i come back to sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge. and so is life behind the bad for india as. a frightening day in myanmar security forces killed at least 18 empty crude protesters and its most violent crackdown yet. in forgetting this is a live from doha also coming up we have an update on the search for more than 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in northern nigeria. dozens of pro-democracy activists in

hong kong have been charged on the beijing's national security will also. get my 2nd job in 84 days where some people are just going to get up to 28 days a world forced the u.k. begins a trial mixing and matching different covert 19 vaccines. we begin with a strong statement from the united nations about the rising death toll jury anti coup protests and the un is once again condemning the escalating violence the statement says in several locations throughout the country police and military forces have confronted peaceful demonstrations using lethal force of less than lethal force that according to credible information received by the u.n. human rights office has left at least. 18 people dead and over 30 wounded

reportedly occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds expect to have a serious attorney chang has been covering throughout the day events in myanmar from bangkok he's on the line from the thai capital now to you said when we spoke an hour ago that you suspected that the death toll would rise what do you make of this this un statement all those figures while being very big jump are entirely credible we've been seeing reports. coming in from around the country the difficult thing being confirmed curity not only it's not getting protests is it also the medical services been supporting the protests been making it very hard to can. but . information i've been getting from sources in yangon on in mandalay certainly suggests that there are a number. who knows that we've been able to. so far what i think is

in no doubt is that. this is the deadliest day since the military coup. medics struggle to treat a wounded protester shot in the chest an arm on the streets of dar way in southern myanmar the security services crackdown early on sunday police supported by the military firing tear gas rubber bullets and live rounds. but despite the dangers protesters still turned out in large numbers to oppose the military coup. on live rounds used in yangon a man wounded in the streets of play down district the protesters tried to give him 1st aid and get them to cover. as the tear gas rained down they ran for shelter. elsewhere hid behind improvise shields. but if

the intention was to get the crowds to disperse it failed regrouping out of range of the guns the protesters remain defiant the crackdown has been widely anticipated and the crowds are fully aware of the dangers they face down or. we the public are only protesting peacefully and now the military has come to crackdown they're just here to give us trouble we want peace we have nothing but still they come to crack down on us. we want to protect our people because the police aren't doing that they're attacking us instead as you know the jointer is doing illegal actions so the citizens need to protect themselves. the campaign of civil disobedience has been widely observed against the military coup on febrile the 1st in many areas people block the roads with obstacles and cars the progress of the police hindered as they tried to clear a path in some places the protesters tried to take the stand throwing projectiles a molotov cocktails at the police. but it seems

a futile effort as they attempt to stop a military government prepared to use lethal force against its own people tony al-jazeera. is a human rights activist and co-founder of the forces over new your southeast asia he says he's not surprised by the military's actions. you know i'm horrified i lived through the 1st military dictatorship i saw soldiers shooting you know in previous waves you know this is been going on for almost 60 years at this and 3 generations of dissidents and protesters and made it clear that we do not want to live under any formal military rule and that the per the burmese are determined and despite you know risks to their lives and livelihoods a met many of our relatives friends and families are served you know 20 years behind bars in exile lives destroyed livelihood destroyed the people this time are

you know using this slogan the more you repress us the the fiercer our resistance will become and so that this will this is going on for 28 days you know that since the 1st of of ferrie and that the military jets progressively more brutal and the people i am sure in great determination even young show i mean young men and women this is their you know we know we will be shot but we will not leave the country for the next generation to be rude brutalized and economically raped by this institution called the madonna we do not have a national army that is sworn to protect the people that you know they're turning the guns against them on armed protesters as if like protesters are you know target practice that's what's happening. a presidential candidate in chad says the

government security forces have killed his mother and 3 of his cousins. general bed she says that a unit of the presidential guard raided his home at dawn betty a former rebel leader submitted his candidacy for april's elections on friday the government has confirmed the raid but says that its forces had no choice but to shoot when they were fired upon it accuses bed chief of leading efforts to destabilize the country the face of 317 schoolgirls abducted in nigeria on friday is still unknown they were taken from the town of jang a b. in the latest of a series of mass abductions in the north of the country the government has ordered all boarding schools in the area to be shut down police say they have information that the girls have been moved to a nearby forest where one of the girls who managed to escape the gunman has been describing her ordeal. and out and i was coming out from the door and i met somebody that ran back and hid under my bed i'm scared of going back to school

because of what happened but i'll go back if the government makes it safe of zero-sum address has more from the school in django be touted zamfara state from where the girls were taken. there's been rumors flying about the gossip been found and then government denying it and then these rumors are persistent that if used to go away but a senior official site confirming to algeria that some progress has been med and probably they hope in the next 24 hours the girls will be back or i'm now with the situation in this call the police in fact are coordinating the rescue operation helicopters are combing the forest to find exactly where the locations are is not clear whether negotiations have been going on all not at the time for the time being but we understand that several ministers are currently in them for a state a meeting of the governor and other personalities in this state to try to chart a way forward for the situation. $47.00 hong kong pro-democracy activists and 4

politicians have been charged in the beijing's contentious national security law they're accused of participating in an unofficial election primary for the territory's legislature last year all to 0 as adrian brown reports from hong kong. leicestershire is a district councillor now facing the prospect of life in prison after being charged with violating hong kong's tough new national security law if he's convicted his political career like his freedom will be over on sunday he was one of 47 activists told to appear at police stations across the territory with his wife for 4 weeks by his side sure i'm insisted the fight for democracy in hong kong must go on i one of the hong kong people no matter where you are to keep faith and to be hopeful and to accounting to our struggle to do you believe you'll be disqualified

on okami i had i show him that same question 7 months ago after he was detained for taking part in a small protest in breach of social distancing rules i really don't know whether i would be smart i don't know but i'm i can say for sure that this. shooting was a candidate in an unofficial poll held last july to pre-select candidates for legislative elections 2 months later elections which were later canceled with the government citing covert 90 the strategy of the pro-democracy camp had been this again a simple majority in parliament block important legislation and force the resignation of the territories leader kerry lamb. but such tactics common in democracies around the world are enough to get you arrested in today's hong kong and in january the police came knocking rounding up 55 activists including us human rights lawyer john

clancy who was not charged on sunday but joshua young the territories best known pro-democracy voice was he's already in jail after being convicted of organizing an unauthorized protests 2 years ago when the beijing imposed national security law took effect here carrie lamb said it would only affect a small number of people so far it's led to almost $100.00 arrests with half that number now charged human rights groups say that hong kong is heading in an all for a tarion direction with new laws and regulations curbing freedoms once promised by china gradually the voices of dissent are being silenced adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. the weather hanks here on al-jazeera then donald trump isn't president anymore but his influence so looms large for us republicans will have a report plus new firing and you are finding out what is

possible when we dream big you know the u.s. vice president talks to the 1st african-american national spent months aboard the international space station. but. we've got some snow in the forecast for the korean peninsula and also for japan it's been a lovely recently in japan not big area of high pressure in charge that's just not going away into the northwest pacific it's next system comes through this cold front is still area of low pressure will sink further south words that will bring quite a bit of snow in across north korea that is likely to cause widespread disruptions some of that snow sneaking into the north of south korea but for much of south or is going to be the really heavy rain that will cause some problems as we go on through monday we could see of around 70 or 80 millimeters of rain coming through

here and cause widespread disruption in that wetter weather will gradually push across the sea of japan into the western half of japan we see some western weather and some wintry weather rolling through here eventually it will move over the mountains but notice the warm 30 tokyo to around 18 degree celsius temperatures and i hadan around 7 all right behind that is it clears up with some christmas sunshine for the soul and for beijing a lot of sunshine across south asia and it's warm sunshine to last the clear skies temperatures generally around $45.00 celsius about the seasonal affray to have highs of $37.00 in either bad but notice some wet weather there for bhutan. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of suggestion and the state

line becomes the default the media in england about new kinds of images that that lead to let it get to these guys and just how did he create and use it just makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. well again this is a serious remind you of the main news this hour the u.n. says that nehemiah security forces have killed at least 18 people during what's been the deadliest day yet since the military coup protesters were killed in yangon mandalay and 4 other cities more than 30 people wounded in. the face of 317

schoolgirls abducted in nigeria on friday a still unknown they were taken from the town of jag a beat in the latest in a serious of mass abduction siminoff the country's 47 pro-democracy activists in hong kong the pinch charged under a controversial security law imposed by beijing it's the largest single round of charges under the new. sunday is the final day of the us conservative political action conference the most anticipated speak up is the last for president donald trump it will be his 1st major appearance since leaving office he's expected to make a pitch for a bitterly divided republican party to unite behind him john hendren reports from orlando florida. so thank you feedback thank you for being here this is not the republican party that party is it war with itself one part the moderates are hoping

to move into a post trump era the conservative political action conference is home to the other half proudly pro trump activists and would you vote for president if you're in a heartbeat most people look at president found and they think i don't like the way he looks i don't like the way he sounds they don't look past that they don't look at the policies and i follow him based on policy moderates need not apply not here former vice president mike pence senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and congresswoman liz cheney all moderates who have disappointed trump i know you think you can turn to the stars of c pac or trump stalwarts like former secretary of state mike pump aoe a potential 2024 presidential contender who sounds like he's running against president joe biden already in the last few months we've been called clowns and deplorable and ignorant rednecks. because the evil resistance the new york times think i'm the worst secretary of state of all time but i'm proud of our fight and

i'm proud of our accomplishments and that we have truly offended the status quo. and then there's a house republican leader kevin mccarthy who's made no secret where his allegiance lies in the party's divide it was a forgotten man and woman but donald trump listened to the voice that no one else would listen to and we're never going to forget that people are those people and that's what we're focused on trump memorably announced his long shot bid for the presidency at the end of an escalator donald trump speech to see packed his 1st major address since leaving the white house is his most intensive pated since he took that escalator ride into history outside of c. pack the former president's visit his drawn both supporters. and detractors. but inside see packed there's little doubt who the attendees favor for the presidency in 2024 john hendren al jazeera orlando.

officials in major cities in the philippines of unveiled a coronavirus fix a nation some community is struggling to get the funds they need reports on how communities a cope. this is one of the most advanced and sophisticated vaccine storage facilities in the philippines so route to prepare around. these. things. we have in this. well. in the in manila anytime soon funds have also been allocated to purchase growing virus vaccines for millions of its people but the situation isn't deceiving many

rural towns in this small town the. province villagers say they are allocating about 10 percent of their budget to the purchase of crew in the virus vaccines it's money that was meant for infrastructure and education. and i think. we know that the philippines is struggling the national government going to provide that sense for everyone that this way we decided to contribute for the good the power consequents. this refrigerator is a lifeline it stores of vaccines for polio and and we'll be able to keep. that don't need sophisticated cold storage systems while other wealthier cities they're able to set up separate vaccination facilities rural health clinics like this one will have to serve as main back to the hub at least for now but this fight meager

resources help workers here tell us they are ready and all they're waiting for now is for the coronavirus vaccines to actually. arrives the government says it expects to vaccinate 25 percent of its 110000000 people by the end of this year but while other countries have started an ocular vaccines have not even their rights in the philippines been on our feet but i must thank you for hours a day. story where exhausting the box the daily beast not the solution to find any but it surely we are for the very significant solution to this monday still the prospect of them provides hope to millions of filipinos already weary of the pandemic jim duggan al-jazeera to have a see a province northern philippines the world's 1st study into mixing and matching different coded 19 vaccines is on the way in the u.k.

the trial will examine the best dosing shadow for the pfizer and astra zeneca injections charlie and reports now from southampton hospital which is one of 8 taking part in the trial. it's a race to beat infections with injections and volunteers in the u.k. and now helping scientists to determine how to get optimism immunity from approved vaccine $820.00 people aged over 50 are taking part in the study testing the efficacy of alternating between the pfizer job and astra zeneca as compared to giving 2 doses of the same vaccine just say no. to the pfizer seen for the trial with the happy to head to head thank you. for volunteers like katrina is a chance to contribute to the fight against research is needed it's. generally a healthy person so i don't think it's going to be too much and it's nice to give something back and be able to help.

to do something to help this child this testing to dosing schedules one with a 4 week interval between 2 injections another with a 12 week gap these volunteers won't be routinely tested for covert instead they'll be giving regular blood samples to measure the levels of antibodies and the means cells t. cells that the vaccines produce against the virus participants what to consent video that also spells out the value of the trial. actually to this week. as they should prove. to be immunized. did told when they get the next vaccine but not which brand. job in 84 days where some people are just going to get this after 28 days. scientists hope that combining 2 vaccines will strengthen immune responses by harnessing the best

features of each we've got very good reason to think that by using one and then the other that well 8 immune systems respond even better both in is ability to remember coronavirus in the future but also in the reduction of the immune response to the dose and they plan to add new vaccines like no vaccine young thing to the trial once approved. the ability to mix and match current could make back to nation programs more flexible speed up the process and reduce the impact of any disruptions in the supply chain with the u.k. vaccination program well underway the results of this 13 month trial won't have any impact here but with initial findings expected in the summer it could benefit poor countries in the global fight against code that. al-jazeera southhampton the u.s. has approved johnson and johnson's covert 19 vaccine it's the country's 3rd at its

1st single dose jab the pharmaceutical giant says that it's vaccine is affective of preventing severe covert buying team system symptoms including the new variants 4000000 doses are ready to be shipped over to syria's gabriel is on those in washington and says the new vaccine has strong selling points. the big difference with the johnson and johnson vaccine is it is only one shot to get and then be vaccinated that's different from the moderna and pfizer vaccines which both take 2 different shots spaced out about 20 to 30 days apart also the johnson and johnson vaccine does not need to be stored or transported at freezing temperatures so that will make it easier to move around and get out to places and into the arms of people that need it as you know the pfizer and moderna vaccines both need to be kept in complicated freezing storage temperatures bottom line though is is that

health officials here in the us say all the vaccines do the job the f.d.a. has just announced emergency use authorization of us 3rd a backseat for americans this was made by ensign also did call johnson and johnson it's all the same but this is really good news means we have the opportunity for even more people to get immunized as soon as possible against terrible pandemic early on saturday the house of representatives passed joe biden's 1.9 trillion dollar covert relief package it now goes on to the senate where it will be perhaps met with some resistance from many many republicans however the bill as a whole is very positively by most americans and by almost all democrats it would call for many things but primarily a one time payment of more than $1000.00 to all americans it would extend

unemployment benefits as well as put money into schools and local governments to meet shortfalls as well it will now go to the senate and on saturday this is what joe biden had to say to senators as they approach a vote on this bill. now now the mill 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 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 the 14th that is the date that millions of americans could potentially lose some of their unemployment benefits unless this plan is passed so democrats feel they have about 2 weeks to

try to work out an agreement with the republicans in the senate to get this on joe biden's desk for possible signature new zealand's biggest city or planned is in lockdown after a new case of covert 19 it's been confirmed as the more contagious variant 1st identified in the u.k. schools and non-essential shops are shut and movement in and out of the city is severely restricted the rest of the country is subject to less stringent rules including the limits on public gatherings israel and does avoid a high number of infections by banning most foreigners and quickly imposing strict measures when cases in. a car bomb has killed 7 members of a joint security forces patrol in iraq's anbar province the army and popular mobilization forces were searching an abandoned car between her teeth and when the device was triggered a russian war ship is docked in a sudanese port for the 1st time russia is planning to set up

a naval base in port sudan president vladimir putin approved the plan in the the facility will be capable of handling nuclear powered vessels. african american astronauts victor glover is set to perform another space walk from the international space station he's the 1st black american astronaut to be stationed there for a long duration mission. has been his home for the past 3 months. firing . receives a call from the u.s. vice president. she congratulated him for making history francisco diego is a senior research fellow at the department of physics and astronomy at university college london he says it's important to inspire future generations. about 40 years to 1900 september 1981 of the soviet union launch

a very fair star blockbuster up into space from cuba. are now tamayo we spend a half hour one week doing experiments in the salyut success space station at that time since then i have many a probably remember. who was late there the administrators of not someplace have an idea as charles bolden was bald and was the wind up to help installed in space to the plane space the hope of space telescope in the ninety's that was a major thing seems then we have a few more a. lot of african origin astronauts i'm d.c. some major step really they like their city as you say it a better city or countryside the other city oh places it's quite i mean about really what's happening now police major development are encouraging exciting and inspiring the new generations they see there is no limits your limits your own abilities to the things you want him to see as new and they have to go and

they come and they can go up there and they want to go they want to have been their lives and this is very important for the future generations we are now opening the gates to. the young north korea go to the moon and mars and all these things are very important for the kids still see the future you might use the ski is the paramount the primary school they will be walking remarks and eventually and they should know who the. it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the u.n. says that man last security forces have killed at least 18 people during what's been the deadliest day yet since the military coup protests as were killed in yangon mandalay and 4 other cities more than 30 others wounded soldiers of a study chang is following developments for us from bangkok we beat the works.