it's america's worst kept secret cracked open in the time of the pandemic exposed in the time of trump through the turmoil of 2020 the big picture traces a century of racial injustice to reveal how philanthropy politics and economics preserve structural inequality keeping white a supreme and black in its place a race for america part one on a. u.-turn for democracy the military takes power admin prompting international condemnation and calls for sanctions. this is out sara live from doha also coming up president biden holds talks with the

10 republican senators who proposed a slimmed down 1000 relief package. iran launches a new satellite carrying rocket propelled by its very powerful engine today. and hong kong's most high profile pro-democracy supporter goes back to jail as his bail hearing is delayed. so that mammals military has tightened its grip on power purging key ministers in the hours following a coup detained leader and sense that she has called on people to rise up in comments written before the takeover but her whereabouts currently remain unknown after she was taken in the middle of the night instead the army is resting power in the hands of the commander in chief min lang 24 government ministers have been removed 11 replacements named. phone and internet connections were cut and state

t.v. was forced off air while banks closed when people scramble to take out cash a un security council meeting is now set for tuesday the military is keen to point out it is only temporary promising free and fair elections in a year's time but this coup does come just 6 years after the 1st civilian government in half a century or more now from early file one of the few foreign journalists based in memory. in dawn raids in yangon members of me a democratically elected leadership who 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 pairing and gone 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 me 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 for the health you know us people have got the covered 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 there 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 minimum flying 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 needs to stay in power is his his family has so much at stake in. business is business is run by the military cronies or it associates minimum lines 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 ali file al jazeera yangon well let's take a closer look now at the general in charge of me or my men. took over the military in 2011 that was the same year that memo began undergo a major political changes under a power sharing agreement the military has had a major say in defense and border affairs it's also guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament general flying has been credited for his part in critical national

security decisions such as cease fire agreements with armed ethnic groups 2 years ago he was sanctioned by the united states for his role in a military crackdown on muslims led to more than 730000 people fleeing to neighboring bangladesh and in recent interviews with local media he said he would be open to entering into politics once he stepped away from the military well that may about who is a major international test for the new biden ministration the us president called on the military to relinquish power mediately but the tough stance risks changing the regional balance of power a white house correspondent can be how good as this report. calling the military seizure of power a direct does salton me and maurice transition to democracy u.s. president. bided issued a stern warning to the country's military leaders were reversed course or face economic sanctions we removed sanctions the united states i should say remove sanctions on burma over the past decade based on progress toward democracy the

reversal of that progress will necessitate an immediate review of our sanctions laws and authorities followed by appropriate action form the white house is calling on the international community to pressure me and mars military to immediately release detained officials and relinquish the powers it seized the developments are a test for the fledgling biden and ministration and the new secretary of state antony blanket who was sworn in last week the top republican in the senate mitch mcconnell released this statement pressuring the biden administration to take a strong stand and urging us partners and all democracies around the world to follow suit in condemning this earth or terry an assault on democracy. when biden was vice president barack obama became the 1st sitting u.s. president to visit me in mar he praised the steps toward democratic and economic

reform strict u.s. sanctions against the country were lifted when me in march transition to civilian rule but u.s. support for me and maurice government began to sour because of its discrimination against muslims that included a denial of citizenship there were further concerns when civilian leader aung san suu kyi defended the military as hundreds of thousands fled as refugees. the foreign policy crisis comes as the biden administration is struggling to deal with domestic issues like a depressed economy and unemployment due to the global covert 19 pandemic that's cost roughly 450000 americans their lives is still trying to get trying to figure out what it's. and most importantly it's very preoccupied with domestic crises by distraction really wants to focus on the endemic kind of economic crisis at home and racial tensions and it really doesn't i think it's not ready to have to

confront a crisis like this the biden administration faces a dilemma tough u.s. measures could push me in mars' military rulers closer to china a u.s. adversary something the new president wants to avoid can't really help at al-jazeera washington where the united nations plans to hold an emergency meeting on me and mob tuesday diplomatic at a jays base with more on what the reaction has been so far real shock at the united nations 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 paschal a 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 parliamentarians 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 un security council is the body in the u.n. system that has real teeth now the new president of the security council starts today the 1st of the month and it's the u.k. which has the presidency the u.k. to already 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 go 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. president joe biden is meeting with a group of 10 republican senators to discuss their alternative to his coronavirus relief package they're proposing a $618000000000.00 plan that is about a 3rd of the 1.9 trillion dollars of aid that biden is aiding for the group of republicans that want the president to negotiate a slimmed down package rather than trying to ram his stimulus plan through but democrats are still valid to push ahead with or without republican support let's beat a political heat our correspondent joins us live from washington d.c.

patty is very very interesting to see where biden will draw the line in his is bipartisan outreach. well i think we've already seen a pretty clear signal from the white house before this meeting the president joe biden tweeting out that it was a good plan sir shortly after that we saw nancy pelosi in the house and chuck schumer in the senate go ahead and start the process of doing budget reconciliation which would allow them to pass the $1.00 trillion dollars deal without any republican support if they can keep all 50 democratic senators in line and there is one senator from west virginia who's indicated that he might want to wait a little bit might want to make it a little bit less expensive but he'd be under a tremendous amount of pressure to deny joe biden this just as he's taking office so the white house said in the signal that they'll meet with them but they were they are not going to walk out of here with any kind of deal and the backdrop of all of this is joe biden was there as vice president during the great recession the

financial crisis all the economists especially liberal and some conservative economists say the problem with the ballot they did then it was that it was too small was too limited and it hurt economic growth for at least a decade and so that's what biden president biden has been saying is that look we can go to weak we can't risk going too small we should go to big if that's even possible and he's committed he said these are all the things i think are necessary and important lead the republican bill doesn't have priorities for the democrats a couple of things money for states and cities their tax base has been hammered they're looking at having to fire teachers firefighters paramedics garbage collectors and so the democrats want to give them some money and it also has a $15.00 an hour minimum wage for the federal government which is now just $7.25 so it would increase it over time another key democratic priority so the biden ministration saying well talk is not necessarily going to change anything but we

expect to hear from those senators they're going to come to a snowy stakeout position in front of the west wing shortly and we'll see if they've made any progress and how is all this going to tell you the jobless benefits start to run out and in molecule think is it. it is exactly and that's one of the things that biden as president biden has been saying is that this needs to be this needs to be happened quickly another time crunch for the democrats on this is february 9th that's when the impeachment trial of former president dull trump is expected to start and now the senate could decide to do some business in the morning but the way it's written they basically have to be in their seats and be silent 6 days a week until there's a verdict so there is a huge time crunch plus they'll say it's not just the politics of this people are really hurting there are they have paid their rent their food banks are being overrun and so the democrats are saying time is of the essence and they plan to move on this very quickly or probably thanks for the political home in washington

d.c. if you. still ahead here on al-jazeera i am i a milestone in a conservative region argentina has legalized abortion but how it says a bill is the procedure. and last of we bring you the launch of the 1st commercial rocket powered by. the nor'easter is becoming a bit of a beast it started out daylight hours on sunday looking like this is version you state you pick from the midwest to the atlantic coast but new york's forecast of a blizzard on monday turned into a loss of wind but still snowing on tuesday that could end up dropping

a record breaking snow in central park for example the moisture itself winds up during today's into eastern canada and then the cold sweeps in behind so it will be very much like winter and that cold has swept along way south and even look at the high temperature in new orleans for example 12 degrees and all this time down the planted coast as big storm system has been lazy really throwing rain and california snow a bit further inland that rain ahead further south across the border again into baja in the next day or so so the east cold sunny the west increasingly snowy up in the mountains rainfall probably dying out but fairly breezy as well and as the cold leaks out across the gulf of mexico it always picks up or creates big showers and they're running in through cuba to haiti and a bit of focus temporary honduras then down to costa rica and panama there's a big thing showers back in flash flood territory.

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you're watching al-jazeera her mind about top stories and. military has seized power detaining democratically elected leader and san suu kyi and dozens of government ministers the military says the overthrow is temporary and as promised elections are near. or it could be a mars drawing international condemnation the u.n. secretary general called the military takeover a serious blow to democratic reforms and u.s. president joe biden has warned military leaders they could face sanctions once again. u.s. president joe biden is meeting with a group of 10 republican senators to discuss the alternatives to his coronavirus relief package proposing a $618000000000.00 plan that's about a 3rd of the $1.00 trillion dollars of aid by date for. now iran says it successfully launched a rocket capable of carrying satellites into space these images of these subtle order were broadcast on state t.v. but it's unclear where and when they were taken the defense ministry says the

rocket is for research purposes and will be able to compete with other satellite carriers once it is fully operational the united states is accused in the past of using its space program as a cover for missile development. let's take this all because they use the president of the national iranian american council joins us live by skype from washington d.c. welcome to the program so this new improved missile technology is very much being put on show ahead of potential negotiations over the nuclear deal is that how you read the timing. i think that could very well be the intended. timing for teheran to show the united states that its work continues. on missiles just as the nuclear issue continues to be you know increasing crisis iran is expanding its work there and until joe biden makes a move the maximum pressure policy of donald trump is still the policy of united

states so we need to evaluate what is happening through that lens and my hope is that biden as he steps up as tony blinken takes over at the state department that we see some pretty quick action on biden's part to change the dynamic with iran and signal that this new policy is now in place where the u.s. seeks to return to the nuclear deal and hopefully have a one change yeah and their own foreign ministers seems to be buffering a way forward suggesting that the e.u. should coordinate a synchronize return to the new deal together with united states and iran similar time is. a tomato if you heard if you had my question then let me just try that again is to say why did he iran's foreign ministry saying that the should coordinate to synchronise return for both the united states and iran. yeah i think this is this is the issue of the moment i think it's a bit of

a red herring this who goes 1st the united states. biden officials saying iran needs to get back into the deal and that the united states will come back. you know at the end of the day there are plenty of ways for the both parties to get back in the deal i think what zarif put forward that is certainly one route and i think it's promising that the iranians are publicly demonstrating that there is this will to get back into the deal and that there are no questions about whether iran is going to keep up its end of the bargain there are other options as well you know the united states could simply announce that it wants to return to the deal go back to the joint commission that sort of polices the deal and is made up of all the parties to it so it should be a matter of who goes 1st the will is clearly there on both sides now it's a matter of getting it done so that we can get back into the nuclear deal quickly i think you know the goal is to do this before mid february or at least before iran goes into its new year celebration and in the end of march and then moves into

campaign season to elect their next president will be very hard to get back into the deal under those circumstances so we're really looking at a short window before iran begins to take some announced steps in february to reduce the inspections of its nuclear program and then goes in this campaign season so my hope is that whether it's through the european commission through the joint commission through a bilateral negotiation however things get done the will is there let's get back to the deals that we can start from that as the as the starting point for further negotiations which i do think with this go into ron is saying that they convey a conventional missile program is just not up for negotiation. well iran has consistently said that their conventional program is not up to negotiation but at the same time has it here too voluntary restrictions on. the distance that their missiles that they are developing will go so there is some i think recognition by iran of the political sensitivity of this missile program i think

what the biden team has has said on this is actually very smart where they are saying you know the united states does want to see iran have restrictions on its missile program but recognizing that this is part of iran's defense doctrine and it's a regional issue so what the buying team has said is that they want to get back in the nuclear deal and that encourages regional negotiations where iran and other parties the saudis the gulf states even the israelis can get into the same room and actually negotiate this issue where it's going to require some back and forth between the other players in the region because he does view this missile program as essential to its ability to deter attacks from both the united states as well as u.s. partners thanks for analysis tomorrow estimate of the president of the national iranian council thank you very much my pleasure a plane carrying south africa's 1st 1000000 coronavirus vaccine doses has arrived in johannesburg the country is battling a 2nd wave of infections driven by

a more contagious variant 1st identified that there is concern about how effective the vaccines will be against a new that mutation south africa is the worst hit country on the continent well the top testing is set to start in parts of england for the more contagious south african covert $900.00 strain residents in a chair is will be visited and asked to take a test regardless of symptoms at least $116.00 cases have been identified across england 11 of which have no links to travel to south africa. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activists jimmy lie will remain in jail while judges consider his bail application 73 year old is accused of conspiring with foreign forces on the china is sweeping national security if he could part of the reports now from hong kong. a charged atmosphere as jimmy lie enters the building housing hong kong's highest court there's a heavy security presence unusual for

a bail hearing but this is the 1st national security law case to make it to the court of final appeal oh yeah the side they're shouting matches between pro-democracy activists jimmy lies supporters and those who want to see him locked up but they seem like that we are very angry with jimmy like he is a traitor and used his newspaper to incite riots and influence young people jimmy lie is a billionaire with a rags to riches story and also one of the most high profile pro-democracy activists in the territory. he is one of the handful of people so far to have been charged under the national security law that was imposed by beijing in july last year but these bail proceedings are viewed as an arena for a struggle between china's communist party and hong kong's judiciary pro-democracy activists say denying lie bail could impact the rule of law and set a precedent they have arrested has to prove their own innocence before we can even

get that bail and it will become a very useful too for the regime to arrest anyone and imprison you for 4 weeks if not for 4 months before you can get a trial and we had to travel before or not is and how to question it fundamentally undermine or even destroy the principle of common law which has been practicing model for for decades in an unusual move for the top court there are no overseas nonpermanent judges presiding over this case that's only half. and in 10 out of $700.00 court of final appeal cases in the last 24 years almost all courts of final appeal cases unless an international judge to sit on the panel it's a tradition that underlines the independence of the judiciary and shows that the legal system here up courts international standards but this time all 5 judges are national security lawyer judges hand-picked by the chief executive the court

a final appeal is seen as the last holdout against beijing's increasingly assertive rule according to hong kong's legal community the ruling is likely to set the tone for what could be a large number of national security cases if political conditions here continue to deteriorate the legal parlance hong kong. it december argentina became the largest latin american country to legalize abortion but access to the procedure remains difficult especially in conservative provinces as more. already under pressure from all that 19 argentinos hospitals are now having to adapt again abortion has just become legal in argentina dr while the santiago says he has seen many women affected by botched abortions and is happy times have started to change in the 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 . 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 put your tricks 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 come already have children and cannot afford to have another one when you last says that a woman can have an abortion after 14 weeks of pregnancy the province of want to

fight it is distributing this booklet that explains hospitals how to proceed when a woman comes and requests and i wash and 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 postponed legal abortions for months forcing women to deliver their babies. has been covering women rights issues for years she says political will is crucial if that won't get out of. the implementation is very clear and i think the conservative fundamentalist sectors don't want to see the implementation across the country they will try to do it we can to stop it that's where it is important the political and political commitment to guarantee the law is implemented and it's not just on paper. prior to the passage of the new law precedent 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. when a site is. the world's 1st commercial rocket powered by biofuel has been lawless from the u.s. state of maine. it's called stardust $1.00 and it flew into the sky before parachuting back to a start up company blueshift aerospace in the future the technology could be used to launch small satellites the much cheaper cost of biofuel also helps to make space research on excessive.

this is our desire these are the top stories military has seized power detaining it democratically elected leader and saying suchi and dozens of government ministers the main.