as he hears that the israeli army has a right to the village with the pollutants or resident face it will just give them one minute to do. it took the found me months to build their brick house and less than an hour. gunman attack another school in northern nigeria abducting students staff and their families or than $200.00 missing. i mean this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. protestors in myanmar stage a broken down car protesting the latest act of civil disobedience against the military. or things of unimaginable consequences if the fighting is

continue to advance on an area of yemen that was a sanctuary for people escaping the war. the man who inspired the film hotel rwanda goes on trial and could garley accused of terrorism and murder. and a huge winter storm sweeping across the southern united states kills more than 20 and leaves millions without power in texas. as many as 280 peoples and stuff a thought to be missing after an armed man attacked a school in nigeria and kidnapped a number of people a rescue operation is now underway after the state run schooling could gaar was overrun early on wednesday at least one student was killed and several more wounded in the attack were taken to hospital for treatment nigeria's president has condemned the mass abduction while the state's governor ordered the immediate

closure of boarding schools so far no group has claimed responsibility. it's difficult because there are so many numbers going round 1st the government in 1000 state says 27 people have been kidnapped and that again a few hours later that number went up to 42 now when al jazeera spoke to an official earlier today he said in this school with 1000 student population. a census was conducted this morning and that 280 students who are missing what is not clear was whether these students were taken all of them were taken by the abductors or some of them might have run away from the school and actually sitting at home and not coming back to school so the situation is a bit confusing right now but what people believe is that the number of the state government is giving is far much lower than what actually happened these operations

the operations conducted by the bandits as the efficiency of call them happened since last night and it went well into the early hours of today we spoke to an official earlier today who said that yes the location of the abductors had been identified and what is the problem the dilemma now is how to approach the situation because they believe that with the high number of captives in there under their control it's difficult to conduct a successful operation without resulting in casualties on the part of the students so that's what they're waiting now but in fact the nigerian government is saying that they have directed all security chiefs to ensure that the students have been rescued. a kidnapping is a common tactic used by armed groups in criminal gangs in nigeria just last month gunmen abducted 8 children and 2 adults from an orphanage in nigeria's capital abuja they were all freed

a week later in december more than $300.00 boys were kidnapped from a secondary school in kind of car in the north although they were released after 6 days barker said it was responsible the group also abducted more than $100.00 girls from a boarding school in the northeastern town of 20185 of the girls died and most of the others were released after a week but it was the kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of chip bock in 2014 that threw a spotlight on nigeria's security problems it sparked international outrage and a major campaign to bring the girls home but around $100.00 of them are still missing or a lead a is a security analyst and journalist in nigeria explains why these abductions could becoming more frequent. in nigeria there is totally absent absence off look at government administration which has become very difficult for the locals to have anyone to run to another is that they also

porous border that surrounding most parts of that area if you look at what is happening internationally it like in places like shot in cairo and especially in southern cameron this country's have not been able to hold the security military onslaught for too long to help push back the bandits and that because of the on man border positions we have seen in niger and lot of people have actually come into the country and they guy says of head and of course that now the new name for them . bandits. protest is m e m r a keeping up the pressure on the military to release that house to civilian leader suchi people in the country's largest city young don't create a traffic chaos to get their message across it's called live reports. god

in a creative move by antic who protesters in young gone many pretend that their cars have broken down in the city center parking in the middle of streets and on bridges an act of civil disobedience to vent their anger at the military for overthrowing the government but also to make it difficult for security forces to move around the city as protesters gather for another day of rallies calls for the broken down car campaign came soon after the internet blackout was lifted at 9 am local time the 3rd straight nighttime blackout was the campaign called off late morning to make way for this thousands of people gathering in the go to area of yangon right next to city hall. the protest was announced late tuesday after the joint a spokesman said that the military did not stage a coup when it overthrew the civilian government led by on song suchi adding to that news that a 2nd charge has been filed against suchi on the not to military told the public that he would appear in court on february 17th but they changed it to get media

attention we assume that the military has done dishonored purpose so they can fire one more shot against her to sister reason we out on the street again and those on the streets on tuesday in the southern township of me faced rubber bullets and tear gas fired by security forces the protesters gathered to call for the release of a detained school principal who had been taking part in the civil disobedience movement since the coup on february 1st hundreds of people have been arrested. back in yangon the punk rock band rebel right does more than just play music it also fronts the organization food not bombs delivering hundreds of food boxes each week to those in need they've been busy since the coup. i mean more people are in trouble the economy is descending into darkness people cannot sleep at night can't even eat and are getting threatened but there are people across generations. who have no fear now that is why we have to oppose the gentle. and more and more people

are showing up to show that growing opposition but the judge appears to be ignoring that instead further justifying its takeover and arresting more people who are organizing or even just taking part in the movement to counter its coup scott heiler al-jazeera. un says an offensive by yemen's hooty rebels to take the northern city of my rib threatens to displace hundreds of thousands of people who are being urged to return to international negotiations amid concerns the world's worst humanitarian crisis could grow victoria gates and the reports. aid workers comp put tents up quickly enough that this newly created camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of. fear is this oil rich area was a refuge for people escaping the fighting in other parts of yemen but the heat is now trying to seize the city the internationally recognized government's last stronghold in the north there are $125.00 i.d.p.

camps around in recent days 4 have come under attack. i was displaced and there i have that camp 5 years ago it was very basic there then suddenly there was a hoot the attack and we left everything behind and came here. we were displaced from on the run we were in hours or come for 4 years but due to the fighting in various attacks we moved to a camp in merritt. the un says an assault on the city would force hundreds of thousands of people to leave aid workers who are already struggling to cope say they aren't prepared for a large influx of new arrivals. over the past 2 days we've received many displaced people who were forced to leave camps including elves who are hundreds have arrived here some stayed others were moved to different camps they are staying in the open air under the open sky and as you can see they lack basic essentials. the

united states has called on the heath east to stop their advance. and washington special envoy to yemen says he is easing back channels to get the these to return to international negotiations. these have accused the yemeni government of being the aggressor is if diplomacy fails the u.n. is warning of unimaginable humanitarian consequences victoria gate and b. is there a winter storm has hit middle eastern countries along the mediterranean destructing traffic and halting covert 19 vaccinations heavy snow for his blanketed the syrian capital and several neighboring provinces roads of blogs and the university of damascus has postponed examinations lebanon and israel have also been hit while jordan has had to suspend its covert 19 vaccination drive. the man who inspired the film hotel rwanda has gone on trial in gali with terrorism or murder charges the 9

charges he faces. who is a critic of president may is accused of supporting the armed wing of the wonder movement for democratic change he told the court it can try him as he's no longer one citizen but prosecutors say he never renounced his citizenship. is credited with saving more than a 1000 lives during the rwandan genocide after hiding people in his hotel. no political. will i am here illegally because i was kidnapped went through about another case in belgium i renounced my rubber nationality and i have to be judged elsewhere conference or in nairobi gave us this update on earlier on the progress of the trial the court has just adjourned the suspects did not take a plea and this is because most of the day the focus was on submissions by the defense and the prosecution about the nationality of our poor specific ana as

well as the competence of the high court in rwanda to try his case he says that he is not a run the national he says that 3001 chief case trans fat to belgium cause he also says that he was abducted by government operated in belgium and brought to wonder where he says he is being held hostage and he does not believe that the court is going to give him a fair hearing now the prosecution on the other side said that he is a dual stream and both parties are rather than citizens and that he has never officially revoked he's won the nationalities through the official legal channels he has been charged with 9 counts including model and belonging to a terrorist organization he was in court with 20 others and all these child charges and this trial really centers on the national liberation front which is the armed

wing of his opposition party the movement for democratic change the government accuses members of this armed wing of attacking villages and towns in the southwest killing dozens of rhonda's and destroying their property. hundreds of people are back on the streets of spain for a 2nd night calling for police to release catalan rapper pablo hostle hostle was arrested on monday when police stormed the university building he'd barricaded himself in you're looking at live pictures now he was trying to avoid a 9 month jail sentence he'd been given for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs is supporters say it's an attack on free speech spanish police have increased security in the streets bracing for further protests after riots and choose the night. still to come this half hour after a year away because a covert 19 children finally go back to school in argentina. and days after the

tokyo olympics chief is forced to quit over sexist remarks japan's ruling party invites more women to its meetings but only if they don't talk. here's some normal wintry weather for you result of the winds come across the atlantic whipped up the foam hit the south coast of ireland size just seafoam it is not snow we've been we've been so used to in fact that's just part of the system 3 of melbourne running in through western europe and lift me temperatures quite substantially now bring wind and rains more to come during the day the not substantially so it's just more like standard weather now but as a blockage of how far this warm sun is warmth really can go it sort of held up against poland to the east opposing the or the cold remains that stubborn and as

it's come down over the black sea it's produced a lot of snow for greece and turkey recently at all so it's carried on going through the ages and through the measured into was that coast of libya this is called green mountain is probably a mountain there full but hasn't snowed here for 15 years so this is just the last bit of fun and it stopped snowing now in fact it's largely stopped raining that's true for no major breezes lighting a $38.00 still on shore breeze full passed in territories right up to probably lebanon and the showers will keep going they might even be enhanced on friday so you've got snow more likely in lebanese manton's further south to go down hearts and even across into parts of syria. the palestinian cause of the. ground is so full that they are now in syria the only way to get. across of

a minister of keenest. a european judge tasked with imposing nor a new order and a trial testing the nose of a new front nation. whitney. highway on out there are. a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera at least $280.00 peoples and staff are thought to be missing after armed men kidnapped people from a school in nigeria at least one student was killed and several more were wounded in the attack. protesters angry about the coup in man ma have kept up the pressure

on the military causing traffic chaos in young gone by pretending that cars are broken down elsewhere security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters. and the u.n. is warning that yemen's humanitarian crisis could be worsened by a new advance by hooty rebels the u.s. has joined condemnation of the assault on the central mari province which is her main to the government stronghold. mexico has filed a complaint at the united nations security council over the end of inequality of global vaccine access the un has called on the wealthy nations to play their part in an international vaccination effort which actually general antonio tara is warning the pandemic will last longer if covert 19 is allowed to spread in poor countries yet progress on vaccinations has been widely an event and france

just scam countries everett minister did 75 percent of all carbon in 1000 vaccines meanwhile more than 130 countries have not received a single goal. and those affected by conflict and insecurity aren't but people risk being left behind well south africa's president has been vaccinated on live television kickstarting a national inoculation dr cyril ramaphosa was one of the 1st to receive the johnson and johnson job which has not yet been approved for general use anywhere in the world the single dose about seen will be given to health care workers as part of a research study earlier this month the government suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine after an early study suggested it had limited effectiveness against the contagious local variance. i was going to be. sedated before me. through the. door to watch them to see you would have. had nothing happened.

it's a. straightforward process. in this . so that all of these. japan has kicked off its covert 19 vaccination drive just a few months before it's supposed to host the tokyo olympics around 40000 medical workers are being vaccinated in the 1st phase followed by senior citizens japanise recorded more than $7000.00 deaths from the corona virus a follower of the most other major economies but the fate of the olympics and the billions of dollars at stake has made its banks a nation campaign even more crucial around 80 percent of people in surveys are said that they don't want to the games to be held this year. after a year away from the classroom because of the pandemic children in argentina are

finally returning to school classes have restarted for thousands of students in buenos aires and other provinces new strict hygiene rules are now in place well for more let's cross to daniel sharma who's outside a school and went to service a total of all the children managed to get back today. not all the children need this one 3rd of the children here in one of cyrus most of the early grades in the primary schools and the secondary schools but even so after a year away from the school year starts in march and runs through december here in argentina so really the school year started as the pandemic hit this country last year so a whole school year was missed we haven't seen those children being walked to school with their parents they were little in the white coats like doctors or dentist so it's quite a sight seeing the children walking along the streets holding their parents hands the excitement and seeing it this morning for the 1st time in a year it was it was quite a sight it was like

a little return to normality and you could almost sense the excitement the trepidation all those things you get on the 1st day back at school after the long summer break but exaggerated because they've been away for a year with as you mentioned all the hygiene protocols in place disinfected maps that people walk into before they get into the school building temperatures being taken everybody wearing masks as much distance as can be maintained between the teachers and the students say yes back to school but not quite everybody is going to be a slow process as we wait and see how this pans out over the next few days and weeks and how challenging as it being for the author artes to get to this point where schools are now slowly being reopened. when argentina has been hit very hard by the pandemic 50000 people have being died over 2000000 people infected in the country a full. 45000000 the vaccines are coming in half

a 1000000 the arrived this morning the asteroids are just the cynics are manufactured in india but the vaccinate a full vaccination program is still a long way off so a great deal of concern about getting kids back to school there have been some protests some parents worried about their children using public transport about the measures in place there about whether the school buildings radek whether there was sufficient ventilation so there is concern that people were very well aware of the fact that children had mr a year of schooling apart from what they could do online keen to get them back but at the same time very concerned very anxious that the right measures have been put in place and that concern coming from parents from teachers so it will be a slow process gradually monitoring how this these 1st children to go back are reacting and whether there is likely to be another outbreak of the virus don was wondering whether sarah's thanks for the update. there were drawl of troops above gonna stand is top of the agenda as nato defense ministers meet with the u.s. deployment decision looming is the 1st meeting since joe biden became president and

he has until the 1st of may to decide whether u.s. troops will stay in the country his predecessor made a deal with the taliban to pull out u.s. troops but there are questions over whether the taliban is sticking to its promises nato has nearly 10000 troops in afghanistan including 2 and a half 1000 americans training in assisting local forces. castro has more from the pentagon. this is the 1st time that the violent ministration is directly communicating with nato defense ministers in this meeting setting and it's a critical opportunity for biden and for his defense secretary to reset the tone after what president biden has called 4 years of neglect and abuse under the previous administration on the eve of this meeting secretary austin wrote in the washington post that his message to the nato defense ministers is that the u.s.

is back that it is ready to lead and to be a good teammate he says that means that going forward alliance members must consult together act together decide together and gone are the unilateral moves that came to define much of trump foreign military intervention on afghanistan that means that the remaining 2 and a half 1000 u.s. troops there their withdrawal that was announced you know laterally by trump that has been positive for the biden administration and the u.s. is in agreement with nato that their remaining drawdown and whatever is decided going forward in afghanistan must be conditioned on the peace talks continuing on the violence decreasing and at this point there is no set deadline for when more troops would leave the country but winter storm across southern u.s. states is left millions of people without power for a 3rd day and under is mown seeing of the worst affected state texas where the

electrical grid collapsed some of the way to freezing temperatures on the southern royston demond alexandra bias 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 and yesterday morning in the house it's hard getting real call like around 2 o'clock and then you got all the blankets we try to all sleep together to keep us warm come to the 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. going to be. investing in resilience measures which you know amazing expensive no.

money no longer. 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 buyers al-jazeera. through you know with korean computer programmers have been charged with trying to steal more the $1300000000.00 in the united states the u.s. department of justice accuses them of targeting banks to hollywood movie studios in revenge for a film depicting kim young's assassination investigators believe the hacking attempts took place while the 3 were working for north korean military intelligence . a controversial talk show host who was one of the most powerful voices of american conservatism has died of cancer at the age of 70 rush limbaugh was a provocative and often incendiary radio presenter who shaped republican party

politics for more than 30 years he was known for bashing liberal ideas and people including calling progressive women feminine seas and environmentalist whackos former u.s. president donald trump was a fan and awarded him the presidential medal of freedom last year. and another part of the empire has come crashing down although this time it's not political. days after the former president's historic 2nd impeachment trial one of his derelict casinos has been demolished the real estate magnate opened the atlantic city resorts in 1904 and it is heyday movie stars athletes of rock stars used to party there but he lost control of the trump plaza casino 3 bankruptcy in 2009 and it closed in 2014. japan's fooling party says it wants more women to

attend key meetings they usually dominated by men but only if they don't talk this days after the head of the tokyo olympics resigned for saying women talk too much in meetings the liberal democratic party which has been in power for most of the time since 1955 has proposal out in 5 female lawmakers to join its board in its board meetings as observers only 2 of the board's 12 members are women but the observers won't be allowed to speak during the meetings and can only submit their opinions to the office later and most of. it's important for the female lawmakers to fully understand what kind of discussions are happening not only in each political case but also in the party directors' meeting and the general council so letting them take a look it's what it's all about with a girls who hasn't gone down well with many women in japan and as you and i see different i think the united i think people in japan are finally aware of the

problems that women can participate in society at the same level as men but by letting women attend the meeting as observers without the right to speak would make it look like women are participating with the same rights as men i feel like this is cheating to manipulate people's feelings and i am not there but. i think this is unacceptable because it's been 20 or 30 years since the idea of gender equal society was brought up but women are still in such a position are participating in politics only as observers. the top stories all al-jazeera at least $280.00 peoples and staff are thought to be missing after an armed man kidnapped people from a school in nigeria at least one student was killed while several more wounded in the attack were taken to hospital for treatment the state run scalding gar it was overrun early on wednesday but no group has so far.