a club where society's disenfranchised have the loudest voice. and political dissent takes center stage. they are morocco's resistance the ultras of roger cossack lanka the fans who make football on al-jazeera. the bloodiest day an anti coupe protests in me a man 18 people are killed in the military crackdown the u.n. calls for international action. hello again i'm peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up iran rejects an e.u. offer for direct talks with the u.s. to revive the 2050 nuclear deal. a vaccine finally the philippines is set to

roll out its covert 19 immunization program the last among countries in southeast asia. al-jazeera hears harrowing testimony that amounts to war crimes in ethiopia's more than 2 gravely. there's been less than a day since 18 people were shot and killed on myanmar streets by the security forces but that hasn't put off thousands of people who are out again to demand the release of the detained leader aung sun suu kyi the police fired live rounds of crowds on monday in the worst day of violence yet since the military seized control a month ago. the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military and until neither terrorists says the violence is. and that world leaders have to send

a strong message to the military the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has also denounced what's going on in the country calling the violence horror and he says washington will push for the military to be held accountable these condemnations fall of the most violent days since demonstrations began against the military coup live rounds were fired a big crowds in several cities across the country tony chang has more. medics struggle to treat a wounded protester shot in the chest and arm on the streets of dar way. the security services crackdown early on sunday police supported by the military firing tear gas rubber bullets and live around. 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. 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. 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 that 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 february 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 a 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 chang al jazeera. $47.00 activists and former politicians are in court in hong kong today after being charged under the national security law they're accused of participating in an unofficial election primary and it's the latest group of government critics to be detained under the law as imposed by beeching hundreds of their supporters have gathered outside the courthouse al-jazeera as adrian broner joins us live from hong kong so adrian just explain for us what's going on there around the building where you are. well there are still

hundreds of people gathered outside the west calhoun magistrates court they are defiant they are angry but so far things are relatively calm there is a heavy police presence here the police are not dispersing the crowd at the moment although they have warned that they will in full social distancing rules because it's behind me and now all full because it's not just the activists and politicians who were charged on sunday who are now on trial but so too are more than 50 other representatives from the pro-democracy movement including people like the publisher jim eli and also martin lee often referred to as the the father of democracy here in hong kong actually helped to write hong kong's constitution so what you get the sense of here peter is that the legal system in hong kong is going to become very congested because it's going to take weeks if not months to process all these cases remember more than 10000 people have so far been arrested since the protests began

in mid 2019 to remind viewers those on trial today are essentially accused alleged to have organized a primary ahead of elections which was supposed to happen in september last year but what then cancel this primary was organized by the pro-democracy camp and basically it was an attempt to pre-select can't. it's for that election 600000 people remember voted in that poll and they made no secret of what their ambition was it was to gain a simple majority in the legislative assembly block legislation and then force the chief executive kerry lamb to resign unfortunately it did taste hong kong that's enough to get you arrested even though those tactics are common in democracies elsewhere in the world adrian thanks very much children brown reporting live from hong kong. now efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between iran and

major world powers have stalled the white house says it's disappointed that iran is not ready to hold informal talks along with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too early to be back at the negotiating table tehran wants the u.s. to lift unilateral sanctions 1st gabriel elizondo has more from washington. this is the initial stages of posturing when it comes to diplomacy and negotiations and this was a meeting that was face to face meeting that was proposed by the european union it would have been the 1st preliminary meeting between tehran and washington and this is what tehran is said no to at least for now but the door still remains very much open especially here in washington the white house spokesperson a white house close person giving a statement out 0 basically saying that they are disappointed in the decision by iran but we remain ready to engage in meaningful diplomacy to achieve

a mutual return to the compliance with the j c p o a the white house indicating now that they'll go back to the p 5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything by did ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now. well iran is warning it will respond accordingly if any action is taken against it by the european nations the warning follows reports suggesting the u.k. germany and france are working on a resolution they planned to present to the international atomic energy agency that would sense iran over its recent steps last week tehran stopped boland 3

cooperation with the agency ending all surprise inspections and disabling cameras set to monitor its nuclear facilities the international atomic energy agency chief raphael grossi reached an agreement with iran to continue those inspections for at least 3 months the agency's board of governors is shuttle to meet on monday morning to discuss iran's nuclear program trita parsi is the executive vice president of the quincy institute's he says both sides need to make goodwill gestures if they want to see progress. this is extremely unfortunate this is not helpful what the iranians have decided it is unfortunately not surprising however from their perspective the biden restriction is continuing trounce sanctions policy and justice trump sought to have dialogue with the iranians while he was sanctioning them with crippling sanctions in the midst of a pandemic and they said no to that they are refusing to engaging on that if there

are no signs from biden that he will lift the sanctions if he rejoins the deal and this is the buy administration on the other hand feel that they should not have to give any concessions to the iranians before getting talks started this is getting serious it is problematic but this process is far from that one thing that is really unhelpful here is that the europeans have decided to go to the board of governors of the i.a.e.a. and start a century a new conflict there which seemed to have complicated matters tremendously we have to remember that the iranians have reduced some of their obligations and they're going to get censored for that according to europeans the united states has and that all of its obligations and has not gotten the sense that forward so i think that move in the midst of this very delicate dance to try to get the 2 parties to take in this still small step not so much to be a loose face but enough to get the process started has really not been helpful and perhaps it will be drawn but it is part of this very problematic opening to this

diplomacy at this time both sides should be doing goodwill gestures rather than taking these type of measures syrian state television is saying defenses have responded to an israeli attack near damascus state media says missiles were fired from the golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of the capital news reports in israel suggest it was in response to an explosion on an israeli own ship in the gulf of amman but there's been no official response. the bite that ministration is about to begin. in talks with the taliban the u.s. state department has announced the american envoy to the afghan peace process i'll make that will travel to afghanistan and cateau it says the main goal is to find a political settlement and forge a permanent ceasefire between the taliban and the afghan government they did reach a deal last year but have often accused each other of breaking it a court in paris has ruled in favor of libya's national oil corporation in

a sales dispute with an emirate linked company the decision confirms that libyan emirates oil refining company must pay $132000000.00 regarding oil sales at the coastal refinery tripoli's government says it will enforce the decision libya's oil industry has suffered multimillion dollar losses during the conflict there over the past recent he is still to come here on al-jazeera. we have a pretty good. and i go for parents in nigeria as the search continues for more than 300 kidnapped school children. i may even decide to beat them for a 3rd time ok was. still refusing to concede defeat donald from his future and his past it's.

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showers rolling through the rift valley pushing all the way down into a malawi and some very heavy rain will continue just around zambia and into zimbabwe and notice a fair amount of cloud and rain too just around the mozambique channel so while the start of the channel we will see some heavy showers over the next couple of days into central parts of mozambique. sponsored paul cuts at ways 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 namely develop new kinds of images that that leak that it gives to these guys that just how did he create a new system 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. welcome

back let's update your top stories for you so far this hour people have returned to the streets of me in martyr day less than one day after the police killed 18 protesters it was the worst day of violence since the military seize power months ago the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military. $47.00 activist and former politicians are in a court in hong kong after being charged under the national security law they're accused of taking part in an unofficial election primary hundreds of their supporters have gathered outside the courthouse. iran's rejected an invitation for informal talks to revive the 2050 nuclear deal the government is insisting u.s.

sanctions must be lifted 1st the u.s. says it is disappointed and will talk to its european allies about the best way for a former u.s. president donald trump has hinted he may run for the white house again in 2024 but has no plans to start his own party mr trump was speaking on the final day of the conservative political action conference in florida it was his 1st public speech since leaving office he also repeated his baseless claims of election fraud biden is failed in his number one duty as chief executive it forcing america's laws. thank you should be reasonable. for democrats to suffer withering losses in the midterms and to lose the white house actually as you know they just lost the white house but it's one of those were i don't. know. i may even decide to beat them for

a 3rd time ok brad god stephen kent is the host of right now a new show on al-jazeera as u.s. based digital platform rightly he says donald trump is once again deliberately dominates in the spotlight see pac for the many years it has been running has been a hard split between libertarian and conservative politics it's a conference that has always been dedicated to cutting government off at the knees really trying to shrink the role of the federal government but ever since we got the republican party of donald trump we've had the the idea of weaponize in government for different ends the republican party really entering the game in favor of big government and so what this conference was this year was how are we going to fight back against the democrats here in the united states and for donald trump it isn't as militantly as possible that's the donald trump way and the show continues i really thought after 4 years of talking about donald trump speeches we

would never have to do it again but here we are i think at the end of the day it was hitting a lot of the same notes and it was putting out the same grievances in the list of enemies but at the end of the day what this speech was about and what donald trump's appearance at sea-tac was about was halting the momentum of his future rivals for 2024 c. pac is normally where future talent and the next minds of the republican party are sort of put up for a vote and introduced to the base and donald trump showed up here to halt all of that to keep the attention on him so that he can be the kingmaker. ethiopians in the northern region of the grey have told al-jazeera multiple tales of civilians being tortured and killed at the hands of eritrean soldiers last year this despite eritrea denying being integrated when the conflict broke out in november is charlotte ballasts. this.

18 year old mona lisa is traumatized by one day the 4th of december it was then she says eritrean soldiers into her village in the ethiopian region of tinkering should stay. but they tried to rape me and i was thrown to the ground then one of the soldiers fired bullets to scare me but they hit my hand and then fired another bullet that went through my arm. i was bleeding for hours then i had my arm amputated. al-jazeera has gained rare access to the grain and heard from witnesses who say they suffered abuses that could amount to war crimes but at the hands of every train not ethiopian soldiers. some girls and i managed to leave the village but on the road we were caught by eritrean soldiers more than 10 soldiers took turns raping us in november ethiopian prime minister and launched

into strikes and seen federal troops into 2 great saying he was responding to attacks by the to grain people's liberation front witnesses say eritrean forces crossed the border to support the ethiopian military and while here committed egregious crimes committed nagen i do i just don't wish that al-jazeera convey our message and my cowboys who we demand the exit of the era trying forces from our country. you're a trained soldiers denying even being integrated yet al-jazeera obtained these images show. when trucks with eritrean license plates integrate caring so much is amnesty international also released a report stating hundreds of civilians were massacred by eritrean so jews in the town of exim in november the focus. proceeded to shoot. the streets using sniper rifles. ethiopia's government has questions the

accuracy of amnesty sources but says an investigation will be launched. as information slowly seep selves survivors live with their troops every day. my husband was killed in our village along with i'm not please go tell them well we're dying. by their accounts at the hands of soldiers who deny ever entering this land shiela ballasts. nigerian officials close to rescuing 317 girls abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern state of zamfara has given their families hope after the raid in the early hours of friday when interest traveled to the school in john bay to speak to the community they're still in shock what's left behind in these rooms in the case of the goals left in hungary and probably chalk the attackers shot through glass windows to force them out. on the facts

strewn across the floor they were gone only for a few days but the dry weather casts flame layers of dust of what was left behind. at the school entrance the lone security guard who tried to stop them but field is back on his job watching the gate. after a short patrol of the school perimeter i went back in and shortly after i saw someone on the wall i pointed my gun at that intruder and he fell back i heard him telling others to shoot me i had and i called for help no one was able to help because they've surrounded the school. although there are 2 security posts within a few 100 meters of the school in this northwest of state of them for not enough support rich to a police officer who attempted to stop them was shot dead by the attackers or wanted to shoot to is among students who evaded capture they now start shouting

short and shouted everybody out if anybody inside knew them without coming i went. so i just came in running to the gate. is my ilisoni still waiting for the needs of his 10 year old daughter sister and a friend's daughter. never being such a confused state i haven't slept much you know eaten well since then there is no joy no laughter anymore in this house back at the school a few parents hanging around for news of their children with them a few security personnel guarding empty classrooms and hospitals just a few days ago these hostages were full of life 550 goes where he act chasing their dreams some wanted to be doctors others teachers then as they prepare for the night men bussed in they herded and drove 317 girls into the

night now the holes of residence are empty the government of them for a state has now shut down or boarding schools in the state. but for some the damage has already been done so paresis just their daughters and going back to school saying that our journey in government has failed them a few students who still want to continue with their education say they may consider going back but under certain conditions can continue. it's now they have been at least 6 mass kidnappings from schools in northern nigeria in 6 years 2 of them this february the attacks are happening in the region with the lowest levels of school enrollment in high dropout sparking fears the region may forefather behind the rest of the country how many degrees al jazeera nigeria. the government in south africa has eased coronavirus restrictions and orders up in place for the new single job johnson and johnson vaccine 11000000

doses have been ordered with the 1st 2800000 set to arrive within the next 3 months president cyril ramaphosa announced on sunday the country would move from alert level 3 to level $1.00 to $2.00 a decline in cases over recent weeks it will allow most businesses to reopen although a nighttime curfew from midnight to 4 am will remain in place the philippines has started vaccinating its population against courage 19 its 1st batch arrived on sunday 600000 doses of the chinese made sin of ach philippines is the 2nd worst affected country in the region and the vaccination program there has lagged behind many of its neighbors on a below has more now from one vaccination center in manila. there is a lot of fanfare around this called vaccination rollout here in the philippines today we are at the long center of the philippines which is one of the main hope of making hospitals in that country over thinking vaccines are being rolled out in the

6 different major government hospitals here in the in the capital manila now why is there this level of anticipation it's because health care workers here in the philippines as well as general public have been waiting for these calls with my team back scenes for months and. there's a lot of criticism of government officials bungling these public 19 vaccination efforts they said that will be making vaccines were arriving in december it's now march the philippines is the last country in southeast asia for rollout will be 1000 back scenes but it's also important to note that these are only 600000 doses of the chinese vaccine manufactured by the chinese part was that of a company signed about and these were not bought by the philippine government these are don't lesions by the chinese government so there's a long way to go before the philippine government and vaccinate all of its health

care workers as well as well as the general public. a senior mexican health official criticized for downplaying the pandemic is being treated in hospital for corona virus the assistant health secretary has got tell has been receiving treatment for 5 days now and is said to be in a stable condition in has been the face of the government's response to the pandemic but he has been condemned for dismissing the need for masks and spearheading a strategy of limited testing. millions are in lockdown in brazil's capital to help ease pressure on hospitals and many near capacity with the virus patients the 2 week lockdown has angered some with hundreds protesting against the restrictions this as the number of deaths from the virus surpasses 250008 son has more. on the firing the latest restrictions hundreds protested in front of the governor's mansion in brazilian sand with one clear message.

and the lockdown governor we want to work listen to the voice of the people we want to work we want to work. here angry at the latest lockdown imposed on the city to stem a rising wave of infections the left hospitals under the verge of collapse. the current restrictions mean only essential services will be allowed for didn't next 2 weeks the same is happening in dozens of other cities in states across the country . but despite the risks protesters in brazil are not the only ones concerned about the economic impact. and friday president just. threatened to cut off federal and aid to states there are imposing lock downs in curfews to quell the surge was you know millions you know emergency aid will come for a few more months and from now on governors who close down their states and governors who destroyed jobs will have to provide for their own emergency aid.

but the brazilian red cross is. urging the government to take the crisis seriously as to my health is much more important than the economic situation the country has a secure kaname people working in infecting others will not help us so we call on the government to take precautions. a vaccination campaign is under way but delays in deliveries have a time slowed down the rollout to a trickle on saturday to new batches of ingredients to produce the chinese scene of act vaccine in brazil landed in rio renewing hope to jumpstart the campaign. there were a quarter of a 1000000 brazilians lives lost from covert so far and more than a 1000 still dying every day the road ahead remains fraught with sorrow and pain as . the united nations says 15 people drowned off the libyan coast after a boat carrying more than 100 migrants capsized elsewhere in the mediterranean 363

refugees and migrants have been rescued the humanitarian organizations see wash carried out 5 operations over 3 days to transfer the migrants from dangerously overloaded boats to a sea watch press more news whenever you want it on our website the address. al-jazeera dot com you can also follow links there to back up our programs as well . top stories for you here on al-jazeera this half hour people have returned to the streets of me in ma less than a day after the police killed 18 protesters it was the worst day of violence since the military seems power a month ago the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military $47.00 activists and former politicians are in court in hong kong after being charged under the national secure.