have been calling for elections they oppose a recent decision by parliament to extend president mohammed abdul life from my just term in office by 2 years a module failed to hold elections in february saying there were concerns about security and called it 90 bahrain's only female political prisoner has been released after 3 years zakia barb already was sentenced in 2019 and stripped of her citizenship her release comes after weeks of protests denouncing the living conditions in the jails. those are the headlines coming up next it's witness lifeboat stay with us. welcome sir and should we leave our ways in the crisis or is this entirely down to the ground we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in apartments to a 200. school fix you know we told economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. for. some of. us because of the template of the senate or the senate. was that it was that all of us that were the center. of. the with the. utmost. of. another tragedy in the mediterranean about 200 migrants trying to cross the sea fell overboard earlier this week m

supporters of somalia's president mohammed abdul hakim mohammad have clashed with those opposing the extension of his 4 year term residents reported hearing gunfire in the capital mogadishu the president had signed a law in april extending his mandate for 2 years. italian coast guards have rescued more than 100 people from a fishing boat adrift in rough seas due to bad weather several patrol boats were involved in the rescue mission officials does not confer whether the people on board were refugees or where the boat had come from. initial exit polls in albania as parliamentary elections suggest a tight race between the governing socialist party and the opposition democratic party all parties have said they will deliver the reforms needed for albania to achieve its goal of joining the european union results of the vote are expected within the next 48 hours. huge wildfires erupted in siberia after dry grass caught fire gusts of wind caused the fire to spread rapidly and hampered firefighters efforts to put it out thick smoke temporarily restricted traffic on a highway nearby no victim

damaging for present shy abbas nat'l as he prepares to seek reelection next year somalia's president mohammed abdul life on my show has agreed not to extend his term and domestic and international pressure he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extension. i'm a. marker for the federal government of somalia has always believed and still sees dialogue compromise negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options. are finally all security agencies to maintain the stability of the capital and the safety of innocent civilians avoiding any actions that may lead to insecurity i also urge the somali people to support the armed forces in this regard at least 5 people have been killed and dozens wounded in chad joining protests against a new military transitional council demonstrators are demanding every turn to civilian rule after the military took charge last week following the sudden death of present danger steady people burn ties in the streets and were dispersed by security forces using tear gas protesters have returned to the

somalia's president mohammed abdul he mohammad also known as far maggio has signed a controversial law extending his mandate for another 2 years the move comes after a presidential election due to be held in february was called off the u.s. and the e.u. have warned of further instability in somalia and have threatened sanctions over the new law. the rollout of the johnson and johnson vaccine has been paused in the us much of europe and south africa after reports of rare blood clotting in a very small number of people health authorities said they were halting the use of the shot while they investigate the case the suspension has dealt another huge blow to south africa's vaccine rollout in february the country already stopped the use of the astra zeneca vaccine after it showed low efficacy of am against an aggressive local virus variant biotech pfizer jobs are only due to arrive next month and experts have warned of a looming 3rd wave. situation of hospitals is already becoming dire there for patients and for health workers and our next report we need a doctor who'd had enough of what sh

term in office is happening just hours ahead of a deadline set by a prominent army commander mohammed abdul marjoe to step down earlier on sunday a military convoy including armored cars moved into the capital the u.n. has urged both sides to reject violence and resume dialogue those demonstrating against the president say they fear he could leave the country back into civil war some of the family to the building most of the people are in defiance of the government extending term limits the president his term is finished could leave the country into war a peaceful demonstration is under way here now in the military a capturing new position as the country could be taken back into civil war. that is today we've gathered here to show our feelings towards the government extending its term and towards a dictator who wants to use force to stay in power we thank the military forces who helped us demonstrate peacefully. catherine soil has been following these developments from the kenyan capital nairobi. it all stems down to the election somalia was supposed to have a popular vote a one man one vot

and they oppose a recent decision by parliament to extend president mohammed abdul life from my just term in office by 2 years have been violent confrontations for the past couple of months from a failed to hold elections in february saying their concerns about security and covert 90. saudi arabia has suspended the import of fruit and vegetables from lebanon it says shipments are being used for drug smuggling after millions of pills were found in boxes of promise pomegranates lebanon is already facing its worst economic crisis in decades and the ban is expected to hit farmers hard as in a harder has our report. these farmers delivered on our harvesting lettuce meant for households in saudi arabia but after the saudi government imposed the ban on lebanese produce they fear the agricultural sector will face a disaster so the fish will see the shipments are being used to smuggle drugs. yeah they had to i don't it's an arbitrary decision and so we ask the saudis to reverse the ban we're not all drug dealers and smugglers you can't punish everyone. lebanon exports $400000.00 tons of agric

damaging for president abbas narrow as he prepares to seek reelection next week and somalia's frezza mohammed abdul life are my show has agreed not to extend this term amid domestic and international pressure it may be announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extension. protesters have been marching through the streets of elisabeth in the u.s. state of north carolina calling for justice after the police killing of a black man the marches follow an independent autopsy that showed andrew brown was shot in the back of his head his family says he was no threat to the police and was trying to flee the f.b.i. has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the killing i canna has more. another night of protest in elizabeth city as andrew brown's attorneys released the results of the independent autopsy that confirmed he was shot in the head while attempting to drive away this infer. was a failure to the back of mr brown as he was leaving the site trying to evade being shot. buddies were tickler law enforcement officers who we believe did nothing but a straight ou

somalia's president has extended his term in office for 2 more years president mohammed abdul he signed the bill into law despite opposition from some members of parliament his mandate actually ended in february sparking protests and calls for him to step down presidential and parliamentary elections were due to take place this year but the leaders of 5 semi autonomous states have failed to agree on how voting should be conducted catherine soy has more now from nairobi in neighboring kenya. a lot of somalis are saying that what the president has done is problematic on so many levels so he signed this motion into the last night but ideally what's supposed to happen according to the law is that once the lower house passes such a motion they have to forward it to the upper house the senate for approval or rejection so that stage has been skipped we also have had from the speaker of the senate of the upper house who said that they would have rejected this motion anyway because it was unconstitutional and there's also a lot of reactions from different quarters we've had from a correlation of