be the hero the world needs right. now. using their cars to drive home their message and to cure protestors m e m r ignore military warnings and continue demonstrating for a return to democracy. or watching al jazeera lie from headquarters in doha i'm dead navigator also coming up israel finally allows the palestinian authority to deliver the current i was vaccines after much delay to the gaza strip accused of terrorism

a longtime critic of rwanda us president credited for saving hundreds of lives in the genocide goes on trial and a fierce winter storm in southern parts of the u.s. leaves dozens dead and millions without power. but we 1st begin in nigeria where a group of armed men has attacked a school kidnapping at least $280.00 students and staff it happened in the states at least one student is set to be killed nigeria's president has condemned the attack and ordered a rescue operation address is joining us from what can you tell us about the attack on the rescue operation. we're staring at number of unaccounted for. 280 but again in the same school

a city staff have been taken. the wife and 6 children of a staff member among. the people who work it now. the operation actually started last night and it lasted well into the early morning hours now what we're hearing is that the security forces are trying to rescue the students as well as other people who've been kidnapped during the operation but the few nowadays. cannot turn damage when they launch the operation one security source is telling them to you know they have pinpointed the location but they are afraid that any military action immediate military action could cause unnecessary deaths on the part of the victims so that's the situation right now in gaza we understand that that was at all cold this morning a sense as was taken people up counted the number of students who one camp was and those who have run away and went into town that rule has been taken and it was

realised that 280 and accounted for what is not such in right now is whether that 280 exactly in the hands of the kidnappers or some of them may have escaped and reunited with their families not with the kidnappers at the moment so that's the position of things right now do we know who the kidnappers are has there ever been any claim of responsibility or any reason given for those killed. all right apologies we have lost our connection with. giving us an update from abuse on that kidnapping that's taking place in nigeria more information when we get it's moving on to mean more and protesters are trying to increase pressure on the military to ensure the release of the ousted leader and cheap her detention was set to end on wednesday but there's no indication whether she'll be freed protesters are gathering ghonim intentionally causing traffic jams she was arrested

2 weeks ago when the armed forces seize power on shoes there her lawyers said the military filed additional charges prolonging her detention scott heiler is following this story from bangkok and he has more on the change of tactics being used by the protesters. 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 stunning 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 restrictions as she campaigned during that election. gaza has received its

1st 2000 coronavirus vaccine doses after israel approved the shipments the russian made sputnik jobs were delayed by israeli authorities on tuesday israel has been heavily criticized from excluding gaza and the occupied territories from its rapid vaccine rollouts speak to joining us from. nothing gets into gaza without israel's approval 1st including coronavirus vaccines what can you tell us about how this finally came about and who is on the priority to get the jobs. on tuesday this is really the last the shipment from entering into the gaza strip but earlier on when they reported that they're going to be allowing the 2000 jobs to enter the besieged gaza strip that as you mentioned is restricted by the israelis and they control most of the borders that have access into the gaza strip these 2000 jobs are going to be enough for 1000 frontline health workers in the

siege gaza strip but there are still a drop in the bucket of the palestinians need the palestinian health ministry said that it's looking into vaccinate the to the point $2000000.00 palestinians and so far only receive $12000.00 jobs 2000 from israel and 10000 from the russian and they are saying that ringback they are looking for a public program but only after the w.s.j. kovacs job i've been delayed and met anyone else to answer questioning whether these jobs are being given to those who deserve that we know that only 5000 provide health workers which are not too late that in the occupied west bank and some are wondering if favoritism has allowed some officials and their families to get some of these boost dosages and the palestinian government when it was faced with this criticism said that it's going to be looking into it and seeing and

hoping that all those who deserve the back scene will be able to get that one final note here that israel they occupying power has been under pressure from the international community to stop sinning thing in but they say that they've signed an agreement with a palestinian namely those courts which is rigged them from responsibility but according to human rights defenders we've spoken to they say that israel has backed the control over the occupied territories and indeed under international law is in charge of palestinian it because it controls the whole population. but i him reporting from the occupied west bank thank you. japan has started its mass vaccination campaign against covert 19 it's planning to inoculate $4000000.00 people by the end of march it's a critical time with less than 6 months before tokyo is due to host the olympic games which are delayed by a year because of the virus pride has this report 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 jab 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 all 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 al-jazeera 10 years of without gadhafi libyans marked the anniversary of the revolution that toppled the longtime leader and ended in his death. i'm elizabeth random in the indian himalayas mentalists a large scale infrastructure projects are threatening the ecologically fragile region. and. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather

sponsored point qatar airways there are warnings out in japan from the sides of the main arteries right up to her car to of either snow or high waves or bugs and that's the reason that when the get is quite strong last blast maybe of the rather cold air out of the east and south the constant snow showers throughout the west is out of honshu and hawk. less so now as you can see over the korean peninsula seoul is in the sunshine and these slowly warming up because something of that cold air coming down we've now got the wind change in shanghai is up to 16 cells up to 9 and the snow stopped by the time we get to friday as a dramatic and fairly quick change shanghai hangs on to that changed increase is it 20 degrees by saturday the average just for comparison is about 10 or up to 23 the time we get to sunday and there are changes afoot throughout india quite a few showers are trying to generate in south strata good parts of central and

southern india wanted to moving further north still not disturbing the persistent fog around the far northern plains for example in delhi an increase in shower seems like it down towards time out there and sri lanka but the delhi it's more the say at least fog in the warning it might briefly clear in the afternoon still poor equality. qatar airways. a place to treat our world so you're not going to lecture which artists and activists me where i do use a spark and history is made. to have brought al-jazeera world tells the story of 4 iconic cafes and they will recite this out of creativity debate the 2nd she could start with our country on a just see the. hello

again the top stories on al-jazeera this hour at least 280 people are feared kidnapped or missing in the jury after a group of armed men attacked a school in the. nigeria's president has condemned the attack and ordered a rescue operation the detention of me and mars' ousted leader is set to end on wednesday but there's no sign that young sons who will be freed protesters are increasing pressure on the military by gathering in central yang gone by causing traffic jams in gaza has received its 1st batch of coronavirus vaccine doses after israel approved the shipment the russian made sputnik jobs were delayed by israeli authorities on tuesday israel has been criticized for excluding the occupied

territories from its rapid facts in drive. and the un has released $15000000.00 to fight ebola and guinea and the democratic republic of congo at least 5 people have died in guinea and cases are continuing to rise there by the administration in the u.s. says swift action is needed to avoid catastrophic consequences if reports from senegal . dr gello knows the risk he's facing a bull almost killed him in 2014 with the resurgence of the deadly virus he fears his own patients me 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 a 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 n.z. corrie where authorities are still trying to trace close contacts including patient 0. out senegal's past institute. says he fears this a bold outbreak more than the corona virus pandemic transmitted through bodily fluids a bullet 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 and bats 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 pull of vaccines 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 ball 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 libyans are marking the 10th anniversary of the start of the revolution that toppled leader mom. crowds gathered in tripoli as martyrs square on the eve of the event. as the outgoing head of libya's internationally recognized government was among those paying tribute earlier this month rival factions agreed to an interim unity government until elections in december the revolution sparked fighting between gadhafi forces and libyan rebels has this report from the former rebel stronghold of misrata was about as 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 wal-mart 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 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 man who story

influenced the hollywood film hotel rwanda has gone on trial in the capital kigali paul rusesabagina facing 9 charges including murder armed robbery and belonging to a terrorist organization he's praised he was praised for his role of saving the lives of more than a 1000 people during the rwandan genocide but later fell out of the government officially has been monitoring the trial for us from nairobi. the suspect have not taken a p.x. or what is interesting is that he has stayed over sets of like you know has said to his lawyers that he is not a rundown of the kings and he says x. he's a belgian national and this is significant because if we see how mean how the court is going to handle his case he also says that the high horse division of course would have crimes in one that is not competent to handle his case he wants his case moved to belgium cause he also says that he was abducted from belgium

of from that belgium and brought to wonder where he says he's a hostage and now the prosecution has responded to that as well saying that a recess of the unite is a dual citizen they say that both his parents are one dead and doesn't end because he got he's dealt jhon citizenship in 2000 it doesn't explain how he's not a random national to say that and he wanted to his folks to look he's won a nationality and then should how forward the proper channels his family have been speaking about him as well in that they're worried and not confident that you're going to get a fair hearing even run that they say that he's health is not that he's not doing well in terms of his wealth as a very interesting case to watch and many people are very closely watching this case. a flooding disaster in northern india is raising new concerns about the

impact of large infrastructure projects on the himalayan mountains earlier this month a glacier collapse sending floods of water and debris down a mountain valley at least 58 people were killed close to 150 are missing and those with reports from its are a constitutes. 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 the offer placed on india's 2nd highest peak the number they gave the mountain. dozens of bodies have been recovered in an estimated 150 people a still missing. environmental activists say the force against the building of hydroelectric power plants of the number of a v. national park for decades you cannot censor 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 dabs and power plants which environmentalist say opposing the threat to the region and 2016 promised in the day that 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 was reconned their houses have developed cracks in fact there are

sections of villages that become. and those people really live in fear that any time their houses in their village would slide. the government says it needs electricity and new votes. 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 clancy 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. donald trump has launched

a blistering attack on top senate republican mitch mcconnell days after he blamed the former president for last month's assaults on the capitol building and a statement released by his political action committee trump said they republican party can never again be respected or strong with political leaders like senator mitch mcconnell at its helm he went on to say much as a dour sahlin an unsafe mai-ling political hack and therefore public and senators are going to stay with him they will not win again eric hammer is a political analyst in washington d.c. he explains 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 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. a winter storm has

killed at least 21 people in the u.s. record low temperatures have left more than 3000000 people without power for a 2nd night most of them in texas alexandra byers reports. blanketed with snow and glazed with ice homes in texas are burning this part of the united states isn't used to freezing the winter storm has created chaos electricity grids have failed leaving millions of people without power in dangerously cold temperatures we lost power yesterday morning and the houses are getting a real call like around 2 o'clock and then you've got all the blankets we try to all sleep together to keep us warm come to cars to keep our phones charge and and then today when we got up there was no water. a family of 4 died in a house fire near houston while using their fireplace to keep warm hospitals have been overwhelmed by hundreds of people suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning and

hundreds of thousands have been advised to boil water after treatment plants went down and it's not just texas that's affected. emergencies have been declared in several states across the central and southern u.s. . the storm brought under snow and tornadoes including one in north carolina that killed several people president joe biden is promising additional emergency resources the extreme weather can be traced to a massive arctic air that's normally near the north pole occasionally the system is disrupted sending freezing temperatures south but it's reported to be happening more often and scientists are looking into whether climate change is to blame events like this highlight the country's vulnerabilities. in the middle east. that is unless we start investing in resilience measures which you know amazing

expensive now will likely save money in the longer run. the governor of texas has called for an investigation into why services failed and for the state's power grid to be improved in the meantime millions will endure another night without power and the cold isn't expected to ease up until the weekend alexandra byers al-jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera at least 280 people are feared kidnapped or missing in nigeria after a group of armed men attacked a school and these are states president how much of a horror he has condemned the attack in order to rescue operation. has more from a. pin number of unaccounted for. 280 but again in the same school a 3 staff have been taken.