direct links to corruption at the highest level of the bangladesh government. al-jazeera investigations all the prime ministers. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the. timely taking will bring the news and current of for that matter to. me a mass military seizes power in a coup or declares a state of emergency for one year it blames the government for ignoring claims of election fraud. the whole robin your geology there alive my headquarters in doha also coming up the

country's leader and son suchi is detained her party as a people to reject the coup and protest also south africa receives its 1st delivery of coronavirus vaccines amid criticism that the government was too slow to get the doses also ahead an al-jazeera investigation uncovers a criminal network colluding with the bangladeshi security forces and profiting from links with the prime minister sheikh hasina. welcome to the program it was meant to be the day me about his newly elected parliament convened for the 1st time but just hours before lawmakers were due to take their seats the military seized control leader and son suchi has been detained and the army has just announced it's removed $24.00 ministers from their posts and installed its own cabinet we begin our coverage with this report from the file one of the few western. analysts based. in dawn raids in yangon members of me

a must democratically elected leadership were rounded up and detained as the military staged a coup in the name of the state of emergency is in effect nationwide and the duration of the state of emergency is set to one year. the military says it was acting in response to widespread election fraud its chief minimum lying now rules the country this is our worst nightmare quite clearly this is the myanmar military scrapping the democratic experiment you know you're talking about a party that won a landslide election truly a landslide election and all of the sudden we have. we have the president and other top people. under detention and a state of emergency manufactured by the military to justify your long seizure of power the raids came shortly before the 1st session of

a new parliament was supposed to begin. party the national league for democracy had won a landslide victory in elections in november instead the military is now patrolling the streets here in yangon it's been a tense day as information has continued to him although we have seen an increased security presence with riot police congregating in a few key areas the streets of remained relatively quiet the energy is released a statement accusing the military of trying to return to a dictatorship and urging people not to accept the coup ok i am now you know we have a lot of struggles right now for food for life in general the health you know us people have got the covert problem and now we have a coup we were about to be ok and now this happens what do we have to do to survive some supporters of the military did take to the streets in celebration the new leaders have pledged to hold fresh elections and allow the winner to take power.

but this is a country that only recently emerged from 5 decades of military rule and many a skeptical. how can we believe they will stick to that one year period based on what that have been other things in the past we couldn't believe them over there will be a solution when all the people you. knight there's a growing list of nations expressing concern over the situation as well as the united nations its former special rapporteur on myanmar says military chief minister lying is pursuing his personal ambitions i mean i wanted to be the president so that he can stay in power the reason he wants to is he needs to stay in power is his and his family has so much at stake in. businesses businesses run by the military or its cronies or its associates minimum lang's power play has left many in myanmar uncertain about what

comes next and with banks and some shops closed people are stocking up on supplies early file al-jazeera yangon. our diplomatic editor james bays has the latest on international reaction from the united nations real shock at the united nations at the move that had been taken the secretary general had warned about the possibility of a coup now he says he's gravely concerned about the situation and we've also had in the last few hours a new statement a very strong statement from the u.n. high commissioner of human rights michel bashfully which was read out by her spokeswoman we echoed the secretary general's call for the military leadership to respect the outcome of the elections. the high commissioner is alarmed by reports suggesting that at least $45.00 people have been detained including elected parliamentarian's under confinement and we call for their immediate release the

high commissioner urges the international community to stand in solidarity with the people of myanmar at this time and for all states with influence to take steps to prevent the crumbling of the fragile democratic and human rights gains made by me and maher during its transition from military rule the key un body in all of this is the u.n. security council is the body in the u.n. system that has real teeth now the new president of the security council starts the day the 1st of the month and it's the u.k. which has the presidency the u.k. doherty planned a meeting or myanmar on thursday what i'm hearing from european diplomats is that they are pushing for that meeting people called forward and possibly to take place in the next 24 hours what will the security council do will they got lots of potential tools i think many diplomats on the security council would be wanting them to issue a strong statement potentially they could push for sanctions but there i think you

need to look at the role of russia and particularly china the regional power which has a great deal of leverage in myanmar and what their position is on this so i think sanctions though are likely if not from the u.s. and i think the u.s. and the european union will be looking very closely at sanctions in the coming hours u.s. and near mars diplomatic relations have been up and down for the last few years following members multiparty elections in 2010 relations with the west improved washington even appointed the 1st american ambassador to the country after 22 years by 2016 former president barack obama lifted economic sanctions following and some suit she's national league party victory a year later washington echoed the outcry of the global community by determining their bars military committed to violence against a ring of muslims in a kind state as ethnic cleansing the us went on to impose targeted visa restrictions and sanctions on military leaders involved in the violence inflicted on ring of muslims $29.00 teen. so her big as

a professor at the national war college she says the u.s. can denounce me involves a military coup but following through with any legitimate actions might be difficult yes this is an enormous challenge right off the bat for the president and his new team on the one hand we have a very experienced team especially if they're asia experts and many of them served in the obama white house and are personally invested in. me at mars' democratic transition so it's important that we've had this strong forceful condemnation of the coup from the white house from the state department we have. had been missing in action for the past 4 years when it comes to standing up for democracy and human rights but there are limits to what can be accomplished through the united states has been absent in leading that it creates an opening for china and other countries

that are trying to promote it craddick regime. and there are limits to what the u.s. administration can too don't forget the military through this coup for a reason they really believe that following the drumbeat they got the polls in november that they were very close to losing their 2 thirds majority in the parliament which includes their 25 percent bloc representation by the military so that means that suit she was really cory's to start to dismantle some of the military's neagle protections and constitutional powers and if you that is next a stench will threat. officials in bangladesh of call for peace and stability and be involved who has cast doubt over the repack tradition of hundreds of thousands of rangar refugees living in cox's to saw a flat man following

a military crackdown but the file is activist and refugee in caucasus bazaar he says elections won't change anything for the rangar this morning. when i were hearing the news that. consular down things and other senior senior ruling parties of the we are arrested by military government this is really very shocking news for me and also. on the ground in myanmar is really concerning and really rich situation much for me . i have been experiencing genocide and. right now i am staying in the largest refugee camp in consular bangladesh so i'm really really thinking and worrying for the people of myanmar so i don't want to suffer any other people in myanmar like we were in myanmar so

for me. a it doesn't make any difference for me whoever was in the elections because. it was a the government. and we had suffered genocide in myanmar again in this. election. but nothing make a difference to me because. we are the people who have been accusing. action of genocide. really. very much situation that is going on in myanmar now. well still ahead here on al-jazeera a bail hearing in hong kong for jimmy lie the media tycoon charged with violating beijing's national security law also. i amassed

it in a conservative region argentina has legalized abortion but how accessible is the procedure those stories after the break. weather wise is still quite quiet strata arabia iran and turkey the shamali is blowing it's weakening slowly jury in tuesday's big dusty one so far but not particularly cold and there's a breezy and it's coming out from the interior towards the coastal event barretts up to $22.00 degrees that's recently warm for this time of year there's a hint of clouds forming here in a development taking place which i think you will see happening in the forecast for a man by friday it starts to rain surge they may well produced under storms and then on saturday we're down or back up to 15 having dipped about 12 degrees or

something is going through on friday is development of rain i think an arc from northern siberia through jordan into parts of iraq and syria but a rain developing in place not a usual feature as jim said this is more usual now the seas no showers are quite fierce the moment to botswana and the eastern side of south africa the orange top indicates how deep those showers could be so we have back in flash flood territory most of mozambique is now dry few showers further north and maybe the fast of the towns are near so all the action is down here and quite significant rain seems likely be wandering around from the eastern side of south africa back to the center . of. the. assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of

a bomb in this rush he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines how will a place like it live get a back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for inside story on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me so rob a reminder of our top stories a mere miles military has seized power announced the removal of 24 ministers from their posts and installed its own cabinet civilian leader. and other officials have been detained the military has alleged voter fraud in november poll but has

promised to hold elections in a year and a party is urging people to reject the coup and protest there's heavy military presence in major streets around the country communication lines have been disrupted following the takeover. as the widespread international condemnation of the coup the u.s. is calling it a serious blow to democratic reforms while the european union is calling for the outcome of recent elections to be respected. as let's take a close look at the general in charge now being on langar took over the military and 2011 same began undergoing major political changes all under a power sharing agreement the military has had a major say the defense of border affairs it's also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament general lang has also been credited for his part in critical national security decisions such as cease fire agreements with armed ethnic groups but 2 years ago he sanctioned doc he was sanctioned by the u.s. for his role in a military crackdown on the rangar that led to more than 730000 people fleeing to

neighboring by the weather and in recent interviews with local media he said quite openly he'd be a drink politics once he'd stepped away from the military more about badly has more hands on suchi is turbulent relationship with the military. me a muslim leader uncertain suchi was once considered a beacon of democracy who stood up to the country's powerful military leaders now that military has seized control and arrested her reply. in her with the military general it says the action is legally justified but many reject their concerns as an institution that the election results will trigger government policies that will weaken the military's power in the system i think everyone in myanmar understands that they're using the law to their advantage the coup is a culmination of a turbulent relationship between suchi and the military that's been going on for

decades suchi is the daughter of the late nationalist leader aung san and she spent much of her youth overseas. she returned home in 1908 when she joined student that protests against the military the taken power in 1962 coup. the movement was crushed and hundreds of protesters killed. a year later she was imprisoned in her family home and would spend 15 years in detention. in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly. in an historic shift from military rule through cheeze national league for democracy came to power in 2015. she became

state counselor and the de facto leader of myanmar but after 5 decades in power the military maintained much control. the constitution allowed control of defense and interior ministries and it was guaranteed a quarter of seats in parliament that gave it enough power to veto changes to the constitution. suchi is extremely popular in myanmar in 2900 she appeared in the international court of justice when she defended the military against allegations of genocide in 20 twentieth's november election her n o d party won a landslide victory the military claimed the win was fraudulent just over 2 months later it seized power by force provoking widespread criticism. city's previous detention did little to undermine her popularity. but now it's unclear how active

and vocal her supporters will be under threat of military action nor about money out if there are. protesters in neighboring thailand have taken to the streets in support of me about as besieged government. and at least 2 people were injured and 2 others arrested as police try to break up the rally outside me about embassy in bangkok some of the protesters through traffic cones towards the officers more than $200.00 activists took part in the demonstration. called media tycoon and pro-democracy activists jimmy lie will remain in jail while judges consider his bail application the 73 year old is accused of conspiring with foreign forces under china's sweeping national security law in a hearing on monday and government lawyers argued those charged under the law should be held in custody but lie said he has agreed to strict house arrest measures al-jazeera has investigative unit has uncovered a criminal that work colluding with the security forces of bangladesh and profiting

from powerful links with the country's prime minister the investigation found evidence that general as easy head of bangladesh's army helped criminals to evade justice and make money from state corruption will fall has this exclusive report. general is easily armored head of the bangladesh army and the man appointed by prime minister sheikh hasina to defend the country. our surveillance team follows the general to malaysia and discover that he's also guarding his own secret waiting for him as his brother harry so ahmed he's a convicted murderer and an international fugitive from a notorious dukkha crime gang banger desh police put him on their most wanted list another brother is also there joseph was on death row but freed after he was pardoned by president abdul hamid in 2080. we then tracked down the 4th armored brother anis as with harry's he's on the run after fleeing

a conviction for the same killing of a political activist mr for rahman in takar back in 1996 the men get a diplomatic escort from the bangladesh high commission their bond was shake a scene or began when the brothers worked as her bodyguards in the 1990 s. in a converted recorded call general as he says the prime minister recently praised the loyalty of the brothers while speaking to prominent members of her ruling party. haris has been in hiding for 20 years protected by the general before he was part of a crime gang on the streets of dhaka now he says he can exert influence over state institutions. going up and.

down. play nothing that point for nothing. we found harry still hungry where he runs numerous businesses under a false identity he tells our undercover source that he has shaikh has seen a support. because you don't get that 7200000 you know the 1st of them but a little thing. that i think is about. her response who acts as a middleman for business deals in bangladesh. the man on the left is her son's business associate they think they're talking to a fund manager in london who wants to invest millions in the bangladesh hotel to do so this is really really game because he. really. is. spatially. but the meeting is

a sting set up by al jazeera is investigative unit. and. his son says he takes 20 percent from every deal. this is. basically. using. because mr leader with. al-jazeera invited all those involved including prime minister shaikh a senior and general as he's ahmed to respond to its findings none did so we'll thought on al-jazeera and you can watch the full investigation all the prime ministers. at 20100 hours g.m.t. . ugandan opposition leader bobby wind has filed a supreme court challenge to overturn the reelection of president yarima $77.00 he was declared winner for a 6th term last month but weiner had been under defiant to house arrest has rejected the results on several grounds including widespread use of violence

challenges to the results of all of the 4 previous elections were won by a 70 have been dismissed by the supreme court. a plane carrying south africa's 1st 1000000 credible as vaccine doses arrived in johannesburg the country is battling a 2nd wave of infections driven by a more contagious variant 1st identified that there's concern about how effective vaccines will be against the new mutation south africa is the worst hit country on the continent's media miller has more from johannesburg where she explained some of the challenges south africa faces in its 1st vaccine rollout. well there's been a lot of anticipation around the arrival of those vaccines of that vaccine at least that $1000000.00 doses that's come through now it wasn't clear all slew these processes what exactly what was going to happen and now it seems that rather than the x. actual vaccination process beginning any time soon it will take another 10 to 14

days for those 1st jabs to be given and that's often a quality assurance process the storage of the vaccines as well as tests on samples just to make sure that everything is as it should be we do expect the government to implement a electronic database where people can register to get the vaccine but at this stage that focus will be are now front line workers people working in hospitals and health care facilities and in a later at a later stage phase 2 of the government grohl out will see essential workers like teachers and police officers able to get the vaccination also we know that it's on a voluntary basis and we do expect that the government may encounter some difficulties around confidence within the south african population around the efficacy of the vaccine and just exactly how it works because of course as many countries around the world the same as many countries around the same around the

world have been a number of. conspiracy theories and misinformation that people have come across on things like social media so these are some of the challenges the government is facing aside from the issue of logistics and getting that vaccine to all parts of the country as quickly as possible. drugmaker pfizer has pledged an additional $75000000.00 vaccines to the european union for the 2nd quarter comes after a battle with astra zeneca at pfizer announced a delay in vaccine shipments the european commission president wants 70 percent of adults on the block to be vaccinated by the end of the summer so far the vaccine rollout has been slow because it starts her started its vaccination campaign with the russian made sputnik of the vaccine it received an initial shipment of 22000 doses the deputy health minister was among the 1st to receive the jab kazakstan has a population of 18000000 that it expects to roll out its own vaccine call choir's covidien in march cultural life is also returning to italy.

quote a virus restrictions have been eased in the country museums and monuments including rooms coliseum have reopened bars and restaurants can now open in the daytime and people have more freedom to travel but a curfew remains in place. argentina became the largest latin american country to legalize abortion in december but implementing the procedure particularly in conservative provinces is proving a challenge al-jazeera is trees about has been visiting hospitals in the capital but as aires doctors more about the problems that they're facing. already under pressure from 19 argentinos hospitals are now having to adapt again abortion has just become legal in argentina doctor says he has seen many women affected by botched abortions and is happy times has started to change in those years.

in the past 2 days since the law was implemented we have had 8 requests to terminate pregnancies we are trying to move as fast as we can as we have a pandemic and we are trying to minimalize the presence of patients in the hospital . i it's a major revolution in this overwhelmingly catholic country in december the senate voted in favor of legalizing abortion women rights groups have been arguing for years that thousands of illegal abortions already happen annually and they pose a major threat for women thousands of them end up in hospital because of complications but now women can have a free and safe abortion in a public hospital. where company women a lot we try to make it easy for them without too much crying we try to keep them away from obstetrics and but yet trix we have other female doctors that come here to be with them we're ready for this next step. doctors here say many of the women

who can already have children and cannot afford to have another one venue law says it better a woman can have an abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy the province of want to hide it is distributing this booklet that explains hospitals how to proceed when a woman comes and requests and i was shown this says that they have up to 10 days to interrupt the pregnancy timing is crucial until now abortion was only legal in argentina in case of rape or if a woman's life was at risk and that's why in many conservative areas in the country authorities postpone legal abortions for months forcing women to deliver their babies. has been covering women rights issues for years and she says political will is crucial if then we get out of. the implementation is very clear and i think the conservative and fundamentalists sectors not want to see the implementation across the country they will try to do it become to stop it that's where it is important

the political and political commitment to guarantee the law is implemented and that is not just on paper. prior to the passage of the new law precedent of the for amanda said broad legalization of abortion was a matter of public health that needed to be addressed and that's why hospitals in the country now see themselves as essential to help the government in their next step toward securing abortion rights nationwide. one of. your charges are with me so rob a reminder of our top stories wearables military has seized power about the removal of $24.00 ministers from their posts and installed its own cabinet civilian leaders . other officials have been detained the military has alleged voter fraud in the. hold that house promise to hold elections in one year and send sushi's party is

urging people to reject the coup and protest there's heavy military presence in major streets throughout their bar communication lines have been disrupted following the military's takeover early fall is one of the few western journalists to be based in many of our and she says the military will.