the oppressed and. the fun to make sure. you see. just on the differences and similarities the cultures across the. country take it we'll bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. protesters marched in manama as the military appointed foreign minister flies to thailand a crisis to. hello there i'm just on the tape this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up gonna become the 1st nation to receive coronavirus vaccines as part of a global scheme to ensure that less wealthy countries and being left behind. in

a landmark ruling a german court sentences a form a syrian secret policeman to present. fears of an ecological disaster a large oil spill spews tons of tar across israel's coastline and spreads to southern lebanon. while myanmar's military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after this month's coup it's part of regional efforts to try to resolve the crisis which began when the army seized power on the festive february protesters are continuing to demand the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi and rallies across the country scott hardware has more now from bangkok. protesters gathered in front of the indonesian embassy in years gone only for regional involvement as tensions grow across our. this is the military point of foreign minister visited bangkok for crisis talks. meeting his thai and indonesian counterparts as well as thailand's

prime minister pay a $100.00 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 adjust it i'd like to see on countries not to recognise the q. 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 protesters are urging asio 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 the military 100 wish oppressed people right now decided to people were just trying to protest as they can to. lead to. we won't

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 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. well western countries have moved quickly to speak out against and even sanction myanmar's military but its close neighbors have been a little more circumspect let's take a look neighboring thailand provides jobs to more than a 1000000 migrants strengthening

a previously fractious relationship china is myanmar's most consistent backa offering debt relief development grants and soft loans it says any international action against the military should quote promote reconciliation like china india shares a border with me and has also grown closer to its neighbor in the past 2 decades in 2019 it became myanmar's top arms deal that 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 or indonesia has been trying to corral asio nations to help steer a path out of this crisis myanmar was under military rule when it joined the 10 member regional bloc back in 1997 well aaron connolly is a research fellow with the international institute for strategic studies he says the us and uk is useful but limited in the role it can actually 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 the at least the are actually still quite far apart and the protesters in the street have even more ambitious demands in the lp have the courts leaders were arrested of it or at 1st that constructive thing that i can do now is to earth the military to act with restraint to stop firing at unarmed demonstrators as they join the civil disobedience disobedience movement and to release all the political prisoners so that perhaps mediation can take place in a more and do better down the road thailand actually is playing an interesting game here and although on january 1st on the day of it who is said that this was an internal matter for me and maher 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 myanmar with which they share a very long border and they don't want to see refugees streaming over that were

particularly during this pandemic and so although it said this was an internal matter of that you were a person it also joined a statement by offering on that same day or supported by often on that same day the call for with us is very often the language of return to normalcy so a return to that was a democratic structure that existed prior to the coup perhaps they played useful now gone on has become the fast country to receive coronavirus fact seen through the international kovacs game the ashes anika jobs arrived in the capital accra on wednesday has at least. even back seem to ensure that people from less wealthy countries are protected against covert 19 is being hailed as a historic moment. the rival of 600000 votes from india marks the beginning of a massive campaign that will see more than 2000000000 doses delivered to several developing countries across different continents discovered programs about equity and sooty darity if you follow the vaccination going on around the planet so far

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sort of height of jazz it are now a german court has convicted a former member of syria's secret police and a landmark case over the torture of protesters i heard algarve was found guilty of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity and jailed for 4 and a half years the charges involved in the arrest and torture of at least 30 people in damascus after a rally back in 2011 ghareeb arrived in germany in 2018 seeking asylum and now another man on a restaurant is directly facing similar charges and his trial is continuing for us it's a great you know it's historic. this is in fact understood for not 44 of. us assyrians it's historic days they fought for justice in holder what. this is in today. clear a fight that any people not. just commit crimes against humanity

who for should facilitate who they support that will not give him an excuse to have impunity john mccain has been following proceedings for us 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 thorazine 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 and the offenses that 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 well still ahead here on al jazeera anti-government activists go on trial in lebanon accused of terrorism during last month protests. long delays and late mail have done on transparent cuts have eroded trust in the u.s. postal service. it's

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just see around. the world. oh. and again. that's remind you about top stories here this hour man miles military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for crisis talks after this month's coup he's meeting the prime minister and indonesia's foreign minister as part of regional efforts to try to resolve the crisis meanwhile protesters gathered at the indonesian embassy ahead of that is. gone on has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international crew back scheme the 600000 viles were flown in from india kovacs aims to get vaccines to the most vulnerable people and share them fairly amongst all nations. and of course in germany has convicted of form

a syrian security agency officer and a landmark case related to the torture of protesters i had al gore it was found guilty of helping facilitate crimes against humanity and jailed for 4 and a half years. well security has been stepped up outside a military court in beirut where $32.00 anti-government activists are currently standing trial accused of terrorism it's the 1st time that charge has been leveled against a protester and it's an offense that can carry a death sentence in a court of 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. 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 i mean it should be a bit heavy 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 with the least amount they really special going to tell you about 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 tripoli that they are terrorists 2nd is to put the fear factor to the protesters not to hit the streets again as good as 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 has increased in the 11 on some said nationwide. the test movement began more than a year ago security forces have been accused of using excessive and unlawful force against the demonstrators. lengthy pretrial detention prosecutions with limited rights to appeal interrogations without the presence of a lawyer and beatings have all been documented warnings that free speech and assembly are at risk are not new for many the dwindling numbers of those who

continue to speak out is a testament of that reality so out of. beirut now opposition leader mohamed a with money claims he's narrowly won news as presidential elections a day after official results said he lost by more than 11 percentage points with money says a voter fraud has been widespread across news as regions on tuesday officials declared mohamed presume the wenna which lead to neutering in the capital niamey the provisional vote count must still be confirmed by the constitutional court. and there are few ready to assume this function that the people decided to give to me i would take it on with patriotism loyalty and integrity i would be a president for all musicians without any exception i would like to salute the leaders of the parties that gave me the precious support who facilitated me. when i met addresses and mina in neighboring nigeria he explains just what's led to this post-election violence. the post-election violence in egypt which is expected

growing by the body language of the main challenger to basel mohamed that's moment its money immediately after casting his ballot on sunday he said that this time around the would accept any manipulation of the election results and that they will watch out and insist that these votes counted immediately after that his campaign manager when the results started trickling in a cold on supporters of moments meant to go onto the streets and protest the outcome of the election saying that the election is rigged however the election election in the last year and this year what was underlined by issues of racism that have been so many a much slinging during the campaign of course targeting the president elect mohamed by whom some questioning his nationality and then even the violence that broke out after the announcement of the results what actually targeted minority and toric businesses and millions we hear that millions of dollars were lost in these attacks

now would be or thought is they're struggling to contain the situation one of them takes office officially he will have to contend not only with the economic situation in egypt the violence that struck in the country from attacks by boko haram to those by armed groups in the bordering countries of mali and burkina faso unemployment illiteracy and high rates of poverty he also has to deal with the new 40 lines that is developing within the nigerian society the division between the indigenous black population and the torek and out of population on the other hand these are some of the critical issues facing by the moment when he takes over power after mohammad yousuf term has ended. well joe biden is expected to speak with saudi arabia's conceal month before the publication of a u.s. government report on the murder of jon lester. it would be biden's 1st conversation as president with the saudi leader because the fight intelligence report is widely believed to implicate the king son crown prince mohammed been found in casualties

coming to trump administration refused to releases white house correspondent candy how that has a latest from washington d.c. well the call itself has not yet been confirmed by the white house through the national security council or even the press office here but it is being widely reported that it will take place and the press office house for weeks been asking when that call would take place all the white house will confirm is that in fact it would be a phone call between president biden and the king but we expect that it could be an uncomfortable call given the subject matter well we know there will be a range of issues discussed including the strategic interests in the region for both parties it will also we expect to discuss the fact that there is an imminent report that is set to be released that will be particularly damning with reference to the king's son the crown prince mohammed bin salomon who as you pointed out has

been implicated in the killing by intelligence officials in the united states for the murder of the washington post journalist. well the u.s. congress is trying once again to help the struggling postal service recover from a financial losses the government funded agency has long been a beloved man and possible service for americans but recent deliveries of days have led to plummeting public trust how does a customer reports. when lori cash of new york took a job with the u.s. postal service 22 years ago it was for the security of a government job and a chance to work closely with the public to be able to service the public and do something that i know is helping people every day has just always been apparent to me but lately she's been hearing more complaints from customers dealing with delayed mail who have met someone mail apparently been one city and it takes 3 or 4 or 5 days to get to the next city over only 38 percent of 1st class mail was

delivered on time in late december according to postal service court filings that means everything from medications to bill payments arriving late and it's a problem that persists people have got their bills delayed and they've sent them to companies or utilities companies or utilities are charging late fees. small businesses that once depended on the u.s. postal service to ship products are also suffering marilyn boutique owner fares on jagger says many of the gift orders she received before christmas weren't delivered in time even pathway past the holidays we would get e-mails where is my gift that it received the big get delivered to the recipient she now uses private shipping carriers though they're more expensive the u.s. postal service lost more than $9000000000.00 in business in 2020 but the delivery

delays that drove away some customers will likely improve after the agency's long running money troubles will be harder to tackle because its costs routinely exceed its revenues the man tasked with finding a solution is postmaster general louis to joy a trunk mega donor who implemented cuts to the postal service at the height of the pandemic and in the lead up to last november's mail in voting the joys latest plans for the agency reportedly include reducing services for local mail and raising postage rates by nearly 10 percent we can do so much more her our communities than what we do now so if he's not willing to look outside of what we currently do if he just wants to cut what we have and turn it into a business then he does not belong in the postal service because you can't run the service with that closed minded attitude everyone agrees the u.s. postal service cannot continue on its current footing but the visions for how to

help the can see defer even as most believe the service is worth saving heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington now the european union's ambassador to venezuela has been given 72 hours to leave the country and then responds to new sanctions imposed by the bloc it accuses president nicolas maduro as government of undermining democracy and human rights says venezuela's december elections were not credible. well a greek oil tanker company is denying accusations that it's responsible for a major oil spill that's spewed tons of talk across israel's coast as well as southern lebanon managers of the minerva helland say the vessel is now in spain and quote without deficiencies this comes after israel's public broadcaster reported that the tanker was the suspected source the country's nature and pump so authority says it's one of the west ecological disasters on record $55.00 tons of tar have been cleaned up so far well i spoke to jonathan i can he's the israel's right to for greenpeace he says authorities are closer to identifying just who is

responsible for the spill. i seemed a continuity with b.s. the beast very soon i mean the company can maybe try to yank sometimes the dow so many technology. civilities to do dots by ourself we are also trying to see where it is this came from and it's really just things off easy know and once we have new elements we also released them that israel has has the resources but not the playground is to deal with such a difference so basically it's the n.g.o.s who to believe them that then wrote those and volunteers to deal with the clean up some parts of the keno already have been seen fast and so i'm sure those will be probably reopen to the po they quite soon maybe in a few weeks the 4 other parts most iraqi parts and it's very special and sensitive area has some natural reserve off some not to reserves it was very special eco systems and the clean up will take months that's it isn't for sizing whole took 2nd

thought and i think i'll 1st of fuels and huge infrastructure and demand it on and see it's hundreds of dungarees that are making their way all along especially in east marathon and sea and it's also many oil and gas drilling that are already existing and all developments so what we saw here is you know just a kind of strong move of what is going to be destroyed ation in the east on midtown and best seen in the u.s. we chanced and our government's gender way to sink and a really addiction to this kind of fossil fuels. american golfer tiger woods is recovering from surgery after being fair if he ended in a car crash near los angeles has sajan has confirmed the 15 time major champion has fractured has now a leg police are saying he's lucky to be alive they've attacked reports. a close up look at toggle woods's 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 woods was travelling 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 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 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 manager 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 couldn't settle 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 thought 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. had analysts out there i mean how the headlines we are not.