join me as i take on the law dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradiction. marc lamont hill and it's time to get out from right here and now does it. the u.s. launches an ass trikes targeting iranian backed militias in syria the defense department says it's in response to attacks on american personnel. were. targeting . shia militia. that conducted the strike. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. 6

more protests across man as global pressure grows now the world bank is stopping payments. brazil's hospitals are pushed back towards crisis levels spy what the government describes as an extra contagious variant of covert 19. and armenia's president holds a rally of it growing calls for him to resign over how he ended the conflict with azerbaijan. the u.s. has launched airstrikes in syria targeting structures that belong to a radian backed militias the target was the military air base near our book amal close to syria's border with iraq the pentagon says that it was in response to recent attacks against american past now in iraq. with. the

target that we were there for you know we. were property that that target was being you. know sorry shia militia. that conducted the strike. hezbollah and khattab saeed al shahada a 2 of the militias targeted them part of the popular mobilization force is an umbrella group of shia groups formed in 2014 to fight against i saw in iraq the tape hezbollah or hizbullah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war its fighters attacked u.s. and coalition forces and could see by side was founded in 2013 like hizbollah brigades it conducts operations in both syria and iraq which is there or should have returns in washington has more now on the background the air strikes. we understand joe biden authorized this on thursday morning the attack took place 23

g.m.t. and we understand that biden had been presented with several options and it's been reported that he picked the smallest targets of all the options presented to him by the pens again and we have and that and that was this this facility which the u.s. claims was used by quote iran backed militias on the border between syria and and iraq and we have this statement which is seems to be the key message that the u.s. is trying to get out that this proportionate military response was conducted together with diplomatic measures including consultations with coalition partners the operation sounds an unambiguous message president biden will act to protect american and coalition personnel at the same time we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to deescalate the overall situation in both eastern syria and iraq this message of deescalation this message of consultation as well we understand again there are reports that joe biden and certainly mentioned the

possibility that this might happen in a phone call with the iraqi prime minister earlier this week if perhaps difficult to be asked strike which is proport diddly about coalition attacks on coalition forces in iraq is in fact happening in syria hillary mann leverett is c.e.o. of the political risk consultancy strategy and served as a u.s. state department official she says the s trikes send a message about the biden ministrations loyalties in the region. ministration is trying to portray this as biden's 1st military strike it's the 1st military attack act of his presidency and they're trying to portray it as measured in react in consultation with our allies he spoke president biden spoke to the iraqi prime minister earlier this week importantly he spoke to the king of saudi arabia today and that's something that i think is not being reported widely but the rocket attacks that the u.s.

administration is saying were perpetrated by these shia militias were not just attacks in iraq in baghdad in the green zone in northern iraq in the but they're also reports that rocket attacks were launched from iraq toward saudi arabia and from my understanding the conversation that president biden had with king's amman of saudi arabia today also included a determination to defend saudi arabia against external threats to the kingdom this is something that president trump had refused to do couple of years ago when the oil infrastructure in saudi arabia had been attacked so that's an important piece 'd but i don't think this is going to deescalate anything in fact it's not it's a signal very strongly to iran that notwithstanding their hopes and expectations that the biden administration would pursue a diplomatic track with iran that the body and straighten is in fact trying to increase its pressure and what it calls its leverage against iran.

brazil health minister says that his country is facing a new stage of the coronavirus pandemic with a variant that is 3 times more contagious than other strains of water possible though says that it's threatening to overwhelm the country's health system present as the worst affected country in latin america and it's just reached a quarter of a 1000000000 deaths of serious medical yet a kid from port stuff from rio. on friday it will be the anniversary of. the 1st case of cold. in brazil and while the country has the 2nd largest death toll to date so people are very worried because hospitals are really filled up in many states and infant and all over the country and like one state has on top of that which back on top of that floods and also an

outbreak of benghazi so it is a complicated situation brazil has a large experience of max vaccination in the past it has of a very good system but this time with this virus what has happened is a lot of misinformation well you had the federal government the president downplaying the virus saying he would not be vaccinated so there was there was you know there was. a political infighting between the federal government and governors and states so there's a lot of. confusion and delays in starting this program and once it started in certain places it stopped because there wasn't enough there weren't enough vaccines like rio suspended it's the vaccination for a while so it was so far brazil has only vaccinated less than 4 percent of its population and that is

a problem that is going on so the private sector is saying allow us to buyback so and so and mayors and governors have told have asked the federal government allow us to buy vaccines on our own and not just stand on the federal government buying for the whole country and distributing it south korea is launching its vaccination campaign of what officials are calling the 1st step in returning to normal life the faster seneca's vaccine a ping given to nursing home workers and patients at 200 facilities across the country on saturday tens of thousands of health care workers in coronavirus treatment clinics will also stop receiving the job. hong kong has started vaccinations through the territories government and dos the chinese made sign of a vaccine before trial results were published its also received doses from pfizer of astra zeneca people can choose between the 3 enthusiasm for the chinese made vaccine could be perceived as anti mainland sentiment so

a clock is wall from hong kong on the vaccination drive. well this is the 1st day of this mass vaccination rollout we've been at a couple of the community vaccination centers this morning and we now know that 70000 people have signed up the next 2 weeks to have. and that's fully booked 1000000 the son of doses the arrived last friday today is the 1st time the public has been given access that's friday that includes the essential workers will be getting out says the elderly as well as the cross transport workers across the border transport workers as well as teaches now the government's hoping to issue around $2500.00 per day and to vaccinate at least 70 percent of hong kong's population which is about 7 and a half 1000000 people prevents nation talks will be made available the government bought 22 and a half 1000000 doses to try and enough the entire population to sign a fact was the 1st one to be made available that's of course the chinese manufacturer the bison manufacturer it was fast tracked as was the pfizer one by

the government in what's called an emergency response now the the fine someone has actually been delayed and we also have the asters and then people which have no arrival date as yet but i should state that the hong kong rollout of these vaccinations has been quite delayed when you compare it to other developed cities across asia and we should note that the mine and got access to their vaccination of their vaccine last july the head of the european commission says that the e.u. is on track to fully vaccinate 70 percent of adults by the end of the summer despite criticism of its slow road it's sort of on the lions spoke during a summit where e.u. leaders put pressure on astra zeneca over delayed covert 19 banks and supplies the company says that it will hopefully deliver $40000000.00 doses by the end of march which is less than the whole of half the amount the didn't had originally promised . global pressure is mounting on myanmar military after it seized power earlier this month the world bank is the latest to take action it stopped all payments

requested after the coup on february 1st the bank's president says that it's taking a cautious approach and the payments for existing projects will continue process of taking place in myanmar's largest cities demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi and a return to democracy let's go live now to thailand's capital bangkok which is where 0 scott hide is monitoring events in beyond law for us scott let's start with the this announcement then by the world bank what does it mean. major what it means is that you know anything that was going to be funded since the coup has stopped and as you mentioned this is kind of the ongoing international reaction to what has taken place since february 1st since the military takeover we've seen sanctions being imposed we've seen some private companies sever ties with companies and entities tied to me and most military so this is that kind of external pressure in international pressure that's being applied to the military in

their crew and what's been happening since and again as you mentioned no there detain leaders that took place right after the coup took place on february 1st there are international calls for them to be released as well so that's kind of the external pressure internal pressure and that's the protesters and they're continuing with their movement on the streets across myanmar we've been seeing a lot of it in yangon the numbers are a little bit smaller than we've seen the last couple of days i'm hearing from from some people on the ground feeding us information as well as a mandalay we know they've come out as well and then even way down in the south there is a student group a teacher's group i should say that has come out and has protested one thing that we need to know in yangon overnight a section of the city neighborhood of the city there was a fairly severe crackdown by the police because there was a bit of a dustup because military appointed local council was put into place the residents

there didn't like that so there was a bit of a standoff some flash bang grenades were sent out by the police but it sounds like there were no major injuries after that but right now yes some people still coming out to the streets we're also getting word on the streets of yangon there are a lot of. blockages by the police by riot police but then also by their vehicles so there's less success ability around the city in yangon right now but again as a result of that possibly because the day we saw yesterday and days before that where a lot of people are coming out on the streets the numbers today so far ajume lower than we've seen it's course the latest on the whereabouts of. the of the deposed political leaders. still in detention we really haven't heard directly from them we know that the court cases against them have been ongoing we know that you know there have been i guess kind of after the event announcements of the process the legal process that's going on but when you're

dealing with a military jumps up and they're kind of changing the rules as they go along you know last week we heard that there was going to be a hearing with unsung suchi she has 2 charges against her now we heard that there was going to be hearing about that 1st charge that was delayed and then even that delayed date nothing came out about her 2nd charge so it's very. tight lid on what's happening with those legal proceedings but we do know that they are still in under house arrest she is in her home in the capital neighborhood or we know that this morning in yangon she has a home there and there was a prayer vigil held for her by some of the protesters against this coup this morning in yangon but you know as far as how her case is proceeding what's happening with her case generally there's been no word adrian scott hietala reporting live from bangkok many thanks indeed scott amnesty international says that a massacre of civilians during the conflict in ethiopia is to greater region could amount to a crime against humanity it says in

a report soldiers from eritrea systematically killed hundreds of people in the city of axum in november the ethiopian government says that its human rights commission is investigating crimes committed during the conflict one of haiti's most dangerous gang leaders has escaped prison during a riot that's left at least 11 people dead on l. josephs fled the jail just outside the capital port au prince with to say they saw heavily armed men shooting a prison guards before inmates something to run a police officer a detention center director are among the dead. breaking news we're getting reports that 300 more students kidnapped from a girls' school in northwestern nigeria reports say that the gunman arrived at night shooting sporadically it happened in some far a state meanwhile hundreds of people are being held by gangs across the country and in the most recent case dozens of passengers were snatched from a bus. but address reports from it up in central nigeria.

6 members of the family were among the 53 passing just kidnapped from a bus in nigeria's now i just hate our free they were able to offer an insight into the minds of the abductors they say we are not after you we are after the government not the ones the government you think he said government promised them and the feeling is. what's in them what did the government promised you not those that the government problem during the election as in the election while this in political rallies you promise them to give them. shelter. and those that are not what you promise them to be given them once they allow us while doing this to us how war and others were forced to walk barefoot for 60 kilometers to a camp why she says torture and other abuses were common the method as though they're

going to kill us and they really can improve. from saturday that is on saturday. on sunday if you're a parent you know come on take you. on sunday she says the gang who snatched them seem well connected to highly placed individuals. kidnapping is currently nigeria's biggest and fastest growing criminal enterprise dozens of people are dotted every day and families are forced to pay thousands of dollars in runs here and one of miners bus stations passengers say they set off on a journey without knowing whether they will reach their destination hundreds have ended up in the hands of kidnappers bus operators say there are now fewer passengers and only those who need to travel. in the town of going to at least 52 students teachers and family members were taken more than a week ago as each day passes hope is fading for a speedy and safe return the government tries to offer some reassurance we have go

very far we have been there you know using the same platform that we use in awful the for the you know occupants. we have also reached out to some middle stakeholders you know within the forest and you know we are discussion does very small but we believe that will eventually it will bring some pasta results time is going that's a little comfort for the parents of the missing students their primary objective of government everywhere in the world is to provide security. through its people and clearly. systematic. in india this curiosity has collapsed and what we are losing hope in the government not only at this dead level but even a different level guy is becoming increasingly isolated few more risk troubling

than just the security forces and locals who have no way to go how might you grease mena nigeria the weather next here on out 0 then we'll find out what activists are doing about waves of plastic it's washing up on a beach in rio de janeiro. how either think it's safe to say that spring has well and truly sprung across much of europe even into those eastern areas which have been bitterly cold recently we have now got moller 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 part of a silly over towards the hungry remaining aware center the high winds very light 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 for 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 you go on through friday how weakening weather front will bump into are 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 doesn't last the fine and dry spot and try to across a good parts of north. africa because so much about the coming into america with a few showers from the gulf of guinea. what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be about ideas they

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happened in some far state the girls were taken away into the bush. the u.s. has carried out a mass truck in syria targeting facilities used by iranian backed faces pentagon says that it's in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq. and brazil's health minister says that his country is facing a mutated variant of the corona virus that's 3 times more contagious at one oprah's well though says that it's threatening to overwhelm the health system. in armenia prime minister nicole pushing me and has fired his military chief to syria army officials called for his resignation he says the call amounts to a coup attempt thousands of rabid both for and against oppression in a potence of set up camp outside parliament but of smith reports in the center of yerevan on thursday amin is prime minister was defiant in the face of calls from the military for him to stand down made. some people want to drag the army into

unconstitutional processes this is an untainted 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 called for a show of support. back on take 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 in the as much of supporter of passion you know but i don't honda corrupt agreement to come more than 3 and a half 1000 armenian soldiers were killed in the 6 week conflict a significant number for a country with a population of under 3000000 passion yan was forced to cede large swathes of territory around nagorno-karabakh that armenia had controlled for almost 30 years since the end of the last war with azerbaijan. that prompted weeks of protests led

by the opposition are not equal. passion 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 i do means to take therefore 66 percent chance now security. 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 as government have diminished popularity but the alternative the discredited political opposition has much less so or so in general there is little alternative you partially own or

his government but this is unprecedented in terms of a military ret 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's made al-jazeera. a male is a senior research fellow at the instance years of armenian studies university of southern california he says that many people are angry the position has failed to protect armenia from security threats. here we have sort of the armenian version of donald trump and you call pushing out after you was elected his promise was white against corruption and basically making life better in armenia and grant that there were some objective difficulties related to the quote with endemic but in general his record has been. very very bad i mean and in terms of the economic reforms and

most crucially in terms of security i mean this sort of tests you know late one though when you have a populist elected to the government generally tend to show that yes corrupt corruption is bad but there are some issues that are you know the truck corruption and then asking with the security in there and the economic development going to the future of the country right now i mean is very much on the precipice as far as whether it could maintain its independence considering that it experienced a direct and confrontation with the turkish government turkish military during this form of. 2020 something that's unprecedented in the past 100 years you know for for turkey to confront their new directly and the fact that the iranian government was unable to prepare to for that confrontation diplomatically in other ways shows that unfortunately this promise that initially this government will showing here is not one for as a matter of fact. he has resulted in really devastating will swarm. pledged

to help with its energy crisis by pouring $60000000.00 since the construction of a new gas pipeline the palestinian territory is only one power plant at a suffered regular power cuts for years the new pipeline would extend from another running from the east but it's rainy and israel the european union has also pledged to lift $25000000.00 to the project. u.s. president joe biden aside an executive order to address a national shortage of computer chips global coronavirus lock downs have led to a surge in demand for electronics putting a strain on semiconductor supplies situation has impacted hundreds of industries that rely on the chips even shutting down car factories executive order will recommend policy to strengthen supply chains waves of waste have been washing up on the shores of rio de janeiro leaving beaches choked with plastic bottles bags and toys it's having a devastating effect on brazil's marine life as laura bird manoli reports.

rio de janeiro's iconic copacabana beach is well known for its white i'm pretty tropical coastline. but these images certainly would be on holiday postcards just 20 kilometers along the coast in south beach marine biologists recorder gomez describes waves of rubbish lapping the beaches at the tsunami of trash if. this is a crime it's not just a crime against the city of rio de janeiro's it's a crime against the population of rio de janeiro this evil that we do to the ocean is a global crime. some of it is easy to recognize most of it points out is single use plastic the effect on marine life is evident that. there are $8000000.00 tonnes of plastic that reach the ocean each year suffocating marine

life and threatening the existence of man on the planet. a similar wave of trash hit brazil's beaches in january the environmental group institute tomorrow bando says 80 percent of this was caused by heavy rain pushing rubbish into the city's drainage system and then out directly to sea it's estimated around 325000 tons of plastic is thrown into the atlantic from brazil every year this is affecting marine life and beaches in about 100 the rio de janeiro's date with present both scenarios poor record protection activists such as take it on themselves to spread awareness and call for individuals to drop plastic consumption . al-jazeera trying because government has passed laws allowing people who died because of covert 19 to be buried instead of cremated under previous roles they

have to be cremated that cost an outcry especially when the country's muslim minority protests were held this week to demand an end to the forced promotions for us to mass text coach john get out has taken his own life it happened hours after he was charged with crimes against young gymnasts including sexual assault and human trafficking get at was head coach of the 2012 u.s. women's olympic team for years he worked closely with disgraced team doctor larry nasa who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing female gymnasts 3 years ago. it's good to have you with us hello everyone finnegan here in doha the headlines and al-jazeera more than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped in north western nigeria gunmen arrived at night shooting sporadically it happened in some forest states the girls were taken away into.