter: they were among the first to return to their homes after the israeli airstrikes. the conflict may have ended for now, but many gazans have to deal with the damage and destruction caused. thousands of homes are gone and inhabitants displays. they need food, shelter, and medical help. there are many scenes of destruction in the gaza strip, but only one result, thousands of palestinian families separated almost two weeks from bombardment. maryam: the cease-fire agreed by israel, hamas, and allied palestinian groups is the latest in a string of uneasy agreements in gaza over the years. in 2008, three years after israel withdrew from the strip, it launched a three-week aerial and ground campaign. almost 1400 palestinians and 13 israelis were killed. the human said gaza suffered

$1.1 billion worth of damage. in 2012, 175 palestinians were killed during an 8-day offensive in operation by the israeli army called pillar of defense. the deadliest offensive was in 2014. more than 2250 cost unions were killed, 500 of whom--palestinians were killed, 500 of whom were children. 16 israeli soldiers and 6 civilians were killed. after million people were displaced and 20,000 buildings destroyed or left uninhabitable in gaza. the international committee of the red cross is urging the parties to try and find a political solution to the conflict, warning that in the absence of one, the cycle of violence will continue. >> we need to break this cycle of violence, in other words. we need a credible political process. you mentioned it, there are people in gaza who over the last 10 to 15 years have been treated

to the cycle of violence, destruction, and trauma. and if we don't want to be here in a couple of years to speak about exactly the same thing, it is really about time that we try to address this political crisis . maryam: and that cycle of violence left many young gazans feeling trapped and desperate. a youth activist and human rights defender joins me now by skype from hebron in the occupied west bank. there are growing calls for tackling the humanitarian and human rights situation inside gaza. does the end of the war mean that people are safe? >>, firs you are using-- first, you are using the term "conflict." is not conflict. it is occupation and apartheid

and oppression against palestinians. for short, israel ended its offensive operation against the palestinian, its war against the palestinians in gaza, but the occupation is there, the impression is there, the siege of gaza is there. the people of gaza live in a big jail without the feeling of security. they don't have clean water to drink, they don't have enough electricity, they are jobless. all the infrastructure for the gaza economy to have any possible job inside gaza because of the occupation and the siege of gaza is more than 80%. the occupation is there and the gazans still feel its influence and in suppression on them and they are not able to leave gaza to study or to have any kind of medical aid or even to visit

their friends and their relatives abroad of the west bank. the people of god's completely restricted in a small mountain -- the people of gaza are completely restricted in the small mountain area without resources. israel decides what gets in and out of gaza. maryam: is there any hope that we might see an easing of restrictions so that people -- so that we do see a more free movement of people and goods ain and out of gaza? we don't have the precise details of the terms of this cease-fire agreement, but of people you have spoken to in gaza -- is there some hope that this might lead to an improvement in their lives? >> you know, unfortunately, the people in gaza are traumatized because of what they saw and what they experienced in the last operations against them, 2008, 2012, 2014, and now 2021,

and between from time to time they destroyed, they killed many people, they lost many people, they heard explosions. me personally, i experienced explosions and an attack on my neighbors. until now, i'm not able to get over my phobia and my fear. i feel really tense when i hear a helicopter. one of other people in gaza seeing that every few years who are living that every few years? i don't know how they cope, i don't know how they sleep. it is very hard, really, to imagine how their life under the israeli apartheid and oppression and the israeli, let me say war on them. palestinians in general deserve justice and equality, they deserve self-determination. and how we can do that is

something very important to stop -- let me describe it as--let me stop describing it as a conflict and asked the international community blindly supporting the occupation to make israel accountable according to international law standards. and still a lot of war crimes and week -- israel did a lot of war crimes and we want the icc to investigate. we want the countries, europe, all countries in the world to, let me say, boycott israel and make israel, let me say, pay a high price for its occupation and for its, let me say, siege on gaza -- an equal justice and equality and justice and self-determination. maryam: thank you very much for joining us, appreciate it. what then are the prospects for a potential new peace process?

martin indyk is a distinct fellow at the council on foreign relations and served as ambassador to israel twice. he joins me now by skype from new york. you are hearing i suppose a very passionate account of the reality of life in gaza and the conditions that people are living at the moment. is there a narrow window of time now to try and establish a different approach, one that seeks to tackle the underlying causes of what we see in the heart of what we see in israel and the occupied territories? >> well, good evening. believe me, i wish the was. devoted my life in my whole career to try to make peace between israel and the arabs, the palestinians. but i have to say that i don't see where the opening is after

the current end of fighting. part of the problem is that the conflict that we have just been through is one between israel and hamas, and hamas is not interested in negotiating peace with israel. its objective is to eliminate israel, through the use of force, firing of rockets. therefore, they are not interested in the negotiation. and israel of course is not interested in negotiation with an organization that on its destruction. is there potential for negotiation between israel and the palestinian authority? part of the problem there is we have been there, we have tried it -- i myself was involved in the last effort in 2014. it ended in failure. part of the reason it ended in failure is because the leader of

the palestinian authority was reluctant to make any kind of concessions that could have been reciprocated by israeli concessions to reach an agreement because he was afraid that hamas would denounce him as a traditor -- maryam: i suppose the other problem is when it comes to negotiations, for palestinians, as you well know, the conditions for an independent, viable palestinian state have been pretty much extinguished by the irreversible growth of israeli settlements, which became more aggressive during the trump presidency. now we see a broader movement among palestinians across the political and the territorial divide against occupation. how can that be harnessed? put something positive come out of that for the palestinians? >> well, i think in many ways that is up to the palestinians.

the younger generation, not leadership people, but they are very articulate, very vocal about the need to focus on palestinian rights, rights under occupation, palestinian rights as citizens in israel. equal rights under the law, as provided for in israel. i think that that is a campaign that could garner support. it is a peaceful campaign, it is not militant in the way that hamas is, it is not firing rockets at israel, it is demanding that israel treat citizens and palestinians under occupation according to the laws of occupation. that focus perhaps could create some hope. but i don't see that the

palestinian leadership is getting behind. maryam: it is really president biden, isn't it, that the greatest leverage in this situation. we have seen young palestinians demanding equal rights as arab citizens in israel and jerusalem, equality and human ghts in the west bank and gaza as well. can divided administration continue to endure-- the biden adnistration continue to endorse a two state solution without doing anything to support or advance that goal? martin: ah, it is about palestinian leadership, by the way. but as far as the biden administration is concerned, if we saw that there was leadership on both sides prepared to move to a two state solution, i think that they would support it in a heartbeat. but they have assessed that neither the current israeli leadership nor palestinian leadership is willing to do so.

what exactly can be done in the circumstances? the prospect for negotiations is just not there, and so i think that the question of how palestinians are treated is -- maryam: could i just ask you, mr. indyk, very quickly, because your experiences being a special envoy for john kerry and president obama in '13 and '4, president biden was involved and would he ever make it clear that the only alternative to a to a two-state solution is everyone living under israeli rule? martin: well, equal rights is the obligation of israel to provide for its citizens. rights under occupation is what needs to be provided for the palestinians. i don't know whether president biden will take that out, but i think that he is committed, as he said yesterday, to finding

ways to make progress, and he will be looking for them. we may have a different government in israel after the next election, and maybe it will be possible to work with them. israel now has a caretaker government, so we have to see for the the palestinians are supposed to have elections. maybe that is something that can be pursued further on down the road. it was the palestinian leadership that took down those elections. i really think that we can place the onus on president biden because he has influence on israel, and that is fair enough. but without leadership from israel and the palestinians, there is really little that outside powers can do. maryam: martin indyk, thank you very much for joining us from new york. tensions remain high across the occupied west bank, where does the people were injured during demonstrations on friday. there have also been skirmishes between palestinian protesters and israeli forces

close to ramallah. the red present has a total of 82 palestinians in the west bank and jerusalem have been injured in the latest confrontations with israeli forces. more from ramallah. reporter: hundreds of palestinians have gathered here in central ramallah. they say they want to show up to support those in the gaza strip and tell them that they didn't forget them. we have seen a large number of hamas flags, the green flag behind me. i asked a woman why is she here, and she said that hamas has managed to unite the palestinians and she feels that this is a moment that she has found of, because in the past the p.a. were not allow her to carry a hamas flag inside the west bank. she says she is proud of the resistance it gaza. this is the feeling of many palestinians who said that israel didn't win in its attack on gaza and resistant groups,

armed factions in gaza didn't lose. there is a feeling of victory, although many people are telling us that they feel sad for the lives lost in the besieged gaza strip. maryam: has hamas emerged stronger from this, or has it been a setback, as israel has argued? a research fellow at the max planck institute for social anthropology joins us via skype from berlin. how would you describe the position that hamas finds itself and now? >> thank you for having me. i think hamas finds itself as a spirit of hope for palestinians in two directions, i think it the first one is bringing the palestinian question into the table, the regional and international table. israel in the last few years tried endlessly to ignore the palestinians and normalize with the arab countries.

but then by this exchange, the international audience is resisting the occupation. the second point of hope that hamas as for the palestinians is that this palestinian -- the israeli settler colonialism wants palestinians to live in small communities, separated geographically, but in this latest event, hamas brought on the palestinians together in gaza and iraq and jerusalem, inside the greenline and in the dice fo-- diaspora, together as palestinians fighting for their freedom. maryam: i suppose the thing about this movement we have seen, this broader movement from

gaza to the west bank and arabs living inside israel, is that it has been leaderless and it has been self-mobilization. as we are hearing from the ambassador we just been speaking to, for something positive to emerge from that, it would be very important for hamas repair its relationship with mahmoud abbas. is that likely to happen? >> in -- the election is about to happen tomorrow, but then president abbas chose to cancel them and he said because israel did not let them hold elections in jerusalem. but also because there is internal conflict in fatah and he was afraid to lose elections. i think the solution for the reconciliation between five top and nash between -- between fatah and hamas can come from a

framework of reconciliation where all factions and strategies within this framework, and through this framework they can formulate a political strategy. but if they go again for inactions, i don't think it is a solution. why? what is election supposed to do? bring the government to administration, but we have two administrations, one in gaza and one in the west bank. hamas would let them run the administration of gaza, because the palestinian authority of ramallah makes security coordination with israel. how they're going to let them uncover the military strategy in gaza for the occupation? vice versa also. we have experience between 2006 and 2007, hamas won elections. but in the end it was thwarted

and we ended with the political state we are in now. maryam: thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. maryam: still had for you on the program, watching from exile, palestinians in lebanon said the conflict over the last homeland has reached a turning point. also, myanmar election commission says it is looking to dissolving aung san suu kyi's party and having leaders charged with treason. the world anti-doping agency announces a new form of testing at the tokyo olympics to detect drug cheats. >> hello, i am hoping come this time next week we will be talking about dryer quieter weather. you will have to wait a little

while. wetter weather could into pilots way through. the last of her rain is in the process of getting a little further east with the worst of the weather down towards the low countries from germany into france and pushing them towards europe and the baltic states. the liveries, lafayette -- belarus, lafayette seeing heavy could be a little dusting of snow over the higher grounds. we go into sunday mp performance. more wet and windy weather. across the british isles, longer spells of rain across the british isles and parts of scotland. the far southeast, the wet weather will get there and not too long. wet weather into the western side of the mediterranean. for the rest of the sunshine, look a little further east. high and dry on sunday and warm.

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on the money markets. >> the markets go faster and faster. we are opening up the possibility of instability for no useful purpose. >> "moneybots," on al jazeera. maryam: welcome back. the main story now -- a cease-fire between israel, hamas , and palestinian groups has brought calm to gaza since taking effect in the early hours of friday. traffic returned to the streets as gazans went about their lives after friday prayers. families have been returning to home they had to flee during the bombing to see what is left.

more than 16,000 properties were damaged in the last 11 days. meanwhile, there were more skirmishes at the al-aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem, mirroring events two weeks ago that triggered the current conflict. 82 palestinians have been injured there and in the occupied west bank during confrontations between protesters and israeli forces. lebanon has a large palestinian community, most of them descendants of the people who fled the 1948 war. it has given many hope that there is resistance against what many see as decades of injustice. this report from beirut. reporter: this man has never set foot in his homeland, but he holds onto his palestinian identity. he was born in lebanon. over the decades, the 51-year-old has watched his fellow palestinians fight israeli occupation, at first with stones, and now with

long-range rockets. but he is has the conflict is a turning point in their struggle. >> i won't say israel, because this is our land. i say palestinians living in villages occupied since 1940 played a critical role. -- since 1948 played a critical role. reporter: generations of palestinians grew up in exile, descendants of those who left or were expelled during the 1948 palestinian-israeli war. many felt helpless and powerless as they watched the deadliest violence in years in the occupied palestinian territories f. but at the same time, they feel the narrative is changing. recent events have highlighted the underlying reasons behind the repeated cycles of unrest and violence, the fact that there is a people oppressed. >> a what has changed. the world is reacting. there is support for the palestinians f people are seeing the injustices they

endure and they know that there is an occupation force. they know we have a cause. reporter: a cause that has not gone away. the latest violence was not confined to gaza, and palestinians in the west bank occupied jerusalem mobilize. weeks ago when we visited this camp, the feeling among palestinians was different. they lost hope when arab countries assigned normalization deals and establish ties with israel. the trump administration called it the dawn of a new middle east. they now tell us that the palestinians who are resisting are showing the world that those accords won't bring peace to israel. >>sh palestinians are not relyig on rulers. the people filling the squares, from the united states to arab countries to europe carrying the palestinian flag. >> we will remain steadfast, people living said to be besieged and humiliated. reporter: the attack on the al-aqsa mosque and attempt to

drive palestinians from their homes in jerusalem triggered the latest round of violence. the policy of expulsions dates back to 1948. this man, older than the state of israel, is living proof. maryam: thousands of people are also gathered close to jordan's border with israel in solidarity with the palestinians. the event was organized by the muslim brotherhood in jordan. more than half of jordan's 10 million citizens are of palestinian origin. they or their parents were expelled or fled to jordan in the fighting that accompanied the creation of israel in 1948. some demonstrations are taking place in afghanistan for the palestinians. after fridayue prayers, they sad their hope for a long-lasting cease-fire in gaza. and then hundreds of people in senegal also held protests in support of the palestinians. and al jazeera reporter was at a demonstration. reporter: hundreds are gathering

in the nation in support of the palestinian people and calling out israeli aggression. some of them are holding posters saying that jerusalem can only be palestinian. others are holding and chanting "down with israel." >> we would be ready to fight against the israelis. it is deplorable that some countries have decided to stay silent in such a crisis. reporter: there have been protests like this throughout africa from johannesburg to nairobi, where -- in nigeria as well. among those attending this protest are palestinian community that have had to flee their homeland in search of a better life here on the african continent. >> it is really amazing. >> i am communicating to my family back home and you can see a lot of people are coming out for you. it makes them stronger.

it's amazing. >> something great, something unbelievable. i'm so proud of the senegalese people and i know how they love listed needs.--palestinians. reporter: strong words from african leaders, calling for an immediate cease-fire. south african president from opposer describing the situation as being similar to south africa under apartheid. what these people want to see is more than words. they want to see the palestinian people treated wh dignity. maryam: worrying developments from nigeria, because the military is investigating reports that the leader of boko haram might be dead receives the injured after trying to kill himself to avoid being captured by a rifle armed group. -- rival armed group. abubakar shekau has been the figurehead of boko haram in his brutal 12-year offensive. his death has been announced several times in the past, only

for him to reappear. and then in separate of elements, military sources in nigeria say that the head of the army has been killed in a plane crash. lieutenant general's plane reportedly came down during an official visit to kaduna state. the air force has confirmed there was a crash close to the airport, and an investigation is underway. joining me via skype from cameron is a counterterrorism expert. we don't know the precise cause of the plane crash, but how much of a blow is to the army and the counterterrorism efforts at this time? >> this is a very big blow. remember that nigeria is facing serious insecurity in all six geopolitical zones. the nigerian army is deployed in all 26 states due to high levels of insecurity. the general was brought in in order to replace the former

chief of amistad. he was expected to take the war against boko haram, the war against bandits, the war against separatist groups in souern nigeria -- has just been three months in his seat. he was just beginning. he has led as chief of the nigerian army. it is a devastating blow, and we must stress that an investigation has to be carried out to find out what really happened, that he and 11 senior military officials have died in such a devastating manner. maryam: what do you make of these claims that boko haram leader abubakar shekau has died in northeast nigeria? i think this is the fifth time he has officially thought to abide, only for him to--thought to have died, only for him to reappear.

are these reports credible? >> it's great news, and there is a difference between the previous announcement of his death made directly by the military. this is the first time his death has been attributed directly to his own senior commanders, who now from the islamic of west africa province, a splinter gr formed in 2016. it is great news. this is somebody who has been in power, a cultlike figure, responsible for the kidnapping of 300 girls, he has carried out many attacks on the nigerian population, nigerian army. there was a 7 million ransom that the u.s. government placed on his head. hopefully the islamic state terrorist group will walk to the u.s. state department to claim this ransom. maryam: if he has in fact been killed by his adversaries, by

this offshoot of boko haram, does that suggest that this splintering, is metastasizing of different groups mean even more battles between them and instability in the country? >> i think what is going to be important for the nigerian army is that the counterterrorism efforts is not relented in anyway. they shouldn't stop what they are doing. the fact that there's infighting between boko haram in the west african province, it is a good thing for the army because it is almost like the beast is eating its own. the infighting will continue, and what happens now is that the territory, the forest where boko haram's action has the strongest told, has been retaken by the islamic state of west africa province.

it doesn't mean that in the long-term it is a victory for the army. what it means is that once this group continues to have rivals between each other and eliminate each other, it is an advantage that the military doesn't have to do it itself. but i think what is very important here is to note that this is somebody who has been running a jihadist group for the past 11 years, and his death means that this likelihood that affection of boko haram will not collapse. this is good news not just for the nigerian army, for regional states, for the nigerian population, and for the world at large. maryam: thank you for sharing your insight and analysis with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. maryam: moroccan parents are desperately calling officials in the spanish enclave of ceuta concerned that the children might have broken across the border.

more than 400 unaccompanied minors were among a thousand people who tried to swim to european soil after morocco appeared to loosen border controls. for some, it ended in tragedy. reporter: this young man's dream of a better life in europe ended before it began. his body washed up on the shores of ceuta, a spanish enclave on morocco's mediterranean coast. he was one of around a thousand migrants who hoped to take advantage of what appeared to be a decision by the moroccan authorities on monday to relax border security. people swam or waded across as the tide dropped. it caught the spanish authorities completely off guard. >> it was a serious problem. we are used to migrants coming

over the fence or arriving by boat, but we have never seen so many people arriving in such a short period of time, and from one place. reporter: the moroccan government has been angered by spain's decision to offer hospital treatment. the loosening of the border has been widely interpreted as retaliation. but by wednesday, the flow of migrants and it. >> we came here looking for a better quality of life. we don't have anything in morocco. everything is terrible. we are looking for a better life. >> with so much suffering over there, we came here without any fear and with nothing. what happens happens. reporter: most of the migrants are now willingly going back to morocco. the risks they took to cross to this little bit of europe on the northern tip of africa is an indication of just how difficult the economic circumstances remain on the other side of the border. maryam: the united nations is saying that it is alarmed by the

violence taking place in northwestern myanmar. thousands of people have been displaced by violence between security forces and residents performed a defense forced to fight the military junta. the u.n. has called on the military to take all precautions to spare civilians and infrastructure. me's election commission says it is considering dissolving aung san suu kyi's party and having leaders charged with treason. it accuses the party of committing voter fraud in the november election, despite observers rejecting those claims earlier in the week because the election was by and large representative of the people, they say. myanmar's military seized power in february, accusing aung san suu kyi's party of many living folks. she faces charges, the most serious punishable by 14 years in prison. our correspondent in kuala lumpur says the mature has consistently accused the party

of voter fraud despite lack of evidence. reporter: the military when it took over power in february justified its decision on the basis of electoral fraud. one of the first things it did after the coup was detained election commission officials and investigate senior members. then it appointed its people, people tru it trusted, to the election commission body. the new junta held a meeting on friday and its chairperson said that they made the decision -- this was a meeting attended by political parties as well, but many of the pro-democracy parties refused to attend, so it was attended mostly by pro-military parties. the chairperson said that the election commission intends to dissolve the national league for democracy party. this is a party led by aung san suu kyi and it won 82% of elected seats in last year's election. the chair said that the nld's leaders, he considered them traitors and said that action

would be taken. that is as far as we know. no credible election monitoring body has supported the military's claims of electoral fraud. quite the opposite. there are two foreign observer election missions in myanmar and they said that by and large the voting and the results reflected the people's vote. the military did say that when they took over power in february, it intends to hold an election for i think from what we are seeing, whatever shape this election takes, it is not going to be one that will be free and fair. maryam: the spread of coronavirus in india continues to slow, with 260,000 new cases in the past day, but the daily death toll remains high. 4,209 fatalities were reported on friday. and then a rare fungal disease is complicated india's fight against the vivas. doctors are dealing with increasing number of patients diagnosed with so-called black

fungus because his chest pain and breathing difficulties and cults more than half of the people who get it. malaysia announces it is tightening coronavirus restrictions further as death cases rise. another 59 deaths have been confirmed. malaysia is two weeks into a four-week national shutdown. many offices and factories have remained open. the boss of apple has denied his company is a monopoly, telling a corded has to control app purchases because of security threats chief executive tim cook with giving evidence in a case brought by epic games, which makes the game fortnite. it says apple has an unfair advantage, forcing developers to use its own app for and charging up to 30% commission. when he died 700 years ago this year, dante alighieri was a

criminal and an outcast from his own city. in the centuries since, the writer of "the divine comity" has been celebrated as one of the fathers of italian literature. but in florence, efforts are now under way to clear his name. >> in the middle of our life's journey, i found myself in a dark wood. so begins dante's epic poem "the divine comedy," an allusion to his exile from beloved florence. vanished and condemned to death for corruption while serving a brief term in public office, don takes her to the last years of his life trying to--dante served the last years of his life trying to get home. >> so many things found in "the divine comedy" are found in today's world as well, not just at the personal level but lyrical one--a political one, too. reporter: few other floor

entrance occupy such a high pace in the city's pantheon of heroes. many people who come here to pay all much to dante don't know he was exiled and sentenced to death. those who do note do not care whether he was guilty or not. hundreds of people are coming here, like this place, his childhood home, to see what is life may be like. 700 years after his death, dante still has a criminal record. if this lawyer has his way, that could change. he shows us the ruling issued in 1302 he would like to get overturned. >> our suspicion is that the legal court system and the charges filed against him were used against dante to eliminate him as a political rival. reporter: he organized a conference to review the ruling. on hand, leading lawyers and historians. presiding over it, a supreme court justice. there is a sense of the conference that dante was

punished for being on the losing sight of political battles that roiled 14th-century florence. one of dante's direct descendants was happy to take part, but was under no illusions. >> i find it sort of amusing to be here and listen to what they have to say. i think the revision by itself will have no practical effect, and of course dante's memory does not need this. reporter: although florence may never officially clear dante's name, the supreme poet, as he is known, will continue to draw visitors here, inspiring them for years to come. maryam: sport now. >> thank you, maryam. dustin johnson is to miss the cut at the pj temperature. for my safely in the clubhouse. he said the only place on --

early pay sunday too. -- early pace on day two. >> i'm having a lot of fun, and to know i'm playing well into the weekend and be in convention and have a good opportunity, i am having a blast. i'm excited for the weekend. this has been a lot of fun. gemma: football's world governing body fifa is looking into the possibility of holding the world cup every two years instead of 4. they are conducting a feasibility uses betty to see the impact it would have on the men's and women's game. they denied the organization included with any of the clubs involved in the failed european super league, but believes there is a need to make football more globally competitive sport. >> at fifa, we have to protect the interest of everyone, that is why we need to speak to everyone about everything. i don't close the doors to any discussion with anyone, never

come about new formats, new ideas, new competitions. i'm ready to listen to everyone. this is my job, this is my function, this is the way i live, the presidency of fifa.and i've been elected by 211 member associations unanimously in order to defend their interests. not only of the few who want to criticize. of all the entire world. gemma: world anti-doping agency will try a new form of drug testing at the tokyo olympics. dried blood spot testing, in which small samples are collected from a fingerprint, are plotted onto an absorbent card, already hailed as a game changer in the fight against drug cheats. it is hoped that the technique will be routine use by the winter olympic and paralympic games in beijing. >> it can be used to complement current practice, in particular to facilitate and analyze

unstable compounds and to expand on the number of athletes that can be tested in a more remote area of the world from where traditional blood samples are difficult to transport. gemma: colombia has been stripped of cohosting next month's cover america as the country deals with antigovernment protest they asked the south american football commission to deliver the tournament until november, but they refused. earlier, al jazeera spoke to to align latin american photojournalist about where the matches could be played. --football journalist about where the matches could be played. >> things are always moving. there are so many moving parts. news has been back-and-forth the past 48 hours. honestly, argentina finding that -- obviously, argentina finding

themselves back into a phase one lockdown until the end of this month. it is a top proposition if you are looking at it under normal conditions. but domestically, it is anything but. they maintain their position of playing in argentina despite these restrictions. that ends up being a very tough it of water to tread, but there been scenarios such as chile, uruguay, paraguay being options as well. it is rumors about the possibility of going to the united states. that is a little far-fetched, knowing the logistics that are entailed, but still, those are things being talked about. nothing confirmed at all. gemma: the new champions of spain will be decided on saturday, with atletico madrid and real madrid able to clinch the title. if they match real's results, they will win their first title in seven years for but their opponents are battling to avoid relegation, so the coach knows

it is not going to be easy. >> it is the final with two teams fighting for different objectives. the goals are very important for both, and we will give up our lives to get this objective. >> what is important is tomorrow's match. later we will see, because we have got time to speak about that. but now it is not the time to speak about what i will do with my future, or indeed, what the club will do. now is the time to put all of our energy into tomorrow's match. gemma: regardless of the future imagery, this is where real will be playing their home games until 2023. construction continues on the stadium as part of a $1 billion development due to finish next year. they are installing a retractable roof as well as a 360-degree screen, shopping center, new restaurants, and a hotel as well. the portuguese football manager is better known for guiding

chelsea and tottenham from the sidelines. earlier on friday, he went behind the wheel and made his world rally championship debut on home soil. he driving in the third tier of the championship. the 43-year-old has previously competed in the dakar valley three years ago as well. >> you know, with dakar, in the first age i had an accident and broke my back. the pain inflicted was incredible. so i need to finish this one. gemma: and that is all your support for me. maryam: brilliant. thank you so much, gemma. that is all for the "newshour," i will be back in a couple months with more of the day news. --couple minutes with more of the days news. stay with us.

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