well benjamin netanyahu for the 1st time. in courts to the charges essentially pleading not guilty what he actually says was that he confirmed the written submission by his lawyers and his name and he then sat through about 20 minutes or so the legal argument before what extraordinarily just getting up saying thank you to the court and leaving as the trial carried on those out of the pretrial grandstanding that we saw last time around in may last year when he gave a lengthy speech attacking the judiciary the judiciary some of the senior legal of patients who've been in charge of this investigation against him he kept quiet he went into the court he confirms that his lawyers case was that he had no case to answer and that he left early in the proceedings as for the proceedings themselves we've been hearing the key legal argument by you know who's trial team and they are saying that because in their argument the attorney general did not sign an official enough document authorizing various aspects of the investigation to diversi

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well as prime minister has pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust benjamin netanyahu says he's the victim of what he calls an attempted coup or a force that is outside the court in occupied when. the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu for the 1st time on soaring in court to the charges essentially pleading not guilty what he actually said was that he confirmed the written submissions by his lawyers and his name and he then sat through about 20 minutes or so the legal argument before what extraordinarily just getting out saying thank you to the court and leaving as the trial carried on police and men might have use water cannon to try to break up protests thousands of return to the streets for a 3rd demonstrations last monday the army took over the government and arrested the country's civilian leader on sunday. south africa has suspended plans of vaccinate frontline health workers with the astra zeneca job as after a trial showed it might be less effective against the more contagious variant has caused the country's recent surge of covert 19 rescue operations

very damaging politically for benjamin netanyahu.s facing legal jeopardy over these prosecutions that could lead to jail time of up to ten years if convicted but also he's got general elections on may the 23rd. if the prosecution are able to run out their prosecution witnesses during a trial in the interim during the six-week period that israel now has ahead of those general elections, obviously there will be political damage potentially done to benjamin netanyahu at a very crucial time in his very long-running political career. the israeli premiere is now 71 years old, rosemary. >> we'll keep an eye on this. sam kiley, many thanks to you. >>> in just a few hours u.s. house will give a vote for a tax credit of up to $3600 for each childnd age 6 and $3,000 credit for children ages 6 through 17. it's a key part of president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief package. cnn's emerging markets editor john defterios joins me live from abu dhabi. let's look at this. a sluggish labor market offers president biden exactly the justification he

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrives at court as his corruption trial resumes just weeks ahead of elections. hello them or a car this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. miramar police fire water cannon that thousands protesting against the coup in the capital. search and rescue efforts in northern india after a glass collapse killed at least 14 dozens of others are feared missing. and millions pushed to poverty in nigeria following corruption and the confiscation of land. israel's prime minister has just arrived at court in west jerusalem for a herring on corruption charges benjamin netanyahu has been charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases he denies the crimes and says he's the victim of what he calls an attempted coup let's go straight to harry for that he's standing outside the courtroom in west jerusalem harry talk us through what we're expecting to happen in court today. well the reports that we're already getting from inside the courts are that her netanyahu is there he's standing near the back of the courtroom talking to his law

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and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pleads not guilty at his corruption trial and calls the charges against him a witch hunt. well lost the very active weather that produced flash floods in iraq in the run is this tale and now a few more showers the northern parts of iran the cross into turkmenistan and then snow in afghanistan leaving behind open skies and blueness and apart from a few showers in the mountains a sudden saudi and yemen it's going to be dry the still but for a couple of days down the gulf which means doha will be a dusty and a bit breezy was not particularly severe and temperatures here in the levant are rising beirut's forecast gets 22 that's above normal by about 4 degrees a nice warm weather nothing hugely changes in the next 2 or 3 days says wednesday's forecast you're looking at now apart from the lack of showers spot the difference. the same is true i suppose in southern africa with the sun slowly moving north now so the rains are quite as intense over south africa in fact even expect this time of year to watch a step in madagascar and maybe mozambi

israel's prime minister has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges benjamin netanyahu has appeared in court charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases he says he is the victim of what he calls an attempt to force that reports from. the protesters that have gathered every week for the last 8 months outside benjamin netanyahu as residents of the new focal point on monday the jerusalem district court a couple of 100 meters beyond the police barricades i would not think about the public security safety economics because the only thing that will interest me is how to get out of jail and this is why a person like that cannot stay in this position to be the prime minister the volume went up as the prime minister's convoy arrived and you know i was accused of fraud and breach of trust in 2 cases in a 3rd he also faces an additional charge of bribery and you know they are shouting with me on the eve of his appearance he issued a message to his supporters calling the investigation and trial politically motivated insisting the case was crumbling the alleged offenses ra

the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu for the 1st time. in court to the charges essentially pleading not guilty what he actually said was that he could be written submissions going his lawyers in his name i mean then sent through about 20 minutes or so the legal argument before what extraordinarily just getting out saying thank you to the court and leaving as the trial carried on south africa has suspended plans to vaccinate frontline health workers with the astra zeneca job after a trial showed it might be less effective against the more contagious variant has caused the country's recent surge of covert 19 last week south africa received 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine and was due to start vaccinating people in the next few days. police in myanmar have used to try and break protests thousands of returned to the streets for a 3rd demonstrations last monday the army took over the government on a rest of the country's civilian leader aung sang suu. rescue operations have resumed in northern india to find around 170 people missing a

israel's prime minister has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges benjamin netanyahu has appeared in court charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust and 3 separate cases he says he's the victim of what he calls an attempted coup for such is following developments from outside the court in occupied east jerusalem. legal team has been arguing against the legitimacy of the investigation against him but now you know him so only stayed for about 20 minutes worth of that argument and he did speak in the court he didn't say the words not guilty what he said was that he confirmed the written submission of his legal team so essentially it's the same thing that the legal team arguing that the attorney general did not give proper full written approval for all the phases of investigations in the 3 cases against him the judges pushed back a little bit on that and also against the length of time the legal team was taking to make that argument they also pushed back a little bit against the prosecution when they were defending the investigation against those allegations we heard that the mos

a month into his term one leader he hasn't spoken to yet, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.jerusalem. this isn't just optics, this is a critical security partner for the united states. why haven't the two spoken yet? >> reporter: well, i think you put your finger on one of the questions that is questionable. is israel more important to the united states or vice versa? the answer is very clearly certainly from the israeli point of view that the united states matters a great deal to them. it does matter to the optics for benjamin netanyahu, who's got elections coming up on march the 23rd. he's struggling to put together a coalition partnership that is now including homophobic and racist parties, avowedly so. he's hoping to win with that. in previous campaigns he's played the trump card frequently. now he seems to be unable to do that because the biden administration, this is a point that benjamin netanyahu made about a week ago, is prioritizing rebuilding multi-national, multi-lateral coalitions, rebuilding poor relations with much more important european allies and in netanya

in office for more than three weeks, and yet he still hasn't called israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahuden said a call is coming soon, and netanyahu expects a call soon, but it follows a snarky remark where netanyahu said he spoke to other world leaders but not to him. president biden has called world leaders from canada, mexico, u.k., india, france, germany, japan, japan and south korea, but not israel. why hasn't he called netanyahu? >> reporter: the israeli prime minister, netanyahu, you'll recall went around to address both houses in the u.s. capitol to object to the very painstakingly negotiated jcpoa, the nuclear deal with iran. that angered the obama administration of which joe biden was a part. when biden visited here, benjamin netanyahu announced a building of a vast number of israeli settlements on the west bank. in the beginning of this year, they announced israel's plans for another 3,000 homes on the west bank, homes built in what the international community calls international territory. biden says the members of his administration, the national security adviser, defense s

amy: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu blasted the international criminal court, accusing itf engaging in quote "pure anti-semitism." meanwhile the biden administration said it had "serious concerns" with the icc's ruling. the court's decision could also result in war crimes probes targeting hamas and other palestinian factions. part of the icc's probe is expected to look at israel's 2014 assault on gaza which 2,100 pellet to signs -- palestinians died. gaza resident tawfiq abu jama lost 24 members of his extended family in the assault. >> when i heard about the decision, i was very happy about it. we will be able to take the occupation to trial. we hope the decision is true and hope for justice for the children who were killed. amy: we go now to gaza city where we are joined by raji sourani, award-winning human rights lawyer and director of the palestinian center for human rights in gaza. past winner of the robert f. kennedy human rights award and the right livelihood award. welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. can you start by responding to the interna

president said he had a good conversation with benjamin netanyahu on wednesday. a source close to the white house says the delay in calling the israeli leader may have been pay back for the prime minister's cold treatment of president obama, slow acknowledgment of biden's election win and close ties to donald trump. cnn's sam kiley is covering this for us from jerusalem. he joins us now. sam, what were you learning about this? >> reporter: well, talking of the frictions between joe biden and benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, they're also out of step on the continued expansion of the israeli jewish settlements onto the west bank which is considered occupied territory under international law and from the israeli perspective, what they characterize is very dangerous intent by the biden administration to return to some kind of nuclear deal with iran which currently the israelis consider an existential threat. this is also part of a reset of relationships across the middle east from the romance relationship between donald trump and benjamin netanyahu her

on to more head on the al-jazeera news hour including this israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu the it's not guilty yet there's corruption trial and calls the charges against him which. the opposition says he's overstayed his constitutional wellcome by haiti's president says there's been a coup attempt. and a catsuit wearing syrian our audiences back to her basta she launches her campaign for a 24th grand slam title in australia that's coming up later this point. but 1st just a day before the former u.s. president donald trump a 2nd impeachment trial is set to begin his legal team has filed defense papers saying the proceedings are unconstitutional that's going to allan fessor he's joining us from capitol hill so what more can you tell us about the arguments put forward. by his team a very dismissive of what's planned here in the senate over the next week at least possibly up as long as 10 days they say this is simply political theater and it's congress trying to impact on the president's 1st amendment rights they point to the fact that the f.b.i. said that a lot of the violence

still to come this half hour benjamin netanyahu faces court on corruption charges as protesters keep up their fight against the israeli prime minister. biden wages war on trump era policies vowing to rejoin a body washington views as flawed and in need of reform. but . there is a cold east wind blowing across northern europe has been doing so for days is shut down transport germany the netherlands it's maybe a bit more fun in parts of eastern england when that started right down to the beach in clarkson which is on the coast of east in england that the destructive stuff is probably heard continental europe rather more obvious good part of germany the netherlands has seen this sort of whether indeed this is 1st time in 10 years or significant snowstorm in the netherlands there is more to come and it's this bright white cloud that more the shows where it is it seems to be want figuring northwards which is really taking it into the really cold territory so you got a feed of the atlantic averages to go all this what i can answer eastern europe and at the moment it's relatively warm in fo

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu pleads not guilty at his corruption trial and calls the charges against him a witch hunt and i'm he simply told you sports tom brady racks up yet another super bowl title the quarterback has now won 7 of them but this time it would be turned their back moves to beat the kansas city chiefs in their own stadium. welcome to the news hour the head of the military gentlemen mar that sees power a week ago has promised to hold elections and hand over to whoever wins may. klang addressed the nation for the 1st time since that too he accused the country's democratic leaders are failing to carry out their duties on a fusing the coronavirus pandemic to rig planned elections he spoke hours after tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of me and my arm there risking violence and arrests a call for the government to release democratically elected leaders detained in last week's coup scott heide lawyer begins our coverage. the 1st pushback from the m.r. security forces on the growing number of protesters burst from water cannon and in attempt to

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has spoken by phone to joe biden for the 1st time since the u.s. president took office the leaders talked for an hour on issues including the perceived threat from iran and israel's budding ties with arab and muslim countries the delay in the traditional courtesy called hadfield speculation of a frosty relationship which both sides have downplayed a rescue operation is currently underway in central nigeria where gunmen have kidnapped a group of students the exact number of those taken by the armed gang is unknown but hundreds are missing it has been confirmed that one student was shot and killed in the attack on the state run school and. residents in myanmar's 2nd biggest city mandalay say police have shot at railway workers who were there protesting against the military coup they were blocking tracks to a railway station when they were confronted by offices it's the latest act of civil disobedience and a campaign that's now been going for nearly 2 weeks only 10 countries have administered 3 quarters of all 1000 vaccinations with hundreds of m

paula hancocks joining us from seoul. >>> benjamin netanyahu appeared in court just a short time ago where he entered a not guilty plea to bribery, and fraud. he has described his indictment as a stitchup calling it an effort by israel's liberal and media release to topple him from power. sam kylie is outside the courthouse. what is the latest on netanyahu's corruption trial? where is all of this going? >> reporter: well, he pleaded guilty in that he agreed with an earlier written statement from his legal team some weeks back denying any and all rolls in three different sets of corruption allegations, three different cases labeled 1,000, 2,000, 4,000. he spent 20 minutes in court in the building behind me. he was seen to be taking notes, wearing a mask for most of it where he is in pretty much in ten minutes time going to be chairing a meeting of the cabinet and other members of his government administration to deal with the covid pandemic which is a focus of israel and the israeli prime minister because he also faces legal jeep did i, political jeopardy in the form of the march 23 e

gathered in toulouse a limo over the weekend to demand the resignation of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the weekly demonstrations have been taking place for 7 months protesters say netanyahu should step down because of his ongoing corruption trial and mismanagement of the krona virus crisis. voters in ecuador go to the polls on sunday to choose a new president officials decided to go ahead with the election in spite of the pandemic leftist candidate andras arouse has pledged to put the effort or back on the path to socialism while conservative. says he will create $1000000.00 jobs in one year. well it's not just germany that's struggling to distribute couvade 1000 vaccines the w.h.o. estimates that 3 quarters of all vaccines have been administered across just 10 countries many poor countries have received no vaccines at all in mexico where many hospitals or aca passerby people are in need not only of vaccines but also oxygen. they've been standing here outside this health center in mexico city since 5 am to get hold of oxygen luis de leon that is actually his wife has 19 and a strug

the corruption trial against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has resumed in jerusalem as you know is accused of bribery throat and breach of trust in 3 separate cases he denies the the trial comes just 6 weeks before its faces reelection. to the biggest event in american sports now quarterback tom brady shown as the tampa bay buccaneers beat the kansas city chiefs on their home field in the super bowl brady threw 3 touched on passes as the buccaneers sumps kansas city 31 to 9 making this brady's 7 super bowl title intel appearances earning him his 5th most valuable player award to put the wind into perspective no other quarterback in the n.f.l. has won more than 4 super bowls brady also broke his own mark the oldest player to win a super bowl ripe old age of 43. joined by presenter from. skype to talk super bowl 55 between the tampa bay buccaneers and the kansas city chiefs press you said tom brady and tampa bay would win did you. yes i did because i looked at it like this again our tom brady the greatest of all time was going up against the baby go catch my home's it's simil

coming up on this news from london benjamin netanyahu faces court on corruption charges if protesters keep up their fight against the israeli prime minister. biden wages war on trump era policies vowing to rejoin a body washington views as flawed and in need of reform. and serena williams is back to her best in australia she launches her campaign for 24 the grand slam title . dozens of people are still trapped in a tunnel a day after part of a himalayan glass collapsed fell into a river causing a massive flood at least 20 bodies have been recovered 200 more people are missing elizabeth who are now reports in the foothills of the himalayas. the rescuers are relying on heavy equipment to barge the piles of mud and debris to clearing a tunnel where workers have been trapped since a torrent of water and debris swept through on sunday after part of a glacier broke off upstream. working on the crown of the tunnel when we heard screams get out get out we didn't know what was happening we started running to escape when the force of the water gushed in through the mouth of the tunnel. it's tho

announcing the scheme last night, prime minister benjamin netanyahu urged israelis to use the pass as way of getting their lives back. "it's for you." as israel begins to ease restrictions, it is hoped the country's so—far successful vaccination programme of work as a blueprint for other countries hoping to begin their own journeys out of lockdown. nickjohnson, bbc news. the united arab emirates has sent 20,000 covid—i9 sputnik v vaccines to the gaza strip. the russian—made vaccines arrived in gaza via the rafah border crossing with egypt. health offficials in gaza said they would begin vaccination tomorrow, with priority for medical workers and those with chronic diseases. australia's covid—i9 vaccination programme is officially underway — but the launch didn't quite go to plan. the country's first recipient was 84—year—old jane malysiak, who received the pfizer—biontech jab at a sydney medical centre. when prime minster scott morrision encouraged her to make a "v for vaccine" sign, she accidentally made a somewhat different gesture instead — much to the amusement of the medical staf

gathered in jerusalem over the weekend to demand the resignation of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the weekly demonstrations have been taking place for 7 months protesters say netanyahu should step down because of his ongoing corruption trial and mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis. and as a lever former head of the european central bank has secured the support of to keep parties as he seeks to form a new government mario draghi has the conditional backing of the right wing lega and the populist 5 star movement further talks are expected next week is the least governing coalition collapsed mid january. and in developments in the coronavirus pandemic early trial data suggests the oxford astra zeneca vaccine will not offer protection from mild or moderate cases caused by the south african b 135 variant of the virus however it will protect recipients from severe disease. the netherlands has passed $1000000.00 covered 19 infections since the start of the pandemic the country of $70000000.00 has seen a decline in new cases since the beginning of the year several law income countries

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decision and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is accusing the international criminal court of anti-semitism. the i.c.c. investigators will fake war crimes this is pure anti semitism the court established to prevent atrocities like the nazi holocaust against the jewish people is not targeting the one state of the jewish people. first it outrageously claims that when jews live in a room and this is a war crime circuit it claims that when democratic israel defends itself against terrorists who murder our children rocket our cities we're committing another war crime yet the r.c.c. refuses to investigate brutal dictatorships like iran and syria who commit horrific atrocities almost daily as prime minister of israel i assure you we will fight this perversion of justice with all our might. a digital crackdown by man mobs military gentleman protest as organizing online is intensifying after facebook now twitter and instagram are blocked the many users in the country. about hasn't stopped a growing number of people from joining nightly protests for the 5th straight day that part of

benjamin netanyahu has pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.making a second appearance in court since his trial began last may. netanyahu was charged last year over allegations that he accepted improper gifts, so to trade favors with media moguls in exchange for positive coverage. mrnetanyahu has blasted the charges as fabricated and ludicrous. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonight's program. president biden has change course on u.s. policy towards yemen. we get a rare glimpse inside the war-torn country, the efforts to bring about a cease-fire. ♪ laura: it is day one of the australian on tennis tournament, the most ambitious sporting competition there since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. the event is only happening because australia has been able to control the spread. reporter: after a three-week delay, and a dramatic and roversial buildup, the australian is finally underway. there is a real buzz around elburn, tennis fans and streaming in throughout the day, substrate to the courts, others enjoy the ou

blind support of israeli exaggerated political views after 3 back to back elections in israel benjamin netanyahu is once again the prime minister in your view how will history judge him now i'm afraid not very well i'm afraid not very well he has tremendous qualities as a speaker he's very convincing he's able to present his case is at bradley protect his. totally impossible he's managed to. lead is very politics develop in a sense that does not take into chris consideration not only the relations with the palestinians but the quality of their own lives. i have to say i am extremely disappointed about all that israel is now threatening to annex parts of the west bank can i ask you again the question david frost asked you 7 years ago do you think a 2 state solution is now dead 1st they have to agree to accept the existence of the other. it's not important whether it is in one big national state or in 2 states and then not it's not important but it's not the moment to discuss now that now the important thing is the acceptance of that which equal rights and there has to be justice for the palestini

to 19 the aim is to vaccinate everyone over the age of 16 by the end of march prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising israelis that will be the 1st country in the world to emerge from the pandemic he's persuaded to commit to a. vaccine in return for israel as a data rich testbed for its efficacy palestinians living in the eastern half of jerusalem. israeli vaccines the palestinian foreign ministry says israel is neglecting its obligations as an occupying power by not providing vaccines to the 4500000 palestinians in the west bank and gaza. between rich nations and when it comes to vaccinating populations israel. has outpaced even the richest countries. just how much the palestinians have been left out of the and how far behind. a tamil journalist in search of a missing colleague stops at nothing to bring her story to the public. in sri lanka press freedoms are under threat. and some stories can only be told by those who will not compromise on the truth. news from just one part of the viewfinder asia series on al-jazeera. play an important role in acting it would. ringback act. protest as

anchor: joe biden has spoken to his belly prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone for the first timee has taken office. that long-delayed field calculations -- field accusations of a frosty relationship. fighting emphasized support for israel's sent new relations with other arab countries. a rescue operation is underway in central nigeria, where gunmen have kidnapped a group of students. the exact numbers of those taken by the gang is unknown, but hundreds are missing. it has been confirmed that one student was shot and killed in the attack on the school. reporter: at the hospital, doctors and nurses treat wounded students and teachers. concerned parents gather. also in town, security stepped up, just as the state government ordered the closure of schools in those areas prone to attacks. schools are increasingly targeted, as they offer an opportunity to take many students hostage. >> in nigeria, there is totally an absence of government demonstrate. it's very difficult for the locals to have anyone to run to. there is also a porous border surrounding most parts of that area. if you l

code 19 the aim is to vaccinate everyone over the age of 16 by the end of march prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising israelis that theirs will be the 1st country in the world to emerge from the pandemic of he's persuaded pfizer to commit to an excel aerated supply of its vaccine in return for israel being used as a data rich test bed for its efficacy palestinians living in the eastern half of jerusalem the only known israeli citizens getting israeli procured vaccines the palestinian foreign ministry says israel is neglecting its obligations as an occupying power by not providing vaccines to the 4500000 palestinians in the west bank and gaza ready a clear gap as a merger between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating populations israel's own program has outpaced even the richest countries. just how much the palestinians have been left out of the process and how far they've been left behind. the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i am afraid because i'm not on the minority thing in town to be afraid but where do these ideas come

foreign forces on the beijing's controversial national security deal israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has spoken by phone to joe biden for the 1st time since the u.s. president took office the leaders talked for an hour on issues including the perceived threat from iran and israel's budding ties with arab and muslim countries the delay in the traditional courtesy call field speculation of a frosty relationship which both sides downplayed well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after women make change stay tuned thanks for watching by foot off. teaching you just the right english streaming night all night each channel. plus thousands of our programs will be with documentaries and. subscribe to you she would slash al-jazeera english. if one has a passion and you have the commission you are going to develop. this kind of resistance. but once you are focused you have a dream. dream so long as you have a good cause. let me show you something this is a $1.25 where i live it will buy you a very small cup of coffee millions of people around the world exist on less

president joe biden has spoken to israeli president benjamin netanyahu bite phone the first time sinceaking office. the long delay fueled accusations of a proxy relation ship, but both sides downplayed the issue. biden expressed support for israel's the relations with arab countries. a rescue operation is underway in central nigeria where gunmen have kidnapped a group of students. the exact number of those taken by the armed gang is unknown, but hundreds are missing. residence iman marshall second-biggest city mandalay say police have shot at railway workers who were protesting the military to. they were blocking the track to a railway station whenever confronted by the police officers. it is the latest in the movement have continued for two weeks. the u.s. department of justice has charged three north koreans with a series of global cyber attacks. they are accused of trying to steal more than $1.3 billion from banks and companies. prosecutors say they also targeted a hollywood studio, in revenge for a film depicting a fictionalized assassination of kim jong-un. those are the headlines

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has arrived at a jerusalem court for the resumption of his corruption trial is in yahoo is accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases he has pleaded not guilty to all charges the trial comes just 6 weeks before and it faces reelection. well northern and central germany have been hit by heavy snow and icy conditions with disruptions to public transport likely to continue into monday authorities people to stay at home road crews have been working hard to keep the highways safe and germany's role as service holds travelers that some services may be canceled parts of the country could see up to 25 centimeters of snow on monday. i know i've never seen so much snow in my life it's really fantastic. but not everyone is as pleased with the big freeze that's hit germany this weekend western areas got more than their fair share of the snow more than they've seen in hears but still less than was forecast. this expressway had to be closed highway police in the west and northwest responded to hundreds of accidents thankfully just a f

world leading vaccination program but a recent loss of momentum has worried prime minister benjamin netanyahu the state is now considering rolling out a series of measures to boost optic among the population they include launching a campaign against dissin for a mission introducing new legislation giving immunity passports to be inoculated. the reason to go get vaccinated is that we are now launching the green passport 1st being vaccinated will be able to go enjoy the stats of the cinema sports events flights approved restaurants and. talk of the new measures sparked protests outside the p.m.'s residence in jerusalem with hundreds demanding ness and whose resignation accusing him of mishandling the pandemic and also corruption the proposal to share the names of vaccinated people with authorities has raised concerns over privacy violations and possible discrimination here is what is really saying. the government should. convince the people about not liking force them to do that this manner you have to be very vigilant for the. privacy of the citizens but over public health all measures should

the corruption trial against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has resumed in jerusalem netanyahu is accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases he denies the allegations the trial comes just 6 weeks before netanyahu faces reelection. leftist candidate andres or always has won a 1st round victory in ecuador's presidential ruction early estimates given the 32 percent of the vote he will advance to a runoff scheduled for april the 11th 2 candidates are neck and neck for 2nd place . iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini has said that the country will only return to the 2015 nuclear deal if the u.s. lift sanctions but the u.s. says that it won't lift sanctions just to get iran back at the negotiating table the deal limited iran's uranium enrichment capacity to make it harder for tehran to develop nuclear weapons. south africa has suspended its rollout of the oxford astra zeneca corona virus vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it offered only minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the covert variant that originated in the countr

crimes and crimes against humanity by israel and palestinian groups israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the international criminal court is anti semitic the u.s. state department is intending to drop its terrorist designation for yemenis who thesis that who these were labeled terrorist by the trumpet ministration the humanitarian groups warned this could affect aid deliveries u.s. president joe biden in congress to pass a $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief plan he says it's urgently needed as new data on jobs showed how the american economy is still struggling to recover in the wake of the pandemic an outline of a deal has been approved in the house of representatives democrats are hoping to pass a final version by the end of the month. so those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after radicalized youth statement on social life and. told to own their own. tell us all when the case was for the company and compensated civilians will we listen to the only music you hear is. the most beautiful music in the world and so i want to repeat with global music makers tweet

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learned that president biden had finally held his first phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who famously had a close relationship with president trump, and a rockier one with president obama-- a dynamic that could help explain why this white house kept him waiting for nearly a month. norah. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes, care workere sti clamoring for n95 mask and t deral agenei warehouse full of them-- all fake. turns out, millions have been sold to unwitting hospitals around the country. cbs's jeff pegues with more on the investigation. >> reporter: today federal agents seized one million counterfeit masks in this western maryland warehouse. what they uncovered is pallets full of fake n95 masks headed to the front lines in the battle against covid-19, washington state hospital system spent 8 million dollars on n95 masks that turned out to be fake. they actually passed their inspection process because they looked like the real thing. >> they are really, really good fakes. they look, they fit, they breathe, they wear like a real 3m, n95 mask. >> reporter: in nt approximately 1

benjamin netanyahu was making his second appearance in court since his trial began in may last year.sought to trade favours with medium of —— media moguls in exchange for favourable coverage. mr netanyahu has called the charges "fabricated and ludicrous". in a tit—for—tat move, germany, poland and sweden have expelled russian diplomats in response to russia's removal of their respective representatives over the weekend. all three countries, and the eu, deny claims that they participated in demonstrations supporting russia's jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. a popular, previously uncensored social media app called clubhouse appears to have been censored in china. users of the american audio—only app have been experiencing disruptions, with some speculating that it has been put under the same restrictions imposed by chinese authorities on other social media sites. lawyers for donald trump filed a more detailed brief on the eve on the former president's impeachment trial. they called the case against him an act of "political theatre" by democrats. mr trump is accused by democrat