mean when we think about the lockdown the thinking part of course of saving public health but as even amir pointed out there are other side effects psychological health the toll on people psychological health and their economic health of people you know and yeah for sure the restaurants have. been out for months alyssa's or so major yasmina major. roles of jobs and last for many people there has been stimulus packages failure the governance the counter some of the. you know the middle of that explodes. many entrepreneurs this. i mean every year you have been experienced as well helpful to those who have been there for the needy and yeah so you know the. economic effects are are really noticeable. for society and you all should see i think besides the economic expansion mentioned also a lot of the psychological effect you were there so many people frustrated a young people feel lonely. well that doesn't mean it's not necessary in order for things like the american furnish ferryboats yeah they. prey on people in many ways. jeff necessary but are they sustainable in their current form let me

diplomatic crisis the announcement came just hours before a gulf cooperation council summit qatar's amir is amongst the leaders meeting in the saudi city of with hopes of resolving the dispute reports now from doha. more than 3 years after saudi arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough that the military fuck up an agreement was reached open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from the kuwaitis on the eve of a g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia was not a surprise since the crisis began they've been mediating between the deeply divided members of the gulf cooperation council the united states has also been urging gulf countries to resolve the dispute in order to maintain the stability and security of the region. for decades rivalry and differences in foreign policy have divided gulf states but when that worsened in 2017 few expected the region would be thrown into crisis and the land air and sea blockade imposed on qatar saudi arabia had shut only land border cutting imp

qatar's amir heads to saudi arabia for a golf summit after a breakthrough in a 3 year long just views. the whole romany watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here and also coming up england and scotland going to another lockdown to contain covert 19 as hospital struggle to cope with the surge and infections also. we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you i the battle for control of the u.s. senate last minute rallies are held in georgia in a runoff that will decide the balance of power in congress. and a change of plan in the new york stock exchange decides not to remove the shares of 3 chinese telecommunication companies. welcome to the program leaders from across the gulf are arriving in saudi arabia ahead of a key regional summit that could see an end to the illegal blockade of qatar within the past hour planes carrying delegations from by her ain the united arab emirates and kuwait have touched down in saudi arabia the mirror qatar is also heading to the summit it follows a move by saudi to open its sea and land borders to. cata what's being seen as a huge step towards resol

saudi arabia's king it invited casaus amir to attend and a corresponding was telling us a few moments ago that. category leadership of pointed out there was no way of us getting here because we don't get across the border because that's closed and u.s. space is close to a cancer aircraft so at least the space will be will be open and that we assume will mean that doesn't mean there will be. attending. the g.c.c. summit. jared kirshner president trumps son in law and senior advisor is reported. by the reuters news agency and who are quoting a senior trump administration official. that. helped to negotiate the deal. and indeed has flown to saudi arabia and will attend a ceremony with 2 other trump administration officials what that ceremony will be of course we don't know. but we will find out in the coming hours stay with us for continuing coverage of the latest developments in the gulf crisis here on al-jazeera we're going to have it out to my corey colleague warren in london. agent thank you much very much and if you're just joining us we'll start with that breaking news there's been

the breakthrough was announced on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit which cutter's amir will attend for the 1st time 3 years. hello i'm a clock this is al jazeera life and also coming up twitter to fight like hell i'll tell you. donald trump rallying supporters ahead of a crucial senate election a day after.

it was agreed at a summit in saudi arabia attended by the amir of qatar.t least 23 pro-democracy politicians have been arrested in hong kong for violating the national security law. they are cues of subversion for taking part in unofficial election primaries in july. china declared the polls illegal and warned hundreds of thousands broke the law.

fighting terrorism quotes all relevant issues will be ironed out he offered thank you to the late amir of kuwait who spit no efforts on making sure that the choreography leading up to this summit was as productive as it's been he also made the point that the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin some man had been meeting with his fellow rulers in an atmosphere of trust the biggest foundation he said was the political will that now exists on all sides from all countries who are members of the g.c.c. we've had genuine intentions displayed during our conversations he said another cornerstone in our solidarity that's the take away word from this summit solidarity he then handed over to the g.c.c. secretary general he said who said we want to preserve the spirit of this organization both men then went on to take questions and this was the key thing here with the participation of our friends in egypt this is a new beginning they said as we close this and i quote dark chapter in the history of the gulf cooperation council he said we have achieved a breakthrough on all the issues with a me

it was agreed at a summit in saudi arabia attended by the amir of qatar. at least 23 pro-democracy politicians have been arrested in hong kong for violating the national security law. they are cues of subversion for taking part in unofficial election primaries in july. china declared the polls illegal and warned hundreds of thousands broke the law. reporter: we have confirmation that 23 activists have been arrested. but there are also reports on local media yet to be independently confirmed that up to 50 activists may well have been detained in a swoop by hong kong police on wednesday morning. these detentions come interestingly just a day after the retiring chief justice of hong kong spoke to the media. to categorically insist that he has never come under pressure from either beijing or the hong kong governments to rule a certain way in certain cases. host: the polls have closed in a runoff election in the u.s. state of georgia that could have a crucial impact on joe biden's powers as president. voting has been extended in some places. the vote to choose

shadowed by a racist incident shortly before the end of the gun by live accusing midfielder now the amir he was the target of a remark that involved his afghan background and he's accepted an apology from the young doesn't play in question as posted on the club's twitter ameri said he came to me in the dressing room unpleasant words were said in the heat of the moment and he's very sorry for them he showed me in a very credible way and therefore the issue is over for me. well newly appointed paris coach. tino is the latest high profile sporting figure to test positive for corona virus. a game as a result of the club confirmed will have to awesome life and that his assistants will take charge instead the former tottenham manager was appointed in early january. it is an american football now the new york jets have made history after reaching an agreement in principle to the harming of robots as the new head coach seller would become the 1st muslim to take charge of an n.f.l. team called in to lobby group the council on american islamic relations the lebanese american was previously defensi

has been announced on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summits which cutter's amir will attend for the 1st time in 3 years. however i'm alamo here dana and this is al jazeera line from doha also coming up. to walk or prepared for land or for joy.

summit at resolving the 3 year dispute with cattle representatives from gulf countries including the amir of cats gathered in the city of allah it follows a move by saudi arabia to open its air sea and land borders to cata it was seen as a big step towards resolving an illegal blockade of the country delegations from amman bahrain the united arab emirates kuwait and egypt are also attending. earlier catalogs a mere shake to mean been home at all funny was greeted by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin so man with an embrace it marked one of the most important moments in relations between the gulf countries in recent years not that i'm able to one up a half hour block has been built on the basis of our shared roots and common traditions with the aim of serving the interests of our respective people therefore we should all work together towards achieving the goals on the basis of which this block was formed ok for more on this let's talk now to news correspondent my colleague zeros jamal sheil jamal who's been driving this. well over the past 3 years the consistent. push to resolve this has

there was international summits that were taking place even in saudi arabia and other countries the amir of qatar said he would not be participating in those unless the blockade on his country was lifted and therefore for this summit to be a success and with all the push and drive that was coming from kuwait from washington to try and find a resolution in time ahead of the inauguration of joe biden or in time ahead of the exit of donald trump for the summit to be a success it needed to have the highest possible representation from qatar and it needed to be accompanied with an agreement now that partially the blockade has been lifted at least from one of those countries it is seeing it seems to be a lot more promising that we are on the cusp of getting a more holistic deal that will at least resolve not necessarily the deeper issues but at least will resolve this current crisis in the form of the blockade that was imposed on qatar and jamal give us an idea of the economic and political damage this whole business is caused. well of course i mean it was taken a soft hugely and not just one

renowned serbian film director amir custer reset said he's ready to take the russian job. i'm very happy to be. exposed to the possibility to get. a russian vaccine because it's may as i was told by some of the prominent serbian doctors is one of those that we used to receive the same style and the same roots but i was thinking years old the idea of getting bucks ian was always counting on some percentage that people are not going to react positively but a majority of the of the people who grow up salute received by so a national accident is a continuation of the history when i say i once russian moxon it's an ideological i didn't through creation everything is becoming about politics today whatever you do it's the same is with books so let's hope russian job will be in the future since it's a continuation of production a russian side that is going to be much more spread that you believed before it starts. nation campaign dolphin russia this week with every citizen given the opportunity to get the sputnik job for free authorities have set an ambitious goal to get 60 percen

west and has so far refused to investigate the attack asked about me at his annual press conference amir putin responded with mockery. because you can one who needs him if we had wanted to we would have finished with. putin was responding to these allegations so-called killer squad from the domestic intelligence agency the f.s.b. had poisoned him but instead of addressing these allegations moscow has now put behind bars. ok you have to speed on some other news from around the globe clashes have broken out between protesters and police in cities all over to me as the country faces an economic crisis tunisian authorities say they have arrested more than 200 people after protests became increasingly violent timmy's as economic problems have worsened due to the coronavirus leaving the country on the verge of bankruptcy. virgin orbit says it has successfully launched. a number of small satellites into space the company's launcher one rocket deployed from a boeing 707 off the coast of california and reached orbit a short time later the company is aiming at a market for launching small satellit

election of only are arrested while the demonstrations game momentum and pose a real challenge to what amir putin this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. people in russia have defied police warnings and freezing temperatures to hold some of the biggest protests yet against president vladimir putin tens of thousands rallied in nearly 70 cities to demand the release of alexei navalny the opposition leader was arrested as he returned from germany where he'd been treated for a poisoning he says was ordered by the president security forces detained more than 3000 demonstrators triggering condemnation from countries including the u.s. and u.k. they've only supporters are promising more protests so we're going to go reports. from the sole eastern city of louisville stuck. with only simpletons faced off with police in subzero temperatures. in the search he's had denied permission for the demonstration. that he didn't stick to crowd gathering to call for the release of the man russia's most prominent opposition movement. in the capitalist. tens of thousands could gather it was releas

have sam green the director of the russia institute at king's college london and back in moscow that amir something called political scientists at the russian academy of sciences one welcome to your wall thank you for joining us here on inside story i'd like to start with you mr green if i can develop he knew that this would likely happen that he would lie. been arrested or detained on his return to russia so why has he returned what's the calculation here well i think the calculation is that 1st of all you know i think your report said that he was returning to the country that poisoned him i think of all they were probably just that and say that it was the government that poisoned him and that he claims as much right to the country as as as as as putin does right so he you know is a political activist he has you know become the leader all of you know what remains the largest and most powerful independent political organization in russia and so the only way that that organization contests parliamentary elections that are coming up this year and continues to challenge the government is is

sanctioned poisoning of all name has been pulling the strings from behind bars or will it be president flat amir putin who in a poetic twist has just had his reputation poisoned by of all me through an online documentary that paints the president as corrupt a man of lavish tastes there is a lot to this story it's complicated and what sets it apart from opposition movements in other authoritarian states is the story of alexina fall and his ability through videos posted online to tell a story the kind that russians don't typically get from their mainstream news media our starting point this week. when the russian authorities arrested opposition leader alexei navalny yet again they didn't see this coming in the days the form of . protests on the streets and not just moscow from st petersburg in the west to vladivostok in the east. thousands of demonstrators braving subzero temperatures protesters who had more than the volume on their. responses the queues the wise. cast of general acutely is its people got angry enough on wheat on his boy's union and on its investigation he just got angry because t

. >> well, -- it's choosing a race together, they are not going to think of anything amir being together. >> well, i just could not live beside them. i don't feel like they should be oppressed, but i moved here, one of the main reasons was because it was a wait community. and that is the only place i intend to live if i have to leave levittown, i will do so. >> for some levittown residents, the basic issues involved had nothing to do with inner marriage, property value, lost a status, your of crime, neighborhood decline, or being in the minority. they saw it as a test of democracy. >> what was your reaction to the myers moving in? >> i was happy to see this become more of an american community. >> there seems to be a large group opposed to the myers, what is your attitude towards them? >> well i don't know if there was a large group of people, i get close to 60,000 people in levittown. the monogram never more than five or 600. i think you go down to the shopping center, if there was mobbed you would see 10,000 people at the shopping center while those who were violently opposed to the my

nuclear missile arsenals for the next 5 years and just after the dream was sealed last night that amir putin and joe biden then held their 1st phone call since the u.s. presence inauguration worn that now from our correspondent constantine brushed off . but the tense and rocky relationship between the 2 nations the fact that the 2 presidents have talked and read on a major arms control agreement in their 1st ever phone call well that's reassuring and the 5 year extension of the new start treaty is in the broad spot in other words pretty much failing talks on arms control and proliferation so the new strategic arms reduction treaty signed in 2010 now is the only thing that limits the 2 worlds a largest nuclear arsenals and is considered as a an insurance policy against a full blown arms race russia was the 1st to offer or the extension of the treaty without conditions in early 2 $1020.00 but the trumpet ministration while showed a lack of interest supposedly because they were seeking a new deal instead it will cover more weapons but anyway the current treaty was expiring on february 5th

the qatari amir's 1st visit to saudi arabia since the illegal blockade began 3 years ago delegates from the gulf countries signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has tightened his grip on power with the swearing in of a national assembly controlled by his socialist party it marks the end of control by the opposition who boycotted last month's election because they said it wasn't free or fair opposition leader is recognized by several nations as the country's interim leader and instead to lead a virtual opposition congress session south africa's president has called an urgent meeting as the number of deaths passes $30000.00 current restrictions are due to expire next week but there are fresh concerns about a variant of the virus which is rapidly spreading through the country there's also uncertainty around the reopening of schools this month those are the headlines are full of those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com and back with more news in half an hour next it's inside story do stay with us. well to broke this news is

since the start of the crisis courts had been exerting its efforts to solve the disputes with its late amir of ships often ominous obama successfully preventing the military invasion of qatar it was no surprise then but some it was named off together with the late senator over a man who also pos the way in 2020 with all 4 blockading countries now agreeing to open their land air and sea borders to put out the gulf region can now begin a new chapter one that its leaders say will be written by all of them together from out of. the. all right let's bring in our guests and measure them saudi is president of the qatar international academy for security studies in kuwait city but a safe assistant professor of history at kuwait university and in new york rami hooty director of global engagement at the american university of beirut and senior fellow at harvard kennedy school welcome to the program measured let me start with you today do we know what the details are in this solidarity and stability agreement i mean there are still a lot more questions than answers at this stage correct. yes i mean of

shows a very serious intent from everybody involved in these talks now following the meeting the lead amir putin said that the sides have signed a joint statement on the future development of mcgauran a car bomb the leader off by john in hama i live said he called a meeting with putin and user meeting on the board question on very important for the future development of the entire region. from armenia said that there are still many issues on the table regarding the status of the gore knickerbocker now the disputed said territory of nagorno-karabakh has seen quite a lot of tension in the last few decades and. the latest major flare up took place in september with a huge war taking place was sounds of thousands of people killed on each side let's take a look. while an end to this violence was fought in the poets in november 1 armenia and azerbaijan signed a cease fire agreement which was an immediate hit by the kremlin now let me put it to said on monday that at this simon ready at least 48000 people have returned to their homes in an hour gordon a car bomb however he says there are still qu

the qatar announcement followed tuesday's gulf summit in saudi sitting alone in march the qatari amir's 1st visit to saudi arabia since the illegal blockade began 3 years ago delegates from the gulf countries signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability al-jazeera. has more from doha. what happened yesterday was the announcement of fishel announcement that the chapter that of the crisis is over and this was reiterated by the. by the sa the minister of foreign affairs when he was asked repeatedly about the particular issue and he said the crisis is over life is back to normal embassies will be resettled back and it will be back to normal and i think this is a process which is going to take some time because we are talking about logistics which is going to be taken into place different departments in different countries trying to work out new agreements new formalities for projects to start trickling in from saudi arabia into qatar and vice versa and for people to start traveling from doha to different distillations because throughout the last the years and half qatar has wor

the could tare amir's 1st visit to saudi arabia since the illegal blockade began 3 years ago delegates from the gulf countries signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability. all of the correlation. has achieved a settlement of all issues outstanding in a way that is entirely satisfied factory to all nations involved all the countries involved we are extremely pleased with having been able to achieve this very important breakthrough that we believe will contribute very much to the stability security of all our nations in the region we we have as you mentioned been working very hard towards achieving this breakthrough for many years and the timing is. just that it's that we were finally able to reach that conclusion and reach. a mechanism that was satisfactory to everyone and i am happy to report that we are at a place where everyone is satisfied and happy and yes all the outstanding. whether it's turning of diplomatic relations flight etc all of that will now go back to normal but it might sound like happy families but hey let's cross over to mohammed values live for us at h

since the start of the crisis courts had been exerting its efforts to solve the disputes with its late amir ships a bottle of medicine successfully preventing the military invasion of qatar it was no surprise then that a lawless summits was named after together with the late senator of a man who also passed away in 2020 with all 4 blockading countries now agreeing to open their land air and sea borders to put out the gulf region can now begin a new chapter one that its leaders say will be written by all of them together. al-jazeera the. all right some breaking news out of hong kong this hour with least $23.00 pro-democracy politicians and activists have been arrested for violating the national security law they're accused of subversion for taking part in unofficial election primaries in july china has declared the poles illegal and warned hundreds of thousands who took part could have broken broken the law all asian brown joins us on the line from hong kong adrian what more can you tell us about these arrests how significant is this. well it's pretty significant it does seem that 2021 is be

the breakthrough was announced on the eve of the gulf cooperation council summits with sconces amir will attend for the 1st time in 3 years. on a clock this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you. the whole trump rally supporters ahead of a crucial senate selection of day.

the breakthrough was announced on the eve of a gulf cooperation council summit which cutter's amir will attend for the 1st time 3 years. elena clock this is al jazeera life and also coming up we're going to fight like hell i'll tell you. donald trump rallying supporters ahead of a crucial senate election a day after recordings revealed he pressured officials to overturn his defeats in the presidential face. was. a victory for wiki leaks founder julian assange is a british court block says extradition to the united states. to saudi arabia is opening its airspace and borders to culture and what is seen as big steps towards resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis in the us but it was made ahead of a summit of gulf neighbors in the south the city of ramallah shell reports now from . the more than 3 years after saudi arabia the u.a.e. button and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough but that the military fuck up agreement was reached to open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from

valor where delegates signed a declaration calling for solidarity and stability it mark the qatari amir's 1st visit to saudi arabia since the illegal blockade began 3 years ago and of course you can follow all of those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com it's a dated throughout the day more news in an hour with rob matheson to stay with us here on out is there. it's 10 years since the arab spring shook countries across the middle east a decade on from the 1st uprising we'll look at the legacy of the revolution. to join us as we assess the changes in the political landscape of the middle east and north africa. on al-jazeera. to. the end. my name is mona tell a b. and i'm a day to journalist my job is to find numbers in all sorts of different places and then turn them into images that people will understand and connect to. i always try to think of ways to connect the subject matter with the visualisation itself so that people can automatically see what the data visualisation is all about. if it's about me copies being finds in france outdrawn a copy and if it's about the k.k.k. i w

they will take heed from the fact that amir attended the summit after the. blockade was lifted on them and they will want to focus their narrative more on coming across as a diplomat now as a leader of the party and from the image that he is had which was one of the more younger erratic kind of. person and that's where the narrative will be focused. on that saudi arabia as the custodian of the 2 holy shrines back out medina is essentially reestablishing its position as a leader within the region is bridging the gap between and obviously not lost in all of that is the role of other countries like kuwait and the united states to do it so as we say there is a long way to go however in terms of practicality the blockade is essentially lifted now we will be hearing comments from the united arab emirates and egypt over the next few days about airspace being opened about the resumption of direct flights obviously pending covert in the pandemic and so forth but as far as the gulf is concerned this is a major step to at least reestablishing the norm that existed but

since the start of the crisis courts had been exerting its efforts to solve the disputes with its late amir ships a bottle of medicine successfully preventing the military invasion of qatar it was no surprise then that a lawless summits was named after together with the late senator of a man who also passed away in 2020 with all 4 blockading countries now agreeing to open their land air and sea borders to put out the gulf region can now begin a new chapter one that its leaders say will be written by all of them together. votes are being counted in the u.s. state of georgia also a special runoff election that could have a crucial impact on joe biden's presidency more than $3000000.00 early ballots were cast ahead of the vote to choose state's 2 senate members it will decide the balance of power in congress but results are currently too close to call the official reports from atlanta in georgia. the results so close the stakes so high as the world waits counting in georgia senate runoff will continue for a 2nd day more than 3000000 voted early on the day polling stations reported a steady str

means the whole raman in doha a reminder of our top global news stories cattles amir is joining other gulf leaders for the g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia the meeting comes just hours after the kingdom said that it would open its air sea and land borders to cattle and what's been seen as a big step forward to resolve the 3 rift has more from doha the decision to lift the blockade comes from saudi arabia it is the most powerful country in the g.c.c. the most powerful country within the blockading countries he has the final say so either the blockading countries are not unanimous about how to move forward when it comes to the blockade or at least the saudis are determined we have to move forward we have to mend fences with the qataris and we have to turn the chapter and in the near future it will be up to us to convince all the other blockading countries that it's about time to move forward and i think this is exactly what is going to happen . england is going back into lockdown as the government tries to get control of a more contagious coronavirus variant more than 50000 cases were repo

since the start of the crisis courts had been exerting its efforts to solve the disputes with its late amir chefs a bottle of medicine successfully preventing the military invasion of qatar it was no surprise then that a lawless summits was named after together with the late senator over a man who also passed away in 2020 with all 4 blockading countries now agreeing to open their land air and sea borders to put out the gulf region can now begin a new chapter one that its leaders say will be written by all of them together. al jazeera the. actors are senior political analyst mel a mission joins us live from doha now on how important is the resolution of this dispute for the region and beyond. well look it's important for cut that he's for saudis and for the people in in the gulf region for sure i mean this was 3 and a half years of waste suffering for no good reason whatsoever they're off and they're out of familiar there are close relative commercial and also civilizations between these people and they were really victim of this crisis so this is definitely a good thing for the people in th

there was international summits that were taking place even in saudi arabia and other countries the amir of qatar said he would not be participating in those unless the blockade on his country was lifted and therefore for this summit to be a success and with all the push and drive that was coming from kuwait from washington to try and find a resolution in time ahead of the inauguration of joe biden or in time ahead of the exit of donald trump for this summit to be a success it needed to have the highest possible representation from qatar and it needed to be accompanied with an agreement now that partially the blockade has been lifted at least from one of those countries is seeing it seems to be a lot more promising that we are on the cusp of getting a more holistic deal that will at least resolve not necessarily the deeper issues but at least will resolve this current crisis in the form of the blockade that was imposed on qatar cameras on day joins us now from washington so tell us about the role that the u.s. has played in in all this. well we have not gotten any official reaction yet f

4 people the city mayor said the blast appears to have been caused by a gas leak local journalist amir veloce quit spoke to me earlier. we know little about the explosion we know that it might have been a gas leak they say that they were doing some repairs seen side of the field in during the blast we know that there are some scientists police specialized units of the police here trying to find out exactly how this blast happened around 3 india after noon today we see some flames and devote on all of the building still and we know that the 'd 5 stories of the building the top of the building have seriously damaged there's a care home with 55 elderly people nearby this bilin and also a school the yard of the school was absolutely food of rubble after the explosion and fortunately not any of the populace of the school and also the residents of this care home were injured the police has also sent some conine brigade some rescue dogs to find out if they might have stills be somebody inside of the building or could be trapped in the remains of the building after these huge blast the buildin