up to date with what's happening on the ground in the ward and in the lab now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making healthy a world for you. for everyone. the tree that's now in control of me and my reportedly releases some politicians detained in monday's coup. sammy's a dand this is out to sea life also coming out russian opposition leader alex in a valley appears in a moscow court while the supporters are rounded up by police outside. japan's lympics chief says the tokyo games will go ahead as planned regardless of what

happens with the pandemic. and we speak to asylum seekers along the mexico u.s. border hoping the new u.s. president will help for. as we get flights have been grounded and dozens of politicians remain in custody a day after a military coup the ousted party the national league of democracy says detained leader aung san suu kyi is in good health this still being held at an undisclosed location some politicians have been allowed to return home and the international airport in yangon is reportedly shot until may how are is now in the hands of general minong lean who's appointed his own cabinet well in about an hour the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the situation the u.s.

has also threatened sanctions the military says its takeover is only temporary it's promising free and fair elections in the year allie file has more from yangon. we have had someone i don't know. how long is at least one of the l.d. spokespersons gto he's posted on his facebook. posted a facebook post saying that she was in good health he didn't mention where she is but that she's that she isn't being mean he did say that she's not being moved from where she is and it is thought that she's being kept at her compound although that's yet to be confirmed kept within her own home so yes an update on the fact that her health is is apparently adequate and so presumably that means there is some sort of line of communication open between her people and herself which is obviously reasonably positive development and of course yes we are hearing

lots of people have started being released today this morning we had quite a few regional ministers were released so the the heads of the states and regions were among those arrested and they want rounded up in nato but they were mostly taken in the areas that they based and we've seen quite a lot of releases of those people today some photos coming up on social media showing them back at their homes. over the past decade the country's opened itself up to foreign investment as it underwent political reform its economy has become one of the fastest growing in the world but this concern the return to military rule could derail that most direct foreign investment in myanmar comes from asia singapore and hong kong are the largest investors direct investments jumped 33 percent last year to $5500000000.00 its major exports include timber jade

and oil some western countries like the us and australia have made significant investments in energy in recent years and direct foreign investment stocks of grown an average of 12 percent annually since it was a cold transformation began in 2011 deborah elms is executive director of the asian trade center chicks planes the potential impact of reimposing sanctions. i think the direct impact of u.s. anxious is going to be fairly limited because although as you noted u.s. investment has been rising it's often very low number and it hasn't risen as much or as quickly as many other investments from other foreign partners have done so i think the u.s. can impose even if it 'd wanted to very strange strange and sanctions and the net effect on inbound investment would be relatively modest but what it does do is it may trigger other countries to also sanction me and mar in one way or another the

challenge or maybe the opportunity it's hard to say depends on your perspective but for me and mar is that not all of the countries that are heavily invested in the in mar will necessarily respond with sanctions so some will continue to invest well maintain their existing commitments and others will begin to pull out war money elsewhere and so forth and so i think it's going to be a mixed bag but certainly rockier for the economy in me and mar than we have experienced in the last few years of frankly explosive growth this is an interesting challenge not just for the west but also for a country like china which may not necessarily be fussed one way or the another about a coup in myanmar but they are concerned about their image on the global stage they are trying to x. expand their soft power capabilities and if china were to become very cozy to this particular regime that may run counter to their efforts to become much more

favorably a to much have a much more favorable view by the broader community of nations police in russia have detained at least 350 supporters of kremlin critic and opposition the that alex in the valley security forces was sent in ahead of his call to parents the valley was arrested on his return from germany in january he's accused of violating parole while recovering from poisoning. xandra god is in moscow for us so alexander understand election around the has now spoken in court was to be insane. yes indeed he had addressed the court and he again it was that this time in the courtroom the russian president vladimir putin to be behind his poisoning he also called it the case of a showcase political process but he pointed out to the according to him this is not

showing or demonstrating power but the weakness what he said then is that this whole showcase was made in order to scare not humor but millions of millions of dissatisfied people and that this is indeed a political political trial after that his lawyer spoke that there were pointing out more technical details that indeed he did report himself to the prison or tourists or it is during his probation period and where he couldn't he couldn't because he was in a coma and he was late to recovering from from his poisoning at this point the prosecutor is speaking and he's doing it in a manner of sort of a cross examination and at one point actually no one had applied to him that what he can confirm is that he thinks this is a political fabricated process in order to prevent him to participate in political life of russia meanwhile what kind of posture have security forces been

taking on the streets today. well we saw the amazing amount of police presence here russia has seen its share fair of high profile trials but to have this sort of security around the courtroom and all the surrounding area and moreover any protest that was attempted to today couldn't happen because police was basically detaining people the moment they came out of the metro if they look suspicious to them suspicious in a sense that they might be a supporter so so far we have a figure of some 350 people that were detained today and in the meantime while is there any is at his hearing in the court and people basically were prevented to gather and protest from kremlin and there was a message that russia is not going to be lectured by other countries

and that they think that this. commands and requests from the need to be released that came from abroad from united states and e.u. are an interference in russian domestic matters and moreover the press woman off russian ministry of foreign affairs called in the presence of the foreign diplomats and there is some 14 of them in this courtroom following the process she called it a political action. xander thanks so much of our. now japan has extended a state of emergency in tokyo and 9 other regions for a month in an effort to curb corona virus infections with less than 6 months until the start of the tokyo olympic games the government says it's not a question of whether the games will be held but how are just serious florence louis reports. will it all want to that's been the question surrounding the tokyo

2020 and the impacts already postponed by yet because of the pandemic i think one of the biggest questions of course is whether or not it's safe to bring about a 1000000 spectators expects to to one of the most densely populated cities in the world during a pandemic and i think what you need to do is think about you know 20 years from now how will history remember this moment well we look back at tokyo 2021 and say boy that was a big mistake that was a super spreader event on tuesday tokyo 2020 president you she remarked he was adamant the games will go ahead in july. he will hold the games regardless of how the coronavirus situation looks we need to go beyond our discussions on whether to hold or not and discuss how to hold it. organizers and the international olympic committee are due to announce this week the measures against corona virus will put in place to ensure the safety of athletes and officials but public enthusiasm for hosting the games is waning in 2 polls conducted in japan last month 80 percent of

respondents say the tokyo olympics should be canceled or postponed japan itself is battling a rise in new coronavirus cases the government has just extended a state of emergency in tokyo and other regions for another month but it is keen for the games to go ahead saying it won't be a symbol of human victory against the pandemic organizing one of the world's largest sporting events is difficult enough pulling that off during a pandemic would be a big challenge and most likely a high risk one florence louis al-jazeera. research is showing russia's very vaccine is 91 percent 91. to that one again 91.6 percent effective a study by the independent medical journal the lancet shows the vaccine did not have any adverse side effects during phase 3 trials the russian jabbers also also

has the same efficacy on people aged 60 and above the world health organization is rejecting criticism of its covert 19 investigation in china on monday u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said china was falling short in providing adequate access to scientists on the ground katrina you has this report from beijing. on the trail of a detective story that's how the world health organization has described its mission to uncover the origins of the pandemic. and touring an animal health care facility these scientists were up about their work. they visited hospitals and the stupid market with the 1st covered 900 cases were detected one year since the beginning of the outbreak the u.n. agency says seeing the sights firsthand is important but they are having very

productive discussions with chinese counterparts visiting different hospitals around han they've had a very good visit to the market seeing 1st hand the stalls and walking through and we had some good feedback from them most of the importance of being able to physically walk through but the mission is politically sensitive on monday u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken raised questions of a beijing's willingness to provide the with adequate access and accurate information the mission has included visits to an exhibition depicting medical workers as heroes and to a cold change storage facility. state media here had suggested the virus was imported to china for furs and food beijing has rejected criticism saying the w.h.o. should conduct a similar investigation in the u.s. thank you make what you can do to your the u.s. sunder for disease control coronavirus and the bodies were identified there in december 29th teen we hope like china the u.s.

will also take positive cooperative additive use in pursuing the origin of the virus and the uveitis w.h.o. expert to america the w.h.o. says all hypotheses are on the table but the trip has been tightly controlled the team of members but expertise in food safety and veterinary science to speak some of the 1st quarter virus patients and visit we institute a variety that's for dangerous pathogens including corona virus is being studied the w.h.o. mission to rule hunt took months of negotiation to agree with the chinese government team members who have spoken to al-jazeera say their field work could also take months even years they've asked the international community to be patient until void any cynicism about their investigation katrina al-jazeera thank you. still ahead of al-jazeera the supreme court in the philippines wise up a controversial terror law calls to ban tourists from visiting

a famous amsterdam experience why some residents on trappy with the idea. of. the heaviest snow normally falls when temperatures are hovering around about freezing sometimes a bit above and now the rain is going to the way we've got that sort of situation for the western side of japan were into effect will probably fix and i. and surprises are really subzero is just an example of the winter and hot car which is full of snow further west and that temperatures are actually on the up so was it just for freezing this could be since know here that certainly in south korea beijing is that plus 6 in the clouds developing in china will probably bring a bit a cold out towards hsieh at the same time the snow keeps falling as you can see in japan sessions forecasts the cold wrong for thursday down 3 degrees then back up to

no 15 as that cold air just disappears if you have warm side we've got a concentration because of the wind direction the heavy showers in malaysia and these in part of borneo and then down towards the d.z. and part of borneo and through java and all points towards the island of new guinea and this bit more activity in the skies in the hindu kush the northern pakistan northern india all for showers now probably rain for the most part snow of course up in the mountains who has the advantage it certainly gets down towards new delhi staring at the atmosphere so you have better equality and if you show. as information on governments responses to covert 19 across the world images so too has a deeply disturbing question. people in power investigates allegations of systemic discrimination against pandemics disabled victims and asks has there been

a shameful failure to protect some of the world's most vulnerable citizens. coverage disabled victims part one on i just kinda. cool. oh. back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines a party of men miles detained leader aung sang suu kyi is called on the military to release her and recognized its election victory senior general going on line is appointed his own cabinet a day after leading a coup police in russia have detained more supporters of kremlin critic and

opposition leader alex in the valley they gathered to protest as he appears in court the family was arrested on his return from germany in in january and japan is now extended a state of emergency in tokyo and other regions to curb the spread of coronavirus infections it's trying to restore confidence before the start of the tokyo olympic games ahead of the event says it will go ahead despite the pandemic. iran's foreign ministry says it will allow the release of a south korean tanker it had seized earlier last month to her and accuse the ship of violating environmental laws it's seizure came during tensions between iran and south korea over frozen funds $7000000000.00 worth of iran's oil export revenue is being held in south korean banks because of u.s. sanctions at least $69.00 people have been arrested in turkey's capital ankara while protesting in solidarity with students in istanbul hundreds of young people

rallied outside the was a g university in istanbul on monday. they've been staging demonstrations for nearly a month now against present roger tired of the arms appointment of a new university head at least 159 people were detained. of course in pakistan has ordered the man who's been on death row for 18 years to be moved to a safe house he was recently acquitted of the 2002 murder of u.s. journalist daniel pearl but almost changed had received the death penalty for involvement in the beheading is always denied it despises previous conviction pearl's family and the white house have expressed outrage police in india have set up concrete barriers and laid razor wire in an effort to stop protesting farmers from entering new delhi tens of thousands of farmers have demonstrated for months

demanding the government withdraw new agricultural laws many broke through barriers last week and storm the historic site government has also taken action online having twitter temporarily suspend accounts for threatening public order. u.s. president joe biden is planning a pathway for some on documented migrants in the u.s. to eventually become citizens but asylum seekers who are still waiting in mexico hoping isn't ministration will offer hope for them to john heilemann reports. joe biden had said things would change on the very 1st day of his presidency for the thousands in the same position as martinez she's from cuba and crossed 9 countries to ask for asylum in the united states but under a program begun 2 years ago by ex president donald trump she was put back to weigh in mexico between her court hearings she spent 2 years now waiting in see it at

what is for a decision. the misfit i was that the baby can also it's quite dangerous because we're on the border we're not from here and dangerous present all the time so we put our hope in president biden and everything he promised in his campaign we hope he sticks to his promises. what joe biden promised was to end the program could remain in mexico which is see more than 60000 asylum seekers put across the border from the u.s. while they wait between court dates many were placed into gang ridden cities like qualities or matamoros with this tent camp sprung up isn't done that yet what he has done is to stop him rolling any new asylum seekers in the program. but the numbers of those same were already going down before his term anyway the real question is what will happen to the thousands already stuck in mexico would they be now allowed into the u.s. while their process plays out. jose luis alvarado in the can argue

a nurse who fled the autocratic rule of daniel ortega is fervently hoping so he's been stuck in mexico for 2 years struggling to provide for his expanding family without a work visa many cannot who are not normal at their only meal and what happens is that mexico is seen going. to give work to an immigrant because he has many unemployed here if you go to a factory the 1st thing they ask you this are you an immigrant do you have legal status if you don't have a permit they don't give you a job. i will introduce an immigration bill president biden's already planning a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented migrants who are already in the u.s. . he said he would be more open to asylum seekers to the tricky part for him and his team would be doing that without sparking a rush on the border. stuck in the middle of that difficult calculation for those in limbo in mexico john home and al-jazeera mexico city.

several guatemalan families are urging mexico to solve the killing of 19 people who they believe are their missing relatives their charred bodies were found in the back of a truck there mexico's border with the u.s. last week they still haven't been identified as said by a group ports. praying is all they can do now. the bodies of 19 people found in northern mexico may not have been identified yet but relatives of rivaldo gimenez believe his is among them was able to go home the smuggler called my brother saying there was bad news my brother said what's the news and then he said they're dead. he stopped texting and communicating with his dad nothing. many people like rivaldo come from poor areas in guatemala they leave to find a better place in the u.s. but they often use people smugglers or fall into the hands of human trafficking gangs and in the battles for control of mexico's 3rd largest illicit trade they

often become the victims. in this poor indigenous village of comment in salone got a mile or 13 of the 19 bodies found near the u.s. border are thought to be of those people from here. we received the call on saturday i forgot the date they told me that your relative is that how come as of now it's not known but the bus they were in was burnt and everything was reduced to ashes. a different town and a different family but a similar story so this is a must for so we want justice an investigation that gets right to the bottom of who was responsible because they took the lives of guatemalans these are young people with course were battling to get ahead in the world but unfortunately they fell into the hands of people with no heart no mercy as you know her father is convinced his daughter is among the dead. and they've taken our d.n.a. and we're waiting to see if it's our victim there are many people who visited us and ask us how we can guarantee it's our relatives we can guarantee it because when

that tragedy occurred we were cut off and we had no communication until today this latest tragedy has forced the central american country to examine the dangers its people face in their journey and search for opportunities in the united states. i said big al jazeera. in the philippines the supreme court is hearing arguments against a controversial antiterrorism law the measure was signed by president of the ego the terror thing in july and has since become the most contested law of his presidency the government says it will increase security across the country but opponents fear is designed to silence dissidents and limit freedom of speech our correspondent john allen dogon has more from the supreme court a minute. you've seen supporters of the philippine military lobbyist those who have continuously appealed to the public actually understand and accept this law and on the other side despite restrictions on the ground of you know public gatherings

we've seen members of different human rights organizations actually protesting outside the supreme court calling this our laws just calling in and they say that this will further diminish you know this every ever narrowing space of human rights here in the country and what we saw today comes as no surprise because you know this oral argument is unprecedented not only also not only because oral arguments by the supreme court's as it's a rare at this point because of the sheer docket of pending cases in court but also because of the number of petitioners who submitted their petitions asking the supreme court to junk this since last year now this 37 petitioners were represented by 13 lawyers today and in the coming weeks they're expected to be interpreted by court magistrates together with the government solicitor general. the mayor of amsterdam wants to ban foreigners from visiting the city's famous coffee shops to buy cannabis the move could have

a big impact on tourism some residents say that's not a bad thing though and reports from amsterdam. amsterdam's most famous product carefully weighed and packaged the city's $166.00 coffee shops selling cannabis are all worldwide attraction research has shown that 60 percent of tourists come specifically to fit one of them and that includes international artists and celebrities mike tyson long time ago and even dennis hopper back in the day and got stoned here they all got stoned in the greenhouse and. they had a really good time in amsterdam but they're not allowed to come in the future anymore no so that's going to be very difficult if. it's no dog richard branson are coming here and you have to refuse them entry to limit illegal trade in trucks the netherlands opened its 1st coffee shop in the early 1970 s. where a small amount of cannabis could be bought and consumed this unique service quickly

attracted customers are very proud of the system that we've had for 40 years and the whole system basically is based on the fact that everyone is welcome and everybody can come to the coffee shop and buy their cannabis in a safe way the old city center of amsterdam is usually packed with thousands of tourists and the smell of cannabis is never far away since the lockdown this is how did the capital looks like local residents say they can finally sleep this shows that tourism was out of control all of us lived in the old city center for 40 years together with other residents he started a campaign to make the city less noisy and more livable it's kind of a silly idea that people who smoke pot don't do any harm or so of course if you're 5 young people from france or belgium or wherever. when you come from in a car and you're excited to go to amsterdam you buy your fault you buy your 6 pack of beer in the supermarkets and you go around to whatever the whatever you like

coffee shop owners and customers blame alcohol consumption rather than cannabis for the nuisance cost and they believe the mayor's move to ban foreigners will lead to more illegal street trait they are the ways of getting it and i feel like that's what people are going to try to do right because as i said i'm saddam it's more than just smoking it is just part of it definitely important part important part is all yeah absolutely if i can say that. the mayor says this does not mean she wants to change the image of amsterdam as a city known for its freedom for her mustache years we don't want to be that city where masses of young irish and london use come to get drunk and stoned during their holiday that is not the kind of freedom we want international fame for all we want to be famous for our freedom of conscience the mayor hopes that by imposing more restrictions they'll be less coffee shops so it will be easier to legalize them because while it's legal to buy chemists here there are no regulations in the

madeline's for those who supply it step fasten al-jazeera amsterdam. a video posted online is gone viral faxon and lee capturing the moment the military coup was unfolding in myanmar a woman was filming her regular aerobics class outside without realizing a line of armored vehicles was forming behind her and she says she was unaware of the events taking place as the heavy military presence across major cities man maher exam forces seize control. and let's take you through some of the headlines we're following here now to syria the party of men miles detained leader aung san suu kyi is called on the military to release recognize it's election victory senior general minong leaners upon.