given the fragility and transients of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. clever sound is there and is the headlines millions across europe are set to mark easter sunday under a new coronavirus restrictions france begins its faired national lockdown on saturday in italy we're trying to stricter measures after a surgeon caissons and a barber has more now from london president emmanuel mccall has been reminding people that very is a high number of people particularly under the age of 60 in intensive care units in hospitals around the country extra staff being brought in over the easter period now france is actually trying to speed up its vaccination program right now in the next 3 days places like football stadiums in major french cities are being used so that thousands of people can come and get at least their 1st dose of a covered 19 job. meanwhile germany's president has conceded that mistakes were made regarding corona virus testing and vaccinations thousands rallied against private 1000 measures and start gotten valin president frank also steinmeier

given the fragility and transients of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. far and i just have a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera and 1st up at least 5 more people have been killed in the amar in the latest crackdown on mt cooper tested more than 2 months since the military deposed the civilian leadership security forces shot and killed protesters in 3 different cities on saturday despite that demonstrations are continuing in major cities including young go on mandalay military has also issued arrest warrants against 18 prominent online critics tony chain has more now from bangkok in neighboring thailand those protests.

given the fragility and transients of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. the whole robin you're watching al-jazeera these are the headlines a man has rammed a car into police at a barricade outside the u.s. capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed and the attack a name just 25 year old noah greene was shot dan's particle haid has more on the suspect preliminary indications just from scrubbing social media seem to indicate a 25 year old man with potentially some pretty serious mental illness.

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given the fragility and transience of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. this is out there are these are the top stories and gun shots have been heard to miramar streets as the military carries out another crackdown on anti coup protesters at least 5 people have reportedly been killed in 3 different cities on saturday tony chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand where in the past we've seen the forces rather sort of hiding behind the police services the pictures that we're seeing from that crackdown just show them in full battle dress with their automatic rifles acting against the protesters the police actually seem to be standing back there so those attitudes are changing but the protesters are still ongoing at least 50 people died when a train collided with a truck and the road in taiwan prosecutors have questioned the driver and owner of the construction truck the paroled on to the rail tracks it is taiwan's worst rail disaster in 7 decades i want president visited the injured in hospital so you see. this distressing accident caused heav

given the fragility and transients of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. those ads are these are the top stories and gun shots have been heard to miramar streets as military carries out another crackdown on anti coup protesters at least 5 people have reportedly been killed in 3 different cities on saturday tony chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand where in the past we've seen the armed forces rather sort of hiding behind the police services the pictures that we're seeing from that crackdown just show them in full battle dress with their automatic rifles acting against the protesters the police actually seem to be standing back there so those attitudes are changing but the protesters are still ongoing at least 50 people died when a train collided with a truck and 2 year old in taiwan prosecutors of question the driver and owner of a construction truck that rolled onto the rail tracks it is taiwan's worst rail disaster in 7 decades taiwan's president visited the injured in hospital. so you keeping. this distressing accident caused heavy ca

given the fragility and transience of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so well stephanie is a climate expert and professor at the australian national university joins me now from the capital kabul good to have you with us on the program professor it's interesting that historians have used cherry blossom as a natural starting point to record its blooming and scientists are able to date climate change is the only recorded use of the natural world to date and record climate change you know there are many other examples of course where to go back to using tree rings or coral reef sections and so on but i think the cherry blossoms are particularly striking one because they're valued by many people their tradition of springtime arriving in eastern asia and so on when it gets remarkable that we can know about 1200 years of waste and see nothing close to the early arrival of the blossoms that we're starting to see now it's a very very good long term wreck or that shows just that karma is now shifting how influential has industrialization of the planet be especia

given the fragility and transience of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. far let's have a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera and 1st up at least 5 more people have been killed in the amar in the latest crackdown on mt cooper tested more than 2 months since the military deposed the civilian leadership security forces shot and killed protesters in 3 different cities on saturday despite that demonstrations are continuing in major cities including young gone mandalay military has also issued arrest warrants against 18 prominent online critics tony chain has more now from bangkok in neighboring thailand those protests are still ongoing they have been pretty much every day since the coup happened on the 1st of february. in money in town and month state and embargo we understand the security services have opened fire and killed a number of protesters 5 being reported at the moment although it's painted that number will rise we also saw protests on the street of yangon on and mandalay myanmar's 2 largest cities prosecutors in taiwan have questione

given the fragility and transients of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so religious sites in occupied east jerusalem have partially reopened. it's allowing christians to mark good friday and the rest of the easter holiday a small crowd was able to watch a procession at the church of the holy sepulcher one of the holiest sites for worshippers and pilgrims. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera a man has rammed a car into police in a barricade surrounding the u.s. capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed and the attacker named as 25 year old noah greene was shot dead after he was particle hayne has more on the suspect preliminary indications just risk.

given the fragility and transients of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. this is observing these are the top stories and gun shots have been heard to miramar streets as the military carries out another crackdown on anti coup protesters at least 5 people have reportedly been killed in 3 different cities on saturday tony chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand where in the past we've seen the armed forces.

given the fragility and transience of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so. it is now time to support his gem thanks as our as we've been hearing at major league baseball has stripped atlanta of the prestigious all star game which is the decision supported by u.s. president joe biden is a protest against a new voting law in the state of georgia critics say the new measure is signed off by georgia's republican governor limits access to the ballot box especially for people of color while the man by them replaced in the white house donald trump is calling on americans to boycott the sport the all-star game was originally take place on july 13th but baseball's bosses are now searching for a new venue this may have the pressure on arguably georgia's most famous sporting event the masters golf tournament as well guster which starts on thursday one civil rights group wants golf's governing body to cancel the event and is calling on players to boycott it until the voting law is repealed earlier we spoke to us for its forecast at michael carlson. the augusta natio

given the fragility and transience of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bright al-jazeera so well stephan is a professor at the australian national university and he says the early blossoms are a dire warning. there are many other examples of course we could go back to using tree rings a coral reef sections and so on but i think the cherry blossoms are particularly striking one because they are valued by many people here a tradition of springtime arriving in eastern asia and so on when it gets remarkable that we can go back 1200 years at least and see nothing close to the early arrival of the blossoms that we're starting to see now it's a very very good long term wrecked one that shows just how fast the comet is now shifting and of course this is a fairly innocuous and indeed rather beautiful warning that things are changing but other ecosystems are experiencing the same sort of changes driven by climate change a good example of that is that forests that normally burn only very small amounts of war or only every every few years and now burning at much higher rates good exa