but they stand this tightens in the face of the fascist far right movement. if you want to show the world that the good guys can comes when they are the force behind jim simply. defined to make football on the scene. pushing for peace in yemen the u.s. calls on who the rebels to suspend their offensive on the city of merit and returns and against nations. come on down jordan this is out of iraq lawyer from doha also coming up former u.s. president donald trump launches a blistering attack on the republican party. the struggle to reach hundreds of bodies believed to be trapped in a boat that capsized in democratic republic of congo. and

a new growth industry for australia as it starts tapping into the health and environmental benefits of seems. the u.s. has called on yemen's who the rebels to halt their advance on the northern city of merit that special envoy for yemen says they're very aggressively using back channels to get their huth is to return to international negotiations and as nora burden on reports it comes on the day the group was officially removed from the u.s. terrorist. yemeni soldiers push back with the advances on 2 fronts north of the city of marjah. battles like this one have intensified since the start of the month. to be wrestling to take the last saudi backed government stronghold in northern yemen for over a year. the violent. has resulted in dozens of. and in

a tweet un humanitarian chief mark caucus warned the assaults would put 2000000 lives at risk and could cause unimaginable humanitarian consequences the u.s. is calling for the who to halt their advance you know our hope is that a combined effort bringing in certain partners at certain times backed with a strong very strong american position will will essentially shake up the architecture and put us in a much better place to push for that negotiated settlement which i think we all agree is the only way forward until you say the u.s. lifted the previous administration's designation of the who thinks as a terrorist organization and to the further departure of president biden ended u.s. support the saudi led military offensive in yemen for their part he's accused the yemeni government of being the aggressive i don't see them letting at this point

approaching the who he's directly but he probably should i understand the significance of for them they will we gain a few kilometers they may even gain the city but they lose the peace and eventually there will only prolong the war if they persist some analysts say who these are using the fighting as leverage in any future negotiations. but it bondsman's have been slow with saudi arabia intensifying as strikes. rights groups say 650 families sabine displaced and many more could follow. but the u.s. administration hopes it can prevent further bloodshed and help bring the 6 year war to an end nor about a man the al jazeera. the biden administration says its recalibrating its relationship with saudi arabia marking

a change in policy from the trump presidency joe biden will speak directly to king solomon rather than his powerful son the crown prince and his 1st few days in office biden put a hold on some weapons sales to the kingdom man called on saudi arabia to improve its human rights record mike hanna reports from washington d.c. city great honor to have the crown prince with us the timepoint house was willing to do business with the saudi crown prince this despite his alleged involvement in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi which then president donald trump brushed away now the new administration says president biden will conduct any conversation with saudi arabia on what it calls a counterpart to come to pa basis the president's counterpart is king someone and i expect at an appropriate time he would have a conversation with him i don't have a prediction of the timeline on that that system $13000000000.00 to buy them and ministration is conducting a review of the arms sales that the previous administration signed with saudi

arabia. and as a ready made clear it will no longer any facking. operations against the in neighboring yemen recalibration is a very good word on the one hand there are still overlapping interest obviously the united states shares the saudi concerned about iran and and united states continues to support a process that the saudi arabia has quietly supported in terms of normalization of relations between the region and israel president biden has also signaled that his administration will place a far greater focus on human rights than did the previous one and in this it's significant that the director of national intelligence admiral haynes has indicated that she would be prepared to share the cia report on the murder of jamal khashoggi with congress this too is some. being the previous administration blocked from happening despite bipartisan demands since coming to power the biden administration

has repeatedly used the term security partner with regard to saudi arabia removing the word ally that was preferred by then president. but despite this recalibration the buy didn't ministration has also made clear that it sees a good relationship with saudi arabia as in the us national interest particularly as it negotiates the stormy waters of formulating a relationship with iran mike hanna al-jazeera washington where president biden has arrived in milwaukee in wisconsin for his 1st official trip as u.s. president it's one of the states that was key to his presidential victory and it's been hit hard by the pandemic he's been making the case for congress to pass his proposed $1.00 trillion dollars coronavirus relief package where john hendren joins us live now from milwaukee john so president biden has already been speaking on his trip to wisconsin what was he been saying.

that's right the president has been in a town hall format so that means he doesn't drive the questions those come from the audience and that means he's been answer a wide array of questions about criminal justice civil rights and other issues but his main focus in coming here was to pitch what his administration has been doing to combat the covert 19 epidemic and among the things he's been saying is that he wants a majority of teachers in schools teaching at least one day a week within the end of his 1st 100 days in office that's by the end of april and he also says that he plans to have 600000000 doses of that vaccine available by the end of july that's enough for 90 percent of americans to get both doses they need of the pfizer journal vaccine by that time what he really is here to promote though on the beginning of this joe biden national road

tour is his $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan that is a plan that would give money to individuals people who've been unemployed and others to businesses large and small 'd and to state and local governments all of whom have been spending a lot of money to combat the virus but getting less in in revenues it's much like what we saw president obama do at the beginning of his administration where he pressed for the affordable care act which he ultimately won with only democratic votes and that looks like it's what president biden is going to have to do he's not getting a lot of republicans aboard and he's getting some pushback even from democrats on his plan to raise the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour so we see here pressing for that plan and mixing a bit of pandemic relief with politics meanwhile donald trump has launched a blistering attack on house minority leader mitch mcconnell what's behind the move

. that's right daryn once they took away his twitter account donald trump has now gone back to the old school technology of e-mail and he's sent out a message in which he says the republican party will never be strong or respected as long as it has leaders in quotes like mitch mcconnell the senate republican leader at the helm he went on to say that mcconnell. smiling and dour leader and the point of this message seems to be at the very end where he says he is going to support people who will combat those sort of standard republicans in their primaries so when other words he's really solidified a split in the republican party that makes it one side the trumpets party that supports his america 1st programs and his it rather fiery rhetoric among other things and then the traditional republican party people like adam kinzinger in the

house who voted to send the impeachment forward people like mitt romney a senator from utah a republican who said that he voted to convict donald trump in that trial so essentially what donald trump has done is declared a kind of civil war between 2 halves of the republican party and he says he's against the senate leader mitch mcconnell all right john hendren live for us there in milwaukee john thank you. the u.s. state of california has a mass vaccination sites as part of president biden's plan to set up 100 census and his 1st 100 days in office it's hoped the facilities in los angeles and oakland well vaccinate up to 6000 people a day california is the worst hit state with 3400000 recorded code 19 infections among 47000 deaths. japan has launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign starting with 20000 health care workers as planning to inoculate 4000000

by the end of march senior citizens will start receiving vaccines from the beginning of april the campaign comes though at a critical time with less than 6 months before tokyo is due to host the olympic games an overnight curfew in the netherlands to stop the spread of covert 19 remains in place despite a court striking down earlier on tuesday a judge ruled the restrictions had breached people's right to privacy and free movement but another court has now decided the curfew should remain in force until a government appeal is heard on friday and to lock down protesters rioting for several days after the restrictions were imposed in january 3rd un's envoy on me and says he fears there's potential for an escalation in violence during protests on wednesday tom andrews says he's received reports of soldiers being transported to the biggest city young gun where rallies are planned on tuesday the army denied carrying out a coup and pledged again to hold elections next year is quite high. continuing

their civil disobedience movement who protesters in europe don't block train services out of a way station one of the city's largest. and east on the other end of the line of protesters there also. in its 1st press conference since taking over the military just to justify its actions saying it was not a coup and that the protesters are inciting violence. yet. party had a chance to solve problems like election fraud peacefully according to the constitutional law but they didn't take action that's why we have no choice but to take power and this is not a coup. we found out that the protesters are inciting the violence in the legally pressuring civil servants the protesters have become violent rather than peaceful. elsewhere in yangon protesters laid down to look like they were resting illustrating the point that tense nights are robbing them of sleep this

overconcerned of nighttime patrols and arrests more than 400 people have been detained according to a monitoring group as a protesters ramp up pressure by strikes and rallies something else it might prompt a strong reaction from the military the government is also. trying to demonstrate. tacitly that they may tolerate the street protests but if the protests try to occupy those buildings or prevent. a walk us from county to walk actions a day after police crackdown on protesters in the 2nd largest city injuring many they came back out in mandalay amid a low key security presence thousands marched on the streets. in yangon buddhist monks joined the protest chanting against the coup and calling for the release of detained leaders some see their participation as bringing moral authority to the movement it's got idlers al-jazeera. time for

a short break here now jazeera when we come back a former central african republic football attentional and a rebel nicknamed the rambo go on trial for war crimes at the international criminal court and a fierce winter storm in southern parts of the u.s. needs dozens dead and millions without more in that state of. the worst snow in seattle that's for 50 years 70 percent of the land mass of the u.s. is covered in snow it's not surprised to see it in iowa but even here is pretty cold as you can see so the farmers are working hard on the cattle enjoying their day how often do you see snow down in mississippi that there it is all the same. and not everyone is used to it and the cold will stay in this more snow on its way not right down to the south coast but even here houston's any of 5 degrees but that

junction between the feet of gulf air temporarily where things do warm up and the cold that still exist for the north will be the production of big thunderstorms and again tornadoes are possible snow in the northern flank freezing rain in between yet again and we've got freezing rain warnings are at the moment that's the stuff that produces glaze eyes and causes yet more power cuts and yes there are the temperatures most places they do not rise the code is still with us south of all this and in the immediate future these thunderstorms that you will have seen on tuesday western cuba and yucatan they're pushed out of the way this quiet weather the exception maybe of panama where it's been raining now for about 2 days of this and the biggest showers are light to be in the middle brazil and in peru with power rather dry. but. to make a change. change your life for the part of the country challenge the

accepted truth you want to create something you 1st break into a new remold upturn the status quo and fight injustice all month you didn't get. to. witness personal documentaries that alter deception on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. has called on yemen's fighters to halt their advance on the city of marion the government's last northern stronghold washington special envoy to yemen says it

very aggressively using back channels to get the who are these to the international negotiations. by the ministration says it's recalibrating its relationship with saudi arabia breaking with the policies of the former president don't try and joe biden will speak to king solomon directly rather than the crown prince. and u.s. president joe biden said it was constant on his 1st official trip to make a case for his $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package you know all former president trump is going to blistering personal attack on mitch mcconnell just days after the top senate republican implicated trump in last month's assault on the capitol mourners now with political analyst eric hamby joins us via skype from washington d.c. eric great to have you back so this was a scathing attack wasn't it by donald trump on mitch mcconnell why is trump doing this now do we think. well the reason is because we saw that blistering critique of the president by the senate minority leader just after he was acquitted where mitch

mcconnell actually blamed the president not only for the insurrection that took place at the u.s. capitol but suggested that there might be other formal criminal charges coming for the president and so i think what you're seeing now is a former president who is on the attack not only against the minority leader but also those who voted both to convict the president as well as to impeach him in the house and eric it's interesting isn't it that trump is really entering the political fray as it were not with an attack on the democrats but by hitting out at his own party what's that telling us about these widening divisions within the g.o.p. . well i think what you're seeing here is a president who believes none of this could have happened without the support of republicans and so the president knows that democrats have been against him for quite some time they have been locked in a battle since he came down that gilded staircase back in 2015 and now the see the some slippage among those in the party what you're seeing now is

a president who is exerting its control his authority and his influence to let the republican party know that he is still very much in command and if trump is talking about backing primary rivals against any of his republican opponents erick just how big is the challenge going to be if the g.o.p. wants to win back the senate in the 2022 midterms well this is going to be a very difficult process for a senate republicans one because they are defending more seats than democrats and 2 because most of the seats that they are defending are and democratic strongholds you take both of those into account along with many of those corporate donors that have fled the republican party and the weight of that january 6th and suresh and and it was going to be a daunting task even before president trump announced that he would be supporting candidates that would run against some of the primary some of these senate

republicans now that we see this internal battle has broke open publicly i think now you're going to see a lot of cost a nation within the republican party about how to thread the needle keep in president trump's base at home but at the same time trying to grow the base because what we recognize is this is a party that needs to actually extend the tent not narrow it just a final thought to before you go look at the 1st civil case has been filed against trump for that attack on capitol hill how much will trump's legal and financial troubles handicap his ability to increase influence within the g.o.p. . oh very much so we are seeing a president who is a former president who is deeply vulnerable and i think will be consumed with a number of legal challenges both civil and more importantly criminal all right eric have a great to get your thoughts thanks for talking to our jazeera you. now

a leading democrat has filed a lawsuit against donald trump for his role in the capital riot bennie thompson accuses the former president of inciting last month's assault lawsuits part of an expected wave of litigation connected to the scene it seems punitive damages includes trumps personal lawyer rudy giuliani as well as members of too far right groups to form a militia leaders from the central african republic have pleaded not guilty to a series of crimes including rape murder and torture going on trial at the international criminal court accused of senior roles in the mainly christian militia which persecuted muslims start fasten reports from the hague. and. listened quietly when the long list of charges was read out murder rape recruitment of child soldiers they both the night any involvement pursuit of. you made of it mr president i repeat i don't recognize myself in the accusations against me

i am not guilty. but prosecutors say they have overwhelming evidence that tom and i saw and i have led the ante bellum movement in a campaign meant to remove the muslim population from the country almost known as command the ramble and i saw not a right hand man a former president francois boise's or as the organizer. as the evidence will show his participation in this strategy was integral and he contributed to it fully aware that the group he was helping to structure our finance instruct and organise is known by september 2013 as the. would inevitably target the most in civilian population in the western the violence started in 2013 after muslim rebels from the seleka group forced former president both these out of power in revenge and balata groups killed thousands of muslims and forced more than

1000000 from their homes when i'm 1400 victims are expected to take part in this trial a trial that will be closely watched in central african republic the message from the i.c.c. is clear no more impunity for those involved in these crimes but the question is how this message will we were saved by doeth still involved in the fighting rebel groups have again taken control of a part of central african republic after the presidential election last december the government has accused butties of being behind the violence and he's now being investigated for rebellion when we are still looking for how do. we react. with care or i.c.c. therefore improved behaviors limited. against the population of conversely. the only way for them to remain safe is to continue their criminal activity the defense is yet to make their opening statements the leader of this

telecom militia is also in custody of the i.c.c. showing that the court is serious in holding both sides accountable step fasten al-jazeera the hague. rescue teams in the democratic republic of congo say they're struggling to reach the bodies of those who died in an overcrowded boat capsizes at least 75 people are known to have drowned when the vessel sank in the congo river on sunday. but hundreds of others are still missing as alexia brought reports. the wreckage of the box the limit lies close to shore on the congo river on the surface it's all broken wood and discarded belongings it's what lies beneath that rescue and recovery work is a focusing on our desire to be the majority of bodies are still in the boat because most of the passengers were killed as there was sleeping on different levels we need to break the boat to pot we don't have the capacity to do more we need help. the vase so went down on sunday province it had left the capital kinshasa and was

headed for dhaka about 700 kilometers up river. everything happened so fast as the boat broke up deep in the river the passengers all panicked inside the boat making the situation worse and the owner couldn't do anything to control the situation the boat was overloaded with passengers and merchandise. it's those about $700.00 people were on board the boat about half were able to make it assure the congolese minister for humanitarian affairs stephen byock he says the boat was travelling at night which is against the law he's called for all those responsible to be held accountable but those at the scene say they have more pressing needs. we haven't received any help from authorities to deal with the situation we have bodies under this boat in the river but there's no way to remove them even the local rescue team are asking for money before getting the water to remove the bodies where we get the money from. ship wrecks are frequent here with boats often

dilapidated and overloaded and many passages unable to swim after 142 people were killed in a sinking in 29 team president félix you see katie announced that all on board should wear life jackets but that is routinely ignored. brian al-jazeera. student protesters in india's capital new delhi are demanding the release of the climate of this nation ravi. they gathered outside police headquarters saying she's done nothing illegal the 22 year old is accused of sedition they say she created an action plan that was used to encourage violence from the farmers rally last month thousands of them protesting against changes to agriculture more than say it will harm their livelihoods. protests also took place in the robinson town of bengaluru where she was arrested on sunday supporters accuse the police of using a state for the bottom protests during india's republic day last month when

protesting farmers tore down barricades and raised over just flag at the red fort in you danny. now some of the most iconic sites in greece have been left covered in snow part of the temples of the acropolis blanketed after a rare snow storm hit things in the country's most intense snowfall in more than a decade and saw normally sandy beach is covered coronavirus vaccinations had to be halted with authorities warning people in the city to stay indoors meanwhile texas has recorded some of its coldest temperatures in more than 30 years a family of 4 died in a house fire near houston while using their fireplace to keep warm demand for electricity in the state has led to widespread blackouts leaving millions without power now the global c.b.d. industry is rapidly expanding but in australia the resource remains largely untapped that could be about to change though as nicola gage reports from the coast

of new south wales. these flocks of field with different species of sea weighed all unique to a strong. wind has been studying how to unlock their potential as new superfoods with proven benefits not only for the environment but also the body we're inventing it as we go because it's new to australia the systems the foods and then taking people that just ate pasta with a weed in it and that will benefit you and benefits the environment. she's open to strike 1st factory making food grade products from a domestic species of grain same weight carbon dioxide is captured from a need by weight refinery to help the sea weight grow it's then process to make health products and food like musically and pasta many of our chronic lifestyle disorders like diabetes mental deficiencies inflammatory disorders could be addressed by adding say way back into the diet it could also help with wound

healing seaweed extracts from the fama being used to print human tissue with 3 d. technology with the hope of eventually creating official skin. we've just opened the lid and there's a whole treasure trove of possibilities that we can exploit that this is a new industry this is the beginnings of a new industry in australia sea weed is being used around the world for centuries but as an industry in australia it's largely untapped now research is a looking at everything from feeding cattle it's a way to reduce emissions to making plastics of course the open wants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but the difference when they weighted just how efficient it is growing much faster than trees doesn't need fertilizer all freshwater and at the time have a long. making it an appealing option to permanently capture carbon on a significant scale to tackle climate change. putting

a price on carbon would really help a lot of in the stories that i kind of starting to emerge that are trying to increase how much carbon we capture out of the atmosphere but pricing carbon is a contentious issue in australia with coal mines still being expanded pia winberg believes see weight holds the answers to many of the world's climate challenges weekly gauge al-jazeera south coast new south wales'. time for a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s.s. cole in yemen with the rebels to hold their advance on the city of marriage the government's last northern stronghold washington special envoy to yemen says that very aggressively using back channels to get those things to return to international of the sanctions michaela has more from washington d.c. .