when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish shift the focus covering the way the news this covered the listening posts on a. prime minister calls his supporters out onto the streets and accuses the military of an attempted coup after it said he should resign. and the intent of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. clashes in myanmar as people rally for and against the gentles takeover and facebook bans the military from all its platforms. surveying the disaster brazil's president visits

a crazed state where floods have left whole towns underwater. and china's president says his government has eradicated extreme poverty but not everyone is convinced. i mean yes prime minister has accused top military offices of attempting a coup after they demanded he step down and brought thousands of supporters out onto the streets saying his political future can only be decided by the people of the opposition has also come out to protest in a country divided over last year's brutal conflict with azerbaijan in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region but it's misreport in the center of your event on thursday armenia's prime minister was defiant in the face of calls from the military for him to stand down. made by maggie some people want to drag the army into

unconstitutional processes this is an attempted coup but the people will not allow a military coup in armenia an estimated 20000 people came out onto the streets of the capital after nicol pushing in cold for a show of support by an act that beat the back. part in political processes it must obey the people and the elected authorities machine ian has been under pressure to resign after his country lost last year's war with azerbaijan over the region of nagorno-karabakh. i'm not his model supporter of nico pasha no but i don't want to corrupt the dream to come more than 3 and a half 1000 damini and soldiers were killed in the 6 week conflict a significant number for a country with a population of under 3000000 i should be on was forced to cede large swathes of territory around the going to karabakh that armenia controlled for almost 30 years since the end of the last war with as

a by john. that prompted weeks of protests led by the opposition are not equal the question ian came to power in 28 and what was called the velvet revolution after an attempt by the previous leader to stay in control beyond his term limit we are in effect. crises and i hope to see either institutions there or 66 percent chance national security agency and police just penned by their army and to demand to leave our prime minister without any. opposition representatives say they'll spend the night in yerevan central freedom square the prime minister and of government have diminished wattle are ready but the alternative the discredited political opposition has much less so or so in general there is little alternative to partially own or his government what

this is unprecedented in terms of a military record what's not clear is whether the army is willing to use force to back its call for the prime minister to step down clashing on says he'll announce a replacement for the head of the army in the coming days the crisis he says will be resolved constitutionally but it smith al-jazeera. and richard gere understand who you saw in that report joins us by skype from nearby on his direct to the regional studies center an independent think tank in armenia thanks very much for being with us sir how serious would you say the crisis is in meanie. well it's still a lingering crisis and of political deadlock that is significant and serious however the immediate urgent threat that was posed by the unprecedented military intervention in politics has cast there's little likelihood of outright military coup de or military pressure continuing nevertheless we do see

a prime minister that is the why and what remains divisive and tell me why did he decide to go into the streets well in many ways is pathway to power in the velvet revolution through nonviolent street demonstrations unfortunately i think it's a strategic mistake however as it diminishes the office of the prime minister it weakens his legitimacy as a democratically elected leader who once again returned to the streets putting him on the same level as the opposition what strategy you think russia one adopts with regards to what's going on and on your most interesting lee one of the most important demonstrations that day was by moscow not in armenia where russia has continued to display an investment into status quo backing the armenian government

for 2 reasons because it is very much a trophy a achievement for putin to contain and control the armenian leadership where armenia is now much more steps terbium to russia in the post war reality 2nd the opposition is widely discredited and it would represent too much of a risk for a moscow he change horses and to try to back a rival so what do you think that the outcome will be of all wrestling to get to expect there will be new elections all want. i think there has to be new elections but i also predict that even prime minister blair shouldn't go on will belatedly and somewhat hesitantly except in this city for seeking a fresh mandate from a new election it's the only way to resolve the political deadlock and the crisis of confidence in terms of turning the page and adapting to

a new post-war reality richard thank you very much indeed to have 13 times thank you. and me and our supporters of the minute she could have marched and young gone and faced off against opponents of the takeover biden spoke out in some parts of the city as the anger escalates facebook has banned manaus military from all its platforms it's got hard to report. early on thursday about a 1000 marchers took to the streets of yangon voicing their support for the job and its takeover of myanmar's democratically elected leadership they were flying the flag of the tatmadaw the official name here for the military. they were met by some protesting against the coup later photos appear to show military supporters with knives and other weapons witnesses said they threaten journalist then came reports

of scuffles and attacked by supporters of myanmar's john against anti coupe protesters was caught on c.c.t.v. the video shows a man being assaulted by an armed group. despite this antic who protesters gathered at the university of young gone said they will continue with their peaceful civil disobedience movement initially police attempted to block them from leaving the campus but they made their way out to join other protesters. a few days after the coup facebook limited content from me and most military on its platforms but now it's ban them all together. for years b.n. mars military has waged a very sophisticated communications campaign weaponize it very social media platforms and using them to incite and glorify violence some feel this move by

facebook needs to be part of an ongoing process. as these accounts have been blocked and removed as much as we might lauded their removal we also need to ensure that they are preserved and that facebook makes them accountable for future criminal or human rights investigation. while the military has used social media platforms as a tool for its agenda it also recognizes how vulnerable it would be if they're taken away scot hodler al-jazeera. the indian coast guard has found a boat carrying dozens of refugees adrift at sea including a 2 died 90 people including 23 children on board when the boat left a refugee camp in bangladesh 2 weeks ago its engine failed on the 15th of february $81.00 people have been found alive and one refugee is still missing.

the coronavirus pandemic has caused a crisis in global oxygen supplies and it's killing people in africa and latin america despite previous warnings doctors say the shortage is leading to unnecessary deaths some desperate families have turned to the black market for lifesaving oxygen ahead of the africa centers for disease control and prevention says it's the main reason that code 9000 patients are more likely to die during surges the u.n. says it will take 1.6 $1000000000.00 to stabilize supplies. european union leaders have been discussing a box create a virus vaccine roll out at a 2 day summit and agreed on the need for vaccinations that if it gets representatives from 7 major drug makers including pfizer astra zeneca and madonna join the virtual conference that discussing improving the vaccine capacity and delivery the block has faced criticism for slower than expected rollout of you know creations the mccain has more from berlin. the speed or perhaps lack of it with

which you member states are going about vaccinating their citizens against cove it is certainly something that's being reported on rush across the e.u. in germany some newspapers have spoken about the envy that they feel germans have towards the british seeing many many british citizens receiving a 1st dose of the vaccine and comparing that with very few having received them in germany on thursday that was the subject of many questions in the european parliament as a committee of the parliament interviewed the heads of several of the companies manufacturing the vaccine specifically the c e o of astra zeneca pascoe sali well he was fostering p.t.t. for several different members of the parliament questions hostile questions about how it was that certain elements of the vaccine that his company was producing

could be made available in the united kingdom having been produced in the e.u. but not vice versa his answers were not particularly forthcoming at least not to the satisfaction of the members of the european parliament but what this does is reinforce the element of questioning that there is right now not just in germany but around the e.u. at the speed with which vaccines are being administered and the question also can that speed be quicker and more people be fascinated more quickly and his current. still to come this half hour another vaccination rollout but a different disease guinea starts protecting its people against a bolo. and israel bans the sale of local fish because of one of the country's worst ecological disasters.

how high that i think it's safe to say that spring has well and truly spread across much of europe even into those eastern areas which have been bitterly cold recently we have now got moderate encroaching so looking good over the next few days and with high pressure in charge it's going to be fine and dry perhaps some persistent fog it's parts of a silly over towards hungry remaining away center the high winds very low lights here well so weather windy weather trying to push in from the west will gradually fizzle out as it does take over that moderate you can see oranges 20 celsius in berlin not too far off that in warsaw and a good film out of in of late from moscow to celsius does represent something of a warming restructures get to minus 16 just a few days ago so that's looking at 5 celsius say with some snow moving through as we go on through friday how weakening weather front will bump into our area of high pressure then there ia

a cloud in the rain there into central possible southern parts of poland so there is a chimney and down towards the house where we could see a little dusting of snow by the time we come to sas day but for much of it with the high pressure in charge it does that lousy fine and dry funny try to across a good parts of north africa because so much about the coming into morocco with a few showers for the gulf of guinea. but. the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i'm afraid to be crossing in my neck you. crave where do these ideas come from the tragedy of more lives and how much people try to send it . to me because poor happy family or the only people joining me are dished out on the final part of my journey when i do become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india's soul on al-jazeera.

and i'm going to run of the top stories here. armenia's prime minister has held a mass rally in the capital yerevan after accusing top military officers of attempting a coup senior army officials to join calls for him to step down amid public anger over last year's war with azerbaijan in the dispatches nagorno-karabakh region. supporters a 1000000 miles military attacked protesters with knives and rods and slingshots in the city of yangon thousands of people have been protesting against the military since it seized power in a coup earlier this month. and german chancellor angela merkel says e.u. leaders have agreed on the need for vaccinations or difficulties which could allow

people inoculated against cock of 19 to travel without restriction as a unit is have been holding talks with pharmaceutical companies on how to speed up the block's slow vaccination rollout. guinea has launched an ebola vaccination campaign and the country is desperate to halt the spread of the virus which reemerge there a couple of weeks ago for the 1st time since 2016 at least 5 people have died in the latest outbreak the torah gave me reports. health workers back then 8 people against ebola in the town of a in southeast guinea and you outbreak was discovered near here almost 2 weeks ago this year. i am very proud to be vaccinated and it's a joy to me to see the population get vaccinated specially those on the frontline all my stuff it allows us to be safe protected from this disease because ebola is not a good thing 11000 vaccine doses. and 200 health experts arrived in guinea's capital

conakry on monday the government in the world health organization hope the vaccination campaign can stop the virus spreading by april i should remove workers to help the fight against ebola we interrupt the train of transmission by targeting the 1st contacts of ebola patients and also the health workers on the front line who are exposed including those who apply the vaccines ebola causes severe fever and in the worst cases unstoppable bleeding in 2015 more than 11000 people died after the virus spread from getting spore east region to neighboring liberia and sierra leone the outbreak with contained after an experimental vaccine was distributed but not before health workers were attacked by people who did not believe in the virus the vaccine is an extremely useful. break but it is not the only people are. under essential

aspects. to happen as well and it always comes back to communicating. the w.h.o. has wound 6 african countries to be on high alert for ebola including sierra leone and liberia the hope is this campaign will stop the virus from spreading any further and potentially save thousands of lives victoria gate and be al jazeera sri lanka's government has passed laws allowing for people who don't have coded 19 to be buried under previous rules they had to be cremated which had caused an outcry particularly among the country's muslim community lanka's minority muslims protested this week demanding an end to the forced cremations. as u.s. states such as california or new york continue to battle covert 19 a significant migration is underway wall street firms tech companies and the wealthy are leaving their states in droves and opting for places such as florida where the weather is warm and taxes are lower and as andy gallagher reports florida

is embracing the move. tearing down the old to make way for the new miami's construction boom was already well underway before code 19 hit now it's ramping up as businesses keen to escape high taxes cramped cities and expensive real estate look for new opportunities this whole area we're in a way that is going to be the new. construction for miami across miami spaces of being snapped up faster than they can be built it's all part of a potentially seismic shift as money moves away from states like new york and california that have been decimated by coke at 19 i would say her wild west it's completely $180.00 from what it was about a year ago when. all of a sudden you have every tech firm every major hospitality firm every restaurant group all coming and not just miami of south florida we're seeing

a huge increase in numbers and for order del del ray boca raton palm beach no inventory it's a mass migration city officials a keen to embrace the is that been trying to convince businesses that florida has more than just beaches and sunshine one of the most vocal proponents of making the move is miami's mayor francis suarez who's promoting the city in more expensive states like california i think if we're able to continue to capitalize on this moment and truly converted into a movement where things tectonically shift i think miami could catapult very quickly to being one of the most important cities on the planet the exodus includes tech companies from silicon valley as california continues to fight covert and wall street firms ready to embrace remote working in take advantage of florida's lower taxes it's not just miami skyline where you can see the changes here on the waterways of miami beach there's so much more traffic the people that can own or

rent boats that local residents are complaining but with so much. wealth and power moving to the city what about miami's low income communities affordable housing has been a long term issue here but prices a shop early rising across the city much of the state is driven by low wage service industry jobs already hit hard by the pandemic something advocates for cheaper housing say needs to be taken into account we have over ringback and over and over need in the state of not factoring in who lives here now how can we improve the lives of people who live here now instead of driving and asked and so this is you know we've made that mistake many times enough to learn that us threats and has to be part of the deal and so as we look to redevelop for example publicly on lands rates you you know create more units of housing right it's got to be built in we need housing is pricing and more affordable level the rapid growth in investment

here seems set to continue for some time this state's less stringent approach to tackling the pandemic and keeping businesses open is also attracting new residents in stark contrast cities like new york and los angeles experience long shutdowns something that many business owners push back against miami's mess as all those factors make this city attractive and will benefit new arrivals and those already here and what some content to provision others call economic opportunity and the ability for upward mobility so it's really hard when you talk about income inequality and you talk about poverty to create opportunities if you don't create high paying jobs and obviously there's a 2nd piece to it which is making sure that there's an educational system in place that allows people to be successful and that's something that we're going to continue to work on to make sure that we're on the cutting edge of that is what the pandemic has changed the lives of millions the way we work and where we live what miami becomes in the years ahead is anyone's guess who benefits and who's left

behind may be more consequential and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. floods in brazil's amazon rain forest have submerged entire towns at least 120000 people have been displaced in a cross state which is already battling a resurgence in cases of code 19 and dengue fever as well as a migrant crisis along the border with peru so high up the port. assessing damage from above the clouds brazil's present diable sonera flies over thousands of flooded streets and homes entire towns and villages are submerged after the achree river burst its banks back on the ground the health minister updates him as the impoverished amazonian state appeals for federal aid this natural disaster is happening as brazil is struggling with the world's 3rd largest number of coated 19 cases. a craze one of the poorest states in the country and as well as the pandemic

nearly 8000 of the people here have been infected by dengue a virus was passing fast in times ok it also has hundreds of migrants from haiti waiting to cross into peru that is close its border because of krona virus the government says it's doing all it's can we keep but we have a team of almost 40 people working on this situation in supporting the fight against covert 19 and as well as the consequences of the floods and migrant crisis and the impact on people's health. 70 percent of cinema dorrit are one of the worst hit cities has been affected by the floods and more than $4000.00 families have been relocated. water levels in several new surprise started to fall. but more rain is expected this week and a state of emergency has been declared so high that al jazeera. israel has stopped the sale of local fish after an oil spill hit its coast

spreading all the way to beaches in lebanon well 90 percent of israel's 193 kilometer mediterranean coast line was covered in an estimated 1000 tons of black tar is really nature and parks authority has called it one of the west ecological disasters on record and volunteers have been trying to clean up the oil a great company has denied reports that one of its tankers is responsible for a force that is in west jerusalem he says the israeli authorities are trying to determine if the fish a safe to eat they want to make sure that potentially soluble materials haven't drifted through into the food chain and could therefore cause harm to human health as well we've seen these extraordinary pictures of just the sheer amount of tar that has washed up along this vast stretch of coastline is really swimmers and surfers and beachgoers have been told to stay away while this cleanup continues a lot of the beaches are now looking cleaner but there is quite

a lot of this material still intermingled with the sand and more difficult it's it's to get the oil and tar out from the rock here areas and the reefs along the shoreline to there they're also being shown pictures of contaminated oil covered turtles there was a whale that washed up on the beach near the port city of ashdod exactly a week ago which is when these concerns 1st were raised and there are worries about what happens when there is a migration of bird life from africa in the south heading up towards europe in just a few weeks time that the contamination could spill over into those birds as well so this is a major ecological disaster and one that could last for some time. china's president has declared a complete victory in his government's campaign to stamp out poverty sheeting ping lead a ceremony in beijing marking the country's accomplishments but many of question the authenticity of government figures

a decade ago about 90 $9000000.00 people lived on incomes of under a dollar a day china's communist party has set its poverty line at $2.30 a day that's lower than the world bank's benchmark for lower middle income countries which is set at $3.20 a day trader you has more from beijing. at a ceremony in beijing xi jinping honored those who played key roles in china's fight to end extreme poverty nationwide the president says 717000000 people have been lifted out of poverty over the past 40 years and for the 2nd time since december hailed the achievement as a victory for the communist party. 832 counties and 812-8000 villages have been removed from the poverty list the audio stuff of eradicating extreme poverty has been fulfilled and we have created a novel miracle that will go down in history and the extreme poverty has been

a key goal of xi jinping his government since he came to power in 20123000000 communist party officials to give him targets for improving living standards in rural communities they were tasked with going door to door to document incomes in poor households beijing then poured billions of dollars into the building of new harmes schools factories and roads it's a textbook case on how to get people out of poverty and i think getting people out of poverty is perhaps the more single important thing that any state can do to advance its social economic progress the united nations has been trying to reduce extreme poverty around the world and china says its achievement covers more than 70 percent of the un's goal but its benchmark for poverty a daily income of $2.30 is below the world bank status the high income countries critics of the initiative say it's unsustainable with many villages relying on government support to prop up newly founded industries and some people have been

unable to adapt to the assigned jobs while others have complained of forced relocations this is a much needed wins of the chinese government and it comes at a time they were doing was pushing to revive the economy following the pandemic and to live is like the 100 years since the founding of the colonies. part of cheatin pulling is hoping this milestone will strengthen the loyalty to the party as well as its own with just a mistake as it's the day between al jazeera. australia has passed a new law requiring tech firms like facebook and google to pay for news the decision is likely to have global implications with canada also considering a similar law legislation had been fiercely opposed by the tech giants last week facebook blocked users in australia from viewing or sharing news content but it reversed the move after talks with the government. copies of donald trump's tax returns have been handed to new york prosecutor on monday the supreme court

rejected the former president's bid to keep them sealed the manhattan district attorney's office wants to use the documents in a criminal investigation into his business dealings lawyers are looking at where the trump lied about the value of his assets to avoid paying tax. with a man you know as catch up on our website the address for that is our desire dot com and you can also watch us live by clicking on the orange live icon ours or dot com. top stories on our 0 armenia's prime minister has accused top military officers of attempting a coup after they demanded he step down because of fashion and brought thousands of supporters out on the streets of year of iran saying his political future can only be decided by the people the opposition also came out to protest and set up camp outside parliament session on his.