be the hero or world. washer. i mean is prime minister fires the head of the armed forces accused in the military an attempted coup. hello i'm mcleod this is out 0 life and also coming up china's president declares victory in eradicating poverty although its criteria for that claim has been questioned. but i could also police released dramatic video from inside prisons where they're struggling to bring gang riots under control. has been lead to the race to

host the 2032 olympics the 1st time that the i.o.c. has chosen a preferred city. so the armenians prime minister has accused his armed forces of an attempted coup nicol passion yan has fired his military chief after the army called for his resignation urging his supporters to gather in the capital this is a developing story so we'll bring you more on it just as soon as we get it here at al-jazeera. china's president has declared a complete victory in his government's campaign to stamp out poverty she's in pink made the announcement at a ceremony marking the country's it comes once it's a goal beijing aim to achieve this year. according to the current criteria all 98990000 of the poor little population have thrown out of poverty

and 832 poverty stricken counties and 120000 villages have been removed from the poverty list the regional poverty has been addressed and the oddest task of eradicating extreme poverty has been fulfilled he has created another miracle that will go down in history. let in africa tree use in beijing and she says this may not be quite the miracle the chinese president is claiming. she jinping made poverty alleviation a key focus of his leadership since coming to power in 2012 and the government has been slowly working on that for the past few decades but it was really galvanized when she jinping became president and since 2012 a really poor billions of dollars of resources into this millions of officials were sent into the countryside they were told to go. door to door knocking on households and asking them for their income details and then billions was poured into building

schools and factories and much needed boards in these rural areas but we do have to take this with a grain of salt 1st of all we have to look at china's benchmark for poverty and that's $2.30 a day an income of $2.30 which is slightly below what the world bank recommends for high income countries other criticisms also of that somehow fallen through the cracks this is not an absolute eradication many people have been unable for example to adapt to new positions of work they've been given others have complained of forced relocations from their rule homes into apartment blocks and also many analysts that we've spoken to have questioned the sustainability of the initiative because many of the industries that have been newly founded in these villages and towns are currently being propped up by government financial support. let's return to our top story on armenia the prime minister there nicole passion young says that calls from armed forces for his resignation he says that amounts to an attempted coup let's speak to our correspondent robin for us to walk who joins us now from

tbilisi robin tell us more what more do we know. well obviously details are still coming through but. russia india and has spoken live to the armenian nation has been speaking just a few minutes ago and i understand that on the. heads of the armed forces. signing statement by the general start of the armed forces of armenia calling for him and his government to resign and that was over the. chief of staff and he she related to me years of the war in the arab uk and missed the. call for him and his government to resign by the armed forces amounted to

an attempt at a military coup and he has called for his supporters to. 2 together in the center. in republic square to show their support for armenian democracy and for his tenure as prime minister. if we just take a little quick look back at how he says it will come about of course our media lost its war in november against us if i open the karabakh territory and surrounding territories humiliated lost lots of massive loss of life of the armed. forces over 3 and a half 1000 men who told me i understand and still the issue of prisoners of war that is yet to be returns to armenia and for that reason we've been seeing. scale anti-government protests taking place now repeatedly in year of thought for weeks

but it's now and needs to be seen as just how much support nicole question. and whether or not such an attempt of a military coup is actually going to take place right yet we're looking at pictures of those protests that you just referred to the anti-government protests that have been taking place in recent days is it possible to gauge you know which way the support goes and how much support passion one does have this is the key question because it's clear. popularity has taken a beating. he's. gone down seriously in the estimation of the army in public because of that incredibly traumatic. late last year having said that nicole passion is an elected. and came to power on

the back of a massive popular uprising just a few years ago against the previous government was seen as corrupt and it's clear that many people in armenia may be sick and tired of nickel passion but they do not want to see a return to the previous politicians and political system that he. was elected to replace and reform the country and i think that. you now know the idea of the military to. see. real regret by everyone who wanted to see a democratic and prosperous. we may have lost robin frosty walk there let's just try another question just in case you can still hear passion i did raise the prospect of elections this year but what's the status of that.

up until this point said he's not interested in. certainly the demands of snap elections but i believe in the as the pressure continues to mount on him it may become clear this is the only way to conclusively demonstrate whether or not he still. has. widespread popular support because either he is no longer wanted by the public or it may be that yes he's a number. of political. structure and the people replaced is also not the. most of the i mean people that's what we need now i get a sense that it's happening what is happening here also world unfolds in the coming hours every time being thanks very much a day run for us here walker on the news that the median prime minister nicol passion young says that calls from armed forces for his resignation amounts to an

attempted coup. facebook says it has banned men miles military from using its platforms the social media giant says it's a necessary response to the military coup and the violent crackdown on protesters there's a heavy police presence in gang gone where some marchers have been arrested at least 3 protesters have been killed in weeks of rallies denouncing the coup and have been demanding for the release of the elected leader and sensitive chain has the latest now from across the border in the thai capital of bangkok. it will be some pressure because so many people in myanmar get information news from facebook this is part of the reason part of the reason for this is because it was a closed off nation for decades and then once the internet connections and data lines were introduced social media became a platform for news for a lot of people in myanmar so there's a heavy reliance on facebook and other platforms so in that respect it will be

a hit to the myanmar military for them trying to get information that they want to now it's interesting a couple weeks back 2 weeks back just a just 7 days after the coup took place facebook took some action against the military even back then not the full on ban that we're seeing today on thursday but back then they limited the amount of information that could be seen put out by the medium our military and its entities so they this is i guess you could look at it as a 2nd step so they're citing again misinformation which they did the 1st time that 1st step but then also now they're saying because of human rights violations that they are taking they are banning all sites for the military itself and then any entity that's directly connected to it so a further step trails of johnson and johnson's one shot coded $1000.00 vaccine have shown it is highly effective against severe cases the product is also proving effective against new a variance unlike the pfizer by untaken mcdonagh vaccines that need to be stored at very low temperatures this one can be kept in

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president who was a billionaire businessman before he was a politician so he knows how to negotiate especially in the international market also economic solvency chile has been able to pay for these facts seems up front and 3rd the use of some very very savvy lawyers because as we have discovered it's not so easy to purchase millions of vaccines in this quantity the legal framework is complicated and especially when there's competition worldwide to acquire them so dearly apparently was able to come up with these very almost airtight contracts with pharmaceutical companies 3 or 4 of them at least even before the vaccines were approved and they have been arriving by the millions and so so far i've had my job most of the people i know have and by the middle of the end of june if things keep going as they are now the whole country should have been inoculated one of the things that changed was the health minister he wasn't all that popular although he

was recognized for having done a very good job in bringing ventilators to chile but there was a there's a new health minister but probably the biggest criticism was more along the lines of what the government did not do as efficiently in terms of economic aid to the people who needed most. 3rd ahead here on al-jazeera an ecological disaster on the israeli coast but an oil tanker company is denying responsibility. sri lanka's government defends its human rights record as it's accused of failing to hold abuses to account. however once again we have more heavy downpours affecting the philippines over the next day or so little rashes shall i say but more in the way of sunshine than showers the wettest weather across southeast asia will remain across indonesia we

have got flooding concerns into java in particular eastern parts of java will see the heaviest rain through friday and going on into sas they just not going a little further east which as we go on through the next couple of days as you can see the showers do continue for the philippines but some sunshine in between and a scattering of showers there now into borneo scattering showers the 2 across northern parts of australia have still got the the tropical downpours the monsoon rains seasonal downpours just coming in across the northern most parts and little a system just making its way through the tasman will introduce some wet weather into the tasman sea just pulling away from tasmania nudging towards new zealand but not quite getting in there we will see one or 2 showers creeping into new zealand over the next day also follow that area of low pressure back that disturbance it feeds more showers into the northeast of new south wales queensland could see a good scattering of showers as we go through friday and on into saturday still for

the showers there up towards cannes but it stays fine and dry the w.a. . the corona virus has affected every corner of the world. people in power look back to the early days of the pandemic and examines where the air is and delays at the world health organization may have made the global spread of the virus inevitable. steal. i say it's no. interest miss chronicle of a pandemic people in power on al-jazeera. are

going to watch out there a reminder of our top stories this hour on medians prime minister has accused his own forces of an attempted coup he called passion yan has fired his military chief after the army called for his resignation actually and is urging his supporters to gather in the capital. china's president xi jinping says the country has created a miracle by eradicating poverty nationwide he said almost 100000000 people in rural areas have been helped by campaign. trials of johnson and johnson's one shot coded 19 vaccine have shown it is highly effective against severe cases the product is also previous active against new or variants it's yet to be approved for use. al jazeera has spoken to a woman who was abducted from a bus in nigeria she was released along with 52 others last week after being taken united states she says the group beat them up and forced him to walk barefoot for

50 kilometers nigerians are becoming increasingly concerned about the threat of kidnapping by armed groups and by criminal gangs. let's meet armitage ses in mean a state in men are in need just 8. tell us more about your conversation it's been extremely traumatic experience for. exactly 12 month to come visit experience for the women and in fact she and long 5 members of the same family were taken in that bus that was abducted or rather that was there was stopped by the bandits and kidnapped along with more than 50 other passengers on that day she's spoke about violence meted out to them by their doctors and how they were forced to walk long distances and of course even the food they ate was actually stolen from the car or from the bus they were traveling in by the bandits and she said there was little clean water for them to drink and there was no shelter virtually they

were sleeping under trees open to the elements and she said in their conversation the exchanges with the bandits they showed they felt the bandits felt disappointed abandoned and even betrayed by government across nigeria this as you're in the electioneering campaigns there were promises to look after them to actually provide them with the basic necessities of life and yet the government religion that and that's making them sort so angry and in fact they also blame security forces of attacking their communities killing innocent people who had nothing to do with banditry and that's why some of them have taken arms against the state so it's a worrying development for these victims and they will counter the experiences of like how doing experiences in the hands of the bandits they said these people were and. and they promised to execute them every single day there they said unless the government pays up there will execute to. kidnap victims every day and when the

government decides to pay up we not such and whether the government paid up to get them released or not but the government insisted that it's not paying ransom money has not paid ransom nigerians are wondering how then could the bandaids of taken up i guess the state will release their victims so easily do you have any further news on those school boys who were kidnapped. when in fact nick i spoke to the governor of niger state yesterday and other senior officials there was the price of these school children their teachers and members of their families are not yet warm in fact 400 meters from where our life position is it's a hotel that has been ready to receive them for days now and there is no new development regarding whether or not they're coming in today or tomorrow and that question i put to one senior government official yesterday and i asked him could these bandits or kidnappers be trusted to deliver on their promise of releasing the

students or their teachers and members of their families he said well we'll leave that to them we've done the necessary. thing necessary things on our part to have been released and we're just waiting for the outcome so it's it's it's still a dicey situation we're not sure whether they will be released whether the government the official yesterday in fact confirmed that they don't pay a ransom they would pay ransom but promised to look into the grievances of the kidnappers and the bandits in the bushes next our interests in niger state thanks very much. please and i could also say rights have again broken up between gangs in a prison in the city of kill this week has seen the worst prison violence in the country's history with at least 79 people killed police have released video showing special units entering some of the prisons during the riots or but mentally as this report was. how many were confronted by flames and prisoners on the loose.

ecuadorian special forces stormed a maximum security prison in the country's south. i prefer it was hard because. they shout at the inmates to get on the ground. and fight a gas in a bid to bring the riot under control i would prefer to. provide for our people in makes a scene covering themselves from the choking fumes all those arrested oh there's a chase a some of the prisoners attempt a jail break. this dramatic video was released the day after riots broke out in 3 presence. within these walls rival gangs of turned with each other in the battle for power in the district. some fought with handmade weapons others reportedly to head it. dozens of people have been killed over the brandenburg the police and

military remain stationed outside while a killer let a cougar and cuenca there are frequent riots and violence in acquittals prison system but this is so far been the deadliest in excess of i want my son out because he could get killed he also which is what the hand to my of a dead no my son is aust me to get him out because they want to kill him cut i don't know anything about my son i was sent a message yesterday on the phone he always uses to. communicate and it said only we are locked up that said i sent another message but i didn't receive a response many worried that their loved ones remain in danger with dan disputes regularly spilling into by the inside the prison in. northern mali and to syria. the un human rights council says this ruling kurds unwilling to be held to account of its international crimes and the rights violations highly critical report says

a time when a muslim minorities are being increasingly marginalized sri lanka's government accuses the council of meddling in its domestic affairs but its myth that this report. really 12 years after the end of sri lanka's civil war the pain is still whole but those who sons daughters and husbands disappeared. this was a protest earlier this month they want answers accountability and justice. but not getting any because the united nations human rights council says the highest levels of sri lanka's government is in denial about past crimes the space force in a society and that and the media which have grown significantly is now rapidly shrinking their independence on really sorry the human rights commission of. the national police commission another key body has been deeply eroded by the recently about the 20th constitutional amendment. present got a buyer rajapaksa was defense secretary at the end of the civil war is brother

mahinda was president 100000 people were killed in the 26 year long war between tamil separatists and the government both sides are accused of crimes including murder and torture. and now the u.n. says minority groups are facing more discrimination this protest in february was a rare combined march of muslims and tumbles with a long list of complaints including trying to get education in the tamil language and oppressive police surveillance of muslim. government rejects all the allegations made in the report including claims he uses divisive that. cause constitutional guarantees as a mentor and before fundamental rights of board citizens and anyone can canvass under the fundamental right and are for all 3 lanka in the last few years as well as today we have all our programs

economic social law and the many official programs all are equally. enjoyed and implemented from the not to the scout. leader not the raja's son was taken away by the military at the end of the war she's no idea what happened to him but he's convinced he still a long story is the same for thousands of other families and the border that the full on an island ended up with what we see now is that they're trying to make is fed up and stop the protests so we can trust them we will have to go to the international community to get our children back as we have realised that there is no point going to the government here the un's high commissioner for human rights has urged member states to consider prosecuting alleged crimes in sri lanka to try and get answers for the thousands of people like lila bernard smith. israel has stopped the sale of local fish after an oil spill along its coast in

southern lebanon a great company denies one of its oil tankers is responsible for israel's public broadcaster reported that the minerva helen was the suspected source but manages say the vessel is now in spain and has no deficiencies israel's nature and parts of already so the spill is one of the worst ecological disasters on record jonathan eichenbaum is israel director for greenpeace and he says authorities are closer to identifying who is responsible for the spill. i seemed a continuity with b.s. to be scary so i mean the company can maybe try to yank sometimes but doubt so many technology co disability to do dots by ourself through our also trying to see where this came from and it's really just seems off easy note and once we have new elements we also released them and israel has has the resources but not the print brownnose to deal with such a difference so basically it's the n.g.o.s who to believe them that then wrote

those ns of volunteers to deal with the cleanup some parts of the keno already have been seen fast and so i'm sure those will be probably reopened to the public quite soon maybe in a few weeks but for other parts mostly the rocky parts and it's very special and sensitive area has some natural reserve offs and not to reserves it was very special ecosystems and the cleanup will take months but it isn't for sizing whole took 2nd thought and i think i'll 1st of fuels and huge infrastructure and demand you down and see its hundreds of dunkers that are making their way all along especially in the east marijan and sea and it's also many other and gas drilling that are already existing until developments so what we saw here is you know just a kind of promo of what is going to be destroyed ation in the east on midtown than best seen in the us we chanced and our government's gender way to sink and

a really addiction to these kind of fossil fuels. the international olympic committee has named the australian city of brisbane as the preferred candidate to host the 2032 olympic games the city will now enter talks with bid organizes the i.o.c. president thomas back did say that a final decision has not yet been made the i.o.c. overhauled its bidding rules in 2019 in a bid to cut costs and make the process easier for cities and drew woodward is a sports marketing consultant in australia and he explains why the i.o.c. changed its selection process. and all this kind of bell because the international olympic committee quite frankly had to clean up its act when it came to bidding there were a lot of concerns about not only corruption in terms of influencing i.o.c. members but secondly they were voting blocs and some countries would fold on certain bidding cities as a part of a wider political deal so what they are say did was take it out of the hands of the

i.o.c. members it's now like a tendering process for any business and brisbane's turned out to be the preferred tender if you like you know basically it's down to negotiating the nuts and bolts and nitty gritty it out and there's nothing happening with the other cities it's just one on one talks with brisbane and it looks like they will be the host so it's theirs to lose right now risen you know like this truly has been an emerging nation for many many years we 1st hosted the olympic games back in 1956 when we had the olympic games which i worked on back in 2000 and city it's hard to believe it's 20 years ago now and is truly in population has been moving north queensland the state of queensland which many of us would know about the fabulous pages the tropical rainforest and the great barrier reef it's a big population center now and brisbane's the capital of it but it's not just brisbane and this represents something new for these olympic games assuming they go to brisbane they're not just going to be in brisbane the city they're going to be

on the sunshine coast just north of brisbane and also in the gulf coast just south of brisbane so it's more of a regional bid rather than based on one city as we have say previously. so let's just have a quick check of headline turn on terror and i mean his prime minister has accused his own forces of an attempted coup and fired his mentor chief after the army called his resignation. as his supporters to gather in the capital robin forster walka as the latest from tbilisi. dismissed. the armed forces. of course.