series on al jazeera. and. i know the past few years of strain and tested our transatlantic relationship but the united states is determined determined to reengage with europe u.s. president joe biden says america is back and ready to tackle global issues with its european allies. but i'm down jordan the saudis iran life and also coming. out as iran has seen a confidential u.n.

report which accuses trump erik prince of violating the libya. taking us to rescues underway after heavy flooding in parts of indonesia's capital. and leaders on the world's top economies promised to work harder to make vaccines more accessible to developing nations. a more worldly view on foreign affairs has been declared by the new u.s. president joe biden is firmly changing the focus from donald trump's america 1st policy is he was speaking at the munich security conference his 1st big international speech since taking office a month ago biden valid his country is back to help of reports from washington d.c. it's not about pushing the reset on the past 4 years u.s. president joe biden addressed to global conferences with world leaders on friday but delivered one clear message forget the america 1st policy. of his predecessor

america is back the transatlantic alliance is back i know i know the past years of strain and tested our transatlantic relationship but the united states is determined determined to reengage with europe biden made clear he believes solutions to global threats must be collaborative during the virtual gathering of the g. 7 and later the munich security conference leaders conferred about share threats posed by china iran and russia was. a victim of it on the future it is very important that we develop a common transatlantic russia agenda which on the one hand makes cooperative offers but on the other hand clearly identifies differences and i can only agree with the american president on the question of what makes a strong strong european union unfortunately russia is not working on this at the

moment on the issue of climate change biden underscored he believes the planet faces and existential threat even as the united states has officially rejoined the paris climate accord envoy john kerry apologized for his precious time last pledge the united states will do all it can to meet emission reduction targets he urged others to do the same what we do or don't do in the coming months and years will make all the difference as biden repudiated the nationalist approach of his predecessor donald trump he acknowledged challenges to preserve democracy remain both inside and outside the united states democracy doesn't happen by accident we have to defend it fight for it strengthen renew it we have to prove that our model isn't a relic of history. it's the single best way to revitalize the promise of our

future the global conferences were an opportunity for president biden to lay out his foreign policy agenda and chart a new course with european leaders while reassuring them that the era of trump style diplomacy has ended can't really help at al-jazeera washington al-jazeera has seen parts of a confidential report by the u.n. which finds the former head of a u.s. security contracting firm violated an arms embargo in libya it centers around the dealings of erik prince the former head of blackwater and then ally of donald trump christensen has moved from washington d.c. . erik prince is best known as the founder of blackwater security a private contractor whose employees were implicated in the killing of 17 iraqi civilians in 2007 he's also a prominent supporter of former president donald trump and brother to former

education secretary betsy divide us. but it's his role in a malicious assault on the internationally recognized government libya in 2019 that's now a question. al-jazeera has seen excerpts of a $121.00 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince helped supply a trove of weapons including attack helicopters to the military's commander khalifa haftar are in violation of a u.n. arms embargo on libya. it also alleges he deployed a force of foreign mercenaries to help attack was condemned by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh this won't be resolved through force of arms it's just no way that's going to take place we there's a u.n. process we've been part of that and i have tars been part of that we urge them to have to stand down move back to the negotiating table so that we can get a political resolution in libya the day after pompei are made that statement

president trump made a phone call to huffed are raising eyebrows in the ire of some members of congress an official readout of the call said that the president quote recognized field-marshal hafter significant role in fighting terrorism and securing libya's oil resources and the 2 discussed a shared vision for libya's transition to a stable democratic political system what many saw as a contradiction of official u.s. policy. the un report raises a question not only of whether or not a close associate of the president violated international arms embargo but also whether or not the president himself was complicit in firing stated u.s. policy kristen salumi al-jazeera washington. rescue operations are taking place in the maze as capital parts of it have been swamped by severe flooding

people are dealing with up to 180 centimeters of rain in parts of jakarta about a 3rd of the city may be affected let's get the latest now from jessica washington in jakarta just bring us up to date with what's been happening there. and i'm in the east in the town. this is one of the worst affected areas you can see the houses behind me have pretty much submerged this area has been badly hit but in jakarta there is sort of a people are quite used to this flooding it's something that does happen every year but environmentalist and scientists say that this incident shouldn't be normalized but while the monsoon season is simply part of life in jakarta flooding has gotten worse since 2020 and this year in particular the all weather warnings that this crisis could last until march we know at least 46000 people are experiencing electricity disruptions and potentially around 20 to 30 percent of jakarta is

currently. we have seen people here sort of trying to go about the normal lives as best they can while their houses have been pretty much destroyed by flooding we've seen children playing in the floods floodwaters here we've also seen ducks swimming in and out of people's houses and this is one of the houses here that has been submerged in this area the water is basically already entered the house and destroyed some of these the belongings of this particular family and we know that as the rain continues to fall and there is the warning the. this crisis will continue that more communities will be affected on an easter katar the moment we know that this community has been hit hard but it's likely that this will spread to other parts of jakarta as well all right i just got washington life in the nation's capital just got thank you protests against military rulers in myanmar a 3rd week around a 1000 people have gathered in the largest city gun gun to demand the release of deposed leader and sansom chief never turn to civilian rule some are holding photos

of a 20 year old woman who died on friday after being injured in a protest she was shot in the head last week when police tried to disperse demonstrators in the capital make of the. wealthy nations have pledged to pour more money into the un's coronavirus vaccination program kovacs which aims to inoculate people in poor countries in your promise is $1200000000.00 the u.s. says it will put in 4000000000 is general health under pressure from the united nations and the world health organization g 7 leaders promise to step up their efforts to make vaccines available worldwide make sure everybody gets the fact that they need. to come through this together and already announced that i believe the case strongly strongly supported ahead of the virtual meeting chaired by britain's prime minister the un said just 10 countries accounted for 3 quarters

of the entire global vaccine rollout $130.00 countries have not received a single dose the w.h.o. has warned of a catastrophic moral failure that will be paid for with lives and livelihoods among the world's poorest. bucks iniquities not just the right thing to do it's also the smart thing to do $37.00 pledges of funding in future vaccine donations have been welcomed but countries like india and south africa want to share access to vaccine patents what we're calling for on reforms in the how patents are in their words in this case we because this should be a people's votes as many countries as possible we have the capacity to be able to produce. for them so this we carried starting with africa his wait for left over from the rich countries is not going to end the epidemic only

france and germany have considered making some of their own vaccine stocks available to developing countries now the french president has suggested donating up to 5 percent of existing supply he has support from the german chancellor. among them to come from different immuno of august i stressed in my intervention that the pandemic is not beaten and till all people in the world have been vaccinated i'll mention after a bit instant the g 7 pledges of progress so campaigners but not enough just to hold out his ear for a short break here now to 0 when we come back a nervous way to the mexican border where hundreds of asylum seekers are hoping joe biden will let them enter the united states. taking a brazil's president is happy for more people to brandish guns but a strong opposition to.

another taste of winter across northern parts of the middle east at the moment in fact across much of the middle east it's a little on the cold side big band of. cloud across central areas of saudi arabia pushing up towards the caspian sea more snow that snows making its way across eastern parts of to clean all the merriest of iraq into the north of iran a little dry behind after a very wintry week that's just little band of cloud and shabby rain making its way his fossils concert temperatures say in doha the haagen around 21 or 22 over the next couple of days but the possibility of a few spots of rain nothing too much to speak of but it's there nevertheless by the south of this generate dry you might catch a shower to around the southern end of the red say a little bit of cloud there to see want to 2 showers just creeping their way into ethiopia and that line of showers runs down towards the rift valley through like victoria at least inside of southern africa saying what wet weather then as we go

through the next few days you can see this long line of cloud here and that disturbance a tropical storm outside plane making its way across the mozambique channel mase very very close to the southeast of mozambique as we go through sas day and on into sunday before drifting out into the open waters and gradually fading away. from. the latest news the decision here means that don't trump will not be excluded for running for political office in the future he could run again for the presidency in 2024 week detail coverage this is now the only official crossing that is functioning and it's strictly open to allowing the a.p. and workers to work in farm to hearing about if spain from the around the well details start device old city has shown just how much life has been transformed.

welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here this hour u.s. president joe biden has declared his country is back sweeping away donald trump's america 1st foreign policies address leaders at the munich security conference seeking to reassure european allies. al-jazeera seen parts of a u.n. report which accuses erik prince an ally of trump of violating a libya arms embargo the confidential report alleges that prince sent weapons to a militia commander who is trying to overthrow the internationally recognized government. and rescue operations are taking place in indonesia after the recent swamped by severe flooding people are dealing with up to 180 centimeters of rain in

parts of jakarta about a 3rd of the city may be affected. nigerian officials say they're negotiating with an armed gang that kidnapped a group of students the exact number of those taken on a wednesday is unknown but hundreds still missing but it just reports from. caleb lose his fortune or to be back. he injured his leg escaping from a group of kidnappers who attacked his boarding school in nigeria's got a district his brother didn't survive he was shot dead by the gunman a seat on the way. but i was sleeping when i heard the kidnappers come into our dormitories they started shooting guns when i saw them i jumped over the fence other students also started running everywhere. nearby yet another family is devastated they're waiting for updates hoping that kidnaps son or be found alive. the government should help us find our families our only hope lies but the

government. hundreds of students are sleeping when they are sailing stormed in now empty beds and deserted classrooms are reminded of growing attacks on boarding schools kidnapping so ransom by armed groups that come on across many northern nigeria estates. in december more than 350 students were abducted and eventually rescued by niger security forces some parents education is under attack. i haven't been able to sleep since this happened i'm asking the government to please risky my son he will continue with his education despite these types of threats once he's risk. he will get back to school. the pressure is mounting on the government to end these types of attacks and parents across nigeria left wondering if students will have a p.c. officials say contact is made with the group holding the students and that they will be released soon although officials insist that money was not part of the

negotiation there were reports that ransom was paid for hundreds of students taken from a boarding school in can get out in december 2020 the while also reports that money and prisoners were exchanged for some students taken from a girls' 2nd school in chibok in 2014. many years the paying ransom to criminal groups is emboldening them given the resources to buy arms and the confidence to strike again may decrease al jazeera. a court in india has all but a climate activist to be kept in jail while she's investigated for sedition and he's accused aisha ravi of waging a social media war after she shared an online document telling people how to support the farmer's protests as a purana reports from new delhi. and the. delhi court hoping to be released from jail after 5 days in police custody but the judge denies have request. rather he was arrested as part of an investigation

into her and 2 other environmentalists in connection with an online document that supported farmers protesting against new agricultural laws they say favor corporations and were ruined their livelihoods. and on. her breast has led to protests in the cities of deludedly delhi and mumbai and criticism from some of india's leading lawyers and environmentalists and here we are looking at the document a google document that almost becomes like a like a nuclear cord of sorts that's the way the government is actually looking at it it's a google document that tells people what hashtags to use and what is the problem that indian farmers are actually facing people did well during the human rights lawyer call them going solve it says the accusations are unfounded said vision requires in addition to the actions taken aimed at overthrowing this

has done nothing of this so the charge is bizarre. free speech is not sedition police began investigating the document off to swedish climate activist greg. on twitter the document tells people in india and abroad how they can peacefully and democratically support the fatness protests the police say it aims to wage an economic social cultural and regional war against the country say the sharing of the document on social media indicates there was a conspiracy behind the events on the public day in january when the largely peaceful protests erupted into violence involving the police. the police accuse 6 separatists of helping create the document many of the protesting farmers belong to the sick faith political analysts say the government is trying to discredit the protests by linking them to separatists despite a lack of evidence when we've seen similar methods being used in previous purpose

in the citizenship protests when. it is a misnomer. separatism leftwing borderless was raised in that context and used the purpose and thought of them drawing this ever since these protests started all over worked at everything i do work with. thousands of continue to protest against the government's recent agriculture on the outskirts of delhi supporters of vavi say her arrest is a warning to those who stand up for them elisabeth pradhan al jazeera you delhi. hundreds of displaced syrians have been protesting in the rebel held city of idlib the demanding that president bashar al assad allow them to return to their homes elsewhere in syria which they say have been seized by the government and it's a chant of against the upcoming presidential election saying it will be a break. one of former u.s. president donald trump's most restrictive immigration policies has started to be dismantled thousands of asylum seekers had to wait in mexico for their cases to be

heard in the u.s. now one of the biden the ministration up to 25 people a day will be allowed to enter the u.s. while immigration courts consider the future fund iraq on the reports from mexico city on whether the policy change in effect the number of arrivals at the border this is very much on the radar of immigration officials both in the united states as well as here in mexico and we should note that throughout the course of 2020 the lock down from the pandemic saw an overall decline in migration from central america specifically but then something interesting happens in december we see a spike in the number of migrants coming up toward the united states we're seeing numbers that are higher than even before the pandemic began and we have heard those speculations that this could be in part due to the more quote unquote relaxed policies by the by did ministration and that very well could be the case but we also have to remember that a lot of the conditions that were leading to people or driving people out of their

countries in central america extreme poverty widespread violence political instability these are things that have improved you could argue that they've actually been exacerbated by the coded 1000 pandemic now you couple that with 2 back to back hurricanes that slammed into the region late last year in november in honduras alone this resulted in more than a 1000000 people being displaced you put all of these factors together and you start to get a better picture of what's really driving this increase in migrant numbers over the course of the last few months. gun ownership is being relaxed in brazil in a controversial move by president jabil to narrow opponents say it could increase violence but supporters argue they need greater protection lot of reports from rio de janeiro. inspired in broad daylight and in the middle of the night bullets flying over slums every day violence in rio de janeiro that's gone by people on the spot and shared by thousands on if we're is

the shoot out the app was created by physics teacher myself and 3 friends. imus to help people avoid being on the wrong place at the wrong time by informing them what parts of the city dangerous. the president should be able so now to says the best way of reducing crime in brazil is to are more people. just taken measures to make weapons and ammunition more widely available in a country that has one of the world's largest number of homicides. it's a promise he made to his voters but one that has sparked outrage among gun control campaigners they say brazil has weak gun control policies and dismantling them will make violence worse but it's not only that is that also president bush will not it is in a sense. a lot of the rhetoric of former president truck when it comes to incite

he's more loyal supporters but in the caves in brazil i also this categories that this decrease benefits their gun owners collectors shooters hunters to actually be only inside in case for example there is an election fraud in brazil in 2022 also not a has been and still is loyal to trump who has not condemned the attack by the former u.s. president supporters on capitol hill january and many here fear the same could happen in brazil in 2 years if both is not reelected. owns a shooting club and imports weapons is winnable so now the supporters who say human rights groups are exaggerating or form a biased margin more drama series of about is brazil the country with the highest number of homicides probably but how many of these crimes were committed with

legally registered firearms do we have a record number of police killings maybe but we also have a record. dead policeman if many are killed and many are dead well that means it's a war. there is a teacher in the poor neighborhoods of rio de janeiro he's been a victim of violence and has seen children and banned in school to take up arms and follow the local drug lords. the only solution is to invest in education and equal opportunities while there is in the quality there is no way out except dodging stray bullets brazil appears increasingly divided with no common ground between those who believe guns will reduce violence and those who fear it will put democracy at risk. of al-jazeera rio de janeiro. thailand's prime minister has survived a no confidence vote prior to 9 members of his cabinet were accused of mismanaging

the economy poor handling of the covert 900 pandemic human rights abuses and corruption type pro-democracy groups have been outside parliament demanding his resignation and a reform of the monarchy the operator of a nuclear plant in japan has confirmed the water has leaked into its reactor buildings after an earthquake on saturday the focus shima daiichi nuclear plant was severely damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 new problems could complicate the plans decommissioning process which is expected to take decades. but u.k. supreme court has ruled that drivers in britain are entitled to benefits like paid holidays and minimum wage judges said drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed it's a decision that threatens business model and could have big implications for other workers in the gig economy. this is not just an issue with one company this is a business model that has been infiltrated into so many of our core services as i

said. so you know the platform economy the gig economy the digital get economies in most specific is has transformed you know the care sector the domestic sector the korea sector and they all use them in effect any one of which is dismissed classification of work as an algorithmic management so essentially this is going to do 2 things it sets a legal precedent that can then be used by workers in other sectors to contest that their status but i think it's also done is. essentially has been able to get away for this the so long because it has thought of its workforce as an easy target it's a largely migrant black and ethnic minority workforce. you know people who aren't seen to have have seen to have the social and political power to to take on such a massive company like. what this is really shown is that that was a severe underestimation that work for now it's only been on the red planet for

a day but that says perseverance rover is already sending back detailed color photos it's on a mission to collect samples from the surface which nasa hopes will one day be analyzed here on earth is what reynolds. this is the 1st ever color picture from a world more than 54000000 kilometers beyond ours it's one of several sent from perseverance is a ray of cameras this one shows the rover being lowered down by cables to its martian landing spot from the delivery space vehicle. nasa scientists say the rover came through its action packed landing thursday in fine form and happy to say that the rover is doing great and healthy on the surface of mars and continues to be highly highly functional and then just an exhilarating this shot shows one of the rovers heavy duty wheels that it will use to explore the red dust of just 0

crater for signs of extinct ancient life but perseverance won't be making tracks right away 1st engineers will perform system checks update its software and test some of its instruments like a robotic arm and a microphone in a month or so ingenuity the drone attached to the rover will take its 1st flight this rover is an epic after it it represents. 8 years of hundreds of engineers at the laboratory thousands around the world a total of over 4 founds and human years of investment. and already a detail in this picture has caught scientists attention that rock on the left the one that looks like a hunk of swiss cheese and there are a number of different geological processes that can make holes in iraq like that and to the science team is now thinking about what this might mean and one of the

questions we'll ask 1st is whether these rocks represent a volcanic or sedimentary origin and both of those would be equally exciting to the team ultimately perseverance may dig up evidence that life existed on mars at some point in the ancient past that could be a sign that life is widespread in our solar system our galaxy and the far flung reaches of the universe and that we are not alone robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. time for a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden has declared his country's back sweeping away donald trump's america 1st foreign policies biden addressed the munich security conference.