secrets cracked open in the time of the pandemic exposed in the time of trouble through the turmoil of 2020 the big picture traces a century of racial injustice to reveal how philanthropy politics and economics preserve structural inequality keep the white a supreme and black in its place a race for america part one on a just. the 1st major protests in myanmar against the military coup a civilian leader aung sun suu cheney is put on the house arrest we're live in yangon. a low on money inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a w h

o investigation team visits the chinese lab that's facing accusations that it was the source of the coronavirus. protests and russia's opposition leader likes nirvana is jailed for more than 2 years well leaders demand his immediate release. u.s. president joe biden signs 3 executive orders rolling back donald trump's hardline immigration policy. we begin in myanmar a nation on the edge 2 days after the military seize power removed the democratically elected government overnight there was a public show of dissent in the commercial capital young go on people banging pots and pans to protest against the coup and there's still no word from deposed civilian leader aung sun suu kyi has been placed on the house arrest ahead of me

and miles on me the man who now runs the country says the removal of suchi was inevitable claiming irregularities in november election. well after a wave of international condemnation the u.s. says it's now looking for ways to hold me on monster military leaders accountable or 1st concern of course is the restoration of civilian leadership in burma our concern consistent with that is ensuring that as we undertake this review now that we have the chairman that a coup has taken place on february 1st the civilian led government has been deposed by the military our 1st concern is we do that review will be to ensure that of the $135000000.00 we contribute and annually to the people of burma that we don't do anything that would affect the long suffering people of burma including. that's one of the few foreign journalist based in myanmar she joins us via skype from young gone and what's the mood now in yangon given that we've now started to

see the 1st signs of these public protests. mood is pretty low to be frank i think now that the people had time to digest the news and it's of some good what's happened that initial kind of shock and fear that we've we've seen has been replaced by real real distress and i spoke to a few people on the street yesterday and they talked about how incredibly sad they are about how angry they are about how powerless they feel and this is a really really negative reactions being seen more and more obviously obviously friend and fellow journalists here are extremely distressed they're also scared that there hasn't gone away but it's also kind of been coupled with this this real sadness and i think you know we're also starting to see a movement the idea that all signs that people aren't going to accept this which

began last night with this incredible display of people banging drums all around time people went. and made their voices heard or made signs that showed how dissatisfied they are and how unhappy they are with the latest trend of events so you can feel that there's a real. mood of unhappiness still in the city in yangon at least and and i think that we will see in coming days something more there's been calls from youth activists for a campaign of civil disobedience across the country and let me interrupt you at a level to actually there because it's interesting what you just said about the civil disobedience groups we're just getting news on the wires that myanmar civil disobedience group says 70 hospitals medical departments will stop work to protest this is

a statement that's just come out on the on the facebook group which is where most of these messages have been coming through so. what you were expecting. yeah we did hear yesterday that the hospitals specifically were very involved in this campaign and they've taken on they actually independently decided to do a civil disobedience campaign is not directly related to the calls from youth activist groups and i think what it is it's what we're really going to see is. people working in government facilities so a lot of the hospitals have the coast and many hospitals here in government. are going to essentially strike all or not you know not show the government that they know the military that if they will save themselves on them as a government they can't get the people to accept them and what for them but it's incredibly boring because obviously hospitals people need tavern hospitals you know

what would a civil disobedience campaign in the and hospital lead to i mean it could be have dire consequences and the other thing is that the military have a huge number of people at their disposal they have a large number of soldiers across the country they have medical training and what we have seen in the past previous regime is where there is dissent or disobedience or even just where they want more control they send in troops to replace all the rework so that they still think. these organizations can still function but they're under military control and with many trees in full of not many options available for the people. any more details emerging about. are we hearing anything from her camp and also her whereabouts has that been confirmed. yes i had whereabouts has apparently now been confirmed we've assumed for a while that she's. probably still in or near her her compound her house in

naperville she now has a house there since she came to power in 2015 she's moved there she spent the majority of her time there we now have reports from. one of the strokes persons of the n.l.b. who posted on facebook saying that she is in her house she remains in our house and that she's. in good health and we've heard that later that came from a neighbor who had seen her walking around the ground so we're pretty sure she's that. there for us in myanmar from the city of yangon many thanks well on a cheese day the u.n. security council held a meeting on the developments in myanmar to stop short of taking any media action on diplomatic editor james space has the latest the un security council met in closed session but they couldn't agree a statement condemning what's happened in myanmar in recent days they heard from the u.n.

special envoy christina fran of bergen she told them that the son suchi had been moved from the place that she's been detained in to house arrest the spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general though so that was still on acceptable and as a 1st step all detainees needed to be released the special envoy said that given the apparent commitment by the military to safeguard the rule of law following the november 8th elections these turn of events was surprising and shocking the current president of the security council the british ambassador said that discussions will continue in the coming days there's been widespread concern among and across the international community i heard those concerns very clearly among my colleagues this morning. and we welcome the role of regional partners including us to resolve this crisis the key to the mix steps on myanmar depend on one permanent member of the u.n. security council china in the meeting i'm told to the chinese representative who is

playing for time diplomats say china has not yet shown its hand. with me on man's generals already under a u.s. sanctions it's unclear how much impact any additional measures would have me on my eyes more reliant on china than any other country and so far the chinese government has only noted what took place and called for stability thailand is also a key partner it's the 2nd biggest market for me on mars goods the tide deputy prime minister has called the military takeover an internal affair others like india japan and south korea could also be essential to any campaign to put pressure on the coup leaders let's bring in yankee lee she is the former un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in myanmar speaking to us now from so many thanks for joining us on al-jazeera let me 1st ask you about your reaction to this it was something of a gamble for the military why do you think they felt it was worth doing. well i

think i i can speculate but 3 reasons why they thought they were like to go ahead with this at this site 1st the new parliament was supposed to convene on monday and this election the n l d y by a far larger margin than it had in 2015 and the 2nd reason is men are the commander in chief will be stepping down in june he holds a lot of assets financial assets with n.m.r. and possibly in a business is dealing with other countries and his family his children and his associates they may lose access to his fortunes once he steps down that i think made an eerie divest and 3rd thing is that this is the best time doing coronavirus pandemic there's been a lockdown at really people it would not be easy for people to come out to protest

and use as a pandemic as an excuse. for cracking down even harder than what normally do do you think the military would have carried out this coup on their own or would they have done it with support from neighbors like china. yes i think there you got endorsements from 2 big brothers russia china russia a few months ago there was a lot of fanfare commending met online for his leadership and just down january 12th while he visited. b.m.r. and had discussions with men are lying and his colleagues about the so-called irregularities of the elections that the minimum lying and the tatmadaw are. professors that there that there was a fraudulent election in myanmar t. think there's any chance now of reversing this coup especially through

international intervention or is military leadership now inevitable. well i think there are 2 possibilities 1st i'm really disappointed again that the security council could navan agree on a statement it really in this situation as well as some other situations around the globe is really putting the u.n. to a test i think at this point the united nations or the security council must deploy a delegation into myanmar to really see 1st hand what is happening within me and the 2nd thing is i'm not sure if you know why i had this indorsements from senior leadership such as tons general way or if there is any disagreement within the military i know there are followers of men i don't like and i also know that the military leadership next many of them were critical of minimalize greed of fortune

and so-called corruption so it's really too early to see it. might be interesting to see if times square and other senior military leadership actually don't support this but you have to remember that the military or it's a lot of enterprises with the end and they will have a lot to lose. if there were more targeted sanctions against these military enterprises as i had raised and the fact finding mission had raised in the past reports. there has been targeted sanctions on the military and military leadership in the past especially in light of their actions against the regime in recent years but that doesn't seem to have had any impact on their own what they have done what are they likely to do now if more targeted sanctions are placed

on them well i think more countries should start to. go ahead and chime in and conducting more or placing more targeted sanctions with other business enterprises in our business dealings they do with. madara military affiliated enterprises 2nd i think countries like china and india and japan mostly japan. could set something stronger and to meet and countries like south korea that has been investing heavily. in this country in memoir and i am really surprised that. these countries have not come up with a strong statement yet what about from within the country can the people of myanmar do anything to resist what has happened i mean we heard today about doctors coming together to strike essentially people banging pots and pans is a much more they can do other than that. i really am not sure there is any much

more they can do because you know we are the world is now under pandemic coronavirus pandemic and this can be used as an excuse for the military to come in with harsher crackdown on the people but the telecommunication that's been cut down on the. military meo are the military media upgrading it's really difficult for the people of myanmar to receive actually accurate information and to act to gather and to congregate there is a big challenge as current moment yankee leave very good to get your thoughts there former un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in me and my speaking to us from seoul thank you very much. still ahead on al-jazeera why pro abortion activists in honduras could be fighting a losing battle. and i was on founder jeff bezos stepping down as c.e.o.

as the latest quarterly profits hit $7000000000.00. i'm sure you're aware of the big winter storm is one where through the the east coast of the states this is what happened during daylight hours on tuesday central park a lot of snow the wind did pick up i think temperate we could call it there's a conditions time square you may be used to that picture but not necessarily with the snow you know there weren't that many people out and about certainly traffic wise and the most the snow is going to go spend most of the night and then wednesday up in canada but there's a backwash cold wind and that's going to feel pretty rope on the other side of the u.s. and in western canada you still got that big storm coming of the pacific bringing snow to the mountains very easily and rain sea level but in new york it's going to

be a raw day on wednesday significant wind chill temperatures a 2 but it's quite a strong when the wind dies out on thursday they get a southerly so it slowly warms up with a bit of cold rain to come with it this is wednesday's picture then and it's the snow really this focus in the west running through the cascades more especially in the rockies and eventually come to the plains and you're developing a winter storm here which makes itself pretty well shown during says take significant snow for the midwest again rain a bit further south of the junction not too stormy and new yorks in the sun. from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax join the break in your journey.

and when you leave with a smile we know how day's work is done qataris welcome to. you watching out just a reminder of our top stories this hour in public displays of anger against the military coup in myanmar people in the nation's largest city young gone hopes to protest against the overthrow of the elected leader aung san suu kyi a civil disobedience group says 70 hospitals and medical departments will stop work

to protest against the case. and there's still no word from deposed civilian leader aung sun suu kyi has been placed under house arrest the head of mi out miles army the matter now runs the country says the removal of suchi was inevitable claiming irregularities in november election. inspectors from the world health organization a visiting of iran a g. institute in the chinese city of new han where the corona virus was 1st identified the team is investigating the origins of covert 19 since arriving last month they have conducted interviews with people from research institutes hospitals and a seafood market which was linked to the initial outbreak let's go to katrina you is live for us in beijing has been following this visit closely so reports now katrina that the team are now have now visited this lab in wu han what

more can you tell us about what they might have found there. that's right and this lab has been the focus of much controversy for the greater part of last year now this is the lab that the administration allege that curve in $1000.00 originated from now they made that claim without any evidence at least evidence that the public has seen but it is true that this lab had the highest level of biosecurity in china and a number of dangerous pathogens are being investigated there including coronaviruses which had been transmitted from animals now the or team say they are looking into this theory that all hypotheses are on the table when it comes to looking into the origin of the pandemic and we did speak to of religious marian koopman who is on the team in at the moment and she confirms that she had been working with chinese scientists from the slab in the lead up to read the visit now it's uncertain how much access they're going to get with in the lab how much data

are they going to get and of course the tricky thing is that this whole mission has been highly politicized this is very sensitive for the chinese government which has been accused of not being transparent since the beginning of the outbreak certainly this whole mission so far since friday when the field work began has been highly stage managed is very little information given to the media and because of resurgent covert cases in china the team itself is undergoing what they've called a intense period of health monitoring meaning that their movements are restricted and they can't just go and talk to random then this of the public u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken made a comment about this on monday and said that china was falling short of providing the team with the kind of access that they need to make their inquiries now china has rejected all criticism of this saying that they're cooperating with the and certainly the team members who have spoken to the media have been quite upbeat about what they found so far they visited the market where the cases were 1st cases were identified they've been to hospitals and they say that they are seeing data

not seen before and that they are making progress in their investigation many thanks for that katrina you there for us in beijing. more than a 1000 people have reportedly been arrested in protest against a court ruling to send russian opposition leader alexina volley back to jail. the kremlin's most prominent critic was sentenced to more than 2 years in prison for violating probation terms while recovering in germany from a near fatal poisoning police have been out in force in moscow where the largest protests took place the u.s. britain germany and the e.u. calling for an of on these immediate release. we'll have an update from moscow but 1st he is charlie angela. once again alexina valley is paying a high price for his criticism of the kremlin as a court sentenced him to $3.00 and a half years the judge found the valley guilty of breaking probation failing to

report to russian police over an embezzlement charge the fact he was in hospital in berlin was not accepted the valley was there recovering from nerve agent poisoning he alleges was carried out by the russian state the kremlin critic drew a heart on the glass in court for his wife and asked his supporters to protest. the aim of this hearing is to scare a great number of people it works this way jail want to scare millions. i hope that this hearing will be interpreted by people as a signal that they have to be more scared it's not a demonstration of power the national guards of russia this cage they are a demonstration of weakness you can't jail hundreds of thousands and millions like this from outside the court a major show of force from police rounding up and detaining live only supporters who call not only for his release but for the release of russia from putin's rule nor why you saw in this pretty deal this is total lawlessness you can think

whatever you want about alexina valmy as a politician but the problem is that if such high profile people can be arrested in a live television broadcast without a reason it means that people like you and i are known people they can do whatever they want to us the margin of these trial is a sham like many other trials in russia this is a politically motivated case he was poisoned in russia but that crime is not under investigation he returned to russia and they have jailed him straight away everything these going on has nothing to do with justice. after days of nationwide rallies detention centers are overflowing and despite the threat of new sanctions from the west the kremlin has shrugged off criticism from the u.s. in europe and continues to deny that the valley was ever poisoned you don't see it in the marsh we've still not had an answer for on what basis the swedish military conclusion that mr vali was poisoned by an agent from the group. in the last 10

years nirvana has been jailed more than 10 times many working for his anti corruption network have now been detained and his spokeswoman is under house arrest but his lawyers promise to appeal against his verdict while he asks people in and outside russia to continue putting pressure on putin charlie angela there and police crackdown on supporters has been swift as alexander god forbid reports from moscow. well today the security was around the court building behind me but also the surrounding area and they were not letting anyone in who doesn't believe here they were also detaining people that were coming straight out of the metro stations so preventing any kind of fraud as they were detaining people for looking suspicious in the sense that they might be protesting for. the moment the verdict came in so seized the ones that are still.

not detained they called for his supporters to come to the center of moscow the center of moscow is now completely sealed actually the police started gathering there hours before the verdict was announced and they now shut it down completely some people that tried to approach the appointed spot which is a very close to the kremlin it's a square that is a joint meant to the red square they started detaining these people the same situation is in another city of russia the city where from. there's a bird where there is also a hundreds of police in gauged in preventing any kind of protest happening tonight . u.s. president joe biden has signed a series of executive orders aimed at reversing donald trump's hardline immigration policies they include the creation of a task force to reignite hundreds of children separated from their families and

a trump 0 tolerance policy will also be a review of the asylum process out the border with mexico meanwhile the impeachment case against donald trump has been set in motion at the senate democrats who drafted the changes have accused him of endangering the lives of all members of the congress by inciting his supporters to storm capitol hill trump's legal team says the senate lacks the authority to try him now that he's no longer president. to honduras now where politicians have made a change of the constitution making it nearly impossible to ever legalize abortion rights groups say the move is a response to the decriminalization of abortion in argentina last month manya recall of reports. a trip to an emergency room in. 3 years ago changed his life forever that's why for the 1st time that she was pregnant between 20 and 25 weeks along really from here me i didn't visit the

hospital because of the pregnancy they were the ones who told me i was pregnant but they said my child had been dead for 2 days i didn't even know what to feel. anna says her emotional and physical trauma was suddenly made worse after doctors listed her merge and see it as an intentional terminations of pregnancy which in honduras is a crime punishable by up to 6 years in prison ok and that i had some markings on my stomach and because of those markings they said it was an abortion when i was discharged from the hospital the police were already waiting. on a defense attorney with the women's rights groups. says that more than 60 women or girls have faced prosecution in honduras since 2012 under the country's strict anti-abortion laws in lobbying and in many cases criminalization is due to obstetric emergencies that medical reports list as abortions despite often being

inclusive these reports of then used as evidence against women who can spend 34 or more years locked in a judicial process that is a long and exhausting. in january of this year feminist activists hope thunderous might follow the lead of argentina where abortion was recently legalized up to 14 weeks into a pregnancy. but instead pondering lawmakers passed a constitutional reform making it nearly impossible to ever legalize abortion in the future human rights organizations have called the legislation in assault on women's reproductive rights there is currently one of the only countries in the continent in latin america and. to ban abortions without any explicit right the country also has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world . without women for. every reality. of the new constitutional amendment was championed by hunters his ruling conservative party and what many see

as an extreme political move as the country nears national elections. and where religion plays an oversized role in political decision making. around the world abortion rates are higher in countries where abortions are banned according to a 2017 global study in honduras it's estimated that between 50 and 80000 women risk their lives every year by resorting to clandestine abortion clinics. at 24 years old and a lopez says having a criminal record has kept her from finding steady work or returning to school. and his criminal case remains open in the honduran court system if convicted she faces a sentence of 3 to 6 years in prison for the quote interruption of life after the moment of conception mounted up below al jazeera. i was on both jeff bezos has announced he's stepping down.