iraq pope francis delivers a message of solidarity calling for an end to violence and extreme and sectarianism . now there s been a day of violence on the streets of senegal s capital protestors have been fighting with police after a court decided the opposition politician is months on co should remain in custody violence broke out 2 days ago after sancho was arrested for taking part in an unauthorized rally he s also facing rape charges which he denies saying the accusation is part of a plot to block him from running for president in 2024 but the demonstrations are growing with people also calling for coronavirus restrictions to be eased out as there is nicolas haq was in the thick of protests earlier on the respond. from the government itself has been muted just a statement saying and telling people to stay indoors and to follow the rules and regulations instilled by the government but look at the protest behind me here this is a defiant crowd. that seems to be unwilling to
a prominent opposition figure. and with kofi infections on the rise chile and brazil are returning to unpopular strict lockdown. president joe biden has achieved his 1st major legislative victory the senate has passed a $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill by the narrowest of margins it will provide one of payments with $1400.00 to most americans the bill now goes back to the democratic controlled house for approval mike hanna has more. go is just thankful was finally passed in a process tied to a vote a rama it was along the senate vote in recent memory approval coming more than 24 hours after the roll of members was called this bill will deliver more help to more people than anything the federal government has done in decades we couldn t work together to speed up. our democratic colleagues made a decision a top priority one pandemic relief it was our washington wish wish. the whole process began as it would largely continue with the deciding vote by the vice presid
police in senegal fired tear gas at supporters of a jailed opposition leader will be live in dhaka. and later we ll have an update on nasa s mars rover as it continues its journey on the red planet and i m proud of how much with all the support but just a day away from one of the most important elections in the history of football club barcelona 3 candidates on the final ballot for the crucial vote. we begin our news hour with pope francis on the 2nd day of his historic trip to iraq the catholic leader has made an appeal for common ground among religious groups he was speaking at an interfaith meeting at the age in city of or a significant site for christians muslims and jews francis is the 1st pope to travel to iraq and this is his 1st trip abroad since the pandemic began. belief is a strong element that unifies us terrorism and extremism has nothing to do with religion terrorism exploits religion it is up to us to find solutions and it s up to us to face and deal with those
hello i m christine will go it s good to have your company the international criminal court has upheld the acquittal of former ivory coast president. was acquitted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity and $29.00 teams at the time the i.c.c. judges said the prosecution had failed to prove the case of his alleged role in the post in action by lance in 20102011 all 3 people died in that trial it s all served as president of the ivory coast from the year 2012 is a racist in 2011. and at the table with me is told me or let it go from d.w. news to unpack this further for us. good to have you tell me so how significant is this really well this is hugely significant and it brings to an end a long running case at the international criminal court that came off the back of this deadly political crisis that you mentioned. laurent gbagbo the former president and his call accused to play good a who was his former youth minister who had both been accused of spearheading or b