a major fire tears through part of a red ink account in bangladesh or houses more than 850000 refugees. and hundreds of thousands of people have fled the violence in mozambique but there are fears some could now be radicalized by isis. uninstalls lats a neighbor him of it says he's going to give himself every chance of playing in the 2022 world cup one of football's highest profile players is back with the sweden scored for the 1st time in 5 years. almost 6 years to the day since it intervened in yemen and will help create the world's worst humanitarian crisis saudi arabia is now offering up a pan a plan for peace in the past year as the saudi foreign minister finds open for an outline to yemen. peace initiative which includes a nationwide ceasefire under the supervision of the united nations be followed by a resumption of political talks to end the war there would be an easing of the blockade on the port of her day that there would be a partial reopening at least of the airport and sun are but according to the foreign minister this will all hinge on the who piece and whether they will accept the proposal. we will work with the international community with our partners and with the government of yemen to push toward this initiative being implemented we will do all we can to put the necessary pressure on the who these to accept and to come to the negotiating table and to lay down arms because we believe that a stop to the fighting and a focus on a political solution is the only way forward we will nonetheless continue to support the people of yemen and the government of yemen and we will continue to protect our borders and our citizens and our infrastructure from the attacks. here in washington now let's talk to candy how could our white house correspondent because kimberly recently the united states had been basically saying that the who tees were the ones who needed to come to the table if there was going to be any effort i guess the u.s. likes the idea of what the saudis are putting forward. there's no question that the united states has always maintained that the only resolution to this situation was a political one and 2 that and it is important to note that this announcement there is a peace initiative that's been pushed forward to try and end this conflict comes just weeks after the united states said it would no longer offer logistical or even intelligence support for the saudi led conflict in yemen so this is just another example of the sharpening of that recalibration that the united states and now with respect to the u.s. saudi relationship on the one hand it says that it does condemn the attacks by the who these towards targets inside saudi arabia it does defend the right of saudi arabia to defend its borders but at the same time it does not in any way want to support or defend the saudi led conflict in yemen which of course the united nations has called a humanitarian disaster has led to dire situations in terms of humanitarian aid not being able to be given to the human yemeni citizens and we've seen the deaths of more than 230000 so the to that end the secretary of state and the saudi foreign minister have had a phone call to discuss this where the united states has once again condemned the attacks on the saudi territory by what the united states calls iranian aligned groups they're also discussing the effort to cooperate of late end the conflict in yemen what we see here really is once again not only a change of administration policy but the foundation of that policy and that is that the united states has made very clear that there is a humanitarian foundation to all of its foreign policy and this is really just another manifestation. that showing that the priority is is not only ensuring security and that's allied with u.s. national interest but also the humanitarian conditions which we know have been so dire for so long inside yemen that update is from kimberly how could our white house correspondent thank you kimberly and now has a brand freiheit who is an associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute here in qatar earlier explained what's different this time from previous peace initiatives it's definitely an initiative. for conflict resolution in yemen i hope it will work but it's still there is a long way to go and my. first of all it's nice that this is not the 1st time that saudi arabia makes such initiatives in the past 4 or 4 years ago we have seen what was called in the decisive storm and in that it would replace it with a storm of war. but unfortunately that did not where we saw all saw some very into supporting. a whole day the. agreement that was the in sweden when they want intervention that did not whip you know that it seems that this time things different police from the previous times. when major difference is that we have seen this time that we are seeing us through what it began well on the bidens administration that has been all been talking about that this war must end and that you want this done who it is and the saudis are seeing that as a serious movement as they think lissie out of this could be seen and that discoloration on the ground by business going to it might have an attacking or different airports in saudi arabia and so the idea of yeah also escalate think it's a tax in yemen in order to have that and preparing for the negotiation. we're moving on to other news and the european union the u.k. the united states canada they have all launched a coordinated 7 sanctions over human rights abuses in china series of announcements on monday governments revealing that they were sanctioning 4 chinese officials for their role in the abuse of the weaker muslims in shin john this is the 1st time either the e.u. or the u.k. is targeted beijing for human rights abuses in decades china already announced retaliatory sanctions against 10 european politicians for severely harming its sovereignty and for spreading lines in this information use foreign policy chief said they want china to engage in dialogue and not to continue being confrontational rather than changes policies and address our legitimate concern and china is against a blind eye and these measures are we had to pull an axe unacceptable. there will be no change in the european union determination to defend you and rates and to respond to seriously your relations and abuses as he said your respective or where they are going it more details on this story now with an urn purse. the e.u. foreign ministers in their meeting decided to impose sanctions on 4 chinese officials and a chinese company for what they say is of human rights abuses of muslim. chang now what. then went out went on to detail was the fact that beijing has retaliated against these sanctions by imposing its own sanctions on 10 e.u. officials never also said that this was simply unacceptable and instead of actually looking at it so human rights record and having a proper discussion and debate about this the beijing in fact has turned a blind eye and continues to turn a blind eye to its human rights abuses and is in fact just following the wrong path so should really be facing up to what it's doing let's talk to gordon holden now he's the director emeritus of the china institute at the university of alberta in canada joining us there today and scott nice to see you professor i was interested enough that the european union decided to go strong today and they didn't go just start against china they also went against me and i think for other countries but then one by one these other countries all just fall in line this is looking pretty coordinated. it is looking very core here and certainly the e.u. u.k. u.s. and canada have taken a debt it all steps regarding officials in st john and that entity there i think that this is a clearly well set up in advance the chinese have reacted so it predictably i think and strongly it by merely issuing countermeasures phase of a the european sanctions of individuals and syngenta i expect that given the canadian sanctions were put in place a bit later because of time zone differences like specter in beijing wakes up there we will see similar countermeasures aimed at kennedy. even without its counter measures will china will china care i guess is what i'm saying i'm sure they'll be you know concerned about it but i mean it's the type of thing that they would just sort of fight back against in and carry on i think it's in the chinese psyche to not to yield to a pressure particularly a group of countries who they believe are helpful hostile to china i don't expect that they're going to change their policies or they will yield to this pressure i think that's the tactic we've seen so far on the other hand they can't be happy about it because it does damage their image in standing in at least part of the world they will be i think working behind closed doors to try and avoid further sentence but that's very different from backing down or changing the analysts at the very least is it a good thing that that this is being brought to the fore now in the sense that people always talk about the situation regarding the week is in shin jang but maybe they don't take as much action as they code and now we have as we said actual coordinated action. precisely i think that this situation instance only serious but i think that much of the world considered it to be so if there could be swift action for example a visit by the. human rights council president might be helpful more visits by human rights experts to the region. that we train some light on the situation there nothing is in mutable china can change policies i just don't think that in this instance so it is with these sanctions that they will do other than counter. that's what holden joining us from a bird a candidate talking about the coordinated sanctions on china thank you sir now major fire swept through a ring a refugee camp in bangladesh the fire at the bottom county camp in cox's bazaars destroyed hundreds of tents and the thousands of people without shelter health centers and other facilities have also been destroyed and casualties though immediately reported his temper childfree following events from dhaka he says the fires under control but thousands of refugees of i would go. there is no government bill shelter par say with this i just can't stay over night you probably have to use the triple r.c. camp which is the camp office or they have to use probably some of the family places now lot of the danger comes from the cooking cylinder they use that which is called l.p.g. gas cylinder because each family gets one cylinder for cooking this is to avoid cutting odes in the nearby forest to avoid and varmint of destruction this is all supposing danger because many of times this fire started from this gas cylinder they're highly combustible and also this flimsy hearts are made out of cane and bambos and tarpaulin which is a clear danger to save the children say there actually is in a statement just brought out today that at least $80000.00 people could be adversely affected by this fire in the area where they live and by the cali a lot of the children's learning center are damaged many of the schools that are temporary schools rather gary and the children are traumatized by this incident here how do you tackle this sort of situation in coming days the government has also shifted about 13000 refugees to an island remote island called passion charge they want to take about 800000 clearly to decongest the camp for security reasons as well as the condition region but safety concern and one of the lot the largest camp in the world and densely populated is a major issue. 14 minutes past the news hour here's what's coming up a leading opposition figure in the republic of congo has died just a day after a contentious presidential vote we'll look at the political implications. the political implications israel preparing for its for the election in 2 years in the pressure against prime minister netanyahu is only mounting and score 6 time moto g.p. world champion set to miss the start of the new season and he's got that story about tend to be. that story out of congo now the leading opposition candidate there who has died a day after the presidential election keep brees part of. it was being transferred to france for treatment for covert 19 after being diagnosed on friday he was 'd the main challenger to the veteran they did dennis. right now votes are still being counted and guess who is widely expected to be announced the winner extending his 36 years in power a nationwide internet blackout on sunday has only added to concerns over transparency here's more from malcolm webb he's in process of all. if we spoke to who saw him last week said he was visibly on well he had a cough and a fever then on friday was meant to hold his final rally in the center city center here of brazil but he didn't turn up he was on well by that stage on saturday evening he published dramatic video from a hospital bed holding an oxygen mask saying that he was fighting against death and he was on well and this morning we heard the news that he died while being medivac to france or possibly while in france now we're in the back congo area of brazzaville the capital at the moment where a very many supporters and for them this is something that's very hard to accept and believe now in many areas a lot of skepticism or people believe that the election won't bring any change but in this part of the city and and some other have been areas close supporters are definitely motivated to feel more voters in polling stations in there was areas that we did in in other areas but with regards to affecting the results i mean a lot of people especially the opposition who are boycotting the rights activists say that there's no way that there would be any outcome other than stuff to ingress so the president of nearly 40 years being announced the winner whether that was an authentic result or not so that's in that sense not expected to change but what we can expect to be much more sensitive now is the reaction of killer supporters to that result. so just a closer look now at the opposition candidates i make coleus finished runner up in the 2016 presidential election got about 15 percent of the vote time and yes i was up against 5 other candidates though in this election the largest opposition group the pan african union for social democracy boycotted the poll saying it would only lead to more divisions in the country. and ray is a political analyst and a previous congolese opposition candidate he says many people are still in shock but they want those votes counted the people are following what is the last the will of a man who struggle all of life for civil liberty and democracy in our country so like our previous history we are our friends we need to have a guidance and the only one who can now talk about what's going on is the president the news as we hear so immersed talk now and and say to people what happened and what will happen next the election one. relatively calm but it was unfair it was not transparent enough so many people complain about the name not being on the electoral a list there has been. meeting for the opposition now been also a rest for people from a civil society so the election condition was not good at all but we believe the information together put mr cornell and mr on the according to mr brown sources in the front of the poll right but we also have in the constitution a specific article that natural if a country that d.c. during the electoral process the election must be considered so like i already said we are waiting for no official from the government to speak about it and to tell to the people what will happen next fall. so that mozambique where people displaced by armed groups affiliated with i saw. become radicalized if the international community and the government don't intervene soon that warning is coming from the un's refugee agency which has been meeting some of the worst affected communities on which answer. the numbers keep going up in northern mozambique according to the un's refugee agency nearly 700000 people have been forced to flee their homes and more than 2000 have been killed we're lucky learner's village came under attack one night he fled with his wife children and grandchildren. they left because of the war that affected us it wasn't mine so we fled into the bush we stayed for days in the bush looking for a way out and running away from the conflict mozambique's government says fighters affiliated to eisele operating in parts of cardboard. the militant group stage its 1st attack in 2017 since then the attacks have been bigger in scale and frequency taking on the army and the times seizing entire towns humanitarian workers reports beheadings rape abductions and other human rights abuses i spoke to a grandmother. who's daughter was killed during the conflict and the father of the child was beheaded and the grandmother is now caring for that child another woman i met is caring for a stranger's child who is now orphaned so this is common in this community now where women are caring for each other's children where the parents have been lost. the government has started moving people to resettlement sites where it's believed to be safer but conditions there are basic and more funding and planning is needed to cover food medicines and other necessities the covered 9000 pandemic has made an already die economic and humanitarian crisis worse a lot of resources are needed we do not expect looking at this situation we did not expect the amount of people the number of people being displaced to flow to stop unfortunately for the time being and therefore more assistance is needed the u.n. is warning poverty frustration and unemployment in this gas rich region is making it easy for armed groups to recruit the united states says it's special forces will help train soldiers in mozambique to fight the insurgents portugal the country's former colonial power has also committed to changing the military for now people waiting for help to arrive say they feel abandoned by the country and the international community. al-jazeera. gillian triggs and that report the assistant high commissioner for protection of the un h c r i had a chance to speak a little more. people in northern mozambique really do need urgent assistance. what i saw in one of the settlement settlements outside penda about 100 kilometers out there were children everywhere but these children many of them did not have parents it was hard of course to know exactly but certainly as i talk to the women with babies trying to feed them and younger children it was really an environment in which they were just trying to survive from one day to the next the key point is that this this a humanitarian crisis is expected to get even worse with a 1000000 displaced by by june so there's no expectation by these people that they will be going home. they long for the conflict to come to an end they don't understand it but they don't see any real prospect of going home which is why the need for support for them as they try to reestablish their lives so they've got dry dry shelter clothes food they need they need that simply to survive. well on tuesday israel will hold its 4th or lections in 2 years and the pollsters are expecting another inconclusive result. as they will also have their voice heard for the 1st time in 15 years they will be electing a new parliament in may so we've met one palestinian family whose members can vote in both those elections. for this palestinian family 2 upcoming elections are producing 2 very different reactions i've let him down like her husband to malice palestinian but unlike him she's also a citizen of israel she can take part in the country's polls on tuesday and while she doesn't expect real change she says voting is a duty in the end of that there's a lot of how the heck if i give up this right then i've given the others the chance to decide on my future the political decision follows the majority and if i didn't vote how can i complain later demand is allowed to live with his family in israel but he's not an israeli citizen he can only cast ballots in palestinian polls in the occupied west bank and gaza and he did get that chance in may the long overdue parliamentary elections are the 1st in 15 years however you want to be voting which had the vote we're not going to win this battle in the me in my vote doesn't make a difference the same people will stay in power regardless of the faces of palestinian officials may change but their policies are the same israel has the upper hand here when it comes to the occupied territory. according to pollsters jamal's opinion is not popular among most palestinians we've got the impression by the. way that palestinians are looking positively. at the fact that israel is having elections and that the palestinian public at large miss. election when it comes to elections in israel palestinians worry that no matter who wins the country's leaders will continue to control the lands and lives of palestinians israeli settlers living in the heart of the west bank can put up election campaign posters and have a say in their future but palestinians living in the same area cannot put up posters like id and their leaders and the palestinian authority can change so little in the reality on the occupation back of the hand that household i bless says the determination of palestinian israelis to have their say is the only way to make a difference both of us as a citizen i know that israel is working for its own benefit it's far fetched to assume that israel can say about us as a palestinian minority so let's start showing that we have a president change doesn't happen in a day jamal has never voted in his life and had no will cast her forth ballot in 2 years they've made disagree politically but both share the hope for a better future for their children but he manages the. west bank. grab a break on the news hour when we come back the astra zeneca bank saying it's safe and effective as the results of a large us clinical trial will have analysis. not through the worst of it potentially and that's. a very difficult way mass evacuations in australia are often one of the worst floods in decades and sports football fight and online racial abuse the manchester united star is the latest to. at the moment arabia is fairly quiet but there is a forecast here and that forecast brings quite strong winds out of libya through egypt and that's picked up sand like sand with it will take across the levant as well and you'll see ahead of it blue which is near beirut suggest days and days of showers well yes that seems likely because the weather is coming through to the eastern med non shore breeze and showers all right quite a likely event mix that with the dust that's come up from egypt you have a fairly messy picture in the levant it might stay that far north beirut reflects it in fact you are very sundry day on once in quarter when do you want to and the temp just dropping from 25 down to 60 as a change of air comes across you know typical spring weather really and there is the picture forward so there is the where multiple showers really from turkey all way down almost almost to egypt by this time and then further north dry you syria iraq the sand in the dust moving down towards q 8 and look at the temp shift your weight with that southerly wind up to $41.00 an hour is surprisingly high for this time of the year and other places enjoying the waltz in south africa is $29.00 or 30 degrees persistent the next few days. for afghans with ties to international organizations. this rate has never been greater. left exposed by the withdrawal of foreign troops. exile may be the only path to safety. but in a nation makes home feel ever further away. bill part of the viewfinder is a series on al-jazeera. join africa's largest trade and investment fair and rwanda into african trade for give me access to more than 1100 exhibitors 10000 visitors and buyers and more than 5000 conference delegates from more than 55 countries participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 as business and government come together to explore business and networking opportunities at the international exhibition boat to you by african export import bank and their premium partners the i.d.f. 2021 transforming africa. ruth. this is the news hour from al-jazeera these are the top stories saudi arabia has announced a peace plan for the war in yemen including a un monitored cease fire a resumption of talks also the easing of a blockade on her data port. pretty rebels say there's nothing new in the offer but they continue to be open to dialogue. in bangladesh a major fire swept through a camp housing really refugees hundreds of tents have been destroyed leaving thousands without shelter no casualties reported so far. the european union the u.k. the united states and canada all launching coordinated sanctions over human rights abuses in china china's retaliated with sanctions of its own against 10 european politicians says. the military center and mandela was also a big target of the e.u. for more than a month the group has condemned the military coup in may in march and the lethal crackdown ever since it's now followed through with its toughest action yet it sanctioned 11 people including the top commander min online all of their assets in the u.a.e. and sorry the e.u. in our present and they'll no longer be able to travel through member states. to scotland with the 1st minister nicola sturgeon has been cleared of a ministerial code breach that could have forced her to resign she was accused of knowingly misleading the scottish parliament in relation to sexual harassment claims against her predecessor alex salmond back in 2018 or an independent investigation is found he did not think so conservatives are expected to take a motion of no confidence against sturgeon on tuesday it's unlikely that would win . support so let's talk to jonah hill outside the scottish parliament in edinburgh 1st run a sore exactly what happened to one of the main 4 nicholas stoughton. it's a hugely important moment for scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon. who remember had begun the week begun the day anticipating not one but 2 reports into her government and her. handling of alleged sexual harassment allegations against a preacher says alex salmond in 2018 indeed anticipating the possibility that she might find herself in days under intense pressure to resign with a number of potential breaches of the ministerial code on the table now briefly the 2nd of those 2 reports is due out on tuesday morning tomorrow morning that is across party parliamentary committee report which we know because of leaks to the media in the last few days has found by a very narrow majority vote along party political lines that she did miss mislead parliament albeit not necessarily knowingly not necessarily deliberately that was the crucial question and it has been answered now by james hamilton q.c. in his report just out this afternoon now he is a highly respected barrister he's not a politician he's report can't be quite so easily written off as parties and in any way he said that he looked at for alleged breaches of the ministerial code and he said i am of the opinion that the 1st minister did not breach the provisions of the . mysterio code in respect of any of these matters so no case to answer there we know that tuesday's report is unlikely to raise anything graver in this sense so nicholas will keep her job and at an absolutely crucial moment as this parliament prepares to rise this week 6 or 7 weeks ahead of parliamentary elections in which she mrs sturgeon international scottish national party hope to win an outright majority there are currently a minority government propped up by the greens an outright majority that she will then hold up as a mandate to call a 2nd independence referendum at some point in the next parliament so this is what i wanted to ask you this when we talk about scotland we generally your quite often we talk about this idea of independence and how what does it do for that movement how strong is that movement these days. well i think that the fallout of what has been months of very acute acrimonious divisions between the 2 real figureheads of the independence movement in nicholas judge and producer alex salmond will potentially play out in time this is a clearly a hugely important moment because resignation or any real negative finding against so might have had a serious impact you know there's been a series of very long series of polls in the last few months now particularly since it became a reality at the end of 2020 going to 2021 that have shown increasing support for independence among scots the majority of whom voted to remain in the u.k. they've seen the fallout of breaks that they've seen the impact on the the fishing industry is interesting the today there was a brand new poll that indicates a slight widening of the got 57 percent now say they would vote to remain in the u.k. is that a consequence of the u.k.'s successful rollout of the vaccine is it a consequence of these months of acrimony within the independents movement that voters have been looking at we don't entirely know what we do know is that in about 7 weeks time the voters will have the opportunity to cost live addict at the ballot box it will be fascinating wanted thank you. the head of the world health organization has warned again of the threat posed by growing vaccine inequality saying it's shocking alan has been done to avoid the catastrophic moral failure the got between the number of vaccines in reach countries and the number of vaccines through quote box is growing every single day and becoming more grotesque every day. countries that are no vaccine 80 younger held the people. of diseases are doing so at the cost of the lives of field workers all the people and other at risk groups in other countries in the us in emergency curfews been extended for a week in miami beach in florida following concerns over people partying during the pandemic party goes have converged on the holiday destination for spring break many of them without masks the mayor says students have been flocking to miami beach after the state governor called florida and oasis of freedom from covert 19 restrictions and gallica in miami it's quite something to watch isn't it and to hear that sort of language from the governor. you know i mean look if you've lived in miami beach like i have for the past 15 years you know when spring break comes around you kind of stay home and avoid those iconic areas that people go to but things have been extremely different this this year and on saturday night it really came to a head because there are simply thousands upon thousands of people here not just people on spring break taking an academic break from their studies but adults from all over the country there have been a 1000 arrests in february alone and that really prompted the mayor of miami beach to say look this is enough it's a health risk to our residents it's a health risk to all those people returning to their destinations you know who could then spread the virus and remember there are other derivatives of the virus that are running rampant in this state so they imposed this curfew on saturday night but the scenes we saw on ocean drive that iconic street arm on miami beach were pretty much unprecedented the police went in with pepper spray balls they went in with sound cannons and there were some pretty violent scenes going on as the police tried to enforce that 8 pm curfew and now the city officials have been criticized because if you look at those crowds a majority of them are african-americans and black leaders here are saying enough though that those enforcements were far too aggressive but the matter of miami beach is just saying look we cannot control the situation we're worried about a spike in covert cases and squarely putting the blame incidentally on governor rhonda santas because dissenters for the last few months has been boasting about how south florida is is booming and people should just come here because there are no not too many restrictions so the mare is blaming the governor for that kind of boasting encouraging people to come down here but that curfew now in place from a pay 8 pm in the evening to all 6 in the next morning may well now be extended all the way through to april 12th the roads are closed off not allowing people to come on to the beach unless there are residents or have a businesses so this is a pretty unprecedented spring break in a state that really does rely heavily on tourism ok and you can stay where you are place in miami thank you. no astra zeneca is corona virus vaccine is safe and effective this is according to a large us clinical trial a study involving more than 30000 people showed it is 79 percent effective in preventing covert 900 symptoms and 100 percent effective against severe illness several european countries halted their astra zeneca use earlier this month after reports it was linked to blood clots some have now resumed their inoculation series more from not in barber in london. a war of words that still going on between british the e.u. and. the british swedish company in the last couple of hours we've heard and the onus e.u. officials saying that the u.k. is not to blame the e.u. is not to blame clearly pointing the finger at the company for not meeting can catch contractual obligations now we know that prime minister boris johnson in the next couple of days will be phoning his counterparts in the people like president michel of france and chancellor merkel he is also going to talk to is of on the line head of the european commission who at the weekend floated the possibility of the european union imposing what amounts to an export ban on all vaccinations from the e.u. from that bloc to the u.k. now everyone is saying that they don't want that to happen but the. noises out of brussels today are that they really do want astra zeneca to start committing to what it's promised the company says it's all because the you signed contracts much later than the u.k. did last year and of course we know what's happened since the year u.k. has steamed ahead with its vaccination program compared to the e.u. which is stalled the current figures are that roughly 10 percent of the u.k.'s adult population have at least received their 1st job compared that's the e.u. 10 percent of the population having received at least one dose compared to over 50 percent of the adult population here in the u.k. well the pandemic combined with a shortage of shipping containers has led to a global transport crisis china's ramping up production of containers to try to meet demand but as sarah clarke reports from hong kong the delays are expected to continue for some time yet. it's one of the busiest and most efficient international container ports in the world connecting to more than $600.00 destinations worldwide last year hong kong handled around $18000000.00 containers but over recent months port activity has slowed but the shipping industry facing a shortage of containers in asia and that's triggered a surge in costs it's gone up considerably i mean it's almost got $54.00 times so maybe a container from asia to europe or to the states so people are going to have to get used to paying them the shortage of containers is not only triggered a rise in prices but also caused a heavy backlog in asia with some exporters struggling to get products to customers china is ramping up contain a production to meet the demand but it can see a shift from services to goods during the pandemic continues to drive up production and exports from asia so the shortage is in asia because the problem is we are expat exporting more so it is in asia the pandemic has also impacted stopping numbers at ports and it's compounding the problem limited availability of truck drivers and dock workers means it's taking longer to unload and pack the ships that's creating floating traffic jams at ports around the world this means the containers are being staying outside for longer periods of time. we're finding that there's empty containers in hell stranded all over north america and europe australia in the middle of nowhere just waiting to be returned but there is not a truck or a chance to take it back to contain the shortage and the pandemic has caused major disruption to world trade analysts say the crisis shows no sign of easing just yes it's a global supply chain crisis sure we think it's going to last through to the 4th quarter possibly through to the end of this year in some degree or another think it's going to improve for sure but i think it is going to be a fact of life for most of 2021 if that's the case the shipping industry will continue to pay premium rates with consumers bearing the brunt of the higher costs sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. japan's lifted a state of emergency in tokyo as pressure mounts on the government to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control before the olympic games under the measure imposed in january bars and restaurants have been closing at 8 pm while other businesses have switched to remote working with infections rising 4 months out from the games experts are warning against complacency and just days before the olympic torch relay tokyo's organizing committee says taking all precautions to minimize the spread of the virus an effort to turn around public opinion with the polls showing 80 percent of people in japan want the olympics canceled or postponed again yoyo. this week in fukushima the torch relay will start although it is a grand starts we will greatly simplify it but not including spectators to prevent infection in addition we will take all possible measures in a safe and secure manner such as road side measures to prevent congestion at the torch relay as the opening approaches will continue to have the highest priority on safety. several members of senegalese opposition are in court in dakar and among those due to appear a high profile civil society detained on public disturbance charges if found guilty the opposition promises more protests because hark reports from the capital. city. living in a country of fear and terror rap senegalese artist deep doodoo geese the police are supposed to protect us today they're the ones killing us you can't stop us from protesting because you sold your country to friends he says accusing president mikey's sell of protecting french corporations instead of the people's opinions. it's up to us young people to change things we call and wait for leaders to do things for us we have to wake up and fight for the future of our country. free senegal as a rap song turned into an anthem for many young people here like unemployed carpenter and door who after the burning and looting of a french supermarket pick through the remains for food blurred by the promise of work and moved to the capital after sales reelection 2 years ago saul started major infrastructure projects but then once a booming economy is now stalling since the coronavirus pandemic what people might want i voted for markey saul i thought he would move us forward but he's moving us backwards some say it's turning into a dictatorship we need to protect our democracy it belongs to the people not to the politicians. critics of the government accuse the president of using the courts to eliminate opponents protests broke out after opposition leader go was arrested accused of rape in february he has since been released but several politicians civil society actors and trade unionists have been arrested local media estimates 600 people were detained some are now awaiting trial. while the protests have stopped for now and the anger has not subsided for rights groups and the opposition those detained inside this court are political prisoners that need to be freed immediately for the courts and the government there are criminals that are involved in public disturbance and the looting of private property before you. endorse says he is not a looter but just a man trying to get by in a country where many of the younger are fed up with waiting for the change they were promised nicolas hawke al-jazeera deckard. china has held a closed door trial for former canadian diplomat who's been detained in the country for more than 2 years diplomats from canada the u.s. and 20 other countries gathered outside the court in beijing to show solidarity for michael kozak who is accused of espionage he was detained in 2018 soon after canada arrested a senior executive from huawei china's held separate proceedings for another canadian facing similar charges both michael spoke for and coverage struggles have ended without verdict. now parts of the east coast of australia have been declared a natural disaster zone with homes destroyed and rescues under way the state of new south wales is battling the worst flooding in decades because as this report from windsor. regions under water and many people breaking point days of torrential rain have turned parts of eastern australia into an inland sea ruining homes and destroying livelihoods several areas have been declared disaster zones and tens of thousands of people ordered to leave others are on standby watching what happens next is only one bridge at the moment one road in and one road out in the pits cut through on oil and emergency services have been inundated with calls for help dozens of people trapped by rising floodwaters have been rescued but many farm animals washed away as rivers burst their banks and dams spilled. communities are becoming increasingly cut off here in windsor west of sydney this is the main bridge completely under water along with buildings and more rain is on the why people get to evacuate are writing to protect times sandbagging properties and hoping for the best. you know why it's pretty bad others are already counting the cost sorry where is your business yes our business is just over the bridge patrick muskets business is under water 100 acres of lawn that he commercially grows flooded destroying all of this season stock a loss of millions of dollars. it's very scary not knowing what's going to happen and not knowing. what's happening. yes we just got a right to say and if we haven't siphoned everything say from the farm it's been a year since precision to bushfires burned across this region before that severe drought. one emergency it's aims to the next some communities who were battered by the bush. and now being battered by the floods. and i don't know any time in history when we've had these extreme weather conditions in such quick succession in the middle of a pandemic some are calling this a one in 100 year disaster and weather experts are predicting the worst could be yet to come because the gauge al-jazeera. still ahead on this news sports news and a kick to remember for. honest sports. welcome back and you've got your sports news thank you so much come all zlata never have it says he's going to give him self every chance of playing in the 2022 world cup one of football's highest profile players is back with the sweden squad for the 1st time in 5 years the ac milan struck a quit international football after the 2016 european championships but the 39 year old has reversed that decision and sweden's all time record score is set supply in thursday's world cup qualifier against georgia when i came back from america started to play in milan the euro as you know started to feel alive again and i was feeling i could perform on a high level and i was doing good i was doing morning good and. and there will was going more and more and. and i have been following the national team all the time. and i mean to play in the national team is the biggest thing you can you can do as a football player how we use it will see the terms of course of which other players that are playing around him and the for picking for the team to start with so we'll see but of course. it's a very good player and i'm happy to have him in the team. now manchester united midfielder fred is the latest english premier league player to be subject to racial abuse online the brazilian was targeted on his instagram account after his mistake let's unite and conceding the opening goal in their f.a. cup game against les the city united going on to lose this game $31.00 that's not the 1st united player to be racially abused this season. marcus rash that acts so so as a b. and c. massey have also been subject to abuse as have a number of players and other clubs premier league has recognised the problem and last month announced the no room for racism action plan one of its aims is to combat racism from fans taking in a before games has been one way for players to unite against racism although some of came to move on from from that and want more meaningful action to be taken instagram the platform where much of the abuse has been happening say it is working with authorities to address the problem and we've been talking to darren lewis the assistant editor of the u.k. newspaper the daily mirror and he says social media companies aren't doing enough to protect bias the job of the racism crisis and dealing with it within football is that of the football authorities the job of dealing with the social media problem is that of the social media companies and the trouble with that is that there is no will among those companies to deal 'd with the problem now if i were to post premier league footage on social media it would be taken down within half an hour maybe 25 minutes if i were to post a racist slur or even a sexist slur on social media it would remain up for days and that's part of the problem the social media companies say that they have a robust reporting system for people to be able to utilize and to get in touch with them but all too often ordinary black people let alone footballers find that when they use that mechanism they. are found that they are told that the person who sent the offensive message has not breached their guidelines so there is a lot of frustration there's a lot of upset a lot of concern football has come together in recent months as a collective to complain to the social media companies but the brutal truth is that there is no money in it if they were then perhaps the social media companies would have done more as far as racism is concerned they don't have that will acquire a goal coming up here from portugal's seconds here goalkeeper ricardo newness but a kick to remember one for his opposite number to forget perhaps it helps secure his teammate sunil win over maffra but his team are still bottom of the tank. now india getting ready to take on world champions in england in a 3 match one day series farah kohli's team have just beaten england in a t 20 series and the world cup in that format is coming up later this year kohli confirming the shikhar dhawan and wright sharma will open the batting in these matches kohli had himself moved up the order to open in the last t 20 game so you could enjoy it will will definitely start when it comes to one day cricket i don't think there's there's any issues or doubts or. opening together and they've been amazing for us in the past few years we see if your performance at the old rose way in between the 2 t 20 world cup. a building block where what that's not compromising performance ready at all we feel as if we are extremely strong quarter. final 11 regardless of. 6 time i'm sorry j.p. champion marquez will miss the 1st 2 races of the year as he continues his recovery from injury the 28 year old's undergone 3 surgeries now since breaking his arm in a crash at the start of last season doctors say he may be able to resume racing in mid april that would be for the grand prix in portugal the ses and saucy cats are on sunday. i want of college basketball's most famous friends is making her presence felt again sister jane doris smith now aged a 101 it was courtside so witness chicago beat number one seed illinois in the u.s. college basketball's elite so let's see shall consist of jane becoming something of an internet sensation when oil made it to the final 4 back in 23 years all right last fall from a in a couple of hours that is it that coke bangs that big. bet is your news hour and if you enjoyed it guess what we're back after the break we'll see in just about. one half scottish and half lebanese so diversity is really important to me and al-jazeera is the most diverse place 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