direct links to corruption at the highest level of the bangladesh government. do you think. i'll just the right investigations all the prime ministers. we are in need all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales the us president joe biden calls for an end to the war in yemen during his 1st foreign policy speech. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up just days after being jailed russian opposition leader election of ali is back in court

. sweeping new rules bring beijing's controversial national security law into hong kong schools. and how protesters in the on law are resisting military rule one of the pows data on sensor cheese close aides is a rest of. us 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 biden's commitment to defend its territory its territorial integrity its come under attack from missiles fired across the border from yemen saudis former. coalition part but the u.a.e.

says that it's eager to see an end to the war from which it says it's already withdrawn although hoofy say they won't be deceived by statements a real peace will only come when the aggression and well that announcement was made during biden's 1st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 saw state department correspondent was lynn 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 continue 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 we're going to reengage 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 alexa von d. is appearing in court again he is accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a video promoting russia's constitutional referendum of only describe the number of people in the video as cropped tax let's go live to moscow we'll speak to alexandra god for who's there for us on exactly what's this case all about. and what this case is about it is as you said being accused of defamation of a world war 2 veteran by actually reposed seeing this station video in which the veteran participated amongst other people and following that the with the comments that they're corrupt texts and traitors and the shame of the country now he did not single out 95 year old veteran but the prosecution claims that 'd he

deliberately and knowingly this tributed false information about the men that hurt this man and intended to denigrate him the veteran east presence in this hearing via video link it's a very old man and the valley the beginning of this hearing the pleaded not guilty saying he did not know them and neither he knows him now but what he knows is that he's relatives are trading away with the veteran this is no violence position that this is all meant to basically. make out of him a villain because in the russia the world war 2 veterans are almost sacred people because of their role in the 2nd world war because of the huge sacrifices the soviet union suffered in order to gain the victory and help the victory together over with the allies of so that's why. i need supporters think that it was the

prosecutor that singled out the veteran and not enough not by any himself in the case. he is convicted of defamation he can get up to 24 hours of community work and that is because the whole this thing happened before the changes of the law and now for the same thing one can get 2 years in jail meanwhile severe european union politician is there in moscow today he's had something to say about the valley's place what you can say. yes indeed here the meeting with. and sergey lavrov started some half an hour ago when in the very beginning of this meeting. of foreign diplomacy said that than a violin case is a low point in seriously strained relations between e.u. and russia we do know that before meeting lover of he met with the members in the present it is of the civic society he also wanted to meet and of i leave but the

responsibility for allowing him to do that the russian authorities best the court saying that he will get have to go through proper channels and it is the court that has to approve of such a thing on the other hand the russian minister of foreign affairs did not mention of violently by name or he just briefly said that russia is ready to answer and explain all the questions that. might have but we already know the position of russia is there any mention of riley by e.u. members or by the united states as being the political case and also the pleas and request we need to release him they take as interfering in domestic affairs and the numerous times by now they said they're not going to be lectured on this and it's not a god for reporting live from moscow example many thanks indeed. hong kong is issued sweeping new rules for schools children as young as 6 will be taught about the

controversial national security law imposed by mainland china students will also learn about tough penalties for antigovernment offenses they'll be source how to sing china's national anthem arran they're also learned about the police from the people's liberation army books that are claims to endanger national security or to be removed from libraries al-jazeera is divya the pollen 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 pollution 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 are sinatra and the teachers' 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's big brings it in line with the communist control classrooms of mainland china. they have been processed across me and neighboring countries as demonstrators continue to push back against

a military coup teachers and civil servants have become the latest to join the white campaign of civil disobedience and overnight streets echoed once again with the clanging of 10 points from this. one of deposed leader aung san suu cheese close aides has been arrested when 10 is acedia an l.d. party figure a former political prisoner who spent decades campaigning against military rule it earlier called for people to carry out acts of civil disobedience after monday's coup scott heide reports now from chiang mai in neighboring thailand. some of the top lieutenants top leadership of the national league for democracy that's on sons to cheese party they have been arrested we know the top advisor for her for decades was just arrested early early on friday morning so they're casting they the military and the police casting their net wider bringing in more people we know that at least $140.00 or so have been detained and it clearly seems as though

that's going to continue and has been throughout the day as far as the protests the civil disobedience movement that is definitely increasing as well so you have more detentions but you're also seeing more people getting out on the streets around the world as we're seeing here and in thailand but also in myanmar risking safety in freedom and going out to the streets it's think because initially one of the biggest civil disobedience movement started as from a union of healthcare workers 70 hospitals across me and where they came out a couple of days ago now we're hearing teachers have joined the teachers unions have joined and students have joined that so throughout the day here on friday we're seeing more people coming out and again you know we need to remember the history of of the crackdowns that the military has has carried out over the years 88 generation is a pro-democracy group that was born out of a bloody bloody crackdown in 1988 the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations they are an organizing body now too and they have come out with a statement very encouraging statement to all the groups who are out there

protesting civil disobedience encouraging them to continue but something that's interesting they've taken the step to say we need to organize they're saying that the these protest movements the civil disobedience programs need to be working together. the weather next here on al-jazeera then we'll hear from some olive families who are struggling to make sense of a mass killing of migrants in northern mexico plus. i'm nicholas hawk on the edge of senegal seen its only one delta find out next why this mangrove ridge and wildlife is at risk from climate change. however we've got the usual raft of heavy showers across southeast asia heaviest of which appeared to be coming in across malaysia down towards indonesia can change

under the $51.00 millimeters of fright and just 24 hours sitting in on that northeasterly monsoon driving those showers across central and southern parts of the region as we go into the 2nd half of the weekend some what's the weather just coming back into where the philippines central and southern parts seeing some live fish as well too bad largely dry across indochina southern parts of vietnam will see some showers more showers there into a border more very heavy rain there just pushing into a good part of indonesia so it's a very heavy rain recently a western australia city just around the west and this tropical low brought some very heavy rainfall some parts of the last 5 days since the beginning of the month i've had around 10200 millimeters of rain and for some that's the kind of rainfall we saw in all of 2020 that wetter weather will sink its way further south was nature's squeeze on the ice a pass here winds picking up so push. with those winds picking up for a time but the rain will set in through the 2nd half of the weekend some what's the weather now making its way across eastern parts of australia and we have another

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well again this is al-jazeera so much of the main news this hour the 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. just days after being jailed russian opposition leader alexina valley is back in polls he's accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a video promoting russia's constitutional referendum. but hong kong has issued sweeping new rules for schools to teach children as young as 6 to obey the national security law imposed by mainland china that included will be education about tough penalties for antigovernment offenses. indonesia is rolling out

a new breath test for covert 19 passengers at railway stations and bus terminals are being screened the scientists behind the test so that it can provide a result within minutes but health experts doubt the test accuracy and say that the government shouldn't try to cut corners jessica washington reports from jakarta. this is the early morning rush hour. want to cut is busiest stations these passengers are among the 1st to try indonesia's new coping 19 breathalyzer to get nothing compared to the antigen rapid test in the p.c.r. test this test is a lot cheaper and more simple. the scientists behind the genoese device say it can smell covert 19 on the breath in just 2 minutes without getting a negative result these passengers can't board the train the devices will be used at public sites around the country but scientists warn it shouldn't replace p.c.r. testing because this is your site and this is geno's

a screening tool if someone has a positive result should be confirmed with the p.c.r. but if they test negative there's no need to. the test costs around $1.00 u.s. dollar much cheaper than a p.c.r. test which can cost up to $100.00 at some hospitals but some epidemiologists say this is yet another misguided step by indonesian authorities some health experts are critical of this new method of testing they say in tunisia health care is in crisis and the country is stuck in a relentless 1st wave of covert 19 cases they recommend the government focuses on increasing his c r testing rather than rolling out cheaper and less accurate options we have to. create the capacity for p.c. out there still are if not just just to prove the car but you can for it get this and this. indonesia conducts around $40000.00 p.c.r.

test each day and has a test positivity rate of almost 30 percent last week the country supposed a 1000000 confirmed cases but experts fear the real number is much higher more than a year into the pandemic some health workers feel the government has let them down on 2 fronts by failing to invest in more testing and by not having strict covert 900 restrictions in place for what i thought i don't really know why the testing is still lacking in indonesia it's so important and we're still seeing people travelling and gathering at the stations if it continues this way covered 1000 will stay here even next year. 10 of dr patients have died and she fears the situation will worsen as overwhelmed hospitals are forced to reject patients the health ministry did not respond to a serious request for an interview jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta a medical trial in the u.k.

has been launched to see if giving people different covert 19 vaccines for the 1st and 2nd dose will offer the same protection the study will mix the astra zeneca and far as a bio and text jobs mix vaccine doses of work for a bowler and h.p.v. the scientist leading the trial says that it has the potential to speed up the rollout of inoculation programs if you have somebody who's turning up for a vaccine having received thanks in a after their 1st dose and their local surgery doesn't have any any has vaccine be that obviously would be a great advantage if you can just go and had them on that day so it can be at that local level but even broader and regionally if there was a problem fx in supplying one regional one or even at a country level it would be really beneficial to be able to actually say it doesn't matter you can actually get the other vaccine instead. restaurant owners in mexico city are protested against increased restrictions as cases their surge.

batteries and restaurants have not been told to close their outdoor dining areas eating indoors was already banned they say that it will put them out of business and that their staff can't survive without the usual tips the city is offering tax cuts to owners of subsidies to employees. children in a remote area of bolivia have gone back to school wearing full protective suits classes have restarted after a 6 month shutdown most regions are opting for online learning but many pupils in rural areas where internet access isn't guaranteed and are back in the classroom in mexico a dozen police officers have been implicated in the deaths of 19 people among them migrants from honduras they've been shot and their bodies burned john holeman reports. live tallies on the way to the small house for gold was building for his wife 3 children it was a syfy but it's thousands but on them that's why we went to the us to try for

a better life for them because when you work the land here you can make it pay but we you get paid. you won't see it finished no. on the way to the u.s. ofa go was shot one of the guatemalans that makes complete killed and then burned entirely pissed if talley still doesn't understand what you are missing a persona i ask myself how it's possible that the authorities take justice into their own hands it seem punitive is beyond measure. if you look at it over go was a farm worker pianist in a christian music group he had another child on the way. this municipality comic-con c.e.o. is submerged in shock and sadness they think they've lost 13 heechul in the attack in another house but the cedar can't forgive herself for letting her son rebel singo she hasn't heard from him and believes he's dead to. publicly thank you why did he go why didn't he listen to me he just don't know you see everyone else

getting to the other side and now i regret it it's as if i sent him i should have said to him no and that's it. but rebel some wanted to get his family a kitchen and he couldn't do it with the $3.00 a day he had on a nearby coffee plantation it was 15 difficult to imagine the probable terror of these final moments or his mother's distress now but opened her thought of when i found out that my son was dead i died a sudden stew he was the only son i had who was cool not who helped me whatever he owned he would give it to be who's going to help me now. this is happened before and it's coke 72 migrants were killed a decade ago in the same state they're easy prey for gangs who kill kidnap and extort them. but this time around it was the police those meant protect the schools dying on both sides of the border. and

a misery here but the people of committed see your rely on migration there's so little for them where they live the likelihood is that in the future more of them will be running the same race as rebel soon and elf ago. john home and i would visit a. a longtime activist and critic of the lebanese political party has blood has been shot dead his desk has provoked a public outcry no one's yet claimed responsibility for the killing killing al jazeera saying a hotter reports killed by 4 bullets to the head and one in his back looked months liam was found dead in his car in southern lebanon early on thursday he was a long time activist and fierce critic of hezbollah there has been no claim of responsibility but his family has reached its verdict. in this country you are not allowed to have a voice against the ruling party they are strong and they won more than

a year ago slim asked for protection against the iran backed armed group which controls political power in the country the question in lebanon is going bigger and bigger and the freedom of expression is vanishing given all there is nothing to say about democracy in lebanon this. this assassination does a lot that we are going into the air office the summation. for many slim's killing brought back memories of the post 2005 period when former prime minister rafik hariri and other politicians opposed to syria and its allies hezbollah were assassinated the group which has an armed wing has denied any role in those killings and its supporters have come to its defense. in the uk most look man was against hezbollah syria and iran but it doesn't mean fingers should be pointed at them they could be someone trying to pin it on them. for many the killing was a message this is going to scare anybody. going to

criticize or thinks about criticizing as well like their. because of who look man was the most within the web illuminated look mom hailed from the same sect as hezbollah shia islam he lived in the group stronghold and was killed in the group's heartland for more than a year anti-establishment protesters have been demonstrating to bring about a change in leadership and for the 1st time those protests bred into strongholds of the mainly sectarian political parties including hezbollah which was accused of protecting the system many blamed for running the economy into the ground. the protesters were attacked by hezbollah and hamas supporters and journalists have been harassed. journalists from the stoics uk and whenever i express my socks on attacks. on i'm like i was a traitor authorities are promising an investigation but his family like many

others say there's no need for one in a country where there's barely been accountability senekal their own beirut averting machine company is suing faux news and 3 of its hosts for conspiring to spread false claims that the company helped to steal the us presidential election florida based smartmatic usa says the folks at least 13 reports falsely stating or in playing with the company was involved in voter fraud it's now asking for $2700000000.00 it's also suing to form a lawyers rudy giuliani and sidney powell who acted for donald trump with more than 35 percent of the world's mangroves already destroyed a study by the journal of american science found that its emissions continue unabated the forests could disappear in 30 years to serious nicholas hawk reports now from senegal where one such ecosystem is under threat. with the rising ocean

comes a tide of human waste suffocating senegal's coastline tangled plastic bottles the remains of an old t.v. set a shoe and diapers mangled in fishing nets everyday items brought by the atlantic choking the sea selling mangrove susser who are cleaning up who will be again out of the mangrove in the burning him when there is just so much to do. joining this cleanup effort is the minister of petroleum and energy in what some may 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 dump site and the block when you 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 repairing 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 hawke al-jazeera the. senegal. it's good to have you with us hello adrian figure 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 saying that it supports a political solution while the hoofy say that they won't be deceived by statements and that real peace will only come when the aggression and just days after being jailed russian opposition leader alexa develop he is back in course he's accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a video promoting russia's constitutional referendum about he described the number of people in the video as corrupt tax alexander god for reports from moscow now he did not single out 90.