tony cheng al jazeera, ma'am. ah, she's out there and these are the top stories. the man who saved more than 1200 lives during the ones in genocide and inspired the film hotel. the wander has been released from prison us 2nd true state antony blinking his thanked the renton government for freeing poll recessive athena and cut off for assisting president joe biden has warned iran the u. s. will act forcefully to protect americans is after the u. s. military carried out s drives against iran linked targets in syria, retaliation for an attack that killed an american contractor, an injured 5 soldiers, and also grateful for the professionalism. our service members who are so ably carried out this response and to make no mistake, united states does not, does not emphasize seek conflict with iran, but be prepared to fresh track forcefully protect our people. that's exactly what happened last night. us stalks have closed higher after week start to friday session. despite a fell off among european banks, led by deutsche bank shares in the german giant, close down 8.5 perce

atrocities is now in full control of the country and similar scenes of being seen across mamma, tony cheng al jazeera naperville. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera hall recess, a begin other man whose story was featured in hollywood film hotel. rwanda is due to be released from prison. he was sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges. in 2021. he saved more than 1200 people during the 1994 genocide. welcome, why was monitoring the story from goma in a democratic republic of congo? now his family and his associates said that the trial was, was completely unfair. he refused to participate in it. he was given the sentence and not provoked outcry, particularly in the us as the bench in hollywood had made him famous. that has been some so diplomatic pressure from the us ever since president pull me of rwanda. as mentioned this a couple of times over the last month saying he thought that the situation would soon be resolved. and now we're hearing that recessive again, is expected to be released in the coming hours or days and handed over to the embassy of guitar. at least $200.00 is really army

tony cheng al jazeera nipple. when the him of military leadership says that will repent, create about 1400 refugees from bangladesh. the announcement has been met with skepticism from both of our senior community and rights. groups tend to challenge re gathered reaction from cox's bizarre and bangladesh. last week, 17 member and me on my military official delegation visit at bangladesh to start and initiate a pilot project of repatriation. now that interview about for under driving, growing refugees in a camp and check them out on the main car and could longer ballot collie. now, most of the rowing out we spoke to, i very skeptical about the repatriation initiative that said this is nothing more than an optic and a public relations thing. they want to go back. most of them are more than willing to go back, but they want security from the un. they won their citizenship right back. they want to be recognized ethnic indigenous minority group in may on march and be called ro hang up. otherwise, i don't want to go some

the rest of her natural life, tony cheng, al jazeera mim. iran's foreign minister hussein amir abdullah hi lot. hi leon is in moscow for talks with russian counterpart survey. lever of the senior diplomats are expected to discuss a range of issues including iran's nuclear program. defense and economic cooperation will also be on the agenda, including developments in syria and afghanistan, as well as issues related to the caspian sea region. well, it's go to moscow now and speak to journalist to eula, shop of oliver. i think you were much being an al jazeera. can you just give us more detail about what's going to be discussed during this meeting? negotiations between the iranian foreign minister and his russian counterpart survey liberals are just about to begin. we are waiting for them to start any moment now. and during the dialogue, the foreign ministers will discuss some pressing international issues, including the iranian nuclear program. as you mentioned in terms of the joint comprehensive plan of action, they will also touch upon the state of affairs in syria of ghana, sound the s

tony cheng al jazeera nipple, pakistan's, former prime minister, emron con, has been granted bail after a court appearance to face multiple charges. he says are politically motivated. con and 16 members of his pakistan to headachy in soft political party were summoned to face accusations of sedition and terrorism. since the taliban leadership and i'm gonna start benz girls on women from attending school and university 3 months ago. millions have been denied their right to education. but while school doors have closed, windows of opportunity and education have opened online. when we consume sharif reports, sophia wants to attend university, but that's not possible. so she signed up for an english goes online, a growing number of virtual schools are becoming a lifeline for girls and women of gum, a son who been borrowed from secondary and university education. that's a good opportunity for girls for women and have gone as far to continue their education. you're a savvy of an all inclusive, so that's why i want to continue my studies in online courses. sophia is fortunate to be admitted to

tony cheng al jazeera, ma'am. united states in the south korea have conducted their 1st large scale amphibious landing exercises in 5 years. the jewels are taking place off the coast of eastern po, hang. north korea uses the u. s. and south korea of rehearsing and invasion. on tuesday it unveiled what it said, where new and smaller nuclear warheads mcbride is following the meditation as his from pi of all of the joint drills that have been held over the past few weeks. this, i'm, phoebe, a landing exercise is probably the most dramatic, like the other drills it has been on hold for the last 5 years or so. it is also probably one of the more controversial shows of strength coming during what is meant to be a rehearsal by the south to defend itself from an attack by the north. hundreds of us and south korean marines storming the beaches would not seem to be very defensive. but then, as the allies argue, this is them rehearsing for a counter offensive, making themselves such a formidable foe that no one would think a

tony cheng al jazeera. ma'am. the us as canada, as strikes on targets in east and syria, reportedly killing 11 pro iranian fighters. pentagon says the operation came off to an iranian link drone attack to us led coalition base near the car. on thursday, 5, american soldiers were injured and a contract, so it was kills. the pentagon is saying, the building it struck was completely destroy and the casualties of being assess these precision strikes were intended to protect and defend us personnel, and the u. s. took proportionate and deliberate action intended to limit the risk of escalation and minimize casualties. as secretary austin said in his statement, no group will strike our troops with impunity. again, secretary austin, along with the department of defense, offer our thoughts and prayers to the family and colleagues of the american contractor who was killed and would those who are wounded in the attack. our forces deployed in syria continue to conduct their important mission and support of the international

tony cheng al jazeera naperville does increase security in kenya, after opposition leader writer a dingo called for protests over the rising cost of living there. security forces in the capital, nairobi fi t aghast. that people trying to gather shops have been shut and trained services suspended police earlier band people demonstrating against high prices and fuel shortages ah remodel headlines. you and al jazeera protests, as in israel, remain on the street despite the prime minister announcing he will hold off on reforms to the legal system. benjamin netanyahu has said there will be a delay to the overhaul that would increase the power knesset at the expense of the course. but he said that he will not surrender in his attempt to bring sweeping changes. the proposal has led to weeks of demonstrations with critic saying it threatens democracy globally for well, whenever we have the capabilities to avoid a civil war, we need to go for this. at the same time, we need to give ourselves some time in order to reach a point where we can vote during the 2nd session of the concert. we want refor

being seen all across the country, tony cheng al jazeera, ma'am. utah has become the 1st state in the u. s. to pass legislation restricting the use of social media from minors. parental permission will not be required for anyone under the age of 18 to use platforms like to talk instagram, facebook, the law is designed to make social media giants more responsible for their content . that's it for me. thanks for watching. the news continues here. weather update is next been inside story. ah, here's your weather update for the 1000000 stand africa. thank you so much for joining in. so the winds are picking up across a huge swath of saudi arabia. see the brown on the map that's a stand in does being spun around, a number of weather alerts in play here for blowing does but around the gulf, it is a quieter pitcher, kuwait, minolta doe, had to buy plenty of signing your temperature about 30 degrees on saturday, to see snow in theater ets in pakistan's baluchistan province for the 1st time in march. and 15 years, most of the action now round, the north is

tony cheng al jazeera mim heads of state from a spanish portuguese speaking nations are meeting for the bi annual i barrow america summit. the oldest block in the region that doesn't include the united states. on the packed agenda is post. pandemic recovery ukraine. war and climate change. we'll see and human reports from us down to domingo in the dominican republic. the dominican republic. the 1st colony of the americas, founded by spain in 1492. today it's hosting the 27th through american summit. a forum for leaders of latin america, spain, portugal, and then dora $22.00 countries in all on the agenda, climate change, food security, migration, and strategies for regional integration to confront them. a persona professionally mclamore. yeah. these lead is supposed to make sure that it won't lead. birth is no work, no money. how can people feed themselves? that's why so many people leave our countryside coming. 65 year old lisa says, unemployment is made worse by the number of undocumented workers who come here from neighboring haiti. oh say, i mean that even the presidents should unit

tony cheng al jazeera, ma'am. oh natasha rename, joins us from west jerusalem with more on the crisis in israel. now are the 2 leaders, netanyahu and biden are clearly at odds over this. what sort of pressure does that actually put on nathan, yahoo! now, bear in mind that this is a longstanding relationship between american president joe biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. but they've known each other for 40 years by netanyahu's recollection of the 2 have not met since netanyahu has taken office in december. and president biden, up until tuesday evening, had never been so clear publicly about his opposition to the judicial overhaul. the we know from the american media that by the biden administration, had been pressuring benjamin netanyahu and his administration to calm the streets to come to some sort of compromise netanyahu has saying, is saying that he appreciates the longstanding alliance between the 2 countries. he says it's unbreakable and that they've always been able to overcome the rare occasions

tony cheng al jazeera. ma'am. let's not start to come here and just hear, including we hear from people in libya, say they're struggling to buy the basic necessities this ramadan more not ah here's or whether update for the 1000000 stand africa. thank you so much for joining in. so the winds are picking out the cross, a huge swath of saudi arabia. see the brown on the map. that's a stand in does being spun around a number of weather alerts in play here for blowing does, but around the gulf, it is a quieter pitcher kuwait. manana, though, hard to buy plenty of signing your temperature, about 30 degrees on saturday. did see snow in theater ets in pakistan's baluchistan province for the 1st time in march and 15 years, most of the action now round the north is lumber bog. and the hor, so punjab providence in boxes. some of that is transferring over into punjab state in india. these are westerly disturbances moving out of afghanistan into pockets done for the vans quite unsettled some downpours along that border with t

the rest of her natural life, tony cheng al jazeera, ma'am. thousands of syrians have gone missing during the countries prolonged conflicts. now the united nations, as pushing for answers, syrian families have long been calling for a mechanism to find their loved ones are diplomatic. edison james base has the story from un headquarters in york. after 12 years of war, the united nations estimates there are about a 100000 people missing in syria, detained or abducted. their relatives don't know if they're alive or dead. now, the united nations is preparing to set up a new body to investigate. the corner stone is the establishment by the general assembly of a new international institution to clarify the faith and whereabouts of the missing and to provide support to victims and their families. i urge all member states to act, and i call on the government of cd and all, all parties with the conflict to corporate. it is essential to help syrians healed and remove an obstacle to securing sustainable peace. warfare. mustafah welcomes the idea of the new institution. she hopes it could bring her f

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tony cheng al jazeera, ma'am. dozens of ukrainian children returning to their families after being held in russian control territory keeps as more than 16000 children have been illegally deported to russia. last week, the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin for allegedly overseeing the practice. moscow denies the allegations or a con reports i took this young girl says hi, dad, from a van the sport children for russian controlled territory. there were uniting in kia a moment until the fighting love. these children are among dolphins have been reunited with their parents. the working or the versa, the sonata, giovanni, our mission, the rescue mission, as we call it, ended to day. we returned 17 children who were deported to the russian federation. many ukrainian parents in russian controlled areas said they felt pressure to send their children to what they thought was summer camps. but instead they say they were places to teach russian patriotism. oh, we went to school because they would call and text my grandmother saying if she did

tony cheng al jazeera. mm hm. united states and south korea have conducted their 1st large scale amphibious landing exercises in 5 years. drills are taking place off the coast of eastern po, hang. north korea accuses the u. s. and south korea and rehearsing and invasion on tuesday to unveiled what it said were new and small at nuclear warheads. rob mcbride is following the military exercises from back of all of the joint drills that have been held over the past few weeks. this. i'm fabulous. landing exercise is probably the most dramatic, like the other drills it has been on hold for the last 5 years or so. it is also probably one of the more controversial shows of strength coming during what is meant to be a rehearsal by the south to defend itself from an attack by the north. hundreds of us and south korean marines storming the beaches would not seem to be very defensive. but then, as the allies argue, this is them rehearsing for a counter offensive, making themselves such a formidable foe that no one would think

tony cheng al jazeera. ma'am? we're angry. human rights activists and also asked me to join me live now from vancouver. and you've have really a detailed knowledge and expertise of this matter happened previous failed attempts to convince wrangler to go back. they simply too scared to do so under this deal. where would they be returning to given that many of their homes and villages have been burned to the ground and totally destroyed? thank you for having me and, and thank you for that question. very unlikely. i'm the highest unlikely that people are actually going to be able to go back to where they were originally from given the, the general was talking about us and referring to us. it's been golly, there is really no commitment that they're making where they were talking about how you know they're going to process us in the caps for 2 weeks. it could turn very, very well turn into this internment camps situation that happened post 2011 and 12 in fit way. reclined state. i have no confidence. that's this. you k

tony cheng al jazeera nipple. at least 6 people had been killed and a suicide bombing and cab all that blast happening near the afghan foreign minister in the capital. local media is reporting another 12 people were injured. one of them is a child. while since the taliban leadership and have gone to stan ban girls and women from attending school and university 3 months ago, millions have been denied their right to education. but while school doors have closed, windows of opportunity in education have opens on line. when we consume sharif reports, sophia wants to attend university, but that's not possible. so she signed up for an english course online. a growing number of virtual schools are becoming a lifeline for girls and women in afghanistan, who been barred from secondary and university education is a good opportunity for girls for women and have jennifer to continue your education . you're a savvy of an online course, so that's why i want to continue my studies in online courses. sophia is fortunate to be adm

tony cheng al jazeera, ma'am. the united states navy has asserted what he calls navigational rights and freedoms officer, a standoff with the chinese military in the south china sea. beijing says the us war ship was driven out of water is near the parasol islands for the 2nd time. this week. washington denies any wrong doing thing. it's vessel. the u. s. s 1000000 was conducting a routine operation in international waters. china claim sovereignty over almost the entire so trying to see, despite an international court saying the claim has no legal basis. katrina, you has more from beijing for the 2nd day. now we've had tense claim and counterclaims in the us and china stand off in the south china sea on thursday. we initially had a statement from china navy saying a u. s. guided missile destroyed us as millions had sailed without permission and legally into an area of the chinese coast kesha by the parasite islands. they then said that this destroy was expelled by the chinese navy and accused us of creating instabi

tony cheng al jazeera nipple and me and mars military leadership says it will repatriate about a 1000 ra, hing a refugees from bangladesh. announcement has been met with skepticism from both through he a community and right school. tanveer chandry has reaction from cox, his bizarre in bangladesh. last week, a 17 member me on my military official delegation visit at bangladesh to start and initiate a pilot project of repatriation. now that interviewed about for under driving, growing refugees and camp and check them out on the main camp in cooper longer ballot collie. i'm most of the rowing as we spoke to, i very skeptical about the repatriation initiative that said this is nothing more than an optic and a public relations thing. they want to go back. most of them are more than willing to go back, but they want security from the un. they want their citizenship right back. they want to be recognized ethnic indigenous minority group in me on my and be called ro hang up. otherwise, i don't want to go some of them camp later we spoke to said that the justice must prevail fast. they're wait

tony cheng l to 0. now competent central thailand. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. hundreds of iranian school girls are in the hospital after the latest wave of suspect to poisoning the tax. the tax began in november of dawson about his get more from to hon. according to semi official news agencies, the attacks have taken place in at least 12 provinces, across iran, on saturday alone. and that means hundreds of girls have been taken to hospital as a result of these attacks at the one of the main ones that we've heard of is in pock dash, which is in southern terran worth 3 schools were simultaneously attack. and that it saw at least 250 girls being taken to hospital or earlier on saturday. there is a lot of a confusion and a lot of anger at the moment across iran, about what is taking place, staying in around the head of the u. a nuclear watchdog has met president abraham roy easy over to ryan's nuclear program. rafael groceries visit comes days after i . e. a inspectors reportedly found an iranian nuclear site had particles of enriched ur

tony cheng elder sir, no competence, central thailand. and that is in use for now on al jazeera and fully back to those so raman will have more nice. were you right after inside story series? ah hello, it's slightly dry. enquire to cross batch of china, the korean peninsula and in de, pushing across into where japan at the moment. nice big area of high pressure keeping it settled, some warmth as well. spring warmth. they're getting into the mid teens, therefore, beijing for soul. and also for turk tokyo, we will see some wet weather just creeping into that eastern side of hun shoe. as we go on through sunday, pushing little further northwood says we're going to work monday, but essentially it's a fine pitch was a dry pitch with plenty of sunshine. is that warmth in shanghai at around 20 celsius, getting up to a pleasant $23.00. in hong kong, now we have got large, dry weather to across much of south asia, chance of one or 2 showers there. into that eastern side, austria lanka may be the final to pakistan just around the foothills of the himalayas. just noticed one or 2 thunderst

al jazeera has been granted right access inside me and more for the 1st time since the qu, tony cheng joins me live now from the capital naperville. so what can we expect in the coming hours? i think we're going to see an awesome display of military minors as we see most years here. this event tanks, artillery, rolling through senior generals, out here on the platform behind me. thousands of soldiers on the marching ground. marching information, much as you might see in north korea, we're also going to see all of the armed forces represented. the navy is here, the air force, importantly, i think a lot of people will be paying close attention to that. that has been the air force has been a deciding factor to a certain extent. as a mere mazama has tried to crush oppression to the military coup you just mentioned . of course they faced very little challenge from the rebels who had defying the government. but i think the fact that the international media has been invited this year is also significant. we've seen a little more engagement the previous things, particularly since the q, when