has ruled that the dutch government's controversial covert curfew is illegal after it said that all thorateams had misused emergency powers the curfew will however remain in place until the government's appeal on friday here's artie's peace to all of a with more. well this 9 pm curfew that's been in place in the netherlands to try and stop the spread of covert nineteen's been one of the most controversial measures that's been put in across the european continent on tuesday a court in the hague said it was illegal the curfew is a far reaching violation of the right to freedom of movement and previously and indirectly limits among other things the right to freedom of assembly and demonstration the curfew is based on a law for emergency situations where there's no time for debate with parliament there was no such pressing need in this case no such pressing need seems to be one of the key phrases in the ruling it relates directly to the fact that the number of covert cases in the netherlands has been declining steadily since mid december we did see demonstrations against this curfew demonstra

path their only weapons a 3 finger salute which has come to represent the pro-democracy movement of thora cheese have since issued a warning on state t.v. to protesters who break the lol you know if you knew action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offenses which disturb prevent and destroy the state stability public safety and the rule of law. in addition to the street protests a nationwide strike began on monday a campaign of civil disobedience has all the while been growing louder launched by medical personnel protests have now spread across the country after the army chief seize power on february 1st the military detained later sunset she and dozens of her party members accusing them of election fraud demonstrators are demanding her release and the restoration of her government. i'm supporting the young people demonstrating only if they fight against the military gentle can our country become better everyone must have this kind of courage for the sake of our future yet you know you know we don't want to live under dictatorship rule we want to live under m

journey a man may desert in the middle of an area that is already threatened by drought and know of thora d. and the whole country seems to care. the adjacent land also look that desolate once but with the help of dino and ca telly in dino nature has reclaimed the land so it is possible to revitalize the area. on this great park we have earned and covered by. hundreds of those. on this side we have an example a very good example how nature. could harbor. we've green. my mission ha my mission is how to make people to understand this big picture how to involve them in the ecological reconcile action and to make them understand the before which you go through the forest it is throwing our body and our allies through. our freshwater action. here to the dino curse have used the occasion they are the 1st line of defense. once a healthy layer of humus has formed on the ground in the forests native trees can be planted again. but how long does that take. a month or so does the planting the acacia stabilize the soil in refuse to allow the fear article i wrote my doctoral thesis on planting in talk

water and a brief one hydroelectric plant was destroyed another under construction was damaged or thora he said they were able to prevent further damage downstream by opening the gates to release water the tragedy occurred in northern india and the top of an area of the state of to rock out and this region in the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides in 2013 monsoon floods here killed 6000 people and led to calls for a review of development projects in the state of thora he say the main flood danger has passed but the work for rescue teams here is only just begun. well south africa has suspended its rollout of the oxford astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine after a small clue. trials suggested that it offered only minimal protection against a mild to moderate illness from the couvade variant that originated in the country south africa received more than a 1000000 doses of the vaccine and had planned to start inoculating frontline health care workers in the coming days authorities say that the vaccination program will proceed in the coming weeks but with vaccines by johnson and j

into crowds in various locations while scores of demonstrators or hauled away and police trucks or thora she's are trying to crush weeks of demonstrations against the february 1st military takeover which deposed the civilian government. more on this i'm joined by journalist a man tant who's in young gun a thanks for joining us can you tell us more about what's happening right now where you are in young gone. so again what we're seeing today is more and more militant opposition to police we see protesters out with shields scales on. we also recently just saw. reports of multiple cocktails being thrown and essentially people creating barricades in order to hold their position in the places that they're trying to protest against these are. ok so it seems like the police are really getting more violent in the way that they're dealing with the protesters does this suggest that they feel they're losing their grip on the situation. yeah so we're seeing not just police on the streets today but also soldiers and you know based on what we saw yesterday which is just in the middle of me and normal

united states is moving into a period 'd of such profound confrontation with china and russia these all thora terry and powerless out that that it will move into a kind of a new cold war scenario there's a lot of worry about that matter joe biden try to assuage fears about that by saying that he didn't want the reappearance of rigid blocks but still the whole thrust of his speech was costin this moment as a kind of a historical. historical inflection point as he called it where you will basically have a battle of the systems between democracy on the one side and or truck receive on the other and that does have a pretty sort of cold war flavor so that's going to worry europeans that was the deadliest chief international editor richard walker richard thank you so much. let's turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world. protests in me and maher have entered their 3rd week with demonstrators demanding freedom for those arrested and to return to democracy people took to the streets of the cities of mandalay and yang gone in defiance against the military coup th

don't go too far down that road of trying to divide the world between democracies for example and or thora tearing countries there are things that the whole world needs to work on and that's going to be taken as interesting reading i think in the white has of the moment as they prepare to kind of calibrate their approach to china and think about how much support they can actually expects particularly from european allies as they deal with beijing thank you for that richard walker do w. chief international editor. take a look at some more of the stories making news around the world then mass police to file charges against the ousted leader on sounds hoochie for breaches of an import export law documents say illegally imported handheld radios were found at her residence comes as beef in the country took part in the 1st widespread protest against the military coup in the early hours of monday britain has asked the e.u. to extend the brakes a grace period until 2023 according to the b.b.c. it comes after threats were made against port staff and checked were was suspended exemption pertains to

path their only weapons a 3 finger salute which has come to represent the pro-democracy movement of thora he's have since issued a warning on state t.v. to protesters who break the lol you know what you need to unite action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offenses which disturb prevent and destroy the state stability public safety and the rule of law. in addition to the street protests a nationwide strike began on monday a campaign of civil disobedience has all the while been growing louder launched by medical personnel. all and nurses from a government hospital and our goal is to help the civil disobedience movement succeed and ensure the military system fails we health workers are leading this campaign to urge all the government staff to join the c.t.m. our message to the public is that we aim to completely abolish this military regime and we have to fight for our own destiny the. protests have now spread across the country after the army chief seize power on february 1st the military detained later on suchi and dozens of her party members accusing them o

sions you'll thora t. of the nation's law making it governance and jurisdiction is handed over to the commander in chief according to the 2008 constitution 419 don't want. to. be an id it's been widespread international condemnation of the military takeover in myanmar new us secretary of state anthony blinken expressed grave concern over the reports and warned myanmar's military to reverse its actions immediately and the un secretary general antonio terrorist released his statement strongly condemning the detention of all songs of cheap president when mint and other political leaders in myanmar he said the developments are a serious blow to democratic reforms in the other. 3 well from one of its crossover to philip sure well he's a correspondent for the sunday times and joins us from bangkok philip what more can you tell us about this coup. yes well what should have been happening in man march today was that m.p.'s were shed year old to sit for the 1st time in parliament since the national league for democ

issues for instance joe biden's speech was very very strongly focused on defending democracy against or thora terrorism i'm sure this is going to have a lot to say about that from washington in just a moment and framing that very much in the code in terms of sort of a pushback 1st of all against china but also against russia where is emmanuel mccall when you heard him towards the end there when he talks about defending democracy almost the 1st thing that he talks about is taking on american tech giants and regulating social media networks so i think you know these leaders was it was their 1st kind of encounters with each other in their roles today not just this but also the g 7 is going to take a while until we really find out if they're on the same page on these things or if they talk about the same things but actually mean something different. barbara tending to you what he what was your takeaway from what you just listened to. you know from what richard said i would agree with a lot of it seemed as if the leaders were some somehow staking out their claims i mean that was certainly very str

he was welcomed with the honors and then put in jail the serviette all thora these were obsessed with espionage mania at the time everyone was suspected of being a foreign spy or diversion zilber was charged with spreading the play that was the 1st but not only time family had to get him out of prison. and it was always get immorally of his 3rd wife in fact ex-wife at that time who was the dry. enforce . simmons if he is in the is the. but ark of. the blaze near the city and you know more coming your way to school or be it's in the. name in the. superstition you mean it's in school no she just says then you need to be true what's you said there for both the you were in you should be so in the 1st 2 for your rights in the cockpit but a good image you're more than ever in the piece in the priesthood is your own thank you. you've gotten some sleep through the book but it's. nice to. get a model of head to main passions in her life science and still but for the forma she had once deliberately infected herself with the strain of cholera there was hardly anything she wouldn't do for they ha

and there are signs the tide is turning among all thora t's to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. until now the protests have been largely peaceful but this video being circulated by activists shows a woman being shot by police. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation not the country's new military latest sort to justify a coup repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we're investigating the responsible for eighty's regarding voter fraud. he promised fresh elections but gave no timeline for when they might be held i think comments have done nothing to quell the anger and defiance of these protestors he say it's too little too late. they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option was. a is a filmmaker and activists in manaus economic capital gang got his of securing his face for safety reasons a welcome to the w what's been happening there. people banding pots and pans from their balconies from their houses and their supporters are g

path their only weapons a 3 think a salute which has come to represent the pro-democracy movement of thora he's have since issued a warning on state t.v. to protesters who break the lol you know if you are you must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offenses which disturb prevent and destroy the state stability public safety and the rule of law. in addition to the street protests a nationwide strike began on monday a campaign of civil disobedience has all the while been growing louder launched by medical personnel protests have now spread across the country after the army chief seize power on february 1st the military detained later cheney and dozens of her party members accusing them of election fraud demonstrators are demanding her release and the restoration of her government. i'm supporting the young people demonstrating only if they fight against the military gentle can our country become better everyone must have this kind of courage for the sake of our future yet you know you know we don't want to live under dictatorship rule we want to live under mother sue

water and a brief one hydroelectric plant was destroyed another under construction was damaged or thora he said they were able to prevent further damage downstream by opening the gates to release water the tragedy occurred in northern india and the top of an area of the state of to recommend this region in the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides in 2013 monsoon floods here killed 6000 people and led to calls for a review of development projects in the state authorities say the main flood danger has passed but the work for rest. it seems here has only just begun. and here are some other stories making headlines around the world floods caused by heavy rain have hit indonesia's capital jakarta the high water has triggered evacuations and power outages in some parts of the city households along the city's chile long river were particularly affected floors and landslides are common in indonesia especially during the rainy season which runs from november into march. the corruption trial against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has resumed in jerusalem netanyahu is accus

and there are signs the tide is turning among all thora ts to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. until now the protests have been largely peaceful but this video being circulated by activists shows a woman being shot by police. the doctor treating her confirms the shot had been fatal. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation and the country's new military latest sort to justify a coup repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we're investigating the responsible for eighty's regarding voter fraud. he promised fresh elections but gave no timeline for when they might be held to the comments have done nothing to quell the anger and defiance of these protesters he say it's too little too late. they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option. and earlier we spoke to an activist a man. delay for security reasons he wishes to remain anonymous so we have just called him sam he explained what he witnessed though you are today there was a large

spill that's left tons of tar along its coast in southern lebanon of the country's nature and parts of thora he says it's one of its worst ecological disasters on record the international olympic committee has named the australian city of brit's been as the preferred candidate to host the 2032 olympic games the city will now into talks with bid organize the i.o.c. overhauled its bidding rules in 2019 to cut costs and make the process easier. here is a day where the headlines more news coming up right after people and power. kill and sleep well i pray and influence peddling the former french president nicolas salt toes he will be in the dock in a court room and carries all to investigations on march the 1st we'll hear the verdict in his child follow the story as it breaks the mold of reaction on al-jazeera. with around 28000000 people infected and approaching 1000000 dead the global coronavirus pandemic continues to exact a heavy toll but after the 1st appearance of cope with 19 could the world health organization and a few more effectively in this new modern age in the international response

let's turn now to some other stories making headlines around the world this hour for thora he's in india have air dropped relief materials to villages cut off after a glace it collapsed in the north of the country really 170 people remain missing after a barrel of water and debris were released in the to come to date bridges were swept away and roads destroyed rescue workers have recovered 37 bodies so far. china's broadcasting regulator has banned b.b.c. world news it's a largely symbolic move as the channel was only easily accessible to foreigners britain had earlier revoked the u.k. license of china's c g t n watchdogs concluded the network was controlled by the chinese communist party. and china's space agency has released the 1st footage showing its 10 when one probe entering the orbit of mars after a 6 month journey the craft slowed enough to capture the to be captured by mars as gravity it's the 2nd spacecraft to reach the red planet this month. the un's human rights envoy for man ma is calling for sanctions against the military regime which has seized power from the civilian gove

and there are signs the tide is turning among all thora ts to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. until now the protests have been largely peaceful but this video being circulated by activists shows a woman being shot by police. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation that the country's new military latest sought to justify a coup repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we are investigating the responsible for a tease regarding voter fraud. you know promised fresh elections but gave no timeline for when they might be held. the comments have done nothing to call the anger and defiance of these protestors he said it's too little too late. they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option was well meanwhile a space probe called hope launched by the united arab emirates has entered orbit around mars. it's the 1st of 3 spacecraft expected to reach the red planet this month and the project is led by women scientists and the arab world's 1s

developments in the pandemic here in germany the number of new infections cape's fooling healthful thora he's registered 10 and a half 1000 new cases in the past 24 hours that's down around 2000 from the same time last week and nighttime curfew has again been imposed in havana the 1st weeks of this year have say more khurana corona virus infections in cuba than were recorded through all of 2020 and the world health organization has called on vaccine makers to dramatically boost production of w.h.o. stress that most almost 130 countries with 2 and a half 1000000000 people yet to administer a single dose. down in the bundesliga head then hosted by in munich in a mini blizzard would face by the elements winning one nil to go 10 points clear at the top of the table the variants had hoped to make short work of the capital club before jetting off to cutoff for the club world cup but her to were not prepared simply to roll over. berlin versus byan a match up well worth watching as hats are typically up their game against the record champions for recently rehired coach paul dart i it was a 1st h

sputnik vaccine but we can't distribute it in france until the russian producers submit a request to our thora to us it's normal it's a matter of health care responsibility of following extensive trials russian scientists said results showed sport negri was safe and effective that didn't stop much caution in the west though however there now appears to be a change of heart as more again as the ethics plate. barely a few months ago the cure was sold to us is worse than the disease they mocked sputnik we they don't ride did it they tried to turn it into a joke but with out of these 3 mass trial completed it sounds like the process hasn't run its course here america's top researchers say russia cutting corners to develop its corona virus vaccine they're still trying to figure out safety and there they've approved it the irony is of course that these same people the same people who accused russia of spreading vaccine conspiracies and of discouraging people to get the job the irony is often lost on these sorts this is c.n.n. in a tube so you know that they're trying to trash talk it when they start

and there are signs the tide is turning among all thora ts to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation not the country's new military latest sought to justify the coup repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we're investigating the responsible for eighty's regarding voter fraud. promised fresh elections but gave no time. and for when they might be held. the comments have done nothing to quell the anger and defiance of these protests does he say it's too little too late . they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option. and for more i'm joined now by an activist from mandalay and for security reasons he is wishing to remain anonymous so i'm just going to call him sam sam welcome to the program what's happening where you are. yes i'm kelly i'm mentally. well earlier today there was a large crowd there on or to the protester in a street and i saw. the police are using water cannons and tear gas to di

found these supporters after the incident burrell said that russia was going down a worrisome all thora tarion route without room for democratic alternatives some e.u. lawmakers say they do not believe that the russian foreign minister would make good on his threat to sever ties. you know who. you are as well as my nose dished from my point of view this is saber rattling no one should be surprised about that russia would be shooting itself in the foot if it wants to break off ties with the e.u. . and north stream to was one of those ties this gigantic pipeline project is meant to bring russian gas into europe and it's almost finished it's not clear where the new sanctions would affect this project worth billions of euros the venture is controversial and some e.u. member states oppose it but perlin is committed to it. but for more on this we're joined now by our political correspondent simon young simon welcome i wonder how much is the german government's approach to sanctions on russia being affected by their commitment to the north stream to pipeline. yeah germany hasn't ruled out impo

human rights watch for instance says 10000000 citizens in hungary are effectively living under or thora tarion rule in poland the government is accused by the self of violating the unions laws undermining judicial independence in bulgaria torture is rife along with massive corruption at all levels of government how does that fit into the most advanced model of democracy in society in the modern world. the rule of law and the respect for the rule of law the moccasin and fundamental rights are the jewels in the crown of the european union their non-negotiable. i do not deny that in certain parts of our geography the their way to history and authority to authoritarianism and tyrion is still has. a resilient presence if you like and we are now for some years working very very consistently and i would say aggressive to remedy these but colleges in making clear that the rule of law has to be respected by all members states at all levels using their selling drug area that for 14 years but instead of doing it only by threatening the nuclear button off our article so many of the treaty we have n

you think because of i suppose the endless breaking news stories are by variance and covert worry thora he should be changing tack somewhat and urging those not in immediate danger to keep strengthening their immune system naturally better diet hazing give property to over the last few months. yes some extent so there was some thought you were bitten indeed how to use the system but in 2 studies and how they were to show that nationally munity is actually very effective in reducing weed faction braids and don't forget that the nationally known system produces antibodies to all the different virus proteins not just the u.s. protein that most vaccines target so that overall immune response will actually defend you very well against the virus but having the vaccine as well which is that response accelerate a little more and give you time to develop your only response to house to perhaps reduce severe disease and hospitalization so the combination is good but i think the vaccines are getting a lot of the limelight and moments where in fact your own individual munis bonds is actually very go

a law that would allow for the parliament with its full of thora to to continue with its mandate and for all the institutions of the federal government to continue so we have a law and that low allows for the both the federal parliament and the federal government to continue until and the election is organized now you cannot have it both ways you cannot have a situation where the federal member states and de all the others are refusing to go to an election but at the same time saying that the time has run out elections have to take place well we have to have what they are saying government deal that was. saying the president for maggio's term has ended and they're now calling to have a transitional national council what you know you're going to have the truth it's not the whole truth yes the president's term is 4 years the problem it's term is 4 years but also there is so low that that's not allow for a vacuum to take place and and that is the full truth and in order for that for there to be. a political transition there has to be an election how worrying do you believe this situatio

federation but they should also respect the independence of the russian judicial system and so this of thora t. of the russian courts must be respected not all of the by the russian government but also by governments around the world and they cannot ask for government intervention and at the same time the. russian courts have the freedom to decide in traditional mattress with various governments that come out to criticize the kremlin and watch and take when to move on when they are acting as we could have predicted just as the problem was that it was a group. question in the present which is done everything possible to deserve the west meaning particularly the states. and to a lesser degree germany or ring leaders you know propaganda movie if there were fire russia into georgia tension or war. on scene with political developments in the west going back to the storming of the capital which was quite monsters compared to anything that stuck and the russians in the last group. the world's richest man and founder of amazon have jeff bezos on tuesday announced plans to step down as c.e.o. to dedi

sentences now 2 years and 8 months he gave a final statement captured only on audiotape criticizing the or thora tease. me. they say what's this we can fiddle with the system in any way we want so how can you stand against as i'm not the only one who sees it but the ordinary people who watch this can see it too they have bad feelings about it because they can imagine what happens if they make this justice system outside his lawyer echoed in a valley cynical view of the country's courts. today's verdict was expected for us we consider it unlawful nothing has changed all the arguments were made in the court the 1st time they got rejected then they got rejected now alexina valley returned to russia last month and was immediately detained he'd been recovering in germany since being poisoned on a trip to siberia last august it was an attack which nearly killed him he says russia's f.s.b. security service was responsible and the e.u. has sanctioned several members of president putin's inner circle. prosecutors say by being out of the country so long if romy violated the terms of an earlier suspended s

citizens in hungary are effectively living under or thora tarion rule in poland the government is accused by the self of violating the union's laws undermining judicial independence in bulgaria torture is rife along with massive corruption at all levels of government how does that fit into the most advanced model of democracy in society in the morning world the rule of law and the respect for the rule of law democracy and fundamental rights are the jewels in the crown of the european union their non-negotiable. i do not deny that in certain parts of our geography the the way the history and authority of her attorneys carry and it still has. a resilient presence if you like and we are now for some years working very very consistently and i would say aggressive to remedy these but colleges in making clear that the rule of law has to be respected by all members states at all levels using their telling you how garia that for 14 years but instead of doing it on li but i threaten ink the nuclear button off our article so many of the treaty we have now recently introduced a new approach through

them sounding pretty cagey about this idea of really kind of taking a democratic fight to those of thora tarion palace because it does seem that russia and china are going to be the big issues on which the u.s. and the e.u. will have completely different approaches. yeah and i think i mean obviously these are early days administration is just getting started but if we look ahead you know what are the real potential sources of tension between the europeans and the united states if the u.s. is moving into a more serious era of confrontation with china and with russia that puts europe in a quite difficult position because russia is on the doorstep than a few think about it with china will germany is its prosperity is really heavily dependent on china its export has export some $100000000000.00 euros worth of goods to china every year and at the same time germany is heavily dependent on america for its defense so if we do see the u.s. and china moving into a sort of cold war like scenario can germany keep that going dependent on the u.s. for its defense dependent on china for its prosperity

human rights watch for instance says 10000000 citizens in hungary are effectively living under or thora tarion rule in poland the government is accused by the self of violating the unions laws undermining judicial independence in bulgaria torture is rife along with massive corruption at all levels of government how does that fit into the most advanced model of democracy in society in the modern world. the rule of law and the respect for the rule of law the moccasin and fundamental rights are the jewels in the crown of the european union their non-negotiable i do not deny that in certain parts of our geography the their way to history and authority to authoritarianism and tyrion is still has. a resilient presence if you like and we are now for some years working very very consistently and i would say aggressively to remedy these but colleges in making clear that the rule of law has to be respected by all members states at all levels using or selling drug area that for 14 years but instead of doing it on li by threatening the nuclear button off our article so many of the treaty we have no

and then found these supporters after the incident barel said that russia is going down a worrisome thora tarion route without room for democratic alternatives some e.u. law make his say they do not believe that the russian foreign minister would make good on his threat to sever ties. you know but. you know i was always my notes just from my point of view this is saber rattling no one should be surprised about that russia would be shooting itself in the foot if it wants to break off ties with the e.u. . and north stream to you is one of those ties this gigantic pipeline project is meant to bring russian gas into europe and it's almost finished it's not clear where the new sanctions would affect this project worth billions of euros the venture is controversial and some e.u. member states oppose it but is committed to it. former european central bank chief mario draghi has agreed to serve as the new prime minister of italy 73 year old economist said he was ready to lead a national unity government designed to manage the effects of the coronavirus pandemic which has ravaged italy and sparked

government and it got nowhere at all so we have a new government is everyone going to except it's all thora t. i think is question number one and there are other problems facing libya as well there is a cease fire in place which is very good news but the international community and the u.n. security council are worried about the foreign presence in libya and foreign meddling in libya already one deadline has passed for all foreign forces to leave libya a joint military commission is meeting right now a separate diplomatic process inside libya in certain it i believe is going to come up with a new deadline the u.n. security council be forced into action soon because they will have to approve the monitoring mission the u.n. secretary general that they've asked the u.n. secretary general to set up and i'm hearing that initial group of monitors probably not more than a dozen will be just to plan that monitoring mission to keep the cease fire holding until the election stephanie williams the acting special representative is going to retire she has achieved a great deal as the stand in remember t

that show britain's astra zeneca job offers only limited protection against you variants of the virus thora says are now extending doorstep testing across the country to check whether people have the disease however some experts say it is still important to use the job because it does protect against the worst effects of the meta asians. i comes after the head of the parliamentary health committee said the u.k. to cope with the response had been mishandled former health secretary jeremy hunt added that above all the government should have reacted quicker as a country we have not got everything right in our pandemic handling we need to learn lessons and the biggest lesson of all is that in a pandemic you have to act faster than the virus meanwhile tough new measures for travellers entering britain come into force on monday legal experts including top judges have heavily criticized the government's move to jail arrivals who lie about their travel history or quarantine plans health secretary matt hancock announced the controversial regulations earlier this week in parliament. anyone who lies o

consider this even though looting is not free she is a reminder that feminism works and terrifies all thora terence like the saudi royal family sister today think u.s. president joe biden for her release how big of a role did the u.s. administration play that we know that is taking a different approach now to saudi arabia compared to the trump administration. i think it's really important to remember that the trumpet ministration was not an aberration it was a continuation of decades of corrupt u.s. policy toward saudi arabia by which the united states bought billions of dollars worth of oil and sold the saudis billions of dollars worth of weapons trump was just a bit more obvious about it so i think if now i respect lootings family and they can say whatever they want about this is release but i think it's really important to not consider that this is any different untel until well and unless we see a real change for example that the us administration stop sending weapons to saudi arabia which are used to commit war crimes in yemen that the us administration demands the release of all the o

public broadcaster reported the tanker was the suspected source the country's nature and parks or thora he says it's one of its worst ecological disasters on record $55.00 tons of tar have been cleaned up so far and the united nations has new ariz about a long abandoned fuel tanker off the coast of yemen that risks a monumental oil spill and about to get into james space has more. the un is increasingly concerned about the state of the tanker which it's estimated has $1100000.00 barrels of oil on board they were told in november they could carry out an assessment mission but since then there's been delay after delay the spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general says it's as though the goalposts are constantly shifting we've been talking about this right the 2 years now by the grace of god there has not been a major leak the more we wait the the chances of a major leak or increasing where you know the time is not on anyone's side and it's not about us it's about the devastating environmental impact that it would have on the region meanwhile al-jazeera has obtained the draft for a new u

israelis refusing to get a coronavirus job may soon find their name is being given to the or thora ts at least that's what the israeli prime minister has suggested raising concerns over possible privacy violations and discrimination israel has a world leading vaccination program but its recent loss of momentum has worried prime minister benjamin netanyahu the government is now considering taking a series of measures to boost the uptake among the population they include launching a campaign against this information introducing a law aimed at people refusing to get the job as well as giving immunity passports to those inoculated. with the reasons to go and get vaccinated is that we are now launching the green passport plan wherever it's been vaccinated will be able to go enjoy the steer to the cinema sports events flights abroad restaurants and more. the new measure sparks protests outside the prime minister's residence in jerusalem with hundreds demanding netanyahu is resignation accusing him of mishandling the pandemic and corruption the proposal to share the names on vaccinated peop

people on the streets with the highest attendance in moscow and st petersburg in the russian capital of thora she's out cold on people not to gather citing pandemic restrictions officers used force where demonstrators resisted arrest meanwhile russia's federal security service has released footage purporting to show a secret meeting between one of the closest associates and a british intelligence officer the f.s.b. claims britain is actively involved with the russian opposition providing them with financial support and intelligence. the details all 'd of a spy scandal involving a fake rock dating back to 2006 we're also shared with the f.s.b. saying it illustrates the scope the boldness of british interference in russian affairs our senior correspondent off just what's been revealed. is a dirty word but everyone does it it's a tricky business high risk high reward pull it off and you hit jackpot and no one ever finds out but when you measured up it's a world of them barrus mint as was the case 15 years ago out of the blue a senior british diplomat develops the oddest habit of during an inexpl

china saying that this was an internal affair for me en masse saying that it was in contact with your thora g.'s their. workers working with them to return the country to normal. russia also having a view that this was a matter for me in mars internal affairs and that it didn't really agree with this kind of unbridled criticism that the authorities the military was being subjected to by the succession of voices western voices standing up and saying their piece at the un human rights council so as with the un often you do get that division between china russia and the western states thank you very challenge skipping an eye on those human rights council developments now to other news and in the coming hours former u.s. president donald trump's lawyers will present their defense on charges of inciting an insurrection democratic impeachment managers have wrapped up their case in trump's senate impeachment trial and official has more on thursday's proceedings in capitol hill there was no dramatic video from the impeachment managers on thursday instead there was a warning donald trump had a histo