parliamentary election. there were refugees facing deportation from indian administrate kashmir. and after a year of pandemic hardships women mark their international day with protest celebrations too. and in support of a joke of it talks to al-jazeera about his record breaking spell as world number one. i don't think yet he'll be aware of. the magnitude of this milestone is now being on top of the tennis world for $311.00 weeks during his career. a judge in senegal has ordered the release of opposition leader was months sokol after formally charging him with rape sancho supporters surrounded the coup. tast in dakar is the here and took place chairing that also promising more demonstrations on call says the allegation is politically motivated to stop him from challenging longtime president markey sell his or respond to days of violence in the capital as well as in other cities. because hawk is outside our house so since he's been released and what's been happening. to listen hundreds of people gathered here outside to spend some because house kim and shortly just moments ago he has his party has announced to his supporters to gather as you know what he said which is one of the independence square of the capital and we've seen droves of people marching walking towards that direction where we suspect was once uncle will make a public appearance and the reason why you're seeing so many supporters outside his house right now because if you speak to them they say they tell you that they see in this release of. their victory it's thanks to their protest movement that they were able to release him from detention and what they describe as a politically motivated charge they say also that you know it serves as a reminder to the powerful to the president that they are accountable to them and to the people and not to big corporations we've seen through the protests a movement that many supporters looted specifically french supermarkets accusing president monkey sell of defending the interests of big corporation instead of protecting. the ordinary cynically people specifically the poor kim ok so as you say the process is these past few days and not just about the arrest of response on call so what then happens now. well it seems that we're waiting for it was months of who to make a public statement because it crystallizes this protest movement of course since his arrest there's been this new movement called the movement to protect democracy which allies opposition activists as well as civil society actors amnesty international is also calling for further protests really why do. the scope of this movement that it's not just about these months until it's about also guaranteeing in save guarding the long standing tradition of democracy here some of the opposition activists accuse the present marquis cell of trying to start of eliminating the opposition through these court cases there are others who accuse the president trying to tweak the constitution perhaps as head of the elections are still 3 years or 3 years away in order to run for a 3rd mandate and then the vast majority of the people protesting the people that you see here are just they want to see a fair share of the pie of the wealth of senegal present mikey cell came to power things protesters like this in 2012 when he came out and denounced the inequity in senegal but since he's come into power there has been an economic boom there has been big projects infrastructure projects like new airports and you really line the construction of a new port but for many people here they've suffered especially last year the consequences in the fallout of the corona virus and the economic fallout that this has had on these people is specifically the restrictions put in place such as the curfew that has really affected people people who are shop owners who can't open their shop after 6 o'clock so the interior minister says that it will relax some of these measures there are deep grievances came that need to be addressed in order for this protest movement to transform and to find some form of dialogue interestingly senegal has something very specific it has a. mediator a government appointed mediator that's here to mediate between protest movement and the president in the government and yesterday he came out he says the president has a duty to the crowd and to try to restore dialogue between the people. and the into too shouldn't it is meant to represent and we are all hoping or expecting sorry president mikey cell to address the nation tonight at 2100 and many people here will be waiting to hear what he has to say but also before that waiting to see we have on some go free free at last here in his home tonight kim ok a lot of moving parts in senegal thank you for that update we'll be checking back in with you nicholas there outside the house. the president of ivory coast has appointed an interim prime minister despite concerns about the results of saturday's parliamentary elections both the governing party and the main opposition are claiming victory even though incomplete official figures are still trickling else the oppositions also alleging widespread fraud which the government rejects interests joins us now from abidjan ahmed so who is the new prime minister 1st off and also how the parliamentary elections likely to play out given both sides are saying they want. to go basically like you said she has been appointed interim prime minister after mr bucher your call the current prime minister is hospitalized and that his condition warranted the new appointment in terms of the parliamentary elections it's clear that the ruling or governing party is clearly in the lead with most of the seats one by the the party however the opposition which sounded warning and allegations of fraud yesterday as the results are being announced by the election commission is sr but there have been irregularities in at least major districts and it's saying that it will not accept those results because the election commission in collaboration with the governing party was trying to rig them out however from all indications observers who witnessed the fall give it a period of despite the problems encountered during the conduct of the elections like the late start the month function of the election materials and all that but right now what we are waiting for is a fine on the colorations just an hour ago more than 190 seat have been declared a person what are those party b r h d p is clearly in the lead they have taken a break the election commission has taken a break and will resume and has started by the way. the announcement of this these results before the end of the day will clearly know whether the other h d p party won a clear majority or the opposition has won a clear majority in parliament as they claimed ok i know they were all violence because of what happened after the presidential election have any of those has been realized. while they were close to there when we were close to witnessing another round of violence yesterday when opposition supporters insisted that they were allegations or they were leading a rigging or electoral fraud in many parts of the country especially here in the biggest city of joy so eventually the security forces to the point in my numbers and what can i pull to contain the situation right now what i've already is is when the final results and now most and the one party is declared a clear winner with majority in parliament that is when i voted is one to believe that things are quiet and unless they see that happening before the end of today then suddenly a lot of people will still be water or been to markets and other visa places here in our vision and the outlook is that a lot of people have opened their shops businesses are running as they used to and there are no trouble so far for the speeds of the shop and lot of other parts of ivory coast is the same thing in other parts of ivory coast however what will determine whether or not this election will pass peacefully is one we see the outcome or that a year after the announcement of the final results today came all right now then thank you for that of an interest in. local media in myanmar are reporting the deaths of 2 people after police fired on protesters in the northern town of michiana shops and factories have closed in some cities trade unions are calling for a total economic shutdown in their campaign against the military coup at least $59.00 protesters have been killed since the protests began early last month scott hardware is monitoring developments from bangkok in neighboring thailand. there's been some violence in the northern state there are protests up there in the capital city and that turned deadly for 2 protesters gunshot wounds to the head there were both police and military forces confronting the protesters there that happened within just the last couple of hours so that is something that you know again we're seeing that some of these protests are turning deadly and they continue to turn deadly you know in young gone there are protests again as well the same parts of the city that we've seen most over the last month and month plus a week going on so that has been going on but also there is a strike a general strike that was called by labor unions and that has really shut most of the shops and businesses but also factories in myanmar the the purpose behind this they say is they want to bring the economy to a halt thus putting more pressure on the judge to because of what they have done because of their takeover of the democratically elected government back on february 1st they're using this as leverage the protesters they say yes today is good monday's going to be a general strike but they want to be ongoing we know that you know civil servants have been taking strikes have been not showing up for work over the last couple of weeks so that's also coupled with this they hope to pressure the judge to come to some type of a negotiation but as we're seeing what's happening on the streets a great across myanmar that's not happening. and astronomy has added more international pressure on me and general suspending a defense cooperation program we have reviewed our military engagement and announced yesterday that activities would be suspended we've also reviewed our development assistance because one of the things that i do not want today and they destroyed you does not want to do is to penalize the people of myanmar the people of myanmar who are amongst the poorest people in as. and who have been dealing with significant challenges for a long period of time some more want to head this. hour. more details on the explosions which devastated large areas of a city an equatorial guinea. israel starts vaccinating some palestinians but most people in the occupied territory are still living without protection from corporate 90. in sport we'll hear from roger federer as he prepares to make his comeback to competitive tennis after more radio waves. supply disruption fares have pushed the price of oil above $70.00 a barrel for the 1st time in 14 months john comes a day after yemen's who the rebels launched another attack on saudi arabia's energy facilities. more soldiers loyal to yemen's u.n. recognized president of the. a facing the very biggest challenge in years preventing who the fighters from taking control of mareeba the province east of the capital is which in oil and natural gas is also how does last chance to regain control of yemen. but the who these have been sending reinforcements they know the battle of could decide the future of the country. further south fighting has intensified around the city of thais government forces have launched an offensive to retake military bases controlled by elite army units moyal to the who thiis. dram backed rebels hold ground in to prevent government forces from advancing to was mad it was an all. violence is spiraling out of control why that's going on the whole things have launched an attack targeting oil facilities in saudi arabia was a learned joe in was say all the artillery and drone divisions were able to conduct a wide offensive in the depths of saudi arabia with 14 drones and 8 ballistic missiles targeted around cole in ras port and other military facilities and their mom more military sites were targeted in assyria and resign and the strike was precise. but saudi arabia says its defenses intercepted the drone and b. sila tax return and was swift the saudi coalition launched strikes in the capital sanaa. the escalation comes as the u.s. on voyde to yemen is visiting the region to rally support for an and to the conflict similar to land the king is hoping to bring all the parties and give diplomacy a chance but the last breakthrough in yemen was short lived in 2019 the un convinced the warring factions to agree on a ceasefire a prisoner swap and political talks on the future of the country weeks later the deal collapsed and fighting has not stopped ever since. 0. with more on this we're joined by oil and gas economist mayer and bern switzerland thanks for your time is this price jump all down to the attacks on saudis ruston or a terminal because saudi said or oil production wasn't impacted so so what other inflationary pressures are there right now. well 8 you saw the price go up about 2.9 percent up above $71.00 and it's not back to about them $69.00 so it went up temporarily because of that strike and production was not impacted analysts will you know will have it at the back of their minds but really the real chump you know we are who wouldn't 10 percent since march to war start opec plus decide that to leave production cuts in place except for russia and kazakhstan who are allowed to get them their production up 150000 barrels a day and saudi arabia decided to leave it's it's more than 31000000 barrels a day cut in place so we have basically this disgust taken 7 about 7800000 barrels out of the market when the economy in asia is picking up and when we also see ameri cup picking up especially now that the corporate 19 relief bill has been has been approved by the senate and how much fair is there that high oil prices could impact economic recovery i mean high or oil prices might be good for the oil industry for oil producing nations but perhaps not for everyone else. well i think to east there is a little bit of fear in the u.s. because it's really putting you know it's getting it's the economy is starting to power ahead. this is counterbalanced by the fact that you also have show producers who could theoretically come back on stream for asian we find this it is difficult because what they did the higher your price the scene at the margins but they're still benefiting especially in china they went shopping for oil when your price was very low and they have a lot of inventor e. europe you know europe this is still in the dollar i'm so there's still so many lock downs and vaccination is is it's sluggish so it depends on which region you're looking at what i would really look at april because right now we're in the refinery maintenance period you know going from heating oil switching over to gasoline for the summer so wendy we finally come back on stream then our limited when they come back on stream that will be when we see considerably more demand but opec is meeting once a month so they can easily then production ok thanks so much for your analysis there courtney meyer there and there. international women's day is being celebrated at a time of staggering health and economic crises these are live pictures from paris the pandemic has disproportionately affected women the u.n. secretary general and us warns its consequences could last for many years to come gupta reports. this 3 meter fence was meant to guard mexico's presidential palace from protesters and women stay instead it's become a towering symbol of the violence women here face these are the names of those who have been murdered because of their gender last year 939 were killed between 20152020 the number of women have died for this reason increased by nearly a 100 at 30 percent. today we come to give a voice to these women who are no longer here today we come to write their names to remember them so that they are never forgotten and that justice is done for them. 6 in pakistan activist rally demanding shelters to protect women from abuse around the world aid agencies say the pandemic and lockdowns have led to both cases of domestic violence women of course. been confined so in the case of women who are living with an abuser they are trapped with that person and 2nd layer of course has been much harder for women to access offices so some services have had to close down during lockdown periods or absolutely not be physically accessible for women. and we've also seen a very very concerning trend of increased violence online in france activist gratitude against existing inequalities made worse by the pandemic. in the food pains protesters blamed their government for a rise in unemployment and poverty the pandemic and government restrictions have meet women more economically vulnerable and added to the invisible burden of unpaid domestic and care work out is to much across all regions women have become more likely than men to become economically. it was also so that when his wages have been. so winds to. wage bill in the countries where we have a fallen by one percent. compared with 5.4 percent for women have been on the frontlines of the fight against. simply percent of health workers and 1st responders are women yet the gender pay gap suits at 28 percent. the u.n. says an equal future is within reach if everyone chips in but for now it's largely women who are bearing the cost of the pandemic. al-jazeera. in india a lack of sanitary pads has led to widespread discrimination against men straight in women according to one survey only 36 percent of women use sanitary pads the rest rely on rags leaves mud and soil to manage their parents several organizations have made it their mission to change this manufacturing pads and distributing them in schools and rural communities talking to young girls and boys about menstruation has also played a crucial role in easing the shame some feel about the subject but joining us from new delhi is on your web she spent women's day distributing sanitary napkins to women in refugee settlements across the indian capital she's one of the leaders of hashtags spot the stigma that's an initiative trying to normalize the discourse about menstruation really good to have you on the program thank you for joining us here on al-jazeera talk me through the biggest challenges that you face in your region to try and ensure access to senate tree products i mean this is just normal right where women this is this is normal life so how do you normalize these conversations. so i can go the 1st issue is that a lot of people as you look agm actuation as a big ma as a taboo at something which is employed as women began to become impure doing that that was the month for the 1st 7 ending the biggest problem if you just normal life form with the issue then i only meant to eat and then making people feel like that you know maturation is something way naturally biologically for dominic not something that makes someone go to the p.c. i mean it's not like you committing a sin so that's the 1st step and the 2nd step is also the access to resources that women don't have or men do we generally don't have to or. we see that that is 2 types of lack of fact there is of course the market in commission and around 71 percent of girls in india lack information about what period is as a concept before even getting here and i'm 50 'd 2000000 girls in india don't have access to toilet. so where do they go when they're meant to eating how did they get access and. when the lot of them going to have access to fanny to the napkins or product that you buy them back to a thing and i feel like the bank has just made it was because the access is just getting wider and girl gap and the actors are just getting by going to the we just wanted to make sure and try to avoid making this gap a little less really important work probably true what impact a lack of access to senator products has for women and for girls because i guess if you get a parish and you can't go to school i mean that's going to put you at a huge disadvantage. yeah i mean i think i feel like one and that's one of the biggest problems that i'm 23000000 girls a 1000000 jobs out annually as soon as they start getting that featured because again like i mentioned we don't have proper actors especially in truth and then you have that you just got a decent attached to be and what we've been told since then to use in your eyes in your head when you're on your period you're not supposed to enter the kitchen when you're on your p.c. or you're not supposed to and their temples you have them to jewels and in your way they are you do people outside in the same house where you're sort of off to set a venue on the opiates the only big my has acted as a huge bag you're 2 women to get the access to equality to getting involved and empowering to feel like it's so far away when in the 21st century you treating something so natural as something that was going for the next question i want to put to you as somebody who is out there on the ground doing this work you know we also have questions of lead is of you know people from the u.n. people in government but i want to ask you what sort of progress to you think there has been in india for gender equality for women's rights for women to be viewed as equals. i would say it's a mixed bag of opportunities against good that's bad and that's a gray area over here and a that so i do see that there are a lot of speciated thinking you have the disease that is getting made you have new not coming in bad women get treated leave and i'm just talking about men to act now and you have laws which we do women in power when you have sections of society you have people running campaigns in leadership positions but at the same thang you see us. when we step out of these urban bubble that we live in today you see how i'm equal the situation is in a zoo in a dog or even in the urban slum media you see how there are so many taboos that i know all of this so i feel like oh they'll be a project going to be in the 21st century that's been a lot to do best in not just the fact of never you should i being in dumps of getting access but just drive a conversation to just meet people g.i. lies that you know even if the practices that you've been doing think centrally then even if this is something that you're conscious they may be things doc questioning the qualities these that you will be soon issues that you've been following that be like that it's. very very fodder we achieving gender equality act a bigger level in india ok thank you so much for your time wishing you all of the luck and all of your work. with there joining us from new delhi. more coverage of international women's day shortly including what some are calling she america's 1st female vice president sounds the alarm bell about women leaving the workforce. also ahead millions of children across england back in school setting off a nervous wait for parents and health officials. in sports the man who got a profit on it is some of their greatest triumphs is back this club president i think fair with that story. hello once again the weather sloshy set fair across the middle east little bit space is the cloud around the black sea around the caspian sea because he wanted to show is just coming in across the caucuses but elsewhere it is lousy dry well it's of hazy sunshine shall some lifted dust in the sand on shoes to unwind stay just around the gulf but to not see i think it will be essentially fine and settled for the most part some showers just pushing across towards afghanistan through took minustah using up into his back is down but a lot of sunshine for the most part sunshine stretches down across the whole of africa here live the showers into southern parts of uganda some very heavy rain on the cards over the next couple of days into zambia into northern parts of zimbabwe alabi always seeing some where well as well we see some wet weather just coming across northern parts of mozambique stretching its way across into northern areas of madagascar just not said the winds gather for the southern capers we go on through the next day also just clipping cape town but i think it should be large you drive across much of south africa but if you do catch a show here it is going to be a little life we saw they will make its way through as we go on through chews day we'll see dry skies coming back in as we make our way through the 2nd half of that week. 9 years ago al-jazeera was the 1st major network to find evidence of genocide in me. when the tragedy of the rowing was mostly unknown. own. it in genocide on al-jazeera. since its inception in 1961 the kuwait fund has been supporting people's livelihoods in over 100 countries by funding projects in an array of sectors. ranging from infrastructure to health and education. these initiatives ultimately help to eradicate poverty. and promote sustainable development. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour a judge in senegal has ordered the release of opposition leader on bail after formally charging him with a great song call says the allegation is politically motivated his arrest led to days of often violent protests and his supporters have promised more demonstrations . the president of ivory coast has appointed an interim prime minister even as a dispute continues over the results of saturday's parliamentary election official results are still coming in both the ruling party and the main opposition have claimed victory. international women's day is being celebrated at a time of staggering health and economic crises these are live pictures from istanbul the pandemic has disproportionately affected women and the u.n. is warning its consequences could last for many years to come. u.s. vice president carmel howard has called the number of women being driven out of work during the pandemic and national emergency she says this could impact the economic recovery and the stability of families christensen the reports from new york. linda hamis hold her management skills as the chief operating officer of a multinational consulting firm i want to put my name here in valentino's name there but these days she's spending more time in her backyard than the boardroom she left the job in the early days of the pandemic to care for her children now $4.00 and $6.00 my mindset was how to patch together and enough hours in the day so i would get up early and i would start working around 6 or 630 sometimes. she became one of 2 and a half 1000000 women to leave the workforce in the last 12 months compared to 1000000 men my husband and i had to make a choice right you know which one of us is going to be at home with the girls and has not there was no other choice when schools in care facilities closed or women began leaving the workforce in droves some like those in the service industry who were laid off had no choice others did what they thought was best for their family but the impact on the economy has been profound what some have labelled a she session nicole mason chief executive of the institute for women's policy research came up with the term women of color have been just a personally impacted mainly because they're overrepresented in service sectors while men and women are now returning to the workforce mason says many women are working fewer hours for less pay while others have stopped looking for jobs altogether when we talk about you know working women and mothers their general who are often responsible for the majority of the responsibilities in families and the lack of job here and all those years have had a devastating impact on working working women with only about a quarter of the nation's children in school full time the worry is gains made by women in the workforce will be lost or pierce our competitors its best economy democracies have a more built up or in child care and they wind up having substantially higher labor force which this nation among women have us is hoping the last year will inspire systemic changes like flexible work schedules and better childcare options it's really an economic issue it's a societal issue it's a business show it's not one it's a shell she herself is exploring some promising new job opportunities but like many mothers is waiting to commit to anything full time christian salumi al-jazeera new york. jury selection is beginning in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing george lloyd with many in the us in the world watching closely the judge has set aside 3 weeks to choose 12 jurors hundreds of people are expected at a vigil in minneapolis they're calling for a day of prayer and justice for the unarmed black man's death floyd died in may after an office and kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. the president of equitorial guinea says negligence is to blame for several major explosions at a military base at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured the blasts happened in the city of baton not far from the western coast but it's not reports. the force of the explosions appears to flatten most of the buildings in batter a city of a quarter of a 1000000 people equitorial guinea's mainland coast was it was ok to look at the others that were there we don't know what happened everything is destroyed these people say you know some of. the negligent handling of dynamite at the military barracks was the cause of the blast according to a statement from president. bush his son and the vice president. visited the scene with his bodyguards. the defense ministry says high caliber ammunition exploded after a fire in the barracks was such that many people a fair to been trapped under the rubble of collapsed homes hospitals have been overwhelmed with the wounded the health ministry has made an appeal for blood donors and volunteer health workers on the government is appealing for international help. i'm asking from your excellent sees assistance from brotherly countries international organizations to help the republic of equitorial guinea in this lamentable situation we have. the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by present for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country's suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz made. maybe as part of int is gathering for a crucial vote on whether to endorse a new interim unity government prime minister designate it. has met members ahead of the vote the u.n. is overseeing the process which it hopes will bring unity after a cease fire deal between the 2 rival administrations if the government is approved it would stand libya to elections in december let's go live now to monica training was in misrata is this vote like a boss. well the m.p.'s have been me have met inserts over 132 and pieces are in the hall as we speak and they open the floor for comments so m.p.'s are giving their comments and their criticisms or support for this government listening listening to those comments it does seem that a majority of them are likely to vote in favor of this government. you know this government was was elected by members or participants of the libyan political dialogue forum in geneva in early february. and according to that agreement the parliament had 21 days starting in the end of february to approve this government and if that doesn't happen the power then returns to the participants of the libyan political dialogue form so i think that's why we're seeing m.p.'s motivated to finally meet and gather as opposed to you know not being able to come to agreement there's been attempts previously one attempt to unify the parliament in october failed in the city of the dam is another attempt in the city of broad just in february also failed so what we're from listening to what the m.p.'s are saying it is likely that this vote may be delayed until tomorrow many m.p.'s. they're calling for the prime minister elect of the honeyed debate to come into parliament and explain his choice of cabinet his is minute the ministerial positions why he chose these specific people what kind of you know systems that it or what kind of mechanism did he have in place. to to nominate them what's significant is that for the 1st time ever. there is a female foreign minister nominated for the for that position although females have had ministerial positions in libya before they've usually been in and you know social affairs or or culture positions so to have a female at this such a high level position is the 1st is the 1st time we're seeing that in libya so history could be made today or tomorrow if the vote happens ok thank you for that smile and try it out and ms ross. police in india administered kashmir say at least 168 ring of refugees have been sent to a holding center for possible deportation to me in ma the hundreds were taken to a stadium on saturday an estimated 5000. and at best kusma tell stratford records. these ringing the refugees fled violence and persecution in myanmar they sought safety in indian administered jungle in kashmir but the indian all sources say they are not welcome here indian security forces reportedly started rounding up the families on saturday some of the estimated 5000 remaining are believed to have arrived in this disputed and politically fraught region of northern india in recent years. yes out yesterday when i was away at work the police came and took away my wife and she still hasn't returned my small children have been crying all night and we're leaving we have no choice i mean very worried for them my wife still has not come back home. thousands of ringer men women and children have been killed during repeated waves of violence against them in myanmar in recent decades a man military crackdown which the u.n. called textbook ethnic cleansing forced nearly a 1000000 to flee into neighboring bangladesh in 2017 the buddhist majority myanmar government has for years denied citizenship to the mainly muslim are. they often described as the largest stateless ethnic group in the world. india's hindu nationalist government of prime minister narendra modi has repeatedly asked state and territory governments to deport what is estimated to be tens of thousands of ringer who have sought refuge in the country it says the remainder are security threat. rights groups have long urged india to observe international human rights law which prohibits sending refugees back to places where their lives are in danger . my son and daughter in law went to buy something only my daughter in law came back on my son was taken away. there are reports of dozens of remainder being held at a makeshift holding center at a jail in germany in preparation for the being which turns to myanmar administration is saying we cannot. and they did it in person but if their family members will they can stay with their holdings in the holding center with the security situation which has long been dangerous for the ring and has deteriorated across the country in recent weeks the protesters have been shot dead by security forces in a crackdown after a military coup removed me and now civilian leader aung san suu kyi and for the 1st a leader accused around the world of not doing enough to protect the ring in 2017. and that means the future for families like these who face being forcibly returned to myanmar is even more uncertain and on safe john strafford al-jazeera. syrian president bashar al assad and his wife are small have tested positive the cause of 19 both are said to be experiencing mild symptoms syria has had more than 15000 cases and 1000 confirmed deaths so far the testing capabilities are limited after years of war so actual numbers the thought to be much higher israel has started vaccinating palestinians who cross the border for work that was in the end so work on the construction of illegal israeli settlements are also being inaugurated our forces reports from the occupied west. after a small pilot program last week in a delay to the start of this process on sunday this is the 1st day proper other plants are vaccinate more than 120000 residents of the occupied west bank those with permits to work either in israel or inside illegal settlements in the occupied west bank the process will see them over the 1st 2 weeks getting a 1st dose of the madonna vaccine then waiting a month and then another 2 weeks to get the 2nd dose and become fully vaccinated we spoke to one young man who's or a mechanic who works inside israel. its protection for yourself it will allow you to work freely you'd still have to wear a mask but hopefully things will be better in the future israel has faced criticism from some quarters in the international community from human rights groups for not as they put it meeting its obligations under the geneva convention to more fully vaccinate people who live under occupation in the occupied west bank and in gaza israel maintains and indeed the palestinian health ministry has said that it is its obligation to vaccinate its own people but the numbers the disparity is very stark israel is vaccinated more than 5000000 people with at least one dose 3000000 with both doses inside the gaza and the west bank there have only been a few 1000 vaccinated so far the palestinian authority has been given $22000.00 vaccines so far with another $60000.00 or so to follow this month but this comes at a time when there's a big spike in the virus itself inside the occupied west bank so those who are able to get the vaccine at this point remain the lucky few. health workers in vietnam have received their 1st jabs as the country begins its vaccination drive more than 100000 astra zeneca doses have been distributed to major cities there vietnam expects another 1300000 to arrive through the kovacs global sharing scheme in april . the only $7000000.00 students have gone back to school in england parents and teachers have shared their relief and excitement after more than 2 months of disruption and home schooling paul brennan reports from portsmouth this 1st step out of the u.k. has been eagerly anticipated by children and parents alike at portsmouth high school pupils were clambering excitedly out of the school bus was clearly relishing a return to the familiarity of friends and face to face learning. sites just to get back to less. just maybe seeing my friends to be very very badly about ages not seeing anyone so it was really good food thing my teach them my friends it's just really great to have to see people actually have lessons an interaction especially because i'm doing a science based subject so we're going to go to private schools but you know mainly it's just the people that's the real big difference against us defense. in scotland and wales children won't return to full time schooling for another month but in england alone nearly $7000000.00 pupils are returning on mass well i'm hoping they're going to go smoothly i'm hoping the rate stays down and schools stay open but obviously we will respond to whatever the safety message is testing is widespread and as part of their return secondary school children are being asked to have 3 target tests at school followed by an ongoing program of home testing but that is voluntary and it remains to be seen how many will opt out. preparing. for primary schools to a year of disruption in the past 2 months of homeschooling has taken its toll on well being as well as learning attainment i think rule just tied to emotionally exhausted and we're on our last little not at all battery of kind of of energy so looking forward to getting back to normal. by april 12th the u.k. government hopes to have non-essential shops open again but it will be a nervous wait to see whether the data will allow that allowing $7000000.00 children to mix and mingle again even within the constraints of your group bubbles will inevitably lead to an increase in infection the crucial question for the government and its scientific advisors is whether that increase can be managed well enough to allow the next steps out of lockdown to proceed as timetabled paul brennan al-jazeera portsmouth. protesters in lebanon are angry at their de terrier racing economic state have been blocking roads in the capital the demonstrators have declared monday a day of rage they used ion barriers and burned tires to close several roads thinking beirut with the north and south the lebanese pound is continuing to fall against the u.s. dollar and there hasn't been a government in place since august. meghan markle says a member of the british royal family was concerned about how dark her son's skin color would be the do you conduct tests of sussex were interviewed by oprah winfrey for a 2 hour television special they explained more about the decision to step back as senior members of the monarchy last year. in those months when i was pregnant all around the same time so we have in tandem the conversation we won't be given security is not going to give in a title. and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born there are several conversations a conversation with you with harry about how dark your baby is going to be. potentially and what that would mean or look like. and you're not going to tell me to have a conversation i think that would be very damaging to them. that if you were jew brow that that would be a problem are you saying. i wasn't able to follow up with why but that if that's the assumption you're making i think that feels like a pretty safe one coming up in sports next we speak to tennis well number one about a history making and controversial few months of his career. the all the all the all. time lens government is promoting what it sees as a new cash crop cannabis products made with it being shown off at a 3 day fair people were invited to sample marijuana infused drinks snacks and ice cream became the 1st south east asian nation to legalize marijuana at 2017 for medical use of research but only the government is allowed to grow plants it's time now for sports has andy thank you so much kim well not a joke of it just told al jazeera he feels the best this still to come in his career the 33 year old has just broken roger federer as record for most weeks is world number one have been some controversial moments in the last few months as well djokovic heavily criticized for organizing the tennis tour in the balkans last year which had to be counselled after you response tested positive for coverage 19 through it although the serbian has been on top of the world rankings and he's held the number one spot now for 311 weeks during his career track which has been talking to al-jazeera is someone hamish. well overall you see very happy and. you know this is a huge milestone in achievement not just for myself or my family or people in my life the people that have. you know supported me all the way through my beginnings of since beginnings of my professional career and my life and allow me to you know obviously play this or that i truly love and have a lot of wonderful moments traveling around the world and and achieving my in realizing my dreams so i don't think i'm just yet fully aware of the magnitude off of this milestone let's say if you keep on winning more grand slams does that prove that you are better than what a federer and rafael nadal. does it doesn't prove anything really to me because to me to me the only proves that i am able to to. in a way meet my own desires in my own expectations it's been a very tough 12 months with some negative press around the idea to any regrets over the way it was worked out i don't have an issue to to say that i'm full of that you know i make mistakes when i make a mistake i do say i made a mistake and i of course apologize for that and i want to try to learn a lesson from it i think the only really mistake that was done during the tour was was that closing a celebration party after they was done here in belgrade other than that i don't think there was any mistake that was made i don't think it's you know with done anything wrong in contrary we you know we tried through those events to. do to share with people all passion and love for this sport. roger federer a says he's keeping expectations low ahead of his comeback the 39 year old will be making his return to the castle rock than the 20 time grand slam champion has had 2 knee operations and hasn't played competitively 30 more than a year now he's been given a binds the 2nd round in doha will face other britain's dan evans or jeremy shockey of it's i'm really curious to find out how it's going to go the. mazing amounts of question marks so rounding you know my comeback for me personally and i don't know what to expect i know that expectations from lies that are extremely low and i'm just very happy that i'm playing at trying again regardless of the outcome of this event right around the pulsar is back in charge of barcelona football club the 58 year old elected by club members on sunday and he's returning at a time when the spanish same is facing some in science places one of the world's biggest clubs for a small reports of. a lawyer and politician who left the club during their greatest period of success you won the porto will need to use all his powers of negotiation in the coming months. the future of lino massi would be his top priority the 6 time world player of the year wanted to leave the club before the season began the 33 year old contract expires this year laporta have to tempt matthew with a new deal at a time when the club is around a $1000000000.00 in debt. loves barcelona we are one big family the best player in the world loves barcelona and that says a lot and this will help us take decisions we must take in the future ahead to encourage him to continue playing with the boss to learn. which is everybody's wish . you know most. laporta was president of the club for much of the 2000 when success was taken for granted he gave his 1st managerial job. and in 2009 with war to go in charge the team set a new club record winning 6 major trophies for me the best club in the world for the 5 the sentimental issue and i'm pretty sure restorers come back stronger in a short time the club won no trophies last season and haven't lifted the champions league since 2015 the current manager is ronald cumin he was employed by former president josep maria barr to mayo resigned late last year and was recently arrested as part of a corruption investigation. i still not stymies my future is not in my hands the only thing i know is that i have another year on my contract so of course i will speak to the new president he's the one deciding what direction the club takes i'll just stay focused on trying to win matches bartha fans will be hoping they voted for a better future and majority will want their most famous player to stay and be part of it far as smile al-jazeera and bryson to shine by said a supportive text message from tiger woods helped inspire him to victory at the arnold palmer invitational woods is still in hospital recovering from a car crash in the shomer revealed the 15 time major winner got in such. just ahead of his final round in florida the reigning u.s. champion going on to win this title by a single shot from england's early west. ok will be more sport for me in a couple of hours' time but that is what we are looking for and. thanks so much for that andy. that is the news are to stay with us though we'll have much more here on al-jazeera also be live to dunk of the very latest in senegal with the release of opposition leader will spawn some calls. the protests started cheerfully in front of the x. museum in amsterdam hundreds of protesters got on to demand the government use lockdown restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 this threat is that we lose our freedoms the protesters who are not following social distancing rules are repeatedly ordered to disburse by police but police are trying very hard to go friend a scenario that happened last week and thousands were rioting in cities across the nat'l. after some protesters started throwing stones and letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. when afghan filmmaker has sun fuzzily catches the taliban's attention a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his family desperately seeking sanctuary they journey across continents chronicling them multi-year saga on their phones. the midnight traveler an odyssey of hope resilience and ultimately one family's love for each other witness on algis there. it's one of the biggest clubs in south america. but its greatest rival is just a few blocks away. a mutual dislike the tween funs formed from a class divide sustained over generations. most boca juniors supporters of born into these club colors. in an epic futa for rich versus poor the friends who make football on al-jazeera. more protests in senegal as opposition leader it was months on court was released on bail to charges of rape his supporters say it's been the supreme motivate. other can but now this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an interim prime minister is named in ivory coast where disputes continue about who's winning the parliamentary election.