the fun to look for. cuts to the. storytelling are the biggest issues but to do it in. 'd a confidential u.n. report accuses a former u.s. president donald trump's ally eric pence of breaking an arms embargo and supporting the libyan warlord police. have ever given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up america is back trans-atlantic alliance is back u.s. president joe biden in his 1st address to world leaders promises to mend frayed

alliances safe the iran nuclear deal and take on russia and china. security forces and me and fire tear gas and mandalay is nationwide and he could protest enter the 3rd week. hundreds of people seek shelter in indonesia after heavy rain and severe flooding swamp its capital. al-jazeera has seen parts of a confidential u.n. report which finds donald trump's ally and private security contractor erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya the report to the security council reveals helprin sent foreign mercenaries and weapons to warlord holy and 29 team when he was fighting against the internationally recognized government to tripoli christian salumi wraps up the details. in 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 devadasi. 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 page report submitted to the u.n. security council and 1st reported by the new york times alleging prince help 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 un process we've been part of that and i have tars been part of that we urge them to have started 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 have to 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 huffed are 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 u.n. 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 defying stated u.s. policy kristen salumi al-jazeera washington. train is in the libyan city of misrata with. there have been reports dating back to 2017 where blackwater was coordinating with how to help him solidify his power base in eastern libya by supplying and and piloting areas air tractor attack planes so they've they've had a relationship before but this this specific operation we don't know how much was completed yet there was some sort of a falling out of sorts this sort of brings to light not just the the trumpet ministrations policy towards libya but it has regional. implications i mean this could complete the loop with erik prince is relationship with the u.a.e. and moscow this could complete the loop explaining the link between the u.a.e.

and russia and libya and his role could also be the reason why the trump administration ignored the obvious threats to u.s. interests with the russian presence in libya according to the u.s. africa command others over a dozen fighter jets currently based in libya and the algebra believed to be in the air base supplied by the russian state. say is the founder and director of the city institution a public policy think tank in libya he says governments often use mercenary groups like those run by erik prince to be able to deny any involvement in conflicts. using these you know the merchants of war as they're called there's an aspect of deniability that one can use to stay an arm's length from you know a war when they don't want to be said when you can't from from the public reasons and an obvious and legal reasons you can't be involved in complicit people like eric prince's currency go right up and the real aspect here as we've seen with

russia and the bagnall group and how they've been deployed in several theaters including libya is that they offer a beautiful eerie and in fact disastrous kind of deniability to any government you can write refuse that you have any knowledge of what is going on you could refuse that you have any of the leaders but we know that erik prince has a relationship with donald trump we also know the his sister betsy the boats had a relationship with donald trump we know that you have been to preserve an inn in russia the head of the baylor group has a close relationship with develop it and he was put in chef we also know that they have very very close encounters and they've worked through it one time for the last several years they've had meetings on behalf of their countries like like the united arab or. now i think there are 2 major questions they're being left behind so what degree the trump helped facilitate this war alongside erik prince and more importantly whether or not erik prince and the prince was toward meeting with russian wagner's group messages in libya and has helped them establish

a foothold in libya in the way that he helped the united arab emirates establish a foothold in the because there was american weaponry and russian weaponry that passing through it's a man's it's mad it's mad the think that the degree to which this has repercussions beyond libya. of course moscow has upheld kremlin critic annexing the valley's prison sentence but it has shortened his term by at 1.5 months he was already a sentence to nearly 3 years for violating his parole while he was in germany recovering from poisoning. america will work closely with its allies a clandestine stands. by president joe biden who seems determined to break away from donald trump's america 1st policies and his 1st speech on the world stage at the g. 7 in munich security conference biden proclaimed america is back as i watch house correspondent kimberly hocus 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 policies of his predecessor america is back the transatlantic alliance is back i know i know the past few 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 shared threats posed by china iran and russia. to my view down 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 an excess stench will 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 action 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 protests against me and miles military have ended their 3rd week around a 1000 people gathered in the lawn just as young gone to demand the release of deposed leader aung san suu kyi their return to civilian who someone hiding photos of a 20 year old woman who died on friday after being injured in the protests she was shot in the head last week when police trying to disperse a crowd in the capital. similar demonstrations have taken place in the northern city of new chino thousands of people joined despite reports of the susan forced to arrest protesters earlier this week several people wounded by rubber bullets and

night time raids to change joins us now live from bangkok toni's a protest is a continuing to turn out. around the country and has been clashes also in mandalay well lol can you tell us. seems that several hours ago the police and army decided to crack down on a crowd of protesters who come out to a shipyard on the banks of the irrawaddy river as part of this civil disobedience movement that's been. gathering momentum over the last week they were trying to get people to get back to work there the air already river fundamentally important waterway going across the country. it seems that they then used water cannon tear gas rounds of some sort we heard reports of both rubber bullets and live rounds being used several more than several people seem to have been taken away with

wounds from those protests elsewhere in the country in yangon larger crowds seem to be left relatively undisturbed by the security services but i think it's a sign of just you know how tense things are getting you mentioned there in kitchin state there was a standoff between the security services and the protesters and we're now seeing these protests breaking out every day all around the country. while the military have remained relatively impassive there comes a point where the whole country grinds to a standstill and one wonders what they're going to do we've seen them being quite active at night we're seeing now that they're they're targeting these smaller protests and smaller plans at the moment they are not getting involved in the larger protests in the door and in the former capital yangon but one wonders how long they're going to let these continue tony is there any indication that the protests are having an impact on the military in terms of any concessions.

at this stage nothing from the military but we're seeing the international pressure continue to mount overnight into the weekend new sanctions from the u.s. the u.k. the e.u. is going to be considering more sanctions in the days to come but increasingly this civil disobedience movement is going to put pressure on them to the impact of that has been that doctors have stopped working in many hospitals transport workers in the aviation industry on the railways have stopped working on the stand from sources in yangon that the railways are now almost completely ground the whole we heard last week the domestic flights in myanmar were running on a much reduced charge of the banks have been shown for many days no week because staff are not just just not going to work in many cases civil servants are not

going into work and while that is going to put a huge amount of pressure on normal people in their everyday lives they at the moment seem to be prepared to put up with this because of the almost universal opposition to this coup and it's going to put a lot of pressure on the government as the economy in myanmar comes to a grinding halt. ok thank you for that update tony chang there across developments from bangkok. still ahead on al-jazeera taking aim brazil's president is happy for more people to brandish guns but there is strong opposition. and for the 1st time ever a stunning color images are being back from nasa's marchibroda. it's time for the perfect. weather sponsored by qatar airways.

however that we've got somalia where pushing in across much of japan now and the korean peninsula feeling very spring like temperatures well above the seasonal average highs in tokyo 21 degrees below is a fine and dry for much of japan and find it right to fall south korea solet around 15 celsius warmer still in beijing and we're going to hang on to that wolf as we go into the next couple days could get up to 22 celsius in tokyo say really feeling very springlike ala northern parts of one she could still see one or 2 wintry florist's much of chart of is fine enjoy a chance of some showers down towards the south most of india's fine and dry again a chance of wanted to show was down to the south here we could see some wetter weather just easing into under pradesh is seeing some heavy showers maybe some showers just creep in the way over towards kara over the next day but a little further north you get a little disturbance making its way across the 4 not fall north of pakistan with some rain sleet and snow coming through here woolfolk concerns over the northern

plains of india new delhi at around 30 celsius so warming up cooling down on the other hand across the arabian peninsula on the cloud around here we have got some shabby bits and pieces of rain coming into central parts of saudi arabia with a chance of the up shower into gaza. support qatar airways water an essential resource for all humankind across europe pressure to recognize water as a human right and put its management back into public hands is increasing i think that the european commission will be very very glad for is water privatization on anybody they really feel. those people who see every 2 years something to invest a profit of the $1.00 up to the last drop on al-jazeera what.

they're watching are just there a reminder of our top stories this hour al-jazeera has gained access to parts of a confidential u.n. report which finds that blackwater felder erik prince violated in arms about go on libya it says prince said weapons to warlord holy father of the. accords in moscow has upheld kremlin critic alexina veliz prison sentence has shortened his term by one and a half months he was earlier sentenced to nearly 3 years for violating his parole. process against me and miles military coups have entered a 3rd week around a 1000 people gathered in the largest city young gong to demand the release of deposed leader aung san suu kyi and return to civilian rule. has been severe flooding in indonesia capital jakarta triggered by heavy rainfall in some parts

homes were submerged by up to 2 metres of floodwater suburbs in eastern jakarta were worst affected with city officials saying more than a 1000 people were forced to seek shelter jessica washington is in one of the affected areas in jakarta. this is the 1st time jakarta has experienced severe widespread flooding. it's something that this community an easter kata is well accustomed to they've experienced this flooding for many years now police in search and rescue operations are working to try and assist people who are trying to leave their homes and also there are teams here to assist people with salvaging what's left of their belongings these are some of the evacuees that police have assisted here already we've seen people being fetched on boats and being brought back to evacuation centers there are at least 26 evacuation centers helping hundreds of people around you contra but many others have souls to stay at their homes seeking

shelter on the 2nd story of the house all just sitting on the roof and waiting for these floodwaters to recede i dismounted obviously he said the 1st flooding started at 9 pm the water was not that much i tried to clear it but the ring kept coming into 2 yeah and now it is still a big flood for this community in these floods is something that they're accustomed to the children here even enjoy playing in the floodwaters as you can see the certainly not afraid of these floods and it's something that is a bit of fun for them but scientists and environmental groups say that continents need to take this issue seriously and that it shouldn't be normalised how the government often says that these floods are primarily the result of heavy rain and that's not wrong but scientists say that people need to consider the other reasons that this city experiences such as frequent flooding apart from heavy rain and some of those reasons include over extraction of ground water and too much development

not enough brain spaces and some of the methods that scientists say the government could use to make these floods less serious including river normalization scientists say these methods haven't been taken seriously and that the government has been more. focused on the aesthetics of these rivers rather than the practicalities of diminishing flood risk here in jakarta they say that this city will face severe flooding in the future if nothing is done. tired prime minister and 9 members of his cabinet have survived a no confidence vote they were accused of mismanaging the economy poor handling of the pandemic rights abuse allegations and corruption it's the 2nd no confidence vote that proves government has faced since taking office in 2819. meanwhile thai pro-democracy groups are rallying outside parliament demanding his resignation and for the monarchy to be reformed thousands of police officers were on standby ahead of the protest authorities have recently been cracking down on those who speak out

against the wall family 5 people have been killed in explosions in afghanistan's capital police say at least 2 improvised explosive devices were used in the attack in kabul no one has claimed responsibility at least 70 people have lost their lives in similar incidents in the past month including journalists and activists. the u.s. and other wealthy nations think used to hoarding vaccines have promised to put more money into ensuring developing countries obtain doses the e.u. is pledging $1200000000.00 to the vaccine alliance kovacs us says it will put in $4000000000.00 toward a whole has the details. 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 vaccines that they. can through this together and already announced that i would be. a strong

supporter 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 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 vaccine equities not just the right thing to do it's also this morning thing to do. 37 pledges of funding and future vaccine donations have been welcomed but countries like india and south africa want to share their access to vaccine peyton's what we're calling for ari forms in the how patents are in the in this case we because this should be in people's votes in is in many countries as possible we have the capacity to be able to produce. for them so this

we carry it starting with africa has to wait for liftoff 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 the existing supply he has support from the german chancellor. is among them to come from to fund them you know about this i stressed in my intervention that the pandemic is not beaten and all people in the world have been vaccinated i'll mention after a bit infant the g 7 pledges of progress so campaigners but not enough joe to hold al-jazeera. the russian sputnik vaccine will arrive in mexico on monday the deputy health minister made the announcement just as $857.00 additional fatalities were registered on friday that brings mexico's total cova 19 related

deaths to almost 180000. argentina's health minister jean has gone as garcia has resigned after reports that a friend of his was able to skip the line for a cause of 19 vaccination it's only just starting inoculation people over the age of 70 our ties in health care workers before that. president joe biden's administration has begun dismantling one of donald trump's most restrictive immigration policies thousands of asylum seekers had to wait in mexico for their cases to be heard in the u.s. now up to $25.00 people a day will be able to enter while immigration courts consider their cases. brazil is relaxing its gun ownership rules critics say could increase violence but supporters argue they need greater protection like iraq ever folds 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 filmed by people on the spot and shared by thousands on a where is the shoot out the app was created by physics teacher myself and 3 friends i must 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 somehow to says the best way of reducing crime in brazil is to arm more people. he's 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 doesn't control policies and dismantling them will make violence worse but it's not only that is that also president bush will

not allow is in a sense. a lot of the rhetoric of former president truck when it comes to insight is more loyal supporters that it gave in brazil are also this category is that these degrees of benefits that government owners collectors sure's hunters to actually be on hidden side 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 the nat'l is not reelected. i don't nellie owns a shooting club and imports weapons is winnable so now to supporters who say human rights groups are exaggerating more from

a biased margin more drama series of abattoirs 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 number of dead policeman if many are killed and many are dead well that means it's a war. but sheesh there is a teacher in the poor neighborhoods of rio de janeiro he's been a victim of violence and has seen children abandon school to take up arms and follow the local drug lord. 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 manichean i can't al-jazeera rio de janeiro.

and certainly been on the red planet for a day but messes perseverance rover is already sending back details color photos it's on a mission to collect samples from the surface which nasa hopes will one day be analyzed here on earth has rob 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 kind of the rate at 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 effort 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. the sound is there and these are the top stories are just there has gained access to parts of a confidential had report which finds that blackwater felt the erik prince violated an arms embargo on libya it says prince said weapons to woo.