what i would say is it is certainly not what bishop alvarez is. bishop alvarez is a courageous, highly respected man who preaches love and who preaches cohabitation between all the peoples in nicaraguan. he is loved and respected not only by the catholic people but by people from all walks of life and from all religions or non—religion is, as he has said many times. the fact is that the catholic church has not waged any war against the government. neither have they ever preached for the people to out rise against the regime of daniel ortega. what you have in the government of daniel ortega is a regime that has committed crimes against humanity, who today are holding more than 190 people who are political prisoners among them you have the seven political leaders who were going to participate in the fraudulent election that were going to happen in nicaragua. you have human right defenders, journalists in jail. and you have priests that are in jail, and you have priests that are injail, plus the and you have priests that are in jail, plus the five

i will say it's certainly not what bishop alvarez is. bishop alvarez is a highly respected man who preaches love and who preaches cooperation between all the people in nicaragua. he is loved and respected not only by the catholic people but by people from all walks of life and from all religions or non—religions as he is said many times. the fact is, the catholic church has not waged any war against the government, neither have they ever preached to the people to uprise against the regime of 0rtega for that what you have in the government of 0rtega is a regime that has committed crimes against humanity. who today are holding more than 190 people who are political prisoners among them, you have the seven political leaders who were going to but dissipate in the fraudulent elections that we had in nicaragua. you are politicians, human right offenders, journalists who are injailfor that human right offenders, journalists who are in jail for that and you have priests who are now in jail plus the five abducted yesterday. what i could say is

my thoughts go to my brother, bishop alvarez, who is wrongfully detained, and all the priests behind bars in nicaragua. >> reporter: the detention of bishop alvarez, a nicaraguan creditism of the government of ortega, is the latest in a crackdown against ortega opponents. the media, now the church. catholic radio stations have been shut down. nuns, including mother teresa's missionaries of charity, expelled. before reefti iarresting the bishop, nicaraguan police stood guard outside his residence for two weeks preventing him leaving. the government accuses alvarez of subversive actions and says the detention was necessary. calls to release the bishop and seven other clergymen arrested with him are mostly coming from abroad. that's because at home, dissent can lead to arrest. the tension between the church and the government began in 2018 when the clergy acted as mediator during an intense wave anti-government protests. ortega has moved against opponents with brutal efficiency. in 2021, he won a fifth presidential mandate almost unopposed. his main rivals either jailed or exiled. the c

the bishop has been placed under house arrest in the capital managua, bishop of rolando alvarez is known for his criticism of president dang, ortega. at least 3 priests have been detained by authorities in recent ones. others have gone into exile. pope frances has called for dialogue to resolve the stand off she would be quino competent and closely following with worry and pain. the situation that has developed in nicaragua, which embossed people an institution store and i would like to express my conviction. and my wish that true and open insincere dialogue the foundations for a respectful and peaceful coexistence can be found. these military hunters appointed acting prime minister, bernard gore, moved to the job on a permanent basis. b replaces muhammad bell foggy, has been absent for medical reasons since last month. but transition comes as the source of face is increasing pressure that having protests across the country in recent weeks, against the military's plans to stay in power for the next 3 years. it's leaders are in talks with west african neighbors about a possible shortening

, him and other priests on the health arrest. rinaldo alvarez, the well known critic of president daniel ortega detention, has been condemned by rights groups and comes as tension, has been growing between the church and the government. our russian energy company gas from says it will shut its nord stream one gas pipeline for 3 days. starting on august the 31st. it says the closure is due to maintenance on the pipeline which runs between russia and germany. the unscheduled world could effect plans by european countries to fill a gas reserves before the winter. gas prompts that deliveries would resume after september the 2nd, but only at 20 percent of the pipelines full capacity. ukrainian, president low to mid zalinski said moscow was using the pipeline as blackmail and urged you countries to end their reliance on russian gas. and for more we can bring and d, w a political correspondent, jared read. hi jared, a. can you tell us why is guys from holding gas deliveries so abruptly now? because that just has been maintenance work of the pipeline, hasn't there? hi, i know exactly. we have to

and put him and other priests under arrest. rinaldo alvarez is a well known critic of president, daniel ortega, the detention has been condemned by rights groups and comes as tensions have been growing between the church and the government. just when the world was getting the handle on the covert, 19 pandemic, along comes another new medical puzzle. 90 countries have reported monkey pox cases so far with over 30000 confirmed infections. while this does not spread as easily as the corona virus, governments are concerned and demands for vaccine arising. india has seen very few cases as yet, but hospitals are preparing. as des moines near a child, re reports from delhi. this hospital in delhi was at the center of fighting the coven 19th. and to me it's now become the center again, this time to battle, yet another virus monkey box, thousands of cases had been detected in dozens of countries around the world. but just then cases have been officially reported across india. so far, some exploits suggest more may be spreading unchecked up as the risk. lamar is the medical director here, he says

now police in nicaragua have arrested a catholic, bishop known for his criticism of president daniel ortega, rolando alvarez is being detained at his home in the capitol. police had rapidly been preventing him from leaving his home for the past 2 weeks. authorities accuse him of inciting violence president will take a recently launched a crackdown on descent within the church and its charities. i said, monte lee gray is a supervising advocate for the nicaraguan american human rights alliance. she says president would take us, sees the church as an adversary. this is clearly an example of the repression that has been going on for years and and it's just focused on the catholic church because it is a boy that stands for humane, candid conditions and the humane treatment of others. so the government is trying to silence those voices and msr was on house arrest for several days before this was done under the cover of darkness. and in clear violation of several treaties that protect the human rights and religious breeding to which many countries are. there's clear persecution against memb

and that the inspectors would go through ukraine place in nicaragua, have arrested a catholic, bishop known phase criticism of president daniel ortega orlando. alvarez is being detained at his home in the capitol as a latin american editor, alysia niemen. reports is part of a wide, a government crackdown on descent among catholic clergy members. for the last 16 days, the garage was police and prevented met the gulp as bishop blundell albert is from leaving his residence, not even to preside over mass 0, but i always the road in front of our diocese is closed and blocked by the national police long oh, but that was the end of it. before dawn, friday, police raided the bishop's residence, detained, laid priests and staff, and put bishop alba this under house arrest. in a statement, the police call did quote, in operation to recover normality for citizens and families of martha guided by accusing bishop orlando. albert is of repeated acts of destabilization and provocations. oh, with the vast majority and government opponents in prison or in exile, nicaragua, catholic church has become a

criticism of president daniel ortega rolanda alvarez is being detained at his home. in the capital, managua authorities accused him of inciting violence. president will take a recently launched a crackdown on descent within the church and its charities. mexico's former attorney general jesus marillo has been arrested on charges linked to 43 students who went missing in 2014 morello led the original inquiry which the un says was marred by torture and cover ups. at least 15 people, including 5 children, had been killed in a rocket attack on the market and on syria areas under the control of turkey backed opposition fighters. syrian governor forces accused of carrying out fridays attack and retaliation for a recent rate. there is a headlines. the stream is next. talk to al jazeera. we ask for the rebound you speak, offers clearly come get a high cost for airlines and the industry. what's going wrong? we listen, you were part of the arm struggle in the 19 seventy's. if you have any regrets, no, we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the story stuck matters on al

, whose become an outspoken critic of president daniel ortega with under alvarez was detained at his home, which has been surrounded by police for 2 weeks. authorities accused him of inciting violence. president ortega recently launched a crackdown on descent within the church and its charities. australia's prime minister says he's upset about indonesia decision to cut a sentence of the bomb maker in the 2002 body attack. protect 20 year sentence has been reduced by a total of 2 years. he could be released on parole. head of the 20th anniversary of the bombings mac tobar, 202 people were killed in the attack. many of them were australian. this will have a devastating impact on the family, so they are going through a trauma in memory of their lost love. once we lost id 8 astrology, and in that terrorist attack and it was a barbara attack, young people lost their lives so many people lost their lives. so it's not to see id i. there are thousands of people who've been impacted by this. and certainly, the strong government will be conveying diplomatically very clearly our view of this, w

daniel ortega, but under alvarez is being detained at his home in the capital, managua, the latin america at his lucien human reports, parts of a wider government crackdown or descent among members of the clergy. for the last 16 days, nick raw was police and prevented. might the gulp as bishop blundell albert is from leaving his residence, not even to preside over mass 0, but a always the road in front of our diocese is closed and blocked by the national police long. oh, but that was not the end of it. before dawn, friday, police rated the bishop's residence detained, laid priests and staff, and put bishop alba this under house arrest. in a statement, the police call did quote, in operation to recover normality for citizens and families of martha guided by accusing bishop orlando. albert is of repeated acts of destabilization and provocations. oh, with the vast majority and government opponents in prison or in exile, nicaragua, catholic church has become a thorn in the side of president. daniel ortega and his wife ro, side you moody, you'll who is the vice president the presidential coupl

john holman, al jazeera police in nicaragua have arrested a catholic bishop who has become an outspoken critic of president daniel ortega and under alvarez was detained at his home, which has been surrounded by police for 2 weeks. authorities accused him of inciting violence. ortega recently launched a crackdown on descent within the church and its charities. so the head hair on al jazeera, if you own an apple product, find out why there's an emergency software update from the tech giant. i'm bob, you mcmillan, you jelly with football players are facing an uncertain future off to fi for band india for violating it's booth. ah ah. hi there, good to see. let's go with your weather update beginning in the middle east. not really much changed since we spoke last. we've got some temperatures back into the fifty's that includes for buck dead with a high of 50 degrees. and look at all this san in dust being tossed around for oman on saturday. gotta take it to pakistan. it is still raining upper sin province into eastern baluchistan, but of a breather for karachi. and we're also seeing this bra