so health services now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making a healthy a world for years. for everyone. who are. pushing for peace in yemen the u.s. calls on the rebels to suspend their offensive on the city of merit and return to negotiations. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up former u.s. president donald trump launches a blistering attack on the top republican senator sign a deal in divisions in the republican party. inventive tactics being used by protesters and now on the 12th day of demonstrations against them if it comes. i'm

elizabeth random in the indian himalayas when violent mentalists a large scale infrastructure projects are threatening the ecologically fragile region. the u.s. has called on yemen's who the rebels to hold their advance on the northern city of merit its special envoy to yemen says so-called back channels are being used very aggressively to get the who things to return to international negotiations and as laura burton money reports that's come on the day the group's official removed from the united states terror list. yemeni soldiers pushed back lutie advances on 2 fronts north of the city of marjah. 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 a year. the violence has resulted in dozens of deaths 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 whities to halt their advance you know our hope is that a combined effort bringing in certain partners it's. 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 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 is directly but he probably should i understand the significance of the matter before them they will retain a few kilometers they may even getting 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 $650.00 families the be 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 called on saudi arabia to improve its human rights record mike hanna reports now from washington d.c. city great honor to have the crown prince with us but 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 an 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 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 congress this too is something that. ministration 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 with stormy waters of formulating a relationship with iran mike hanna al-jazeera washington. and president biden has used a prime time 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 as one of the states that was key to his presidential bid tree and it's been hit hard 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 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 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. has launched a blistering personal attack on top republican mitch mcconnell just days after he blamed the former president from last month's assault on the capitol building and a statement released by his political action committee trump said the republican party can never again be respected or strong with political leaders like senator mitch mcconnell. he went on to say mitch that. unsmiling political hack for public and senators are going to stay with him i will not win again but eric hama's our political analyst in washington d.c. he explained what motivated trump statements. 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 it 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 in the 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 in command so 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 protesters in man mob trying to increase pressure on the military to release deposed leader unsung suchi gathering in central young dawn and intentionally causing traffic jams on tuesday such as noah said the ministry had filed additional charges potentially prolonged attention what's called haida joins us live now from the thai capital bangkok scott so what are we expecting with the protests today because the un special rapporteur has some of the alarm of a possible violence. they're expecting a very large protest and they are talking about and we are seeing those cars parked in the middle of roads in central yangon it's quite interesting campaign that they

have for today and this is kind of a long string of campaigns with interesting tax that these protesters have used what they have done is they pretended these hundreds of cars that they broke down that they can't move their vehicles so that is going to obviously snarl traffic in yangon but also they're looking to prevent police and military convoys moving around freely within the city so that's one tactic and we know also that suit to go to and that is right in the center of yangon that is where the main gathering point is going to be for the day now part of the reason why they really want a large large group today and that is because there is a 2nd charge put on the song suchi their democratically elected leader who is still in detention now that word just came out yesterday on tuesday and this came out of after i should say a press conference from the spokes person the spokesman for the military giunta so there was a lot of displeasure by the protest movement what was said in that press conference and then you had on song suchi getting another charge against her so that really is

kind of elevated the anger and that's why we're expecting a big turnout today there yes got as you say the need is a filed this 2nd charge against what more do we know about the charge and what's been happening to her. it is that they say she violated the not naps national disaster management law and that is tied to the campaigning that took place back in november and they say that she broke $1000.00 restrictions because she went out campaigning this is kind of at the root of all that's going on right now that election in november the military government has said that that was fraudulent that's why they said that they had to take over the government again and that press conference on tuesday said that wasn't a coup they had to take over the government again that angered the protesters so that's the and the additional charge the other charge is from illegally possessing a walkie talkie radios only 6 of them that was the original charge why they're

holding on suits initially they were supposed to have a hearing on that on monday they pushed it back to today still no word if they're going to actually come out and say where things are moving with that 1st charge we know the 2nd charge that one related to the campaigning back in november we're going to hear them have the 1st hearing on that march 1st. to live in the thai capital bangkok scott thank you tom for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back the struggle to reach hundreds of bodies believed to be trapped in a boat that capsized in democratic republic on the other theists winter storm in southern parts of the u.s. needs dozens dead and millions without more night stands. the eastern med is active again and you know what that means 1st of all we've got

stormy weather into northern egypt and into the levant it will get much colder there will be rain all snow from the gun on up to lebanese manton's particularly been focused in turkey but it's not only there and then systems already spread this is wednesday through iraq that line is a frontal system that will be a line of thunderstorms which changes q a from 34 down to 19 as the wind direction changes recently to a northerly and that's on its way south to bahrain qatar probably jury friday the snow in the iranian mountains behind it the wind is still there still cold we've got a max of 7 in jerusalem for example they'll be fewer showers and maybe a bit more sunshine and winded rains the thing to talk about are the moment in mozambique with potential circulation delicate this in the channel 1st of all all of mozambique coastal wise is likely 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 that money even be a cycle about some of it and it's thursday where it goes after that quite possibly

back into wards some parts of mozambique but the forecast is uncertain however you don't want it if you don't in mozambique if you're further west where it's dry warm . but. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of sedation and the state line becomes the default the media namely images that leak data to these guys are just how daily news is makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. welcome

back a quick recap of the top stories here at this hour the u.s.s. cole in yemen is who the fighters to hope there were bonds in the city of merit the government's last known stronghold washington special envoy for yemen says they're very aggressively using back channels to get through these to return to international negotiations to abide in the ministration says it recalibrating its relationship with saudi arabia breaking with the policies of former president donald trump joe biden will speak to king solomon directly rather than the crown prince. on protesting me and mark calling for more people to come on to the streets to pressure the minister john to release deposed leader unsung suchi on tuesday some cheese lawyer said the military had filed additional charges potentially prolonging detention. france's lower house of parliament has approved

a controversial bill that's been criticized for targeting muslims the government says the so-called separatism and or will help prevent problems such as hate speech polygamy and forced marriages it also gives the government greater control of the places of worship and when just schools but critics say it stigmatizes the country's 5 and a half 1000000 strong muslim population. and the french president has ruled out an immediate reduction in french forces fighting groups linked to al qaeda and i sell an africa region manual mccraw told regional leaders that a sudden drawdown would be a mistake but he warned that cuts are likely to follow up and address reports now from lagos nigeria. it was a summit many fear it will end with a significant reduction in french troops but president demanded mccall announced that france will keep its troops in the south for now then also meant was greeted with relief republican insiders to 2. different messages to underline the

pressure on terrorist groups part in our group under freeboard days especially with the chaldean battalion starting from the coming days and weeks to lead concrete operational. gain control he says trusts continued presence however will depend on how committed countries are in the region to taking back control of their territories nearly 8 years after a centrists troops to confront. france is looking for a way out its oppressions in the sale of cost billions of $1.55 of his soldiers have been killed there are increasing signs that the violence is getting worse and spreading to west africa's cost of living. it's now up to the so-called g. 5 group or so help countries to step up their military commitment to go into the continued participation of the french. chad or the most battle hardened force of all says it's sending an additional $1200.00 soldiers. its leaders say the fight against extremism in the area cannot be won by military might alone.

as we all know the success of the fight against terrorism is strongly linked to development actions mystery and precariousness the breeding ground for terrorism and violent radicalism. others like mali. we had hundreds of soldiers to the fight but they lack the experience of the child learns from germany is already taking part in training regional forces was says it won't take on combat missions however it will boost troop numbers along with spain we have. a moment nish at the moment we don't intend to engage in other missions beyond that but rather focus on what we are doing already this summit came on the heels of what leaders call successful operations and we can groups operating in the saddle but 2020 was also a particularly violent year for both coalition troops and civilians in the region how many greece al-jazeera lagos. rescue teams and democratic republic of congo say

they're struggling to reach the bodies of those who died in an overcrowded boat capsized at least 75 people are known to have drowned when the vessel sank in the congo river on sunday night but hundreds are still missing as alexia brought reports. the wreckage of the 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 apart we don't have the capacity to do more we need help. the vessel went down on sunday province it had left the capital kinshasa and was headed for dhaka about 700 kilometers up river double bind. them with 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 of the man as. 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 in the water to remove the bodies where we get the money from. ship breaks are frequent here with boats often dilapidated and overloaded and many passengers unable to swim after 142 people were killed in a sinking in 29 tame president félix you see katie announced that all on board

should wear life jackets but that is routinely ignored. brian al jazeera. south africa says it will give its batch of the oxford astra zeneca cope with $9000.00 vaccine to the african union to distribute elsewhere in the continent the government suspended its rollout after one study suggested the a product offered limited protection against the south african variant of johnson and johnson a vaccine that has been delivered but it's yet to be approved for use. hungary has become the 1st e.u. country to receive chinese made coronavirus vaccines a jet carrying 550000 doses developed by chinese state owned companies on a farm arrived in budapest on tuesday shipments enough to treat 175000 people and was expecting to get 4500000 more doses from sight of one of the 3 companies making vaccines in china. peru's former president has apologized opp it was revealed that

he and his wife were secretly vaccinated ahead of health workers an investigation has been launched to find out why nearly 500 people including senior government officials got the job early on sunday the foreign minister resigned after it emerged she'd also been given a secret dose staying in torun authorities say more than 300 migrants forced their way across the border from brazil to being stranded for several days the mayor of the border town of in a pari said police were overwhelmed earlier offices had to use tear gas to disperse the group to the migrants from haiti trying to travel through peru on to ecuador some of the most famous sites in greece have been covered by snow the parthenon and other temples of the acropolis where blanketed up to a rare snow storm hit athens is the country's most intense snowfall in more than a decade and it turned sandy beaches white coronavirus that some nations had to be halted with authorities warning people in the city to stay indoors and in the u.s.

texas has recorded some of its coldest temperatures in more than 30 years a family of 4 near houston died after their house caught fire as they use their fireplace to keep warm demand for electricity in the state has led to widespread blackouts leaving millions of people without power we lost power yesterday morning and the houses are getting real call like around 2 o'clock and then you've got all the blankets we try to hold together to keep us warm to the cars to keep our phones charged. and then today when we got there was no water no wife no nothing but everybody need to eat we had our our camping stove. and tried to be as possible well we'll nichols is from the risk analysis company various maple crawford 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 going to have 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 he creasing physical threats you know while they too will suggest that the countries in central america and sub-saharan africa are probably most threatened by its hoopla maris i think events like this in in greece to go to show that you know businesses 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 $45060.00 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 investment. now the impact of logic infrastructure projects in the himalayan mountains is back in the spotlight after the floods swept northern india this month the deluge was triggered when part of a glacier collapsed into the river least 58 people dead and the 150 i'm missing most to working on the hydroelectric power plants environmentalist say their construction is exacerbating the effects of climate change are india correspondent and his apparent reports now with the not constant. the himalayas the highest mountain range in the world renowned for its majestic cliffs and breathtaking beauty but it's now under threat more than ever before from warming temperatures and development projects scientists say february's flash flood was caused by an ice sheet for an offer placed here on india's 2nd highest peak the

number they ve mounted. dozens of bodies have been recovered in an estimated 150 people are still missing. environmental activists say the force against the building of hydroelectric power plants of the number of a v. national park for decades if not sensitive we're being told that our troops to the area will hurt its flora and fauna but those rules don't apply when they use explosives which shake the entire valley today we're witnessing the results of their projects which have led to hundreds of deaths. and it's not just dams and power plants which environmentalist say opposing the threat to the region and 2016 promised in the day the ramadi began a road expansion project in the truck and to make it easier for pilgrims to visit some of hindu isms holiest sites and 900 kilometer void through the mountains is being widened without a proper assessment of the environmental impact maybe $700.00 hectares of forest

land have been lost to the project more than $47000.00 trees have been felled and the natural drainage of streams and springs blocked by the dumping of muck. scientists ravi chopra's says the breaking up of the mountain is leading to more than slides which is threatening lives and entire villages in many places where the slope is weakened there. are cracks in the sections of villages that big. and those really live in that any time their houses and their. village when. the government says it needs electricity and new roads. in the world hindus want to go to the 4 holy sites is the faith and belief we have to ensure not to harm the environment while carrying on with development we also share a border with china and some shouldn't be built the more it will happen. but

environmentalist say the balance is tipping too heavily in favor of development one 3rd of the himalayas expected to melt by the end of the century because of climate change people here say they are already paying the highest price elizabeth al-jazeera. and. gaza's top judges agreed to revise a recent court ruling that bars women from traveling without the permission of a male guardian such as the husband or father protesters gathered outside the judge's office on tuesday saying the rules violated women's dignity and rights but it's unclear how the north will be redrafted a mass leaders have repeatedly said there are no plans to impose islamic law on the gaza strip the $2000000.00 residents of the european space agency has launched its 1st recruitment drive in more than a decade and this time it's searching for a woman only 65 of the 560 people who've been to space a woman of those just to were sent by the european space program butting astronauts

with disabilities are also being urged to apply to join future missions to the moon or mars. was the action or selection process is very much about competence of course we want to encourage diversity and isa does not have any quotas when it comes to selecting astronauts and therefore we simply want more female applicants because that will result in more female astronauts being selected. for a quick check of the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. has called on yemen's who the rebels to halt their advance on the city of marib the government's last northern stronghold washington special envoy for yemen says so-called back channels are being used very aggressively to get the who thieves' to return to international negotiations mike hanna has more from washington one of the 1st actions abided and ministration do.