accused of terrorism a longtime critic of the one those president credit for saving hundreds of lives during the genocide goes on trial. watching i'll just do a lie from headquarters and delphi i'm dead you know the gays are also coming up. using their cars to drive home their message and to queue protesters i mean more ignore military warnings and continue demonstrating for a return to democracy. pushing for peace in yemen the u.s. calls on the rebels to suspend their offensive on the city of return to

negotiations. begins its coronavirus vaccination program kicking off a campaign seen as crucial to holding the delayed tokyo summer olympics. hello the man whose story influence the hollywood film hotel rwanda has gone on trial in the capital kigali paul rusesabagina is facing 9 charges including belonging to a terrorist organization murder and armed robbery he was praised for his role in saving the lives of more than 1000 people during the rwandan genocide but later fell out with the government catherine soy is following developments joining us from nairobi tell us more about the charges against him and what we should be expecting in this trial catherine. why are during the case the hearing is

still going on at the supreme court and what the judges are doing now basically is identifying each of the suspects that are in court is that the beginning is in court alongside 20 others so the judge is basically reading out the identity identities and having the suspect in this respect to begin to consult when he's identity has been read out saying that he is not our london citizen he says that he is a belgian citizen this is significant because if you say this 5 times and that means that he denounces that he's won then by bus now as you mentioned yes he has been he has been charged with 9 counts including mata and belong belong to a terrorist organization all the suspects expected to take a plea today and all these charges really stem from he's popular national liberation of front load the movement for democratic change which has an armed wing called the national liberation front which the government accuses of attaching

villages of the south and border with booty bassam 2018 chilling daggers of people and causing massive destruction and so all this stems from that respect the begin a stanley it's quite worried about what's going on they have issued a statement reason she's saying that they do not believe and they're not confident that she's going to get a say hearing they also question how she was the rest said in the fast place in dubai uproots on a private plane with the pretext that he's going to be ruined and then ended up in one of the also say that she's health is failing and they are concerned about that they say that all these charges have been trumped up going to be very interesting to see how the trial plays out going for what it's a very interesting case that is being watched very closely not just by people in london but people across the was because as. he said he is a very famous actor and having been portrayed in hotel rwanda the movie. more than

1000 people you know how. during the genocide yeah a dramatic turnaround for him ok catherine we'll check in with you later thank you so much for that update from nairobi. detention is scheduled to end wednesday but there's no indication whether me and mars ousted leader will actually be released protesters are trying to increase pressure on the military to ensure she's freed they're gathering in central yang gone and intentionally causing traffic jams she was arrested 2 weeks ago when the armed forces seized power on tuesday her lawyers said the military filed additional charges potentially prolonging her detention scott heiler has a latest update from bangkok. what the day started with is a campaign a creative way to cause a little bit of disruption in yangon the largest city in myanmar and that was there was a broken car campaign essentially hundreds of drivers if not thousands of drivers

around the city pretended that their cars were broken and just stopped parked right in the middle of streets right in the middle of bridges yes to send a message yes to further their civil disobedience movement idea but also to kind of style me the traffic of military vehicles of police vehicles as they started to gather for this larger protest today it was so successful that they also prevented protesters from coming out so what we've been told what we're hearing is that that broke up that campaign broke up so the cars have been moved now so that those thousands of protesters can gather around yangon part of the reason why we're seeing an outpouring more so than we have over the last several days and that's why there's been a bigger call to get more people on the streets today because the protesters are even angrier because there was a 2nd charge put on on song suchi that could keep her in detention indefinitely this is a 2nd charge relating to

a crisis management law in yangon in myanmar and that they say the military government has said that she breached that back in november during campaigning for this election that's really at the root of where we are right now the government the military getting the said that there was fraud during that election and now they're putting the 2nd charge on her saying that she breached $1000.00 restrictions as she campaigned during that election the 1st charge the u.s. has called on yemen's houthi rebels to stop their advance on the northern city of this special envoy for yemen says they're very aggressively using back channels to get the food peace to return to international negotiations and as laura bird mally reports it comes on the day the group was officially removed from the u.s. . 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 the who things have been wrestling to take the last saudi

backed government stronghold in northern yemen for over a year. the violence has resulted in dozens of tact. 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 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 these as a terrorist organization and did a further departure president biden ended u.s. support the saudi led military offensive. for their part he's accused the yemeni

government of being the aggressor i don't see king at this point approaching the who he is directly but. he probably should i understand the significance of. them they will retain 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 to an

end lure about a man the al-jazeera japan has started its max vaccination campaign against covered 19 it's planning to inoculate 4000000 people by the end of march it's a critical time of less than 6 months before tokyo is due to host the olympic games which were delayed by a year because of the virus robert bryant has this report it's trailing other developed nations and many of its asian neighbors by many weeks finally japan is rolling out its vaccines the 1st people to get the pfizer job are thousands of health workers often criticised for failing to use the latest technology in controlling the outbreak japan is now using a popular online messaging service to centralize the vaccination booking system but a lack of specialized syringes means millions of doses could be wasted safety since the vaccines are very valuable the government is working to procure more

special for engines that can extract 6 doses from each. contributing to the delayed rollout has been the requirement for extensive testing of the vaccine in a country that historically has a mistrust of mass vaccination campaigns. the vaccine was developed so quickly so it scares me to think about it side effects and its effectiveness. over concerns but to get better through it it becomes available japan has imposed strict border controls which it believes has helped in keeping the outbreak under control so many here are worried about the prospect of hosting the upcoming summer olympics so opening up the borders and green people from all over the world where there are various different strains of the virus does not seem like an inspired idea here to a lot of public health officials and to the public at large but the government is

determined they will go ahead at the end of july although big questions remain over what form they will take last year the government was also determined right up until they pulled the plug so i think you know sometime later in march we'll have a better idea they are going to proceed. but you know really deal lympics has lurched one crisis to another scandal the latest scandal has been the resignation of former olympic committee president yes sure oh morry over sexist remarks he made earlier this month the government is hoping a successful vaccination campaign can help turn around the fortunes of its ill fated games mcbride al-jazeera. still ahead on all jazeera. the outbreak that's got west africa more worried done coronavirus ebola is back in guinea and the country is taking swift action. i'm elizabeth random in the indian

himalayas when via mentalists a large scale infrastructure projects are threatening the economically fragile region. with. its target for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways the big thaw is underway already progress has been made the atlantic is pushing quite rapidly these storm systems got to the british isles and the the lower bit which is the warmer weather with less wind and rain makes its way into what is really the stubborn color of the far east of europe that's how far it's got this is wednesday so was forced to hang your hat freezing and beyond that this is subzero by day as a lot of snow down in greece and turkey for example but it's warming things up further west and look at this this is paris the next 5 days it should be about i

says the average is be well below that now we get about 16 but time to get to saturday not all of it's going to be wind and rain that will be warm sunshine and here's the contrast now athens in fact all of greece in western turkey have a northerly go for a while that's died down a bit this is the worst though another 12 or 16 years depending on your precise measurement there's no more to come the snow now is for this confides that front page through pile in this is the picture for wednesday behind it the wind and rain yes admittedly but mostly it's warming sunshine and improving situation in turkey the snow is going east the wind is dying down in this town ball it's still pretty windy to the north coast of egypt and into the event with snow in the medleys mountains and beyond that into syria. sponsible qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian and global community when i talk about 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 and would love to hear from you in the to be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is there a. now that we got the top stories on al-jazeera this hour the man credited with saving hundreds of lives during the rwandan genocide is on trial and. poems are so big you know he's facing 9 charges including belonging to a terrorist organization mrs reagan who was a critic of president denies the charges the detention of me and more as i was the

leader is set to end on wednesday but there's no sign that on science and she will be free you know testers are increasing pressure on the military by gathering in something going on in causing traffic jams yes the u.s. has called on yemen's posey fighters to halt their advance on the city of washington a special envoy for yemen says back channels are being used very aggressively to get them to return to negotiations. libyans are marking the 10th anniversary of the start of the revolution that toppled leader moammar gadhafi crowds gathered in tripoli's martyrs square on the eve of the events as a set of eyes the outgoing head of libya's internationally recognized government was among those paying tribute earlier this month to rival factions agreed to an interim unity government until elections in december revolution sparked fighting between gadhafi forces and libyan rebels that speaks about a train of he's joining us from tripoli so mother what is the mood like where you are. well 10 years after the revolution that toppled death

the libyans here feel that there's a glimmer of hope that the country is heading in the right direction with elections set to take place in december this year but the road ahead is going to be very difficult for this new transitional government of course as you said earlier this month members of the libyan political dialogue form facilitated by the u.n. voted in a new presidential council and a new prime minister now according to that agreement the prime minister has $21.00 days to nominate a new cabinet and that's supposed to be certified by the parliament but the parliament has been deeply divided throughout the years of conflict in libya they were voted in 2014 they haven't actually held a unified session they've been divided between the 2 broad based parliament headed by. and the parliament based in tripoli headed by how much. yesterday they

attempted to meet and hold a unified session. of course we were there but the end of the day they weren't able to agree on holding a session to vote in a new new speaker and 2 deputies but they did release a statement last night saying that they hope to attempt to unify again into the on the 22nd or 23rd now the prime minister has a deadline of the february 25th to nominate this this new cabinet so we're going to have to wait and see if the parliament can actually come together at the end of the day i think libyans are looking or want to believe in something they want to hope that the country is heading into the right direction in 2011 they rose up against moammar gadhafi because they said they wanted freedom and they wanted a democratic state throughout the years of course there's been many challenges and there's been lots of fighting lots of political divisions but i think today we're

going to see thousands head to the squares and celebrate the revolution. ok malik thank you so much for that update from tripoli libya. u.s. president joe biden is in wisconsin where he's promoting his 1 point one trillion dollar relief plan to help battle economic fallout from the pandemic wisconsin is one of the states that was key to his presidential victory and it's been hit hard by the pandemic john hendren reports from milwaukee. president joe biden went on a whistle stop tour to pitches $1.00 trillion dollars coded relief plan. it is estimated that if you re passed this bill alone will create 7000000 jobs this year 7000000 jobs this year 1st stop milwaukee in a state reeling economically from the pandemic bigger is better now not spending

less there than. when the folks brothers construction company became the general contractors for the democratic national convention it was a corporate coup when the pandemic forced the convention to go virtual the democrats cancelled the contract and that's about how 2020 went here in wisconsin last year was a rough year so we're looking forward to 2021 and out we have the vaccine and everything else i would hope it s. and jobs open up and some opportunities definitely open to other way for a small company like ourselves they're hoping for a better economic climate with a new president who campaigned in wisconsin promising to help minority businesses now joe biden is making his 1st official visit and outside of the washington area here in part to make good on that promise wisconsin lies near the center of the midwest a train ride away from american marketplaces from coast to coast. it

exports manufactured goods agriculture and like many rest belt cities across the united states has lost factories in jobs to the ravages of the pandemic would depend demick like any other state you know things went downhill so as a result what we saw in 2020 specially and the 2nd quarter and 3rd quarter of 2020 is that the economy was doing pretty bad biden is rallying americans to pressure congress to pass his plan much as president obama did for his health care plan at the beginning of his term. the next stop on president biden's coded 19 relief road tour is michigan where he plans to tour of pfizer plant on thursday where they make and distribute the vaccine that gives him an opportunity to talk about what his administration is doing to combat the virus and ask americans to support his plan to spend another $1.00 trillion dollars to do that. for wisconsin

businesses biden's visit is a start they appreciate the high profile attention of the president at the dawn of his term but they judge him by his success in turning around the state's flagging a con a me john hendren al jazeera milwaukee. mexico plans to voice its concerns over vaccine distribution at the united nations president on u.s. manual lopez obrador says the process favors richer countries and leaves poor countries behind he's accused pfizer plants in the u.s. of only producing vaccines for americans and for mexico to negotiate with the e.u. to secure jobs mexico began the 2nd phase of its vaccine vaccination campaign on sunday. we do have some breaking news coming out of nigeria and we are hearing that a group of armed men have attacked a school kidnapping at least 50 students and staff and it happened in. states at least one student is set to be killed we'll bring you more details as

they become available. the u.n. has released $15000000.00 to fight ebola and guinea and the democratic republic of congo at least 5 people have died in cases are continuing to rise the biden administration says swift action is needed to avoid consequences reports from senegal. dr jell-o. knows the risks he's facing a bull almost killed him in 2014 with the resurgence of the deadly virus he fears his own patients may unknowingly carry it putting him and others in danger if. i had. a fever and therefore wanted myself sleeping in my car to protect my wife and children eventually i sought treatment and survived. in a televised address the government announces the closing of markets

a ban in public gatherings including weddings and funerals events health officials describe as super spreaders with checkpoints throughout the country guinea is now on high alert so our neighboring countries multiple people in contact with the nurse that died from the virus 2 weeks ago are now in hospital in the capital conakry and in corrie where authorities are still trying to trace close contacts including patient 0. out senegal's past institute for all just says he fears this is a bold outbreak more than the corona virus pandemic transmitted through bodily fluids a bull is less contagious than covert but has a higher mortality rate his team is sequencing blood samples in order to understand how the virus that had disappeared in 2015 after killing over 11000 people in west africa resurfaced 6 years later again in guinea's forest region.

more than in the. sequencing allow us to understand where the virus is coming from this helps the epidemic logical investigation maybe the virus came from human contact or from an animal carrying the virus that was eaten by someone sequencing will allow to retrace and understand what we are dealing with. chimpanzees in balance are natural reservoirs for the virus their meat is consumed by people in the giddy forest region where the outbreak started and while the country's health minister says it has a bowl of vaccines that doses expired last december meanwhile in the democratic republic of congo health workers are vaccinating patients after the virus resurfaced last week a woman contracted the virus from her husband who had earlier recovered from a bull researchers are still trying to understand that the virus back in getting the w.h.o. is dispatching vaccines as quickly as possible to protect frontline health workers

who are already overstretched and overwhelmed fearing what is to come it was hawking the car. at least 75 people are known to have died after an overcrowded boat capsized in the western democratic republic of congo the vessel sank in the congo river on sunday nights it was heading to her province softer leaving the capital kinshasa hundreds of people are still missing conny is at the scene and village. we are right now in the village the accident happened it did not started here but the police explain to us not to when the trouble of the started we do board deep but indeed we were they did their best to bring the boat around to do a reverse order to take on help the people according to their capacity but as you can see the boat is just behind me and we still have bodies inside there but we are unable to see exactly how many people still inside that boat but right now we found

. the bodies in disability the government in talking is talking in terms of 60 people killed and also we find another 16 people buried in this village and some of them were sent. so all the victims i found here they explain for us the atrocities that today the experience during the accident in the boards and the old saw what caused exactly the accident the men caused steel the overloaded and all sold in numbers of the passenger in the boat that was the main cause because when the boat lifts can shuster they were loading people along side the old as the club wing on the river this exact to be what caused the accident here in the. forty's in peru say more than $300.00 migrants are forced their way across the border from brazil after being stranded for several days the mayor of the border town of police were overwhelmed earlier officers had used tear gas to trying

disperse the group most of the migrants are from haiti and are trying to travel through peru on to ecuador. now the impact of large infrastructure projects in the himalayan mountains is back in the spotlight after a flooding disaster in northern india it was triggered when parts of a glacier collapsed sending floods of water and debris down the mountain valley at least 58 people were killed beds and close to 150 missing elizabeth purana reports from states. 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 they've been 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 mahdi 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 reconned there. are cracks in the sections of villages that big. and those really live in that any time their houses and their. 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 by carrying on with development we also shared 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 she is 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. the headlines on al-jazeera a group of armed men have attacked a school a nigeria kidnapping at least 50 students and staff it happens in these arab states at least one student is believed to have been carol the man credited with saving hundreds of lives during the rwandan genocide is on trial in kigali paul rhesus a beginner is facing 9 charges including belonging to a.