chinese capital beijing has been engulfed by its worst of storm and a decades it blew in from the gobi desert fishing air pollution to the top off the scale much of northern china is affected and some flights have even been grained it's the storms are common at this time of year and the government is reforesting areas around the capital to limits their impacts they're calling it the great green wall. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines gunmen have kidnapped children and teachers at a school in nigeria it happened at a primary school in rama be an inquiry council area in northwestern couldn't a state. has more from a butcher. story we're getting reports we're getting i spoke to. a resident and also.

china's capital beijing has been engulfed by its worst dust storm in a decade it blew in from the gobi desert pushing air pollution to the top of the scale much of northern china is affected and some flights have been grounded dust storms are pretty common at this time of here and the government is reef foresting areas around the capital to try to limit their impact the calling it the great green wall. it was an historic night for women at the grammys music awards and say has become the most decorated artist in the world in the awards history but it was also a big night for taylor swift. reports. an awards ceremony to honor the best of the music industry the grammy awards made history this year marked by women taking home the top awards good bradley goes to there was. the star of the night was beyond say who won for grammys with her 23 when she became the most awarded woman in the grammys history of wanting to uplift encourage celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world. taylor swift also made history with her album folklore sh

in the skies over beijing the worst sandstorm in decades closer to the chinese capital from the gobi desert causing an app transform chopped up. and the missing face of serious revolution. money just as. he heard this from us this was a tune a was kidnapped by armed men 7 years ago and is still missing w.'s investigative unit retraces. i'm going to go 1st welcome to the program myanmar security forces have again fired on pro-democracy protesters killing. 5 people according to media and witnesses the fatalities come a day off dozens of activists were shot dead in the country's largest city young gone the state broadcaster says the military has now imposed martial law on 6 townships in the city the country's largest the u.n. special envoy for me and moscow for international solidarity with the protesters and described her dismay at the desk during the weekend. was deadly clashes continued into the night as fires burned in the streets and smoke mixed with tear gas. on the monitor group's report that over 40 people died from sunday into monday morning the bloodiest day of protests against the c

chinese capital was hit by the worst sandstorm and a decade on the massive storm blew in from the gobi desert and combined with near record air pollution levels choking every day life in the city where hundreds of flights have been canceled and commuters make their way to work through with some describe as an app a collective landscape. thick clouds of sand and yellows small get enveloping downtown beijing. to learn buckhead coaches of the state broadcast a c.c.t.v. shrouded in the gloom. residents of the chinese capital were hoping that sandstorms were a thing of the past thanks to extensive planting of protective trees and pushes but atmospheric pollution from the biggest sand clouds in 10 years has now reached hazardous levels. that no good looks like the end of the world in this weather i don't really want to be outside. it feels like a science fiction movie. that this is nature in the face of nature human beings are truly tiny and powerless that we must do what we can to protect the environment.

chinese capital beijing has been engulfed by its worst storm and a decades it blew in from the gobi desert fishing air pollution to the top off the scale much of northern china is affected and some flights have even been grains it's just arms are common at this time of year and the government is reforesting areas around the capital to limits their impacts a calling it's a great green wall. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines gunmen have kidnapped children and teachers at a school in nigeria it happened at a primary school in rama the an inquiry council area in northwestern couldn't a state. has more from a butcher. story we're getting reports we're getting i spoke to. a resident and also an aid worker who just left the town of rima incredulous state he said right now they don't have the exact number of students kidnapped but you can confirm to me that yes they have kidnapped 2 teachers and a number of students whose numbers are yet to be ascertained he also told me about a 6 year old who is dazed you know confused state that child was let go by his kidnappers and he was saying t

blowing in from the gobi desert, the storm choked everyday life in the city. hundreds of flights were canceled and commuters made their way to work through what some described as a landscape at the end the world. >> thick clouds of sand and yellow smog enveloping downtown beijing. the landmark headquarters of the state broadcaster cctv, shrouded in the gloom. residents of the chinese capital were hoping sandstorm's were a thing of the past thanks to extensive planting of protective trees and bushes. but atmospheric pollution from the biggest sand clouds in 10 years has now reached hazardous levels. it looks like the end of the world. i don't really want to be outside. it feels like a science fiction movie. >> this is nature. in the face of nature, human beings are truly tiny and powerless. we must do what we can to protect the environment. >> the sand has blown in from remote areas of china's neighbor, mongolia, where several people have been killed by the storm. china has managed to cut some pollution levels. the government says it aims to achieve carbon neut

the chinese capital was hit by the worst sandstorm in a decade the massive storm blew in from the gobi desertcombined with near record air pollution levels choking everyday life in the city hundreds of flights have been canceled and commuters made their way to work through what some described as an epochal liptak landscape. take clouds of sand and yellow small get enveloping downtown beijing. the landmark headquarters of the state broadcaster c.c.t.v. trowed it in the gloom. residents of the chinese capital were hoping that sandstorms were a thing of the past thanks to extensive planting of protective trees and pushes but atmospheric pollution from the biggest sand clouds in 10 years has now reached hazardous levels. right now and it looks like the end of the world in this weather i don't really want to be outside. it feels like a science fiction movie. that this is nature in the face of nature human beings are truly tiny and powerless that we must do what we can to protect the environment. the sand has blown in from remerge areas of china's neighbor mongolia where several people have been ki

capacity how much chinese capital beijing as being gulf by a dust storm the sand has blown in from the gobi desert pushing air pollution levels up to the top of the scale much of northern china is being affected and flights have been grounded in the inner mongolia region so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one i want to east inside man must crackdown statement that's watching. an act of youthful defiance. in the morning. the worse that triggered a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle with. syria. the boy who started the syrian war. on al-jazeera. rage and chaos sweep through the streets of the. biggest city. demonstrators are angry. with a the country's democratically elected government. but the military isn't backing the. deadly flu to stifle any opposition. 101 east goes inside. them. since february 1st a climate of fear has overtaken me. a country i've called home for almost a decade we've seen not just political figures and ministry officials being detained but also activists and right to. make was being detained mo

chinese capital beijing has been engulfed by its worst dust storm in a decade it blew in from the gobi desert pushing pollution to the top of the scale much of northern china is affected and some flights been grounded dust storms are fairly common at this time of the year the government is reforesting areas around the capital to try to limit the impact beyond say has made grammy history of becoming the most decorated female act at the awards adding 4 more to her collection. she secured her 28th trophy when she won best rb performance for black parade and the singer taylor swift has become the 1st woman to win album of the year 3 times of the grammys one song of the year for black lives matter and from i can't breathe. as an artist i believe it's my job. and all of our jobs to reflect the time has been such a difficult time so i want to uplift encourage celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world. it is kids have you with us hello adrian said here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera syria is marking 10 years since the start of t

hanging over china's capital causing major disruption the sand has blown into beijing from the gobi desert pushing air pollution levels up to the top of the scale much of northern china is being affected and flights have been grounded in the in a mongolia region these storms though are a common problem around march and april. spanish police say they have taken down the largest drug gang in the country's capital some 600 kilograms of cocaine was seized in madrid police also found cash 20 luxury cars and an awesome of weapons they say the leader of the network liaise with other gangs in spain as well as colombia morocco and northern europe. the german chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats suffered big losses in 2 state elections on sunday exit polls and a partial vote count so social democrats and the green party as the main winners experts say it's a sign of what's to come in the national elections in 6 months time the mccain reports now from berlin. it's a personal triumph for higher social democratic prime minister of the rhineland pilaster nucleus last 8 years but after sunday's

the chinese capital of beijing has been engulfed by a dust storm the sun has blown in from the gobi desert pushing pollution levels up to the top of the scale much of northern china is being affected and flights have been grounded in the in a. region so those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the listening post stay tuned thanks for watching. on counting the cost of the perfect storm a pandemic of drought and china's demands to prices hit 6 year highs argentine beef soaring inflation sounds demands would slow as since the 1950 s. plus ethiopia seeks help as its debt burden becomes too much. counting the cost on al-jazeera. weeks of speculation we finally. write what appears to be the print. media often accused of all the attention they get is required to clam up and the british pop i'm going to try. to tighten it. up a tad late. hello i'm richard gere's burden you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news we cover the way the news is covered here are the media stories we're examining this week prince harry and megan marco are up against more than just bu

the chinese capital beijing has been and gulf by a dust storm the sun does blown in from the gobi desert pushing pollution levels up to the top of the scale much of northern china is being affected on flights have been grounded in among goni a region these storms though are a common problem around march or april the government's been planting what it calls a great green wall of trees to trap incoming dust before it reaches the capital. time for short break here down to 0 when we come back 10 years after a peaceful uprising in syria turned into a civil war remains a distant dream for many. and how the pandemic has met musicians to find new ways to reach live audiences more and stay with us. for the perfect gentleman. who went to sponsored point qatar airways how the weather is quieting down now i stay now for the middle east we saw some very strong winds through the course of the way can as this system made its way across us but the skies coming back in behind not looking too bad unless you're in turkey we've got some rain sleet and snow coming in across the turkish mounties quite a brisk

decade collided with a near record levels of air pollution in the city now blowing in from the gobi desert the storm choked every day life in the city hundreds of flights were canceled and commuters made their way to work through what some describe as the landscape at the end of the world. thick clouds of sand and yellows small get enveloping downtown beijing. the land buck headquarters of the state broadcast to c.c.t.v. shrouded in the gloom residence of the chinese capital one hoping that sandstorms were a thing of the past thanks to extensive planting of protective trees and pushes but atmospheric pollution from the biggest sand clouds in 10 years has not reached has a displeasure. right now it looks like the end of the world in this weather i don't really want to be outside. there it feels like a science fiction movie. about. that this is nature in the face of nature human beings are truly tiny and powerless that we must do what we can to protect the environment. the sand has blown in from remote areas of china's neighbor mongolia where several people have been killed by the storm chin

really nasty dust storm sandstorm across northern areas of the country then say spilling out of the gobi desert to cross the northwest of china yellow warnings quite aptly in force here as those strong winds have pushed that dust and sand across the northeastern corner of child as you go on through the next couple of days things quieten down in terms of the winds we could do with some rain to help clear the air that's not going to come for the time being just wanted to showers just to the west of beijing wetter weather into central parts of china easing out of the east china sea rolling across japan and wet weather moves through cools off a little bit freshens up behind in tokyo to run 19 celsius 16 celsius in so 15 celsius in beijing that we go with a chance of want to wintry flowers there over towards beijing not really making too much progress the precious maymont across southeast asia the heaviest of which look likely to be across the philippines northern parts of borneo more big downpours there for a good part of indonesia with flooding for java. to qatar airways. when afghan filmmaker has

in beijing that'll clear the air we're seeing the recent dust and sand storms blowing out of the gobi desert the korean peninsula fine in try friday a lovely day there in japan but as we go on into saturday that system makes its way across the yellow sea erhart across the korean peninsula snow into north korea into the fall of the east of china heavy rain there into southern parts of japan that will make its way across q shoot into honshu and that's something to watch out for during the 2nd half of the weekend weather will go downhill follow that cloud and right to central and southern parts of china it does stay just up here but gresham's say some showers pushing down across india china but for friday is generally fine and dry the usual rash of showers through much of southeast asia showers to coming into sri lanka over the next day or so but for much of india much of pakistan is fine dry and sunny. spoke to paul qatar airways. mixing the traditional with the mountain what he knew what to expect ignoring cars divides the only thing which united their force the music great music blaring thro

by saying that will clear the air we're seeing the recent dust and sand still blowing out of the gobi desert the korean peninsula fine and try friday a lovely day that in japan but as we go on into saturday that system makes its way across the yellow sea earth across the korean peninsula snow into north korea into the fall of these of china heavy rain there into southern parts of japan and that will make its way across q shoot into honshu and that's something to watch out for during the 2nd half of the weekend weather will go downhill follow that cloud and right to central and southern parts of china it does stay to step here mcgrath you say some showers pushing down across india china but for friday's generally fine and 5 years will rash of showers through much of southeast asia so as to coming in says frank are over the next day for much of india much of pakistan is fine dry and sunny. at ways to make a change. change your life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth if you want to create something you push to break it continually mold it up to turn the status quo and fight

storm in a decade beijing turned orange thanks to a mix of pollution and sand blown in from the gobi desert on to the north of the country is affected and some flights have been grounded dust storms are common at this time of year and the government's planting trees around the city to try to limit the impact. tens of thousands of people in australia have protested against the sexual abuse and harassment of women they're furious about allegations of rape and assault centered on australia's parliament because the gauge reports from canberra. thank you protestors outside astrologers parliament demanding action of violence against women in recent weeks allegations of right have rocked a struggle in politics prompting a growing number of people to speak about sexual assault and harassment i don't want to go up the world where women are listened to and i think that we should make a change it was sparked by shocking allegations that former political star for britney he was right by a colleague in the defense minister's office. we're here because i'm fucking of but we're still having to fight this

days i say get used because we've had that dust problem recently the sandstorm blowing out of the gobi desert drifting in across that northeastern corner of china as we go on through the next couple of days a little area cloud him moving in across the northeast see some whites weather continuing across central areas of china to the east that is fine and dry for japan hasn't sunshine this well so weather will make its way in across the korean peninsula through q.c. and notice how the sleet and snow just runs into sleezy air across beijing then into the northeast of china behind that dry weather that's coming behind legacy of a wetter weather coming into southern parts of china as we go on through the weekend but brightening up nicely in shanghai temps here around 14 celsius try and price across a good part of south asia we got a few showers just lingering around strong lanka but for much of india it is set there over the next day or so be some showers in a westerly disturbance starting to make its way out of afghanistan to northern parts of pakistan system sleet and snow on this one as we make

hanging over china's capital causing major disruption the sound has blown into beijing from the gobi desert pushing air pollution levels up to the top of the scale much of northern china is being affected and flights have been grounded in the inner mongolia region the storms are a common problem of march or april. it's been a historic night for women at the grammy awards beyond say has become the most decorated act in the awards history for more gongs to her collection it was also a big night for taylor swift. she's the 1st woman to win album of the year 3 times at the grammys with her surprise pandemic record folklore taking the top prize ceremony was held outdoors for the 1st time and there was no live audience because of safety concerns. so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the boy who started the syrian war states you thanks a lot you by fire. another day another hit and run mission for the free syrian army in the southern city of daraa. yes. it's classic urban guerrilla warfare and no one knows the streets better than those who played here as children

storm in a decade beijing turned orange thanks to a mix of pollution and sand blown in from the gobi desert much of the north of the country is affected and some flights have been grounded there's a top stories do stay with us out as our investigations is up next on the war news out that thanks for watching. he speaks of the former. president soon the order to take the cash. will do something. to ease distance. most of their lives if you didn't do. you. still. the months silly you know money. believe you are useless. being what you used to. al-jazeera is investigative unit has obtained secretly recorded confessions and a major data leak. i've attended bytes of documents photos and messages. they tell the story of the president of the maldives . ya mean abdul gayoom. it is a tale of corruption thuggery and international money laundering. what words would you use to describe. reclusive brutal corrupt authoritarian bicycle when he started politics. but now he's a billionaire he is the head he presents himself as he behaves like. the data drive leads to singapore and a plot to launder up to $15

hundreds of flights in china and the national meteorology center says the storm developed in the gobi desertgion where the schools had been advised to close and bus service was added to reduce residents exposure to the harsh conditions and the sandstorm here are just some of the other stories beyond the border tonight. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ this is andy, my schwab financial consultant. here's andy listening to my goals and making plans. this is us talking tax-smart investing, managing risk, and all the ways schwab can help me invest. this is andy reminding me how i can keep my investing costs low and that there's no fee to work with him. here's me learning about schwab's satisfaction guarantee. accountability, i like it. so, yeah. andy and i made a good plan. find your own andy at schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. (vo) ideas exist inside you, electrify you. find your own andy at schwab. they grow from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more responsible, and even more incredible. ideas start the future, just like that.

really nasty dust storm sandstorm across northern areas of the country then say spilling out of the gobi desert to cross the northwest of china yellow warnings quite aptly in force here as those strong winds have pushed that dust and sand across the northeastern corner of child as you go on through the next couple of days things quieten down in terms of the winds we could do with some rain to help clear the air that's not going to come for the time being just wanted to showers just to the west of beijing wetter weather into central parts of china easing out of the is china sea rolling across japan and wet weather moves through cools off a little bit freshens up behind in tokyo to run 19 celsius 16 celsius in so 15 celsius in beijing that we go with a chance of want to wintry flowers there over towards beijing not really making too much progress the previous showers meanwhile across southeast asia the heaviest of which look likely to be across the philippines northern parts of borneo more big downpours there for a good part of indonesia with flooding for java. thank you everton still to come her

chinese capital was had by the worst sandstorm in the decade the massive storm blew in from the gobi desert with near air pollution levels and hundreds of flights canceled and commissions were forced to travel to work in what some described as an apocalyptic landscape. take clouds of sand and yellows small get enveloping downtown beijing. the landmark headquarters of the state broadcaster c.c.t.v. trowed in the gloom. residents of the chinese capital were hoping that sandstorms were a thing of the past thanks to extensive planting of protective trees and pushes but atmospheric pollution from the biggest sand clouds in 10 years has now reached hazardous levels. right now and it looks like the end of the world in this weather i don't really want to be outside. it feels like a science fiction movie. that this is nature in the face of nature human beings are truly tiny and powerless that we must do what we can to protect the environment. the sand has blown in from or emerging areas of china's neighbor mongolia were several people have been killed by the storm china has managed to cut some pollu

the chinese capital beijing has been engulfed by its worst storm in a decades blue in from the gobi desert pushing air pollution to the top of the scale much of northern china is affected and some flights have been grounded so storms are common at this time of year and the government is reforesting areas around the capital to limits their impact calling it the great green wall. it's been a historic night for women at the grammy music awards say has become the most decorated artist in the awards history and it was also a big night for taylor swift. reports. an awards ceremony to honor the best of the music industry the grammy awards made history this year marked by women taking home the top awards good bradley goes to there was. the star of the night was beyond say who won for grammys with her 23 when she became the most awarded woman in the grammys history of wanting to uplift encourage celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world. was taylor swift also made history with her album full glory she became the 1st female artist t

games in 8 days in a compressed schedule caused by the global pandemic european champions sports gobi desert and one nil but world title holders france were held to a $11.00 draw by ukraine football's top ranked team belgium were $31.00 winners against wales or russia have started out with a 31 win against malta 20 team world cup runners up croatia lost one nil to slovenia there are 13 more games coming up on thursday world cup host cats are also playing in europe on wednesday cats are beating luxembourg one nil in hungary striker mohammad min tare taking advantage of a defensive error by their opponents catcher been included as a guest team in qualifying group a which also includes european champions portugal. asian world cup qualifying is resuming on thursday after a 16 month gap the whole game against mongolia will get things back under way with 2 more matches happening this month the rest of the games will take place in june we've been speaking to asian football writer john durban is optimistic about asia can get through its qualification process. covered has affected as well quotation b

in the skies over beijing the worst sandstorm in decades blows into the chinese capital from the gobi desert causing an arab transport shot to. the missing face of syria's revolution. plan even if. it's from the us this causes it to me was kidnapped by armed men 7 years ago and is still missing the w.c. investigative unit retraces her steps. first welcome to the program miramar security forces have again fired on pro-democracy protesters killed. 5 people according to media and witnesses the fatalities come a day after dozens of activists were shot dead in the country's largest city young gone the state broadcaster says the military has now imposed martial law on the 6 townships in the city the u.n. special envoy for myanmar has called for international solidarity with the protesters. was deadly clashes continued into the night as fires burned in the streets and smoke mixed with tear gas. monitor groups report that over 40 people died from sunday into monday morning the bloodiest day of protests against the coup so far. on outskirts of yangon and identified attackers set fire to chinese own f