billions of dollars for schools local authorities and businesses former brazilian president luis inacio lula da silva has criticised the government's handling of the corona virus pandemic the state of the economy and key policies lula made the comments during his 1st official appearance since his corruption conviction was thrown out by brazil's supreme court over the weekend russia's media watchdog says it is slowing the speed at which content can be uploaded to twitter accusing the social media platform of failing to remove 3000 posts containing banned or even legal content the kremlin has been clamping down on social media sites in recent months for hosting content supporting imprisoned opposition figure alexy. at least one person has died in clashes between students and police in johannesburg south africa the protests were held over college tuition fees thousands of people have been unable to register to study this academic year because of money owed from 2020. security forces in me and more have raided a neighborhood in young gone that houses railway workers who have been striking in protest over

brazilian supreme court's judge has thrown out the criminal convictions of former president luis inacio lula da silva the move will allow the popular politicians to run the next year's presidential election senegalese opposition leader it was months on goal was calling for peaceful demonstrations following his release on monday at least 10 people died during protests against his arrest for allegedly raping charges so sudan's government says signed a peace deal with opposition groups the agreements in kenya includes a cease fire which will put an end to years of violence between the governments and an alliance of opposition movements and philly vaccinated americans can gather together indoors with rights wearing a mask or social distancing as according to you guidance from health officials the u.s. centers for disease control is also advising really vaccinated people that they don't need to quarantine if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive for corona virus and that's yet to dates to keep it here on al-jazeera the news continues after the strain the u.s. is always of in 5 people

begin with brazil then former president luis inacio lula da silva is set for what's been described as a sensational political comeback his conviction on corruption charges has been an old by a supreme court judge a decision restores his rights to contest next year's presidential election as one of the most popular figures on the left if he decides to run he will face off with the far right populist also. joins us live now from rio de janeiro. a little that was cleared because of a technicality what more can you tell us about this court ruling. well exactly just fission was taken not because they considered it to be in the center or guilty but they said that he was he was tried in the wrong place in the wrong court he was tried as part of the carwash scandal and they say that that the with the reason why he should be tried that had nothing to do with the carwash scandal so it should have been instead of being a court in the southern city or pretty cheap it should be in brazilian the capital that would mean that he would be retried in this case but as of now he's cleared to run. for ele

brazil's former presidents luis inacio lula da silva has said for what's been described as a sensational political comeback a supreme court joan chance tonight his conviction on corruption charges the decision restores his right to contest next year's presidential election. from rio de janeiro. recently. i was leading the polls and $28.00 team the left wing political leader would have probably been elected brazil's president for the 3rd time had not been convicted on corruption charges and banned from running now less back in the political scene as the country faces its worst moment in the cool than 1000 pandemic and he poses a serious threat to right wing president jalal so narrow in next year's elections. that it's good news that comes at the right time because the political situation in the country is so dire with a cafe here i would not believe a politician who has already been arrested for corruption and i don't think lula is the right person to run our country. has always said that he was wrongly convicted and imprisoned he says the bribery money laundering in corruption charges we

well staying in brazil the supreme court has ruled that former president luis inacio lula da silva was not treated impartially in a series of corruption investigations just as common to see it reversed a position to tip the court's 5 judge panel in lewis' favor that means the court is likely to throw out evidence in corruption cases against him strengthening his potential candidacy for next year's election against president jabil tomorrow at noon as lawyers have long argued that former judge jim moret was not impartial and overseeing the investigation. reports from rio de janeiro. this isn't represents a victory for former president lula da silva and paves the way for his candidacy in the 2022 presidential elections he now can run against a far right president right. now lou i was a front runner in the 28 team presidential elections but he was banned from running because he was tried and convicted and imprisoned by a judge. and the supreme court now says has been saying all along that he the trial was not fair because the judge was. biased he did not act impartially and rumor has been

brazil has thrown out corruption convictions against the former president of the country luis inacio lula da silva the enormity opens the way for leave the disability challenge brazil's current hardline leader. in the next election to silva who was known as lula was a crowd pleasing figurehead in the last decade that is until the economy slumped and he was then engulfed in scandal. he's one of brazil's most popular and divisive figure is now former leader luis enough desilva could make a comeback to politics his bid to run 2 years ago was brought to a halt when he was convicted of corruption charges which he says well politically motivated but now a supreme court has a knowledge of the convictions the court said the southern city of could achieve or did not have the all farsi to child lula instead he must be retried in brasilia has long claimed his innocence. in a tweet he said he's always been right in this long legal battle. the ruling now means lula has regained his political rights his longtime supporters celebrated on the streets of sao paolo. if i were both so narrow i wouldn't sleep peacefu

in infections and deaths also in brazil the supreme court has ruled that former president luis inacio lula da silva was not treated impartially in a series of corruption investigations justice commonly see a reversed earlier position to tip the court's 5 judge panel in lula's favor. and marine traffic has come to a halt in one of the world's busiest trade routes a massive container ship has blocked the suez canal in both directions evergreen was traveling to rotterdam when it ran aground. so those are the headlines the news continues here in al-jazeera after witness statements of watching by the. you know. somebody. if you were gonna do thing that made it ok and i was on the market on the group in a meeting i climb let's welcome not less than i did. some time in those 70 and i'd say i think it was like end of november with phil make up out of the garden thoughts with denmark and they put this plan together to form the process collective. it was an audition all these people and put together this sort of ensemble of folk musicians and train them and you know the daunting task i thought was a great id