the netherlands and suspend use of astra zeneca as corona virus vaccine citing fears about blood clots plus. american singer beyonce makes music history at this year's grammys by winning the most awards on record. syria is marking 10 years since the start of the arab spring uprising that spiraled into a violent civil war more than half a 1000000 people have been killed in the fighting millions more have been forced to flee their homes as refugees now after all the suffering and sacrifice of the forces of president bashar al assad's firmly in control of most of the country many are asking if it was all worth it looks back at a decade of conflict. this is the birthplace of syria's uprising in 2. 1011 but opposition members call this moment the end of the dream of a democratic country it's 2018 and the government has just recaptured the southern province after 7 years of resistance. i almost had a breakdown after all the sacrifices when they raised the flag we felt stabbed the town had a lot of symbolism for the revolution. it was here where the wall of fear was broken we watched syrians turn against the police state we watched them bury their dead demonstrators who were killed by security forces was still. going for. protests spread to other areas in homs tanks were sent to suppress the uprising. the city which became known as the capital of the revolution became a battleground and. the regime forced us to take up arms and turned the uprising into a war it was no longer possible to face guns without screens. there was a siege on the rebel stronghold after months of heavy fighting months later the opposition agreed to leave the area. was among them he says they had little choice they were trapped without basic supplies running low on ammunition and abandoned by the world. 2 years later and after a 4 year stalemate the opposition was forced to abandon aleppo which weakened them politically. and i felt broken when i got on the bus i still think about it but the siege was unbearable people were dying either by bombs or hunger. is among the millions of internally displaced syrians who live in the opposition controlled north unable and unwilling to live under syrian president bashar assad's rule but he says he fears a ceasefire agreed last year will not hold already hundreds of thousands have been killed millions have been displaced inside and outside the country and there has been no accountability serious conflict is entering its 2nd decade with the majority of its citizens poor and with little hope. we have been forced to give up on our dreams the international community has failed the syrian people there is no reconciliation there is no peace 10 years of war has divided a country and its people we have 2 correspondents with us this awesome costello is in istanbul but 1st let's go to zain who is not a refugee camp near the syrian border in lebanon valley center what is the future hold for people in that camp and for those who are still inside syria. well 10 years on and the tragedy is not over the conflict caused the worst mass this placement in the world just look behind me according to the united nations 13000000 people are displaced within syria and outside its borders here in lebanon on nearly 900000 are registered with the united nations 13000000 people that's half the pre-war population it's miserable conditions it's poverty it's it's uncertain sea life in exile is not easy for you when statistics show that 9 out of 10 syrian families in 11 on are poor they're struggling to put food on the table people here rely on the united nations for handouts for food now you ask anybody here and they say of course we want to go back home this is our country but there are different reasons why people cannot go back home some are afraid because of the lack of security guarantees in fact the united nations the european union they say that the time is not right for refugees to return because there are no safety guarantees in place human rights groups have documented a rest once that refugees have returned because you don't need to just belong to the opposition or sympathize with the opposition for the regime to consider you an enemy if you lifted during the war they consider you. as an enemy as well and that of course the issue of the economy in syria the economy has collapsed the currency the local currency in syria lost value so people fowler is are worthless the united nations is saying that food insecurity is on the rise of people are hungry and the government really has no way out of this of this crisis the guy or government needs hard currency years of corruption years of mismanagement round the economy. it into the ground for people will say how do you want to go back home there's no jobs there's no infrastructure there there are no services not. may portray this as a win as a victory he clawed back territory from the opposition which he rules and governs over a failed state a state which is not recognized by the international community in fact the european union making it clear yesterday that bashar assad's plans to hold presidential elections in a few weeks time will not be credible and because they won't be fair they won't be transparent so efforts to try to gain legitimacy have so far failed on behalf on the part of the syrian government i was there is a lot of reporting live there from lebanon's bekaa valley many thanks indeed to say the 7 course here then is live with us from istanbul in neighboring turkey which saddam hosts more syrian refugees than anywhere else many people want to return to syria what's preventing the. well actually turkey holds 4500000 syrian refugees according to the officer figures but of course with the under just 3rd ones the number is much higher and besides that turkey is trying to assist the police 3 point $5000000.00 syrians inside to syria within the areas of the opposition controlled they realize and. so this is a tough case for turkey advantage and turkey when it went turkish military assistance the syrian national army in its former name free syrian army and those areas are friend. of other places when these places were liberated the plan was that the syrians would be able to return to these lenders after safety and security and stability along with infrastructure was established and compared to these areas were relatively more stable for the syrians to be able to return of course but. for for the last one week we have been seeing attacks against these areas as well those areas have been targeted by the syrian kurdish fighter group the y p g several times especially in and other places that the syrian government is now targeting this areas and last night's attack was an example a syrian government targeted in northern ireland for areas nearby jobless and. with ballistic missiles then turkish defense ministry notified the rich russian federation last night saying that these attacks must be stopped and identified targets identified elements would be targeted and strike back so we are used to the cease fire violations and of the sometimes it was their position some of the opposition armed groups sometimes it was the syrian government or the russians that violated the cease fire agreed through sortie and a son of processes for it there but the a rails under control of the. the syrian national army the or the f.s.a. let's say this is very critical and this makes it very thought for to syrian refugees living inside turkey to be able to return because also not only this really is a rounder threat but also the turkish military members so they are on their 3rd as well and let's not forget last year in last february in 2020 when russia said that they were doing an operation targeting an armed group inside of live at these $35.00 turkish military members were killed during the russian russian bombing so this is a tough situation this is a critical situation turkey and russia have some partnership they have this $400.00 mi saw as a quiz ition but when it comes to leave and syria this fight they have cooperation their total on the different pages of the politics and apparently the part of meters of the syrian conflict is going to be changing soon adrien sort of course here to reporting live from istanbul so the many thanks indeed a hearing from me on laws are stood civilian leader aung san suu kyi has been pushed back by more than a week as a country reels after more bloodshed she's been detained since the jump out of power on february 1st. at least 39 people were killed on sunday that's the highest number of deaths in a single day in the crackdown on anti cooper testers the military has imposed martial more in parts of young go on mars biggest city let's hear more from our 0 scott hyla who is with us live from bangkok so the military continues its deadly crackdown against the protests and scores as we were saying more martial law has been introduced. and yes as you mentioned in yangon the largest city in 6 districts around the city have been put under martial law to wear on sunday that's why we saw a lot of that violent crackdown in the area it's a kind of an industrial zone on the outskirts of yangon and now we're also hearing 5 areas of mandalay the 2nd largest city has also been put under martial law despite that some protesters have come out today on monday after this after the announcement that those areas are under martial law and now they are still coming out what we saw on sunday as you mentioned the deadliest day so far around 50 people were killed one though one within that number is a policeman that according to authorities in myanmar but the deadliest day we're kind of seeing that the repetitions of that the army taking a further step of their control of the streets in those dead districts 6 districts in yangon and 5 districts in mandalay weiskopf is much of the violence. concentrated in the 6 degree districts of their industrial suburbs as you were saying why is that. what's very interesting about this adrian is what happened on sunday the protesters focused on again. a lot of migrant workers michael workers from within myanmar live and work at these factories in the area a lot of those factories are finite financed by entities in china china viewed by the protesters is a very large and very important partner with me in mars military so there have been repeated calls by the protesters for china to do something to. soften the stance of the military that clearly hasn't happened so they decided to take it out on these chinese entities they set fire to multiple factories in this area chinese state run newspapers saying that about 37000000 dollars worth of damage to chinese citizens were injured during the process and also they issued a statement the chinese embassy there issued a statement telling the myanmar of authority they need to be able to protect the chinese citizens there so obviously the protest is targeting a very important ally of the myanmar military and thus we're seeing the response and that is from them me and our military putting those areas under martial law in the sense you what that does is the military will control those areas they will call the shots a police might be involved but the military in those areas those areas of martial law now have complete authority of service called hoodlum reporting live from bangkok scott many thanks indeed. a weather update next. day to australia a rallying cry from governments to do more to end sexual violence. how resentment against coronavirus restrictions this way versus preparing to vote in the middle of us. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point cut some ways how i recall quotes whether pushing into western parts of europe over the next couple of days a nice big ridge of high pressure just rolling in from the atlantic but the head of that it's quite lively weather pushing internationally because northwest the wind faded some showers in the cross the low countries down across germany some of the storms to just around the balkans easing across towards grace and then some wet weather there and some wintry weather pushing across into that eastern side of year upset we'll see some snow coming into moscow some rain there into germany snow there once again quite a bit of it across the outs and we'll see some snow here down to will sit in their accounts grassy pushing across into that western side of bulgaria eventually pushing across into rumania and some snow that suit into southern parts of ukraine but here's that quater weather 12 celsius there for london and for paris getting its double figures in glasgow as well so not too bad hillel we will see some rain just making its way across northern parts of the u.k. as we go on through what shoes day when starting in from the mill sick cool weather coming into the low countries into that eastern side of france on shoes day and we will see further spells of snow over towards the black sea as we go on through the middle part of the week what you have some showers to its eastern areas of the met . sponsored poll qatar airways. well again this is out 0 let's remind you of the main news it's been 10 years since the start of the arab spring uprising in syria that spiraled into a civil war more than half a 1000000 people killed in fighting and millions more forced from their homes. security forces killed at least $39.00 people on sunday the worst violence in a month and a half long crackdown on the anti coom movement state television says one police officer was also killed. martial law has been declared in 6 yang on townships as well as 5 areas of mandalay military issued the orders of the beijing complained about chinese and factories being set on fire. tens of thousands of people have rallied in marches across australia protesting against the sexual abuse and harassment of women it's been triggered by allegations of rape and assault centered around the straightest parliament of zeros nicola gage reports now from canberra. thank you protestors outside astrologers parliament demanding action of violence against women in recent weeks allegations of right have rocked a struggle in politics prompting a growing number of people to speak about sexual assault and harassment i don't want to go out in the world where women are listened to and i think that we should make a change it was sparked by shocking allegations that former political star for britney he was right by a colleague in the defense minister's office. we're here because i'm fucking of but we're still having to fight this same stale tired of. the struggle is top floor officer attorney general christian porter is also accused of an historic ripe dating back 3 decades which he categorically denies police have closed the case but the government is facing growing calls for an independent inquiry we just don't think that it's appropriate that a man who holds the highest floor office in the country can have an untested and also apparently on ridge right allegations sitting out there it makes women feel very unsafe and unsupported allegations of massage me and sexism in australia's parliament and nothing new the nation's 1st female prime minister julia gillard called it out in 2012 having but stories of a toxic culture continue it's still very much a bloke's world here a man's world and even if you work in the building as a woman you know are very clearly that you're not in charge of the government says violence against women is a priority and has set up an investigation into workplace culture but many don't believe that goes far enough this isn't just about women in politics many others here have their own story about being harassed or sexually assaulted they're calling for recruitment training from the top down like the women are treated equally. some are calling this latest movement a struggle is 2nd me to wave stories all too familiar right across the globe. gauge al-jazeera canberra the u.k.'s prime minister has promised to look at how women and girls can be better protected from violence or is made to pledge following criticism of a police action at a vigil for sarah everett who was killed while walking home alone the reports. i anger outside police headquarters in london a day after a vigil ended in seems that shocked many people here in the u.k. demonstrators gathered mixing demands for an end to male violence against women with claims that the police are part of the problem at saturday's vigil the focus was clearly on the we've been victims of male violence here the focus has shifted with denunciations of police brutality hundreds had come to the south london vigil near where sarah ever odd went missing initially police kept their distance but the decision to move in on the crowds and the use of force to arrest women created outrage i. agree pretty good tell us the metropolitan police force for a political department said there were unanswered questions after she bit the mic chief closer to dick and london's message he can from the opposition labor party says he's unsatisfied with her account insisting the met didn't honor its assurances the vigil would be released sensitively but despite calls from some for cressida dick to resign she's standing firm and strongly defending what happened with her. big crowd that gathered lots of speeches. quite rightly as far as i can see my team felt this is now an unlawful gathering always poses a considerable risk to people's health cordin to the regulations. really invidious position from all of this to find themselves in labor's now set to vote against a new policing bill in the coming days this week in parliament. startup policing bell $300.00 or so pages $170.00 something called this and almost nothing almost nothing if you can believe it on violence against women and girls the gaping hole in this bill is why i will be voting against it on a complete missed opportunity by the government civil rights groups have also criticised the legislation saying it gives police too many powers to ban demonstrations if they'll cause disruption more protests are planned near parliament on monday as the pressure on the capital's police force and the politicians it has to increases the al-jazeera london. german chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats have suffered a big losses and 2 state elections on sunday exit polls in the partial vote count show social democrats and the green party as the main worse experts say that it's a sign of what's to come in the national elections in 6 months time dominic came reports from berlin. it's a personal triumph for the higher social democrat prime minister of the rhineland these last 8 years but after sunday's vote now able to plan another 5 years in government thank you yes mark i and i would like to thank all our citizens for this great trust they have placed in us thank you very much to all of you and of course i thank my party because we worked so hard to carry this election victory home triumph also for the greens in the neighboring state of barton vata barrack whose lead candidate here has been prime minister for almost 10 years vin fleet kutch man 2 can now plan the next 5 years in office or noise rushed actually politician half good mark you have once again made is the strongest political force i see this as a mandate to continue serving our state as prime minister and i accept this is sign it with great gratitude and humility. little doubt over the night's big losers the christian democrats whose vote chest slumped in both states and who are ruling the twin effect of a financial scandal involving several of its federal. parliamentarians here in berlin and growing concern across the country of their management of the corona pandemic. we see of course that the population is growing dissatisfied and also lacking understanding among citizens about the corona crisis management people's impatience is growing which i can understand personally therefore everyone who is now responsible has to critically question themselves again although sunday's election was only in 2 states in the southwest one analyst told me what happened there will resonate nationally. it is not just about this it is the polls as you put it into parts of the whole country. that's. give us a good glimpse into the internet the state of affairs of the general electorate it's a glimpse of the christian democrats may not like the look of having shed many votes in sunday's state elections they must find a vote a winner for september's general election with angle americal rule that they have but 2 options the current party leader armey lash it who divides opinion both inside the party and out all the bavarian prime minister mark izzard or whose poll ratings are much higher but who represents far fewer conservatives knowing that the wrong choice could cost them dearly in 6 months time dominic cain al-jazeera berlin . polling and a general election in the netherlands has opened early for people in high risk coronavirus categories the vote is the 1st major electoral test of a european governments pandemic policy the country's seen some of its worst riots in decades amid anger over lockdown restrictions in january prime minister mark rotters government resigned over a child benefits scandal the main vote takes place on wednesday. but evelyn's and ireland have suspended use of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine because of concerns about blood clotting region in italy as also joined countries such as denmark norway other island and holding the world out of the jobs or hole reports. arlen's decision to call a temporary halt to the use of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine could have far reaching consequences the country's immunization orthe already pointed to a safety alert raised this week by the norwegian medicines agency after 4 health care workers suffered serious blood clotting events within 14 days. days of receiving the astra zeneca jab denmark and iceland have raised similar concerns with the ripple effect extending to bulger area and as far afield as thailand the irish move was described as precautionary we will continue to monitor the situation and if we can be satisfied that these events are coincidental and not caused by this vaccine we will reassess the situation the u.k. based astra zeneca has defended its vaccine saying that safety data collected with 17000000 doses administered so far shows no evidence of increased risk of palmeri embolisms or thrombosis pending further investigation the european medicines agency says the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks and the world health organization says its rollout should continue it really doesn't mean that it is potentially unsafe it is been tested widely there have been no reported problems beyond what you would normally expect with a vaccine. with any of that see and really the occurrence of these rocks against the globe. is no greater in the vaccinated population round it is in the unvaccinated cooperation so why why regulators in these countries have taken a decision beyond being extremely cautious. is not really clear inevitably now concerns will linger the oxford astra zeneca vaccine has been beset by problems including political disputes and delivery delays now add safety concerns it's important to note that no one is alleging a conclusive link between the vaccine and these blood clotting events but the longer the doubt is allowed to persist the worse the effect on trust therefore the overall vaccine rolled out jonah al-jazeera london it was a historic night for women at the grammy music awards spay and say has become the most decorate. in the awards history it was also a big night for taylor swift kathy lopez holly allen reports. an awards ceremony to honor the best of the music industry the grammy awards made history this year marked by women taking home the top awards the bradley goes to there was set. the star of the night was beyond see who won for grammys with her 23 when she became the most awarded woman in the grammys history of wanted to uplift and courage celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world was taylor swift also made history with her album folklore she became the 1st female artist to win album of the year 3 times and that puts her in the ranks of so-called 3 peat performers like frank sinatra stevie wonder and paul simon mostly we just want to thank the fans you guys met us in this imaginary world that we created and we can't tell you how honored we are. british singer do a leap i won best pop vocal album for her dance the future nostalgia and spoke of the value of music during hard times and record of the year when severely eilish for everything i wanted yeah thanks for doing this i love you thank you the song of the year went to r. and b. artist her for the black lives matter anthem i can't breathe addressing issues like police brutality social justice and race we are the change that we wish to see and you know that that that fight that we had enough of the summer of 2020 keep that same energy thank you the pandemic has devastated much of the music industry with canceled festivals like concerts and twitterers the grammys reflected that reality with artists at the ceremony socially distance and wearing masks and also with many prerecorded performances. are. groundbreaking ceremony and a reminder of the power of music especially during challenging times. the so the young al jazeera. it's good to have you with us hello waiting for going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera syria is marking 10 years since the start of the arab spring uprising that spiraled into a civil war it's become one of the world's worst humanitarian crises with more than half a 1000000 people killed millions of others have been forced to flee their homes as well.