is the best time of year to do it is the winter because the river is lower than your in the summer months these tiny little yellow flanks you can see don't look much they were around $50.00 a gram. reports of arrests in myanmar as protest against the military coup again moment. hello i'm adrian for the given this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up one of south america's post ambitious covert 1000 vaccination campaigns gets underway in chile. the victims of the ugandan militia hoping for justice as one of its

senior commanders faces a verdict at the international criminal court will be live in the hague. at a world 1st the recipient of a full face and hands transplant is in recovery. are reports of arrests and myanmar's protests against monday's military coup gather pace social media is being restricted at the post leader aung san suu chief faces charges and continued house arrest sochi is former governing party has called for a nationwide civil disobedience movement. reports. medical workers walked off the job at yangon general hospital in the middle of a pandemic believing that this moment is too important to stay silent they wore red ribbons the color of bank sun tsu cheese national league for democracy which is quickly become a symbol of resistance. yes i mean we see you know this government was not elected

by us so we don't accept them or work under the command we stopped providing service at governmental hospitals instead will provide free medical services by outside doctors and other alternative services so that there are no problems for the public in this way we're conducting civil disobedience. medical staff in mandalay did the same responding to calls from a group calling itself the civil disobedience movement staff at 70 hospitals participated according to the group's facebook page have it where we are just protesting peacefully by wearing this red ribbon we don't need to speak up we all know that playing the ribbon is a sign of protest against the military government and the only want our elected government this is a message. facebook services were then cut off across mia mars telecom networks but that's not stopped people from being heard on wednesday prosecutors filed obscure criminal charges against state councilor on song suchi and her ally president

lenient the president's accused of breaching coronavirus measures on the campaign trail last year so you cheese charges stem from the possession of walkie talkies on song suchi has not been seen in public since her civilian led government was toppled international condemnation of her detention has been swift i think the charges filed against her just compound the undermining of. the rule of law in myanmar and the democratic the democratic process we are disturbed of course by these reports we call on the military to immediately release them all and all detained civilian and political leaders journalists and detained human rights activists and to restore the democratically elected government of power as president biden has said the military seizure is a direct assault on the country's transition to democracy and the rule of law so the calls have yet to make headway with the generals in charge. but it's clear that

many members of the public are very angry and willing to tolerate a slide back into dictatorship and chapelle al-jazeera. in the capital naypyidaw there's been a rally in support of the military coup crowds carried the flag of the armed forces and pictures of middle in line the man who's now in power al-jazeera scott high is following developments from chang mai in neighboring thailand. we've been kind of tracking this protest at the mandalay medical university over the last couple of hours you know there's video that was posted on social media about 20 plus people out there protesting holding banners holding signs and then there are other posts information saying on social media saying that they were then broken up by police that wasn't in the video so we don't really know how it ended but part of it is coming clearer now and that is that at least 3 groups involved in the protests tracking that protest in mandalay have said that 3 people have been arrested so we have a couple of firsts today that is the 1st protest street protest against the coup

that went out in mandalay and then we're seeing at least 3 people arrested those are the 1st arrests since this coup took place on monday of the 53000000 people in myanmar more than half are about half are on facebook a lot of reasons for that but partly because it's entry reentry into the world after 5 decades of military strong military control and really kind of closed off from the world so a lot of people in myanmar hopped into social media because it's something the outside world reach is something they didn't have for a while but that has now been restricted so a lot of people are concerned about communication between people within yemen who relied on social media but then also those in myanmar talking to family and relatives outside getting information to them outside so it's a great concern the government said that they had to shut it down the military had said they had to shut it down because there was dissent from ation being spread on facebook fake news they said and that was. working at against the stability of the country that's the rationale they used to shut down facebook they say it's going to

least be shut down until february 7th. the 1st masco that 900 vaccination campaign in south america is on the way in chile on wednesday more than 210000 people received the 1st dose most of them above the age of 90. alas in america at a woman reports now from santiago. it's been 5 decades since her innocent just last set foot in a sports stadium she's just celebrated her 90th birthday making her eligible to be among the 1st to be vaccinated against cold 19 in what is actually a football pitch and it's been set up as an enormous clinic to inoculate tens of thousands of elderly people in this working class municipality of santiago here where i was very impatient to be inoculated 97 year old danielle lisa says she

thinks the vaccine may lengthen her life a bit more. this is the 1st mass inoculation against covert 19 in one of the regions hardest hit by the pandemic some used wheelchairs others canes while others sprinted in and out confident that soon they'll be able to end long months of isolation of it by the end of february some 5000000 of the most vulnerable senior citizens and health workers should be inoculated followed by millions more but how did chile manage to secure so many doses. in april and may on the president's orders be signed the 1st contract assisted by specialized legal experts because buying such large quantities of back scene is uncommon and complex. another advantage is that chile has been able to pay for these vaccines up front unlike many of its neighbors who've had to wait for the last 6 pence of ones that are

being distributed by the un kovacs program the 1st ones being used in this country are from china's scene of x. laboratory for mass inoculation of the general population and that's because they don't need special refrigeration and or is it to distribute weight on the plans to inoculate 70 percent of the population by the end of june an ambitious goal. 92 year old to donya is the last of her 3 sisters waiting to be vaccinated today particular number from the flu we thought we were so heart until this invisible bug showed us that fee humans are not gods. and with that she went in for her jab defying the virus and vowing to make the best of the years she has left to see in human al-jazeera sente our. oil giant shell has reported a net loss of $21700000000.00 in 2020 global energy demand as plummeted during the

coronavirus pandemic it's a massive reversal for the world of shell which saw profits of $15800000000.00 in 2019. the international criminal court is due to deliver its verdict in the case of a ugandan militia leader after a 4 year trial dominick on when was number 4 in the lord's resistance army that is accused of war crimes but himself was abducted by the armed group at the age of 10 and forced to become a child soldier catherine sawyer reports. john attack on your says her son and parents were killed here in look already in northern uganda by the lords resistance army or air laurie in 2004 it was one of many villages that were attacked by the group and i was in the market when the attack happened it was evening time when they started shooting i ran home and when i got there i found my son dead his body was next to his grandparents. dominic when we say to have been the rebel commander in charge of the look quality massacre app to 60 people killed the war between

l.r.u. rebels and the government began 3 decades ago and is now safe to have shifted into parts of central african republic the democratic republic of congo and south sudan joseph corney formed the group to overthrow president yoweri museveni in uganda and create a state based on his interpretation of the bill because it had commandments the group's current political goals are not clear for in a didn't know when is charged with 70 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes he says he was abducted by the l r a when he was a 10 year old child going to school in his village of koran he also argues he did not know any better because of his are bringing in the group and devotion to its leader connie his relatives told al-jazeera many children were taken by the rebels during those times. and. his family members were praying for him may not get knocked up but in case he is found guilty he is forgiven. when may have

been a child soldier but he quickly rose through the ranks and by the time of his capture was the number 4 in command human rights organization says a victim himself this case poses difficult questions on the biden of responsibility he should be held accountable for. any crimes that he may have committed as an adult but the fact that he was abducted i think the whole thing to be taken into consideration as a mitigating factor because. his situation is so unique by 2004 the area had abducted more than $20000.00 children killed around 800000 people including those in luke already commemorated in this memorial site and displaced up to 1500000 it was one of africa's longest conflicts and the victims of it like janet are kanya not only one justice but compensation as well catherine soy al-jazeera. live. at the hague where the trial has been taking place

what are we going to get this verdict what are we expecting to happen today. well the court has just started reading this summary of this very long and complicated case we expect this to last a couple of hours before we actually know deferred it there will be a decision on dominic guilty or not guilty in the case he is found guilty the sentencing will be at a later stage and this is the most morally complicated case that the i.c.c. has had to deal with so far as you heard catherine saying as well the main question during the trial has been can a former child soldier be held accountable for the crimes he has committed and the crimes are numerous the i.c.c. has never seen such a long list of war crimes before 70 accounts of mass murder rape and slave

meant and the prosecutor has throughout the trial that someone who has become a victim and he doesn't deny that all one has become a victim cannot be go unpunished for victim not victimizing the defense on the other hand has always said that he is meant mentally unstable that he was indoctrinated shows of coney's army was believing spare were chilled very strange religious beliefs he had never had a normal way of forming his own conscious so they say he should be not pleaded guilty so this is a very important decision for the court especially because. the lord's resistance army was one of the 1st cases the i.c.c. was focusing on and it was seen as a really big factory that they found one of the commanders and they could bring him here to the hague so there's a lot at stake here at this trial and at this verdict here in the hague. reporting live from the hague many thanks to. the weather next here on al-jazeera then

hammering home the point palestinians start to rebuild houses on the occupied west bank just hours after israel demolished them and. it's still a bit of a trip out to think. the computer will meet some of those climbing to new heights for the once nation sports set to make its debut at the olympic games. hello we've got the usual rash of showers across a good part of southeast asia some lively ones some very active storms sick same for example 91 millimeters of rain some very heavy rain also piling down across a good part of indonesia and they will change as we go through the next couple of days ago the northeast the monsoon driving those showers in the cross the

philippines pleasant sunshine in between these are heat of the day showers generally speaking the west weather coming down across malaysia and there you go with the showers that banded together a little more there across indonesia so that's where you can see the heavy rain over the next day or 2 and we got some very heavy rain coming into australia at present we've seen some very wet weather just around the way we got this tropical low just across that western side of the state then that's going to sink its way further south it's as we go through the next day i would say another little circulation moving through the bite and this is a really nasty one we are expecting some very wet weather damaging winds to pilots way through the southeast as we go through the next day i'll say friday looks a very wet day warnings in force across a good pass over victoria as that cloud and rain makes its way east was the rain stretches up across new south wales into southwestern parts of queensland moving further based a more weather for the cape york peninsula. but

. as information on governments responses to covert 19 across the world emerges so too as a deeply disturbing question. people in power investigates allegations of systemic discrimination against the pandemics disabled victims and asks has there been a shameful failure to protect some of the world's most vulnerable citizens. disabled victims part one on a just 0. 0 . 000. 00. 00 again this is al-jazeera the main news this hour. military has restricted access

to social media activists say that people have been arrested in mandalay demonstrating against the coup other acts of civil disobedience are taking place across the country. today has become the 1st latin american countries and launch a mass covert 1900 vaccination campaign more than 210000 people have received their 1st dose most of them above the age of 90. the international criminal court is due to deliver a verdict in the case of a former child soldier turned militia leader from uganda dr kong when is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. israel has begun to demolish a bedouin village in the occupied west bank for the 2nd time in 3 months rights groups say that israel wants to displace an entire palestinian community to make way for illegal settlements israeli officials say the village is on military land. abraham reports from the occupied west bank. only

a few hours after israeli forces demolished their homes these palestinians are rebuilding them himself full coverage in the northern jordan valley in the occupied west bank has been home to dozens of palestinians who have lived here for decades israel declared the area as a military training zone in the 1980 s. and has been demolishing structures here ever since it was going to cost to rebuild they come back take pictures and the mall is the village again we are tired but. 3 months ago israeli forces raised the whole village on once they came back and demolished what has been rebuilt women who lead. the children already scared we here what are we going to keep demolishing our village this is the 3rd demolition in 3 months. this is what's left of our wets family home the 6 year old and his family had to sleep in the open last night it report by the charity save the

children says the number of displaced palestinian children is at a 4 year high more than 500 children in the west bank have lost their homes in the last year what i have seen is israel bringing 1000 of jews building them beautiful houses and swimming pools and giving them all the water of the valley and i see these people here and they're not the only ones that. are not allowed to live there like you and your ports to israel destroyed more than 800 palestinian structures last year most were here in the jordan valley and in occupied east jerusalem according to human rights organizations this is the part of a policy to forcibly evict palestinians and people here say they have nowhere else to go in. the occupied west bank a prominent lebanese activist has been found dead in his car after being shot once

liam was a journalist and political analyst he also produced films that established an archive of lebanon's social and political history he was well known for his criticism of his ball of flame was in southern lebanon but his family lost contact with him on wednesday in sudan several miners reportedly trapped after 14 pits collapsed in our car car in south kordofan the area's rich in minerals it's not certain how many miners missing syria is accusing israel of aggression at its southern region of can a truck syrian state television showed these pictures of defense systems responding to an apparent attack it said there were no casualties israeli missiles targeted an area housing government forces and iranian backed militias according to the syrian observatory for human rights. a u.s. congresswoman criticized for promoting right wing conspiracy theories awaits the face of her political future the house of representatives expected to hold

a vote on thursday on whether to remove launch retailer green from various committees she's been criticized for suggesting that school shootings were staged and advocating violence against democrats on a serious shopper tons of reports from washington. those that attacked congress in early january labor don't want trump's unshakable bates' willing to contest the president connection to the end christian fundamentalists white supremacists and d.c. mates gun rights militias and followers of conspiracy theories like q. and on who believe that trump is a warrior against satanist paedophile countable zx running a global child sex trafficking ring at one point or another marjorie taylor green the newly sworn in republican representative for georgia's 14th district has expressed support for all these groups there is no point in a lifetime opportunity to take this global cable of satan worshipping pedophiles

out and i think we have the president today what was striking was how easily green defeated a mainstream republican for her party's nomination last year i was with donald trump many republicans saw her as an agent of change who could shake things up in washington after the failure of the republican establishment to improve their loans . and as with donald trump's ascent in the republican party the republican establishment was eager to embrace grassroots enthusiasm and their grassroots campaign contributions plus reliable support for the long held corporate agenda of small government and low taxes but then january the 6th happens it's critical for everyone to show up and so the nation who we are we are a people that's good that are going to go quietly into the night. in the aftermath of the rounds greene says she retains the support of donald trump who remains the party's most influential leader republican leaders not if they cross the trump ace

they may face powerful forces but my attempt to unseat them but i also know that if they allow figures like marjorie taylor green to define the republican party they may lose a white suburban and that trend already an easy after the storming of the capitol on january the 6th senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is concerned as the waters party membership decline and corporate donations dry up as he attempts to regain control of the senate in 2022 and he's warning of loony learner's and conspiracy theories as a cancer for the republican party but house republican leader kevin mccarthy has taken a different approach this is the minority leader who recognizes now the corporate dollars have dried up so i have to make sure i at least hold on to donald trump and we're talking about a man who has raised more than a quarter $1000000000.00 and post-election not shift even further to the right is

complicating the career path of figures like congresswoman liz cheney she sided with president trump around 97 percent of the time but is now seeing her leadership ambitions in peril following her vote to impeach him she already faces a primary challenge the republican party's embrace of the extreme right has long with excepted in mainstream us politics since richard nixon southern strategy that courted segregationist voters who once voted democrat but now there is palpable fear in the republican party that a strategy that has served so well for decades may lead to the party's downfall she ever turns the al-jazeera washington. canada has designated the far right group the proud boy is a terrorist organization some of its members have been charged in the u.s. for their role in last month's attack on congress 5 people including a police officer died in the insurrection at the capitol building earlier that day some proud boy members had attended the rally by president on the trump.

popular video sharing app to talk will begin flagging videos to combat the spread of misinformation that is the current immediately be verified by tick tocks fact checkers will have a banner saying that it may contain a subsea unsubstantiated content trial should the warnings make users less likely to share a clip other social media giants such as twitter have already been flagging disputed or false content this included former u.s. president on a trump it was eventually banned from the platform but there are worries that the power to censor or suppress information could be abused india has pressured twitter to block hundreds of accounts critical of the prime minister will face legal action jim anderson is a tech analyst and c.e.o. of social flow dot com he says that implementation of fact checking on these platforms is a complicated matter. how exactly is this going to work is the unanswerable question fact checking sounds very good and i think most of us are in favor of you

know true and honest information being disseminated and we don't like it when we see lies or things that are patently false but trying to figure out how you systematically judge that and if you outsource it to a group of fact checkers you know one of the common criticisms is who fact checks the fact checkers and these complicated topics are rarely yes or no answers i mean it's one thing to say that the world is flat versus the world is round you know i think there is enough scientific consensus where most people will agree with you that the world is not flat but when you talk about issues such as election fraud climate change coronavirus these are extraordinarily complex topics that are not very well suited to simple yes or no answers or this is factual this is not the key difference with social networks though is these algorithms right i think most people don't really sit down and think that what i see on tick tock and what you see on tick tack tick tock are 2 completely different things or twitter or facebook or really almost any social network those algorithms are constantly curating and

cultivating content to present to me to present to you to present everybody individually and that ends up creating a filter bubble and a reinforcing loop so that if you start to consume content that is of dubious truth will say or outright misinformation you'll get more of it and then the content creators who produce that content are rewarded with greater reach and so there's very much a reinforcing a self reinforcing cycle that when you start to consume that kind of content you're going to get more of it a man in the u.s. has received the 1st successful full face and double hand transplant 80 percent of job to me is body was burned in a car accident in 2018 doctors at n.y.u. langone medical center say that after 23 hours of surgery jimmy and the can now get his life back surgery happened last august but they've waited until no to make the announcement to make sure the transplants were rejected. as soon as i saw for the 1st time i my face reveal. this is this is my face now i just went along with it.

and just kept on with it straight on board with it. there's no hesitation for me i just i just want to long. for indoor climbing has gone from sports to a worldwide sensation in the past few years it seems to make its olympic debut in tokyo in july of the series nicholas cage reports now from canberra onto a straight ians there in training for the event. inside this climbing gym tomei halloran is preparing for the biggest competition of his life representing astride the at the tokyo olympics something he's been dreaming about since he started climbing is a child it's still a bit of a trip out to think and a 1000000 people it's a dream come true so the 1st time a climbing will be an olympic sport and a halloran is one of 2 to qualify you for match will require athletes to master 3

disciplines during a coma for a climbing speed climbing and laid climbing with a roic all requiring mental and physical strength flexibility and skill is usually specialize in. the combination of the 3 is is one of the events sort of like saying that a track athlete has to run the marathon $100.00 made it is and like the hurdles climbing is growing from what some of previously viewed only as a recreational activity to athletes winning medals at top international events in australia and rights are driving fueled by new gyms opening up across the country with its popularity rising the number of competitive climbers in australia has tripled in the past 7 years there are now 1200 climbers who registered for competitions while still in its infancy in astray leah an estimated 35000000 people

if it is in the sport worldwide only 40 will compete in tokyo but speculation around whether the olympics will be cancelled due to cope at 9 tame coupled with travel restrictions limiting access to print media training centers has made for an unprecedented and challenging debut for athletes i think it's a matter of just digging in and doing the absolute best you can despite all of the external noise you've just got to block it out and just keep on. marching forward. put towards choking up he's still in peak middle age al-jazeera. it's good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines from al-jazeera me on last military leadership has restricted access to social media activists say that people have been arrested in mandalay while demonstrating against the crew one.