al-jazeera. gunmen attack another school in the with a nigeria abducting students staff and their families more than $200.00 missing. but this is out as there are live from london also coming up the man who inspired the film hotel rwanda goes on trial accused of terrorism and murder we'll talk to his daughter. protesters in myanmar stager broken down

protest in their latest act of civil disobedience against the military. and after a year away from the classroom children finally had back to school in argentina. a rescue operation is underway in central nigeria where gunmen have kidnapped students possibly several 100 it's been confirmed one student was shot and killed in the attack on the state run school in garra it interest reports of the nigerian capital abuja. at the hospital it got up doc to said news the street would do students and teachers and at the going to a science college kids the parents gather food news. elsley in town security is stepped up just as the state government ordered the closure of schools in those areas prototypes schools saying creasing be targeted as they offer an opportunity

to take many students hostage in nigeria this totally absent absence of look at government administration which has become very difficult for the locals to have anyone to run to another plane yet as that they also. bought that surrounding most parts of that area if you look at what is happening internationally and like in places like chart in cairo in especially in sabah and cameroon this countries have not been able to hold the security military onslaught for too long this is the 2nd may just keep happening in us many months. in december last year gunmen stormed a school and abducted hundreds of students in president behind his home state of cuts it. was 6 years before that in 2014 in a case that made headlines around the world more than 270 goals last night from

a schoolteacher book at least 100 are still unaccounted for the armed group claimed responsibility. and 4 years after that in neighboring state the group took more than 100 students from a school in debt to kidnapping for ransom is no big business in nigeria from the north down to the country south hundreds of nigerians are kidnapped every week for ransom and despite military offensives against what the accord bandits the problem continues to grow on monday 18 personages were seized while travelling in a bus. not far from where the latest kidnapping took place 8 have seized managed to secure their freedom although there are no official statistics it's estimated $20000000.00 was paid in ransom money 2022 kidnappers and this in a country africa's largest economy while properties on the increase or decrease al-jazeera. the man who inspired the film hotel rwanda has gone on trial in kigali

with terrorism and murder among the 9 charges he faces pull up again who is a critic of president khatami is accused of supporting the armed wing of the rwandan movement for democratic change he told the court it can try him as he's no longer a rwandan citizen but prosecutors say he never renounced his citizenship. again is credited with saving more than a 1000 lives during their one genocide after hiding people in his hotel no no moon who it is i am here illegally because i was kidnapped when case in belgium i renounced my rwandan nationality and i have to be dots elsewhere when i spoke to his daughter karen she says her father's trial is a sham. so those charges are in fact ludicrous there are that's not who my father is as a matter of fact they're one the government has tried multiple times to bring about

crazy charges against him they started off by by calling him a genocide and now you're an indication as that does not fit because he just made a movie about the genocide afterwards to try to say that he was funding rebel groups in the congo that was in 2010 that did not work because the falsified receipts and said that he was in the us when actually and on the dates that they falsified those receipts those western union received he was in ireland so that did not fit either so it's been for many years that they were on the government tries to is to bring on false charges against him to smear his name said to make him lose credibility and so what should we expect from this there's no fair trial there's no justice he was kidnapped rwanda so we do not expect anything from don't want to government other than a sham trial in theater like we saw today he wasn't arrested in dubai he was kidnapped in dubai and taken to rwanda ports the lead where he was then held in a tight in on the location for 3 days where he was his hands were tied his legs were tied and he was blindfolded and mind you he's a 70 almost 70 year old men and and so that's to actually the international

definition of torture he so he was tortured for those 3 days taken to the hospital after wards at 3 different instances and the roman government refuses to give us the details of those hospital visits last time we spoke with him we speak with them every friday for only 5 minutes during those 5 minutes he sounds like that there are authorities behind him around him keeping him from saying anything that is meaningful or for us to say anything that's meaningful and when we do start sharing valuable information somehow the phone cuts off so they are trying to prevent him from not only having a defense and defending himself but also communicating from his or his family. thank. precise as a memo or a keeping up the pressure on the military to release the civilian leader and some sushi people in the country's largest city young goal create a trusted chaos to get their message across scotland 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 the campaign called off late morning to make way for this thousands of people gathering in the super 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 night i'm going to terry told the public that he would appear in court on february 17th but they change it to get

media attention we assume that the military has done design 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 riot 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 d'etat. 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. you 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 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 got hired al-jazeera. only 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all coronavirus vaccinations and hundreds of millions of people are being left behind that's according to the head of the united nations who has called on wealthy nations to help kick start a global vaccination plan until you get terrorist says covert 19 will keep mutating if it's allowed to spread in poor countries and conflict zones diplomatic editor james bays reports. refugees being vaccinated for coded 19 in the tree camp in jordan but this the u.n. secretary general told a meeting of the security council is the exception rather than the norm progress on

vaccination as has been widely and event and fan. just 10 countries ever the minister did 75 percent of all covered 900 vaccines meanwhile more than 130 countries had not received a single goals and those affected by conflict and insecurity are at particular risk of being left behind. the current president of the council of the u.k. is proposing a new resolution calling for cease fires in conflicts around the world so that vaccines can be administered by calling for vaccination ceasefires my calling 900 act nation plans to include all high risk populations including refugees in this resolution and this council really has an opportunity to. help get back into distributed to the most vulnerable communities across the both the state councilor of china and the u.s.

secretary of state took part in the meeting both stressed the need for global solidarity even though there's still real tension between the 2 nations this perhaps an indication that it won't further stall global efforts on code 19 the un secretary general is now calling for a global vaccination plan he believes the g 20 is the best body to finance this and he's calling on the g 7 leaders who meet on friday to kick start this process james out 0 of the united nations libyans have been marking the 10th anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled the country's longtime leader moammar gadhafi crowds gathered in martyrs' square in tripoli and in the country's 2nd largest city benghazi the revolution sparked fighting between gadhafi forces and rebels who have ventured they captured and killed him earlier this month the rival factions who've spent the last decade fighting each other agree to form an interim unity government . the u.n.

says an offensive by yemen's hooty rebels to take the northern city of mariupol threatens to displace hundreds of thousands of people there who tease are being urged to return to international negotiations and make concerns the world's worst humanitarian crisis could grow victoria gate and the reports. aid workers comp put tents up quickly enough at 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 in 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. camp 5 years ago it was very basic there and suddenly there was a hoodie attack and real 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 merit the u.n. 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 else 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 huth east to return to international negotiations. these have accused the yemeni government of

being the aggressors if diplomacy fails the u.n. is warning of unimaginable humanitarian consequences victoria gates and be al jazeera. still to come this half hour. huge winter storm sweeping across the southern united states kills more than 20 and leaves millions without power in texas. and days after the tokyo olympics chief quit over sexist remarks japan's ruling party invites more women to lead to its meetings but only if they don't talk . it's a nice but some unknown victoria and south australia and there aren't that many showers around anywhere but there are a few of the onshore breeze the new south wales will keep them going in fact i think persistent rain just north of sydney and the significant tropical rain

possibly in development in the gulf of carpentaria certainly for tropical queens and there are still showers in western australia as well but they're going to fade away and nothing much changes to the east so that is slightly warmer in melbourne it's cooler in in the adelaide is the wind direction changes we've got to change quite a rapid change in quite dramatic change taking place in japan in particular snow is still going to fall on thursday quite a lot of it is wet steroids than the dry fluffy stuff because temperatures on the rise the wind is dropping to some degree and if you look there's defrauded nagra southwesterly that's warm things up throughout china throughout the korean peninsula and probably with the sunshine it will induce a melt in japan seoul which should be an average be about 5 degrees gets up to 9 bar friday and carries on going up to 14 by sunday so nice warm spell change in india too a few clouds building a few showers for lee but not as far north as delhi.

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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. the man who inspired the film hotel rwanda has gone on trial in kigali charged with terrorism and murder paul rusesabagina who's a critic of president bush told the court it can't try him as he's no longer ever wondered citizen. protestors angry about the coup it may have kept up the pressure on the military causing traffic chaos in young gone by pretending that cars have broken down elsewhere security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters. after a year without classes juta the coronavirus pandemic thousands of peoples have gone back to school and argentina's capital but special hygiene measures were in place and numbers were limited as the north wind reports from buenos aires.

for many of these primary school children and their parents it seemed like this day would never come the school year of classes last studying at home of not seeing their friends their back but cautiously carefully concern about them upon all of the goal of this is that we've got all the necessary measures in place alcoholic gel disinfected mats sprays masks thermal meters the idea is that every once relaxed to let them know they can send their children to school without being worried that we've got everything in place to look after them. that's what everyone however is likely to be convinced the covered 900 virus has killed 50000 people in argentina 2000000 have been infected or the vaccination program the still any reached a few 100000 would have meant that it of course i know we are definitely in the next few days when the older peoples return to school there will be families who are concerned and that's fine but we all have to understand that we've got to learn

to live with this virus. school attendance this year is obligatory and nationally one 3rd of peoples are returning 60 of the $180.00 who normally attend this primary school the 1st day back at school after the long summer break is always an emotional sometimes traumatic time especially after the year we've just had for the children their parents and the teachers. well the son ian says they've lost the habit of coming to school and it's a routine that was having to really learn. i understand they've done everything possible although it's still not 100 percent secure i'd rather we'd had our vaccines that things had been done differently maybe more gradually or with the classes more spaced out. she says a year had seem like much longer especially for her daughter lucy you know that. but. i'd like to see all my friends because it's been. a year since i last saw them

i really want to see them. meanwhile the 1st batch of half a 1000000 doses of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine manufactured in india has arrived in one osiris to boast the supplies of the russian sputnik vaccines are already being administered as argentina slowly tentatively struggles to return to the life you had before starting with the youngest. one there 0 to 01 of cyrus. the head of nato says the military alliance will only leave afghanistan when security conditions improve warning that the taliban must reduce violence 1st the afghan conflict is top of the agenda at the 2 day summit between nato defense ministers their 1st meeting since joe biden became u.s. president he has until the 1st of may to decide whether american troops will stay in the country his predecessor donald trump made a deal with the taliban to pull out soldiers but there are questions over whether

the taliban is sticking to its promises we will only leave when the time is right and the focus now is how can we support the peace efforts the peace talks and the re and the joyous. relaunch new strength and new momentum in the peace talks because that's the only path to peace i think the main main issue is that taller one has to do so violence taliban has to negotiate in good faith and all of one has to break all ties has to. stop supporting international terrorist groups like al qaeda. hundreds of people have protested in spain for a 2nd night calling for police to release. hostile demonstrators marched in barcelona and madrid some starting fires in the streets also was arrested on monday when police stormed the university building he barricaded himself in he was trying to avoid a 9 month jail sentence he'd been given for glorifying terrorism and insulting the

monarchy and his songs his supporters say his jailing is an attack on free speech japan's ruling party says it wants more women to attend key meetings so they usually dominated by men but only if they don't talk this days after the head of the tokyo a lympics 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 as for post allowing 5 female lawmakers to join 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 but most of the human then you do 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 as you can imagine the announcement hasn't gone

down well with many women in japan. and i think in the atlantic i think the united i think people in japan are finally aware of the problem that women can't 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. going last that 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 winter storm has hit middle eastern countries along the mediterranean disrupting traffic and halting covert 19 vaccinations heavy snowfall has blanketed the syrian capital and several neighboring provinces roads are blocked and the university of damascus has postponed examinations lebanon and israel have also been heads while jordan has had

to suspend its covert 19 vaccination drive an arctic blast continues to cripple parts of the southern united states at least $21.00 people have died in the once in a generation storm which has left millions without power and 3 quarters of the country blanketed in snow texas is amongst the hardest hit states with warnings of worse to come and they've got to get reports. snow and ice a wreaking havoc from ohio to the rio grande with much of the u.s. now gripped by severe winter storms the states of louisiana missouri kentucky and texas of all reported deaths amid historic freezing temperatures in north carolina and georgia storms brought tornadoes across the rest of the nation millions are without power as rolling blackouts continue this is this is the sense that if there's a worst we're better and i'm going to do some planning after all this is over and

make sure there's an alternative source of energy in texas is bearing the brunt of the arctic chill with power outages forcing people to use warming centers families desperate to keep warm have taken to lighting fires in sugarland texas authorities believe that's what killed a grandmother and her 3 grandchildren just incredibly tragic young woman 41 years old. family children it just doesn't get worse the seniors to a struggling as care homes run short on medical essential xl oxygen for those already concerned about their parents amid the coburg crisis it's a worrying time if we weren't here i can't imagine. because there's really not a lot of information flow the rolling blackouts in texas have led to criticisms over the state of existing power grids many residents are calling for alternative sources of power others say that's a conversation for another time this week we have to get warned i mean people are

losing homes they're losing food they're i mean seen absurd people have died so it's like we should concentrate on that 1st and maybe figure out the solution next week so it doesn't happen again the severe weather is hampering efforts to get people vaccinated for covert 19 forecasters say another extreme cold front will affect south and central parts of the u.s. in the days ahead and a gallica al-jazeera. 3 north korean computer programmers have been charged with trying to steal more than $1300000000.00 in the u.s. united states department of justice accuses them of targeting banks to hollywood movie studios in revenge for a film depicting kim young uns assassination investigators believe the hacking attempts took place while the free will working for north korean military intelligence long beach in southern california is one of the american cities worst hit by the pandemic it's also one of the 1st to demand extra wages for essential workers like grocery store employees and the way some businesses have

responded to the move the spot public outrage as rob reynolds now reports. in january the long beach city council passed an ordinance requiring a 4 month 4 dollar an hour pay boost for employees of large grocery store chains they called it hero pay for essential workers often overlooked during the pandemic we look at it was very clear to greet your workers iraqi with more. pressure i'm going to be probably words they deserve that disables or they weren't expecting the backlash the state's grocery association filed suit to block the extra pay and kroger $1.00 of the us is biggest supermarket chains abruptly announced it would close to long beach stores leaving $200.00 employees jobs in doubt eric cortez has worked for kroger for 14 years he showed us

a letter sent to employees is the advice you of our company's decision to close and permed we terminate the entirety of the operations of business and economic reasons included economic cost mandated by the long beach ordinance what shocked employees and politicians is that grocery chains made enormous profits last year 1000 restrictions on restaurants meant more people bought food to cook at home big grocery chains kroger in particular are rolling in money kroger is a real standout so kroger in the 1st 3 quarters of 2020 when you look at their net earnings their total profits they have doubled their profit compared to 2019 so they earned an additional $1300000000.00 in profits that's an astonishing growth and if you figured kroger would share some of that bonanza with its workers guess again by and large the companies have not passed these windfall profits and to

their workers who is important to note that grocery and retail workers typically earn very low wages cortez and his coworkers are disappear. pointed and in greet well i just think they're being read the california grocers association says its members have had to buy protective equipment or p p e b not consider all of the expenses that we had paid the long beach mayor robert garcia says it's simply a matter of fairness you deserve a few extra bucks just for a few months. but workers may get the last word more and more california cities have approved or are in the process of approving hero pay including los angeles oakland irvine and san jose rob reynolds al jazeera long beach california. another part of the trump 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 is being demolished the real estate magnate opened the atlantic city of his office in 1904 and in his heyday movie stars athletes and rock stars used to party there but he lost control of the trump plaza casino 3 bankruptcy in 2009 and it closed in 2014. the top stories here on al-jazeera at least 290 peoples and stuff a 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 school and could car it was overrun early on wednesday but no group is so fucked.