brazil 1st of all where thousands of supporters of the president john paulson are have joined protests demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions many cities and states have been tightening their lock downs as hospitals are stretched to capacity but the president has repeatedly opposed the lockdown saying they aren't necessary and are only hurting the economy or the details now from daniel. police with axes an assault rifle was raided this venue in sao paolo and found about $600.00 party goes most without masts most a repentant. 45 we pay taxes and we know the risks we make it sick or infect our family that we need to do something in life. the police said the venue had no windows and all the doors were closed elsewhere and they also uncovered a clandestine casino where among the revelers was international brazilian football . the country's collapsing hospitals all over crowded and people are still playing and gathering at the forbidden event with more than 11000000 people infected and 277000 deaths hospitals in brazil are struggling to cope 12000 people died in the past week alone an

convictions were overturned on monday but he hasn't confirmed whether he'll be challenging president john paulson or in next year's elections. libya's parliament has approved a new interim unity government as part of a un backed deal it will be in place until elections can be held later this year libya had been divided between 2 rival ministrations until a recent peace deals. the secular state says washington plans to take further action against those responsible for human rights violations in hong kong the warning from anthony blinken comes ahead of a planned meeting next week with top chinese officials he says he'll be laying out his concerns on a range of issues including the enforcement of a controversial security law in hong kong and china the treatment of ethnic minorities. the united states is imposing sanctions on to children of myanmar military dba and all. over violence against protesters washington has frozen all the assets and blacklisted 6 companies they control of the u.n. says $67.00 people have been killed since the coup last month the security council has agreed to a statement co

too long to order vaccine doses as the number of victims grows so does criticism of president john paulson otto who repeatedly downplayed the threat posed by the virus. the leader of a group of civilian politicians ousted from in mars' government has vowed to support revolution as he calls it against the military that seize power last month speaking from hiding for the 1st time since the coup man when king said that this was quote the darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is close at least 11 protesters were shot dead by security forces at demonstrations around the country on saturday as. and david who is an activist from mandalay joins us now or not using his full name to protect his identity david thanks for joining us do people find this address from the civilian leadership is something that can actually change the situation. thank you nic i think it's a really positive message that the president has delivered and the whole nation is . quite energetic now and also he also what the prioritizing at the moment and what to expect in the coming moments and what to prepare

this is al-jazeera these are the headlines thousands of supporters of brazil's president john paulson are protesting against coronavirus restrictions this is despite brazil's deadliest week since the pandemic began more than 1100 people dying of covert 19 in just the past 24 hours those numbers though they may have little effect on both supporters. of the reports the more horrendous the images that we're seeing right across brazil as those variants that p one variant takes hold the more people would comply with the measures designed to try to fight the pandemic but it doesn't seem to be going that way i mean millions of brazilians do but there are also millions of brazilians tens of thousands as we saw earlier on on sunday out on the streets defying those measures saying that they support president job also noddle who is always a very lax a days ago attitude towards the pandemic he had himself but he's always said it's nothing worse than a little flu and asked brazilians to stop moaning about it so they're out there supporting him waving the brazilian flag waving it wearing the brazil

convictions on monday the surprise decision paves the way for the leftist leader to challenge president john paulson are in next year's election but has not confirmed whether he will in fact be running. the number of migrants trying to cross into the united states from mexico is that its highest level in almost 2 years u.s. customs officials say they encountered 29000 families or unaccompanied minors in february that's up by nearly a 3rd on the previous month it's challenging president joe biden's attempts to undo the trap of ministrations restrictive immigration policies the government has reopened controversial temporary shelters to help deal with the numbers. let's take this on we can speak to liam fresco who was a deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration at the u.s. department justice and that was during the obama administration it joins us by skype from washington d.c. mr prescott welcome to our desire there is a distinct problem here isn't there it's all very well pending the trump policy but if the result is an unmanageable flood of migrants it's not helpful is it. well this

at half past the hour these are the headlines thousands of supporters of brazil's president john paulson r.-o. are protesting against coronavirus restrictions that is despite brazil's deadliest week since the pandemic began more than 1100 people have died of covert 19 there in just the past 24 hours those numbers though have little effect on both scenarios supporters as daniel now reports the more horrendous the images that we're seeing right across brazil as those variants that p. one variant takes hold the more people would comply with the measures designed to try to fight the pandemic but it doesn't seem to be going that way i mean millions of brazilians do but there are also millions of brazilians tens of thousands as we saw earlier on on sunday out on the streets defying those measures saying that they support president job also nado who has always had a very lax a daisy attitude towards the pandemic he had himself but he's always said is nothing worse than a little flu and asked brazilians to stop moaning about it they're out there supporting him waving the brazilian flag waving it