get him back i would give his bed and largest settlement for wrongful death in the u.s. history the city of minneapolis agrees to pay the family of george florida $27000000.00 and the death and disappearance and murder of a young woman in britain puts a spotlight on violence against women. and i'm found homeless with all the board including international olympic committee head thomas says it would make no sense to boycott the beijing the winter games over china's treatment of its rigor with them minority. thank you for joining us we begin with myanmar where demonstrations against the military have again turned deadly at least 6 protesters have been killed by security forces not all not long after midnight troops opened fire on a peaceful city and outside a police station in young gone tony chang has our report. the wounded protesters rushed through the bank streets of mandalay as police opened fire on protesters men most 2nd city on saturday. despite the threat of injury or death there seems to be no sign the protesters are being to target. at his home in yangon on the body of c 2 a 37 year old try short pedler lies under green cover he was shot overnight on friday as the security service is trying to disperse protesters who gathered outside a police station and district the protesters are calling for the release of 3 men arrested in raids earlier in the night. i told my son that we have nothing and will die if we go against them i'd go and shoot back at them if i had a gun now we can't do anything tell me do we always have to keep silent and die why are we dying for doing the right thing. filmed furtively from an overhead window these pictures show one of those arrests dragged from their homes several men a hit and kicked by the police. beatings like this have become commonplace conducted in public for maximum impact. of their lives soldiers shot at us sit in strike last night and arrested 3 people and were beating them so all of us residents asked them to release the arrested people at the police station then they fired live rounds at us one died over there and another one died here. but the bullets and beatings haven't deterred the protesters using fireworks and petrol bombs behind makeshift bamboo barricades that trying to slow the advance of the army and police and a rapid retreat under the returning volley of tear gas and smoke using speed and still they scatter and regroup to take another stand even if it means risking their lives and making the ultimate sacrifice tony change al-jazeera. meanwhile india's government has warned regional authorities not to allow refugees from myanmar to cross the border after reports said about $150.00 people including dozens of police officers have already entered india since the military coup offices from myanmar are now in india's northeast and states say they fled to avoid taking orders from the military joined forces have been ordered by the indian government to begin deportation without delay but some of them share ethnic and tribal ties with the refugees state for example is pushing back it says a 404 kilometer border with nan ma new delhi has called the influx illegal as india is not a signatory of the un refugee convention earlier i spoke to. who is the editor in chief at the news website dot com which focuses on india's northeast and he explained why some indians in misery state have been vocal about their support for myanmar's refugees where we just seem excellent support for the unrest in myanmar it's the middle ground or the meals. big relationship with. the choose between myanmar which is borders so there are relations people who from the have come to misery and have made it from a critical down so that's why there is a connection and better why the people today are supporting the refugees and are welcoming them and that's what it leads to people government. problems that we will welcome refugees from your mother but again the government of india has issued a notification thing that you know all refugees must be deported if you look at the time off. because we also have a lot of crime c.-r. and all cried support the refugees coming in the chief minister of another state which we have to if you can boundary with myanmar in a statement to reflow. to really give an interview that you have to do is really to accept strong myanmar be at peace. the central government or the government of india. don't to see the. schools where refugees would be kept but again saying that they are unique you have to weed through the central government orders in other world news jordan's health minister has resigned after the death of at least 6 patients at a hospital near the capital amman it's believed the deaths so courage because of a lack of oxygen jordan spieth minister has ordered an urgent investigation he says the process will be clear and transparent and the findings will be revealed to the public. has more from in jordan. at this point there is no exact explanation about the situation other than what has been said by different medical and security sources one of the medical sources from inside the hospital told us that the oxygen in the main central tank had run out this morning which led to the lack of oxygen to the patients but the talk now is about the duration of this interruption did it take minutes or did it last for an hour. the resigning health minister said in his last statement that the oxygen depletion lasted for an hour those who died there were about 8 and from different age categories some of them were 70 years old there were those who died in the hospital at the age of 40 meaning the deaths were not in a specific single age group. to afghanistan now where a car bomb inherits province has killed at least 8 people and injured dozens a hospital spokesman says the explosion late on friday night destroyed several homes no one's claimed responsibility but local officials have blamed the taliban meanwhile in a statement the un security council has said it condemned in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in afghanistan a statement goes on to say these heinous attacks have targeted a civil servants a judiciary the media health care and humanitarian workers including women those who protect and promote human rights and ethnic and religious minorities. has this update from kabul. seems that the police station was the actual target what would make this attack that happened last night in herat different is that it happened inside an urban center herat is the 4th largest city in afghanistan and if you look at the pictures that are coming out of the city since last night they're absolutely devastating and whoever did this it seems like they were planning to inflict maximum damage it seems like it was a mini about that it was packed with explosives that blew up and some people that i've spoken to they told me that this had not happened late at night but at other times of the day when more people reality in the streets there would be even more casualties and this is something that could make this attack have more significance because the violence has been reaching out president at levels in the past year what who have not been thing is that urban centers of big cities being attacked they have been spared from big attacks so it would be interesting to see whether this will be an isolated incident or it will be the beginning of more similar attacks happening inside big urban centers we have to remember that all this is taking place against a backdrop of for a new push towards accelerating and reviving the afghan peace talks that seems are not really going anywhere in doha there's 2 summits coming up in russia and in turkey and just so while we go after the officials did say that the afghan one governments will be attending both. mushtaq karim is the founding member of the afghanistan affairs unit a security fink he says is concerned these latest attacks could impact the peace process. first of all as let's look at the incident it has targeted an outpost we didn't warrant such a huge attack as far as the time and distance on but then that eventually media was deceiving the lot of charities secondly nobody has claimed that it's also been a few and then this sends a message across that definitely in our spy letters our face and that means they're trying to be the end of onesies process and of course that is one that comes from the human need to. have that house seat is being taken in terms of sunni and getting with these but of course we have seen all of the last few months that nobody has been gaming this possibility or certain that guides and that government straight away say isn't the problem which means that this is more of a tactic impish pressure on the on each other in the dark of the military effort that's going to dominate the peace talks the talk about of response has not come out which means that they won't be claiming that is also going to be demanded the whole incident but definitely that i don't learn and immense have been trying to be the peace process is not interested in pursuing the pieces you're not rather than the as looking at minute you fungus sticking with the whole of the buy it out of the shed and get on the negotiation devote some of the context is so complex once again our create a finger pointed once a single group or single out one certain hour for decades operating in a modest. more ahead on this news hour including sri lanka says it will ban full face coverings and shot more than a 1000 islamic schools critics say the country's muslim minorities being unfairly targeted back in the game the best helping source fans feel safe and secure again in the big apple and in sports and f.l. star tom brady sets his sights on even more glory details coming up later in the news hour with some. of. the world health organization says brazil is not moving in a good direction in the fight against coronavirus death struggle the 90275000 the 2nd highest number of fatalities in the world after the united states won a inaki every force from radiation air aside for sore eyes a couple of empty beds waiting for couvade 19 patients and enough professionals to welcome them but the illness too to give out a hospital in the seaside town of money is an exception in most of brazil the health care system is on the brink of collapse as the corona virus is spreading and claiming lives and in the morning. as a christian here we're seeing an upsurge of infections and deaths everywhere partly because people have stopped respecting social distancing last month's carnival was counselled but that didn't keep brazilians from partying without masks. doctors in this intensive care tell us they're admitting a greater number of younger patients than a year ago beds are scarce but so are vaccines in rio de janeiro diana finally had to wait in line to get her mother admitted. think beso is a spit on there were 5 people ahead of her personally she was able to wait but i'm sure that many others who were in the more critical condition didn't make it was it was facing the worst phase of the pandemic since it registered the 1st covert 19 death exactly a year ago this week saw a rise in the daily rate of deaths with 2000 people losing their lives every 24 hours mass inoculations could have been a light at make it brazil is facing the worst phase of the pandemic since it registered the 1st covert 19 deaths exactly a year ago this week saw a rise in the daily rate of deaths with 2000 people losing their lives every 24 hours mass inoculations could have been a light at the end of the tunnel but president jade bosso now to downplay the pandemic and delayed the acquisition of vaccines less than 6 percent of the population has received the 1st shot so far as a result governors and mayors have decided to take matters in their own hands the city of mighty cow for example just announced it will buy 400000 doses of the russian vaccine enough to knock you late its entire population if you're going to get a little more we can't even count on the numbers the federal government gives us at the beginning of the health ministry said it would buy 48000000 vaccines didn't reduce the number to hof at this right brazil will finish the 1st round of vaccinations and i pull may next year by then new variants will be circulating which maybe i'm into the vaccines we have now. poorest states and cities with larger populations will have more difficulties in fighting the pandemic on their own but doctors and scientists warn that if no action is taken brazil will represent a threat to itself and others. neighbors many countries in latin america almost all of them except a couple and some countries are doing better in the neighborhood but if the situation in brazil continues to be serious like this then the neighboring countries will be affected and it's not about the neighboring countries but it could go even even even beyond. the fear is that mutations ward kirk at a much faster rate outpacing the vaccines and spreading to the rest of the world monica al-jazeera rio de janeiro. italy's government is stepping up its pandemic response after surgeon infections from monday much of italy will be under the toughest restrictions including boehm and milan people in so-called red zones will only be allowed to leave home for work exercise or emergencies as believes new highly contagious variants of call 1000 and driving the rise in the infections as force in america's biggest city are trying out a new app to ensure fans can safely return to big games to cope with 9000 passports verify whether the holder is infected or not christianson omi has a story from neil. for basketball fans it's game on. to go to. a huge basketball they'll do whatever it takes to see their favorite team including taking a covert test we got tested it turns out when we got tested it wasn't. so now we have to get retested here or in this case a retest not quite the crowd you'd expect here for a game night attendance has been limited to 10 percent capacity and you have to have a negative p.c.r. code test on your phone in order to get inside sports venues in new york are testing out a new app meant to verify the holder's covert 3 it's a digital record what some are likening to passports allowing access to countries or night clubs currently being used to verify vaccination in places like israel and china leading new york mayoral candidate andrew yang believes there should be more of this technology on the local level in shops and workplaces so this to me is going to be a vital element of getting the city back on its feet for people to be able to quickly convey their vaccination information and this is something the city needs to invest in paul meyer runs a technology foundation called the commons project that's been working with the airlines to develop a system that's not only secure but also internationally recognised. people are showing up at the airport waving pieces of paper that are easily forwards if you think about it from countries perspective countries want to open up they want to allow troubled resume to give economies going but their 1st responsibility is to protect their populations health but the slow roll out of vaccination efforts made clear that lack of digital access remains a problem among the most vulnerable americans and critics worry implementing this on a local level will just increase and equalities to day one in britain is gone but their 1st responsibility is to protect their populations health but the slow roll out of vaccination efforts made clear that lack of digital access remains a problem among the most vulnerable americans and critics worry implementing this on a local level will just increase and equalities to day one in 5 americans don't have access to a smartphone and that number is much higher when you look at those over $65.00 so we're potentially talking about a form. of the wall off millions of new yorkers from every day life at this stage of the reopening game access for some appears to be winning over access to all in the rush to jumpstart the economy kristen salumi al-jazeera new york scientists say the source for the ongoing ebola outbreak in guinea may have been an infected person in the last outbreak that ended in 2016 if true it means a person carried the virus for more than 5 years before spreading it again the world health organization says more studies need to be done but the data voles out animals as a source of the current outbreak are at least 18 cases of ebola confirmed in guinea this year more than 11000 people died in the last outbreak between 20142060. the u.s. japan australia and india have agreed to supply asia with a 1000000000 coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of next year the commitment was made at the 1st meeting of the so-called quad group that aims to counter china's growing influence our white house correspondent kimberly hocket reports. a virtual meeting with his indian australian and japanese counterparts a group also known as the quad us president joe biden told the group free and open indo-pacific is essential to each of our future the quad was formed to cope with the devastation following the 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami but now it's set its sights on a new threat the rising military and economic might of china the quiet is concerned about china's growing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and the world the united states certainly sees this alliance to stop the growing influence of china if not contain china it is not dissimilar to the nato organization which was started 947 to stop the increasing influence a military threat that was coming from the soviet union as the world battles the covert 19 pandemic that originated in china the group also announcing on friday a new initiative to manufacture and produce u.s. vaccines in india financed by japan and the united states and supported by australia the quad committed to delivering a 21000000000 doses to ozzy on the indo-pacific and beyond by the end of 2022 climate change is the other big challenge the group must confront how to push global nations to live up to the commitments made in the paris climate agreement overall china emits almost double the c o 2 of the united states but per capita the us takes the lead china responded to the meeting of the quad saying exchanges between governments should be to create understanding not target 3rd parties the meeting of the quad comes just days before the us secretary. state and national security advisor will meet with their chinese counterparts in alaska that meeting is expected to be more forceful as the united states confronts china over issues of economics security and human rights kimberley health at al-jazeera the white house memorial services have been held in new zealand to mark 2 years since the christchurch mosque shootings people were killed and dozens wounded when a gunman opened fire at 2 mosques the attacker a self-proclaimed white supremacist was jailed for life new zealand's prime minister just 10 says the country has a duty to support its muslim community the us city of minneapolis has agreed to pay $27000000.00 to the family of george floyd in the largest settlement of its kind in u.s. history freud died when a policeman knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes his death sponsored global protests the officer set to go on trial in the fight family says a cash payout is just one step on the road to justice john hendren reports. the city of minneapolis has put a price on just how much black lives matter in the case of george floyd $27000000.00 that's the amount the city has agreed to pay in a civil settlement with floyd's family in the racially charged case of a black man who died beneath a white police officers knee i think the state of minnesota for getting this settlement taken care. even though my brother is now a year. he's here with me. because if i could give you my back i would give all that is bet the settlement is the largest ever in a minneapolis police shooting it also eclipses the $12000000.00 the kentucky city of louisville paid recently in the death of briana taylor gunned down in her own home by police one year ago friday a floyd family lawyer says the beneficiaries go beyond one family the financial compensation most directly impact george floor and his family their future of their family but it is the policy reforms they want to fix all of us other cities will think twice he says before allowing police to use chokeholds no knock warrants and other controversial tactics because of cases like this one as george floyd's family reacted to this settlement the man who knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds was less than a mile away he has spent the week in a minneapolis courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case and that if you don't get police and correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening. then you'll be seeing this again despite this settlement the floyd family insists justice won't be served until that happens john hendren al-jazeera chicago. a spokesman for the who feed rebels in yemen say they've rejected a u.s. plan for a nationwide cease fire as it only represents of use of saudi arabia and the united nations the u.s. envoy for yemen said the who fees appear to be prioritizing a military offensive in the northern region and warned the country will spiral into great a conflict if the fighting doesn't stop shabbat tante has more. the u.s. backed boming of yemen by saudi arabia and its allies has already created the world's worst humanitarian crisis now as who the rebels attempt to solidify their position in the north the united nations is warning of even worse to come the violence has forced up to 15000 people to flee since early february roughly 60 percent of them are reportedly residing in informal settlements and crowded sites where services are overstretched more than 20000000 people 20.7 to be more exact need humanitarian assistance many of them are at the brink of starvation speaking in washington the u.s. is on void timlin the king says the saudis support when he cools his sound plan for a ceasefire but feels the hooty he's up prioritizing taking the government's last area of control in the move the province of matter and we urged who these tourists are that's why i was in the region for these last 2 weeks and i will return immediately women who these are there are the world food program agrees a ceasefire is key because it is still up. biometrics at a significant way which will allow us the liquidity into the economy which will wrap the real value back up which will allow food prices stabilize or but the who thing you say the ceasefire proposal fails to address the economic blockade that's led to such hardship whenever you have a kind of how he and his mom then there can propose will does not stop the seats or the fighting however it represent cosmetic understanding to bring back the seat what the american envoy presented is a conspiracy to put yemen in a more dangerous state than the current one. and the u.n. reports that in fact the siege is tightening last month no commercial fuel imports were allowed through her day to port that's 0 in recent years more than half of commercial fuel imports had been coming through her data this is the 1st time since the escalation of the conflict in 2015 that we've seen the level drop to 0 this is driving shortages and price rises. the biden ministration is however placing the blame for the impasse on the duties and the u.s. military is reported to be increasing its assistance to the saudis claiming such help is defensive and door opens and they can she have a chance the elders are. time now for a check on the wild weather has a rob but we're coming into spring it's warmed up everywhere but there's still temperature contrast in the u.s. so big things can happen 1st of all we've got significant thunderstorms and they're running just through kansas through missouri kentucky tennessee all could have flash floods from this warmish as produce the thunderstorms coming because the coldest in the mountains the high plains that will produce something quite significant possible record breaking snow storm for colorado wyoming nebraska and south dakota possibly get half a meter a stop on the hard ground and that would be a record and then you've got this rather familiar arc of sunder stalls a could be pretty violent on their way eastwards a series approaching spring we get big weather in spring and then coming down the pacific coast right on the coast snow inland on the high ground easily down to san francisco yet more pacific weather that will keep working south dropping the temperatures as they go as this expands further so exciting when it came up in the u.s. for the scientists rather quiet of tickly in the caribbean we have gotten on shore breeze it's picked up the trade winds are increasing the cloud and the shower likelihoods from panama to billy's there are a few showers in jamaica and also greater antilles lesser antilles just a breeze. still ahead on this al-jazeera news hour a major landmark in china's capital is removed after a 19th century war hero is caught up in a modern day battle. in the philippines are on the hunt for bats to nairn how to break friend to another pandemic and in towards this english culture takes a step closer to a when that's over 10 years in the making action from the pay is championship coming up stay with us we're back after the break. last. place. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish are on the state line becomes the default the media in waiting to images that lead to the latter to these days and just how did he create a nuisance makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts. when the news breaks what would be considered acceptable popular support when people need to be heard. and the story told to struggle for justice they would say and riots to start all over with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports we want to get to be the place that you start but not a place for you and al-jazeera has teams on the ground but climate change is changing all right to bring you more award winning documentaries and life. the in. there watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me fully back to bow out a reminder of our top stories at least 6 protesters have been shot dead in the latest on tycoon demonstrations in myanmar police are reported to fire on protesters in mandalay the 2nd city on saturday overnight security forces also used live ammunition on crowds in young. in jordan the health minister has resigned after the death of at least 6 patients at a hospital near the capital amman is relieved the deaths of courage because of a lack of oxygen at the hospital jordan's prime minister has ordered an urgent investigation. and the u.s. city of minneapolis has agreed to pay $27000000.00 to the family of george floyd is the largest settlement of its kind in the country's history floyd died last may when a policeman knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes his death spock's global protests . now a vigil to honor him a british woman has been cancelled because of coronavirus restrictions a police officer has been charged with kidnapping and killing sour ever odds the 33 year old disappeared as she walked home from a friend's house in london on march the 3rd her body was found on wednesday. like everybody i'm shocked and appalled about the news from the net about sarah ever odd and i think that the whole country will be united in that feeling for friends and family and will share the shock and and their grief and. i can i can see and i totally understand why this has triggered such a way you've a feeling on on this issue on the issue of the safety of women and safety of the of the streets and i want to echo very much what pretty patel said which is that no woman should walk our streets in fear every woman should feel able to walk on streets in safety. killing has ignited an international conversation about women's safety thousands of women have spoken of the harassment in fear they face on a daily basis one of the most widely shared has been this polls from harriet johnson who writes every woman you know has taken a longer route has doubled back on herself has made a fake phone call has rounded a corner and run every woman you know has walked home scared every woman you know that is also widespread anger that for years the conversation has been about women changing their behavior to stay safe as opposed to shifting the responsibility onto men george elaborate tweeted women in my area have been advised not to go out alone how about we urge men not to go out instead curfew at night for some men are listening and taking part in the conversation j. perry shared how he tries to be super conscious when he walks behind women at night even crossing the street to ward off any anxiety they might feel then he asks for advice on how to be a better. a survey released this week from un women u.k. shows the scale of the problem more than 70 percent of women and girls in britain say that experienced sexual harassment in public spaces 45 percent said they didn't believe reporting the issue would help change anything and it's truly global in some cities around the world 9 out of 10 women say they feel unsafe in public spaces or let's speak to femi told you about this she is training director a challenge consultancy in london an organization that works to further equality for women and diverse groups and she's also part of the 1000000 women rights campaign and is joining us via skype very good time on al-jazeera femi so as we've said the killing of a certainly put the spotlight once again on violence against women and we're seeing a lot of women in the u.k. around the world speaking out about the fears a face on a daily basis how is this helping you think is going to be a turning point. i hope this is going to be a turning point i think it has to be when we have had enough now the numbers are not going down we're still seeing male violence being the leading cause of premature death amongst women and it's not just a u.k. problem this is a global problem and that's why our campaign like the 1000000 women rise movement started by sabrina question is a global movement when we had our rally last week we had literally women from all over the world there has to be change now do you find that race. defects women differently i mean when it comes to race for instance i know that in the u.k. black women very often don't come forward and talk about this issue because you know of racial issues and so on do you think this will change now. that that's a really important point it's not just that black women don't always come forward it's also that the the attacks on black women the murders of black women don't always receive the same major attention they don't always receive the same police response so yes we are hoping that will change but we've had some cases recently where people's families had to go out and search for them so in the case of let's you know shot in in october last year we still have no idea what became of that young woman and why she died and we haven't got a high profile investigation into that so since it is treated differently it's treated differently a according to the woman's race that's interesting that you say that and what upsets many women and including myself i have to say is how surprised very often men are when when you know we talk about our experiences of you know being harassed in the street and so on whose responsibility is it you think ultimately to to protect women. i think it's mildly interesting that men are surprised when they hear about how frightened women are to go out alone who are these men living with and who are they talking to because every single woman knows the feeling of being frightened whose responsibility is it it's everyone's responsibility the problem is that women are shot and most of that burden up until now and now men need to step up every single man needs to be a role model to our boys they need to be a conscience to make to their friends to their colleagues to their brothers and most of all they need to do and i tuned. in the u.k. we've heard the prime minister speak up about this the interior minister as well as the home minister is there a role for the government a bigger role for the government and for political figures to play here and also what about policing in all of this there is absolutely a big role for the government to play here and if we could offer the government great changes we'd be looking for things like massage any being made to hate crime we'd like to see street has meant a crime and a criminal offense we need to see a social media organizations being held accountable for the contents that they allow on their platforms and yet we need to address paul culture as well because of course in a lot of these cases we see men in acting things that they've seen in violent told in more life on women's bodies and even when there is justice it often takes a long time what about the law you know all this very often it's it comes up to it's up to women to do you know it takes a long time for the process to go forwards so many women don't want to speak about it and don't want to go ahead with it because it takes so long. time is one factor does take too long i would like to see that sped up also the conviction rate. and in addition juries often don't have the background information or knowledge that's needed a new order to be able to deal with these cases affectively so we do need to see more professionals on juries in these kinds of cases there's a lot little candy thank you so much for talking to us about this for me audie to a jew from the challenge consultancy in london we appreciate your time very welcome thank you. now in the u.s. the senate majority leader chuck schumer is the latest new york politician calling for the resignation of governor andrew cuomo was accused of sexual misconduct gormless facing several allegations of sexual assault and harris ben but is refusing to step down there's also a growing scandal over his handling of the called the 1000 crisis his top aides are accused of altering data to have secure the number of deaths from the disease in nursing homes. sri lanka's government is banning full face coverings enclosing more than a 1000 islamic schools it says it's taken the decision on national security grounds the president has promised a crackdown on religious extremism but critics argue it's the latest measure by the government to marginalize the muslim community issue and government recently reversed a mandate to cremates covert $1000.00 victims after an outcry among muslims and also international criticism. bolivia's interim president the former interim president i should say janine onions has been arrested after allegations of a coup against her predecessor evo morales is facing charges of terrorism sedition and conspiracy she took over as interim leader when miranda's fred bolivia in 2019 and made violent protests against his re-election he returned after his movement for socialism party won a. party members claim on years and her former cabinet promoted the overthrow of maraniss which she denies. observing 3 days of national mourning for 16 migrants found dead in northeastern mexico the president made the declaration as every manes arrived home the bodies were discovered with 3 others in a burnt top vehicle in january the number of crossings by undocumented migrants at the us mexico border has increased since the biden administration took office in the us says it's working with the u.s. and mexico to curb people smuggling. i want to send a clear and forceful message to the human traffickers who misled people and encourage irregular migration we are working closely with the countries of the region the guatemalan security forces to locate chase and dismantle all those criminal gangs that are unscrupulously take advantage of the needs of our fellow citizens. but just like the lincoln memorial in washington or the arc de triomphe in paris chile is bachata no monument has been a landmark in santiago for nearly a century but has just been removed to save it from a time by protest says a lot america at its embassy in yemen has a story from santiago. under the cover of darkness chile's national monuments authority began removing the statue of general manuel back from the plaza that bears his name. it's a major landmark of santiago but when it became the epicenter of constant social protest 16 months ago the battle for back of them was on the war of the pacific euro was painted written and dressed up by protesters who renamed the area dignity plaza. no amount of special forces police water cannon or tear gas could preserve his dignity if you know you are indeed is a symbolic war between the old and the new order that is a rose more than a year ago with the seychelle uprising. in the last 6 months back with an all and his steed have been painted every color of the rainbow by day just to be read painted a dignified black by night by authorities there is something else very significant about this exact spot in that is that it represents an invisible dividing line between uptown and downtown something between of the wealthier and the poor and rightly or wrongly many people seem to see general back to the north as a symbol of someone who was trying to defend that division. but when he was set on fire last week and almost had his leg sawn off authorities decided he had to be removed sparking a fierce political controversy and. we've just witnessed a capitulation the chairman represents all chileans but the government has decided to remove him so the vandals could. when you destroying a civic centers. using his statue to fly the indigenous mapuche a flag has even been described as heresy but many others see it as an act of historic justice. he's a symbol of terrorism he must acquit them approaches of southern chile just having done or keeping this space is violent. the national monuments council says the 2 ton statue is being taken away for repairs for at least a year an image that represents general baca than his 1st major defeat or at the very least a tactical retreat you see in human al-jazeera santiago. tanzania's from minnesota says the president is in good health and working normally on thursday opposition leader 2 and only source said john mcglynn fully is in a coma in india with over 19. africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic and hasn't been seen in public since late february the prime minister blames a claims on what he called hateful tanzanians living abroad kenya meanwhile has extended its nationwide nighttime curfew to combat the rising number of covert 1000 infections the government plans to vaccinate 1200000 people by june catherine sorry reports from nairobi. president lula king at the has extended the national cough you a 5 am to 10 pm ban of the 60 days raising concerns about the number of confirmed cases that we're seeing on wednesday the health ministry announced the highest number of confirmed cases since january we are seeing more people being admitted to hospital in i.c.u. use on ventilators and so one the health ministry has said that the country is in the middle of a. wave which appears to be more vicious this week that the health minister also started the back summation come pain. med call off he says health workers are receiving the fast dose of the astra zeneca vaccine from. this program is going to move on to of elderly people those with underlying conditions before moving on to the general population but people are very worried about the pace of this vaccination the government says that it hopes that by the end of 2 to 23 to have vaccinated 30 percent of the population that's about 9000000 or 50000000 kenyans a number that is extremely low a lot of people are saying they're hoping that the government is going to ramp up this exercise acquire more vaccine more vaccines and you know vaccinate more people basically especially now when things seem to be getting worse. researchers in the philippines are taking an extra step to prevent another outbreak like harvard 19 they've been focusing on diseases from back still find out more about other types of strains linda can reports their efforts have been vital for vaccine development . local folklore here is steeped with stories of just how mystere years philippine bats can be. but we are not climbing mount mckee linked to explore a legendary tales of these filipino scientists are testing bad spring use trains of coronaviruses they hope to prevent another global pandemic. philip a your life has been recording and testing bats across the country for more than 10 years the bat species found here on mount mckinley ling is that close this gene is to the one in one china where the 1st case of covert 19 was recorded give us all the more recent to be urgent about doing. this virus work the government in more ways than one refocus the priorities. working on for all jian epidemiologists so it's $530.00 local time the mist that have been set up and researchers here tell us any time now the bats are going to come out of the cave. we stay quiet for a few minutes. the air is cold and the night's creatures soon start to make their presence felt. over and then the 1st bet flies into the trap of the water. then another. thank you and did another. the researchers say about $5000.00 bats come here during the meeting season. now they think only a few 100 are left. with the cap. bad safely contained. we make our way back from the forest. the bats are identified. measured. around. and swabbed. before they released back into the wild. dr of your lab and his team of isolated at least 7 kinds of viruses over the past decade including corona virus and an ebola virus. they say their work serves as a blueprint that can be used to develop vaccines globally including those for corona virus. and they're driven by their belief that every evolution in human history has been made because of 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became a t thomas baca says that olympic boycott achieved nothing rights groups that have been calling on at least to skip the 2022 beijing winter games and it's time this treatment of you muslims which the u.s. canadian and dutch governments have all described as genocide beijing denies accusations as they get ready to host the winter olympics in february 2022 i.o.c. president back added that the boycott would only punish athletes. why would you punish the athletes from your own country if you have a dispute with the government from another country. these trust you know makes no makes no makes no real sense and the athletes are would be the ones who are suffering and one of the key principles in trying to do the olympic charter is of the political you're trailing t. pass the i.o.c. we are not a super world government no not as un security council no. no cheese 7 no g 20 has a solution so this is. the remnants of politics while there have been some quite memorable olympic boycott among them of the 976 amman trail a summer games 29 countries mainly african would drew because of the i.o.c. refused to ban new zealand following the all blacks are touring up or tied the south africa that year mosco 980 was the most famous 66 countries that took part in the u.s. led boycott against the soviet union's invasion of afghanistan or in response to 4 years later the u.s.s.r. and the 13 other countries refused to compete in the last century that some a games industry really get chief executive richard moscow says there's a plan to allow crowds of up 210000 fans back into stadiums for the final 2 rounds of matches this season u.k. government set out a 4 stage easing of lockdown restrictions last month on the 3rd stage large outdoor stadiums will be able to have capacities of 25 percent if all conditions are met starting from may 17th last as a said the suspension of the 292020 season and the absence of supporters came at a heavy cost. so they'll be a fantastic finale to the end of our season and then begin even next season on woods our goal is to have full stadia and oversee the government's roadmap offices starts opportunity there's a lot of water to pass and a bridge for that can happen but that's our ultimate goal to see the return of a full vibrant premier league stadiums and and a return to the 2 to the normal premier league former world number one u.s. wood is a step closer to a 1st p.g.a. tour title since 2010 the englishman now has a one shot lead going into the 3rd round of the players championship in florida west would do who is a runner up at last week's arnold palmer invitational carried over his good form the 47 year old up 56 birdies the car the 6 on the 66. meanwhile defending champion roy mark arroyo missed the cut northern irishman finished 10 over par. well off the quite low fairways. my own shots were good i played away from flags and i needed to. get into a couple of pens. but show a game bailed me out on those. chip in and then could play gooden rolled the ball on the green so you know for now that felt calm and. in control the biggest name in the n.f.l. tom brady has signed a contract extension with the tampa bay buccaneers while brady led the bucs to victory in the super bowl in his 1st season away from new england patriots it was his 7th title overall and a 43 year old and now has a chance to go for number 8 as his new deal keeps him with tampa for at least one more season. defending champion andy is out of the qatar open tennis tournament and he went into his semifinal spain's roberto batista a good having not played a single match at the event after a bye and to walk over to my last in street said to go to so good to who play the man who knocked out roger federer. a bus he lashed really in the final. well after the 3rd day of race in the america's cup is still all square holders team new zealand beat you an hour or so in saturday's 2nd race this after the italian challenges that had dominated the day's opening 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the world to emerge from the pandemic he's persuaded pfizer to commit to a supply of its vaccine in return for israel being used as a data rich testbed for its efficacy palestinians living in the eastern half of jerusalem the only known israeli citizens getting israeli vaccines the palestinian foreign ministry says israel is neglecting its obligations as an occupying power by not providing vaccines to the 4500000 palestinians in. the west bank and gaza already a clear gap has emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations israel's own program has outpaced even the richest countries but that's only made starker just how much the palestinians have been left out of the process and how far they've been left behind 'd. at least 6 people were killed in the latest crackdown against anti-cult protesters in myanmar. play watching al-jazeera live from doha. also ahead. of their anger in jordan after the hospital news's its oxygen supply leaving 71000 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