a lot of little babies were dying i did it. it's that lack of babies today people in power investigate exposes and question what's the use and abuse of power around the globe. and how to see. pushing for peace in yemen the u.s. calls on the hoof the rebels to suspend their offensive on the city of merit and return to negotiations. a lot down in jordan this isn't just iraq lawyer from joe also coming up former u.s. president donald trump launches a blistering attack on the top top republican senator and a sign of deepening divisions in the republican party. unsecure protesters block rebel lines in 1000000 miles the military says its takeover of power was legal. and

remembering the cost of freedom 10 years after the start of the revolution that toppled libya's longtime leader. the u.s.s. cole in yemen as who the rebels to hold their advance on the northern city of merit it special envoy to yemen says that very aggressively using back channels to get who these to return to international negotiations and as laura burden monday reports it comes on the day the group was officially removed from the u.s. terror list. yemeni soldiers pushed back with the advances on 2 fronts north of the city of marjah the. battles like this one have intensified since the start of the month the hooty to be wrestling to take the last saudi backed government stronghold in northern yemen for over. for

a year. the violence has resulted in dozens of deaths and in a tweet u.n. 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 it is 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 on tuesday 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 for the saudi led military offensive. for their part he's accused the yemeni government of being the aggressive i don't see king at this point

approaching the who he is 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. about a man the al jazeera. the by the 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 on called on saudi arabia to improve its human rights record my kind of reports now from washington d.c. say the great honor to have the crown prince with us the trump white 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 projection of the timeline on that that system $13000000000.00 to buy them

administration is conducting a review of the arms sales of the previous administration signed with saudi arabia . and as a ready made clear it will no longer any facking. operations against the who tease 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 the congress this too is something. 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 trump 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 president biden has used a primetime televised town hall to seek support for his $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package he's traveled to wisconsin on 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 hard hit by the pandemic john hendren has more now from milwaukee. 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 with 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 school 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 vaccine by that time what he really is here to promote though on the beginning of this joe biden national road tour is his 1.9 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 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. blistering attack on top senate republican mitch mcconnell just days after he blamed the former president last month the time on the capitol building in a statement released by his political action committee from said the republican party could never again be respected strong with political leaders like santa mitch mcconnell. he went on to say mitch is a. smiling a little like republican senators are going to stay with him will not win again. eric com as a political analyst in washington d.c. he explains what motivated trump statement. 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 to convict the president as well as to impeach him and house. 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 his control his authority and his influence to let the republican party know that he is still very much and command 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. for us envoy on man moss says he thinks his violence could escalate during protests on wednesday tom andrews says he's received reports of soldiers being transported to the biggest city young government where rallies are planned on tuesday the army denied carrying out a coup and pledged again to hold elections next year scott hyder reports. continuing their civil disobedience movement at a coup protesters don't block train services out of ensign railway station one of the city's largest. and east on the other end of the line and protesters there also did the same in his 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 in the 90. 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 code 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 some feel it might prompt a strong reaction from the military the government it's also. trying to demonstrate. tacitly that they may tolerate the street protests but if the

protest try to occupy those buildings or prevent. a walk us from county to walk the 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 scott scott joins us live now from the thai capital bangkok scott so what are we expecting with the protests today then because the un special rapporteur has sounded the alarm of a possible violence. yes there and we're expecting quite a big protest today in yangon the country's largest city we're hearing that area which is right in the center of the city and right next to city hall and has

been one of the sites of these big rallies over the last week plus it sounds as though that's where the gathering point is going to be today and there's a big call there has been a big call on social media overnight but also in the late hours on tuesday and that is because of the situation with aung sun suu kyi you know we had that press conference from the military and it within that they said some things that obviously did not sit well with with the protesters particularly that what they did the military government taking over the civilian government saying that that wasn't a coup but then also later in the day there was another charge put on their leader on song suchi so that obviously has angered the protesters and they saying as a response to that they're going to come out in force and something you know daryn we've talked about over the last 10 days about how some of the protests can be pretty creative and interesting the way that they're coming out on the streets one thing we know that they're doing today to try to snarl traffic and prevent the

police in the military from getting around young gun they are having a. movement where cars people who own cars are driving into the center of the city and pretending that they break down and opening the boot of their car so it looks as though they're broken down and then thus making a lot of congestion and preventing cars from moving around and preventing military and police from getting around easily so that's something we know that's going on right now their discussion as you say the 2 need is a filed a 2nd charge against and sang suchi what more can you tell us about that charge and what's been happening to. we know the 1st charge we're actually might hear some more details of that today that is something about the illegal possession of walkie talkie radios 6 in her house they found when they doctored her took her i should say during the early days of the early hours of the coup a 2nd charge has been filed against her and this is something about the disaster reaction act and it's tied to covert $1000.00 restrictions going back to november

when she was campaigning for the election that that her party the end of the one handedly they're saying that she violated the disaster act so that's why they're they've put this 2nd charge on her what's interesting and also even more of a reason why the protesters have been angered by these recent moves the laws have been changed the rules have been changed by the judge to within just the last week so right now they technically can hold her indefinitely on these 2 charges so that means that we don't really know if and when she'll be released any time soon when these hearings will take place but that's something that's really kind of prompted as we expect to see a lot of protesters coming out today there in the thai capital bangkok scott thank you time for a short break here how does iraq when we come back a fierce winter storm in southern parts of the u.s. leaves dozens dead and millions without power. and a boost for a big calling as the cryptocurrency surges cost another record and towards the mainstream on the stay with us.

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a bit more sunshine and winded rains the thing to talk about are a moment in mozambique with potential circulation there look at this in the channel 1st of all all of mozambique coastal wise to get windy and wet weather is the persistence that could be telling here and that circulation might turn into something more than you want it money even be a cycle about some of it and thursday where it goes after that quite possibly back into wards some parts of mozambique but the forecast isn't certain however you don't want it if you don't in mozambique if you're further west where it's dry and warm. sponsible qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global community when i thought of all the misinformation i think we don't want to feed that we end where be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land

we have been disconnected from who we are good enough to hear from you in the to be part of today's discussion this streaming on out is there a. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here at this hour the u.s.s. cole in yemen the sunni fighters to hold their advance on the city of marriage the government's last known stronghold washington special envoy to yemen says that very aggressively using back channels to get the who he's to return to international negotiations the biden the ministration says it's recalibrating its relationship with saudi arabia breaking with the policies of former president donald trump joe biden will speak to someone directly rather than the crown prince. and u.s.

president joe biden is in wisconsin on his 1st official trip making a case for his $1.00 trillion dollar krone virus relief package meanwhile donald trump has launched a blistering personal attack on top senate republican mitch mcconnell just days after he blamed the former president last month the time of the capitol building. japan has launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign starting with 20000 health care workers it's planning to inoculate 4000000 by the end of march senior citizens will start receiving their shots from the beginning of april the campaign comes at a critical time with less than 6 months before tokyo is due to host in the big games. an overnight curfew in the netherlands to stop the spread of covert 19 remains in place despite a court striking it down earlier on tuesday a judge ruled that the restrictions have 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 until lockdown protesters rioted for several days after the restrictions were imposed in general it was doing it fear it had called the aim is to control the coronavirus as much as possible so that soon we will have all our freedom back but in a safe way that is why we introduced the curfew and that is not change today that is why i urge everyone should the appeal not result in a suspension of the ruling of the district court judge we hope so but we cannot be sure that it will aid agencies in sudan's niall's state say it's a race against time to set up camps for refugees before the rainy season arrives thousands of ethiopians have been fleeing across the border because of a rise in ethnic violence al-jazeera has even more when met many of those who've taken refuge in the sudan ethiopia border. hundreds of refugees from danish angolan ethiopia have come to this camp near the border with sudan for refuge they fled

fighting between ethnic groups in the medical zone a mourner says she fled her home 3 months ago with her 4 youngest children as they were all she could carry and not a day goes by without her thinking of those she left behind or there. and how they came in to talk to us this is vigilance for him to our village at night and so is it killing us people running in all directions parents and children separated from each other after 2 of these ones into the bush others with an opposite direction in the bush for 15 days as a reader would to hear. their camp has been set up as a temporary center for refugees arriving in this region and is one of 3 in sudan's blown out state that borders. but was is one of if he appears 9 regions and home to vast arable lands and the grand if you can run as on stem that's set to become africa's largest hydroelectric dam unlike most other regions in mexico the most of the largest ethnic group but the ones who fled here say they have been marginalized

in their own lands by the arm harassed who moved in from the neighboring highland region that's led to fighting at least 300 people have been killed in the region in recent weeks according to human rights commission both sides have accused the other of violence over the past few years. that a lot of the our problem is one of land does want to take our fertile lands because they don't have such lands for farming they found that our land is so they are targeting us commutes families to prevent us from farming we don't want to give them our land so they launch attacks on us because we're weak since november authorities say more than 7000 people have arrived in the state this by being here for 3 months refugees they have very little aid has reached them they say most of the systems they've got so far are handouts from the local community and some refugees have opted to live with the host communities rather than in these makeshift camps authorities also say that more people are arriving every day and

that they expect that to continue. to more europe as long as fighting continues on the other side more refugees will come were no racing against time because an april it'll be the start of the rainy season where the refugees are already hard to reach it will be near impossible by that time so we've identified a camp but it's not up yet we're hoping to set it up and move the refugees in on time so they can get aid easily. many refugees here say that regardless of how few essentials are available in this camp they want to stay for as long as possible and they're hoping family members they've left behind will join them he will morgan al-jazeera on the sudan if you order. now on wednesday libyans will mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the revolution that toppled need at moema gadhafi crowds gathered in tripoli's martyr square on the eve of the event. as the outgoing head of libya's internationally recognized government was among those paying tribute the revolution spot fierce fighting between gadhafi forces and libyan rebels thousands of people were killed or injured during

a struggle one of trying to has this report from the former rebel stronghold of misrata. misrata is libya's 3rd largest city it's also one of the main sources of military power in western libya rebels from misrata played an important role in the revolution that toppled longtime leader warmer of gadhafi in 2011 according to administrators at this memorial museum more than $5000.00 men were killed during the 8 month revolution more than 30 percent of them came from misrata. i mean we made this museum to remember those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom family members of those who were killed come to see pictures of their relatives and remember them as heroes the valley has an job or a memorial museum is named after an al jazeera cameraman who was killed in eastern libya while covering the revolution in 2011 it tells a story of victory and triumph these statues were brought back from gadhafi is

compound after rebel forces captured tripoli. people here in the city of misrata will be celebrating the 10 year anniversary to the revolution they say that their fight in 2011 was for freedom and democracy but they also know all too well the cost of war here those who died while fighting gadhafi forces are remembered their pictures fill the walls 10 years on people bring their kids here to teach them about the conflict. february 17th means a lot to us libyans especially here in the misrata it means freedom and democracy abroad my kids here to show them the picture of my nephew and to teach them that freedom comes at a cost medical is an engineer he lost a leg in 2011 fighting to get deaf ears forces but despite his injuries he's now open this helps or and works as a personal trainer. in 2011 libyans express themselves and rose up

against a dictator we want a democratic state the situation now isn't how we hoped it would be but it will take time after 42 years under gadhafi it is normal that we are where we are we hope things will get better 10 years after the revolution and this month's political settlement among libya's warring sides there are hopes the fighting may end and libya could be on track to becoming a democratic state now like trainer al jazeera misrata. the taliban was cold on the united states to honor its deal to withdraw international troops from afghanistan under the agreement signed in doha last year the u.s. pledged to withdraw all troops by the end of april if the taliban agreed to peace talks with the government and a significant reduction in violence in an open letter the group says it's committed to its side of the records hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in barcelona calling for the release of a rap artist was sentenced to 9 months in jail for insulting the monarchy and

glorifying so-called terrorism he was barricaded inside a university when dozens of spanish police stormed into a restaurant tuesday also wants to know that were used to convict him scrapped. some of the most iconic sites in greece had been left covered in snow the parthenon and other temples of the acropolis blanketed after a rare snowstorm hit athens was the country's most intense snowfall in more than a decade and normally sandy beach is covered coronavirus vaccinations had to be stopped the authorities warning people in the city to stay indoors meanwhile texas has reported some of its coldest temperatures in more than 30 years a family of 4 died in a house fire in a houston while using their fireplace to keep warm demand for electricity in the state has led to widespread blackouts leaving millions without power we lost power yesterday morning. the houses are getting real cold like around 2 o'clock in. the

blankets we try to sleep together to keep the. cars to keep our phones charged. and then today when we got there was no water no wife no nothing no internet but everybody need to eat we had our our camping stove. and tried to be as possible will nichols's from the risk analysis company of various maple croft he says the extreme winter weather is a result of climate change. well you can expect climate change in general to make winters malta. just a company. suggesting that it's actually had some impact on the severity of winter storms could be impacting the polar vortex here in north america and other systems. you know given that most of what is trying to cut emissions we still have set about of climate change already kind of baked in governments to businesses across the globe really can have to stop paying for these creasing physical threats

you know while they to suggest that the countries in central america and sub-saharan africa are probably most threatened by political primaries i think events like this in in greece to go to show that you know in europe in america in the middle east going to come away on sky is going to be significant costs tens of damages unless we start investing in resilience measures which you know may seem expensive now more likely save money in the long run and you know given that they'll be looking vestments in assets that will be around 405060 is in king was because if you think in trying to structure a power problems you know those kind of investment climate change is really going to need to need to be factored into those come investments today. cohen has continued its streak of record breaking rises reaching a new high of $50000.00 a unit cryptocurrency has written 70 percent so far this year partly due to backing from major companies like tesla must akad follows

a meteoric 300 percent rise in 2020 crypto currencies a decentralized digital medium that's encrypted and based on block chain technology . i think anyone who would say that there is an anxiety around the price of something like big corn or any of the any of the old coins would be kidding themselves or just all just lying the this is an instrument out the potential to make must have moved to the upside and equally must have moved to the down side so i think there's always going to be a sense of anxiety around the price of something because ultimately housing they found value. time for a quick check of the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. has called on yemen's who the rebels to hold their advance on the city of merit the government's last northern stronghold washington special envoy for yemen says they're very aggressively using back channels to get the who thing is to return to international negotiations michaela.