series on al-jazeera. play an important role. protesters march in manama as the military appointed foreign minister flies to thailand for crisis talks. there understand the italian this is out of their life and also coming up ghana becomes the 1st nation to receive coronavirus vaccines as part of a global scheme to ensure that less wealthy countries are left behind. in the landmark ruling a german court sentenced as

a former syrian secret policeman to present a. new un human rights chief warns sri lanka could descend back into violence and rights abuses unless decisive international action is taken. the military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after this month's crew and so part of regional efforts to try to resolve the crisis which began when the army seized power on the 1st of february still protesters are continuing to demand the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi and rallies across the country scott heil has more now from bangkok. and i.q. protesters gathered in front of the indonesian embassy in years gone only for regional involvement as tensions grow across b.m.r. . this as the military pointed foreign minister visited bangkok for crisis talks meeting his thai indonesian counterparts as well as time. prime minister pay out

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 a simian must i just didn't like to see on countries not to recognise the cue government if they do recognise that the asean will be a vote it is reported to be planning to send a pitch was 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 santucci 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 is the side of people which is trying to protest as they can to. lead to that we will

be. in a tree 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 min 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 200-1000 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 al-jazeera bangkok. now ghana has become the 1st country to receive coronavirus vaccine through the international kovacs again the astra zeneca jobs arrived in the capital accra on wednesday has the latest. u.n. vaccine to ensure that people from less wealthy countries are protected against covert

19 is being hailed as a historic moment. the rival of 600000 vols from india marks the beginning of a massive campaign that will see more than 2000000000 doses delivered to several developing countries across different continents this covert program is about equity and sooty darity if you follow the vaccination going on around the planet so far it's only citizens from the let to say the better off countries that have benefited from this and from today we're breeding a quickie gone a plant inoculate around 20 percent of its population in the 1st phase of its campaign but it's 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 target for 2021 this pool that 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 morbidity 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 to receive the lifesaving 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 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 you know. urging those companies to prioritize contracts with kovacs and ensure fair distribution worldwide so far 210000000 doses of vaccine have been are still globally but half of those are just 2 countries

and 80 percent are in just 10 countries more than $200.00 countries are you 2 are still a single dose after a year of disruptions due to the pandemic there's hope this is the beginning of the path to recovery for those most affected and those it's the most vulnerable sort of height of a jazeera. german course has convicted a former member of syria's secret police and a landmark case over the torture of protesters. was found guilty of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity and jailed for 4 and a half years the charges involved the arrest and torture of at least 30 people in damascus after a rally back in 2011 however arrived in germany in 2018 seeking asylum another man is directly facing similar charges and his trial is continuing this for us it's a great you know it's historic. this is in fact understood for

not 44. assyrians it's historic days they fought for justice in holder would. decision today. clearly fight that many people not just to commit crimes against humanity who 1st you could facilitate who they support that would not give him an excuse to have impunity john mccain has been following the 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 they're 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 author of he is here has

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 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 a greek oil tanker company is denying accusations that it's responsible for

a major oil spill that's spewed tons of tar across israel's coast as well a southern lebanon managers of them another helo say the vessel is now in spain and quote without deficiencies this comes after israel's public broadcaster reported that the tank that was the suspected source the country's nature and parks with r.t. says this is one of the west ecological disasters on record 55 tons of tar have been cleaned up so far but earlier i spoke to jonathan eichenbaum he is the israel director for greenpeace he says although it is all closer to identifying 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 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 in that and wrote those ns of volunteers to deal with the clean up some parts of the keno already have been fast and so i'm sure also 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 in sensitive areas some natural result of some not to reserves it was very special ecosystems to clean up with a months that's it isn't for sizing whole talks you can put in a tick off of fuels and huge infrastructure and demand it on and see it's hundreds of young girls that are making their way all along especially in the 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 stronghold of what is going to be destroyed ation in the east on medellin

beseen in the us which stands and our government's gender way to sink and really addiction to this kind of fossil fuels the un human rights chief is warning that trade on crickets slide back into a pattern of violence and he says now threatens during the civil war that ended a decade ago michelle bachelet just made those comments during a global meeting that currently underway and last year the sri lankan government withdrew from a un resolution that promised to polite reconciliation accountability and human rights. the government has largely crossed the law on the possibility of ginny in progress to end purely through a national process for this recent call on the council for new waste work bans various types of accountability at the international level for all parties and seek redress for big things including by supporting a dedicated capacity to elect and preserve evidence and information for the future

accountability processes are still ahead here here on al-jazeera anti-government activists go on trial 11 on accused of terrorism during last month's president's long delays and late mail our donald trump era cuts of a road a trust in the u.s. post office and the am. hello once again it's looking largely dry across a good part of the middle east although we do still have some rain sleet and snow in the forecast chafey that is going to be into iran a little area of cloud here producing some rather wintry weather so the over the mountains push up into afghanistan and again we will see some snow heading towards kabul where temperatures will touch 13 degrees celsius but you can see clear skies coming in for many it brightens up nicely in iraq over towards the levant saudi

arabia should be generally 5 and dry and not too bad here in qatar as well so harvard around $22.00 degrees and 40 back to around 21 on friday when speaking up a blowing watch out for some little dust in the sand as a result of that but to the south that generally try and that dry weather stretching down across the horn of africa generally dry into that eastern side of somalia will see some present sunshine coming through showers once again just around lake victoria southern parts of uganda seeing some heavy showers all the way into the guinea basin will see somewhat of weather coming in here over the next day or so showers run down across. some heavy showers there into botswana eastern parts of south africa will see some heavy rain over the next couple of days with the possibility of localized flooding. join africa's largest trade and investment in rwanda into african trade give me

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this month's crewe 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 as it has. gone on has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs scheme the 600000 dollars were flown in from india about aims to get back scenes to the most vulnerable people and share them fairly amongst all nations. and the un human rights chief has called on the human rights council to set up what she calls a dedicated capacity to investigate the atrocities committed during treatment is 25 year civil war this comes after the government withdrew from a un resolution that promised to promote reconciliation and to come to but its. all security has been stepped up outside a military court in beirut where $32.00 anti-government activists are standing trial accused of terrorism and the fast time that charge has been leveled against a protester and it's an offense that could carry a death sentence then how to reports now from beirut. it's been nearly

a month since an early saw her son she waits for news outside the military tribunal 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 of the people. who need to i mean. they're choosing 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 threw molotov cocktails at security forces and burned down the melissa policy building during. tests in the northern city of tripoli last month the demonstrations were held to demand government compensation during a strict coronavirus lockdown that worsened 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 want 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 3 put it that they are terrorists 2nd is to put the fear factor to the protestors 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 assembly are at risk are not new for many the dwindling numbers of those who continue to speak out is a testament of that we. sent a. beirut. well opposition leader mohamed claims he is narrowly won presidential elections a day off the official results said he lost by more than 11 percentage points as money says a voter fraud has been widespread across new jazz regions on tuesday officials declared mohamed presume the wenna which led to losing in the capital niamey the provisional vote count must still be confirmed by the constitutional court on that

address is and mina in neighboring nigeria he explains just what led to this post-election violence facing. the post-election violence in his year 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 are counted immediately after that his campaign manager when the results started trickling in a call them 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 there have been so many a much sleep during the campaign of course targeting the president elect. 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 the or thought is they're struggling to contain the situation one person takes office officially he will have to contend not only with the economic situation in asia the violence that struck in the country from attacks by book or arm 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 ford lines that is developing. within the nigerian society the division between the indigenous black population and the torek population on the other hand these are some of the critical issues facing brother mahmoud when he takes over power after mohammad yousuf term has ended now joe biden is expected to speak with saudi arabia's king sound month before the publication of a u.s. government report on the matter of journalists. this would be biden's 1st

conversation as president with the saudi leader not casa fired intelligence reports is widely believed to implicate the king son crown prince mohammed bin salman in construction is coming the trump administration refused to release this white house correspondent can be how could has the latest now 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 solomon 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 u.s. postal service recover from years now of financial losses its manages before the house oversight committee as it considers new legislation how does your caster has . 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 militant activity in one city and it takes 3 or $45.00 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 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 d.n.c. defer even as most believe the service is worth saving heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington now on at could all riots have broken out at 3 prisons leaving at least $75.00 inmates dead the fighting is being blamed on gang rivalries in these overcrowded facilities which together has almost 3 quarters of the country's present population or about many reports. families wait tell scientists prison desperately news as the police and military moved into a stew. that solved a 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 it to range to exercise control of firearms and explosives around the prisons. in the largest city wide you police patrols bomb squads of helicopters surrounded the penitentiary as smoke rose from those ng families could only comfort each other oh ok i get up at that get a good effort 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 when i did it were men enough but they were not what we wanted out authorities process a list of people who died to know if my brother is ok around hard for the people killed were in prison in cuenca where writers were filmed by machine knives in the prison roof waving for the cameras and as the police secure the 3rd quarter paxi

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 riots occurring frequently as concerned about the conditions inside the prisons we have a system which is meant to house around 27000 inmates. but the wave occurring right now we have over. the system this causes tremendous were crowding or sanitary conditions. who now. has to do with the downs continuing to operate in the prisons that's concerned that maybe moved. on the. american golfer tiger woods is recovering from surgery after being seriously engine a car crash near los angeles his surgeon has confirmed the 15 time major champion

has fractured his lower like david starts reports. a close up look at target 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 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 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 the tiger that you for the teacher mr woods had been on his way to give private golf lessons to celebrities for the 2nd day running this was him alongside basketball legend wayne white the day before the accident. he not quite himself

since december when he appeared with his son charlie and 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 night stuff that you have to do for rehab you know the little thanks and before and sorry 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's hope is there are. just as 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. 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 start you come to on this is is is the end of a career coming out is faster than we realize time will tell what impact this accident will have unease golfing future for now he said to be awake responsive and recovering in hospital david stokes al-jazeera.