a challenging task from the ferry system which it comes from a man when a woman can decide for him one day and how many children she wants he can actually empower see but one woman's perseverance is transforming her community women make change on al-jazeera. the bloodiest day in and she could protest a 1000000 man 18 people are killed in the military crackdown the u.n. calls for international action. no malcolm i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up iran rejects a european offer for direct talks with the u.s. to revive the 2050 nuclear deal.

al-jazeera hears harrowing testimony that amounts to war crimes in ethiopia's more than regional too great. a vaccine finally the philippines is set to roll out its covert 19 immunization program to last among countries in southeast asia. ok let's get going it's been less than a day since 18 people were shot and killed on me in la streets by the security forces but that hasn't put off thousands of people who are out once again to demand the release of the detained leader aung sun suu chee 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 meanwhile an tourney a good terrorists says the violence is unacceptable. and that world leaders have to

send a strong message to the military the u.s. secretary of state and lincoln has also denounced what's going on in the country calling the violence of 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 as we were saying live rounds were fired at big crowds in several cities up and down the country scott hyatt joins us live now from bangkok scott just looking at the latest pictures coming to us from me and ma it still looks today this morning local time like a pretty combustible situation on the ground. it does peter absolutely you know you have the the protesters coming out as you said after the bloodiest day yet in this month since the coup took place on february 1st they are still coming out and one thing that's interesting too we saw a little bit of this on sunday and a couple days before that but in smaller numbers but today they're coming out the

protesters and they have protective shields and they were only wearing helmets obviously that's not much when you are forcing a but when you're facing a police force and a military so they are still coming out they they are trying to protect them and protect themselves prepare themselves as much as possible but obviously that's not enough really when you're dealing with people with live rounds firing live rounds like we saw on sunday peter so they are still coming out they're still resolute in their their efforts to put the democratically elected government back in place the military still their same posture their you know their crackdown that started on sunday was the culmination of a steady rise in their actions over the previous week or so so we're seeing both sides really kind of in similar posture that we saw on sunday peter and is it your sense from from the region school that the military the in naypyidaw will kind of carry on doing what they've done so far despite condemnations from wait wait see individuals like the u.n. secretary general the u.s.

secretary of state and to me blinken you know they will under react if indeed they won't even do that they won't react a toll to that international condemnation. peter there really hasn't been any indication that the military judge is responding to any of this strong increasingly strong international condemnation and sanctions and private companies with ties to the military pulling out there hasn't really been any relaxation in their posture on the streets nor the rhetoric coming from nato or the capital what's interesting when you look at the regional reaction to this 10 nation bloc of southeast asian nations they had a very quick meeting last week with a couple of the foreign ministers the foreign minister point about the military flew here to bangkok they had quick talks in speaking to analysts here they are saying that you know you really won't have that international pressure outside the

region do much to the military has to come from the region so they're hoping to coordinate that international external regional and regional approach to hopefully get the military duly sit down and start discussing things moving forward but that's a tall order for now peter ok scott many things go to our live reporting live for us from bangkok. turning our attention to hong kong where $47.00 activists and former politicians are in court today after being charged under the national security law they're accused of participating in an unofficial election primary is the latest group of government critics to be detained under the law imposed by beijing hundreds of their supporters have gathered outside the courthouse live now to adrian brown who's in hong kong for us this evening was the atmosphere like among those people surrounding the building. well outside i say the atmosphere is is pretty tense but also very defiant a lot of the protesters chanting slogans they're actually openly sedition very

reminiscent of the protests in 2019 i spoke to one elderly woman she was wrapped in a union jack flag i asked her why she come here she said well we're here not just to show support for those now on trial but also to show support for the people of myanmar she said we have to stand up to authoritarianism wherever it is in the world so the protests in ma'am are very much on the minds of the protesters who gathered outside this courthouse at west kowloon. the trial or rather the appearance of the $47.00 who were charged on sunday has been delayed for another couple of hours and of course that is down to the fact that there are so many people who could have to cram into the dock they've got procedural issues to sort out and it's not just this trial that's happening today peter there are more than 50 other people who are also on trial in connection with the protests in 2019

including people like the publisher jimmy lie and martin lee who is regarded very much as the before that of hong kong democracy and even helped to write hong kong's constitution those who were charged on saturday with incitement and subversion. have basically been. told that they will possibly face the prospect of life in jail if they are convicted that is a very real possibility and of course the chances of them getting bail also very remote because we've seen that other people who've been charged under the national security law have in fact been denied bail this group are accused of basically organizing a primary ahead of elections which were supposed to be held last september but in the end were cancelled by the government citing covert 19 they made no intention that their plan was to try to get you know a majority for the pro-democracy camp in that code block legislation and then force

the resignation of the chief executive. now those are normal tactics in democracies elsewhere in the world but in today's hong kong it's enough to get you arrested and that's what happened a few weeks ago leading to the charges on sunday peter new doing many things. for us in hong kong. 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 in tikrit when the conflict broke out there in november charlotte bellus explains. a senior roles mona lisa is traumatized by one day the 4th of december it was the main she says in retrain soldiers into her village in the ethiopian region of 2

green. they tried to rape me and i was thrown to the ground then one of the soldiers fired bullets to scare me but they had my hands 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 to gray and heard from witnesses who say they suffered a pierces that could amount to war crimes but at the hands of every train not ethiopian soldiers and liddick honest 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 fit to root troops into to 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 iraq trying forces from our country. you're a trained soldiers deny even being into gray yet al-jazeera obtained these images showing trucks with eritrean license plates integrate caring soldiers and misty international also released a report stating hundreds of civilians were massacred by era trained soldiers in the town of exham in november the image. of 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 seeps out survivors live with their truth every day. and

my husband was killed in our village along with a lot please go tell them well we are dying. by their accounts at the hands of soldiers who deny every entering this land shall the ballasts al-jazeera. officials in nigeria say they are close to rescuing 317 girls abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern state of zamfara it's given their family some hope after the raid in the early hours of friday when interest traveled to the school in jungle to speak to a community still in shock what's left behind in these rooms indicates the goals left in a hurry and probably shock the attackers shot through a glass windows to force them out. strewn across the floor they were gone only for a few days but the dry weather casts theme layers of dust of what was left behind.

at the school and the lawn 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 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 ahead 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 are wanted to shoot to is among students who evaded capture. they're not shorting shouted everybody out anybody inside didn't with that camaro i went. so just came in the running to the gate. is minus and he still waiting for the news

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 hostels. just a few days ago these hostels were full of life 550 goes where he i chase in 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 all boarding schools in the state but for some the damage has already been done so parents insist that daughters aren't going back to school

saying that i jared 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. 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 and high dropout sparking fears the region may fall farther behind the rest of the country. al jazeera jenga nigeria. still to come here on al-jazeera i may even decide to beat them for a 3rd time ok. still refusing to concede defeat donald trump lays out his future and his policies. u.s. president joe biden reopens detention centers for my current children the same

shelters that his predecessor was forced to close down. but. the weather looks pretty quiet now across much of the middle east but we've got a little bit of wet weather in the full cost over the next couple of days areas of cloud up towards the caspian sea the black sea and there will be some rain sleet and snow on laths and that's when she makes also sliding down across the mountains in iran over towards the eastern side of the maddest friends just notice a chance of some showers just rolling in across the levant over the next couple of days and maybe into syria lebanon maybe a shower or to into jordan over the next to nothing too much to speak of but they are there nevertheless for the arabian peninsula it is largely fine and dry here in doha pleasant sunshine and nice light waves a really beautiful lovely as we go on through much of this week ahead temperatures

creeping into the mid twenty's a lot of sunshine sue into the horn of africa little more cloud into central parts of ethiopia wet weather there across southern parts of tanzania some rather lively 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 in the rain to just around the mozambique channel so while the side of the channel we will see some heavy showers over the next couple of days into central parts of mozambique. but. more than a year after the kobe 19 pandemic began its origins remain a mystery one o one ace makes the scientists trying to trace the virus from the animal kingdom to events on al-jazeera. frank assessments should we be following bit

coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this and in-depth analysis of the day global headlines inside story on our. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from. headlining stories people have returned to the streets of mean mot today less than one day off for the police killed 18 protest as it was the worst day of violence since the military seems 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 all being charged

security they're accused of taking part in an unofficial election primary hundreds of their supporters have gathered outside the courthouse. officials in nigeria say they are close to rescuing 317 girls abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern state. they were taken by gunmen in the early hours of friday morning. the former u.s. president donald trump has hinted he may run for the white house again in 2024 but he 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 and as john hendren explains from orlando florida it was delivered to an adoring audience. the former president told his most fervent followers the trump era is alive well and ongoing we began it together 4 years ago and it is far from being over. by. the music the 45th

president will remain on the national stage this stage he stood on was crafted in his honor in the shape of the number 45 was well received by this conservative crowd that includes the head of the proud boys who calls establishment republicans who rhinos republicans in name only and i get a run for 7 any money 7 7. i'm sorry. i made. yet. i want to see it running a party no i don't want to wait $24.00 but whether the party's 2024 presidential standard bearer will be named trump or which trump donald don jr or of he didn't say who do you like to see lead the party in 2024 is there any leader. and what about the other drums of john jr. i hope they run for 28

in his 1st public address since he left the white house rejected by voters trump ease the minds of many republicans with a call to unify the party across the bitter divide he helped create the republican party is united the only division is between a handful of washington d.c. establishment political hacks and everybody else all over the country i think we have tremendous and. the call for unity behind trump is a challenge to those republicans who want to be the party behind someone else posts from europe but the former president isn't releasing his vice like grip on a clear majority of republican voters every party but now especially the republican party has to look inside after january 6th and say what have we become what's our great history and how do we go forward from here and i tell you reaching out to donald trump and more of the same is not going to do that as expected in his kitchen sink or of his speech trump attacked his rivals promise to defeat them and

repeated baseless claims that he won the past election actually as you know they just lost the white house but he also left the door wide open for another run in 2024. i may even decide to beat them for a 3rd time ok. it was a welcome message for everyone in attendance but for other conservative voters. politicians it's a worrisome reminder of the widening rift in a bitterly divided republican party john hendren al jazeera orlando florida. efforts to revive the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and major world stoled the white house says it's disappointed that iran is not ready to hold informal talks along with its european allies their own foreign ministry says it's too early to be back at the negotiating table iran wants the u.s. to lift unilateral sanctions 1st. explains will from washington d.c.

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 has 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 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 the biden 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. the syrian military is saying it said defenses responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media says missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of the capital there's been no official response from israel which really comments on strikes inside syria the biden ministrations about to begin talks with the taliban the state department has announced a u.s. envoy to the afghan peace process zalmay khalilzad will travel to afghanistan and cattle it says the main goal is to find a political settlement and 40 permanent cease fire between the taliban and the afghan government they reached a deal last year but often accused each other of breaking it. libya's national oil

corporation says a paris court has ruled in its favor in a dispute with the amorality unlinked company it has to do with libya's ra's lanuf refinery which is a joint venture between the 2 organizations the paris court of appeal up held an earlier ruling that the libyan emirates oil refining company should pay $100.00 such $2000000.00 they've been in a long running legal dispute over a number of complex claims that led to the refinery being closed in 2013 south africa's government has eased coronavirus restrictions and orders have been placed for the new single johnson and johnson vaccine 11000000 doses have been ordered with the 1st 2800000 set to arrive within the next 3 months the south african president several ramaphosa announced on sunday the country would move from alert level 3 alert level one that's due to a decline in cases over recent weeks it will allow most businesses to reopen in place. india is expanding its vaccination campaign beyond health workers allowing

older people and those with medical conditions to get jobs among the 1st of the new group to be inoculated was the prime minister narendra modi with almost 1400000000 india is tackling one of the world's largest vaccination drives it started in january but the rollout has been slowed. the philippines has begun vaccinating its population against curb it 19 its 1st batch arrived on sunday 600000 doses of the chinese made sin of iraq the philippines is the 2nd worst affected country across the region its vaccination program has lagged behind many of its neighbors barnaby lo has more now from one vaccination center in manila. there is a lot of fanfare around this cold vaccination roll out here in the philippines today we are at the long center of the philippines which is one of the main hope in 1000 hospitals in the 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 to philippines as well as general public have been waiting for these corporate name came back scenes for months and. there's a lot of criticism of government officials bungling these 19 vaccination efforts they said that will be making vaccines were arriving in december it's now march the philippines is the last hunchy in southeast asia for rollout 1000 back scenes but it's also important to note that these are only 600000 boes as 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 need for 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. u.s. border patrol agents recorded nearly $80000.00 migrants along the country's southern border with mexico in january the highest figure for that month in at least a decade the surge is forcing the u.s. president joe biden to confront a growing border crisis after cancelling the hardline and tea micro policies of the trumpet ministration al jazeera as heidi jocasta reports now from brownsville in texas. they've waited 2 years for this moment the 1st steps of freedom in the united states. it was just this morning these families woke up in a squalid camp across the border and matamoros mexico under former president donald trump they'd been forced to wait there for a chance to apply for asylum in the u.s. . the. problems on the other side of finally over after so much suffering and waiting thank god we've triumphed. right so i mean to

see how. close you know. this president joyce to moment where there a contrast to the border wall the legacy of trump's crackdown on immigration biden's dramatic pivot away from those policies include a proposal that would eventually offer citizenship to the 11000000 undocumented immigrants currently living in the united states that plan if it becomes law would not help the migrants who are arriving now but they're coming regardless the u.s. border patrol reports a surge in migrants inspired in one office many of them children traveling without parents that's led to the reopening of temporary shelters for migrant children the same shelters that drew protests when they were opened by trump what i have seen so far by donor ministration is very focused on family unity and protection of human

life so i think that that. process in that camp. i just hope baby doesn't take too long for those children to be in that place jostling zamora and her 2 year old daughter had waited outruns presidency in nicaragua where they'd been threatened by gangs now they've just crossed into the us with little drama. but there were no before we were scared we'd be returned to our country where we could have been harmed now it's much better we can be with our families in a much safer place humanitarian groups are helping migrants get kovi tests and bus tickets to head toward the american interior there with relatives or friends who long awaited their arrival eventually have a chance to see an immigration judge who will then decide if they can stay heidi joe castro al-jazeera brownsville texas. the black panthers chadwick boseman has

won a posthumous golden globe for best actor in a drama film he won the award for his role as a horn player in the film rainey's black bottom both died of colon cancer last year at the age of just $43.00. this is al jazeera these are the top stories people have returned to the streets of meanwhile today less than one day after the police killed 18 protesters it was the worst day of violence since the military seized power a month ago the u.n. secretary general is demanding international action against the military scott who has more from bangkok they're coming out the protesters and they have protective shields and they were only wearing helmets obviously that's not much when you are forcing a. when you're facing a police force and a military so they are still coming out there trying to protect them that.