keeping you up to date with what's happening on the ground in the ward and in the lab now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making healthy a world for you. to everyone. still defiant the protest is in me and rallying again a day after a crackdown that killed 18 people and the deposed leader she is facing more charges . and come all santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera supporters or outside court in hong kong as dozens of pro-democracy activists face charges of violating beijing's national security or.

harrowing tales from civilians caught up in the conflict that's devastated ethiopia's northern region. and a growing crisis in the us mexico border tens of thousands of migrants still facing an uncertain future as they seek that better life in the united states. so prosecutors in me and ma have filed 2 new charges against the deposed leader and she her lawyer says she joined the hearing through a video link and appeared healthy it was the 1st glimpse of a young son since she was detained during a military coup one month ago which has plunged the country into chaos. police again firing tear gas and stun grenades at protesters and young gone that's

monday the u.n. says 18 people were killed on sunday during confrontations with security forces across the country. in bangkok that still 1st of all with. 2 new charges against her to go with the charge of. importing walkie talkies i think it was. it was yeah that was one of them come out one of 4 now 2 additional charges criminal charges being put against her today on monday and as you mentioned the 1st time we've actually seen her on camera i guess the best way to put it since she was detained early morning hours of february 1st her attorney said that she appeared to be healthy but this you know 2 more charges exactly one of the actually the 1st one come all was illegal possession of 6 walkie talkies then another charge came after that that was a week after the coup and that related to her campaigning during that event her election that was breaking $1000.00 restrictions they said and then we have 2 more

charges against her today one is something the law that dates back to clinical times and that was publishing information that could cause panic and then another one relating to a telecommunications bill so clearly the jump to is trumping up these charges to make sure that they can legitimize they can justify keeping her in detention because obviously she's such a focal point for those protesters and the call for her to be released this is one of their top calls when they're out on the streets across me and more so they're doing anything and everything they can that to keep her in detention come on. you know just watching some of the pictures out of mandalay at the moment as well protests there and it just means that while you've got this you know qualify judicial process going on things are only getting worse for people on the streets. it's very true and as you mentioned earlier that you know yesterday sunday was the worst day so far at least 18 people were killed and looking at how things started

straightaway today on monday the posture of the security forces was different than we had seen before sunday and it's you know it's clearly the crackdown has begun in earnest and that is you know before we would see you know we had these massive protests there are security forces kind of stationed lined up riot police and then there would be some confrontation and become a back and forth and then obviously that had escalated but nothing to like we saw sunday monday morning there is no kind of standoff anymore those the security forces are going straight after any gathering that they see almost immediately firing tear gas we've seen some social media that has there have been some incidents that appear to be rubber bullets already to today so it is a situation where the posture of the security force posture on the streets across myanmar has decided they changed thanks scott heide live there. in bangkok

and now hong kong where $47.00 activists and former politicians are in court in on call nuff to be in charge under the national security bowl some of the supporters there you see outside the court plenty of media as well these people accused of participating in an unofficial election primary the latest group of government critics to be detained under a law imposed by the government in beijing hundreds of this one is in fact gathering outside the courthouse and it in amongst the crowd there reporting for us i turned around. but you can see plenty of media here plenty of lawyers and of course plenty of protesters the action has been happening outside of the court since early monday morning hundreds of people began gathering some were queuing others were just milling around but it had the sort of feel of the protests in 2019 because they were chanting some of the slogans we heard factor in chanting things like fight for freedom stand with hong kong i met a woman who had a a union jack wrapped around the union jack of course being the flag of the former

colonial power britain and she said that she was here not just to support those now on trial but also to support the protesters in me in march she said that we have to stand up to authoritarian rule everywhere and a lot of the protesters have been adopting the 3 finger salute which of course is used by protesters from me in march thailand to now here in hong kong what is happening inside the court now is that basically nothing we're still waiting to proceedings to begin and of course it's going to be a very long process because of the number of people in vogue this represents the largest mass charge against the pro-democracy camp there of 47 activists and politicians inside that courtroom but we're told that the procedures may not begin until 330 in the afternoon my time 4 o'clock perhaps and it could go on well into the night. now ethiopians in the northern region of take right now told al-jazeera

how civilians were tortured and killed by eritrean soldiers last year the evidence suggests eritrea did send troops when the government's offensive began last november despite its denials the supporters from charlotte bellus. 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 and 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 real access to tigray 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 fit to root 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. here are trained soldiers denying even being integrated yet al-jazeera obtained these images showing trucks with eritrean license plates integrate caring

so much is amnesty international also released a report stating hundreds of civilians were massacred by eritrean soldiers in the town of exham in november the focus. of the streets using sniper rifles and machine guns 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 are dying. by their accounts at the hands of soldiers who deny every entering this land shall the ballasts. gerri an official say they are close to rescuing the 317 girls abducted from

a boarding school in the north west side of some far off it has given the family some heart after the raid in the early hours of friday i just traveled to that school in to speak to a community still in shock what's left behind in these rooms in the case of the goals left in hari and probably chalk that up through glass windows to force them out personal effects strewn across the floor they were gone only for a few days but the dry weather casts play in 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 by wanted to shoot to is among students who evaded capture they now start shouting shorten shouted everybody out if anybody inside knew them without coming i went. so i just came in running to the gate. is my last and he still waiting for the news of his 10 year old daughter my sister and a friend's daughter. in 19 i've never been in 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 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 $317.00 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 some parents insist that daughter's on going back to school saying the nigerian 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. 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. degrees al jazeera nigeria. in the news ahead schools in indian administers kashmir are reopening almost a year after the pandemic force classrooms to close and iran explains why it's rejecting a european offer of nuclear talks involving the united states. however there is spin and rather thought in try for a good path hole for in that china recently but we have got some clout and right around at present this is the situation in northern vietnam recently we're seeing a fair bit of wet weather coming through here and that west the weather will slide

down into central i was a vietnam as we go on through the next couple of days some showers there too into cambodia easing across into thailand all the parts of the philippines also seeing some rather lively downpours from time to time elsewhere across the region is so much a case of the seasonal shower sunshine and showers through much of malaysia wet weather there into that's a western side of sumatra and the showers will continue unabated across a good part of indonesia turning up with the showers that we do have across northern parts of australia my concern over the next couple days are going to be this little clutch of storms rumbling away just around that northeastern corner of queensland this is all tied up with this area of low pressure that is developing into a tropical cyclone in this line it's become known as near and as we go on through the next couple days choose they probably will have the kind of intensity where it will get that name they would go with some very heavy rain coming through riverine add flash flooding set in lightly over the next couple of days with a chance of some very strong winds.

but. the population growth in palin is increasing the more pregnancies some woman puts himself christopher mcandrews be introducing the family planning interview to yorkhill culture is a challenging task than a fire resistance to she comes from a man when a woman can decide for him one day and how many children she wants he thinks should be in policy but one woman's perseverance is transforming her community women make change on al-jazeera.

so these are the top stories this hour on al-jazeera prosecutors in may in ma have filed 2 new charges against the deposed leader unsung suchi while police in yangon have been firing tear gas and stun grenades again at anti protesters 18 people were killed on sunday. $47.00 activists and former politicians are in court in hong kong after being charged under the national security deletes of their supporters outside the court the latest group of government critics to be detained under the law imposed by beijing. and ethiopians in the northern territory region of told al-jazeera civilians were tortured and killed by eritrean soldiers last year it follows a report from amnesty international accusing eritrean troops of committing rights abuses in action. india is expanding its vaccination campaign beyond health workers now allowing older people and those with medical conditions to get jobs prime minister narendra modi was among the 1st of the new group to be inoculated with only one point $4000000000.00 people in the year is

taking on one of the world's largest vaccination campaigns which started in january but the rollout has been slowed. meanwhile students in india minutes to count schmear are returning to the classroom almost a year after the pandemic forced schools to close students have been forced to study at home even before the pandemic due to military clampdown so we'll talk to elizabeth purana min you delhi about this one 1st put this into some context for us those with not just a pandemic but the fact that that that region's autonomy got revoked as well does that change anything. yeah this is a really important day in the region and that's because educational institutions schools universities have been closed for the better part of the pasta 18 months it began when the indian government revote the region's autonomy in august 19th and

imposed a very strict curfew lockdown restrictions and just when they were starting to reopen again in february of last year they were open for about a month before the pandemic forced close follows the closure closure of all schools and so today we have students from classes 9 to 12 that's between the ages of 14 and 18 going back to school we've spoken to students who said that they're very excited to be going back to be with their with their friends teachers have told us that they're taking all of the precautions and showing that everyone follows all the guidelines around wearing masks sanitizing social distancing but many schools only allowing 50 percent of their students to attend to ensure that there is social distancing and from next monday students from classes $1.00 to $8.00 so that the rest of the students rest of school and high school students will also be going going back to school now there were many problems with accessing online education

and it had been administered push made as they were with the rest of the country and even if people had devices to access online education for g. and. and it services only restored and february of last year so edge educators say between not being able to access online education slow internet children and to have suffered greatly and you know mental health professionals say that the clothes in the schools really compounded the stress the anxiety that comes with living with conflict with living with civil strife as well as depriving children of their right to an education quickly elizabeth the curved situation i mentioned that vaccination is being stepped up which is great news but 1400000000 people my goodness. and the vaccination program is running really behind they started in mid january the government with this ambitious target of $300000000.00 people in the 1st 6

months they've only vaccinated about nearly $14000000.00 people so far that's why they're bringing in the private health sector to ramp up that nation's and as off today everyone over the age of 60 of the $45.00 with co-morbidities will be allowed to get vaccinated and also go to private hospitals and pay for the vaccine up until now it's only been government run centers administering the vaccine promised in that interim order was one of the 1st people to get vaccinated interestingly he said that he got the bought a biotech vaccine the indian made vaccine which has been really controversial in emergency use approval because it hasn't completed phase 3 trials and a lot of health care workers were reluctant to get it they wanted the ox with astra zeneca which is also being used to prime minister that in the morning being vaccinated trying to encourage others to do so as cases are rising that the last few weeks we've seen a warming rise in some states up to a drastic 4 that we saw over the last few months and so local lock downs of restrictions are also in place in some parts of the country the worst affected

especially in maharashtra. thank you elizabeth in you jimi. the israeli prime minister is blaming iran for an attack on a cargo ship the israeli owned vessel was damaged by an explosion in the gulf of oman on friday the blast left holes in its hull with the ship now docked in dubai benjamin netanyahu wouldn't be drawn on direct retaliation iran's foreign ministry denies the country was involved also the syrian military says its defenses responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media say the missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of the capital has been no official response from israel which rarely comments on strikes against syria. efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal between iran and major world powers have stalled the white house says it's disappointed iran has ruled out informal discussions with its european allies iran's foreign ministry

says it's just too soon to return to the negotiating table because it wants the united states to make the 1st move and lift the unilateral sanctions speaking the us the by the ministrations about to begin talks with the taliban the state department's announced the u.s. envoy for the afghan peace process zalmay khalilzad will travel to both afghanistan and cutter the main goal will be to find a political settlement and to forge a permanent ceasefire between the taliban and the afghan government they reached a deal last year but have often accused each other of breaking its. u.s. border patrol agents have counted nearly $80000.00 refugees and migrants along the southern border with mexico just during january this is the highest monthly figure in years and it's putting pressure on president biden who's reversing his predecessor's hardline immigration policy castro has this report from brownsville 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. . now problems on the other sort of finally over after so much suffering and waiting thank god we've triumphed. so i mean to see how . close you know. the president joyce to moment where they're 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 they're there that is a process that can be a. i just hope baby doesn't face to run for his children to be in bad place jostling zamora and her 2 year old daughter had waited out from the presidency in nicaragua where they've 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 they're 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. meanwhile america's former president donald trump has again hinted at running for the top job but is rolled out starting his own policy he gave the final and most anticipated speech at sea packed the conservative political action conference in florida john hendren has this report from. his 1st public appearance since leaving office. 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.

the news that the 45th president will remain on the national stage this stage 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 it from 440. 7 5 right right. right right right yeah right there. we're going to vote right now already. i want to see it running a party now. but whether the party's 2024 presidential standard bearer will be named trump or which trump donald don jr or if he didn't say who do you like to see leave the party in 2024 is there any leader. and what about the other. junior. 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 the party behind someone else and it was. 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 who knows 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 and politicians it's a worrisome reminder of the widening rift in a bitterly divided republican party john hendren al-jazeera orlando florida. some coronavirus news new zealand's prime minister is durgin people to report lock down rule breakers. address growing anger about the latest 7 day lockdown and all can the city 2nd in a month which was prompted by a single new pope in $1000.00 infection our plan is for short and sharp

restrictions in order to break the chain of transmission but rule breaking can prolong that plan. so that is why i'm asking if anyone now more than is there to continue to bake and support one another and if that means calling a family member a work colleague out for not following the rules then we should do that do it with kindness but do it the philippines has begun vaccinating its population against covert 19 the 1st batch of the chinese made sign of jabs arrived on sunday the philippines is the 2nd worst hit country in the region and its vaccination program has lagged behind many of its neighbors and a senior mexican health official criticized for downplaying the pandemic has tested positive for covert 19 he says and health secretary who has got taylor's been receiving treatment and is in a stable condition has been the face of the government's response to the pandemic but has been criticized as well for dismissing the need for masks leading

a strategy of limited testing. this is golden globes awards have been announced and filmmaker has made history by becoming the 1st woman of asian descent to win the best director award distance for film no matter and also black panther star chadwick boseman won a posthumous golden globe for best actor in a drama film that was for his role as a horn player in the film like bottom of his men died of colon cancer last year at the age of 43. at half past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines prosecutors in me and man have filed 2 new charges against the deposed leader and son suchi police in yangon have been firing tear gas and stun grenades at protesters 18 people were killed on sunday scott hyla has more from bangkok one thing that's interesting we

are seeing a little bit more of a defensive posture or defensive maneuvers i should say by the protesters they've built more fortified barricades to try.