final part of my journey when i do become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india's soul an al-jazeera really understand the differences on the same cultures across the world and that's what we've been using kind of for that matter to. protest as much as me and maher is the military appointed foreign minister flies to thailand for crisis to. make like this is out there alive from the heart also coming up an historic moment the 1st coronavirus vaccines arrive in ghana as part of a global scheme to ensure less wealthy countries are not left behind. the german cold sentences a former member of the syrian secret police to prison for crimes against humanity.

goldstar tiger woods lucky to be alive after suffering significant leg injuries in a car crash. so me and miles of military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after this month's coup it's part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis which began when the army seized power on the 1st of february protests continue to demand the release of elected leader and censored she and rallies across the country 3 people have been killed in protests and there is a mass civil disobedience campaign including strikes at western countries have moved quickly to speak out against and even sanction me and most military but it's close and neighbors have been more circumspect secular they retire and provides jobs to more than a 1000000 migrant strengthening a previously fractious relationship china is made of muslim. consistent back to

offering debt relief development grants and soft lanes and it says that any international action against the military should promote reconciliation like china india shares a border with me a modern india has grown closer to its neighbor in the past 2 decades in 2019 came its top arms dealer providing some $100000000.00 of military hardware india's government has called for democracy to be protected but has avoided outright mention of the coup indonesia has been trying to corral nations to help steer a path out of the crisis was under military rule when it joined the 10 member regional bloc back in 1997. has the latest now from bangkok. this is the 1st physical meeting between the 2 nations since the coup on february 1st the military appointed foreign minister coming here to bangkok the thai capital for talks the indonesian foreign minister is also was also in town here she was

going to go over to myanmar for a meeting but she stayed here and then also met her counterpart from myanmar because he flew over here so you know a round of meetings there's really nothing really tangible we expect out of it but at least this is a step down the path where the regional members are part of a bloc called early starting to talk to each other about the situation in myanmar they had been hesitant beforehand because that's kind of tradition within the block that they let those things that happen inside their member borders stay inside but now obviously this is gotten to a stage where there will be some at least some engagements we don't know exactly what they will be just yet the protesters are have been out on the streets and interestingly enough the last 2 days at least in front of the indonesian embassy in yang gone they are there because there are initial reports that part of a plan an aussie on plan to move forward with things to try to end the crisis was to send monitors in a part of the plan to send monitors in to observe the new elections that has

promised to hold the protesters don't want that because they see the election in november that brought unsung suchi and her her party the end of the maintaining its leadership position in the government they see that is as the elected government not the need for another election so that's why there's a bit of friction from the protesters asking for the members yes to get involved but to also respect their vote back in november. ghana has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs came the ashes then it has jobs arrived in the capital acro a short time ago the 600000 vials were flown in from india and ghana plans to inoculate around 20 percent of its population in the 1st phase of its campaign well nearly 2 and a half 1000000 people worldwide have died from corona virus so far richer countries have been able to buy far more vaccines and poorer ones the un backed scheme called

kovacs aims to get vaccines to the most vulnerable people and shared fairly among all nations kovacs aims to deliver more than 2000000000 doses to people in one $190.00 countries in less than a year and those most likely to receive vaccines next will be afghanistan haiti democratic republic of congo ethiopia and somalia well kovacs has raised $6000000000.00 but says it needs at least another 2000000000 to meet its target for 2021 many peer paria is unicef's regional director for western central africa and she says there's still a long way to go to stop poor countries being left behind. this is the 1st step in the rollout that will reach gradually 92 countries in the world this cause next program is about equity and certainly darity if you follow that the vaccination and going on around the planet so far it's only citizens from the let us say the better off countries that have benefited from this and from today we're

bringing in equity this was a very complex program it started with preparedness plans at the country level and then you know when our partners we have worked with countries so that when the vaccines arrive we are ready to roll it has legal and regulatory dimensions but the country has to certify that they can use the vaccine don't hear chill confirmed that they are safe and then go poor put your interpretations so this week we will see now and then later on could did while we have another 27 countries that have been cleared for immediate fallout and as preparations a country level are put in place the vaccines are all top to the airport shipments are right and then we move to the most important that's an issue given vaccine scarcity you need to be sure that when they get somewhere it will be used efficiently and for the target population this is just the 1st step towards equity

this pullbacks is only finance now so we can reach in 1002 countries the most vulnerable population the all of the citizens the health workers people with school morbidity you know but we need much more accidents and financing so we can vaccine it everybody just like if you walk in the rich world. the world bank is threatening to suspend $34000000.00 in financing for coronavirus fact scenes in lebanon the bank is investigating accusations that politicians were inoculated in parliament without prior approval a top lebanese official supervising the vaccine wrote out called the revelations outrageous and has threatened to step down as takes on we can speak to run a customer who is a spokeswoman for the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies joins us now from beirut and right of course is great to have you here 1st what's your reaction reaction to this threat to withhold vaccinations by the

well back 1st let me explain that i foresee as a neutral and defended organization is acting other 3rd party m one it's i think to make sure that that implementation of the national vaccination plan and the ban on is going according to the international standards and the word by requirements this means that you have 18 monitors of the on a daily basis book of the 26 a vaccination centers to verify is that x. indeed the safely and the people who are there just and the play out of who will get the back of the c. they get to make sure that the campaign is made based on fear and achates of access to legally as a player to it so about this that this isn't the 1st of all i don't call to speculate nothing has been decided yet and i can only speak on behalf of our city

we would always be as the to extend i would experience in managing complex and merchants is one of those a situation today for the word bank to make sure that those who need the vaccine receive this right but do you think it would be the right way to go to withdraw financing for current as far as fact scenes in lebanon. well i think i'm not the correct organization to ask this question to you but ask at the world bank or let me let me put it this way that what would happen if that financing was withdrawn but would that mean for the vaccination program in lebanon yeah definitely i will repeat that i don't want to speculate in the future everyone would like to see this pandemic ends everyone wants to control the spread of the violence so i hope that we as i.f.r.

see now and in the future would be part of these efforts as in a defendant and a neuter organization to put an event on definitely need to to see if the facts the according to the fashion sense you can certainly understand why people are so outraged by this connie i can like to expand on that a little but what i cannot you want me to tell you was that the ports actually when i was and i cannot do that i'm sure i'm sorry about that our monitors when they go to the vaccination site they had a cord they had observation on it details the support that was submitted to the bank and then it's up to the world bank to take this information further whether with anybody's authorities or to the public when i can say we appreciate your apparent terror on the program and good luck with the ongoing rollout of see if in

lebanon thanks very much the thank you. now a german court has convicted a former syrian security agency officer in a landmark case related to the top 3 of protesters. but was found guilty of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity and jail for 4 and a half years the charges involved the arrest and torture of at least 30 people in damascus after a rally in 2011 had arrived in germany in 2018 seeking asylum another man and walrus line is directly facing similar charges his trial it's continued the way cain has been following proceedings from earlier this is the 1st time that somebody directly linked to torture and other offenses crimes against humanity carried out in syria has been found and then prosecuted and now punished by a court outside syria particularly in the western world this is the 1st time that that has happened and then secondly it's the way that the all thora t.

is here have been able to prosecute this individual because it's be clear about this the defendant is not german the victims of the defendant on not german and the offenses the person convicted has been convicted of did not take place in germany but the authorities here said that they were able to employ apply rather the universal jurisdiction that applies everywhere the german government said relating to crimes against humanity and that makes this a landmark ruling as i say on 2 parts that's why this particular case is so interesting but as i say it is worth bearing in mind that the other defendant in this case is accused of considerably more offenses than the defendant convicted this morning that other trial that other case is continuing and it involves many more serious atrocities which the person concerned is accused of which of course the person concerned denies. still ahead here on al-jazeera.

the u.n. looks back at sri lanka's past civil war the country's president discusses the future pakistan's in one column. only 75 inmates he killed in ecuador is gang rivalries lead to prison riot. it's time for the perfect jenny. went sponsored point qatar airways how the weather is going to go downhill for a good part of central and southern china over the next day or it's say we're seeing some cloud of rice lately snow and see which a pattern that seizing out of the way making way for this next weather system which is running towards shanghai some heavy downpours coming through here that could be some localized flooding that wessel weather will move across south korea into q.c.

just clipping the fos out of honshu possibility of some snow coming in over the higher ground temperatures in tokyo around 10 celsius 12 celsius there for beijing dakota that has been recently but that is still well above the seasonal average just show a stretch they way down towards southern parts of china might see want to see showers too into southern parts of india but nothing too much to speak of finding try share what's here into sri lanka where the weather is further north they got some rain sleet and snow spilling out of afghanistan northern parts of pakistan the far north of india becoming more widespread as we go on through friday so i think we could see some heavy dumpings of snow coming through at that stage and i will gradually make its way over towards the pole where we will see some showers some showers too and say the middle east over the next couple of days the majority of which will be affecting iran with a chance of some snow over the high ground. sponsored by qatar airways. mt vesuvius is one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the

world. but not everyone feels living in its shadow. with good forces perhaps there are something like medic about lascivious the people who don't live in a camp missed by. 0 world goes to the red zone near naples. to understand this unusual love of. living with a volcano on al-jazeera. are you watching out there are mind about top stories this and i'm in mars military pointed foreign ministers in thailand for crisis talks after this month's q.

is meeting the prime minister and indonesian foreign minister part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis. has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international koufax scheme 600000 files were flown in from india kovacs aims to get vaccines to the most vulnerable people and share them fairly among nations. caught in germany has convicted a former syrian security agency officer in a landmark case related to the torture of protesters. are found guilty of helping facilitate crimes against humanity and jailed for and the home. security has been stepped up outside a military court in beirut where 32 anti-government activists standing trial and supporters are holding a sit in the queues to face charges of terrorism and theft stemming from protests in tripoli in january the terrorism offense carries the death penalty it's the 1st time it's been leveled against demonstrators a worsening economic situation is the main reason for the year long protests is

with the protesters outside the court in the lebanese capital. clearly activists are seeing this as an escalation a turning point in the ongoing struggle or the divide between the state and the people tight security here a few dozen activists gathered outside expressing their anger at least 30 to $34.00 protesters are on trial on terrorism charges these young men took part in protests last month and the northern city of tripoli those protests at times turned violent the military judge says that these young men used molotov cocktails and used grenades and burned down the minister politics building that is the way he is justifying the terrorism charges but we've been speaking to lawyers human rights groups activists and they're saying that this is just not fair this is a political decision it is a mde that scaring people instilling fear in the minds of people in order to deter

them from taking to the streets once again there is a nationwide protest movement which really began more than a year ago but the numbers as you can see are dwindling in the streets because of this repression it's one of the reasons why people are not taking to the streets as security forces have been accused of using excessive force unlawful force against against people and now these young men being tried in military courts which international human rights groups say they won't be given a fair trial so this is really a turning point in escalation charging protesters and demonstrators and rioters with with terrorism. pakistan's prime minister has been meeting sure lanka's president to go to buy rajapaksa on the 2nd and final day of his visit imran khan has been discussing efforts to fight religious extremism and how to help poor countries whether the pandemic later wednesday sri lanka is expected to face strong criticism of the u.n.

human rights council means it is part of the criticisms that failed to hold to account those involved in its 25 year long civil war an elephant as has more now from columbus. but essentially the pakistan prime minister on wednesday met with president gore tabi rajapaksa that's at the presidential complex set up you see behind me and what we're hearing from the statement is that obviously the usual kind of rhetoric they had called real talks they did sort of focus on the agricultural economy a book of both countries they talked about deepening bilateral relations but the key things like sensually the issue that many muslims here in sri lanka having issue with the government's policy of forced cremations of course $1000.00 victims is not anywhere featured on any of you officialdom of iran's iran can visit here to colombo now he had also been due to meet with muslim representatives that meeting

was canceled yesterday we heard among security concerns amid security concerns but today we had the leader of the sri lankan who's in congress tweeting out that that meeting had been doing so they will get their day with the pakistan premier but so far anything above the sort of general things like the bilateral relations tree and now the agriculture agricultural economy this visit at least in terms of what's being reflected in the media and officially has been merely on pretty sort of non-controversial issues you know to nations has told the colombian government to do more to protect human rights activists the u.n. report says 133 activists were murdered last year it also recorded 76 mass killings of civilians because of mint blames most of the violence on the drug trafficking industry u.s. representative for human rights in colombia says violence is worsening in areas

where groups are vying for control. rides broke out at 3 presidents in ecuador leaving at least $75.00 inmates that the fighting is being blamed on gang rivalries in the overcrowded facilities which house almost 3 quarters of the country's prison population but mentally as. families wait tell it find this prison desperately news as the police and military moved into a stew. that solved the gun battles a knife fights broke out between rival gangs battling for control of 3 prisons on monday night dozens of people were killed in the bloodshed others of fighting for their lives in hospital there are reports of prisons posing with the bodies of their rifles ecuador's president lana moreno took to social media to blame the riots on criminal organizations he said they do range to exercise control of firearms and explosives around the prisons. in the largest city wide

you police patrols bomb squads and helicopters surrounded the penitentiary as those ng families could only comfort each other no matter how they get at that get and therefore everyone knows that all the prisoners have telephones our children told us last night that they were in danger and that there would be a riot at any moment and without it were men no fucking really what we wanted out authorities passes a list of people who died to know if my brother is ok around hard for the people killed were in tory prison in cuenca where writers were filmed brandishing knives in the prison roof waving for the cameras and as the police secure the 3rd quarter packs the prison the injured were moved out these jails a said to hold about 70 percent of all inmates in ecuador and often flashpoints the battles between rival gangs last year 51 people were killed in prison disputes. and

with rights occurring frequently there's concern about the conditions inside the prison and we have a system which is meant to house around $27000.00 inmates but the waves creating right now we have or were already out in the system this causes tremendous overcrowding or sanitary conditions. for now official said calm has been moved to do with the gangs continuing to operate in the prisons there's concern that calm may be sure moved north as money out to 0 policing these areas say there's been looting in the capital in the army after mohammed bell's zoom was declared winner of the presidential runoff he swept ahead of his challenger the former president mohamed. with more than 55 percent of the vote but the poll was marred by the killings of 7 election workers on sunday officials have called on congress to

respect the final results. amid addresses following the latest from neighbors and explain tell tribal politics played a major role in this election. one of the warring aspects of this election is that the racial undertones of this election of all my money and money also came from the same region that is in there are some issues that have been underlining political activities in asia for a very long time politics is defined by tribe is defined by race mambos of news coming from the toric minority in. while the majority black population there is mostly. a few other tribes so we saw be a racial undertones during the campaign period during the 1st round of voting and it continued and the what you will sutton campaigns on social media about race that defined this particular election especially the 2nd round calling on non torics and

none not to vote moment bosal so much will have in addition to the issues of poverty unemployment economic. economic problems as well as the security challenges well of up a very very tough time dealing with the racial divide in at the moment because this is another threat coming just before he takes office. american golfer tiger woods is recovering from surgery not being seriously injured in a car crash near los angeles his surgeon has confirmed the 15 time major champion has fractured his lower leg and he said he's lucky to be alive they would stakes as this. a close up look at target woods his car reveals the severity of the accident which left him with severe injuries to both legs his lower right limb took the brunt of the impact and needed lengthy surgery with doctors using pins and rods to stabilize the damage which was traveling at speed and in

a touristy dangerous stretch of road in los angeles he hits a curb then a tree before rolling several times police say the 45 year old was conscious when they arrived and showed no signs of being impaired he needed to be pried from the vehicle with an axe he didn't seem concerned about his injuries at the time which is not uncommon in traffic collision is many times people tend to be in shock i will say that it's very fortunate that mr words was able to come out of this alive you for. would have been on his way to give private golf lessons to celebrities for the 2nd day running this was him alongside basketball legend wayne wade the day before the accident he not played himself since december when he appeared with his son charlie in a father son tournament the latest in a long line of back surgeries has kept him out since then but just a few days ago he spoke about his recovery and hopes of competing at the masters in april still in the gym still doing. the monday stuff that you have to do

for rehab you know the little things and before and so gravitating towards something before. tiger is one of the most famous sports stars in history and well wishes have come in from the world of entertainment politics and of course from fellow golfers. many of who grew up watching him compete in his prime and i'm sick to my stomach. to so these are. just workers kids you know through the struggle woods was famously involved in another road accident back in 2009 outside his home in florida and incident which ended up exposing his extramarital affairs and brought an end to his golden boy image in 2017 he was arrested on a dui offense after being found asleep at the wheel with several painkillers in his system as he struggled to cope with kaurna injuries but for me still he managed to overcome these challenges and in 2019 at the age of 43 he won the masters is widely

considered one of the greatest comebacks in sports but given the severity of his latest injuries this doubt he will ever reach the same heights or even play again 45 years old he's gone through a number of surgeries. but i think the 1st time you come to on this is is is the end of a career coming it is faster than we realize time will tell what impact this accident will have a nice golfing future for now he said to be awake responsive and recovering in hospital david stokes al-jazeera. a chinese divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his wife for the housework she did during the 5 year marriage a landmark ruling came off to china introduced a new civil code katrina you use in beijing. this ruling has sparked a flurry of debate online here in china over the role of housewives in chinese society according to this case a beijing court has ruled that a woman named would receive 7700 dollars in compensation following her divorce from

her husband in addition to half the couple's assets and custody of their only child now this is the 1st case of its kind since china's marriage will was amended earlier this year to say that any carers of parents or children should be entitled to compensation now this story has been viewed hundreds of millions of times on chinese social media there are some comments with some people saying that the man has been dealt an unfair deal that he has already been quite introducing to the family but the vast majority of comments we've read have been in support of the woman one and in fact many believe that 7007 $100.00 is simply not enough compensation for 5 years of being a housewife there are other more humorous comments with some people saying that this is going to discourage divorces which have been on the up ticket or in china but also that this is a cautionary tale to women against to being housewives because they will not be legally compensated enough to justify sacrificing their career or being dependent

on a husband and others are saying that husbands should simply contribute more to the housework and that they should maybe document the efforts in case there should be a future divorced. so this is observed these are the top stories as military appointed foreign ministers in thailand talks after this month's coup is part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis which begun when the army seized power on the 1st of february 3 people have been killed in protests scott hydras more now from bangkok. it definitely is here he travelled over to the thai capital here bangkok just earlier today and there will be talks these crisis talks crises talks with his counterpart thai counterpart and the prime minister of thailand. that we know but we don't know if the indonesian foreign minister will also be partaking in those talks as well she was supposed to go.