who will keep you in a moment. and i think to us you probably will when you're behind can you join us and i know something on your behalf you know you can even continue your. we are all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales u.s. president joe biden calls for an end to the war in yemen and his 1st foreign policy speech. a dream for the game this is our 0 live from doha also coming up sweeping new rules bring beijing's controversial national security law into hong kong schools. how

protest is in myanmar resisting military rule now one of the deposed leader aung san suu cheese close aides is arrested plus. i'm nicholas hard on the edge of. the find out next why this mangrove rich in wildlife is at risk from climate change . u.s. president joe biden says that he's ending america's support for the saudi led war in yemen including a ban on the sale of specific weapons the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people including civilians and created the world's worst humanitarian crisis saudi arabia has responded by saying that it supports a political solution the kingdom also welcomed by its commitment to defend its territorial integrity it's come under attack from missiles fired across the border from yemen saudis form a coalition part of the u.a.e.

says that it's eager to see an end to the war for which it says it's already withdrawn although who thius say that they won't be deceived by statements and real peace will only come when the aggression and well that announcement was made during biden's 1st foreign policy speech since taking office he's promised to restore u.s. leadership and repair alliances our state department correspondent was when 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 amorality 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 arms sales. and the coup in me and mark 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 at that considerably to that war now the u.s. is saying i will no longer consider you to this war i would not feel it with weapons shipments year i would like you all the big followers and the regional powers to do the same and that was something new 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. all that i tend to do you are the heart of it we're going to rebuild our alliances are going 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. his reputation both at home and around the world rosalynn jordan al-jazeera

washington just days after he was jailed russian opposition leader alexina valley is appearing in court again he's accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a video promoting russia's constitutional referendum about it described a number of people in the video as corrupt tax hong kong is issued sweeping new rules for school still doing as young as 6 will be told about the controversial national security law imposed by mainland china students will also learn about tough penalties for antigovernment offenses they'll be taught how to sing china's national anthem also learn about the police of the people's liberation army books that are claimed to endanger national security or to be removed from libraries al-jazeera is to be a good plan and reports now from hong kong. the hong kong university campus this was one of the main campuses or particularly institutions which had

pushed the ideals of democracy many of the students here were approached him ocracy activist at one point the umbrella movement of 24000 started here and the and suing pro-democracy and protest movements also was very much supported by students from here there not questions about what happens now from the age of 6 now teachers will be forced to warn students about sedition secession collusion with foreign powers students and teachers will be encouraged to report anything that they deem as encouraging national security books will be removed reading material material a notice board seen as an danger in national security and once again that's a very very way they get topic and very which has a very wide remit so it's not exactly clear exactly what could danger that national security but also if you ask the natural the teacher's union here the spokesperson

had said they had expected some kind of reform in hong kong but not this drastic reform of the education system this basically allows the government to micromanage what happens in the classroom policing what happens during this questions in the classroom during children studies and it big brings it in line with the communist control classrooms of mainland china. but from protests across a neighboring countries as demonstrators continue to push back against a military coup teachers and civil servants of the come the latest to join a widening campaign of civil disobedience but overnights streets echoed once again with the clanging of 10 pots and pans one of deposed leader aung san suu cheese close aides has been arrested when 10 is a senior and l. d. policy figo a former political prisoner who spent decades campaigning against military rule in earlier called for people to carry out acts of civil disobedience after monday's

coup but all sense or cheese at all day party remains defiant it won a landslide election in november elected representatives were supposed to start work on monday instead many remain under house arrest under schapelle records. prevented from taking their seats in the new parliament democratically elected politicians from the national league for democracy have met anyway a symbolic session surrounded by armed guards at a government guest house. since representatives from the end of the party are all elected civilian representatives we can call the parliament anywhere parliamentarians are present so we called for a session and signed our oath and we are going to stand as parliament representatives people voted for us to be in office for 5 years and the result cannot be raised no matter what. and around 70 gathered on thursday and signed their oaths of office hundreds of lawmakers were detained for a period after monday's military coup he needed a team on t.v.

no longer this violates the human rights of the whole population this is not a coup this is treason against the government i have to say that this is state treason. symbolic acts of defiance by politicians and the public against a military known to put down by like protests that history in mind people are sticking to. red ribbons and 3 finger salutes originally from the hunger games film franchise it was popularized by pro-democracy protests in neighboring thailand all calling to end the dictatorship thanks then at 8 pm the sound heard round and gone for a 3rd night in a row and local culture it said that banging pots and pans can drive evil from a home. there are a lot of people who we operate to be the most people across the country banging pots to drive out the military coup leaders who are known for the seize power will

keep driving out these evils until power is a return to our government. and al-jazeera. in today's. new breathalyzer test in order to detect traces of covert 19. roadway stations but scientists are concerned that the test may not be reliable jessica washington reports from jakarta. i'm here most of us and in station one of chicago's main train stations it's day one of the rollout of these genoese breathalyzer tests the sun just behind this cold with 19 tests say that it works just like a simple breathalyzer this pic this passenger here will demonstrate how it works basically he just has to breathe into this bag and the breathalyzer should be able to detect traces of codeine change in his breath the scientists say that all of this process should just take a matter of minutes the device that they use to assess the breast of this passenger

takes only 2 minutes to detect traces of the virus there are concerns about the accuracy of this device but the scientists who developed to say that it is not intended to replace p.c.r. testing but can be useful in screening passengers if this device will be rolled out at stations and other public sides in coming weeks and it's intended to stop passengers who may have traces of coronavirus from boarding public transport this is where passengers can come to collect the data from the sample to see whether they're there how are traces of coded 19 detected in their breath but there are concerns among scientists that this method of testing is inaccurate and not suitable for indonesia at this stage in the pandemic some health experts have been very critical of the government and say at this stage in the pandemic indonesia should have increased its p.c.r. testing well beyond what it is now currently indonesia tests around $50000.00

people each day that is an increase from previous months but health experts. say and the health minister himself has admitted that one of the problems with p.c.r. testing in indonesia is that the same people are getting tested not for b. dimia logical reasons but because they have meetings or want to take holidays health experts say that p.c.r. testing must be scaled up the government must invest in increasing love capacity they also say that public health messaging is lacking you can see the station behind me is quite busy they say the government has really failed to communicate to people that they shouldn't be speaking non-essential journeys they shouldn't be going on holidays and if possible they should be working from home restaurant owners in mexico city have protested against increased restrictions as cases that. cafes and restaurants have now been told to close that outdoor dining areas eating

indoors was already banned they say that it will put them out of business and that that stuff conservation without the usual tips the city is offering tax cuts to owners of one off subsidies to employees. children in a remote area of bolivia have gone back to school wearing full protective suits classes have restarted up for 6 months shut down most regions are opting for online learning but many pupils in rural areas where internet access isn't guaranteed a back in the classroom. the weather next here on al-jazeera then china's state broadcaster runs into problems with authorities in the u.k. . conspiracy theorist marjorie taylor green is given a rebuke by her colleagues in the u.s. congress.

it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored plan qatar airways we've got flooding concerns across a good part of france at the moment particular down towards the southwest and i'm afraid there is yet more rain in the forecast areas of low pressure just around spain and portugal other area of low pressure up towards the british isles going to fade is a very cold rascon cold across northern parts of europe over the next couple of days the rules say moving this area of low pressure across spain and portugal towards francis is the same in paris at present with flooding water is the concern here as well as that western weather across spain and portugal easing into the bay of biscay there's that cooler across northern parts of here at 4 celsius there in glasgow with that key that roll easterly wind fading in some showers there for scotland northern parts of england as we go on through saturday that snow will sink further southwards and the west the weather will make its way across a good parts of france so folding on saturated ground i'm afraid things will get

worse before they do get better showers there too across a good parts of spain by this stage there is snow just easing its way across eastern parts and cold enough for moscow the top temperature minus 12 celsius the warm sunshine is for the south and 21 degrees for detroit syracuse a good part of northern africa for much of north africa that is but i was it was in northwest it's wet. qatar airways ok calm and make sure you're not hyping the thank you ation be part of the debate. my main characters are women when no topic is off the table the law is in the last allow child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls dads off in the jet mines and legalized pedophile. online jumping to the comments section and meeting to be part of the discussion the stream own out is there a. hello

again this is al jazeera the main news this hour u.s. president joe biden says that he's ending american support for the saudi led war in the editing clearing a ban on the sale of specific weapons saudi arabia has responded by saying that it supports a political solution. hong kong has issued sweeping new rules for schools to teach children as young as 6 to a pe the national security and or imposed by mainland china included will be education about tougher penalties for antigovernment offenses and the protests across myanmar neighboring countries as demonstrators continue to push back against a military coup earlier one of the post leader aung san suu kyi is close aides was

arrested. china's state run television channel c g t n will no longer be able to broadcast to the united kingdom to regulators there revoked its license the u.k. has been a leading critic of china's crackdown on dissent in hong kong and alleged use of slave labor in chen jang the blocking of c g t n adds yet another diplomatic dispute already frayed relations chalons reports. europe with a relaunch and a new name late in 2016 china put a fresh face on its english language t.v. news brand china central television was now china a global television network or c.t.m. president xi urged its international staff to tell china story well spread china's voice well but it's a voice that the u.k.'s media regulator ofcom has decided shouldn't be heard

anymore in the u.k. revoking the broadcasters license off com said our investigation concluded that star china media ltd the license holder for the c.d.t. and service did not. editorial responsibility for c.d.t ns output as such as c m l does not meet the legal requirements of having control over the license service and so is not a lawful broadcast licensee. the chinese foreign ministry says it firmly opposes setting barriers to chinese media's regular activities in the u.k. shortly after off comms ruling china said it had large stern representation to the b.b.c. over quote fake news coverage and urged the b.b.c. broadcaster to apologize. the u.k. has been a leading critic of china's hong kong security law and its crackdown on protests it's also legislating against business is profiting from alleged slave labor in

china as we get camps and it's ousting tech giants who are way from sensitive parts of the u.k.'s 5 g. network. so c.d.t. n. is the latest focus of attention in the u.k. china relationship it's been deteriorating for several years i think the idea really was that it would probably liberalize and change not become a democracy but become a little bit easier to deal with and under siege sieging ping the current leader that's not true and it's become much harder towards the outside world on issues like hong kong and soon going. on taiwan it's got a much harder line now so it's more difficult diplomatic partner logic might suggest that a post breaks it britain would want to swallow some of its political differences with the world's 2nd largest economy but at the moment at least his the politics that the dominant rory chalons al-jazeera. the u.s. house of representatives has punished a republican member from georgia who supported conspiracy theories and promoted

violence against politicians marjorie taylor green has been removed from 2 committees of zerah chaper tansey reports now on the measures taken by a divided house. at the debate on whether to remove her from a committee positions at the house of representatives taylor green argued that all she was guilty of was querying established narratives i was allowed to believe things that weren't true and i would ask questions and questions about them and talk about them and that is absolutely what i regret because if it weren't for the face book post and comments that i liked in 2018 i wouldn't be standing here today among the viewpoints that she's expressed support for all of the q. and on conspiracy theory and the belief that school shootings and 911 were hoaxes these were words of the path but she's also approved of exhortations to kill house speaker nancy pelosi as well as racist and anti-semitic troops i did not hear

a disavowal meant or an apology for those things. i did not hear an apology or denouncement for the. the claim the insinuation that political opponents. should be. violently dealt with the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the democrats are setting a precedent which privately some fear may be used against them if the republicans regain the house effectively demoting someone in the other party for comments made before he or she joined congress but in the case of marjorie taylor green they say they had no choice i remain concerned about house republicans leadership except of extreme conspiracy theorists but green received a standing ovation from republican colleagues at a meeting on wednesday night underscoring republican leader kevin mccarthy insistence that his party wants what he calls

a big tent that includes the courtroom base the number one thing that happened in conference was unity donald trump remains the most popular figure in the republican party able to draw out grassroots turnout and draw in grassroots campaign contributions but ever since the storming of the capital more and more mainstream republican voters are growing easy with their viewpoints off about core base plus the republican leadership is well aware that donald trump's most vocal supporters are loyal to him and not of them shihab rattansi al-jazeera capitol hill. michael isikoff is the chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news he thinks that action against green is a significant moment in american politics. 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 heart 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's 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 to tell ye. omar the 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 morocco's foreign ministry has summoned the spanish ambassador about the treatment of its citizens who traveled as migrants to the canary islands a video online appears to show a spanish offices beating minus the spine please for the violence to stop the footage of sponsor a wave of anger in morocco the government has described the incident as concerning spanish authorities for an explanation. 3 months after the start of an ethiopian government offensive in the region refugees are still arriving in neighboring sudan aid organizations say that many are left stranded on able to return to the homes. 60000 refugees in the states of. leaf from where. reports. it's the 3rd day of waiting for to be registered at this

refugee camp in sudan. she wants to be able to save her own shelter the camp is her 2nd me home since us keep fighting in ethiopia stigler region weeks ago got a hand on the primary 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 you can 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 the 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 for the start of the conflict reception centers were served as camps and assault and battery or 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 this 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 into gray 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. concrete and presently

a few which are required around $147000000.00 us dollars to. be able to assist. 100000 refugees this doesn't mean that we have already 100000 refugees there nor that they will arrive all of them but we need to be fair them planning for that scenario more refugees are expected here in the coming days and weeks while many say they prefer to mate but camp to the reception centers they were at earlier they say what they really want is the ability to return home morgan al-jazeera to lead but camp out of state. the 1st african-american woman to win a national gymnastics championship in u.s. history has died diane darren was 52 families says that she died after a short illness she's widely remembered as a pioneer in american gymnastics who paved the way for other olympic champions including samone biles. with more than 35 percent of the world's

mangroves already destroyed a study by the journal of american science found that if the missions continue unabated the forests could disappear in 30 years i'll just hear as nicholas hawk reports from senegal where one such ecosystem is on the threat with the rising ocean comes a tide of human waste suffocating senate gulf coast line tangled plastic bottles the remains of an old t.v. set and diapers mangled in fishing nets everyday items brought by the atlantic choking this grew. out of the mangrove. there's just so much to do. joining this cleanup effort is the minister of petroleum and energy in what some see as a public relations stunt senegal has just started the construction of a commercial port and steps are underway to start offshore extraction of oil and gas already

a quarter of the mangrove has been destroyed from the existing pollution part of it was turned into the capital's dumpsites. periodical each month young people come to take the waste and the plastic to the factories nearby that today in senegal process it to produce power. seeped in brackish water the trees store salt in their leaves trapped carbon emissions like no other plant filtering out pollutants bearing them instead emits this rain forest by the ocean acts as a natural embankment deep in this maze live the endangered atlantic humpback dolphin and the western reef heron the stagnant murky water is filled with malaria transmitting mosquitoes and snakes to make it dangerous for human habitation. up until now plants and rare species of animals thrived in this environment because it is so inhospitable to humans but climate change is changing all of that rising

temperatures and the rising ocean is altering this precious ecosystem slowly killing the animals and the mangrove itself. this is what is to come environmentalist if we don't do enough to stop the pollution and clean up our oceans. nicholas hawk al-jazeera the delta senegal. it is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden says that he's ending american support for the saudi led war in yemen including a ban on the sale of specific weapons saudi arabia has responded by saying that it supports a political solution while the hooghly say they won't be deceived by statements of the real peaceful and calm when the aggression and. hong kong has issued sweep.