al-jazeera. but al this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a worrying trend in nigeria 10 days after school boys were abducted gunmen kidnapped more than 300 girls. the u.s. soldiers airstrikes on a rainy about groups in syria in response to attacks on american personnel. and investigation looking into crimes against humanity highlights possible atrocities in ethiopia. and hong kong rolls out its covert 19 inoculation campaign

with several options on offer will the public still choose china's back seat. and install former u.s. limpid gymnastics coach is found dead john did it has taken his own life just hours after he was charged with sexual assault and human trafficking. we begin this new saw in northwest nigeria where more than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped it happened in the state has been. on the arrived at night shooting sporadically and took the girls into the bush a manager as has more from mina in central nigeria. the gunmen arrived shortly after midnight and operated for at least an hour after that they headed more than $300.00 goes into the bushes and disappeared i spoke to the police public relations officer in the past hour and he told me that they are on their way

through the. to john gave me why the incident happened meanwhile at the school we were able to get in touch with i know cole said offense as it's come to be undertaken they would have been with me probably and i was told to get around the figures that they are walking ways in terms of the numbers of students abducted and this is actually an all girls school and the number of abduction if really confined is far much that one we witness in chibok about in 2014 that's close to 7 years ago and right now we spoke to the police public relations office i showed a while ago and he said they are trying to reach out to the communities and also see what they can do to solving this situation in terms of chasing after the bandits and. getting the girls back how about this is a state that has prided itself in negotiating with the bandits yesterday some

bandits or group of men submitted their weapons and then early this morning we had this incident in jenin gave a so it's a very dicey situation. kidnapping is an increasingly common tactic used by armed groups in criminal gangs across nigeria just over a week ago gunman abducted 42 people including 27 students from a secondary school in niger state in december more than $300.00 pupils were taken during a raid at a school and katsina state. claimed responsibility 110 girls were taken in your station 201-8270 girls were abducted from neighboring borno state and 2014 this instant to international attention to nigeria's kidnapping crisis. of more on this we're joined by human rights watch is in nigeria researcher. thank you for your time so previously we have seen the government negotiating with

armed groups for the return of those who've been kidnapped i'm wondering if negotiating just encouraging more attacks like these and what is the alternative. thank you very much for having me and i think that these negotiations have a person not to be a holistic solution to the consistent problems of kidnapping and your authority is really need to react reevaluate your approach what we find is that it's just so soon after one attack another happens in the space of 3 months it's really worries me and it shows that. there is a trend and that is new encouraged by many of these. programs and the ringback response from europe which is. of huge sums of money the us runs even though you're dorothy's consistently denied the

amount of grass and many other sources have come out really providing information that's proves otherwise and in the face of the very thing that's ongoing i think that the authorities believe revaluate there and reassess their risk and really now start to dig into some of the losses after that is in the northwest to continue to . have carried on serious attacks in communities in the area including pillaging you know extorting kidnapping a family member and. who are going about their lives so i think that the lord is really needs you know provided this response to the issue of insecurity and really 2 steps to protect well that's the question i guess how how does how does the government do that we are having some problems with your audio but i want to put one more question to you while we do still have this line do you

think that the government is abdicating responsibility i saw that the minister of defense is suggesting that communities look to defend themselves. absolutely doherty's have field compete in one of their. insecurity and. not only in the not rest but in others. around the country that citizens continue to go out. and this has led to you know many. my apologies we seem to have a last. long in. we'll have to leave it there ok moving on the united states military has launched air strikes in syria targeting

facilities used by iranian backed militias the main target was the m.o. mali military base near a book amal that's close to syria's border with iraq the pentagon says the operation was in response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq. with. the target that we were there but we know we. were careful or did you. hear pollution. to get the straight. time hezbollah got tired. of the targeted militia is a part of what are known as the popular mobilization forces that's an umbrella of shia groups formed in front of 14 to fight isis in iraq without hezbollah or hezbollah brigades was set up more than 10 years earlier in 2003 during the iraq war its fighters attacked the u.s. and coalition forces and. harder was founded in 2013 like has been

a brigade to conduct operations in both syria and iraq. or more let's go live now to some other faulting who is in the iraqi capital baghdad i'm wondering summer where does this leave things this latest u.s. airstrike in syria near the iraqi border where does this leave things in terms of the u.s. iraq relationship. well the airstrikes were carried out in response to attacks on american interests in iraq but the response was in syria and that's likely to put less strain on u.s. iraq relations that it appears to be a departure from the trump administration's policy because let's remember that that government frequently took a unilateral action targeting these armed groups on iraqi soil and drawing condemnation from the iraqi government which accused the trumpet ministration of not respecting its sovereignty but also putting the u.s.

allies here in iraq in an awkward position because those unilateral airstrikes were often not consulted with other nations that form part of the u.s. led coalition to fight this specific strike we've heard the secretary of defense say that the purpose was to deescalate the situation in both iraq and syria and of also heard the department of defense to death that strike was carried out in court nation with other coalition partners so it is a measured response. in response to these attacks that we've seen in iraq and it's likely to not invite really any strong reactions from the iraqi government but it remains to be seen how those groups that were targeted will react we understand from local sources that one fighter from hezbollah was killed in those strikes and it remains to be seen whether that group will now in response

launch perhaps additional attacks on iraqi soil and the other question is whether those strikes were actually effective we've heard the secretary of defense say earlier that he's confident that they targeted the the right groups but some analysts would say that in fact it was different groups that were responsible for the latest attack especially on u.s. interests. so we'll have to wait and see what their reactions are from these armed groups in iraq and so far there has not been any official statement from them or from the iraqi government ok thank you that's my faulting there live for us in baghdad's. marwan kabbalah is the head of policy and l.s.s. at the arab center for research and policy studies and he says the u.s. is reminding iran that attacking washington's interests can carry a painful cost i think the united states ones are sure that your money is because over the past few weeks actually that jani and. allies in iraq has increased at

derrick's against u.s. interests and both in never be in the north of iraq in good design and also in. so dramatically as the president the iranians might be actually seeing them very much as much weaker than that it has been so they wanted this time or actually do with a iranians that if you keep actually abducting our interest we are both well enough and strong enough to be done here but i think on the other hand americans did not want to spoil any chances for there is something of negotiations with they on ian's so this is why that attack was very limited in fact in school. by the been done point was merely an might be and was minimize it to iran to have done this to us on this began to tell you that and we can already tell you can be both of them that that was very limited in scope and also don't forget that while the attack against

american interests to listen in iraq that in the year actually took this in syria and for me. the americans the one on one hand not to go walk out the government or put it in a very awkward position these are the the brought the iranian militia in iraq and also on the other hand they don't want to risk it with the iranians on iraq their territories. joe biden has spoken with saudi arabia's king solomon by phone the head of the release of a us intelligence report on the murder of saudi journalists. the report is widely expected to implicate saudi crown prince mohammed bin salam the leaders also discussed security in the region and efforts to end the war in yemen president biden highlighted the united states' commitment to helping defend saudi arabia against iranian backed who the rebels. i do more ahead on the news all including.

global pressure grows against me and miles military coup a live report still to come. and maybe as president rallies his supporters this pressure grows for him to resign over how he ended the conflict with azerbaijan. and in sports message from the home of gold to tiger woods since he recovers from a car crash. amnesty international says a massacre of civilians during last year's conflict in ethiopia is too great a region could have melted to a crime against humanity a report by the rights group says soldiers from eritrea systematically killed hundreds of people in the city of axel in november ethiopian government says its human rights commission is investigating crimes during the conflicts let's speak now to the report's author. in berlin he is

a crisis research consultant at amnesty international thank you for your time this sounds harrowing tell us more about your findings. so what we uncovered the main the main crime that we covered woods a massacre as you mentioned by every train forces of the civilians of one of the civilians in acts whom over the course of really 24 hours on the 28th and 29th of november the killings took place in retaliation for an attack by a simple group of cruelty p.l.o. fighters supported by local youth. and rockets. and in response to this attack the imaging forces called reinforcement and then proceeded to shoot pointedly at civilians on the streets using sniper rifles and machine guns people described hiring scenes of people running and being shot in the back or people being you know laying there when we had the other and exactly

exhibited. by every trained soldiers in the nation we train soldiers carried out house to house raids to find idols and such a nation meant to kill and in the aftermath of the best secure juice shot the residents who tried to collect the bodies and prevented people from carrying their wheels for roughly a day people described very harrowing scenes of collecting but eventually police that had begun to decomposed. bodies of friends of strangers neighbors of many members. hundreds of people were killed 'd as i say and this was really the culmination of who we know of abuses that began only 19th of november when jones false over the region in if your committee truly indiscriminately showed acts whom in their call to capture the city we've also elected testimonies of extrajudicial

killing there are carried out in the context of this initial conceive and also very compelling and says that the good. if communities of a systematic in ways pretty looting of civilian causalities by every tree in forces ok there has been a main shifting narrative about whether eritrean troops even in to grey do you think that there's going to be any accountability as a result of these findings. well what we hope is that you know the reports of you know documents you know the the crimes committed by the return forces so we hope that this basic reality of their presence there and their behavior will be acknowledged when we calling for at least for a un lead in this game to the massacre in next room but more broadly into the war crimes that are being committed in the country. and so we are hoping that you

know he's 50 investigation will start approaching peeves and it will require the if european governments to agree to access as you know the report was based on interviews that we carried out in refugee status in eastern see them as well as what interviews in addition to settling in a jury because the if you can government is continuing to deny to deny us access to tikrit as well as access to communicate military workers and most journalists and other human rights organizations so we're calling on you if you're in government to grants immediately i mean getting access to committee of nations human rights organizations and and here in organizations we have to leave it at a time thank you so much for joining us i don't have face to again often there are a crisis research consultant at amnesty international. opposition presidential

candidates in somalia respond a protest over delayed elections after reaching a last minute deal with the government officials have pledged to investigate a protest last week in which at least 5 people were killed by security forces anger has been growing over a political deadlock that's delayed presidential and parliamentary polls president mohamed saabs a long term in office expired on february 8th opposition says it no longer recognizes him as president of the receive you stun grenades to disperse protesters in meanwhile this demonstration against a favorite military coup showed no signs of slowing down. people fled from lines of riot police the neon gone so far there's been no reports of injuries bought several protesters were detained demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi and return to democracy and global pressure on the military is also mounting the world bank has announced its stop all payments

requested by the government after the coup. it's going to have it joins us know from across the border in the thai capital bangkok sky what more can you tell us about these latest developments these protesters being cleared somewhat forcefully gone. yes kim this happened in yangon and around an area that we've seen most of the the protests kind of start their day in this laydown center which is a main intersection right in downtown the end gone that's where the protesters usually have started their gatherings you know the last 3 weeks plus that we've seen them come out that's where a lot of those images that we were just showing came from where the lines of riot police and the use of stun grenades the groups has to be said are a little bit smaller today than we've seen in previous days but obviously that didn't stop the police from trying to break them up or trying to prevent them from even really forming in 2 larger groups you know stun grenades were used now this came after a night a late night in one neighborhood of yangon that also saw

a kind of police dispersal like this kind of a heavy hand by the police that is because in a neighborhood the residents were upset because the military appointed a local councillor for that neighborhood so that kind of flared things up so that might have been part of the reason why we saw a little bit more of a stronger stance by the police today on the streets of yangon also we have found out that the. japanese journalist was detained by the police who was able to contact one of his colleagues as he was being to detained around midday me and mark time he said he said it was ok but that's the 1st german foreign journalist we know has been detained by police it's the 2nd foreigner to be detained since the coup on february 1st and australian man was detained weeks ago who was an advisor to on song suchi scott is there any indication that any of the international pressure that's being put on the military rule is in me and ma is having any sort of impact

. it doesn't seem to be there's really any impact on the streets if you look from the ground level they are still operating the way they've been operating right the way through since the since the coup on february 1st what we saw earlier in the week is a little bit of a regional reach out here in thailand internees and foreign minister was up here and the military appointed foreign minister from myanmar came over here for some talks there really wasn't much progress out of it but that was the 1st time that you had international meeting regional meeting about what's going on inside myanmar as so when you look at the international pressure. it's got to be mounting it most definitely is mounting on the military they haven't shown that hasn't translated on to the streets and how they're dealing with the protesters or any kind of dialogue with the protest movement or quite frankly any dialogue with anyone outside the region they're just kind of staying the course for now but it has to be hitting them both financially and then also clearly politically because it will be brought

up at the u.n. security council meeting later today we know that the u.n. human rights council has already discussed this on the world bank as you mentioned kim has responded so there is international response but from what we're seeing on the ground in yangon posture and how the military has been carrying out the post-coup operations if you will hasn't really changed that much ok scott haile that monitoring developments for us i mean from bangkok thank you. european leaders are holding virtual meetings for a 2nd day this time with a focus on security chief open the summit by laying out the top defense facing the alliance. for nato the main tosca during this pandemic has been to make sure that. the health crisis doesn't. turn into a security crisis because so the threats we are faced with a day before the pandemic they are still there russia's aggressive actions

more brutal forms of terrorism sophisticated cyber attacks the rise of china and the security implications over climate change so no country or continent to come face these challenges alone european council president michel said he was optimistic about a renewed relationship between europe and the united states need to plead in place a key rule in but i didn't know if i may we can go into europe we share the same team attracted to values we have come in strategic interests and i'm totally convinced that this new bag in the station offer us a unique opportunity to we knew these 2 into insolently and plenty 2 lines between europe and the united states. united states has joined russia in calling for restraint in our media as its prime minister faces pressure to resign opponents of

on have set up camp outside parliament demanding he step down he's rejected calls to quit and fired his military chief accusing the army of attempting a coup the shinier has faced protests since losing last year's war with neighboring azerbaijan over the disputed region of lugo not cut a buck or a challenge takes a look now at his rise to power and declining popularity with union thank you for talking points last year of the conflict with azerbaijan raija. smith sat down with armenian prime minister nicola president of violence because the end of the interview you asked him this question do you worry for your own popularity that if you mishandle this conflict if it doesn't go your way then you yourself are going to suffer in your position of prime minister did it. or you see they reached the position of the prime minister not to defend my popularity but. to serve the national interests of my country and my people and to defend the

dreams of people in my country so along this path absolutely not interested in my person that's just as well armenia lost the war and passion iams popularity diminish though it was just 2 years ago the scenes of pressure basking crowds adulation as he became prime minister from a different political age then he was the man of the moment for former journalist and opposition politician who the end of march 28th seen launched a protest organization called might step. in his camera t. shirts and cap came across as an every man antidote to the perceived cynicism and corruption of armenia's ruling elite 2 term president says sarkozy and was trying to continue his really becoming prime minister the crowds were determined to stop him the so-called velvet revolution. from power and after 2 elections in may

28th. replaced him. governing armenia isn't easy besides its entrenched domestic problems and was also taking on armenia's fraught regional relationships in october 2020 the stalled peace talks with azerbaijan over nagorno-karabakh collapsed armed and assisted by turkey azerbaijan went on a devastating offensive to stave off a complete rout pression eon accepted a humiliating russian brokered ceasefire giving up swathes of formerly armenian controlled territory it cost him huge political capital and opened a rift between his government and the military. this is the end of the velvet revolution machine made very clear in his speech that he said this is the end of belgrade what that means and what comes after is anyone's guess there is a lot of unstability in the country after the war that ended in november of 2028

the opposition has been calling for his resignation not long ago he was the figurehead of a more democratic and equitable law meaning are now nicole impression iraq's political future in the balance chairman's. still ahead on al-jazeera at least 11 people have been killed during a jailbreak in haiti a gang leader is among inmates who escaped. and the song calling for change in cuba has gone viral and has the government fighting back . and sports the formula one team with a new car they don't want the world to see just yet son is here with that story a little later in the program.

we've got high pressure dominating the weather across europe at the moment lots of dry weather but it is turning somewhat cooler because this cold front sliding across germany poland all the way down to ward's france is that 6 further south was we will find cooler air just beginning to talk and there's of areas of high pressure so not too much right on this but there will be some nevertheless go back to thursday thursday afternoon in berlin temperature getting up to 20 degrees celsius not he's getting squeezed by the southwards 11 degrees celsius for a friday 20 in belgrade you notice this we go on into saturday we're looking at 13 in belgrade just 8 degrees celsius there for so there's that cool air setting and we got some rain some sleet and snow some patchy outbreaks of my state the snow is sinking further southwards as we go through the next couple of days driest guys coming back in behind and by the time we come to sunday that wetter weather that wintry weather just making its way down across the black sea into northern parts of

turkey belgrade at that stage around 10 degrees celsius might even see a shower water into the med will see wanted to share was there into parts of southern greece wanted to show was to make in the way across northern parts of iraq or over the next couple of days and turning dry brighter behind. till it's too late and influence peddling the former french president nicolas sarkozy will be in the dock in a courtroom in paris also investigations on march the 1st we'll hear the verdict. follow the story was it breaks the mold of reaction on al-jazeera. when freedom of the press is under threat it's demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages elise intimidation and charges of said dish to shift the focus covering the way the news this covered the listening posts on a jersey. and ancient land and one man's dream to transport hot air

balloons from europe and fly them over his beloved country. in a nation reeling from decades of violence. from. kalon international team of pilots get this man's dream off the ground brittany's over babylon on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour or 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped in zamfara state in northwest nigeria is the 2nd abduction in just over a week. the u.s.

has carried out air strikes in syria targeting facilities used by iranian backed fire since the pentagon says it's in response to recent attacks against american personnel and iraq. amnesty international says a massacre of civilians during last year's conflict in ethiopia is to great breach and could amount to a crime against humanity that report soldiers from eritrea systematically killed hundreds in the city of. thousands of people have received a covert 19 vaccine in hong kong on the 1st day of a mass rollout they were given a choice of 3 jabs at the chinese developed sun is facing extra scrutiny after it was authorized before clinical trial results were published so target ports from hong kong. day one the vaccination rollout and community clinics are booked down 70000 people have signed up to receive the job over the next 2 weeks the elderly

disabled and essential workers are 1st in line and all serve up i've been very cooperative go and have your safe after taking the facts because i can protect myself and protect my family yes while we have been expecting the best scene for long time. and i am very happy to have the. the government has purchased 22 and a half 1000000 doses of covert 19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies pfizer side of back and astra zeneca people can choose which vaccine they receive so far only the chinese manufactured side of back has been made available to the public in the 1st step of this inoculation campaign across the territory it will not be the only answer to the problem and also it will take some time before the. unity will be reached so like 70 percent of the population it will be the 1st step to basically having normal economic activity and also be relieved of the infection

control measures but the chinese developed vaccine has faced extra scrutiny in hong kong its manufacturer was exempted from having to release the 3rd phase clinical trial results despite that the government fast tracked its introduction study it met the safety requirements specified under an emergency response their film is your concern most important it's about africa's. because in all the ethical. to serious only up all. this is surely many people have deposit now about that this mass vaccination program will be rolled out over the next 6 months the pfizer version of the job to arrive on saturday but the real test will be the uptake of the chinese developed vaccine which critics suggest will be able. promiser of anti milan sentiment in a semi autonomous city which remains politically divided sarah clarke al-jazeera

hong kong. almost 20000000 covert vaccinations have been carried out in the u.k. but there's concern some in minority communities are at risk because they don't want to take the job that's now being tackled by national campaigns and local projects to reassure the public and opinion appears to be shifting john holl reports from oldham. a lot of door to door community outreach under lockdown in oldham greater manchester so you know right from. part of there is was actually very healthy there were various on the doorstep some bring up their worries about vaccines i think using proven slowly but it was the 1st initial for that while and because it was so much attention i was at the bank really must go and get a doubles that while i was being targeted to go get it done like what's going on there and because the previous history what's happened with factories as well all it all adds up vaccine hesitancy is prevalent among black asian and minority ethnic

groups in a recent poll almost 50 percent expressed reluctance blaming misinformation general mistrust and a history of discrimination in the health service the vaccine does not change or damage our d.n.a. there's also no evidence to suggest that sea affects fertility ethnic minorities stars have appeared in a t.v. ad to counter negative views and an information drive has begun among faith leaders we know that as muslims there we should always stand up against that it is false the mums here receiving the vaccine awareness training to pass on to their congregants i'm not saying that this is a magic wand bought this is a starting point that we are delivering these kind of training so people would be able to understand exactly what it is and what it entails as well as you know if they don't take it what would be deeply. disadvantages if they take it they will

have their life. the clear concern in all of this is that it is very communities where social inequality has led to higher death rates from komen 19 good life saving vaccines are most likely to be refused and that's a contradiction with dire potential consequences to look at a pandemic the disproportional impact has. the deprived populations the elderly population the my not just those that go beauties and if we do not get over this hurdle but. these are the people who are the most and we going to why did this is that we already see within me so we can have more more places within these populations and the unvaccinated could also provide a window of opportunity for the virus to spread to mutate and at worst to become vaccine resistant joda how al-jazeera oldham. the coronavirus pandemic has caused

a crisis in global oxygen supplies and is killing people in africa and latin america despite previous warnings doctors say the shortage is they doing to unnecessary deaths some families are buying oxygen on the black market the u.n. says it will take $1600000000.00 to stabilize supplies brazil is struggling to contain its corona virus outbreak the death toll there has passed 250000 the 2nd highest in the world a vaccination campaign is underway but a new wave of infections is leaving the health system on the verge of collapse monocle an archive has more from rio de janeiro. lose hope in this prison an indigenous village where you will members of the small to keep what i need to thrive have received the 2nd dose of the couvade 19 vaccine a clear vision. we have seen so many people die with this disease i do not want that for my people. they were 1st in line to be inoculated together with the

elderly considered to be more at risk but they are the lucky few who get it will start the of us about wars brazil could have vaccinated 15 percent of the population by now and stead of nearly 4 percent we haven't because president shared basile narrow still downplays the pandemic sets a bad example by scorning social distancing and delays the acquisition of vaccines the situation today is worse than a year ago when we recorded the 1st covert 1000 case we're now facing a peak of deaths and hospitalizations in one year more than a quarter of a 1000000 brazilians have lost their lives to the pandemic and hospitals in several states are on the verge of collapse forcing governors and mayors to impose new restrictions some have taken extreme measures by shutting down all comers the city of our acquirer in the state of so polo looks like

a ghost town here were addition arab inoculation campaign was temporarily suspended because there weren't enough vaccines but the fact that infections are on the rise does not keep people from ignoring basic safety will. all brazil boast the 2nd largest proven 1000 death toll in the world football fans still celebrate their team's victory out in the streets and without masks monica and nike of al-jazeera rio de janeiro. the new u.s. diplomat to the united nations has begun work and a thomas screen fails has the task of reengaging with the u.n. of the relations became strained under donald trump's leadership and diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. in new york. arriving at united nations headquarters on the 1st day in her job and bastard or linda thomas greenfield 1st presented her diplomatic credentials to the

un secretary general antonio terrace. the 68 year old is a veteran u.s. diplomat forced to retire by the trumpet ministration after a 35 year career in the state department ending up as the u.s. official in charge of african affairs throughout my time representing america all over the world i found that diplomacy is about showing compassion it's about managing points at differentiation and it's about bringing people together the united nations is the world's most important forum for bringing people and countries together and i take that seriously as a u.s. diplomat ambassador thomas greenfield is very different from her 2 previous sources donald trump's 2 ambassadors when nikki haley a leading political figure who previously served as the governor of south carolina and kelly kraft whose family donated over $2000000.00 to the trump campaign and

inauguration before she was rewarded with the ambassadorship to canada and then the u.n. even russia often an adversary to the u.s. on many issues in the security council seems pleased by the new appointment we heard that. when the us. was always easier. trumps america 1st policy meant the u.s. lost influence in international institutions just as china stepped up its engagement and assertiveness at the un campaigners now hope the biden administration will bring a fresh focus on human rights what we really need is a u.s. ambassador who is going to call china. for example uses and actually take some action it's not good enough anymore to give soundbites to journalists saying that china must do better on human rights we actually need some action taken given the

severity of the situation in areas like seen john but honestly even beyond that the new ambassador couldn't ask for a more high profile start every month the u.n. security council presidency goes to a different country or the 1st of march it's the us is turn and ambassador thomas greenfield will be chairing the council's proceedings jamesburg 0 at the united nations us democrats have been told they won't be able to include plans to increase the minimum wage as part of a coronavirus relief bill the senate parliamentarian who enforces the senate's rules said the wage increase doesn't fit complicated regulations that govern govern budget bills democrats want to increase it from the current $7.25 an hour to 15 dollars by the year 2025 for public and say it's too high. at least 11 people have been killed in a prison break in haiti including a police officer and

a detention center director witnesses say they saw heavily armed men shooting at prison guards before inmates started to run america with this report. to police around the prison just outside the capital port au prince where several inmates managed to flee among them was arnold joseph who's been described as one of haiti's most notorious gang leaders he's believed to have led the escape which began on thursday several prisoners have been recaptured others were killed in the process. that i just wasn't since he had already entered the yard he was supposed to be restrained they should not have killed him there are many children and adults here in the yard they could be shot too you can see the bullets in the wall he was not supposed to be killed in my private home. one escapee was shot in the back serving a murder sentence he was in the prison hospital when he says he noticed others

taking off and decided to join them that was the let's please help me go to the hospital i was in dispensary when other prisoners started running away from the prison so i did the same but now i've taken 2 bullets. this isn't the 1st time in mates have escaped from the high security hard to book a prison 300 managed to get out and 2014 haitian authorities are yet to confirm how many prisoners escaped this time but they say they're confident of getting the situation back under control marriage 3 al-jazeera. the u.k. supreme court has ruled that a woman who ran away as a teenager to join eisel should not be allowed to return to britain to fight for citizenship she left london with 2 school friends at the age of 15 and then married and i still find it she was stripped of her british citizenship on national security grounds to be discovered in a refugee camp and 2019 the u.k. government has argued is spangler death by descent so i can live there.

waves of waste washing up on the shores of narrow leaving beaches choked with plastic bottles bags and toys it's also having a devastating impact on brazil's marine life manny reports. rio de janeiro's iconic copacabana beach is well known for its white sands and pristine tropical coastline. but these images certainly would be on holiday postcards just 20 kilometers along the coast in south beach marine biologists ricardo gomez describes waves of rubbish lapping the beaches as a tsunami of trash if. this is a crime it's not just a crime against the city of rio de janeiro 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 state with present both scenarios poor record and environmental protection activists such as take it on themselves to spread awareness and call for individuals to drop. plus

a consumption. al-jazeera new zealand's prime minister is backing a new project using drone technology to protect an endangered species of dolphin the technology is capable of finding and tracking the maui dolphins by using artificial intelligence the dolphins live in a small stretch of ocean off the west coast of new zealand's north wind and it's estimated that only $63.00 are left in the wild. a song about hardships under communism has gone viral in cuba something that would have been unheard of when to when fidel castro was in power some of the country's biggest music stars collaborated on the projects analysts say it's proof that times are changing theories about reports. a song that talks about the need for change in cuba. it's an anti-communist messages sung by a well known cuban in miami and have an ad. where.

it talks about the failures of the government and the hardships faced by the people of the caribbean island for the past 62 years. the song is called homeland and life he changes the old slogan of but they don't want to pay for homeland and death. a symbol offered el castor's 1957 leftist revolution people in iran are i listening about as a little brother more different than us patroon berta has always had a very clear message now ancestors fought for our independence and it's always been a slogan that has characterized unrepresented us petrea veda also represents me because it speaks of the reality that cubans ordinary cubans are going through political tension has been on the rise in cuba after

a rapper from the sun he see that all movement and opposition group was detained for insulting up police officer since then artists from around the country have started to demand political reforms when one way is part of his hand you see their movement and thankful for the support it's hard because one of if those huge artists were able to connect and chant for the people and tell us people here we can also get together and fight it's known that a song can touch the deeper sense ability of the beast we are so thankful they are people who come from cuba's reality and the fact that they put their talent and fame to help people here shows we can unite. the island's economy has deteriorated in the past year and the lack of tourists because of covert 1000 has forced the government to devalue the currency for the 1st time since it came to power in 1059 the government blames crippling u.s. sanctions for the economic slump but it's even gone on national television to

attack the song homeland and life accusing the artist of being envoys of the cia they're feeling that they're weak they're feely that they're not receiving this board that they always below around the 'd just in their actions you know the government the cuban government has always said that they are supported by the by your view of the people but when you hear many people saying it is sung. with a political message opals it to the government right now. we have been very years under the same situation that idea doesn't exist anymore. than exists anymore we don't have a leader with. that people are leaving the same like you said they did not go they didn't have the same conditions. conditions that for now the government has been unable to improve so when artists express themselves

politically that can motivate other cubans who until now have not dared speak up. he said well. still ahead on al-jazeera and sports a huge upset in the europa league final will have the details in just a few moments.

thank you very much a camel for me us elliptic gymnastics coach. has died by suicide just hours after

being charged with crimes against young gymnasts including sexual assault a human trafficking get it and do it a great success as a coach guiding the u.s. women to a team gold at the london 2012 summer games he did however work closely with disgraced team doctor. who pleaded guilty for sexually abusing hundreds of athletes 3 years ago while did it himself was suspended by usa gymnastics in january 2018 after being accused of abuse in terms of his links with the disgraced doctor was good team physician for approximately 20 years and according to the attorney general get a would reportedly neglect guidance for his athletes from doctors except that given by. all in total before taking his life he was charged with $24.00 crimes turnus now is the editor in chief of jim power sports magazine casper paying customer 1st of all how big of

a shock is this latest news to the gymnastics world. would want to see from my you're here and i can tell you that jumpers very big. subjects improvements are already a big impact on the sport when you hear that no such thing happened. everybody is. because that ho much has us gymnastics reform since the larry scandal low. maybe ed i think a little explanation from journalism here and europe is. to understand something about the sport because. bitter towards a well respected coach and the sport it's a big thing when you have such great success. that you are acknowledging that you are a big bertha and that everybody respects you. and that time the brize

you've been a success is it's not the name of maybe it's better to hear it like this thing in my mouth to stimulate everybody to hear their voices excuse me for it. but the big thing is that a well respected coach as as he is as he was. got big knowledge humans and. well what happens there as you ask after. maybe begin to explain it like there are many of them you know game when the pieces are rolling down everybody's going down. you heard about the more that national words of the it was said to mystics who quit their jobs and that there are big things so that's one of things that are happening but we're journalists and we are

following the news as you do and not all the. the law cases and you just all the circumstances are and are it's clear ok caspar being editor and a chief of policy you very much for that. football now and there was a huge upset in the european league one of the favorites and napoli were knocked out in the round of $32.00 despite beating $21.00 at the ago might have done a stadium in naples the italian side failed to overturn a 2 goal 1st leg deficit that another are now into the last 16 they're playing in the european competition for the 1st time in their history the red bull formula one team have been testing out their new car but don't want the world to see it on the track just yet during practice day at the silis and circuit in england on the pitches of last season's car in action were made public breadboard finished

a distance of a 2nd behind world champions mercy this in last year's constructors a championship this year max their stop and is joined by mexican driver sergio perez who's replaced alex album the f one season starts from behind at the end of march. take a look at this message for tiger woods as he continues his recovery from a car crash artist lloyd ogle drew this tribute in the sand next to the so-called home of golf the sentence was called course in scotland would suffered major injuries to his right leg after crushing in los angeles on tuesday. and also school from will have more for you later on but now it's back to cam thank you for that. but it's the news all the way though my colleague and franken will be back in just a moment with plenty more of the day's news and see an x. time but for now.

how does the team from a smaller league draw the bigger crowds. why does the august flood fly holiest of scottish clubs. what is that about celtic that has the world over sheila no more politics the football controlling all the stomach the oppressed and the unemployed . the funds to make football want i'll just see. the photo start to chipley in front of the x.

museum in amsterdam hundreds of protesters scattered to demand the government is locked down restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 this threat is that we use our freedoms to protest us who would not funnelling social distancing rules her repeatedly ordered to disperse by police but police are trying very hard to close friends a scenario that happened last week when thousands were rioting in cities across the nat'l. after some protesters started throwing stones at letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. in syria thousands have disappeared without a trace. yes. forcibly taken from their families when the most terrible thing in syria is to be. this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship for some time is a call to compete better to die than continue to be she really to unfold. the

disappeared of syria. a worrying trend in nigeria 10 days off to school boys were abducted gunmen killed more than $300.00 girls. alive adrian for them this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. launches and strikes on iranian backed groups in syria in response to attacks on american plus now. global pressure grows.