A staggering milestone and the u. S. Remembers the 500000 people who died from coal that 90 and nearly a 3rd of the worlds freshwater fish are facing extinction well find out what it means for tens of millions of the. Im joining us roscoe with the sports as christiane are now those schools twice in events this latest win to become italys top scorer this season. Thank you for joining as we begin in myanmar where the military is coming under increasing International Pressure over this months takeover of power the g 7 a group of the worlds wealthiest nations asked condemned the violence towards protesters saying the use of live ammunition is unacceptable 3 protesters have been killed since the february 1st school while dozens of others have been detained there refusing to back down until deposed leader on santucci is released on monday the u. S. Imposed new sanctions targeting married military leaders and the European Union has agreed to do the same. Speak to tony cheney who is monitoring the situation in myanmar for us from across the border in thailand is live from bangkok so tony g. 7 ministers today united in their condemnation of the military and this call the pressure as we said is really on on the military both internally and externally but does it matter what does it change on the ground. Well i. Think its very difficult to weve certainly seen historically mars generals soaking up this kind of pressure and shaking it off in the eightys and ninetys it was a pariah state or all sorts of sanctions in place against the generals but it didnt really make a huge amount of difference to them but this is a very different its been opening out for the last 5 years they were working on this road towards democracy so they may world be far more concerned now than they have been in the past for the more the generals when this coup happened tried to sell it clearly just a temporary blip they said that they would be really elections within the year and i think they were hoping that people would feel this wasnt going to disrupt daily life too much well it is now at the moment both those sanctions are going to hurt but also within the country were seeing the Civil Disobedience Movement shutting down banks businesses public transport even hospitals so it is clearly creating very major problems with myanmar how much thats going to affect the generals well thats another question yeah and the protests are continuing today this day as they are though not as many people in the streets as they were yesterday i know youre speaking to people on the ground there how much momentum is there still for this to continue how determined are protesters to keep this going. Theyre very determined we could see that with the numbers again today not as high as they were yesterday i think it was a surprise not just how many people came but where they came to all across the country not just in the big urban centers in smaller towns to even in the areas where theres been ethnic unrest so there is a think its fair to say pretty universal disagreement with the coup. I think we did see also a small protest outside the Indonesian Embassy in young gone today and that came after protesters heard that the Indonesian Foreign minister was trying to sell a plan to other southeast asian. Foreign ministers that some kind of compromise could be reached whereby a new election is held. Both the n. L. De cheese party and the military could participate and i think it was felt might be a kind of compromise well the indonesians have said that is not the case they were shopping such a plan around but the protesters are also very keen that the message goes out loud and clear that they want the results of novembers election to be respected and the grounds the military say for the fraud in the election there is no basis for the fall and they want to return to the democracy they had before thank you for that tony chang live for us there in bangkok thailand meanwhile more than a 1000 refugees in men who were due to be deported to myanmar have been granted a temporary say it is asian followers appeal some human rights activists in 1200 detainees include a silence seekers and children they were scheduled to leave on tuesday in 3 ships sent by myanmars military here robinson is the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch aces Asia Division he explains the danger of the refugees face if they are deported. Well these are persons who have been detained in malaysia over the course of the last year or so these are people including at least 3 of these people we know are refugees recognized by u. N. H. C. R. There are probably many more recognised refugees in this group at least 17 of these children are persons who will be separated from one or both of their parents by this group and theres a back to myanmar this is a group that has been held in the malaysian immigration has not allowed the Un Refugee Agency access to person in Immigration Detention Center since august 21000 so theres a lot of question marks about how many refugees and Asylum Seekers there are in this group and why the malaysian authorities are not allowing the International Community have access to them in other world news fleecing georgia has stolen the offices of the opposition and a rest said its leader. Is demanding new elections after last years disputed parliamentary polls show just Prime Minister resigns last week in protest against plans to arrest many saying it would make the political crisis worse lets bring in robin forced to walk into b. C. For so the main Opposition Leader nick how many are now under arrest said it was a quite a spectacular arrest given that it was you know shown on on local media. Yes i think he knew it was coming hed been inside the offices of the United National movement as georges Main Opposition Party for around about a week now and hed been expecting the police to move in and within 24 hours of georges new Prime Minister being appointed they moved in of course this morning at 2 on large numbers in roy surrounding that building bringing in a fire brigade engine and an aerial ladder was extended and Police Offices which had Police Officers were seen climbing the ladder to gain entry to the top floor of that building they came in through the main entrance as well and with brute force and some pepper spray to see were able to overcome mr marius supporters who vowed to try to stop him from being arrested and then he was led away and we understand hes now being held in detention and opposition have vowed a strong response with a protest called for you to take place shortly in about an hours time outside the main Prime Ministers Office Although we understand the police have surrounded that area obviously want to try to prevent a large scale demonstration from gathering there yeah so the opposition planning a protest stand in response to this arrest that the political crisis was already bad and georgia how much worse s. S. Address make it. Well if you listen to what the International Community is saying and and by International Community i mean the western diplomatic. Response here from the likes of the European Union from nato from the United States from some of these both 6 states part of the European Union that see themselves as kind of in the same boat or recognize that they were once a bit like georgia having come out of the soviet union themselves they all say that this situation is not a good sign for georgian democracy and that it only serves to escalate these difficult tense times between the opposition and the government with the opposition not just the u. N. And when a committee is from but all the other Political Parties saying that the elections that were held last year were fraudulent be obtained and they have boycotted parliament and there were talks to try to resolve this situation they want. Snap elections but the government saying absolutely not and we will restore law and order so it seems as if there are 2 parallel universes here 0 interest in compromise that is unfortunately the state of play in georgian the political situation at the moment. On a situation that regular robin foreseen war. The u. S. Death toll from go over 1000 has passed half a 1000000. Barrels told 500. 00 times at the National Cathedral in washington in memory of the victims while the u. S. Death toll is the worlds highest in absolute terms several other countries have lost more people as a proportion to their populations kristensen omi reports from washington. President joe biden marked the somber milestone from the white house acknowledging the half 1000000 lost to cope with 19 not as a number but as individuals the people we lost were extraordinary they spanned generations born in america emigrated to america but just like that so many of them took their final breath. In america as a nation can accept such a cool face. Well before i do this pandemic for so long we have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow after addressing the nation the president headed outside for a moment of silence 500 candles lit 4500000 dead and were still not out of it a half a 1000000 deaths its just its terrible it is historic we havent seen anything even close to this the grim milestone comes after winter storm stalled Vaccination Efforts in parts of the nation so far just over 80 percent of the doses that are available have been administered Health Officials say they should be back on track this week backs and eating at a rate of 1800000 shots per day while hospitalizations and pay tallies remain high the most of any country in the world theyve begun to decline dramatically cove in 19. 00 in the United States has been declining for 5 weeks with the 7 day average dropping 74 percent since the 7 day average on january the president has promised to vaccinate 100000000 americans in his 1st 100 days in office and white house officials expect to meet that goal but that may be small comfort to those whove lost a loved one nevertheless the president offered the grieving a message of hope you could be ok. And to heal he said we must remember kristen salumi aljazeera washington. The americas half a 1000000 covered 1000. 00 deaths represent about 152. 00 out of every 100000 people thats the 9th highest figure worldwide but the death rate has been significantly higher in countries like belgium a u. K. And italy the 1st country to be badly hit after china and the nation with the most number of deaths relative to its population is the tiny permed principality of san marino with more than 70 in a population of just 33000. 00 thats about 213. 00 deaths per 100000 people now england could see an end to most coronavirus restrictions by the end of june Prime Minister Boyce Johnson has laid out a cautious plan to start lifting pandemic measures from next month but it could all come to a halt if infection rates rise or vaccinations are delayed need a report some london the long road out of law will be gradual and cautious a decision the government said was based upon data rather than pressure to set dates nearly a year after this pandemic began this unparalleled National Effort has decisively shifted the odds in our favor so that we no longer have to rely simply on lockdowns and restricting your behavior and putting our lives on hold but with every day that goes by this program of vaccination is creating a shield around the entire population the governments no confirmed all schools will reopen for all children or march the 8th many have already adapted to continue teaching the children of essential workers throughout the pandemic students and staff at this school have regular lunch will flow tests on the School Premises this looks set to continue when the rest of the children return. After the reopening of schools allowing people to have more social contacts will be a priority for march the 29th up to 6 people or 2 households can meet outside including in private gardens this is when the stay at home order is expected to be lifted the move follows encouraging new data indicating the Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccines use in the u. K. Can reduce hospital admissions by as much as 94 percent. The u. K. Is hoping its lead in the Vaccination Campaign will allow it to recover faster than other countries but the number of people still Receiving Hospital treatment remains worryingly. When you look at number of people in hospital with coded in the u. K. Again you can see there is a significant 4 that is continuing but the rates are still high and theyre only slightly below the height of the 1st peak we had last year further stages for england several weeks a passing clue the reopening of nonessential shops and the face return of people to pubs and restaurants hit hard by months of closures the reopening of hotels and hairdressers will follow but the prospect of foreign travel or Summer Holidays seems some way off the easing of restrictions can only move to the next phase providing for criteria have been met that previous measures do not in any way affect the vaccine rollout that there isnt suddenly an increase in infection rates or the National Health service isnt adversely affected by any of these previous changes and lastly if there is any concern a tour about the possible impact of any new variance more than 17000000 people have received at least one dose of a covert 19 vaccine infection rates are falling quickly across the country with an 80 percent drop in cases in the capital. Cases of the South African variants all also shrinking but after months of destructive off destructions the last thing anyone wants is for a taste of normality to be suddenly taken away leave. London. To more head on this news hour including unblocked wife facebook has agreed to reverse its news ban on australian sites farmers in the u. K. Hold their 1st summit to discuss a life after breaks it will take a look at the challenges they say theyre facing and by munich battle fatigue and poor form as they prepare for the Champions League last 16 thats coming up in sports with joe later. As Ruling Party Candidate is holding a commanding lead in the president ial runoff with 57. 7 percent of the vote mohamed by zome is ahead of his challenger former president nominee but the vote has been marred by the killing of 7 election workers on sunday election observers called on the candidates to respect the final results as vote counting continues in iraq one protester has been killed and several others injured by Security Forces in the south on monday crowds gathered in the city of nasiriya calling for an overthrow of the local government there also demanding more Job Opportunities and Better Services in the city 550 people have been killed since the protest Movement Began in 2990. The u. S. Secretary of state has told his israeli counterpart that a 2 state solution to the israeli palestine conflict is best for the future stability of the region earlier this month Anthony Blenkin refused to commit to the idea of occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of the future palestinian state a city which has been illegally occupied by israel since 1967 remains at the heart of the decades long middle east conflict. Pakistans Prime Minister is set to arrive in sri lanka shortly for a 2 day visit there to countries are expected to sign several economic agreements but sri lankas Muslim Minority has high hopes for a different reason now fernandez reports from Colombo Sri Lanka includes more than half of its onions and potatoes from pakistan they are part of the range of food items including vasant the rice and mandarins that are brought in from pakistani booths appear market to go to Pakistan Pakistan is a big help to our market we can get what we need quickly and easily and at a good price. Driven comus are a major focus of Prime Minister imran khans visit to colombo but thats not all hes been urged to discuss sri lanka is my knowledge of Muslim Community has complained of being marginalized in recent years its a school that 19 has made things much worse with the government forcibly committing all victims disregarding its a practice forbid many sloane. Prime minister khan who is portrayed as a champion of islamic rights has been asked to help in the practice communitys members. Make games themselves appeal to muslim countries including pakistan. So in that context hes. Critical khans visit comes as the un human rights chief presents a highly critical report on sri lanka it highlights the countrys failure to ensure justice and accountability 12 years after the bloody end of the civil war between Government Troops and the tamil tigers officials here were hoping that Prime Minister imraan khan would help rally support against any critical resolution at the un in geneva but the government forced cremation policy of covert 19 victims which has angered its Muslim Population could make that support unlikely to happen and there are they are. District councilors and other elected officials in hong kong will soon have to swear an oath of allegiance to keep their position the loyalty pledge is included in need draft a bill Just Announced by hong kongs government those who violate the old will be barred from elections for 5 years get reaction out of beijing with katrina use life there for a sketchiness so this draft still in its draft stage early stages if it does go through how does it affect hong kong status as a territory of china. Well essentially if ali this move will take hong kong one step closer to resemble in any other mainland province it will make it very very difficult for any dissenting voices to hold Public Office in hong kong now hong kong officials gave a press conference on trees they are to new in announcing this draft bill which will essentially require District Councils to take an oath of allegiance to the government that is pledge their loyalty essentially to beijing now this also applies to law makers and they will also take into account past behavior and anybody considered to be. Not following through with this or the legions to beijing will be banned from election for 5 years now this affects hong kongs 400 or so District Council is and many of those District Councils won their seats in the 2019 election and whats key to remember is overwhelmingly these District Council is prodemocracy or opposition figures now the result of this election was extremely embarrassing for beijing which has been trying to solve the message that most of the people of hong kong are for the communist party now another similar election was due to take place last year and that was postponed due to corbett and it was expected to take place later this year and analysts were predicting another prodemocracy landslide so this change really is beijings way of preventing that from happening now this form this law as you said is still in its draft form it will be tabled and its expected to be passed during Chinas National Peoples Congress which is going to take place here in beijing in early march right and i was going to ask you how this might affect the upcoming local elections in hong kong and how the prodemocracy movement there will be reacting to this. Were definitely going to be furious and this is all really part of a larger or the whole of hong kongs political asis political system that was triggered by the nass prodemocracy program democracy protests that we saw taking place throughout 2019 now this prodemocracy movement was nastily embarrassing for china for Chinese Authority and it was also infuriating to beijing and as a result we saw the implementation of a Controversial National security law which was passed and implemented in the middle of last year and that banned any subversion against beijing as well as clues and with Foreign Forces now beijing has said that being patriotic was always a part of the requirements for District Council isnt simply what they are doing is narrowing that interpretation saying that patriotism means loyalty to chinas Central Communist Party now this is expected to be criticised not only by just her counselors and other prodemocracy figures in hong kong but also by western governments and Rights Groups across the world many who believe that china is already violating its one country 2 systems promise to allow hong kong to maintain its autonomy for at least 50 years when britains handover thank you for that katrina you live for us there in beijing. Now facebook has announced it will restore a news content to its users in australia at the moment all Australian Newspapers are blocks from sharing material on facebook and all its use is a banned from sharing links to Australian News sources the decision comes after the government agreed to amend legislation that would make tech giants pay for straitly news content. Facebook has committed to entering into good faith negotiations with a stray news media businesses in seeking to reach agreements to pay for content. This follows a series of intensive negotiations with facebook since their actions its involved the minister the Prime Minister and the head of the a triple c. True story and myself weve agreed to make some clarifications to the code the code maintains its key measures namely its a mandatory code our world leading us. Secondly its based on 2 way Value Exchange and 3rd it involves a farnell of patrician making is when i speak to tom a lever about this hes a professor internet studies at Curtin University in Perth Western australia joins us via skype thank you very much for being with us so Australian News outlets will have their facebook pages restored very soon as they train their short term for news organizations i imagine but who do you think will win this battle in the long run. Look in the long run we know that facebook has cannibalize the Advertising Market news once relied upon and even though this will involve some deals for money to flow back to news produces it certainly wont be in the quantity that has disappeared over the last decade with the reduction of advertising revenue right and traditional news outlets that you have to go across the world they need this cash desperately they need cash isnt facebook in a sense right when they say they help news organizations get news of your sister crybabies and help drive revenue these organizations wouldnt be able to survive on their own in the internet age with they certainly not facebook is an important part of the news ecology but we have to remember that facebook gets value as well it learns a lot by what people click in terms of news their preferences of all the forms facebook so i think facebook get something out of this deal too it always has and i think if facebook stops pretending that its philanthropic and reminds us all that its a business when we see this for what it really is its a 2 way street and i think facebook needs to at least give some support to the Quality Content creators that prop up their platform so a 2 way street you say but how does it affect us and the way we view and share information online. So how does this deal impact us when it means that users at least will get their musical ag. Back so facebook will stop being just a cute cat pictures of all once again be a place where news is discussed that is a good thing and certainly payment flowing to media produces is a good thing but i think the news ecology has been radically disrupted in the last little while and i think there is a global appetite for regulation and the global appetite for facebook and google and others to pay something for the news that is linked to from their platforms and i think this is just one step in that process and as you say theres a global appetite for regulation is not just australia canada and the European Union are also considering similar legislation but what implications stand for freedom of expression and access to information what i think we need to stop thinking of facebook as just a communication platform its a business the happens to have communications and use on it so in that context facebook is within its rights with growing news but it also. Starts to remind the strenuous is that they can happy to use them as a political football in a negotiation to pay as little as possible to news produces so i dont think thats a good thing for users but i do think its a its a stark reminder that we need to hold onto thank you very much for talking to us tom i need a professor of internet studies at Curtin University we appreciate your time. Thank you. And still ahead on the news hour a concrete decision thats causing braugher why environmentalists say plans for a Cement Factory in indonesia is threatening farm is live in herds past nasa and they have breath taking video of its rover touching down on the bed. And sports ice hockey player who says hes the victim of intimidation tactics from the russian government. See. How we got more lovely spring like weather across a good part of here and now city into those central areas but there is quite a contrast further east where it is bitterly cold in moscow minus 18 celsius fair not this warmth that we have across central parts that eventually going to make its way further east was plus a scorching weather hip beautiful that moller rare that warm weather will actually will further research as we go on through wednesday going on into thursday with about freezing in moscow by thursday and rising as we go through the next few days you can see how the warms really does win out nicely then so not too bad with a moderate coming in from the atlantic im afraid it does mean some spells of western weather sliding across all and into worlds pushing into well in england using up across scotland once again quite a brisk wind still in place across those western pass muster front so the low countries pushing across into germany fine try warm and sunny beautiful spring like weather continuing there will be somewhat of weather coming into spain and portugal easing across france as we go on into thursday but too bad its places in western weather to across the far north of algeria over the next couple of days but for the most part well then africa is fine dry and sunny. In india identity politics on the rise what were seeing is the construction of partitions and cuts and loads of millions of people across the country and as a dockside indeterminism do see the grid from his off the majesty of the hindu fix into something more like the team i didnt see of the British Football League i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of indias soul on aljazeera reporting in the field means i often get to witness not just news this is breaking but also history as its unfolding crossing from serbia to hungry to read one day i might be covering politics and laxer on my covering protests. But whats most important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. We believe everyone has a story worth hearing. The in the. The in. And. Youre watching the news are on a 0 with me fully back to bill a reminder of our top stories the United States has enforced new sanctions targeting myanmars military need is over this month school the European Union says its agreed to do the same in the last few hours the g 7 countries have condemned the army over it seem priest use of force against Protesters Police in georgia have stormed the Party Headquarters of the opposition and arrested its leader. Is demanding new elections after last years disputed hanumant treatable and the United States has now recorded more than half a 1000000 cold with 19 deaths by far the highest old in the world france at half staff and President Joe Biden honor the victims with a moment of silence. Now some breaking news out of malaysia and its Immigration Department task confirmed the country has deported more than a 1000 Asylum Seekers and children to myanmar area we reported that a Malaysian Court had granted them a temporary stay and that ruling followed appeals from human rights activists but now the malaysian Immigration Department confirming that its to watch it isa sign and seek is that spring tony chang back on the news hour his live from bangkok so the malaysian government going again ahead with the repatriation despite the early a court ruling tony why. Very difficult. Although in the past the malaysian judiciary and the government have often been out of step with each other. Again i think it was perhaps a surprise that they did get that reprieve earlier today the malaysian government in the past has not always been that swift to condemn me on mars military and i think the fact that so many people were being transported to the docks to get on these navy ships which were waiting to transport them back. Was a rather ominous sign nonetheless the fact that theyve gone against this court order which was going to give them a temporary reprieve until tomorrow morning is something of a surprise but i suspect as the attention has been focusing on this maybe a month government decided it was a bullet they wanted to dogs they had been very clear about the fact there are no. In these repatriation ships but those human rights organizations you mentioned have made the point that there are people from ethnic groups in conflict with you could well be at risk if theyre sent back to myanmar particularly since the coup yeah i was going to ask you about who exactly are the refugees that are being taken back and where. We understand there are 6 who have been given a Refugee Status by the u. N. H. C. R. And there are others from ethnic groups like the chair in the quran who have been in conflict. Groups ethnic groups there are and have been in conflict with me among military who find themselves in greater problems in their delivered back to a government which is very much in the control of the me among military as it now seems to be since the coup on the 1st of february at this stage we understand i think 1086. 00 had been repaired treated although this is a breaking story so its a little unclear at this stage it may be that they havent sent back absolutely everybody because there were more than 1500 people who were supposed to be repatriated but the court order from the malaysian co earlier today said that all those people were given a stay on that expulsion so it is again something of a surprise they sent back so many defying the cold thank you very much tony for that tony chang for that update from bangkok. U. K. Prime minister Boyce Johnson is due to address british farmers during the Farmers Union annual meeting as fs Conference Center breaks a transition period and that promise organizations have warned that some sectors are facing a crisis due to the 20 francs set and a pandemic that is joining us now from essex and southeastern england so what will be the key message from the government to these farmers. Who fully the basic message is that the governments committed to the long term future of Food Production and the Agriculture Sector here in the u. K. This conference or annual general meeting is of the English National Farmers Union but the message is countrywide and it is were going to stick by you of course there are lots of our knowns right now partly because the u. K. Has left the European Union will in a couple of hours will be hearing the conference will be hearing from the International Trade secretary liz truss who will be urging farmers to look towards middle class consumers in Asian Countries as an export opportunities shes calling it a golden opportunity there is. An approach of a change of direction from the government theyre saying that britain could become. Exemplary in terms of higher production standards basically raising the quality of what they sell but the big change in the short term is going to be the loss of subsidies from the European Union which are worth around 4000000000 u. S. Dollars per year to the u. K. Now the governments approach those are going to be phased out over 7 years the governments approach is that it wants to get farmers involved in a Sustainable Future paying them not to produce but paying them for example to protect wildlife habitats. Combat flooding to plant trees and the like saying that thats the way the livelihood can be guaranteed weve already heard from the Scottish Government that they dont like that approach very much and insisting that farmers will continue will have to continue to be paid to produce and in fact its thought that 3 quarters of farming businesses are not profitable without those current subsidies we dont know how thats going to work out in the coming years but the message from governments is there will need to be a new direction a new focus from british agriculture the national Farmers Union are likely to tell them that they want to see rural areas leveled up just as the government has the level up different parts of the country they want to see more investments into places like that like this area here including things like better broadband access. To more leave it there for the life forests there in essex in the u. K. The World Wildlife fund is warning that one 3rd of freshwater fish species face extinction it could have devastating consequences for the 200000000 people across asia africa and south america who rely on freshwater fish as their main source of protein industry employs 60000000. 00 people worldwide generating 100000000000. 00 a year the us says populations have giant freshwater fish have declined by 94 percent in the last 15 years and numbers of migratory freshwater fish have fallen by 76 percent in the same period lets speak to stuart or about this is the global freshwater leader at the World Wide Fund for nature joins us via skype from switzerland thank you very much for being tell us 1st about the reasons why global populations are freshwater fish and free for more so i understand then the rate of decline of forests or oceans for examples. Yeah thats correct we have to remember that freshwater environments are only one percent of the entire earths surface and as this report highlights 51 percent of all fish species on the planet are in freshwater freshwater environments are heavily modified by us by industry by irrigation by Energy Supply we pollute them weve been draining wetlands on an incredible rate over the last 40 years and i think this report is trying to shine a light on the fact that these critical ecosystems are vital of course to the economy and society who we need to look after them a lot better this species crash is a great indication that nowhere is the nature crisis as evident as in the freshwater environment right and the report warns of freshwater fish are often forgotten in discussions of risks to species. Tell us about the species that are under threat and why they particularly important to the health of the world and what impact does it have on the livelihoods of people who depend on. Indeed you said at the very beginning 200000000 people rely on wild caught fresh fish as their primary source of protein now this isnt fish that goes through trade statistics and so the global numbers on how many people rely on freshwater fish are grossly underestimated but that fish is vital not just as protein but as life seen in an amino acids to childrens Brain Development for example so the nutritional benefits of well course for sure huge livelihoods 60000000 people in the world and most of them women are relying on these livelihoods and of course as you said the Recreational Fishing industry the reason theyre so important is that they play a very hidden role in discussions about Food Security and as we move forward into a an era of discussing about Climate Change and the impacts of Climate Change its the water environment the people and economies are going to feel Climate Change through droughts and floods and interruption in rainfall right and so this report really is a way for us to say we really need to Pay Attention to these ecosystems and governments around the world im meeting this year to discuss biodiversity and how to stop the destruction of the earth is natural habitat what should be done the top priority to restore you know to clean up rivers and restore fresh water habitat. Absolutely so meeting this year in china weve put forward with partners a very simple 6 step plan that is very simplistic but implements of all its around flows around Water Quality protecting and restoring the most critical habitats ending overfishing and looking increasingly into issues like sand mining controlling Invasive Species and really removing these those obsolete dams and obsolete infrastructure that we have in our rivers those are 6 simple steps that we are asking all governments to take into that meeting we feel that if governments can implement this we can make a huge difference in the threatened nature of freshwater species around the world thank you so much for speaking to us about this urgent issues to where or from the joining us there from neon in switzerland thank you for your time pleasure farmers in indonesia central java struggling with flooding that has destroyed close to 2000000. 00 worth of crops they blame authorities for damaging the land then making it less fertile by allowing construction and mining close by jessica washington has a story from jakarta it might look like a river but this is actually a paddy field in the village of some patty regency this community of farmers in central java is trying to salvage their crops days of severe flooding have destroyed most of their hard work and most of the rice is rotten. Those submitted that someone look all around everything is ruined there is no harvest. This community is used to heavy rains but farmers told aljazeera past floods didnt reach the petit fields they say land degradation is to blame for the worsening flooding. But number one because i never said that there are many mining activities going on up hill mining for the cement factories forest destruction plantations when it rains the water flows straight to the jawan a river overflows. The Disaster Agency says 7000. 00 hectares of land is flooded and in some areas the water rose more than a metre and a half. The mine how far along aside from the la nina effect we cannot deny this flood is caused by environmental destruction especially in the forest environmental groups are campaigning for a moratorium on mining permits they blame the worsening floods on upstream mining for the Cement Factory but local authorities in how to maintain the floods are caused by heavy rains. These floods are because the joiner river overflowed it happens annually when the rainfall is high. This week severe flooding affected thousands of households in jakarta and nearby cities and local authorities also blamed heavy rain flooding in java causes millions of dollars of damage every year in jakarta and in smaller cities and authorities are often reluctant to make the connection between environmental damage and the worsening floods. In 30 the local government says it will give seeds to the affected farmers but the farmers are still concerned. If it continues like this all is lost d the complex again the seeds they say will not be enough if the big issues arent addressed as well just go washington aljazeera jakarta. Nearly 8000000 people in the u. S. State of texas are still having issues with water access after a severe winter storm caused widespread damage last week many have been queuing for hours to get water and food at local churches and malls the storm caused major blackouts and damaged infrastructure nearly 17000 people remain without power at least 2 dozen people died as a result of the storm. The wife of jailed mexican drug boss hockey in El Chapo Guzman has been arrested in the u. S. On Drug Trafficking charges emma coronel asp world was detained at washingtons Dulles Airport shes accused of helping her husband run his multibillion dollar cartel and prodding his escape from a mexican prison in 2015 because mine is serving a life sentence in a u. S. Jail. In spain demonstrators in boston and i have thrown bottles at police during a 7th nights of protests against a jailing of. A sale but he say around 700. 00 people took on in the mostly peaceful rally a sale is found guilty of criticizing spains monarchy and glorifying a separatist school it set off days of protest and debate about free speech the demonstrations have been organized by a group who wants catalonia to secede from spain. Head on the news are why australian rules payers are being asked to donate their brains after the death of one of their greats as coming up in sports with joe after the break. The o. R. After the 1st time the u. S. Space agency has captured a moslem being on video the pictures show nasa suppresive aarons rover descending on to the surface of the red planets ready to search for signs of ancient life now about mallory whats at hand confirmed. And historic moment for nasa the 1st ever color video of a spacecraft landing on. A planet more than 200000000 kilometers 4 miles. Thats been the one weve been dreaming about for years and the new year i give you a quick warning to not blink as things go really fast here you can see that you get a sense really of how violent that parachute deploy and inflation are the 2700000000 dollar perseverance rover is on a mission to explore the red planet for ancient signs of life it was a nail biting moment for scientists who have to wait several minutes to receive the signal that it had successfully landed on the edges there a crater that said to be an ancient really bad that carried water billions of years ago. Its not just video of thursdays lander did not had released. This is the microphone that was part of the e. T. O. System im right you know too if you would like to close your eyes and just imagine yourself sitting on the surface of mars. It will take a few weeks for the rover to get rolling on its heavy duty wheels the team will 1st check all Systems Software and test the instruments it will allow us to do further in depth check out to be a shipment we have our core drill in the center are pixel and charlie instruments mounted to the side and that black is to support the gut gas dust removal which will remove dust from the surfaces that we will be inspecting later on to the 1000 moons a draw into new to what attempts to explode the 1st. Nasa has also pieced together the 6 pick choose to create a panoramic of the dusty motion and scape surrounding the roof. Explore the river delta. There in the dark and still didnt find the hoping to find. The life. And on the planet. The. Time was for science joe farley thank you very much christiane are now there has become the top scorer and italy this season overtaking intimate. With his latest performance the portuguese star scored 2 headers as event his beat button probably protonic 3 no on monday that takes rinaldo his tally to 18 goals this season also moves eventis within 8 points of leading into milan reigniting their challenge for the title. Fellow talons last year in Champions League action they host the holders by munich in the last 16 later but by also battling fatigue and poor form since clinching their 6th title in 12 months with victory at the Fifa Club World cup in qatar the european champions have been struggling domestically just 2 points ahead of rb leipzig in the bundesliga by and also without several of their 1st team players including Thomas Mueller and benjamin provide following positive tests monday morning its been a heavy workload and weve missed some of our top players but this can always happen during a season and 2 other teams as well so im looking forward with optimism these Champions League games are special for us so i expect the team will be motivated. Spains top scorer louis suarez will be looking to take a bite out of chelseas Champions League hopes as he leads Atletico Madrid into the last 16 but the current virus pandemic has forced the mats removed to remain here thats because of travel restrictions preventing visitors from the u. K. Entering spain chelseas boss feels that could play into his teams hands. Disadvantage for for atletico to lose their home ground we dont have to talk around the obvious. So are we well equipped yeah i feel clearly yes its very easy to answer i love what i see on a daily basis now up to 10000 fans could be allowed back into stadiums for the final day of the English Premier League season as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions it comes too late for Crystal Palace fans who can only watch on t. V. As the teams stunned brightened on monday Christian Ben tech a scored in the 95th minutes with his teams 3rd shot on target in the whole game 21 result lifts palace to 13. The French Rugby Federation says there have been no more new cases of covert 19 among its 6 nations squad so far 10 players and the head coach have tested positive which puts sundays match against scotland in paris in doubt tournament organizers say a decision will be made on wednesday fronts top of the 6 nations table after winning both their games so far. A coroner in australia is calling on all the rules players to donate their brains to research into concussion related disease c. T. E. The coroner made the appeal after giving her findings in the death of former all the rooms great danny foley who took his own life in 21000 from lee who played the same killed in eightys ninetys was found to have c. T. E. After his death the disease is caused by repeated concussions and has been linked to Mental Health issues. To the n. B. A. Now and Le Bron James has dismissed concerns about his workload after his l. A. Lakers team suffered their 4th loss in 5 games despite having a bron james the defending champions a struggling without the injured Anthony Davis this time they were beaten in overtime by the Washington Wizards bradley beal the standout player with 33 points as the wizards secured their 1st win over the Lakers Staples Center 6 march 27th team theyve now won 5 in a row which is their longest winning streak in 3 years. This is a fast turnaround from last season and we will all wish we can have more rest you know im here to work tomorrow to punch my clock in and be available to my teammates and if i am. Or am not feeling well then we can look at them this whole narrative of no the brownies more rest washing more rest wash take time here. Has become a bigger than what it actually really is the Dallas Mavericks seem to have benefited from a rest though theyve had 8 days off because cold weather in texas close to that games to be postponed they returned with a 10 point win over the Memphis Grizzlies victim hardaway jr top scoring with 29 points. The new york rangers n. H. L. Team say their play a lot to me is being targeted by smith tactics because of his support of russian opposition figure alexina an hour and is taking a leave of absence after a former coach alleged he assaulted a woman in latvia 10 years ago which he denies the russian player has spoken out against president Vladimir Putin in the past and recently posters support for. This month was jailed for these 3 years the rain just said to me family and unequivocally denies any and all allegations in this fabricated story this is clearly and intimidation tactic being used against him for being outspoken in recent political events the ranges fully support me and work with him to identify the source of these on the founded allegations. Carol you say too much but. I think hes in good hands the rangers did unbelievable job with. You know having a good support system for players for you know i mean anything we need and obviously this is probably a little bit unique for everybody but hes in good hands and you know hes such a good person and we talked this morning about the situation and the fact that its sympathetic and as much as our attorneys our thoughts. That were going to be here for me you know weve got a job to do and you know these guys dont have a great practice that was really Good Practice and. 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