lists bring programs to inform and inspire you each and every one of us in the responsibility to change al 1st explains split up on al jazeera. america is back. diplomacy is back u.s. president joe biden announces a major shift in foreign policy as his administration seeks to overhaul america's global stand. alone down in jordan this is on his iraq live from doha also coming up fulfilling a campaign promise the u.s. ends its support for offensive operations in saudi arabia's war in yemen. the u.s.

house of representatives strips a conspiracy theorist of hours in congress. 3 months on the 10s of thousands of refugees who fled violence in the o.b.s. but adapting to a new life. u.s. president joe biden has laid out his vision for america's foreign policy he's promising to restore u.s. leadership on the world stage and repair alliances that were fractured during the trump years biden announced he was ending u.s. support for offensive operations in the saudi led war in yemen including a ban on the sale of specific weapons is also spoken about the coup in me in ma and russia's treatment of opposition figures our state department correspondent robin jordan reports. u.s. president joe biden delivered his 1st foreign policy speech at the state department and made news on the long running war in yemen where saudi and rocky forces have

allegedly targeted civilians with u.s. made weapons this war has to end. and to underscore our commitment we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arm sales on the weekend coup in me and maher the mermaid's military should relinquish power they have seized release the advocates and activists and officials they have detained lift the restrictions on telecommunications and refrain from violence. and on russia's imprisonment of the political activist alexei novelli he should be released immediately and without condition biden's speech which also touched on china and on reversing the trumpet ministrations dismantling of u.s. refugee policy was short but specific a reflection of the years he spent leading the senate foreign relations committee

a former u.s. diplomat says he supports biden's action on yemen the u.s. going to be considerably to that war now the u.s. is saying i will no longer continue to this war i will not she will and with weapons shipments year i would like you all the big followers and the regional powers to do the same and that was something you do the other part of biden's foreign policy agenda repairing an agency that lost hundreds of experienced employees and suffered considerable budget cuts during the previous administration morale had crashed especially during the tenure of former secretary of state mike pompei o who many diplomats believed used the agency to boost his political ambitions in a separate speech to state employees biden said things will be different america is

back diplomacy is back. you are the center of all the i 10 do you are the heart of it we're going to rebuild our alliances to really gauge the world and take on the enormous challenges we face the new administration's promise to try to restore the u.s. is reputation both at home and around the world rosalynn jordan al-jazeera washington the u.s. house of representatives has just voted to take disciplinary action against a republican congresswoman who has supported wild conspiracy theories roger taylor green has been removed from the house education committee and others to which she had been assigned greene has expressed support for cuban on conspiracy theories in the past unlike the posts on social media which call for violence against democrats when earlier the democratic speaker of the house nancy pelosi said the republican party's decision to appoint greene to the education committee was of particular

concern. i remain profoundly concerned about house republicans leadership acceptance of extreme conspiracy theorists particularly disturbing their eagerness to reward a coup or a non at here int a 911 truth or a harasser of child survivors of school shootings and a value to get them valued committee positions including. imagined they would create such a person on the education committee well she have a chance he joins us live from capitol hill she had so the democrats had promised to punish marjorie taylor green if the republicans didn't and now they have what is this vote now means you have. i think the only surprise here was that as many as 11 republicans did join the democrats in voting to remove. the greens committee appointments because after all the leader of the republicans in the house had said

very clearly on wednesday night. that the focus should look to that that actually the republican party certainly at this was that he was concerned that the house are a big tent and they needed people like marjorie taylor green in part because let's face it donald trump is the most popular republican politician still holds enormous power and his base is enormously powerful and vocal and we also underlying all of this $199.00 republicans felt they couldn't vote to censure taylor green for comments for example calling for the killing of nancy pelosi colleagues in the house and shooting the squad alexandro because you're cortez and so on and they could be so all sorts of reasons but what they're what we what we understand is in the end so many republicans are so concerned about the power of the trump still wields on the party and this is the house so districts are smaller and the people could be primaried much easier that they could be much more it doesn't take many

people to ruin the house members career let's face it and so although there may be all sorts of reasons that are given. clearly a lot of republicans feel it's better to keep the trump base within the party than without the party that's not of you in the senate where they don't necessarily have the same pressures electorally but that is seems to be the overwhelming view view in the house now on the story and this is this confirms that already shabba towns in life are saying capitol hill chad thank you. so let's bring in michael isikoff he's chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news he joins us via skype from washington d.c. michael great to have you back on the program again so the house has just approved this stripping of marjorie taylor green of her committee assignments how significant michael is this because it's quite an extraordinary move by the house isn't it. it is and there really isn't much precedent for what the house did today but on the other hand there's not much precedent for a congresswoman like marjorie taylor green who has espoused the most bizarre

conspiracy theories and more significantly. made comments that seem to threaten the lives of her fellow members in the house and i think that's really what pushed the democrats to do this at the very end stanny hoyer who is the house majority leader that's the number 2 democrat in the house held up a poster of marjorie that something that marjorie taylor green had posted on social media carrying an assault rifle aimed at 3 democratic members of the house alexandria cacio cortez. and one omar that squad saying that she would be their worst nightmare and the image of that assault rifle aimed at democratic members of the house of representatives i think was so powerful and is what moved not just all democrats but 11 republicans to vote to strip her of

her committee assignments yet michel and even though she expressed crazy conspiracy theories as you say she still had an ear in the white house didn't see him and president trump called had the night she won have election does this then suggest that kill unarmed for instance reached all the way into the oval office i mean that's a scary thought isn't it if it did indeed and you know trump's phone call to marjorie taylor green her tweets about her all are any indication of that but that's not the only indication you had michael flynn his former national security adviser who was openly a spouse in q one on the news took the q one on oath. as we go one we go on. all that's the q. went on catch for annie's flynn posted a video of him and his family. saying that on social media over the summer and flynn was in the white house right back at the white house after trying hard him

for his. crimes related to the robert muller investigation klim was back in the white house egging trump on talking about calling for martial law to overturn the results of a redo of the election when was talking about so yes there there were clear indications that this very bizarre q and on conspiracy call reached right into the oval office during trump presidency michel just a final thought to you i mean how much does this case do you think expose the deep phone lines within the republican party itself because many see this as a battle for the very soul of the g.o.p. . it is and that that's clearly a factor of what's going on and and you know kevin mccarthy has been trying to balance the various members of his caucus there you know he's got a hard core of pro tromp membership in the house republican caucus they wanted to

strip liz cheney of her position as chair of the house republican conference that's 3 position for republicans in the house because she voted to impeach donald trump now mccarthy was able to dodge that bullet he had a secret ballot and a majority of republicans voted to retain liz cheney but they also gave a standing ovation yesterday to marjorie taylor green and voted overwhelmingly today to keep her in our committee. michael isikoff always great to get your thoughts thank you for talking to us here at al-jazeera thank you any time. former u.s. president donald trump has rejected a request by democrats to testify during his 2nd senate and pietschmann trial democrats who drafted the charges accused him of endangering the lives of all members of congress by inciting his supporters to storm capitol hill legal team

says the senate lacks the authority to try him now that he's no longer president the trial will begin on tuesday. but as you mentioned earlier u.s. president joe biden has called on me and mas military jointer to step aside the un security council has also called for deposed civilian leader aung sang suu g.'s immediate release it held a 2nd emergency meeting after failing to agree on a statement in a previous session in a moment we'll hear from our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. but 1st this report on the situation in myanmar from said beg. small protests in the 2nd largest city in myanmar the students and activists in mandalay are speaking out against monday's military coup but with the military campaign down on internet and social media providers it's hard for people to communicate and organize protests yeah. we have no access to any news no news about mother on song suchi i feel so sad it gives me a pain in my chest i would rather go out and fight if possible but that would be

against the wishes of mother sue facebook is a central part of life in myanmar it's why the military has shut it down seems as if the military is really going after the primary social media platforms including facebook which really is the internet in myanmar most people including people within government agencies use facebook almost as if it was an email system so it will be. terrible in terms of its consequences not only in terms of organizing a response to this coup but also in terms of conducting day to day business and economic activity but that didn't stop these health workers walking out of the hospital to protest against the coup according to their facebook groups similar walkouts happened at a hospital. across the country you have. we're just protesting peacefully by wearing this red ribbon we don't need to speak out 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 many people have likely not seen such

a military presence on their streets since the 2011 democratic reforms. despite their apparent anger at the social media ban and the international condemnation of the coup the generals who have fast business interests in the country are not going anywhere many people in myanmar may be troubled by the military intervention but minorities in the country have long been victims of the army's crackdown hundreds of thousands of muslim rangar were forced to flee persecution deposed leader aung sun suu she was largely silent about their plight now finds herself at the mercy of the very same generals aside big al jazeera for the un security council has also added to the growing demands for a return to democracy in may and from new york as our diplomatic editor james best . the statement took several days to negotiate but it is significant it shows security council unity and that china is on board with criticism of the military in

myanmar it was read out by the current president of the security council the british ambassador barbara woodward the members of the security council expressed deep concern at the declaration of a state of emergency imposed by the military on the 1st of february and the arbitrary detention of members of the government including state councilor unsung suchi and president when mint and others they called for the immediate release of all those detained. the members of the security council emphasized the need for the continued support of the democratic transition in me and she wasn't taking any questions but the spokesperson for the un secretary general said he was pleased there was security council unity on this issue i think it's very welcome that relatively quickly the council came together to speak with one voice human rights

groups have welcomed the security council statement but they say words must now be matched with action. also to come here and al-jazeera including me a mass ex-pat community in tyler showing solidarity for their families back home after that military. they were murdered in their thousands by eisel in iraq years later the government holds funeral ceremonies that it's more than state. it's time for the perfect jan and the winter sponsored by qatar airways. some welcome warmer weather coming into japan over the next couple of days you still got some wintry weather to get out of the way some sleet and snow still in place across. western parts of honshu into for friday but it's well celsius there for getting up to 7 in seoul behind that will be some cloud of rain just moving

across the east china sea and that will roll its way just to the south of key issues for sas table of the temperature 15 celsius in tokyo could add to the the melting snow that we have has so there is always still a worry of some flooding as a result of that 10 celsius in so by this day is double figures today for beijing and for the weekend it doesn't try and find across a good part of china try and find syria crossed much of india china because the usual showers driven in nominal if they stay monsoon there into the philippines into malaysia we see the heaviest of the showers running across indonesia some wet weather to making its way towards flanker over the next day or so but doesn't that bad as we go on through friday right state with snow just scouting across the far north of india helping to just shift the fog and the smog that will make its way further race with some wet weather coming in across the pool dry weather coming back in behind but poor visibility is once again.

at ways even recent history can become hopes q 3 intrepid photojournalists returned to the epicenter of peru civil war and truck down the british characters that they had captured through their lenses 30 years earlier. the mesmerizing challenge to the official history that denies indigenous peoples contribution to the peace process witness seen again on a jersey. welcome back rick recap of our top stories here on the al-jazeera u.s.

president joe biden has set out his vision for american foreign policy is withdrawn support for saudi arabia's war in yemen and pledged to repair global alliances that were fractured during the trial. the u.s. house of representatives has taken disciplinary action against a republican congressman who has supported wild conspiracy theories marjorie tena green has been removed from the education committee and others to which she didn't sign. on the u.n. security council has called on me and mas military jointer to release depose ability to understand cinci it held a 2nd to notice of me to help the failing to agree on a statement in a previous session. well outside of their homeland more people from myanmar live in thailand than anywhere else in the world al-jazeera scott hired a spoke to some experts in the city of chiang mai where are worried about their families back of the. praying for peace and serenity in the thai city long known as a hub for me and mars diaspora through decades of conflict and military coups

migrants dissidents and ethnic fighters have found their way to chiang mai so in myanmar's elected leadership was ousted in monday's coup it cut deep into the community here. funk wang was there in 1962 when the military 1st took power away from his civilian government he later became a soldier in a kitchen ethnic army for 10 years he fought the military for autonomy with his experience he thinks violence is not the solution now and political pressure should come from people like him into war i am worried about my countrymen back in myanmar not just my relatives the military may be in power for many years to come. i do not support violent protests in the cities people abroad should play a big role they don't have. to live in fear for the bemused military. chiang mai has unique history and culture different from the rest of thailand and that's possibly why so many ethnic groups that have crossed the western border have decided to settle here but it's difficult for them to stay connected to their

communities in myanmar. so on long among runs a migrant radio network it was formed 25 years ago in chiang mai to keep the many migrants from ian maher informed the network has been reporting on the coup since the 1st hours of the takeover a lot of the listeners were shocked and worried. i have to keep my listeners updated on the situation they need information to make decisions people are worried they are concerned about the future. a show of solidarity in front of the chiang mai myanmar consulate a nighttime gathering of anti kook protesters thais and migrants making themselves heard this in support of those who put themselves in danger by going out on the streets of myanmar to denounce the coup got her out jazeera sharing mine a medical trial in the u.k. has been launched to see if giving people different coronavirus vaccines for their 1st and 2nd dose well off at the same protection the study will mix the astra

zeneca and pfizer biotech jobs mixed vaccine doses have worked for boehner and h.p.v. the man leading the trials says it has the potential to speed up the rollout of code with 19 jabs 16 countries have expressed interest in an african union coronavirus vaccine plan the block is hoping to start rolling out 114000000 doses in the next 2 to 3 weeks the e.u. wants countries to vaccinate 3 percent of their populations in the 1st half of this year starting with frontline workers and vulnerable people the plan is to vaccinate 60 percent of the continent in 3 years cuba's capital have ana and it's more than $2000000.00 residents will be under nightly curfew starting on friday. the country has been struggling with a rising number of infections cuba reopened its airports in november and the government says new cases are linked to travelers breaking quarantine. portugal's

essential workers have started receiving their coronavirus vaccines as anger grows over a slow rollout the health ministry says it's seeing a decline in deaths and cases after their numbers in recent weeks but the government is facing criticism for delays to its vaccine plan it's estimated that by 2023 only 70 percent of all adults in portugal will receive their jobs the prime minister tony acosta blames the delay on supply shortages and e.u. authorization. a funeral for more than 100 victims from iraq the minority has been held in the capital baghdad thousands of you see these were killed by ice or fighters back in 2014 the un investigators called it a genocide so manifold and reports from baghdad. these trucks carry the bodies of 100 for you c.d.'s murdered by ice for nearly 7 years after their killing they are at last on their way to their final resting place they were among thousands killed

and buried in mass graves in the northern region of sin and out of 1st to be identified using d.n.a. analysis after their remains were examined from the mass graves. now they have a name a face a family to return to. in life the iraqi government didn't protect them from i still says to match a campaign of killing and kidnapping. in death it is trying to grant them the respect they deserve. today's funeral procession is a message that terrorism targeted members of this oppressed community and iraq today wanted all the world to sympathize with the fall and there should be justice and punishment for the perpetrators. but for this group of easy to survivors who met iraqi parliamentarians on wednesday the government hasn't done enough they say the exhumation of the dozens of mass graves in sindar is taking too long.

the mass graves have been there for 7 years they're not under isis control anymore anyone can go to these mass graves but nobody cares they also accuse parliament of dragging its feet to enact a draft law that would almost 5 years after the un has done so recognize the crimes committed against them as genocide it would also grant them compensation and create a mandate to search for the approximately $3000.00 still missing. the female survivors don't have rights and we are always repeating our demands per rights for us and for our brothers sisters mothers and sons who are still in the hands of isis the government is always saying i still is finished i still is gone but why did nobody bring our families back the easy to survive a law was submitted to parliament in 2019 but voting has been repeatedly delayed if

passed it would also lay the legal basis for iraqi courts to use evidence gathered by u.n. investigators to prosecute isis suspects justice accountability truthtelling proper investigations fair trials are critically important not only to expose the violent extremist ideology of dosh. but it will do that also but to ensure that the value of human life is underscored and that those individuals are exposed and confronted by those that have survived in a courtroom by hard evidence that is reliable that is relevant that have property value and so that when punishment is meted out sentences are given nobody can say that there is an injustice but the objective of thursday's ceremony wasn't simply to return the bodies but took knowledge to crime with the hope it will not

be repeated the 104 remains will be transported to the village of culture in central where they will return to their families and laid to rest in line with the tradition for the funeral they offer some closure for survivors their 'd struggle for justice and rights is far from over they want to hold an al-jazeera. now 3 months after the start of an ethiopian government offensive in the northern region refugees are still arriving in neighboring sudan aid organizations say many are left stranded i'm able to return to their homes so dan now hosts more than 60000 refugees in the states of casal or. somewhere here in morgan reports. it's the 3rd day of waiting for linda mcmahon and to be registered at this refugee camp in sudan. she wants to be able to save her own shelter the camp is her 2nd be home since years keep fighting in ethiopia stigler region weeks ago got

a hand on the family i was in a different camp before things were tough there to the extent that i thought of returning back to ethiopia but i was told by those arriving that it was still not safe to return and that the fighting is ongoing so i agreed to be transferred here . the camp which opened in early january now hosts more than $13000.00 if european refugees they fled their homes because of fighting between the government and the regional to great people's liberation front it started in early november and has left the region with little to no way to communicate aid agencies say humanitarian access to many parts of to grey have also been restricted to made by camp is the 2nd open to host the refugees who've been relocated from other camps that were closer to the sudan border. refugees continue to arrive there with lesser numbers the start of the conflict the reception centers were serviced camps and assault and battery for not meant to be camps because for the safety of the

refugees a camp has to be at least 50 kilometers away from the international border so we're working to bring those still they're here to be able to give them protection and services more than 60000 have arrived in sudan since the start of the conflict the government says this is a law enforcement operation its soldiers captured the to green capital in december most of the refugees here have been in camps for nearly 3 months now arriving just days after the start of the ethiopian government offensive into grey others arrived more recently but the rise in the number of refugees coming to sudan despite some reporting that if the soldiers have made it difficult to cross the border is an indication that the conflict integrate is not over. and with the continuing flow of refugees aid organizations say their appeal for funding to respond to the situation is only have met. a few which are. around $147000000.00 us dollars.

100000 refugees that have already 100000 refugees nor that they will arrive all of them but we need to be prepared. for that. more refugees are expected here in the coming days and weeks while many say they prefer to camp to the reception centers they were at earlier they say what they really want is the ability to return home he will morgan al-jazeera to lead but camp out of state. of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden has set out his vision for american foreign policy is drawn support for saudi arabia's war in yemen pledge to repair global alliances that were fractured during the trump years in his address at the state department biden also called on the 2 leaders and me and mark.