rayhan demytrie, bbc news, tbilisi. was killed in a botched kidnapping attempt on monday, has been flown back to rome. luca attanasio, his italian bodyguard and a local driver were killed in an ambush on a united nations food convoy in the east of the country. an italian military plane at rome's ciampino airport carrying the two coffins, and draped in the national flag, was met by the prime minister. japan's newly appointed 0lympic chief says tokyo is pressing ahead with plans to open the delayed 0lympics onjuly 23rd. seiko hashimoto says she believes the games can be held safely despite the ongoing covid pandemic. but questions remain as rupert wingfield—hayes reports. south sudan anthem plays. lucia and atkin are a very long way from home. the south sudan olympic team arrived here in japan long before any of us had heard of covid—19. for a year and a half, they've been stuck here, training and hoping — hoping that the olympics will happen. for this year, i hope olympic to be held because we are waiting for it for so l

instead more protests and more arrests may lie ahead robyn for the water out 0 tbilisi. more than a 1000 migrants from me amman have been deported from malaysia even though a court blocks their removal hours earlier rights groups are warning their lives could be at risk protests in miramar itself are growing more intense by the day as tony chang reports international reaction is becoming more damning. malaysian immigration trucks transporting more than a 1000 asylum seekers to the coast and ships waiting to deport them despite a last minute court order delaying the repatriation the immigration authorities defined the courts killing 3 myanmar navy ships waiting on the docks the decision overrides concerns that some of those sent back will be under threat from myanmar's new military government. in myanmar itself mourners paid their last respects in front of the comp in the tent and i when. the 37 year old company was one of 2 people killed on saturday when security services opened fire on protesters in the city of mandalay. i feel so sad losing him we lost the guardian of

rayhan demytrie, bbc news, tbilisi.ne caruana galizia has been sentenced to 15 years in jail, after suddenly changing his plea to guilty. vincent muscat admitted involvement in the car bombing which killed the investigative reporter. a prominent maltese businessman, yorgen fenech, is currently awaiting trial for planning the assassination. russell trott reports. her determination to shine a light on the world of the rich and powerful in malta made her name as a pioneering journalist, but also cost dafny caruana galizia for life. 13 years after pursuing the corrupt brought accolades and also enemies was up vincent muscat changed his plea and finally admitted he was part of a plot to assassinate her. two other men are on trial. figs a plot to assassinate her. two other men are on trial.- other men are on trial. as a result of — other men are on trial. as a result of vincent _ other men are on trial. as a result of vincent bon - other men are on trial. as a | result of vincent bon scott's admission, the police could now rea

he called on his supporters to join let's meet to reinforce their walkers' joins us now from from tbilisi so robin what's your sense of what's happening here things seem to be getting more and more tense the pm calling for protesters their opposition the opposition saying it's his last chance to resign. i think mr passion yearns reaction today is characteristic of of his personality you know just when it comes to this political situation in armenia he's his senses that he's always had to rely on the armenian public who overwhelmingly backed him. in this revolution it took place in armenia the velvet revolution back in 2018 he came to power with a mandate to reform armenia and so when he had this letter calling on him to resign his decision was to go on the offensive and state that this looks like a military coup we're not seeing military convoys converging on the capital or anything like that at the moment but the fact that it was signed by 36 senior military commanders doesn't mean kate that he has lost the support of the armed forces but an attempt to. take power away from his depressio

for a stare at one of the protests there in tbilisi denouncing the arrest of naked tell us about what's been happening for stopping. by foley well all traits we were i hope it was there would be too many so the problems is very loud where i'm standing. we've had a protest this afternoon that began outside of the prime minister's office and then the crowd moved here to the parliament and. opposition is saying is that this arrest was a big mistake by the government it's sort of to challenge this country people into political crisis they standing by what they've been demanding for months now which is new elections fresh elections because since october this country has been at standstill from a political point you can see opposition refuses to acknowledge the results of the lengthy and refuses to go in to politics. will continue. no they're saying that they will march on the prison. being held in detention. and that these sorts of protests will continue they say peaceful protests will continue until their demands for fresh elections are met as you say this political crisis has been going on

here through the parliament on the main streets in tbilisi. and i think there will be more people to write in. our heads to their more listening to their is a line of course you have reading so i think a lot of the some people will be concerned obviously about coming out because they could be heavy fines since stay happy on a curfew that's basically the opposition is very angry about what's happening and i think they also have. a great deal of me in the international community the western diplomatic immunity have been working very hard to try to. slowly complement. political forces in. the government. elections are not certain which the opposition says were. all of those 3 georgia bring at least their innocence be given. to the following. appeals to go out the window and. there will be deliberate security law just the earliest parts of the temple its are beautiful and difficult to learn on a physical release their ground. loads which is the court floor. when star members even start. to be making this a ruling saying maybe snap election level i

rayhan demytrie, bbc news, tbilisi.as described australia's proposed regulation of big tech platforms as �*sensible', and suggested the uk should follow a similar path. dr andrea coscelli said the dominance of facebook and google in the advertising world was also a problem. he's been speaking with our media editor amol rajan. the western web today is based on free and open access. you don't pay for links. but the price of that freedom is that we leave personal data trails that are monetised by the likes of google and facebook, giant advertising companies. in a rare broadcast interview, the boss of the competition and markets authority said that google's 90% share of the uk's search advertisement market is a problem and then he turned to facebook... there is a £55 billion, according to your own cma figures, £5.5 billion display advertising market in the uk, facebook has more than 50% of that. is that too much? yes. why? when companies have too much economic power that creates a number of distortions. first for competitor

the bbc�*s rayhan demytrie sent this report from tbilisi.orced their way into rest its leader. he had been seeking shelter inside for the past seven days. rugs gathered in central tbilisi to protest the arrest of nika melia. judges relate to his role in anti—government protests two years ago. —— charges. last week, pull he was stripped of his immunity and an arrest warrant was issued. but an unexpected decision by the minister to resign over the matter had temporarily put mr melia on hold. he said last week, that is intentions in the country, however his decisions by his successor to push ahead with this arrest may have made things worse. the new prime minister praised the police for carrying out the special operation. carrying out the special oeration. ~ ,, �* carrying out the special oeration. ~ ,, ~ ., operation. translation: ad nika melia is a criminal. _ operation. translation: ad nika melia is a criminal. he _ operation. translation: ad nika melia is a criminal. he has - melia is a criminal. he has previous convictions. this is the sec

instead more protests and more arrests may lie ahead robin for the walker how does iraq tbilisi. now one of 3 men charged with killing a high profile investigative journalist and baltar has been sentenced to 15 years in prison visit must plead guilty to murdering daphne karunya. in 2017 the men are accused of setting off a car bomb that targeted her vehicle was known for investigating corruption involved as government muskrat's 2 brothers are also on trial. a judge in india has granted bail to climate activists dishy raffi saying evidence she committed sedition is scanty and sketchy she was arrested earlier this month the qs of developing a so-called tool kit to allegedly show people how to support farmers protests that have lasted for months police say the guide encourages violence during a rally in january 2000 farmers have been demonstrating against laws reforming the agricultural sector. united nations security council members have met virtually to discuss the impact of climate change on international peace and security secretary general antonio tariff said it was the definin

tbilisi. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. we'll be back in ecuador to tell you why the country could be facing another indigenous uprising and a financial threat for u.k. farmers despite the government making promises son until the cows come home to stay with us here on al-jazeera. how the place to save it got some warmth coming back into southern parts of the u.s. now laws to clear skies will service pretty much resumed sea temperatures in dallas getting up to $26.00 degrees celsius so that is actually pretty moderate much on the wall side that warmer air pushing up towards kansas 19 celsius handle continue to just drive this way at a further north and east which as we go through the next couple days all like kansas does cool off a touch but the warmth certainly in places hard to play just a week ago we had the basically cold weather at a fair but this and ice will be some snow around just around the lakes easing over towards that eastern side of canada through new england basin places a catamaran across the appalachians rig

it believes were fraudulent elections last october robin forrester walker reports from the capital tbilisi. the mika melia who chairs georgia's largest opposition party is surrounded by friends supporters and the media he's under siege inside the offices of his united national movement. earlier on thursday police arrived with a warrant for mr melia's arrest but his supporters did not let them inside. mr mariya is under criminal investigation for his role in violence and the government protests in $29.00 t. . he and the rest of the georgian opposition have since then refused to recognize the results of elections last october which they claim were fraudulent. he says he's now being punished for boycotting parliament i don't think that the position of where i. was privy rule where there were 0. i've learned to respect. the regime. announced on thursday he was standing down as prime minister because he believed arresting the opposition leader would deepen the country's political crisis cimi my absolutely unshakable position is that it's unacceptable to lawfully enforce measures against a parti

instead more protests and more arrests may lie ahead robyn for steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi. still to come on al-jazeera hostile questioning for the woman fighting to be the 1st native american cabinet secretary and the wife of the mexican drug lord what he meant chapo guzman appears in court accused of helping her husband run his multi-billion dollar cartel. how i would get more wet weather across northern parts of australia the tropical downpours continuing to rumble away have seen somewhat of weather to just around that eastern side of the new south wales where violent storms actually into the northeast of new south wales southeastern parts of queensland some showers there into that eastern side of queensland as we go on through awareness day what's the weather will continue around the top end over towards the pilbara much of also looking fine and dry pleasant sunshine 32 celsius there in perth on the woman side to mention is a bit over the next day or so but somewhat to weather just easing across that western side of the south audiences central pos cools off in christchur

monitor what happens in the coming hours with the robert frost a walk in a forest enjoy just capital tbilisi. now the united states and the european union have impose new sanctions talk to me about his military leaders and it comes as thousands of people continue to protest against the coup that forced down the civilian government earlier this month the army has been increasing its use of force against demonstrators 3 have been killed since the protests began 20 chang is following developments from across the border in the thai capital bangkok. we understand the protest is already starting to filter back onto the streets of yangon this morning the internet which for the last week has been turned off every night seems to just be clicked back on new starting to filter out again i don't think we'll see the huge numbers that we saw yesterday and probably not in as many places across me but the protesters who came out in massive numbers just certainly made the point that civilian opposition to the military coup is pretty universal it's going across ethnic down trees all cross the country and it i

looking very unlikely at the moment will see how things unfold as the days go on that's a picture in tbilisirobin for us you're welcome thanks a lot. still ahead here in algeria health experts landed in guinea on the search for fertile and killer we have more on the efforts to stop on a boat. on blogs why facebook has agreed to reverse its news ban on australian sites. however what a difference a week makes we've got lots of warm weather maal there into central parts of europe and over towards the west and in central belgium temperatures on sunday afternoon touched 18 degrees celsius just across the border we've seen some very warm weather pushing up into the netherlands as well cladogram pushing in from the west but this was last week in the netherlands you can see a good old covering of snow here and then on sunday is about we have a temperatures touching 17 celsius and that mild air that's in across the good parts of western and central europe some pleasant sunshine into germany but the light winds are really will fill proper spring like should we say loss of wet and windy weather pushing

tbilisi. surrounding the headquarters of george's largest opposition party police carried out a special operation to breach the building. was opposition supporters resisted but officers soon overwhelmed them taking the camillia the leader of the united national movement into custody. last week georgia's prime minister resigned citing concerns about clamping down on the opposition his successor appointed on monday was quick to take a hard line position to throw. god over them i sincerely thank the entire police force for protecting the dignity of our state the stability of our state and once again reminding everyone that we are a state governed by the rule of law which we want someone to live with and i'm sure many here is accused of leading antigovernment protests that turned violent in the summer of 2019 but the opposition says his arrest is politically motivated an attack on a democracy with western aspirations using tactics borrowed from the kremlin. he believes daddy was good parents you k

as you can see from these live pictures for see walker has more from tbilisi. dozens of police officers surrounded the building and then we saw these dramatic scenes there used to follow a brigade a real ladder to climb up the multi-story building and from from from you look at it from the rooftop. and from of course from below and then we saw how the opposition supporters inside try to stop them from arresting mr malley tear gas some claim to take us being used or at least pepper strobes pepper spray some people injured and also they've been additional arrested as well as mr malley who'd been seeking shelter inside the headquarters of the the largest opposition party for the last week and it's been a fruit week in georgian politics because the previous prime minister had offered his resignation in fact resigned over this whole issue because he believed that arresting mr melia wouldn't serve george's interests the country's deeply polarized the political forces here we've got we had the election in october that all opposition parties claim was falsified and the

of the health care sector especially during this pandemic but that's not what's being discussed in tbilisi today and so i think that the leadership and again all sides have a role here have to look beyond their interests and place the interests of georgia and the georgian people at the forefront if they do so i think there's a way to negotiate a way out of this political crisis really good to get your thoughts on this stephen explain your joining us and our desire thank you very much indeed thank you for having me. more than a 1000 migrants from miramar have been deported from malaysia even though a court blocks the removal hours earlier rights groups are warning their lives could be at risk protests and we're not itself are growing more intense by the day as tony chang reports international reaction is becoming more damning. malaysian immigration trucks transporting more than a 1000 asylum seekers to the coast and ships waiting to deport them despite a last minute court order delaying the repatriation the immigration authorities did find the courts filling 3 myanmar navy ships waiting on

instead more protests and more arrests may lie ahead robyn 1st you walk out 0 tbilisi. plenty more of course on our web site al jazeera dot com is the address all the news that we're covering right there lots of comment and that is just to. say this is out there these are the top stories and man miles military appointed foreign minister has arrived in thailand for crisis talks often this month it's part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis just as continue to demand the release of elected leader and son suchi. donna has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs.

as his supporters to gather in the capital robin forster walka as the latest from tbilisi. dismissed. the armed forces. of course.

may or may not be happening in georgia thousands of people take in the streets the georgian capital tbilisi to oppose the arrest of an opposition leader he's accused of inciting violence and protests by can 29 take your position says the arrest is politically motivated the calling for new parliamentary elections but quite a turn out there from that little snapshot japan dealing with fires big one firefighters even military helicopters and to be brought in to put out a huge mountain fire threatening nearby residents more than $200.00 households have been asked to leave the area for their safety weather kind of problems of a very different sort in chelyabinsk central russia here look at the depth of this snow. the problem is that because of heavy snow storms that are bought roads to a standstill more than 600 people have been evacuated they're being housed in temporary accommodation. dealing with the aftereffects of covert now germany's small brewers have been hit hard by the closure of bars and restaurants in the pandemic with many now warning there may not survive peter all of the reports.

thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in the georgian capital tbilisi following the detention of the country's main opposition leader merely a was detained on tuesday at his party headquarters he faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 21 team he calls the charges politically motivated. the european union says that astra zeneca will deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised the e.u. in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide $180000000.00 doses by the end of june it has already missed its 1st quarter commitments due to production issues for more than 90000000 doses shortfall could hit the e.u.'s ability to meet its target of vaccinating 70 percent of adults by the summer. and earlier we spoke with c.w. correspondent barbara faisal in brussels and asked her for her take on the supply shortfall. politically of course this is a disaster the european governments promised their citizens their population we will get these vaccinations to you there will be light at the end often so corona crisis tunnel and now this might come so

more of the story from joshua cherubs agenda's covering the caucasus region he joins us from tbilisi georgia what's the latest you're hearing there from the media. well so far everything that this morning seems conan in our media following yesterday's dramatic events when the chief of staff of the armed forces and several dozen other military officers called for him to resign this was really a one president interference by the armed forces in in armenian politics and really so far the peak of the crisis that our media politics have been in since the loss of the war as your report described it in a sense it's armenia lost the war there's been calls from every corner of politics an armenian society for pashtun to step down but the military officers calling on it was. yet another level. still pushing it has used all of these calls and he's continuing to refuse. so he called that the military overstated a coup attempt. does far the military officers don't seem to have taken any further action so it's maybe a bit premature to call it a coup attempt but it's certainly a very well us how mu

while protesters have demonstrated in georgia's capital tbilisi over the arrest of a prominent opposition politician earlier police stormed the offices of the opposition detaining meeka malea he's demanding new elections after last year's disputed parliamentary polls. u.s. senators are beginning an investigation into security failures during the capitol hill insurrection on january 6th question the former chief of the capitol police as well as the former head of security for the house and the senate all 3 of them resigned immediately after the riots a violent mob who rejected the results of the presidential election broke through security at the capitol building and then occupied it for several hours 5 people died all those are the headlines i'll have another news bulletin for you here on al-jazeera after viewfinder asia. viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the globe . does it was when this immediate but it dad loved it should a lot. of that i get out of us may be safely they'd lose it if. they looked really paved the way diy just might because people

georgia in the committee i was taken into custody on tuesday morning triggering protests in the capital tbilisi his accuser seeking to violently overthrow parliament. human rights groups have condemned malaysia's government for deporting more than a 1000 people to me in march the move defied an earlier court order granting the group a temporary stay here when rights groups had appealed the deportation saying they would be at risk of return to military rule me and bar civil taney as riots have broken out of 3 prisons in ecuador leaving at least $67.00 inmates dead hundreds of police are trying to regain control of the facilities which are home to 70 percent of the country's prison population around half of those killed were in the city of cuenca the world bank's threatening to suspend financing for corona virus vaccines in lebanon the bank's investigating accusations that politicians were inoculated in parliament without crying approval the world by its approved $34000000.02 pay for vaccines for $2000000.00 people and those are the headlines the news continues here on. after viewfinder in asia.

news in brief now and thousands of people have taken to the streets of the georgian capital capital tbilisi to oppose the arrest of an opposition leader there is accused of inciting violence of protests back in 2019 the opposition says the arrest is politically motivated and he's calling for a new parliamentary elections firefighters a military helicopters in japan have been working to put out a huge mountain fire threaten nearby residence more than 200 households have been asked to leave the area for their safety. in russia here authorities in chile been skin central russia have imposed a state of emergency after heavy snow storms that brought roads to a standstill more than 600 people have been evacuated and are being housed in temporary accommodation. i finally decide germany small brewers have been hit hard by the closure of bars and restaurants during the pandemic in many and i warning that they may not survive with more his peter all of. i was whether it's munich's october fest all colognes carnival plays a big role in germany's big celebrations has hit those parties hard as the need

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figure in georgia nick a 1000000 was taken into custody in tuesday triggering protests in the capital tbilisi he's accused of seeking to violently overthrow parliament human rights groups have condemned malaysia's government for deporting more than $1000.00 people to me and more activists say they could be at risk under the military jump to the move to fight an earlier court order granting the group a temporary staying. astra zeneca is expecting to deliver fewer than half of the corona virus vaccine doses it was constructed to supply to the european union by the end of june and the e.u. official quoted by the reuters news agency says the pharmaceutical giant will deliver 130000000 doses the firm had committed to providing 300000000. and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after in search of india's sole goodbye. i'm in northern india on the banks of the ganges in the holy city of are not seen. this is one of the oldest inhabited places on earth and like rome or jerusalem it serves as a kind of cosmic center for india's 1000000000 hindu those. behind this image of rel

yvonne he's been facing protests and calls to step down robin for syria walker is joining us now from tbilisi robin what more can you tell us about the situation in armenia. well nick is hoping that he's going to be able to pull out large numbers of armenians to republic square in the center of yerevan which is where all demonstrations in the past were if close in support of him when he came to power a few years ago in the so-called velvet revolution now he's in a political struggle of his of his life having said that the statements issued by the armed forces the general staff of the armed forces of the republican army a calling for his and his government's resignation amounted to a military coup so. when he when he went on air a short time ago addressing the armenian public on his facebook page in a facebook life he actually on air dismissed the heads of the armed forces and now he's waiting for more people to arrive on republic square where he will make a public address at 4 o'clock local time yet robin and i believe are looking at the latest pictures from your of our people seem to be conv

tensions he was in office 3 year let's cross over now to robin for us to walk he joins us live from tbilisi so robin what happens now to the government. well it's a pretty surprising move for for a senior politician like the prime minister to resign over the fate of one of his let's say competitors one of his opponents but now that guy hurriya has resigned it seems that there may be more even more hardline people in the georgian government who want to see this issue resolved and who want to see this opposition leader newcomen arrested so we're expecting other members of the cabinet to now get together and form a new cabinets and appoint a new prime minister and now everyone will be waiting to see whether or not this government is prepared to go ahead with its plan to see. arrested and that's a big concern i think for everybody who's been watching this because this country is already in a political crisis and it has been since elections in october that the opposition said were fraudulent they then decided to boycott parliament. i was among them and he was facing charges for having tried to.

picture right now on our screen let's speak to robin force a walker robin is joining us now from tbilisi so so robin i'm not sure if you're able to hear what our producer has to say but certainly the life picture speaks for itself and the prime minister is out right now on the streets with his with his supporters and the protesters. sounds like it could be a pretty tense situation what do you think is going to happen next. you know it was talking then about the fact that mr passion yet has been trying well has has signed the dismissal of the head of the military but the problem he now faces is a constitutional one because the president has so far not put his signature on that dismissal so directly. in contradicting mr passion yeah and it seems as if from the political side he is running out of allies. with the president presumably reluctant to go ahead with his orders and the military reiterating their decision to call him on him to resign and also interesting enough stating that there their letter or their statement was not made without any with any out side interference i think that's

azerbaijan following military losses and we can now speak to robin forester walker he joins me from tbilisi he's reported extensively from armenian also covered those mass protests in 2018 that brought nicole passion down to power robin i recall you also interviewed passion and shortly after he took office a lot has changed for him since then and he does appear to have evolved as a leader as well what kind of a man is he and what's going through his head right now. people who know nico passion and well have told me that he is a very tough individual very strong very headstrong and perhaps not always easy as person to work with and you get a sense of that kind of a character with his defiance that we see at the moment and that we have seen since the end of the war over new color karabakh with azerbaijan the peace deal that he saw and had very unfavorable terms for armenia and it came as a shock to the armenian nation but to give you an idea of the sort of character that nick oppression yannis he he never accepted any responsibility for that and has been very defiant in clinging on and insist

in georgia nicomedia was taken into custody in tuesday morning triggering protests in the capital tbilisi is accused of seeking to violently overthrow parliament. human rights groups have condemned malaysia's government for deporting more than a 1000 people to me in march the move defied an earlier court order granting the group a temporary stay inside me i'm out of the military is coming under increasing international pressure the g 7 a group of the world's wealthiest nations has condemned the front of violence towards protesters saying the use of live ammunition is unacceptable. because expecting to deliver fewer than half of the corona virus vaccine doses it was constructed to supply to the european union in the 1st 6 months of this year and a new official quoted by the reuters news agency says the pharmaceutical giant will deliver 130000000 doses by the end of june the firm had committed to providing 300000000 it means the block could struggle to beat its target of vaccinating 70 percent of adults by the summer. and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera in abou

and hundreds are demonstrating in the georgian capital tbilisi against the detention of the country's main opposition leader the demonstration began a few hours after police stormed the headquarters of the united national movement and detained nikka melia he faces charges for inciting violence during protests in $29.00 to denies all wrongdoing. facebook says it will lift a ban on australian news pages in the coming days after reaching a compromise with the government over paying for media content cambra has agreed to make changes to a law and not to penalize facebook if the company reaches some deals with local media. the court of ars pandemic has hospitals in portugal working at their limits earlier this month germany said medical personnel and equipment a 2nd team from the german military has just arrived in the capital and spent to support intensive care units there the goal is to assist a fellow e.u. member states with its covert crisis but now it seems a chinese own private hospital and there's been is also we think the benefits to use young philip schultz thought this report. ge

thousands have been protesting in the georgian capital tbilisi against the detention of the country's main opposition leader the demonstration began a few hours after police stormed the headquarters of the united national movement and detained. he faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 2019 denies all wrongdoing. linda thomas greenfield is to become the united states ambassador to the united nations u.s. senators voted $7220.00 to confirm president joe biden's pick for the job which will be a cabinet position a vote reflected the by ministrations wish to reengage with the u.n. after former president donald trump's isolationist policies. and u.s. congress is hearing testimony for the 1st time from former capital security officials about the massive law enforcement found he is in washington on january the 6th officials blame the family is on poor intelligence and the slow response. as a violent mob blades and then stormed the building. french actor. is under investigation for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a young actress in 2018 the paris prosecutor's office wa

instead more protests and more arrests may lie ahead robin for a steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi still ahead on the news hour and joe will be here she'll have all the latest on tiger woods's condition plus man i just hope he's all right. just as workers kids you know sure the struggle. worries and well wishes from other top golfers and stars for the former girl champion at stories coming up in just a minute. allen and joe is here with all the sports news enjoy you have an update on tiger woods condition and how he's doing that's right daryn yes let's bring you more on that right accident involving tiger woods there are doubts he will ever play golf again after suffering serious leg injuries in the crash but the police say he is lucky to be alive david starks reports. a close up look at toggle woods's car reveals the severity of the accident which left him with severe injuries to both legs his lower right limb took the brunt of the impact and needed lengthy surgery with doctors using pins and rods to stabilize the damage woods was travelling at speed and in a touristy dangerous stretch

and thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in the georgian capital tbilisi following the detention of the main opposition leader nick i'm a leo was detained tuesday at his party headquarters he faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 2019 mainly across the charges politically motivated. to israel now and an ecological disaster a massive oil spill has hit most of israel's mediterranean shoreline leaving black sticky tar it's also caused extensive damage to wildlife as tanya kramer reports the cleanup could take months even years. it's a meticulous task clumps of tar 9 descend on is was mediterranean coast one in tears and soldiers are cleaning the peaches by hand the all spill has been described as one of the worst environmental disasters in decades it has affected more than 170 kilometers off shore line be so good it does it give you tons of crude oil reach the beaches of israel from the south to the north and crucially ecological systems have going to affect and these are pictures where they . nature with animals and plants living in the water have been aff

thousands of protesting in the georgian capital tbilisi against the detention of the country's main opposition leader the demonstration began a few hours after police stormed the headquarters of the united national movement and detained. he faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 2019 denies all wrongdoing. french actor. is under investigation for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a young actress in $28.00 team the paris prosecutor's office to depart do was charged in december after authorities reopen the case the actor is among france's best known and controversial stops. well facebook has agreed to lift a news blackout for a stray in users after reaching a compromise with the government facebook blocked all news links after the government in cambra proposed new rules that would make social networks pay for they media content on their platforms the tussle is being closely watched by other countries thinking about taking on big take. the great unfriending began last week when facebook users in australia could no longer see or share news on the platform australian news cont

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going away to hear the news now and that is the paper that takes the street to the georgian capital tbilisito oppose the rest of the opposition leader that he's accused of inciting violence at protests back in $29.00 taking your position i says the arrest is politically motivated and he's calling for new parliamentary elections. by fiat is a ministry helicopters in japan have been working to put a huge mountain fire threatening the by residence more than 200 has homes have been asked to leave the area for that safety and authorities in chile have been skin central russia have imposed a state of emergency after heavy snow storms the brought to a standstill and more than 600 people have been evacuated and of being highest in temporary accommodation. germany's small groups have been hit hard by the closure of bars and restaurants during the pandemic and many and i warning that they may not survive this pace of all of the reports. i was whether it's munich's october 1st all colognes carnival plays a big role germany's big celebrations has hit those parties hard as the need to implement coronavi

thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in the georgian capital tbilisi following the detention of the country's main opposition leader need was detained tuesday at his party's headquarters faces charges of inciting violence during protests and 2019 he calls the charges politically motivated. french actor gerard depardieu is under investigation for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a young actress and $28.00 team in the paris prosecutor's office of the day pardew was charged in december after authorities reopened a case the actor is among france's best known and most controversial stars. to israel now and then ecological disaster a massive oil spill has hit most of israel's mediterranean shoreline leaving black city tar it's also caused extensive damage to wildlife correspondent tanya kramer reports now on the cleanup which could take months even years. it's a meticulous task clumps of tar 9 descend on is was mediterranean coast volunteers and soldiers a cleaning dippy just by having the all spill has been described as one of the worst environmental disasters in decades i

my team on this issue i made a decision to resign robin for a walk or is covering this for us from tbilisi. it's a pretty surprising move for for a senior politician like the prime minister to resign over the fate of one of his let's say competitors one of his opponents but now that carrier has resigned it seems that there may be more even more hardline 3 people in the georgian government who want to see this issue resolved and who want to see this opposition leader nicam area arrested so we're expecting other members of of the cabinet to now get together and form a new cabinet and appoint a new prime minister and now will everyone will be waiting to see whether or not this government is prepared to go ahead with its plan to see nick a melia arrested and that's a big concern i think for everybody who's been watching this because this country is already in a political crisis and it has been since elections in october that the opposition said were fraudulent they then decided to boycott parliament. and nick america was among them and he was facing charges for having tried to rush parliament

opposition figure in georgia was taken into custody on tuesday morning triggering protests in the capital tbilisi his accuser seeking to violently overthrow parliament. human rights groups have condemned malaysia's government for deporting more than a 1000 people to move them on the move to fight in any a court order granting the group a temporary state human rights groups have appealed the deportation saying they would be at risk if it turns to military ruled me and maher. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera inside story in about half an hour . italy has condemned monday's attack in eastern democratic republic of congo 3 people including the italian ambassador were killed several rebel groups are in the area but why are government and un troops struggling to contain the violence this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it's being called a heinous and cowardly attack italy's ambassador to the democratic republic of congo his police guard and driver were killed in an ambush on their convoy near goma in the east the congolese government is blaming a rwandan

constitutionally but it smith al-jazeera will robin feister will is following developments for us from tbilisi and neighboring georgia and he says it's unlikely if it passing on to call for early elections. people who know nico passion and well have told me that he is a very tough individual very strong very headstrong and perhaps not always easy as person to work with and you get a sense of that kind of a character with his defiance that we see at the moment and that we have seen since the end of the war over nicola karabakh with azerbaijan the peace deal that he saw and had very unfavorable terms for armenia and it came as a shock to the armenian nation but to give you an idea of the sort of character that nick oppression yannis he he never accepted any responsibility for that and has been very defiant in clinging on and insisting that no such move such as a election of an early election was required and he's been saying the same thing today ottilie defiance and also he's a man who likes having the popular people's kind of movement behind him. oh non-man last supporters of the military coup

the other stories that are making headlines this hour thousands are protesting in georgia's capital tbilisi against the detention of the country's main opposition leader the demonstration began if you hours after police stormed the headquarters of the united national movement and detained nelia he faces charges of inciting violence during protests back in 2019 denies all wrongdoing. unconscious executive has backed a bill that will bar anyone seen as being disloyal to beijing from elected office the electoral reform will require councillors to pledge allegiance to hong kong as a special region of china opposition voices in hong kong have increasingly been silent following last year's mass protests b.n. mars military regime is facing growing pressure both at home and abroad 3 weeks after it seized power the european union has warned that it's preparing sanctions and the us has penalized 2 more generals protests continue to swell despite the killing of at least 3 demonstrators the drug maker astra zeneca will reportedly deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised the european unio

hundreds of people have defied curfews in the georgian capital tbilisi demanding the easing of coronavirus restrictions protesters say the 2nd lockdown is having a major economic impact restaurant owners believe their businesses will collapse of the government does not allow them to fully open georgia's had more than a quarter of a 1000000 cases and 3000 tents sudan has warned its national security will be threatened if ethiopia goes ahead with the 2nd phase of filling its blue nile dam sudan's water minister says it will also put the lives of half the country's population at risk sudan and egypt fear the mega dam project will divert too much of the water they rely on while the ethiopian says the project vital to its economic future talks held last month to resolve the dispute failed to make any headway finally good news as al jazeera journalist mom hussein has been released after more than 4 years in prison in egypt was arrested in 2016 while visiting relatives in cairo and was never formally charged with a crime or put on trial the support is from barbara and. home at last and the joyful