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the boyle family also coming up on the show it's just days to go until the islamic holy month of ramadan programs and that's raising fears that this time of bringing people together could help spread comfort 19. 0 i'm claire richards and welcome to the show britain is mourning prince philip husband to queen elizabeth after he died on friday at the age of 99 flies will fly at half mast until the day of his funeral which is yet to be announced and although buckingham palace has asked crowds not to gather or lay flowers during the pandemic people have been coming out to express their grief today the military paid their tribute to the prince. the sound goodbye. across britain military guns fire salute to the late prince philip a day after his death. many british people are pausing to mark the passing of a man they held dear. i have a huge huge amount of respect for the royal family. because actually even just talking about it we have a nice break as we walk if you pardon. my thoughts for i said it best if i just thought if we had come down here and just being in the. safety of a state mosque

awaits so little the pandemic has forced us to stop visiting each other during ramadan and deprived of our iraqi traditions and customs like visiting our relatives after we break our fast it's a painful situation for us and on top of that it will be a curfew when we break our fast. in indonesia the country with the largest muslim population cemeteries are busy with families visiting the graves of loved ones a tradition on the last weekend before the start of ramadan the holy month begins in just a few days' time and lasts for 30 days. now in the bundesliga is big game so vols travel to frankfurt those teams have been in sign phone this season so it was no surprise this match was a goal frenzy. has added firepower to an already potent frank 1st attack. on the other hand have one of the league's best defenses back who coached them in front with just 6 minutes gone. the lido lasted 2 minutes. she can modify it in simi style rection media to trick that stop and visiting defense. frankfurt have the momentum their top scorer entre silva must on his way down the right. be on loan you rich

awaits so little the pandemic has forced us to stop visiting each other during ramadan and deprived us of our iraqi traditions and customs like visiting our relatives after we break our fast it's a painful situation for us and on top of that they'll be a curfew when we break our fast yet. in indonesia the country with the largest muslim population cemeteries are busy with families visiting the graves of loved ones a tradition on the last weekend before the start of ramadan the holy month begins in just a few days' time and lasts for 30 days. the football around the bundling as big game solve all spurred travel to frankfurt now both of these teams have been in fine form the season so it was no surprise they served up a cracker. has added firepower to an already potent frankfurt's attack wolfsburg on the other hand have one of the league's best defenses back to coach them in front with just 6 minutes gone. the lido lasted 2 minutes. she can modify it in simi style rection needed to trick that stop and visiting defense. frankfurt had the momentum their top score entre silva muscled his

and everyone can buy fruits during the holy month of ramadan. climbed on a lot of waste a lot less i'm going to mosques like this one in karate are almost continually swept for ramadan clerics are urging the faithful to follow tradition and safety protocols from sunrise to sundown and from sundown to sunrise. the holy month and muslims offer prayers and fast and expend all time for prayers and ramadan greetings. and i ask everyone to follow all safety procedures in this time of the pandemic. play the sweet penny dessert will be a feature when ramadan ends at sundown i may 12th with the celebration ied. the pandemic and its effects however will linger for months after. how to smile where to place a hand and which direction to face young vietnamese or for media users or snapping up a popular wences course on posing for the perfect for tour in communist vietnam where 70 percent of the population is under $35.00 the classes are especially popular with young women. turning it on for the camera. these young women are finding out what it takes to stand

and we report from malaysia as muslims around the world begin observing the holy month of ramadan and the coronavirus restrictions. nato has called on russia to withdraw all forces that the alliance says the kremlin has been deploying their ukraine kids former minister is in belgium meeting with nato officials over russia's increased military activity along ukraine's borders there's growing concern that the kremlin is moving towards wrote war ukraine says moscow has sent thousands of chips for its northern and eastern borders on the annex crimea peninsula. russia must end this military buildup in and around ukraine stop its provocations on the escalate immediately we do not and will not recognize russia's illegal and illegitimate and accession of crimea we continue to call on our show to end its support for the militants in eastern ukraine and withdraw its forces from ukrainian territory well the kremlin denies moving toward conflict here says russia has amassed thousands of military personnel and equipment on its northern and eastern borders near the separatist held areas in donbass

ramadan is a time of fasting, but also of charity.d packages, but also it is the fact that, you know, you will get... thankfully, you will get food at the end of the day. not everyone is in that position, so you just think in that manner and the time flies by, the month flies by and you miss it when it is gone. delivering these packages is just one of the many examples of the charity work carried out by muslims as they mark ramadan. anisa kadri, bbc news, in leeds. the delayed academy awards will be rolling out the red carpet once more this weekend in los angeles. and one of the frontrunners for best picture is nomadland, which has six nominations. frances mcdormand plays a woman who 5 forced into a nomadic life after losing her husband and herjob. but the film also features real nomads. sophie long has been to the nevada desert to meet some of them. nomadland is the story of one widow's journey through grief and the american west. but it's a story that resonates with many who dwell in the vans that dot the desert landscape here. it's

muslims in southeast asia are observing the 1st day of ramadan in indonesia and malaysia is expected to be more lively than last year's somber affair because of the coronavirus both countries have eased some restrictions to avoid prayers in mosques as well as opening markets florence louis reports live from kuala lumpur. are you a mirror is preparing the predawn meal for her family as muslims in indonesia observe the 1st day of ramadan the mother of 2 contracted cope at 19 earlier this year but hospitals in jakarta will fall and she ended up self isolating in a hotel for 2 weeks until she recovered and how are they saying i was wary wary but i spoke to my children and my extended family every day in the encouraged me to fight on so despite the pain i was in i continued to be positive and hope for the best i'm very grateful that i'm healthy and able to observe ramadan with my family . indonesia has the highest number of covert $1000.00 cases in southeast asia but the country is conducting a major vaccination drive and has begun easing some restrictions including allowing special praye

and everyone can buy fruits during the holy month of ramadan. will play on them than a lot of ways what i'm going to mosques like this one in karate are almost continually swept for ramadan clerics are urging the faithful to follow tradition and safety protocols from sunrise to sundown and from sundown to sunrise. the holy month and muslims offer prayers and fast and expend all time for prayers and ramadan greetings. and i ask everyone to follow all safety procedures in this time of the pandemic. play the sweet penny desert will be a feature when ramadan ends at sundown i may 12th with the celebration eed. the pandemic and its effects however will linger for months after. how to smile where to place a hand and which direction to face young new source of media users are snapping up a popular influence of course on posing for the perfect for tour in communist vietnam where 70 percent of the population is under $35.00 the classes are especially popular with young women. turning it on for the camera. these young women of finding out what it takes to

i have to explain to my mother how it is normal for everyone to tweet about water even during ramadan because she thinks they are islamophobia you know it's ramadan you're abusing if you issued an apology coming to coors in the offense and saying that the purest most common disease but got any so if you can sing king even deeper into culture lucy. i would never buy evian again inadmissible to apologize it's basically a cool health message and yet you have to apologize if in 2021 ask you who drinks what i since provoke you should have a consultation. every umbrella under attack for advertising water on ramadan day for some islamists muslim festival should be imposed on everyone well no let's stop this madness soon was a mean streak to exult it is a long way off through here in paris people with the best food boy that allegation . for me no i saw the controversy i saw the to eat frankly i think it could be quincy adams in my opinion there was no bad intention and they deleted the tweet to avoid unnecessary control the sea but not at all because they felt guilty. for me it's not a slam a

and everyone can buy fruits during the holy month of ramadan.oyote i'm gonna logically what i'm going to mosques like this one in karate are almost continually swept for ramadan clerics are urging the faithful to follow tradition and safety protocols from sunrise to sundown and from sundown to sunrise. the holy month and muslims offer prayers and fast and expend all time for prayers and ramadan greetings. and i ask everyone to follow all safety procedures in this time of the pandemic. play. the sweet honey desert will be a feature when ramadan ends at sundown on may 12th with the celebration eed l. fisher the pandemic and its effects however will linger for months after. announcing the champions league where byron munich have been knocked out of the quarterfinals by paris anja mon the defending champions won one nil on the night in paris but lost in a way goals press harrington from deja vu for instance you can see him sitting here next to me and this is the s.s. welcome to you thank you talked through all the action well as you say if they lost

. >> it's the month of ramadan, the month of repentance and seeking god's forgiveness. don't go together. >> some of the city schools and universities have also dismissed students for safety reasons. >> this morning, students will not go to school because of this. i appeal to the government to compromise and stop this cruel violence. >> parliament called on the warring parties to stop disrupting security in the city during the holy month of ramadan. >> i would like to tell the somali public that i am sorry for the crisis in mogadishu, which destabilized peace in the city during this holy month of ramadan. i encoura everybody to work toward peace. >> despite the calm, forces loyal to the opposition in somalia occupy key parts of the country. they are in close proximity to the presidential palace. the international community has called on somalia to end the election impasse. the african union and neighboring countries are worried about what this could mean to the wider region. bbc news. katty: scenes that have been all in somalia over the course of the last couple of deca

and everyone can buy fruits during the holy month of ramadan. apply on them than a lot of. mosques like this one in caracas are almost continually swept for ramadan clerics are urging the faithful to follow tradition and safety protocols from sunrise to sundown and from sundown to sunrise. the holy month and muslims offer prayers and fast and expend all time for prayers and ramadan greetings. and i ask everyone to follow all safety procedures in this time of the pandemic. play the sweet penny dessert will be a feature when ramadan ends at sundown i may 12th with the celebration eed. the pandemic and its effects however will linger for months after. how to smile where to place a hand and which direction to face young vietnamese or for media users or snapping up a popular wences course on posing for the perfect forto in communist vietnam where 70 percent of the population is under $35.00 the classes are especially popular with young women. turning it on for the camera. these young women are finding out what it takes to stand out on social media. influencer pam little league i

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and a collapsing lebanese economy makes this year's ramadan celebrations a somber affair. hundreds of people have rallied in chicago in support of a teenage boy who was shot dead by police as outraged over the shooting of a young black man by police near minneapolis during a traffic stop have been several incidents during the past month which have heightened tensions across the united states over issues of policing and racial injustice she had her town say has this report. hundreds gathered in chicago a day after police released video from the march 29th killing of 13 year old adam toledo by a police officer. in the off tomorrow if the police should said that the boy had died all md confrontation you have the video shows 2 later complying with the instruction to put his hands up he's done shot dead an investigation is on to work for her health the video about him to later his death was released as the trial of police officer. in minneapolis i was protests continue here in brooklyn following the killing of a right. the protesters here have long argued that the disproportion

collapsing lebanese economy makes this year's ramadan celebrations a somber. and space x. gets the go ahead to develop a new land to finance as part of plans to take astronauts to the moon again by 2024 . we start with some breaking news 3000000 people have now died of covert 19 around the world it's a milestone few could have imagined when the outbreak began in late 2990 the united states remains the country with the highest number of deaths followed by brazil mexico and then india nearly 140000000 people have been infected worldwide governments are now racing to vaccinate as many people as possible. thailand is closing schools bars and gyms for at least 2 weeks as it battles a 3rd wave of covert 19 infections it had hoped to be able to reopen to tourism but now cases are rising it reported 1500 cases in the last day and 2 deaths that's brought the total death toll since the start of the pandemic to $99.00 health authorities alarmed by the sudden infections less than one percent of the population has been vaccinated tony chang has this update from bangkok. while thailand

him or madonna when i'm doing my ramadan i know where to start in the morning and it goes on until the evening i don't eat so i don't drink it has nothing to do with business or anyone else if someone tweets like this i don't care what many muslims also took to twitter to say that they didn't think that tweet by everyone was is a little thing but leading so to question the way that any muslim had indeed been left insulted by evian or if somehow this whole story was the result of a really big roles they were playing it rather say so much even ski o.t. paris. afghan translators who held western forces in afghanistan claim that they will pay with their blood when u.s. and nato troops are pulled out of the country by mid september a former afghan translator for the british army shared his concerns with r.t. . i think minister of defense under u.k. government as a whole are forgetting that interpreters were key assets of the day the. long combat military mission in afghanistan and leaving them behind. and forgetting them is this putting them at risk afghanistan is a very dangerous and hosti

a lot of people said that ramadan wasn't the same without being in the mosque without being around the community. and that center in santa clara is capping capacity at 25% may 12th marks the end of ramadan, frank azenith smith, thank you. shoreline amphitheater in mountain view and the fillmore in san francisco are setting out to start live streaming shows, live nation entertainment and beeps. a livestream platform announced today that they have started equipping more than 60 venues across the country with the ability to live stream events with the flip of. switch live nation says the technology will get performers even more ways to reach audiences knew it. 11 the president of stanford, says that he's considering reinstating 11 sports that were expected to be discontinued at the end of the school year. that word from an alumni group that met today with the president and came away encouraged some of the sports expected to be cut include men's and women's fencing, field, hockey and men's volleyball and rustling, the alumni group. has proposed a partnership to help raise money to self in

the 1st night of ramadan is the issue of the steps outside damascus gate the one of the most famous entrances to the old city in occupied east jerusalem where after nightly prayers it is traditional for people to come and assemble and gather this year the police have prevented that happening they've put up barriers just allowing people to enter and leave without being able to congregate on the steps so since the 1st night of ramadan there have been these skirmishes and clashes what's changed in the last few days has been this attempt by a group of several 100 of a couple 100 or more of far right israeli jewish activists anti arab chanting racist death to arab chance as they marched from west jerusalem to confront the palestinians at damascus gate the police israeli said that they were going to prevent them from getting there in the end they got very close there was criticism on the night thursday night that they were more heavy handed dealing with the palestinian protesters than they were with the israeli jewish ones and there were about 125 injuries on that night and the same time

still has on al-jazeera the muslim holy month of ramadan is a time of reflection and celebration has become a struggle for many in lebanon plus. the abduction of priests in haiti has reached the nation bringing a special report. hello things with certainly heating up across much of the middle east particularly in the levant region we're seeing temperatures in turkey edging up into the mid twenty's we were barely seeing them hit the double figures a few weeks ago so lots of sunshine coming through clearer skies there will be some isolated showers across northern areas but for the south things are drying up and it's a similar story for iraq and into syria to edging up into the high thirty's and see what happens in beirut as we go into monday temperatures reaching up to 35 degrees for the south things heating up across the gulf states 38 degrees in kuwait 38 as well in doha we will have a bit of a wind kicking through blowing the dust up and will have hazy sunshine for many areas of the u.a.e. and into those isolated showers we saw in saudi arabia and now dried up and the heat is defini

really of having me ramadan in iraq with my head this would be the same i wake up in the afternoon to pray read the koran and after breaking our fast be prepared to play me it's all gone the game is believed to date back to the abba seat era hundreds of years ago but has since evolved into a competitive sport this is the 1st round of a national championship typically held during ramadan with the support of the ministry of youth and sport us what is the organizer and iraq's most famous player . you seem to like idea behind this championship is to reunite iraqis and it's also about rules and physio know me finding the ring depends on the foresight and the talent of the players. the game goes like this the team leader hides the ring in the fist of one of his players the captain from the other team has 10 minutes to find the ring which he can only do by studying the facial expressions of the players the captain can rule out players he believes don't have the ring by asking them to show their hands. but he only gets one guess to identify the ring bearer a task that has been made easier thi

will look different this year to normal. -- . this year to normal. —— ramadan.nority groups. but there are signs initiatives like this in birmingham are having an impact. irate like this in birmingham are having an impact. we know that between january _ having an impact. we know that between january and _ having an impact. we know that between january and march - having an impact. we know that. between january and march there has been an increase in the uptake of the vaccine from ethnic minority groups and that is positive news. a lot of that is positive news. a lot of that is due to the grassroots organisations and faith —based organisations and faith —based organisations going into the community to dispel myths and readdress concerns communities are having. but there is much work to be done and we need to continue living with this momentum.— continue living with this momentum. , , momentum. some vaccine sites will be staying _ momentum. some vaccine sites will be staying open _ momentum. some vaccine sites will be staying open later - will be staying open late

as a so-called neighborhood mother mona ramadan helps recent immigrant women and their families start a new life in germany for many a difficult transition made even harder by the coronavirus pandemic. must also cause people i really want out and on top of that you have the overcrowded housing conditions at the emergency shelter where i help out each family lives in one room together they just need some space and the beginning of a pandemic you couldn't even leave the house playgrounds were closed that was a disaster. the. overcrowded housing conditions can lead to a higher risk of getting infected with the coronavirus today mona ramadan meets her dear us a u.t. who has lived in the emergency shelter since her arrival from syria. with the help of the neighborhood mothers she recently found an apartment for her family. of course there were also many families that were in fact that we then helped them to find out where they can go. to do as a single mother she doesn't have a job yet once she has improved her german she wants to start an apprenticeship neighborhood mother ramadan is help

last year's ramadan came at the end of the full 1st coded lockdown with some restrictions on movement remaining and now locks are closed to worshippers this time the crowds are back the mosques islamic trust is still instructing those going for prez to wear masks and maintain distance and so far israel is allowing only $10000.00 vaccinated palestinians from the occupied west bank to enter for friday prayers nonetheless for the old city's merchants and snack vendors there is hope that after a bleak year this year is different. we are very working toward reckon to life. this will be a month to savor every force it outta syria occupied east jerusalem. tel aviv and the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the u.s. secretary of state says nato allies will coordinate a withdrawal of forces from afghanistan president joe biden is set to announce that he will pull out all american troops by september the 11th that means he misses a may deadline set by his predecessor together we have achieved.

muslims in occupied east jerusalem have been marking the 1st night of ramadan with prayers inside the mosque it's a very different picture from last year when covert 1000 restrictions meant to say was closed to worshippers during islam's holy month harry fossett joined the crowds . 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 we can go because then a little bit last year we stayed at home they were not prey is this yet is life there are people there are sweet there is. initially the israeli vaccination campaign struggled to find take up in occupied east jerusalem but recently the vaccination numbers have been going up at the same time as coded cases have been in steep decline allowing for an ever greater reopening there's a real sense of joy of release

to report from malaysia as muslims around the wilds began observing the holy month of ramadan again under coronavirus restrictions. and in sports we build up to a huge nies a football and the european champions made. now the u.n. human rights chief fears that the situation in myanmar will turn into a full blown conflict much like the one in syria michelle back in for a stronger action against me and me saying he's targeted sanctions and not enough protests against federer his crew have grown across the country despite a minute trip crackdown more than $3000.00 people have now been arrested in several cities and more than $600.00 people have been killed since the coup. now japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tonnes of contaminated water into the sea from its rwanda fukushima nuclear plant has been met with criticism by both china and south korea beijing says it's extremely irresponsible while south korea has promised to take the necessary steps to ensure the health of its citizens robert brought reports now from seoul. for years this has been the only solution to the increasing

and clinging to tradition how yemenis are preparing for the moves in the who the month of ramadan despite all of them. how once again we've got more showers just around the eastern side of the mediterranean central and eastern parts of turkey remain on the cool side that cold air now slipping down across cyprus into that western side of syria lebanon jordan also seeing some of that cooler air as well want to see showers making their way towards southern parts of the caspian maybe a shower or to the northern areas of iran maybe a little bit of a wintry mix over towards northern parts of afghanistan the south of that generally not too bad a little legacy of cloud he can just make out says just moving across the keyway that will eventually just drag its way just to the north of us here in qatar temperatures generally getting up into the low thirty's over the next day or so plenty of hazy sunshine and then notching up early next week plenty of hazy sunshine just around the horn of africa larry is the showers there it's essential in southern parts of atheist and then the showers there but if t