step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news this coverage the listening posts on a jersey or. al-jazeera . every. tool for. your own. marks military says it's fired at some bassett or it's of the u.n. a day after this dramatic appeal to the world the military coup is a subdued will in this modern world and the call must be. inside myanmar the gentle intensifies its cracked own but nationwide protesters are refusing to back down.

i'm having my head in and this is al jazeera live from doha and also coming up. protesters continue to call for prime minister nicola passing on to go now the president's polls on the pressure. and the struggle to clean lebanon's beaches after an oil spill spreads from israel. his voice was full of emotion and hesitancy as he urged the united nations to use any means necessary to ends me and most military coup now the army says it's fired the ambassador who defiantly spoke his mind it says secure motu and betrayed the country let's remind you of what he told delegates at the un general assembly. near my military has become the existential threat for myanmar as

a polity and civilised society now is not the time for the international community to tolerate the war crimes and crimes against humanity can committed by myanmar military the international community must ensure that who has no place in the modern world as van by and the un secretary general in that regard we the comedy representing our c.r.p. are the united nations the united nations security council an international community that aspired to build peaceful and civilized global society to use any means necessary to take action against the myanmar military and to prove ice if t. and security for the people of myanmar but i thought had said james face reported on those developments which happened just over 25 hours ago let's cross back again to james the latest how do you think the international community will react to the

military's announcement of the ambassador's sacking. well the ambassador would have known what was at stake when he made those words he would of very carefully judge that he knew the the possible repercussions against his family he knew that the military would try to sack him and recall him the big question now is is he going to go is he going to give up his job or is he going to say that he is the legitimate representative of the people of myanmar and of the rulers of the country who are currently jailed it's worth reminding you that at the same general assembly session the special envoy the secretary-general special envoy on myanmar christine shrine of bergen has said it's important the international community does not lend legitimacy or recognition to this regime so will they recognize the decision of the regime to sack the ambassador i'm sure that the military will now

is try and send a new ambassador that will reflect their views but which one is the united nations going to recognize it will go to a rather obscure body part of the general assembly known as the credentials committee if there is a dispute it has 9 members interestingly among those 9 members the u.s. is one as are china and russia which of made the point that this is largely an internal affair they will come up with a recommendation and then it will go to the general assembly for a vote so it's although the military is saying they've sacked we're on bus that is not a tall clear whether he'll be losing his job or after a protracted fight will actually stay in the job. and will have given all that what do you think will now happen to the former ambassador. well the 1st thing he's got to do is be able to stay in the united states because he is here as someone credentialed to the united nations one source of

legitimacy for that of the current rulers in that country which appear to be the military although the u.n. isn't recognizing the coup so he's going to have to deal with the u.s. authorities to say can i stay i think given the position of the u.s. and we heard the new u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield he's not going to have a problem staying in the united states and we're told most of his immediate family are with him i think his other worry will be about reprisals to other members of his family who are met me on mar i've spoken to other ambassadors who spoken to him who say that he was well aware that there was such a problem ahead he did judge this but felt it was time to speak out on behalf of all of the people in his country ok james bay is the serious diplomatic answer lie that the uniacke james thank you very much indeed. well inside myanmar

security forces have intensified their crackdown on antique protest is across the country chase protesters through the streets and used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds demonstrators are demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi who's been detained since the military seized power earlier this month 20 chen 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 yangon on more aggression 2 from the early morning on saturday security forces occupied areas the protesters 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 a call on the one 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 protest when 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 monks and it's unlikely these protesters will find sanctuary behind their saffron robes tony chang al jazeera. in

armenia the president is refusing to fire the 12th army general even though the prime minister has publicly called for his dismissal nicol passing and hand the president to fire the general after accusing the military of an attempted coup question yet his face growing calls to step down since november that's when protesters say he betrayed the country by sitting land and a 6 week war with azerbaijan open for sarah walker reports now from yerevan it is definitely a sign that support from the political institutions is waning in our media and the prime minister and the opposition who know. every every day of late calling for his resignation said that this was a victory of sorts for them and they even say now that they're hoping that the police and the other security services will join the armed services in

calling for the call pressure resignation that of course would be a major development because it looks as if all the political institutions to run the prime minister's office are i'm standing in front of that promises office now if all of them are lining up to call for him to go it looks as if the situation because it is becoming pretty on tenable the nickel question yet. the fate of 30700 schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria on friday is still unknown gunmen raided their school in a town of jenin gabion northern zamfara states police say they have information the girls have been moved to a nearby forest green hauled dozens of students kidnaps from a secondary school last week are being released they've arrived in mina in central nigeria gunmen raided kogarah school in the state taking 27 students and some of the relatives and staff members of the school one of the students were shot and

killed with a g.'s is in a butcher and here's the latest on both mass abductions. 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 now government said it was not going to pay any ransom for the release of the students but we also understood that the gunman who abducted the students demanded the release of at least 6 of their members held in police custody we're not sure at this moment whether that run some has been paid and members of the group also been released now the release of these students came just i was or even

at least at davey after another set of students 317 goes who have been taken from a boarding school in north west in some sort of state now there are questions being raised as to how they were told to sow hundley at 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 lots of people are questioning the rationale of the go she with people they just criminals who i say were said to be emboldened by anyone some want to go see issues between them and government officials. if european officials are being accused of carrying out a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing in the region of the gray the allegations are in a u.s. government report attains by the new york times it says fighters who backed the

prime minister are moving from town to town pushing out to gray and seizing intermediation and violence if you korea launched a military campaign against separatists in the vendor both sides have been accused of atrocities. still to come on down to sierra man on a mission joe biden and the new u.s. government's battle plan to ease the coronavirus pain of so many. but a very different story in mexico where coronavirus vaccinations have only just begun the president is under fire for the way he's handled the crisis so far. the weather looks pretty quiet across much of the middle east over the next couple days fair amount of hazy sunshine then we are going to see want to see showers

having said that maybe the odd sharon to the fall north of saudi arabia somewhere to weather up towards the black sea just sliding across the caucasus georgia might see a shower with say western weather just pushing across the far east of turkey chance of a shower just around the iranian mountains as we go on through monday but to the east of that is fine and dry kabul 13 celsius and to the south of that is fine and dry winds easing here in doha with a top temperature a pleasant $22.00 degrees celsius the sunshine stretches down across the horn of africa we have got some very wet weather there just pushing towards northern parts of madagascar easing across into southern areas of tanzania as you go through the next day or so showers there through the rift valley some heavier rain now gathering just around the zambia and zimbabwe go on into monday and that rain really popping out that could cause some localized flooding so we want to watch out for the showers extend their way into central parts of big by the state just want

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this is al-jazeera quick reminder over the top stories this hour myanmar's military has far the country's ambassador to the u.n. after he made a defiance appeal to the general assembly on friday john moore to an arch the united nations to use any means necessary to end the month long military coup. the decision to remove his place in myanmar intensify their crackdown on anti protests across the country troops chase protesters through the streets and these tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds. armenia's president is refusing to fire the country's top general even though the prime minister publicly called for his dismissal because person you're an accuses the military over an attempted coup.

u.s. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package has passed the house of representatives it will now have to go through the senate's and its president biden signature before coming into force the package includes direct payments of $1400.00 to most americans now now the middle moves the united states senate where i hope will receive quick action. we have no time to waste if we act now decisively quickly and boldly we can finally get ahead of this virus we can finally get our economy moving again and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long we need to relieve that suffering the american rescue plan does just that relieve the suffering and it's time to act i thank you all for being here well patty cohen joins us now live from washington d.c. patty joe biden they're hailing the passage of the bill through the highs but it

doesn't have to go through the very finely divided senate see think it will pounce . i think it's more likely than not that it will pass but you saw right there president joe biden making a very quick address in the roosevelt room on a saturday and the reason he's doing that is likely because he wants to increase pressure on not only republican senators who are unlikely to vote for the bill but all 50 democratic senators this part of this bill is hugely popular not just with democrats but with republicans and independents with republican governors and mayors and he's really been counting on them to push the lawmakers in washington to get this passed no republicans in the house voted for it they said it's too expensive it's too late to that targeted enough the democrats call this a major victory one of the things that's an issue is the $15.00 an hour increase to the minimum wage that would happen over years it is in the house bill the senate parliamentarian said it cannot be in the senate bill because of the procedure that

they're using to get this passed so some people are focusing on that but the house speaker nancy pelosi says really this is a moment to to to declare victory we're 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 well posse if this does get signed off by the senate so soon will the relief bill be felt spy or grim merican. pretty quickly after it's signed into law it looks like a nancy pelosi has said that he expects that the president will sign this by march 22nd then what happens is the iris gets involved. people who pay taxes with direct deposit the government can just turn that around and put the money in their accounts other people be sent checks the bigger impact i think immediately is going

to be felt for people who are on unemployment millions of americans lost their job because of the pandemic of the crisis that followed this increases what they get in unemployment aid by $4.00 to $400.00 a week and that will happen immediately the longer term money is going to really impact the states and localities they have had serious budget problems because they rely on taxes for the most part and people aren't really spending all that much money and so this will allow them to be able to not fire teachers and fire fire fighters and garbagemen and police officers so that will have an immediate impact although people might not realize they were about to be fired and then the other money will go to the vaccination program that's falling short across the board in state after state and also reopening schools the vast majority of schools are not reopened in this country students still a year and trying to learn remotely so this money will help schools improve their ventilation systems by personal protective gear possibly get some trailers to be

able to space out students so it's a whole lot of money 1.9 trillion some of it will be spent over years but the immediate impact that direct cash payment that should be felt fairly shortly if it passes and of course it will be signed if it does. bring is the very latest from washington d.c. thank you. well this week the 1st doses of russia's sputnik fact seen arrives in mexico the country with the world's 3rd highest death toll nearly 200000 people have lost their lives there and the outbreak has forced the economy in says worst recession and 90 years and as minimal republic reports from mexico city the president is getting much of the blame. vaccination efforts continue in mexico at this inoculation site in sochi need gold health workers are ministry 1st doses of the sputnik b. vaccine developed by russia which for now is only available for people 60 years of age or older. people this is the appointment for the next dose that i'll receive on

march 17th i don't have the time but they'll let me know. since the virus was 1st spotted in mexico the outbreak in the country has grown beyond what anyone here could have imagined today the death toll nationwide remains the world's 3rd highest . it's become frustrating to see our local ones die people who have dedicated their patients in the area of medical professionals mexico has lost more lives than any other country that has been painful and i hope we have learned some important lessons we need to better health says we need to be better prepared we need to produce our own back scenes. the outbreak is not only stretch the limits of the country's public health system it's also pushed the national economy into the worst recession in almost 90 years the coded 19 pandemic in mexico has led to a devastating 8.5 percent decline in g.d.p.

and a dramatic increase in the national poverty rate from 36 percent to 45 percent of the population. there much of the blame for why the health emergency in mexico has ballooned beyond control has fallen on mexico's president who's been widely criticized for down. in playing the extent of the crisis. for his part the president has promised that everyone in the country will have access to vaccines as supplies become available at. the hand the people should know that we are committed to vaccinating everyone as soon as possible even if we don't finish by march every senior citizen will at least be box needed with one dose by the end of april. the mexico is now in phase 2 of the national inoculation program health experts warn that so far less than 2000000 people of mexico's 126000000 residents have been inoculated. amounting to a vaccination rate that is still far from making

a meaningful impact against the pandemic. below al jazeera mexico city. new zealand's biggest city all closed says going into lockdown for a week after a new coronavirus case was discovered the restrictions have just gone into effect schools and non-essential shops are shots won't travel in and tires of the city will be restricted the rest of the country is under a lower level of restrictions new zealand's has avoided a high number of infections by closing off most international travel and quickly reimposing restrictions were needed the 7 days in this case relative to you recall a shorter period last time was the length of an fictious period we have had this case in the community across a wide range of sites and effect that we must assume it is the more infectious variant that we continue to deal with. the level 3 remains the same as you recall from earlier in the month that means the main thing we are asking people in or

clint to do is to stay at home. children ranked among the world's happiest but more are getting depressed because of the coronavirus pandemic that person explains from us to them. for 20 years old paper government god and life has become a struggle the theater student suffers from loneliness and panic attacks especially since the dutch government imposed a nighttime curfew her studies are all online and she lost a part time job due to the lockdown i also sometimes. because guess ferreted precious or just had trouble with school and getting out of bed. and rare have to care for yourself like a horse i. 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 liturgical 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 really would have been 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 long man children had a good chance to be among the happiest in the world but a continuous lockdown has changed that schools have been closed since early december and this is 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 it's into 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. fellah science health ministry says hospital intensive care units aren't 95 percent full in the occupied west bank the government has announced new restrictions but they don't include a 2 week lock so recommended by the health minister and i time curfew will be in place and schools will go back to teaching online these trains 1st identified in the u.k. and south africa are spreading fast. iraq's foreign minister ford hussein is in iran's capital on his 2nd trip this month hussein's meeting his counterpart

javid story into her on a day after u.s. airstrikes hit iranian backed militias in eastern syria near the border with iraq is also a matter runs top security official who says the airstrikes only encourage terrorism in the region. 5 people have been killed and more than 175 injured june protests in syria in southern iraq the fighting with security forces on friday photo a week of violence during protests in the city people want the governor removed and justice for the protest has killed since 2019. an oil spill this devastated the coast of israel has begun to wash up the shore in southern lebanon the spill happened earlier this month but environmental groups fear it could take years to clean up his hoodie n. reports. the sand on tire beach in lebanon is contaminated and soaked in tar.

it's a residue from a massive oil spill that started in israel's coast now the beginning of a tedious cleanup effort entire is underway to protect the environment and the city's tourism but i mean it's sort of empty you'd be even a nature reserve is suffering from approximately 2 tons of tar 90 percent of which is hidden under the sand we're trying to extract it as soon as possible so we can protect the turtles hatching season. the spill is considered israel's a biggest environmental disaster beaches have been shut down and there are reports of turtles and birds covered in oil. the sale of fish and other seafood from the area is now prohibited but not all fishermen are following the guidelines now as they are were still eating the fish the entire village many of my friends and people i know bought it and were not affected the tar floats on the water it damages the reefs and seaweed the beach and our equipment like nets and boat but

the fish don't eat anything unnatural. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says nearly $14000000.00 have been earmarked to clean up the country shoreline should do it to an oil tanker leak off the coast is suspected to have caused the spill and tons of tar continue to wash up the mediterranean coast environmental groups fear it could take months or perhaps even hears to clean up the damage cuts hilo priscilla yan al-jazeera. my. eye how he did in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera military has far of the country's ambassador to the u.n. after he made a defines appeal to the general assembly on friday john morton arj the united nations to use any means necessary to ends the month long military coup.