kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden says the american withdrawal from afghanistan will be complete ahead of the 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks in a speech at the white house see in the house that all sri $1500.00 u.s. soldiers in the country will begin to leave next month the conflict has cost the lives of $2400.00 u.s. service members and an estimated 2 trillion dollars. i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan 2 republicans 2 democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th we want to have to stand because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago that cannot explain why we should remain there in 2021. a former us police officer has been arrested and charged with manslaughter over the death of an unarmed black man one to write was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop on sunday the 20 year old stephanie reignited protests in minneapolis happening in the same city of course as george floyd's death and the ongoi

of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al jazeera new york one other story to bring you it's exactly 60 years since russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin became became the 1st man in space garren successful mission in 1961 marked a historic achievement for the soviet union beating the united states in a tight race to send the 1st human into space the 27 year old was an obit for 108 minutes before coming back to earth the soviet union also sent the 1st woman valentina tereshkova into space to he is later i. want to recap on the top stories now israel's prime minister is saying that iran is the greatest threat in the region that he won't allow the country to obtain nuclear capability this comes after iran described sunday's attack on its main nuclear facility in a tan's as an act of terrorism and vowed to respond the incident comes at a sensitive time in diplomacy with both iran and the u.s. trying to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal. the mayor of minneapolis has declared a state of emergency amid protests over the death of an unarmed black man dante wri

kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. with me still running reminder of our top stories the u.s. and nato say that after 20 years in afghanistan and in their military campaign in a speech at the white house joe biden announced all troops in afghanistan will be withdrawn by september the 11th protesters are out in force for a 4th night in the u.s. state of minnesota after the police shooting of 20 year old dante write better an officer came potter has been freed on bail after being charged with manslaughter police have fired tear gas at demonstrators as they attempt to get them to leave before a curfew comes into effect in just under half an hour is there. the security forces at the center police station have already ordered the crowd to disperse the crowd like it was and this is an on lawful assembly that part of you flash bangs already that's only a smell of pepper and. they've been amassing for about 20 minutes with iraq shields . we are expecting certainly if past is prologue. they do decide to clear out the crowds earlier rather than at the time of curfew but call this an unl

do in person his family and others are pushing for all classes to be in person by autumn kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. our main story this hour 3000000 people are now known to have died of covert 19 around the world though experts are saying the actual number is likely to be much higher south asia is fast becoming the global epicenter of the pandemic with a deadly air and more infectious wave of the virus overwhelming hospitals india has recorded more than 200000 new daily cases for 3 days in a row and then authorities and brazil have been warning women to delay pregnancy until the country passes the west of the pandemic saying the virus variants have had a great effect on pregnant women. their condition will mean to do because each of the other of these moments of the pandemic to be looked at when we see there is a difficult situation in maternity wards because of the situation that's happening in maternity wards be evaluators like what happened with dolls and 16 if possible we recommend delaying pregnancy and to a more suitable moment so you can have your pregnancy in a more peaceful way.

will continue remotely with diplomats literally remaining buildings if not worlds apart kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations. this is al jazeera these are the top stories u.s. president joe biden has told congress he is turning peril into possibility after the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic it was speaking on the eve of his 100th day in office saying america is back on the rise he laid out plans to fix challenges including trillion.

will continue remotely with diplomats literally remaining buildings if not worlds apart kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations. again i'm fully back with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden has presented what he calls his blueprint to build america he address congress on the eve of his 100th day in office biden is promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education 100 days since i took the oath of office.

in new york the goal of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al jazeera new york. this is al-jazeera these are our top stories iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will strengthen its position in upcoming talks to revive the nuclear deal chad zarif made the comments whilst meeting his russian counterpart sergey lavrov in his visiting tehran 2 days before talks resume in vienna between the secretaries of the 2015 deal iran is dealing with what it's calling an act of sabotage of the nuclear plant and the time it's big has this update from tehran. russian foreign minister has said that they are hopeful that the j.c. can be revived and obviously these talks are going to take place in vienna now from mr devolves raef he said that the u.s. needs to return to that deal and lift all sanctions but he did issue a warning he said that time was running out and that's because of the domestic political situation here and iran following that incident in the towns there is a great deal of pressure on farmers devolves refund presid

will continue remotely with diplomats literally remaining buildings if not worlds apart kristen salumi al-jazeera the united nations. this is al jazeera these are the top stories u.s. president joe biden has told congress he was turning powell into possibility after the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic it was speaking on the eve of his 100th day in office saying america is back on the rise is laid out plans to fix issues including trillions of dollars of investment of jobs infrastructure and education 100 days since i took the oath of office and left in my hand off our family bible and heritage nation we all did it was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century the worst economic crisis since the great depression the worst attack on our democracy sense the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is on the move again. illustrate after the president spoke republican senator tim scott gave his party's rebuttal address attacking biden for empty words and broken promises. president promised you a specific kind of leadership you promised united nation to lower the t

kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the corporate coalition taking a stand against laws restricting voting rights in the united states. 5 years old and living with cancer how a drug shortage in mexico is putting this boy's life and sounds of all those risks those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored by qatar airways. in an interruption to the smooth process of generating spring rains we have this thing developing in mongolia which should be windy dusty and even snowy for some will certainly produce under storms in beijing and eventually the korean peninsula always time the sun is out over japan and the rain proper this spring rain is developing once again in southern china just but studies are ground all into for jen and taiwan but she's back in the sunshine the air quality will be good it's colder and it's still quite breezy it will also snowed in seoul but it will get briefly sherri and cooler old reaction weather wise further south is just more us

will continue remotely with diplomats literally remaining buildings if not worlds apart kristen salumi al-jazeera the united nations. again i'm fully backed with the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden has presented what he calls his blueprint to build america he address congress on the eve of his 100th day in office biden is promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education 100 days since i took the oath of office and left in my hand off our family bible and heard a nation we all did that was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century the worst economic crisis since the great depression the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war. if you just 100 days i can report to the nation. or. move again. and that scene of all me has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic is attending a hearing via video link to appeal his conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran the judge has ruled the latest pictures of an avanti cannot be broadcast reporters in the court say he looks like he's lost a lot of wa

to keep the lights on and eliminate fossil fuels mean there must be change on the horizon kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. so that's just one story of the energy transition and as we said earlier many companies are using carbon credits to aid their transition to renewables but are they fit for purpose well my next guess is nicollette bartlett's who's the global director of climate change environments monitoring advisory c.d.p. thanks for speaking to us on counting the costs your latest research finds how about half of the world's biggest 500 companies are indeed factoring carbon accounting and their business plans but let's just look at the cup half empty for a moment at this stage in our climate emergency it's not really good enough is it. no indeed i mean we have seen an 80 percent jump in the last 5 years of companies internalizing carbon costs and those driving different disinvestment sessions but we need to see a much higher proportion of them doing so as you just articulated. carbon pricing ultimately places a monetary value on carbon itself and whether it's in through regulation or whethe

do in person his family and others are pushing for all classes to be in person by autumn kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. australia is in no hurry to reopen its international border prime minister scott morrison says he's not willing to risk the country's mostly coronavirus free lifestyle by doing. the study has kept cases on the control with snap lock downs and strips cornton measures restrictions on people entering the country is meant thousands of australians have been stranded abroad. russian opposition figure is in the 3rd week of a hunger strike in prison and close to death according to his personal doctor vali has been refusing food in process against his treatment in jail his doctors not allowed to see him but after receiving test results says he could die at any moment involved he was jailed in february for violating parole conditions while travelling to germany for treatment after being poisoned. in afghanistan children with disabilities face many challenges in getting an education but that hasn't stopped one school continuing to provide hope and opportunities to death children failur

drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera and after that shooting biden once again members of congress to approve gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a match to this young in the united states if you count all those who are killed out in the streets of our cities and our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end i strongly support the universal background checks which i continue to push the congress has to step up and act the senate has to act and i strongly support and continue and never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than 1010 bullets. still ahead on al-jazeera preparations are underway in the united kingdom for the funeral of prince philip. the abduction of priests provokes outrage in hietzing and many blamed government faileth. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again we've got some slightly changeable weather coming into where japan at the moment so we've got cloud of gray now making its w

in new york the goal of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al-jazeera new york.

do in person his family and others are pushing for all classes to be in person by autumn kristen salumi al-jazeera new york the number of refuge. allowed into the united states this year will soon be increased from its historic moat president joe biden had initially agreed to limit admissions to $15000.00 to caps it by his predecessor donald trump was criticized by democratic lawmakers and refugee advocates prompting the white house to say a final increased path would be sit 5 mid may you hide your castro is monitoring this story from washington heidi so president biden said he would increase the refugee cap then said staying at $15.00 and the caps that by former president trump is now saying that no actually that that's just the case for now we will increase it at a later date is that right. that's right at all practically in the last 24 hours mine split a reversal at the speed of which the white house is blaming armed your rock recede they say that it was because the trump administration had so gutted the refugee resettlement program that it took time to rebuild and also to get their heads aroun

described at sentencing as a legacy of shame his name is now synonymous with wall street for you kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden says the american withdrawal from afghanistan will be complete ahead of the 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks and a speech at the white house c.n.n. now instead all sri 1005.

drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera well after that shooting president joe biden once again members of congress to pass gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a match shooting in the united states if you count all those who were killed out of the streets of our cities and our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end i strongly support the universal background checks which i continue to push for congress has to step up and act the senate has to act and i strongly support and continue to never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than $1010.00 bullets thailand is closing schools bars and james for at least 2 weeks as it battles a 3rd wave of covert $9000.00 infections it had hoped to be able to reopen to tourism but now cases the rising it reported $1500.00 cases in the last day and 2 deaths brought the tort total death tolls and styles of the pandemic to 99 health authorities alarmed by the sudden surge in infections less than one perc

drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera after that shooting president joe biden once again urged members of congress to pass gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a mass shooting in the united states if you count all those who are killed out of the streets of our cities and our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end i strongly support the universal background checks which i continue to push the congress has to step up and act the senate has to act and i strongly support and continue to never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than $1010.00 bullets the white house now says president joe biden will increase the refugee camp off the changing plans twice he had initially promised to let 65000 people in a year but on friday signed an order to keep it at the trump era level of just 15000 refugees allowed into the u.s. a separate program than migrants and must be vetted while still overseas many of those trying to get to the southern u.s. b

in new york the goal of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al jazeera new york. let's take you through some of the headlines here now just 0 now police in the u.s. have used tear gas to disperse protesters in minneapolis the mayor's declared a state of emergency but people are defying an 11 hour curfew tensions are growing over the police shooting of an unarmed black man shavar a town city has more from washington d.c. . before the curfew there was a vigil for dawn to right elsewhere in the city a lot of the folks there who left that curfew there and did gather once again outside the police department in brooklyn center a resort.

will continue remotely with diplomats literally remaining buildings if not worlds apart kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations. this is al jazeera these are the top stories u.s. president joe biden has told congress he is turning peril into possibility after the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic he was speaking on the eve of his 100th day in office saying america is back on the rise he laid out plans to fix challenges including trillions of dollars of investment in jobs infrastructure and education. 100 days since i took the oath of office and left in my hand off our family bible and heritage nation we all did it was in crisis the worst pandemic of the century the worst economic crisis since the great depression the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is on the move again. all right after the president spoke republican senator tim scott gave his party's rebuttal address attacking biden for what he said were empty words and broken promises. president biden promised you a specific kind of leadership you promised un

in new york the goal of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al jazeera new york. let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now police in the u.s. are using tear gas to try and disperse protesters in the minneapolis area the mayor has declared a state of emergency people are defying an 11 hour curfew tensions are growing over the police shooting of an unarmed black man she have returned to has more from washington d.c. before the curfew there was a vigil for the.

drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera. the mother of a young black american men shot dead by police during a traffic stop has issued an emotional plea for justice relatives and friends of dawn tehran's gathered in the apple this a day after the officer who shot him appeared in court can believe potter is charged with 2nd degree manslaughter she says she mistaking him through her gun instead of a taser runts mother told a news conference the challenge is strong enough justice is definitely what we want but i'm never going to get. justice would be bringing my son home to me justice would have been my son jiving to the car wash coming home after that i'm not going to get that with 2nd degree manslaughter is not ok i'm not ok with that that's not right she murdered my son my son is never going to come home. the mother of another black american men face in the shelter during a police traffic stop was also at the news conference valerie could steal the mother of philander christie you says the case of don't say right struck a c

to keep the lights on and a limit fossil fuels mean there must be change on the horizon kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. it's nearly a 100 days until the postponed tokyo m.p. games in japan is imposing new restorations against gov $1000.00 all restaurants and businesses in densely populated areas must now close before 8 pm every night large events have been limited to 5000 people the japanese government is doing what it can to prevent outbreaks in the run up to the games meanwhile japan is celebrating its 1st men's major golf champion despite a shaky finish at augusta he hung on to win the masters by one shot david still reports. one of the most famous prizes in sport at the masters green jacket now sits on the shoulders of a deck you might see obama the 1st ever japanese man to win a major goal title pools and remember it's really into think that there are a lot of youngsters in japan watching today hopefully in 5 or 10 years some of them will be competing on the world stage and they can follow in my footsteps. but siana started the final round at augusta 4 shots clear but the nerves began to

she wishes others had spoken up sooner kristen salumi al-jazeera buchanan new york. it seem a volunteers is pushing itself on the cliffs of the english coast in an effort to fight the mistreatment of refugees while many people making the channel crossing from france are looking for a better life the u.k. government says it still needs to protect the border it's been made into a key political issue and has even resulted in threats against the volunteers trying to ensure the safety of the refugees jonah how join members on a dawn watch of the dangerous crossing. it's an early start for the channel rescue volunteers scanning the horizon from the cliff tops and see for signs of life in small boats. where we've got people getting into. and crossing a channel which is one of their busy shipping lanes and it's incredibly dangerous and we are concerned about loss of life. as day breaks mobile software shows u.k. ball of vessels responding to a distress call 10 nautical miles from shore a rescue he's on the way channel rescues mission is to monitor and document as much as the

to keep the lights on and a limited fossil fuels mean there must be change on the horizon kristen salumi al jazeera new york. now there are warnings the volcanic eruption on the caribbean island of st vincent could leave $20000.00 people displaced for months rescue efforts have already been hampered after another eruption caused widespread power and water outages last year free of ok no faster up there on friday and is expected to continue for some weeks the government says most crops and livestock will be destroyed. nearly $100.00 days to go now until the postponed tokyo olympic games and japan is imposing new restrictions against private 19 all restaurants and businesses in densely populated areas must now close before 8 pm every night large events have also been limited to 5000 people the japanese government says it's doing what it can to prevent outbreaks in the run up to the games. and japan is meanwhile federating its 1st men's major golf champion despite a shaky finish that augusto he death he must see emma how on to win the masters by one shot demonstrates reports of if. one of the most fam

do in person his family and others are pushing for all classes to be in person by autumn kristen salumi al-jazeera new york the united nations. nuclear watchdog says iran is enriching uranium at 60 percent purity confirming earlier statements from tehran it comes as members of the 2050 nuclear deal continue efforts to revive the agreement in vienna which former u.s. president donald trump pulled out from european and russian negotiate is a positive about progress and ahead of the iranian delegation says talks are on the right track the following along it seems a new understanding is in the offing all sides have a commonality in the a final objective the path that we have to pay if it's now clear as we have said many terms and interested in protected negotiations but talks are needed to shed light on all discussions in the trolley talks will continue we think talks are now at a point where all sides concede and begin trough the new joint don't commit and it can start even though it least in areas that the 2 sides of common ideas. is a senior fellow at the national iranian american council she joins

in new york the goal of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al jazeera new york one other story to bring you it's exactly 60 years since russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin became became the 1st man in space garren successful mission in 1961 marked a historic achievement for the soviet union beating the united states in a tight race to send the 1st human into space the 27 year old was in orbit for 108 minutes before coming back to earth a soviet union also sent the 1st woman valentina tereshkova into space 2 years later i. want to recap on the top stories now israel's prime minister is saying that iran is the greatest threat in the region that he won't allow the country to obtain nuclear capability is comes after iran describes sunday's attack on its main nuclear facility in a tan's.

do in person his family and others are pushing for all classes to be in person by autumn kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. our main story this hour 3000000 people are now known to have died of covert 19 around the well though the experts are saying the actual number is likely to.

drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera. stephen kent is the host of the podcast right now on al-jazeera is digital platform rightly he joins us live via skype from fairfax virginia thank you time when you look at what happened in indianapolis at what seems like a constant stream of shootings in the u.s. do you think that gun laws gun control as it is right now in the u.s. is working. well what is unclear to me whenever we are having these conversations in the united states is what kind of gun control are we talking about and what kind of gun problem are we talking about. there has been in the past month c.n.n. was reporting this morning 45 mass shootings across the united states but when you look at those 45 mass shootings they include everything from the fed ex situation which is sort of a nightmare scenario disgruntled employee comes in murders the people who used to work with we see that happen at schools we see that happen in offices but then lumped in there we also have violent crime people getting in arguments at bar

do in person his family and others are pushing for all classes to be in person by autumn kristen salumi al-jazeera new york ok let's wrap up our. the top story for you so far today the people protesting in the u.s. state of minnesota for a 7th night against the police shooting of a 20 year old black man these pictures coming to us live from brooklyn center large fences have been put up around a police station in brooklyn sent over the demonstrators a rally for the past week police officer. has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter after fatally shooting donte right during a traffic stop it prompted a debate over whether the charge goes far enough we heard from donte rights mother across this time yesterday saying the charge does not go far enough at the center at the epicenter of this case is the claim from the police officer that she mistakenly went for her handgun instead of her taser she deployed the gun she used the gun instead of using taser of course when it all goes to court will be front and center of all the debate going on as the prosecution moves forward those live pictures from bro

kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. there with me so rob a reminder of all top stories the u.s. and nato say that after 20 years now afghanistan but ending the military campaign in a speech at the white house joe biden announced all troops in afghanistan will be withdrawn by september the 11th protesters are in force for a 4th night in the u.s. state of minnesota after the play.

in new york the goal of eliminating carbon emissions at least is no longer up for debate kristen salumi al jazeera new york. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now just 0 now police in the u.s. have used tear gas to disperse protesters in minneapolis the mayor's declared a state of emergency but people are defying an 11 hour curfew tensions are growing over the police shooting of an unarmed black man chabris hansie has more from washington d.c. . before the curfew there was a video for don't tell right elsewhere in the city a lot of the folks there who left that curfew there and did gather once again outside the police department in brooklyn center and we saw an uneasy standoff for several hours but largely peaceful and then what was i think rather golding for all of the protesters when they 1st arrived there was the the police had actually hoisted a blue lives matter pro police thin blue line flag up on the flag place a really quite defiant from the police despite the fact that one of their offices including is accused of homicide right now against a young 20 year old a 20 year

will continue remotely with diplomats literally remaining buildings if not worlds apart kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations just a reminder you can always had online for all the latest information and all the top story is our website it is right there on your screen at al-jazeera dot com. and. follow the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. president joe biden is set to address congress ahead of his 100 day in office he is expected to deliver a message of hope and tell the country's recovery despite facing the pandemic and severe economic and political crises our white house correspondent kimberly halkett house more from washington d.c. what we're expecting is that the u.s. president is going to make the argument that big government does have a role in people's lives it brings about optimism and future and that's exactly what has america out of the pandemic woes and pains that it was feeling so far and that he really inherited so this is sort of the overarching message that the u.s. president is going to deliver when he speaks in the coming hours people in india are rushing to register for a

to keep the lights on and a limit fossil fuels mean there must be change on the horizon kristen salumi al jazeera new york. well that's all for this for us in that i will have a news hour for you here on al-jazeera to. welcome today from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know day's work is done cats are always welcome to our home. potence rightwing government and catholic church a close allies and pokes at their supporters in europe's most conservative country but opponents say that popularity and power comes from demonizing others foreigners g.b.t. community and most recently women of the controversial changes to abortion roles we've been to investigate. the table 2020 some of the stones of a bitter struggle in poland. quit opposition parties n.g.o.s and countless pleasants of women began battling the country's defacto leader yunus last kaczynski and his staunchest ally the catholic church. church supports the government the government supports the church their collective fin

do in person his family and others are pushing for all classes to be in person by autumn kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. now. iran is saying it's identified the suspect behind the attack on one of its nuclear facilities state t.v. is reporting that the man fled the country before the attack on the natanz plant happened on sunday to iran has blamed israel for sabotaging its electrical grid calling it an act of nuclear terrorism assad bank has more now from tehran. we understand it's a 43 year old reza karim e who who is allegedly behind the sabotage the natanz nuclear facility iran's main nuclear facility now we believe that he escaped the country before the incident according to iran and iran is seeking to get a hold of him and wants him to pull to issue an arrest warrant and he's image words on state t.v. now what the what's different different about this is that before when we have heard from the intelligence ministry or the agencies that they are after suspects we have really heard names or images but in this case iran has released an image that this was played out on state t.v. they showed

drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera following that shooting president biden once again urged members of congress to pos gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a match to this young in the united states if you count all those who are killed out of the streets of our cities and our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end i strongly support the universal background checks which i continue to push the congress has to step up and act the senate has to act and i strongly support and continue and never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than 1010 bullets. there with the news out. of the program palestinian prisoners rights groups for new calls to release those whose detention breaks international law. final preparations as britain prepares to farewell say farewell to queen elizabeth's late husband prince philip. and in sports a mixed bag for an england captain hurricane live will be here with fascination a little later. the u.n. says that

kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. still ahead in this news hour coming back to life after kovi crowds returned to the streets of the occupied east jerusalem on the 1st night of ramadan and then sports we're going to have the latest from tokyo as the city marks the $100.00 day countdown to the start of the olympic games. to move. the earth. the air muslims in occupied east jerusalem have been celebrating the 1st night of ramadan with prayers inside the al aqsa mosque it's a very different picture from last year when covert restrictions meant the site was closed to worshippers during islam's holy month harry false it joined the crowds nearby. the 1st night of ramadan and drew slim's old city is bustling a year of coronavirus and the accompanying restrictions took a heavy toll on lives and livelihoods here this has the air of relief and celebration with a common destination in sight last year we were all abandoned to come to our luck some of this year 100 and we are all allowed to go hopefully until the end of the month