states this year in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it official federal holiday. people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be her . freedom as military join to intensifies its crackdown but nationwide protests against the military coup remain undeterred. by them can be dealt with the world news on al jazeera live from doha also coming up. dozens of students are freed in nigeria after being abducted last week the fate of hundreds of others is unclear also we're going to hold them accountable for

human rights abuses the u.s. president sends a strong message to saudi arabia after an intelligence report implicates the saudi crown prince in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. ethiopia's military is accused of carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the tikrit region course the wiping out entire villages. beginning me and where security forces have intensified their crackdown on antiques who protesters on saturday across the country troops chased protest is through the streets and used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds demonstrators are refusing to back down the demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi who's been detained since the military seized power earlier this month tony chain reports. police in the amman southern city of daraa way employing more aggressive

tactics to disperse protesters. advancing behind the cover of their riot shields they fired tear gas into the crowd forcing people back into the city's small alleyways. in young go on more aggression to from the early morning on saturday security forces occupied areas the protest is that claimed as their own charging forward they pursued protesters relentlessly throughout the day those who didn't flee were detained not just protesters several journalists were also arrested. but the mood on the streets remains defiant behind improvised barricades to keep the police at bay and the protesters happy to see their cause raised so publicly at the united nations. we got so much encouragement to protest by seeing me and mars' ambassador to the u.n. that's why we're protesting with lots of energy and as much effort as we can have we feel so thankful and got so much courage to see that the u.n.

representative stands with us while we're trying to protest and get our state councilor and president released. and memo 2nd city mendeley the protest were led by monks in this majority but this nation it's regarded as to boo to attack a member of the clergy but myanmar's military has shown in the past it has no qualms about cracking down on months and it's unlikely these protesters will find sanctuary behind their saffron robes tony al jazeera some of those protesters were inspired by a daring act of a diplomat half a world away on friday i mean miles the u.n. ambassador made a dramatic plea to world leaders to take all means necessary to oppose the military coup as a diplomatic as a james base on the u.n. general assembly his 1st meeting on the. it was a dramatic moment in the u.n. general assembly whole the ambassador of me using his speech to speak out strongly

against the events in his own country and your mom military has become that if this tension threat for myanmar as the polity and civilized society his voice was trembling as he continued and strong support from the international community is imperative for the people of myanmar. in our 5 against the military regime. as he finished his speech he gave a 3 hoping good saluting a message of defiance that's become a trademark gesture of the protesters in his country other ambassadors praised him for his courageous stand for long on the brand new u.s. ambassador linda thomas greene failed in her 1st full day in her job we urge every member state here today to use any channel available to tell the me or my military that violence against the people of myanmar will not be tolerated together we all show the people of myanmar that the world is watching we hear them and we stand

with them and the u.n. special envoy christine shauna bergan or has been trying to visit myanmar but she said permission for the trip has not been granted regrettably the current regime has so far asked me to almost all end these. it seems they want to come to new make . arrests and has been forcing people to testify against and. he says is cruel and inhuman. such a powerful session in the general assembly now puts pressure on the part of the un that has real teeth the security council to take action but it's worth remembering one of the permanent members of the council is china it has veto power and the chinese ambassador in the general assembly meeting said that his country largely sees the situation in myanmar as an internal matter james bays out 0 at the united

nations dozens of students kidnapped from a secondary school in nigeria last week being released the arrived in mina in central ledge area gunmen raided got a school than 90 states taking 27 students and some of their relatives and staff members one of the students was shot and killed. but the face of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped on friday is still unknown gunmen raided the school in the town of john get their hands on part of state police say they have information that the girls have been moved to a nearby forest amid a dress in a village a has the latest on both mass abduction. the release of the students and members of staff as well as family members came after 10 days of intense negotiations between government officials and the armed men who held the students for at least 10 days now and it's also 10 days of intense tension anger and frustration on the part

of members of the school community and the entire community who felt that the government wasn't doing enough to get the children released and now government earlier said it was not going to pay any ransom for the release of the students but we also understood that the gunmen who abducted the students demanded the release of at least $6.00 of their members held in police custody we're not sure. at this moment whether the ransom has been paid and members of the armed group of also been released now the release of these students came just i was or even at least a day after another set of students 317 goes who have been taken from a boarding school in north west and some for a state now there are questions being raised as to how they will talk to 100 of the rise in cases of kidnapping banditry in the north as well as the central parts of nigeria many people believe that being run some to free hostages has resulted in the rise in cases of abductions as well as criminality in the northern part of

nigeria as well as the central parts of the country a lot of people are questioning the rationale of the go shooting with people they town just criminals who i say were said to be emboldened by anyone someone who goes issues between them and government officials. u.s. president joe biden has one saudi arabia their rules are changing their relationship it follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi it says crown prince mohammed bin salam gave approval for to be killed or captured the kingdom has denounced the report as false and done acceptable ellen fisher reports from washington d.c. . when journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the 2nd 2018 he thought he was simply picking up paperwork to clear the way for his upcoming wedding instead according to u.s. intelligence the u.s. resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now

a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence him prior spoke yesterday with the king prince made it clear to him the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes today and. we are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses and we're going to make sure that they in fact you know if they want to deal with us they have to deal with it in a way the human rights abuses are still with jamal khashoggi fiancee welcomed the report tweeting out this image with the words justice for jamal the killing lead to saudi arabia facing a measure of international isolation at the next g. 20 meeting in argentina world leaders kept their distance from mohammed bin salman . in the u.s.

the trumpet ministration resisted calls to confront saudi arabia citing the value of arms sales and the importance of support in confronting iran and refused to take action against mohammed bin salman. joe biden promised if he won the election he would recalibrate relations with riyadh but again his white house want to take action against mohammed bin salmon directly so what we've done by the actions that we've taken. is really not to rupture the relationship but to recalibrate. to be more in line with our interests and our values and i think that we have to. understand as well that this is this is bigger than any one person the u.s. has also knows what it calls the coup should you been imposing visa restrictions on 76 saudis not just those involved in the killing but others who have been involved in threatening dissidents overseas so has dismissed the report calling it negative

false and unacceptable the release of this report is an extraordinary rebuke to a man anointed as the next leader of a close u.s. ally but the biden white house will come under increasing pressure from democrats to take direct action against muhammad bin salman because they see his the nile's of any involvement in the murder of jamal khashoggi simply are not credible alan fischer al-jazeera washington if european officials are being accused of carrying out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in the region of take ray the allegations are in the u.s. government report obtained by the new york times it says fighters who backed prime minister abi are better moving from town to town pushing up to grains using intimidation and violence if you appear launched a military campaign against to graze regional government and its fighters in november both sides have been accused of atrocities william davison is

international crisis group's ethiopia research ship he says the conflict has fueled tensions about land rights and to. during the early stages of the war. the federal forces intervened in the west integrate they were accompanied by forces from the neighboring region including some irregular militia that was part of the military campaign to oust the great regional government but many of those and horrified actions also had the intention of reclaiming what they see as an tara land in western to greece and these reports indicate that there has been significant the population of degree in from those areas in western degree but much of this has been under covered under reported so far because of the lack of access to those 2 grahams who have fled in we believe huge numbers in percent all to course as the federation which has an ethnic or multi national character was

created in the 1990 degree regional states was created and it's at that point that the i'm sorry to say they were depopulated from these areas in west and to create the was the area formally being part of 2 great region ever sent. her a faction politicians activists have always said that this is rightfully. land that partly explains some of the events that we've seen over the past few months in these areas separately amnesty international says hundreds of civilians were massacred by eritrean soldiers an accident to great back in november the rights group has released a report that says the killings could amount to a crime against humanity has now come where. eritrean an ethiopian forces began their attack on the town of back with indiscriminate shelling according to rights group amnesty international. it's released these videos

and a report it says on the 28th of november last year to crane militia and civilians tried to fire back some of them armed with only sticks and stones attacking eritrean soldiers on this hill it says the militia failed and the reprisals were brutal. according to dozens of testimonies amnesty says eritrean troops came into the town and executed hundreds of civilian men and teenage boys this video shows the body of one of them. one behind the other. eritrea's government didn't respond to our requests for comment it has previously denied its troops were in ethiopia ethiopia's government in a statement question the accuracy of amnesty sources and said it was committed to

undertake investigations. in early november prime minister had sent federal forces into the to grey region he said it was a law enforcement operation to topple the thick gray and people's liberation front that dominated politics and military for nearly 3 decades before abbey came to power. when government troops took control of the regional capital. declared the operations over but the rippin reports of low level fighting ever since. researches say the satellite images taken last week show hundreds of structures destroyed by fire in the town of kids yet full return to stability is it work in progress but there is no doubt the situation keeps on improving i long to be at all want off he went on operations except for

a few pockets areas where that is sporadic shooting by this are imminent access to the conflict areas has been heavily restricted information about what happened into gray in recent months steadily seeps out and with it a growing number of reports of atrocities by all sides malcolm webb al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus the aid package for the 1st hurdle. and why a growing number of children in the netherlands are struggling to cope pressure during and having. weather is set fire for japan over the next couple of days nice big area of high

pressure acting as a lid on the atmosphere keeping it quiet and calm then so here we have got some western weather active weather sliding across northern parts of chart of this cold front sinks further south was a some snow on that there's something to watch out for that a fetus way back into beijing just over a week i remember got up to 27 celsius in beijing but have changed now as we go on through sunday and indeed into monday with that system coming through some heavier rain to just easing across the yellow sea and the system when it gathers it becomes a lot more active as we go on through monday with some heavier rain moving across the korean peninsula big downpours say that could lead to some localized flooding i think we are likely to see some disruption into north korea into the far east of russia as well as we go through the next day as all the time is to be fought and dry in japan 17 celsius in tokyo so some more spring like weather coming through here plenty of sunshine plenty of sunshine see what crossed much of south asia one of 2 showers still in place across the far north of india but they are petering out

a chance of some wetter whether they're over towards the pole and again that's making its way further east with a boot on seeing some wetter weather as we go on through the next couple of days. and it's time for a different approach and one that is going to challenge the way you. going on to ask me questions now is a new host on the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only comedy politically simplicity into the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions are marc lamont hill and it's time to get up front right here on al-jazeera.

we're watching al-jazeera remind all of our top stories this hour. police in me at mile chased protesters through the streets again gone on saturday firing tear gas and stun grenades demonstrations are refusing to back down the demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi she's been detained since the military seized power on every 1st. jerry and security sources say dozens of students kidnapped from cook got a secondary school last week are being released an official says that now arrived in mina in central area. president joe biden says the u.s. and saudi arabia's relationship is to change significantly after a deep classified report accused crown prince mohammed bin salma of approving a plan to capture or kill journalist jamal khashoggi. tens of thousands of 2 new

zealand are rallying in support of prime minister he chimney on. her. she is in a standoff with president over a cabinet reshuffle the president refused to swear in several of his picks the to do so been an odd since the $29000.00 election this comes as to his ear faces an economic crisis with pressure from foreign lenders to make cuts to state programs 3 . iraqi foreign minister ford hussein is in tehran on his 2nd trip this month hussein's meeting with his iranian counterpart surveyed serif comes a day after u.s. airstrikes hit a rainy and backed militias in eastern syria near the border with iraq he's also met with iran's top security official who said the airstrikes only encourage terrorism in the region. yemeni government sources say more than 60 fighters have been killed in clashes between to the rebels and government forces in more of

province they described it as the most violent day since fighting erupted 3 weeks ago the who these resumed offensive to seize a lot of earlier this month east of the rebel held capital sana the city lies close to some of the country's richest oil fields and its capture would be major a major prize for the rebels. u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has passed in the house of representatives it will have to go through the senate and needs president biden signature before coming into force the package includes direct payments of $1400.00 to most americans but will not include an increase in the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour that has been blocked by senate officials pedicle hind is live for us now in washington d.c. patty so this has to go through the senate how likely is it that it will pass there what is the timeline for this. well it's going to be happening in the next couple

of weeks palosi nancy pelosi speaker of the house said that she expects by march 22nd the president will sign this bill but how do they get there well that's going to be a bit of a windy road as you mentioned the u.s. senate parliamentarian that's the basically the umpire of the senate she were told that they cannot include the $15.00 minimum wage under the rules of the senate because of the way they're passing this it has to directly impact the budget of the federal government so what's the senate going to do well some of the senate say simply fire the parliamentarian that seems unlikely there's now a proposal going around that they're basically make it a tax for big companies any company that doesn't pay at least a minimum of $15.00 an hour after the couple of years then they're going to have to pay a higher percentage in taxes then it's going to get tricky because we know that there are at least 2 senate democrats who say that they are not supportive of raising the minimum wage to this extent $15.00 over the next couple of years and they need

every single one of those democrats because if they're going to get it passed all 50 would have to agree with vice president cobble harris breaking the tie so this is going to be complicated to see how it gets done but speaker pelosi came out early in the morning this went to say this was a this is a very big deal. we are moved to act swiftly to put an end to this pandemic and to stem the suffering felt by so many the time for decisive action is long overdue president biden's american rescue plan is that decisive action. this was a certainly partisan vote republicans are completely against that they say it's too much money that it's too much of a democratic wish list all republicans voting against it but the democrats on their own were able to get it passed ok so if we put the wage provision to one side the

minimum wage provision to one side as this covert bill stands as it is now how soon would this relief be felt by ordinary americans because it covers a lot of things doesn't it really does it's a whole lot of money to spend $1.00 trillion dollars but it will be felt in short order because the government usually what though they do what they've done in the past is they direct deposits for anyone they have tax information on for others they'll send a check to that'll take a little bit longer it'll be felt immediately for those who are unemployed a lot of people unemployed because of the pandemic it increases the amount they'll get every week an additional $400.00 and it extends that benefit to august giving people a chance to find work once the pandemic is behind them schools are going to get the money and you're going to see them try to do things like you know improve the ventilation system because a majority of schools in this country are still basically on line and the c.d.c. says to get back safely they need to make a lot of expensive improvements so i think you're going to see

a pretty immediate effect once this gets through the sausage making as they call it on capitol hill but it's going to be a whole lot of sausage making before that happens all right thank you for that live in washington d.c. . the u.s. is a step closer to having a 3rd vaccine after experts recommended the approval of johnson and johnson's the u.s. food and drug administration held a virtual public meeting to decide whether to sign off on the world's 1st coated 19 single dose vaccine for emergency use it still needs official authorization by the f.d.a. which could happen later on saturday. new zealand's biggest city is going into lockdown for 7 days 5 minutes digits and are said the restrictions will begin on sunday schools and nonessential shops will close and travel in and out of oakland will be restricted you zealand has avoided the high number of infections by launching closing off international travel and quickly imposing restrictions when new cases emerge. palestine's health ministry says hospital intensive care units

are around 95 percent full in the occupied west bank the government has announced a new restrictions but they don't include a 2 week lockdown recommended by the health minister schools and universities will go back to teaching online in a nighttime curfew will be in place new strains 1st identified in the u.k. and south africa are spreading fast. adult children were once ranked among some of the world's happiest since the coronavirus pandemic an increasing number of suffering depression little health experts say they've seen a sharp rise in calls to suicide prevention helplines steadfast in reports. for 20 years old paper from a cat and life has become a struggle the theater student suffers from loneliness and panic attacks especially since the dutch government imposed a nighttime curfew for studies are all online and she lost a part time job due to the lockdown i also saw thanks. for the

precious or i just had trouble with school and getting out of bed. and rare have to care for yourself like the whole thing. and can't really go outside it just gets worse and worse and worse the parents of 14 year old the pain saw their son changing from an energetic positive teenager into a latasha child who started experimenting with drugs out of boredom the pain died in january of a tragic accident when he used drugs in a small tent and suffered carbon monoxide poisoning his parents believe lockdown measures led to their son's risky behavior he started to look for things that the otherwise wouldn't have looked for probably growing will be much more engaged with his friends risk over sports in the will be between his death and the burial i was sitting next to his body every morning and i realized this is a this is a bunch of potentiality which is lying here which is just become dead. it hurts me so much that this is what we do with the youth to stay active but pain had turned

his room into a small gym his parents say the government should have been more focused on the impact the lockdown has had on young people because i feel that as very little compassion for young. young people there's often a finger pointing at them you just want to have a party and you don't care about the elder people and i find that very that hurts my heart. because i see that my boys are struggling by telling their story but parents parents hope the government will look for more creative ways to keep young people mentally healthy growing up in an adult and longmont children had a good chance to be among the happiest in the world but a continuous lockdown has changed that schools have been close since early december and this has had a huge impact on the mental health of children and teenagers and their impact that could last for a long time according to experts and won't simply be solved by going back to class

in the netherlands people with suicidal thoughts can call the suicide prevention line 113 since a start of the pandemic the number of calls and chats has increased by 30 percent nearly 80 percent of the callers are below the age of 30 especially the younger people. have lost their confidence their self-confidence and confidence in other people which is significance compared to before so far the number of suicides has not increased something the helpline contributes to the listening ear they can offer better has also found support with therapy after a month on a waiting list but local leaders say the government should do more so young people can meet each other in a safe way only then dutch children and teenagers may score high on the happiness index again step fasten al-jazeera. in breaking news myanmar's state television says the ambassador to the united nations has been fired on friday in a show of defiance and besser to the un made an emotional appeal to use any means

necessary against the generals who have seized power quote more term told the assembly that he was representing the ousted elected government. and finally a funeral was being held for captain said tom more north of london he became famous author raising more than $45000000.00 for the u.k.'s national health service during the pandemic he did it by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday and was knighted by the queen for his efforts he died after contracting covert 19 and pneumonia. my. this is al jazeera these are the top stories meanwhile state television says the ambassador to the united states has been delayed on friday in a show of defiance meanwhile as ambassador to the u.n. made an emotional appeal to use any means net.