Baghdads catholic cathedral a decade after an al qaeda massacre killed dozens and u. S. President bidens call that 900. 00 stimulus bill is still moving forward in the senates to spite republican attempts to slow down the process. So we begin in senegal where they are running battles between protesters and police on the streets of the capital to car after a court decided that opposition politician has months uncle showed to remain in custody violence broke out 2 days ago after sancho was arrested for taking part in an unauthorized hes also facing a rape charges which he denies saying the accusation is part of a plot to block him from running for president in 2024 thats ring in nicholas covering these protests for us from the cock quite some unusual scenes on the streets of the car today nicholas tell us about whats been happening these past few hours. Where we were in front of one of the main arteries of the capital normally. At this time of the day its a bustling with traffic look at it now the very end of the road here are protesters who earlier on worse chanting. Which means in french free zone theyre met with police in Security Forces were shot here a gas but on this roundabout also the military have been deployed for reinforcement and in front of the military a. P. C. Unit a total gas station a french gas station that was rammed sacked late last night by protesters weve seen a night of unprecedented violence here in senegal not only in the capital jakarta but throughout the country weve seen protesters attack cars on the highway attacked french gas station supermarkets as well as. A Police Station in the region of gauge weiser really hard level of violence still despite the presence of the military and all these Security Forces no no firing of live bullets theyre using tear gas theyre trying to contain the crowd full it would seem from what youre saying nicholas and the fact that this is becoming widespread now that the protests are not just about the arrests of last month. Thats right i mean its not just about some good because this country has gone through a very difficult year the coronavirus pandemic the government put restrictive measures in thats very difficult for many of the protesters here who are daily rely on their daily income to go about their business and when there was a curfew put in place abruptly earlier in the month of february restricting movement at night will put a lot of people without jobs and last year in fact during the coronavirus pandemic for the 1st time in in decades people in senegal were reliant on food aid so the coronavirus pandemic and the economic fallout of it has had a heavy impact on people now the president like he still has called on debt relief to try to manage the situation but its more than that its really a feeling from protesters that right they want their voices heard that they feel that theyre not being heard by their government but theres also the political aspect in all this and the fact that president assad has been accused of trying to stifle the opposition trying to prevent the opposition from from organizing itself and participating in the actions. Thats right and in fact the opposition accuse specifically prison like you saw of using the chords to eliminate its political rivals starting with the son of the former president karimov that was charged with corruption and then there was the mayor the former mayor. Who we just saw drove by in a show of support to these protesters who was again charged with corruption making him illegible an illegible to to run for for office. Is a political outsider he describes himself as the establishment candidate and politician he wants to be the next president of this country and hes been really attacking the president quite directly accusing him and his family of corruption of amassing wealth whilst most people live on less than 2. 00 a day and he accuses the government also of playing into the hands of friends of former colonial power allowing French Companies to operate freely and not doing enough to protect ordinary senegalese so all those emotion are wrapped up in the protests that you see behind me and in fact you can see it in the in the in the chanting its not just free songs people have been calling for dignity simply put really a sense that they really want to get they want to see some change in their political elite or the government so that their issues are their problem and problems are resolved by them fully nic thank you very much for that update sneakiness with the latest say on the situation costs and again which will keep a close eye on here of course in other. Who are said at least one person has been killed in myanmar 2nd city of mandalay after protesters clashed with police on friday many have been defying a crackdown on marching and marching to demand an end to the military takeover activists were out in a number of cities on friday 30 people were killed on wednesday. The chinese video sharing app ticktock says it has removed videos of apparent Death Threats from members of myanmars military john tycho protesters theres little right school more i. C. T. For development has found more than 800 such groups have been recorded and posted on social media since the military coup last month some videos show armed men aiming why force at cameras telling protesters theyll be shot in the head and a Un Security Council meeting on the situation in myanmar is underway in new york lets speak to our diplomatic editor james space whos live at the United Nations weve heard already some strong words from the u. N. Special envoy to myanmar whos been briefing the Security Council. Yes the Security Council meeting behind closed doors so we dont get to hear their words we cannot broadcast their words but there is in touch with diplomats who are in that meeting so we have a very good idea of what is going on as you say Christina Sean christine seana bergen to the u. N. Envoy has been briefing and basters about the situation ive obtained a copy of her remarks that shes just delivered and she tells the Security Council the hope that the people have placed in the United Nations and its membership is waning and i have heard directly that desperate pleas for Internet Action International Action to reverse a clear assault on the will of the people she estimates that around 50 people have been killed in just the last week she says we cannot allow these serious human rights abuses the repression must stop allow me to reiterate the International Community should not lend legitimacy or recognition to this regime thats been forcefully imposed and impose nothing but chaos since since its could do and then theres another line which i think is important she says theres an urgency for collective action how much more can we allow the Myanmar Military to get away with so a very clear message i think from the special envoy who speaks for the secretary general shes his representative that the Security Council needs to take action of course now the question is will the Security Council take our action theyve had one meeting before all man mark they had a reason the strong statement in which they said all of those detained should be released and they they were very concerned about the situation will there be another tougher statement or would there even be any action could there be sanctions could there be as human rights want groups want an arms embargo all of these are questions but i think theyll be some suggestion. That russia and china which are permanent members of the council will not want to go much further than the statement theyve already agreed to when the council met the 1st time well have to wait and see thank you james of course well come back to you with the latest on that u. N. Security Council Meeting on myanmar. Now earlier i spoke to a file who is a broadcast journalist who was based in one law for nearly a decade and left the country yesterday she says the militarys brutal tactics are escalating fast. The atmosphere has totally changed there is. A huge amount of fear and because weve seen lethal force by the military and not just nickel flows but also immense cruelty almost sadism coming from some of the Security Forces like brutal attacks on innocent medics the sweeping up of almost anyone in the street that doesnt have to be a protester it doesnt have to be a journalist just anyone whos out on the streets theyre trying to sow fear theyre trying to get send the message that this is not acceptable that people cant be on the streets protesting or anything else theyre trying to make people hide in their homes that theyre also shooting into peoples homes its been absolutely terrifying and the atmosphere is hugely changed but weve seen a slightly different way of organizing themselves a lot more pretty protective equipment people going out with makeshift shields some of them have been made out of metal or other materials some have seen People Holding satellite dishes that they use in this shields and many who are helmets and theyre in smaller groups and they spread out differently they tend to communicate through social media there is a reasonable amount of coordination but it is its a long folding quite quickly so at the moment it does feel a little messy still i think in the coming days perhaps we will see a little more organization from the protesters and its difficult to tell but theyre obviously not big cutoff that anger and that defiance is still that in an already outraged nation. Pope francis is calling for an end to violence and intolerance in iraq as he begins a historic visit to a country scarred by war and now cone of eyes the head of the Roman Catholic church was welcomed by back at the president ial palace in baghdad earlier the pope is hoping the 3 day visit will boost the morale of iraqs twiddling christian population in a speech to those gathered at the palace the pope iraqs political leaders to strengthen justice and transparency to foster a sense of hope among the youth. The police the politicians need to promote the spirit of fraternal solidarity there is corruption abuse of power thats not the way at the same time you need to think of justice transparency to strengthen certain values that so credibility can grow so everyone especially the young people can have hope for the future. From the president ial palace pope francis went to our lady of salvation the catholic cathedral in baghdad which was a site of a deadly attack in 2010 simona 14 has this update from the cathedral. He was here at our lady of salvation churches speak to pastors to priests to catechize to speak to them about the really the status of christianity and to encourage them to really preserve their faith and to encourage them to reach out to the Christian Community to remain close to them encourage Iraqs Christians christians to say many christians have left iraq as a result of the recent violence and in fact one of the main objectives of pope francis visit here is to encourage the approximately 300000 christians who are still believed to be in the country to remain he did acknowledge the victims of the attack that happened here in 2010 he also acknowledged victims from other ethnic religious minorities such as the for example and he did also appeal to the youth he said the young people are a sign of promise and hope and what hes really saying here is that the next generation of christians the young people that they need to remain in iraq we have seen obviously a huge exodus of christians and perhaps some of the older generations theyre inclined to stay simply because they have spent most of their lives here theyre keen to preserve the past but many of the young people they dont see a future in this country the moment they get in a paternity to emigrate abroad so they can really practice and live in peace they take that opportunity and that is one of the things that pope francis is trying to encourage with his speech for these people to really remain a part of the Christian Community here in iraq and to stay. China has unveiled plans to overhaul the electoral system allowing beijing veto power over who can run for the Legislative Council the announcement was made during the National Peoples congress the countrys biggest annual political gathering the proposed changes would mean a pro China Election Committee decides which candidates can run for Legislative Council seats the move an effective least amount any opposition in hong kong spawn amends. And still ahead on aljazeera tension boils over in the suburbs of paris says lockdown measures and upstaging teenage violence and how the sport made vaccine against over 1000 has become central to a russian Charm Offensive in latin america. Its time for the perfect gentlemen. Sponsored play Qatar Airways theres another big spring change taking place in the weather in east asia particularly japan the Korean Peninsula and this northern part of china the winds go round to the north so you can say goodbye to the 20 in tokyo and beijing beijing is already down to about 4 but 4 cross opposing shows its warming up again the winds not doing anything on the sun is becoming increasingly strong it is frosty overnighted misleader by day you know enjoy it so the temps down to 12 in tokyo the wind is dying to have at this time temperatures warming in central and northern china and the rain that was covering much of this part has gone offshore through taiwan and theres not much more to follow to be honest were still seeing the northeast monsoon more or less blowing into the philippines there are not really shows here but there are still plenty of malaysia and indonesia about in the afternoon there for the big thunderstorms in java and quite often surat sumatra just about peninsula. As well. India no such luck a few showers maybe in sri lanka and set in the building again in the northeast of india in bhutan and youve got this west the disturbance snow for afghanistan from the mountains and the north of pakistan and it might do something to cheer in the air over in new delhi which improves air quality briefly. Sponsored poll Qatar Airways. When match day arrives the green army comes to life. But football is not all they shout about. A club west societys disenfranchised have the loudest voice. And political dissent takes center stage. Today on the locals resistance the ultras of Roger Cossack lanka the fans who make football on aljazeera. The end hearken back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera violence on the streets of sending out capital the car is continuing this friday for a 3rd day after the court decided that opposition figure was muslim or should remain in custody fighting between protesters and police broke out when say after some girl was arrested for taking part in a not unauthorized route the u. N. Special envoy to myanmar has a Un Security Council to take action to end military repression often on tycoon protesters this comes amid reports that at least one person was killed in a 2nd city of monday on friday after protesters clashed with police and pope francis has called for an end to violence in iraq as he begins a historic visit to the country the pope hopes to provide. The rocks dwindling christian population and strengthen interfaith ties. To the u. S. Now where the senate is debating president joe bidens massive Coronavirus Relief bill the 1. 00 trillion dollars package would go towards vaccines emergency payments and help for the unemployed it narrowly passed its 1st hurdle on thursday night but a number of amendments are expected over the coming hours a package of existing relief measures expires next weekend lets get the latest with our White House Correspondent Kimberly Hockett so how is the bill progressing in congress. Well i say it is progressing but its still not quite there are in terms of being passed whats happening is they call it a vote a rom what it really means is that senators are now debating and on various amendments that theyve added to the bill as so this means that it could change a little bit the latest being that part of the code would relieve extending some of those Unemployment Benefits now those weekly payments just went down by 100. 00 from 400. 00 to 300. 00 so thats an example of some of the changing that is going on right now as this is debated in the senate but ultimately at the white house watching very carefully because they believe that theyre hoping that this could be passed sometime early this weekend and then hopefully signed into law before that happens before can be signed by the president it does have to go back to the house for a few more changes in looks but overall the white house says its feeling good that this is moving ahead this is a Key Campaign Promise for joe biden he wants to get those direct payments out to americans thats part of this bill and so that is going to be really important this is delivering on a Campaign Promise and we should point out with these latest job numbers that have come out today well the economy is improving slightly its certainly far from full employer full employment in fact the treasury secretary who will be here later today saying the only way to get full employment and that may not even happen this year is with the passage of this legislation so its being watched very eagerly at this hour from the white house on whats happening on capitol hill the same speed as it came to me between republican officeholders and Republican Voters about this bill. 100 percent thats right and today really is an accusation that those who make the laws are out of touch with those most affected by them this is a good example of that where conservative voters who vote typically republican are really in favor of seeing this legislation passed but republicans are not so keen in fact some republicans on capitol hill deliberately stalled the passage of this bill for at least 10 hours by insisting that it be read out in its entirety its worth the 600. 00 pages it took more than 10 hours to read thats typically something that gets skipped its a parliamentary procedure that usually is ignored not this time theyre using every tactic to try and delay this their argument is this is not just about cope with this is a partisan wish list on the part of the democrats and thats why theyre delaying it even though ultimately we know it will pass because this is a narrowly controlled democratic majority in the u. S. Senate committee thank you very much for that committee how good live for us at the white house. Now an increasing number of countries across latin america are nonsinging plans to purchase russias put an exact scene again scar on a virus it presents an opportunity for the kremlin which is taking full advantage of vaccine diplomacy to grow its influence in the region there are several reports on by the size. A plane from argentinas National Airline carrying thousands of doses of russias sputnik v. Vaccine the event was shown in most Major Television networks in the country mostly to vocally from the sword on the feet as you know we have signed a contract with the Russian Federation what does that contract say what that contract says is that we will be able to have enough doses to vaccinate 10000000 argentineans between january and february. Even though that deadline has passed and 10000000 doses are yet to arrive in argentina russia has become a crucial vaccine supplier for latin america. Last year as developed nations close deals with large laboratories for vaccines countries in the region turn to russia through fear of being left behind martin you know one of the 1st in the region and that delegate. Translated document may have been. Planted in order to get the vaccine up. But it made it known that information with other countries in latin america like mexico and bolivia at the beginning people here in argentina look at that button it could be back feed with now theyre waiting in line to get inoculated. Bolivia was hard hit by the pandemic almost 12000 people lost their lives in what is considered one of the regions poorest countries. In the country say Russia Sputnik of the vaccine was the only resource available. In the world has been always very very low most the companies are breeding the contacts they can or didnt deliver their promised so it would be very unlikely that believe every be able to access the vaccine the 1st half of the intervention of our own president who has contact the president by phone this contract was achieved. Russia was the 1st country to register a covert vaccine last year and since then sputnik v. Has become a diplomatic resource between moscow and latin america analysts here say its part of a plan that a lot of. The relationship with russia house or do with an objective of Russias Foreign Ministry with putin of projecting his presence in the region occupying areas where the United States is missing but also as a veiled to compensate the presence of the u. S. At the border with russia in ukraine the western presence in a way it means being in the United States backyard theres also the economic aspect local reports indicate moscow is already eyeing future contracts in argentina that included. Nuclear power plant and a training vacuum one of an area thats believed to have some of the largest resurface of gas in the world. But for now there is a pandemic and for many countries in the region the sputnik v. Is the only chance to prevent further loss of life. After days of record coronavirus deaths across rise ill its 2nd largest city has announced the toughest measures yet to curb the spread of the virus from friday restaurants and bars in Rio De Janeiro will close at 5 pm and an overnight curfew will be in polls this follows a decision by sao paulos government to shut nonessential businesses for 2 weeks from saturday brazil is facing its worst phase of the pandemic pushing its Hospital System to the brink of collapse. In france has been an upsurge in Youth Violence on the outskirts of paris since called 1000 measures came into effect last year in recent weeks 3 teenagers died in separate incidents near the french capital but there are reports from the suburb of. Flowers for iman a 15 year old boy shot dead in this hole during School Holiday activities last week in the paris suburb of bondi his father who had arrived to pick him up saw the shooting 2 brothers age 17 and 27 have turned themselves into police a man was a talented kick boxer whod recently won a regional championship some of his classmates are still in shock over now i cant believe it i cant imagine never seeing him again it was someone who loved making us all laugh were all affected our teachers too we all are eyewitnesses said iman in the brothers been arguing earlier in the day but if this remembrance walk few people understand how a dispute could end so tragically india has engineers young people here need to feel they can grow up safely a man was ambitious sporty his death is an injustice theres been a certain teenage violence in recent weeks in the paris suburbs and some here say that covert restrictions are playing a role by feeling boredom and frustration and exacerbating existing problems. Imans boxing coach says the government should consider reopening sports facilities but. Theres been a big impact on kids they dont know what to do with them so its as of their case they need to do some sport of course theres a Health Crisis but we have to find solutions because kids are getting into trouble they dont know what theyre doing less than 2 weeks before i am and skilling to 14 year olds was stabbed to death in separate fights between teenage gang south of paris the mayor where one of the killings took place says covert restrictions have made the situation more fragile but violence between teenage gangs is a decades old problem often made worse by poverty or marginalization. When a child like this we have filled collectively as adults we have to work to avoid that happening again we have to educate in schools so the little ones of 6. And mine dont become the future perpetrators frances interior minister has sent Police Reinforcements to some neighborhoods and promises to do more to stop Youth Violence but many young people in suburbs like this say the government ignores them and their aspirations for months of restrictions compounding a sense of alienation for those here iman isnt only a symbol of vulnerable youth but also of a generation that could be lost to tasha butler al jazeera. Tens of thousands of people in new zealand fled their homes on friday after a series of earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert many have now returned but as wayne harry forced from tora bora others are still worried. Around many parts of new zealand a peaceful friday morning was interrupted by tsunami sirens the calm waters provided an eerie backdrop to the warning about the danger that could have been on its way people in coastal communities in the north will most at risk and were told to head to Higher Ground where some captured a tsunami arriving from an 8 point one magnitude earthquake hundreds of kilometers away near the Kermadec Islands what were asking people is to try and stay calm touch by so people you love check on the people that you know might be most at risk and really just listen to the advice that is coming through for some this was the 2nd tsunami evacuation in hours early on friday morning another large quake struck much closer to new zealand and was felt strongly around much of the country by our jumped out to be a star in the doorway and my staff was up as well so our question wrong it took forever to start the quakes and tsunami alert came less than 2 weeks after new zealand is marked teen years since the news quake in christchurch that killed 185 people new zealands location and the pacific ring of fire means that to an extent. People here are used to earthquakes and because its an island nation many people live on or near the coast and live with the constant threat of a tsunami in the in the tsunami was minor and the alert was lifted after a few hours allowing people to return home as aftershocks continues meaning many will be nervous about what the next few days might bring wayne hey al jazeera new zealand and people in iceland are bracing themselves for a potential volcanic eruption caddick eruption Scientists Say tremors shows strong signs of activity at mount caley air fare to kilometers southeast of the capital rate jerrick and hes have shut roads around the peak although the area is uninhabited the main airports and a fishing port are just a few kilometers away the volcano has been dormant for about 800 yes. Hello again im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera violence on the streets of senegal scapel continues for a 3rd day after a court decided that opposition figures months uncle should remain in custody fighting between protesters and police broke out wednesday after a song call was arrested for taking part in an unauthorized rally Nicholas Hock has this update from the car. And night