when thousands were rioting in cities last night. after some protesters started throwing stones at letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. you're watching the news hour live from headquarters and. coming up in the next 60 minutes. march a man marras the military appointed foreign minister flies to thailand for crisis talks a historic moment the 1st coronavirus vaccines arrive in ghana as part of a global scheme to ensure less wealthy countries aren't left behind. in

a landmark ruling a german court sentences a former syrian secret policeman to prison. because government defends its human rights record as it's accused of failing to hold the users to account. i'm joining us rosco with the sports as 15 time major golf champion tiger woods suffers multiple leg injuries after crashing his car high speed outside los angeles when you the very latest in the next hour. hello welcome to the news hour a man mars military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after this month's coup that's part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis which began when the army seize power on the 1st of february are protesters continue to demand the release of the elected leader and so on suchi and rallies across the country scott heiler begins. coverage from bangkok. protesters gathered in front of the

indonesian embassy in yangon calling for regional involvement as tensions grow across me and mark. this as the military appointed foreign minister visited bangkok for crisis talks meeting his thai and indonesian counterparts as well as thailand's prime minister pay a general job that's all part of stepped up efforts by the regional group of nations called aussie on to find a way out of the crisis following the february 1st coup and i'm not going to be as a man must i just didn't like to see on countries not to recognise the cue government if they do recognise that the will be eroded aussie on is reported to be planning to send of pictures to monitor a new b.n. more election promised by the general but the protestors are urging arceo to recognise the november polling the put their deposed leaders including on song suchi in office. one group earlier organized a protest at the bangkok indonesian embassy calling an aussie on to get more

involved we asked. to decide between a minute 300 wish oppressed people right now it's just a side out of people we're just trying to protest as they can to. lead to. we will be. again this is not the 1st time that has reached out to thailand since the coup about a week after the takeover myanmar's military leader men on length sent a letter to the thai prime minister asking for help on the democratic process and. a former military chief also rose to power by overthrowing a democratically elected government in 2014 he stayed in office after 82001000 political rivals called it badly flawed. so while the protesters are maintaining their pace of protests and strikes they are also stepping up pressure on regional players to engage with the crisis scotland al-jazeera bangkok. all western

countries have moved quickly to speak out against an even sanction mean mars military but it's closer neighbors have been more circumspect so let's take a look at neighboring thailand provides jobs to more than a 1000000 migrants strengthening a previously fractious relationship china is me and mars most consistent backer offering debt relief development grants and soft loans it says any international action against the military should promote reconciliation and like china india shares a border with me and maher and india has grown closer to its neighbor in the past 2 decades and 2019 it became its top arms dealer providing some $100000000.00 of military hardware india's government has called for them ocracy to be protected but has avoided outright mention of the coup indonesia's been trying to coral nations to help steer a path out of the crisis mean maher was under military rule when it joined the 10 member regional bloc in 1997 aaron connolly is

a research fellow with the international institute for strategic studies he says as he on countries are useful but limited in the role they can play in this crisis. i don't think they can actually play a very helpful role in pressuring the military government to give up power the military and the n l d at least the are actually still quite far apart and the protesters in the street have even more in vicious demands in the n.l. the havoc where its leaders were arrested of it you are it worse that constructive thing that i was young can do now is to urge the military to act with restraint to stop firing at unarmed demonstrators as they join this civil disobedience disobedience movement and to release all the political prisoners so that perhaps mediation to take place in a more do says that this year down the road thailand actually is is playing an interesting game here and although on january 1st on the day of the coup it said that this was an internal matter b.m.r. and of course the government in place in thailand right now 1st came to power in

a military coup itself and 2014 they do not have an interest in political instability in b.m.r. with which they share a very long border and they don't want to see refugees streaming over that border particularly during this pandemic and so although it said that this was an internal matter of that you were the 1st it also joined a statement by asking on that same day or supported a statement by ozzy on that same day the call who or what as you know it is very odd language of return to normalcy so a return to that was a democratic structure that existed prior to the coup so perhaps the useful. gonna become the 1st country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the international kovacs scheme the astra zeneca jobs arrived in the capital across wednesday sarah tasm latest. and that seems to ensure that people from less wealthy

countries are protected against that 19 is being hailed as a historic moment. the rival of sick. $100000.00 from india marks the beginning of a massive campaign that will see more than $2000000000.00 doses delivered to several developing countries across different continents this cause not programs about equity and sooty darity if you follow the vaccination going on around the planet so far it's only citizens from the let the say the better off countries that have benefited from this and from today we're breeding equity gone the plants inoculated around 20 percent of its population in the 1st phase of its campaign but is still not enough and the government says it's working on securing more doses. almost $2500000.00 people worldwide have died from corona virus so far rich countries have been able to buy far more vaccines in poorer ones and while kovacs has managed to raise $6000000000.00 in needs at least another 2000000000 to meet

its targets the 2021 this is only financed now so we can reach in 1002 countries the most vulnerable population the all the citizens the health workers people with school mortgages you know but we need much more taxes and financing so we can vaccinate everybody just like if you walk in the rich world countries receive a life saving vaccines next we'll include some of the poorest countries in the world including haiti democratic republic of congo and afghanistan where the kovacs program will cover 20 percent of its $38000000.00 population the global race for doses has met the high income countries can more easily do deals with vaccine manufacturers than low income ones so the world health organization and unit urging those companies to prioritize contracts with kovacs and ensure fair distribution worldwide so far $200.00 term. marks have been marred

globally. but how. just 2 countries and you purchase and gone in just 10 countries more than $200.00 countries are you 2 items to a single goes. after a year of disruptions due to the pandemic there is hope this is the beginning of the path to recovery for those most affected and those that some most vulnerable sort of. or the world bank is threatening to suspend $34000000.00 in financing for a coronavirus vaccines in lebanon on the bank is investigating accusations that politicians were inoculated in parliament without prior approval a top lebanese official supervising the vaccine rollout called the revelations outrageous and as threatened to step down several u.s. cities have opened mass vaccination sites in sports stadiums as the government ramps up distribution some of the largest are normally used by the n.f.l.

football teams but one city has rejected calls to use its arena instead taking a more personal approach to the vaccine rollouts gabriel the zonda reports from philadelphia. earlier this month levi's stadium in san francisco home to the 49 er's professional football team was opened and people weren't celebrating touchdowns right every lead but instead cope with 1000 vaccinations health officials transformed the stadium into a giant vaccination site and expect to be able to administer up to 15000 shots a day for more than can be done daily at a hospital pharmacy or community center so far 7 n.f.l. stadiums have been opened as mass spec's nation sites all over the country with more next month the n.f.l. has told president joe biden all $32.00 stadiums are available but notably one city has taken

a different approach this is lincoln financial field home to the philadelphia eagles football team it's a huge distillery inside seats for more than 67000 people and over 170 different private suites and outside more than 22000 parking spots in theory this is the perfect place for a mass vaccination site however the city of philadelphia has said no thanks i for stanford when you look at these. down a vaccine what is it represent to you. live the city teamed up with dr ala stanford the founder of a community based group that works with the idea take the vaccine to the people into their neighborhoods rather than having the people come to the vaccine in a place like a stadium that may be difficult to reach black people in philadelphia make up 44 percent of the population and over 50 percent of the kovac deaths but in the early

stages only made up 10 percent of those being vaccinated that's gone up considerably to over 20 percent dr stanford says there. still a long way to go but the trends show that the current strategy is working we're not there yet at all and so that's why it needs to continue these vaccination efforts in these communities and we want to go to them there are so many places that are set up that are not easily accessible that people perceive as barriers to get vaccinated and so we want to be the way we always were going to the people city officials say they might use the stadium in the future but will need a lot more doses of the vaccine to make it work if we were to set up one of the states at lincoln financial field the only way we could do it only we could support it is to pull those says out of the community out of those pharmacies out of those community health centers and that's not something we're willing to do at this point

for a city bucking the trend of mega vaccination sites saying bigger isn't necessarily better when getting the shots to those who need them the most keep rosendo. philadelphia plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including antigovernment activists go on trial in lebannon accused of terrorism during last month's protests . beating the drums of change we'll tell you why indigenous people in ecuador have spent days marching on the capital and india's cricketers take control of the protest against england past stories coming up in sports. but 1st a german court has convicted a former member of syria's secret police in a landmark case over the torture of protesters

a yard lookout he was found guilty of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity and jailed for 4 and a half years the chargers involve the arrest and torture of at least 30 people in damascus after a rally in 2011 that he be arrived in germany in $2800.00 seeking asylum another man on what a restaurant is directly facing similar charges but this trial is continuing. for us it's a great you know it's a historic. decision in fact under strict a for not for for. us assyrians it's historic days they fought for justice in holds a vote. decision today. clearly fight that many people not just commit crimes against humanity who should facilitate who they support that will not give him an

excuse to have impunity john mccain has been following proceedings from berlin. 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 or thora he 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 security has been stepped up outside a military court in beirut where $32.00 and to government activists are standing trial accused of terrorism it's the 1st time the charge has been leveled against protesters an offense which carries the death sentence then $100.00 reports from beirut. it's been nearly a month since an alley saw her son she waits for news outside the military tribunals where allie is among dozens of men facing trial on terrorism charges her 3rd birthday learned those charges can carry the death penalty and are seen as an

escalation in the ongoing conflict between the state and the people. in need they mean to shed. they're accusing our sons of being terrorists they are the terrorists they stole the people's money they are responsible for the explosion of that they report our children are nationalists not them the defendants are alleged to have thrown molotov cocktails at security forces and burned down a melissa polity building during protests in the northern city of tripoli last month the demonstrations were held to demand the government compensation during a strict coronavirus lockdown that worse than living conditions for the poor. one protester was shot in the back during the unrest his family and activists want to know why no charges have been brought against those responsible for killing him the facilities are marked by a really special not a table who was monitored was killed by these men they know who fired the shot and they're not telling us lawyers have criticised the use of a military court to try the defendants and say they have been obstructed from

seeing them they also say the young men were interrogated without lawyers being present and described the charges as unlawful arbitrary and a form of oppression this escalation has 3 reasons for us 1st is to put the stigma on the protestors mainly in 3 put it that they are terrorists 2nd is to put the fear factor to the protesters not to hit the streets again and 3rd is like to put the pressure on the investigation judge not 3 of the detainees human rights groups say terrorism charges should be used for serious political crimes and not acts of public disorder. repression is increased in the 11 on some said nationwide protest movement began more than a year ago security forces have been accused of using excessive and unlawful force against the demonstrators. lengthy pretrial the tensions prosecutions with limited rights to appeal interrogations without the presence of

a lawyer and beatings have all been documented warnings that free speech and a sense. the are at risk are not new for many the dwindling numbers of those who continue to speak out is a testament of that reality set of. beirut pakistan's prime minister has been meeting sri lanka's president go to via rajapakse on the 2nd and final day of his visit iran has been discussing efforts to fight religious extremism and how to help poor countries whether the pandemic he also called for the subcontinent to help resolve the dispute around kashmir adding that it can only be resolved through dialogue meanwhile fernandez has more from colombo. recently 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 the officialdom of iran's iran come 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 lanka museum congress tweeting out that that meeting had been 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 mainly on pretty sort of non-controversial issues. oser lanka is expected to face strong criticism of the upcoming u.n. human rights council meeting that's due in part for its failure to bring accountability to those involved in its 25 year long civil war last year the government announced that was withdrawing from a un resolution signed by the previous administration that promised to promote reconciliation accountability and human rights but rights groups of accused presidents go to buy a rajapakse of waging a campaign of fear and intimidation against rights activists journalists lawyers and political challengers and last month the un human rights chief said she was alarmed by the deteriorating conditions and called for a sanctions were earlier we spoke to foreign minister words and he defended

his government's record on human rights. as for a long time government has pledged to the un as well as the human rights commission the programs that we are committed to when we have begun some of the programs our company don't deem binding the lands back to the people and training and so many hard going to the carnets train on credit 1000 and they all are back in their own areas after vocational training they have appointed a supreme court judge to head the commission of inquiry we just played just the last human rights sessions by me is only an implementation the obvious for the missing person is in operation and we have pledged and located the funds necessary even for these here so one cannot understand how these commission officers comes to these conclusions we don't know in the ground see to waveland

just to make allegations it is true we defeated them t. d. one of the deadliest terrorist organizations in the world but we have all come back to a nominee to be out of parliamentary democracy in addition to all that we have appointed this commission if anyone wants to come and conducted said of before the commission any evidence to be brought and a new evidence to be manned 3 lanka has opened the gates now the commission is ready to hear who will say is they have let them bring information in or just keep on saying sri lanka is violating the sri lanka violating sol one cannot agree to a one sided a very biased. properly substantive board on the high commission news

report. let's go straight to charles who is an associate fellow in the asia pacific program at chatham house joining us from london thanks very much for your time with us you heard the lankan foreign minister on our air he's calling all of this basically a political move in rejecting that upcoming reports at the u.n. human rights council what's your response to what he had to say. i think it's quite interesting that the foreign minister as normal see this it current situation in sri lanka which is a thing that normally the fact that there is you know cows and people were killed and disappeared in the war civilians were killed in the city as in the war calls to accountability thus far not a single member of the military has been brought to justice all a single member of the government who vandy to these actions have been brought to justice this is a real slap in the face with those who lost you know dead near and dear ones in the

course of the conflict the other thing that needs to be retreated that this is not just a timing issue you know the kinds of violations that have happened in shoot out that have have affected all communities and accountability and that's called for for all communities and that normalization that can portman is to speaks to it does do should not require the silencing of dissent the arrests of journalists the into the nation up civil society and media the complete decimation of all you know the democratic institutions including the defense of the judiciary this is not a normal parliamentary functioning democracy the last of the moves that they have initiated in terms of appointing a commission to examine the previous commissions of inquiry is as it really would have been quite lawful good to not affect cuts or to see this in fact so essentially all the current steps or rather the recent steps taken by the previous

governments and of the justice and accountability and prosecutions investigations that were on have now being pulled back by this current commission that has been sector right and having said that and the government's current rejection off what will take place in a few hours time and how likely is it the today's event actually changes things on the ground in sri lanka. well that 3 me in a sort of colds if you like from civil society and human rights activists including from very prominent un independent experts that what i summarized massively but that tweet me goals are firstly you know increased un human rights monitoring inge which needs to happen because what is going on needs to be documented secondly there needs to be true accountability and justice in a in a process that is internationally vandy to the oversea and finally i think that their

request for targeted sanctions is not misplaced so for example if diplomatic sanctions could be imposed but it treats actions could be boards against specific individuals it would send a very crucial message to those in positions of authority this is not new it's happening in myanmar already so is all of this likely to pressure the abuse or lankan government i mean you are talking about sending a message but what about the pressure on any affected because also officials within the sri lankan government have said this the sri lankan government is not resisting any form of accountability within our constitution our constitution does not provide options for foreign judges no it's not a quick i mean if this should and could national domestic reforms of accountability or justice would be considered fair and free and acceptable that would be an option

but i think over the years over 3 decades now it has been proved that the independence of judiciary ensure luck is that the question so a national accountability mechanisms would be perfectly and completely acceptable if they were indeed a stand there and but that is not the keys ok and we thank you very much for speaking to us from london charulata hawk thanks so much. thank you let's get a check on the weather now on the news hour here is everything hello there we've got snow in the forecast for parts of the middle east over the next couple of days not as widespread as it has been recently on places i think for the most part it is looking fine and dry but iran could see some rather nasty weather so you have the higher ground increasingly turning to snow and it joins up with the snowy mix that we have pushing up towards afghanistan kabul around 30 degrees celsius iraq syria lebanon jordan pushing down across the levant looking fine and dry with some pleasant sunshine and more the west sunshine too into northern parts of saudi

arabia following on from our recent spell of sherry rain coming out of this this system here which continues to make its way further east was dry skies coming back in behind snow just the winds picking up across the gulf as we go through friday blowing so some lifted dust and sad to watch out for but it will be largely dry loss of hazy sunshine across much of the arabian peninsula well as you drive seriously hope across the waters here into somalia got a few showers there into the highlands maybe some showers just around southern parts of uganda through the rift valley the usual crop of showers coming in here but some really wet weather will make its way to the eastern side of south africa or over the next couple of days but it warms up quite nicely for cape town. still ahead on the. presidents kicks off its vaccination drive the 3rd worst country in southeast asia. only be. 2 candidates claim

victory a new presidential runoff election sparking in the capital. new york sports fans return to madison square garden for the 1st time in almost a year joe will have all the details. how does the team from the smaller league to go clothes. why does the ideas flood. the school she's close. what is it about celtic that host the world over cheering them on all of her kids football and the little installment of protest in the in. the fun to make football.

player low to lead the lead. lead. now that we're going to top stories on the al-jazeera news our military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for crisis talks after this month's coup he's meeting the prime minister and indonesian foreign minister as part of regional

efforts to resolve the crisis gano has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs scheme the $600000.00 were flown in from india kovacs aims to get vaccines to the most vulnerable people and share them fairly among all nations a court in germany has convicted a former syrian security agency officer in a landmark case related to the torture of protesters. found guilty of helping facilitate crimes against humanity and jailed for 4 and a half years well let's get more on ghana the 1st country to receive vaccines through the scheme we cannot speak to oxana pages who's a senior lecturer health advisor at university college london school of pharmacy she's joining us now from london thanks for your time with us so this is a big moment thought only for gonna but i suppose for kovacs on the whole scheme what sort of challenges would it have faced. well certainly this is a historic moment in the pandemic in terms of getting the ball rolling 'd and

getting those vaccines to people who need them and who previously up until this stage would have had no vaccines at all which we've heard a lot about the vaccine inequity as a result of that i think one of the fundamental aspects of the success of kodak's has also come down to dr taylor says leadership of the world health organization and coordination with unicef gagne's that he all the partners certainly had this international collaboration had not gone through these channels we just wouldn't be this date of getting vaccines on the ground and gonna quit have been pushed much further back but as you say despite the point it's really celebration there are challenges ahead particularly just looking at the number of doses are many countries have given financial contributions the u.k. being one of the highest

a donor in the world in terms of funds but this isn't also mean jasc and so through the kovacs facility it's looking as though only about 20 percent of people within these populations the $92.00 poorest countries in the world will receive coverage but that doesn't get us up to herd immunity like in heineken countries right so all with the goal of reaching $92.00 countries and i've also read that the goal is to deliver around 2000000000 doses of. $1000.00 shots this year via kovacs hosa decided which country goes 1st so-to speak. again this is a part of the negotiations that the deputy chair is working alongside governments and not only encouraging for countries to go through the kovacs facility itself but also try to enter in partnership binds being really if

possible because again those 2000000000 doses are just not going to be enough for those well italy the countries. again who when it comes to who will get them certainly within those countries we're looking at a very the. recommendations which 1st prioritizes health care workers. those who are elderly and we look at various countries go on as is one of the 1st but it is also according to need and those who may not have as many vaccines available to them and unfortunately that is a large number. and that's also about which vaccines countries get because if we just look at what's transpired and europe just a few hours ago and particularly hungary we know that hungary has now started to use the chinese made vaccine cinna farm and that makes it the 1st thing you country to do so what do you think of ott. well i do think that the efficiency shown

by the sino back inside of our vaccines is actually looking quite positive and not all countries should be looking to back to meet their populations affect names that are available in this instance early on there was some criticism in terms of despair discrepancies in trial results but since then there have been further evaluations and that has really lifted the. the trust in this particular vaccine i think there was internationally a sense that the chinese were moving toward achieving global health diplomacy by distributing and donating the fact mean but again this is part of the solution because the fact particularly you not have call like storage requirements the technology that can use to develop them it is a vaccine traditional technology that we also use for the astra zeneca octu vaccine

so i think we're going to be internationally both of you back trying to reconcile are being used more broadly not just an l m i mean and i think that's something that's again maybe there there are some challenges in terms of perception but when we look into the trial data itself it is looking very positive and i thank you so much for speaking to us from london thank you. leader mahatma claims he's narrowly won the presidential elections a day after official results said he lost by more than 11 percent on tuesday officials declared his rival mohamed the winner which led to looting in the capital and am a. voter fraud has been widespread officials have called on candidates to respect the final results speak to. the president of africa international media group she's

joining us from paris thanks so much for your time with us on al-jazeera so shortly before the results were declared or the unofficial results that is awesome on his campaign has been alleging widespread fraud without providing any evidence as a few yet what do you think is going to happen next. again it would be very difficult to. to prove the extensive fraud because just because of the balance of power enough the president elect hat and much better what a much not to want and a everybody was expecting him to win but now they also there is also something which has been up to speed it. is that is why i could not run and who was a former. president of parliament mr matthau meant to be also quite nice before but he had. a judiciary problem. and was jailed and he

was not allowed to live like you were spent much in the background and so what did very much. he get more lost now my mom's mad at but he's not as strong as it used to. be the outgoing president was very much afraid of his i was an unspoken but he lost a lot of meat and he could see that during that election he so want to man and man and he barely had 70 percent wants so you see he was so strong the more so the seal but he seemed possible to send people out in the streets and do some writing. so he cleared so is all of this and what we're seeing on the streets the looting except for threatening the democratic transition of power in the country. yes it will not really threaten it but it's something we will

soon happen and what you see that not be granted to each other yet some opposition leader and the economy didn't lose you can be it appears caught on her nice people to go to the streets and to protest is something you already see racist and days also want elements which has some impacts that during that campaign it was very much concentrated on the looks and the and the obvious you know of. the president elect the way say don't be governed by a matter by a whites and that so that the court in my white and this kind of catchphrase this i barely efficient you saw that clip before are when they want to choose who are excluded president what kept saying he's a he's not could you fly right now they were 20 it was saying that it. was born in

libya that is not a real. yes it is so whatever gallagher is facing the next president wouldn't say what does he have to take head on because there are a number of issues that people in his air 1 are having to deal with not least security as well as the economy. absolutely you know why don't you ask the you when the where. why did that make it wasn't no overwhelmingly the state's 1st you know they have a huge problem with it in the sand we've got news and organized crime. and you see during the campaign they were able to do what a lot in my 2nd election not some of. the gotten things which happened then. expect more. former e.j. and the press is in charge of security before they expect him to do something

to get the flutter troops which are there you know the french the american sense that they expect something now really happened and that violence ok that. plan thank you so much marie was a bit of a 1st speaking to us from paris thank you. now joe biden is expected to speak with saudi arabia's king sandman before the publication of a u.s. government report on the murder of journalist. it would be biden's 1st conversation as president with the saudi leader of a classified intelligence report is widely believed to implicate the king son crown prince mohammed bin sandman and hotshot james killing the trumpet ministration refuse to release it or white house correspondent kelly hocket is joining us from washington d.c. so the call came early if it happens a scheduled will be biden's 1st conversation as president with the saudi king.

yeah highly anticipated and watched and you have to remember that the administration now in its 1st month of that call still has not come and given the fact that there has been a strategic relationship between the united states and saudi arabia for decades going back to the 1940 s. the fact that this call has not yet occurred is significant and notable now the white house and the national security council have not confirmed this call will take place but certainly the reports are circulating widely here in the united states we expect that there will be a range of issues that will be discussed most notably the report that we believe is imminent with regard to the killing of the washington post journalist shows she and the fact that it was the king's son mohammed bin solomon who is pointed out in terms of ordering that killing and we should point out that he has denied doing so but certainly that is the conclusion of not just members of congress but also u.s.

intelligence agencies one more thing that we should point out in all of this is that the white house is saying and has been saying for days and weeks now that this is all part of a recalibration as the white house press secretary called it of the u.s. saudi relationship the fact that the u.s. has pulled support for the saudi led conflict in yemen and also has put a spotlight on human rights in the kingdom the fact that this is a sort of foundation of foreign policy for joe biden it certainly is a sharp contrast to the cozy relationship that the kingdom enjoyed under the previous administration of donald trump and camberley what was the scuffle between joe biden and the canadian prime minister and justin trudeau a virtual meeting. well that's another sort of significant meeting that took place the fact that this was kind of the 1st official by lateral

meeting of the canadian prime minister justin trudeau and the us president significant of course because the 1st meeting always signals a strong and strategic relationship of course the 2 countries share a border the northern border of the united states and there is an enormously powerful trade relationship that exists between the 2 countries and that has been impacted greatly due to cope with 1000 the fact that the border between the 2 has been cut down has been closed to all but essential trade so this is have a grave economic impact on both countries so this was one of the main things that the 2 talked about but to that end with respect to covert 19 also how there can be an increase in vaccinations that could be supplied to canada as a result of the production here in the united states and other strategic interests so this is something that has been of note the fact that this was the 1st bilateral meeting and of course there are many world leaders there are eager to be next in

line all rights can be halakha thank you so much for that update from washington d.c. . hundreds of indigenous protesters have marched in ecuador's capital kitto demanding a recount in the presidential election very candid at yahoo paris says vote prevented him from advancing to the runoff our latin america editor of the c n n n reports. for days indigenous ecuadorians march to the capital some from as far away as the amazon rain forest to demand a recount of this month's presidential election but the entire country's tired of so much corruption bowing to manipulation and abuse this time we won't give in jaco represents resistance. the march was led by the biggest the center left environmentalist and indigenous rights activist who insists he came in 2nd place that would allow him to compete in a presidential runoff in april. there are no longer doubts fraud is no longer

a presumption it's a truth no one can hide it's a structural fraud and we have the evidence here was that this is commonly known by his adopted indigenous name. which means water in key choice he presented the electoral council with boxes containing alleged proof of inconsistency is in nearly 50 percent of polling stations his supporters are demanding the council order a recount of all of them even though it has already declared conservative get more lost all the official 2nd place winner by less than half of a percentage point. though if they don't respect the letter of the law millions will heed our call for national uprising because they can take away the dreams of the ecuadorian people however. 7 it's not a threat to be taken lightly. it would do is combative indigenous groups who will organize and in the past have proven they can paralyze the country and even force

out governments when they mobilize the electoral council. can only challenge results from specific pulled in stations when there's evidence of inconsistency it also argues that it can't afford a massive recount. the point of this demonstration and large events that may follow is to show that refusing the demands of ecuador's 1st serious indigenous presidential contender could cost the country far more a c. in human al-jazeera malaysia is the latest country in southeast asia to start its covert 19 vaccination drive the prime minister was the 1st to get the job and more face than vietnam more than 100000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine a rived ahead if it's planned rollout next month just to washington takes a look at inoculation campaigns and the region. at a health clinic in the city of which are giant delays as prime minister kicks off

his country's corona virus vaccine campaign the southeast asian nation plans to vaccinate 80 percent of its population of 32000000 by next year. in neighboring indonesia at one of the world's largest mosques thousands of religious leaders are being vaccinated this week in jakarta using the vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceuticals manufacturer a sign of ike the drive is part of the push to encourage more into nations to accept the vaccine. have a target of 17000000 public workers a religious leaders and 21000000 elderly people hopefully the 2nd phase will be finished by the end of june indonesia is the worst affected country in southeast asia with more than 35000 confirmed deaths thailand will start vaccinating priority groups including health workers this week using the same sign of aca back scene the country has received 200000 doses more will arrive next month the day.

i thank china for sending us the 1st batch of bank scenes this month the vaccines will keep arriving as planned the philippines is yet to start its vaccine rollout and its labor department has sparked anger suggesting it was open to allowing more nurses to work in foreign countries in exchange for vaccines from europe when we 1st. read and heard about it but we are sad then in the neighborhood of the brick as if we are like an object not by the bank we did see and vietnam has been praised as one of the world's best performers in handling the virus and now it's received its 1st shipment of vaccines it will be hoping that it will continue when it starts rolling them out next month jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. after his car crash.

and time for the sports news with joe there ian thank you very much well let's bring you more on that road accident involving tiger woods there are doubts he will never play golf again after suffering serious leg injuries in the crash but the police say he is lucky to be a life reports. a close up look at tiger woods he's caught 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 the 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 x. 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 woods 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. is there a. 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 chronic 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 there's doubt he will ever reach the same heights or even play again 45 years on he's going to remember surgeries. but i think the 1st start you come to on this is is this the end of a career coming in 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 where we just heard that rugby 6 nations game between france and scotland will go ahead as planned despite a coded 19 outbreak in the french squad 10 players and the head coach tested positive but tournament organizers have decided to proceed with sunday's match in paris france atop the 6 nations table after winning both of their games so far. to cricket now in india have already taken control of the 3rd test against england and

then won the toss and chose to bat 1st that some 212 all out on day one only 4 fires reached double figures once again struggling against the spin bowlers the series is tied at $11.00 but india are looking on course to win this one is a night match being played at the world's largest cricket by moving the terrace stadium in ahead of that it can hold up 211-0000 but only 55000 for this match also had 19 instructions. for the 1st time in almost a year new york's iconic madison square garden has reopened to sports fans as new york state eases restrictions the home of the knicks basketball team allowed 2000 fans back to watch them play the golden state warriors all staff and spectators had to have negative covert tests taken within the last 72 hours they also had to spread out among the stands and why mosques i'm so excited my file under this mask is just huge i'm so glad to be home we're home maybe it has been so tough watching

them from home but we get to be back in our home away from home we miss the garden you know we feed off their energy they feed off artists we're going to be here it's very exciting it's almost a whole. lot of you don't know what to expect never been to a game in 20000 seat arena with 2000 people spread out we're going to find out what it's like tonight unfortunately the next couldn't give their fans a fairytale ending to their return to the garden the warriors steph curry silence the small crowd as he scored 37 points to lead his team 211-4206 victory scottish football champions sell take a looking for a new manager neil lennon has resigned with the team a distant 2nd in the title race to glasgow rivals ranges they trailed by 18 points and was in his 2nd stint in charge since rejoining in 2019 he said it was very frustrating and disappointing to see the team slip in their chase for a record 10th league title in a row. all right that is all useful for now have terry thank you so much joe thanks

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