goes to the polls for its parliamentary elections. march on al-jazeera. from the favelas of caracas so the battlefields around mosul i would job is to get to the truth and the power people through knowledge. billions pledged but much more needed donor countries are told they need to dig deeper to help yemenis caught between war and starvation. and the intent of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up former french president nicolas sarkozy faces jail after being convicted of corruption. thousands turned out in support of armenia's prime minister he was as he's ready to call a snap election. and fear and suspicion surround the rollout of the 1st pope in

1000 vaccine in the philippines. hello governments and donors of pledged $1700000000.00 to help fund a response to the humanitarian crisis in yemen u.n. chief attorney of the terror she has called the result of a virtual donors conference disappointing he's warned that after 6 years of war famine is bearing down on the country and that cutting aid is a death sentence with her said 50000 yemenis are already starving to death in famine like conditions within 20000000 that's 2 out of every 3 yemenis need humanitarian assistance with women and children among the hardest hit there's particular concern over 400000 children facing severe acute malnutrition you could die without urgent treatment but nearly half of all children under 5 will suffer

from malnutrition this year with symptoms like wasting depression and tiredness the u.n. chief is calling for $3850000000.00 to help but in 2020 the world body only received just over half what it asked for was told to our diplomatic editor james bays who's live from the united nations for us james billions has been pledged but the u.n. sector general is saying it's simply not enough. because the u.n. says the situation is so serious they believe they are certainly warning that yemen is facing the worst famine that the world has seen in decades now they did warn of famine in 2018 as well but they say they got enough money then to stop the famine this time their response has been much much poorer let me remind you 1st what the u.n. secretary general said at the start of the day as he addressed all the countries as they prepared to announce how much money they were going to give this is what he said today i mean is bearing down on yemen the

race is on if we want to prevent hand get instead of asian from taking millions of lives it is impossible to overstate the severity of the suffering in yemen more than 20000000 yemenis leave you many dead in this system for protection with women and children among the harvest heat for a 1000000 people across yemen have been forced from their homes in the recent would your parents even marty abstractness of these places and of the thousands more. well that was the plead from the secretary general to cut countries but they didn't step up to the plate in terms of the numbers that were needed and this is the statement he put out in the last hour saying the outcome is disappointing what they've received is $1700000000.00 that's less than received for the humanitarian response plan and 2020 and a $1000000000.00 less than was pledged at the conference in 2019 he said the best

that could be said about today is that the represents a down payment so in other words you've given some money but it's not enough i mean more for the situation in yemen otherwise there will be a famine and it's worth reminding you that of the $3850000000.00 that the u.n. said it needed the head of the world pruett food program david beasley said that there was an absolute basic which was 1900000000 without that then a famine was virtually a certainty well they haven't got 1900000000 they've got 1700000000 so very much the u.n. now saying this isn't good enough thanks for your donations but we need a lot more otherwise there will be a serious family in yemen james bass thank you very much indeed. the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption and

influence peddling sarkozy was sentenced to 3 years in jail or the 2 years were suspended if the conviction is upheld on appeal he may serve his sentence under house arrest it all but ends his hopes of a political comeback and special reports from paris nicolas sarkozy arrived at courts in paris for the verdict in his trial the judge found the former french president guilty of corruption and influence peddling he was given a 3 year jail sentence with 2 years suspended he left the call to that comment but his lawyers later said that he would appeal. so cosy was convicted of trying to influence a magistrate in 2014 to obtain information about another legal case against him during the trial he denied the accusations but the judge said that sarkozy and his 2 kohak used knew exactly what they would doing the judge told the court he took advantage of his status and the relationships he had made since being voted out of

office and 2012 sarkozy has sought a political comeback even ran for the presidency again in $27.00 saying but the guilty verdict in this trial is likely to deal a devastating blow to his ambitions some in france's conservative party had hoped that sarkozy would run in next year's election a lot of his face will within his own party remain hopeful that he could stage a comeback today that is over and that is over particularly because even if party faithful will still adore nicolas sarkozy is that the kind of charismatic political leader that commands this kind of control within the country there's no way you can have a president with such a educational case behind him as president sarkozy projected an image of a tough talking conservative with a taste for luxury now he's become the 1st former french president to be handed a jail term and with at least 2 more corruption trial is expected it's clear that

sarkozy's legal problems are far from over with al-jazeera powerless armenia's promises says he is ready to call a snap election to bring an end to the ongoing political crisis they call question ian has been rallying his supporters in the capital here of on just hours earlier but just as you want to to resign stormed the government building have been demonstrations ever since his government ceded land to azerbaijan to end fighting in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region our correspondent robin parsi walker is in your van and says those calling for the prime minister to resign will continue their protests. well actually they have said that they will remain outside the parliament where they have been camping with their tents for several days now and that they are going to keep the haven't you closed at the center of the central area where the government is based here and get it out until they call price you

know actually reserves which is something that he will have to do if this snap election is to go ahead it's a complicated constitutional set up that the armenian system is whereby he resigns and then there's an opportunity for parliament to elect another prime minister but since it's his bloc that has the majority that looks like that it's a process it will have to take place you cannot simply step down so it's going to take place over a few weeks and we might expect an election if it is going to happen later in in the year in either nations human rights experts are calling for an international investigation into the poisoning of russian opposition leader annexation of ali and he was poisoned with no shock nav agent in oldest he was later arrested and jailed for violating his parole because he went to germany for emergency treatment u.n. experts and his camera and con believe the russian government may have been responsible and that

a domestic investigation planned uncover the truth. eet ees our conclusion that russia e's response to both of the attempted arbitrary killing of mr number and time of misnomer in the spoiler warning you was under intense your beyond's by russian intelligence it just flies in the fact of the in the face of the fact that people are other than those monitoring is emory moo who don't have introduced to them so in the uk at home with a highly dangerous foursome and knew where and how to handle it in the ok home so as to poison me still never know chad's main opposition candidates says he's withdrawing from the presidential election after another candidate's family was killed in the capital in german a on sunday candidate yeah deano said the presidential guard killed family members in a raid on his home depot fled his home martyred attempt to arrest him and is now facing possible charges of attempted murder in

a statement so they kept says he's quitting the race purely and simply because of the killings several candidates say the current administration is intimidating them ahead of the april election interestedly has been child's president since the 1990 . s. he opens in the northern region of tikrit have told us about how civilians were tortured and killed by eritrean soldiers last year and evidence suggests eritrea did send troops when the government's offensive began last november despite its denials shot betis reports. 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 to gray 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 out 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 a pierces 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 heard we demand the exit of the era trying forces from our country. you're a trained soldier is denying even being into gray yet al-jazeera obtained these images showing trucks with eritrean license plates into gray carrying so jews amnesty international also released a report stating hundreds of civilians were massacred by eritrean so jews in the town of exim in november the forces. proceeded to shoot both only the ends 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 seeps out survivors live with their truth every day. 2 and my husband was killed in our village along with i'm not please go

tell the world we are dying. by their accounts at the hands of soldiers who deny every entering this land shall a ballasts. just come on out as they were hong kong protesters gather again despite the start of the largest trial in using china's controversial national security no . u.s. border agents reporter surgeries on m c is from mexico after president biden reversed his precesses immigration policies. but. there's lots of lovely spring sunshine across a good part of your memory largely clear skies high pressure in charge does make some early morning mist and fog to contend with a somber chilly start as well but this time of year we're looking at

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government of the top stories here now has their governments and donors have pledged $1700000000.00 to help fund a response to the humanitarian crisis in yemen u.n. chief antonio terrace warns that after 6 years of war famine is bearing down on the country. before french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption and influence peddling he was sentenced to 3 years jail over 2 years was suspended. if you are into the northern region of tikrit you told us about how civilians were tortured and killed by eritrea and soldiers last year evidence suggests eritrea sent troops in the government's offensive began last november despite its denials. white house spokeswoman jen psaki has said the united states reserves the right to sanction the saudi crown prince mohammed bin soundman if needed a comments come just days after the release of a previously classified report on the murder of saudi journalist. which said that the order to capture or kill her shoji came from the saudi crown prince

a white house correspondent can be helped it has more. the biden administration facing a lot of criticism that it didn't go far enough in taking punitive action against the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon following the release of that intelligence report that indicates that not only did he have knowledge but that he ordered the killing of the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi white house press secretary zhen psaki defending the actions of the administration saying that it had already taken action against individuals around the world who intimidate particularly when it comes to dissidents here in the united states and also around the globe she further said that when it comes to the crown prince specifically the reason that action had not been taken against him as an individual is that typically the united states doesn't sanction individuals when there are already diplomatic relations between the 2 countries in place of course we reserve the

right to take any action at a time and manner of our choosing i will note steve that historically the united states through democratic and republican presidents has not typically sanctioned government leaders of countries where we have diplomatic relations the white house press secretary says the biden administration will also continue to hold saudi arabia accountable in the area of human rights there what she called counterpart to counterpart conversations she also underscored the this administration continues to recalibrate the u.s. saudi relationship. exactly a month off that after the military coup. prosecutors have filed 2 new criminal charges against deposed civilian need to see a court appearance by video link was the 1st time she's been seen in public since her arrest protests as have been back on the streets the day off to 18 were killed

in a major escalation of the minute she cracked down scott hunter has more. messages for general men online the morning after his security forces gunned down protesters on the streets of yangon sunday was the bloodiest day since the february 1st coup in myanmar and the weeks of protests that have followed. but that did not keep them inside on monday. the police and military forces quickly advancing in yangon firing tear gas at the gathering protesters sending them running. in the early hours of the coup last month civilian leader aung sang suu kyi was detained in naperville along with most of the elected leadership of her governing and the party . for the 1st time since then she appeared in a video link in this courthouse during a hearing for the charges against her according to her lawyer she appeared to be in good health 2 additional criminal charges against on song suchi were added on monday on top of the 2 existing ones the next hearing is in 2 weeks. as

international pressure builds against the johnson and its increasingly violent crackdown against protesters some feel it might prompt the military to dig in deeper the worse case scenario is when you try to put a hot place on this group of military persons you know sometimes the outcome is not what you expect they may. get matt and instead. followed a way that international community stand out once they do the opposite thing he went on to say the best approach with the military is a regional one with nations myanmar is for a 1000000 with and views as allies that process is to start on tuesday when the regional bloc of southeast asian nations known as asean is due to start talks on the m.r. scotland al-jazeera. $47.00 prominent activists have faced court in hong kong charged under china's controversial national security no they're accused of subversion taking part in an unofficial election primary last year it's an august

use as an organ spread among activists since it was brought in last june asian brown has more from hong kong. there was a heavy demand for seats at west kalou magistrates court on monday morning the queue stretching around the block dressed in the uniform of the protest movement then mood was defiant like many of those now facing charges the police tactic was restrained even though some symbols and slogans openly defied the new national security law a reminder that not all dissent here has been entirely extinguished i come here to stand with my fellow brothers and says those who are being prosecuted who are be your breath it's the closest hong kong's come to a large demonstration since mainland china imposed its national security law on the territory 8 months ago some said they were here to protest against all 4 of terry

and ruth everywhere he wants. to have for your gun fight for his country believe them be found from them if you hear them if i am but in spite of the new national security law people are chanting hold a line seditious slogan slogans you heard during the protests in 2090 it is a reminder that is. i do the restrictions of covert 19 people are still prepared to come out in large numbers to show durango. police fans brought the $47.00 activists to court for the start of what could be a lengthy legal process the cases represent the largest mass charge so far against the pro-democracy camp they're accused of conspiracy to commit subversion diplomats from a country sent representatives including britons concerned that a vaguely worded law is now being widely applied to chinese and hong kong

authorities were clear that it would be used in a very narrow scope the fact that $47.00 people were charged in one day is evidence that that is no longer the case the $47.00 are accused of breaking the law by helping organize an informal primaries in july to select candidates for elections which were later cancelled the aim was to win a majority in parliament and block legislation 600000 people took part in the poll selecting representatives closely connected to the protest movement whose leaders china says must be severely punished adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong the e.u. will this month on bail plans for a digital vaccine passport. president also the funding and says draft legislation will be ready soon educational digital system to confirm a person's vaccination status could be essential to lifting travel restrictions within the region. the philippines is finally rolling out its 1st came in $1000.00

inoculation program the last nation in the region to do so health care workers in manila were among the 1st to get doses of the son of a vaccine which arrived in china on sunday and is bonamy low reports in the capital many are still unhappy with what's on offer. filipino healthcare workers had been expecting the arrival of over $1000.00 vaccines for months the philippines was the only country in southeast asia that hadn't vaccinated a single citizen but the wait is finally over only been asking for a vaccine never seen so before you make their point to maybe be the 1st. thing is that people having been dating make. up does be done next bit that they takes on the 9 are a lot. most government hospital staff had shown a willingness to take the shots in surveys conducted internally but that anticipation waned after it became clear they wouldn't be getting the pfizer or

astra zeneca chips it's a huge day for the philippines to be rolling out over $1000.00 vaccines after months of delay but many health care workers here are resisting they say they don't trust the only option that's being offered to them for now. the only vaccine to have arrived in the philippines is corona fact from china 6 public hospitals in the capital manila were the 1st recipients but only a small number of their employees have signed up on the on the department of health and it's the flu then drug administration and the department the past had said it isn't for health workers who are exposed to the bias and would be so this are back with a high in a fake a city this reluctance by medical workers adds to the public's hesitancy to get back sedated that's largely because of the recent controversy about a vaccine against dengue fever. the government had to suspend its backs a nation campaign using that the job after concerts about its serious side effects

. officials have said repeatedly though the best back scene is what's available down. below. but protesting health workers say they should not have to face this dilemma to be a little i'll just hear manila. in the u.s. to never ease of the johnson and johnson vaccine are on the way. to having a doctor to distribution center in kentucky from there they'll be flown around the country johnson and johnson is the 3rd vaccine to get the green light in the u.s. and the only one delivered in a single dose. this is the culmination of more than a year of day and night efforts on the part of our physicians our scientists or engineers to have a safe effective single shot common refrigeration vaccine available for for patients here but for people around the world. united states border patrol agents

have reported a major surge in people attempting the border crossing from mexico since joe biden became president just under 6 weeks ago it's putting pressure on biden who has reversed many of his predecessor donald trump's hardline immigration policies are there is one is your castro reports from brownsville in texas. they 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 sort of finally over after so much suffering and waiting thank god we've triumphed. but it's so amazing to see how you know them it was you know the president joyce you moment with

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 $11000000.00 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 in particular and look human life so i think that there is that is a process that you. 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 out from the presidency in nicaragua where they've been threatened by gangs now they've just crossed into the us with little drama when a. book or when or 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 chloe zhao has made golden globes history becoming the 1st woman of asian descent to win the prize for best director beijing born as our director the film no man's land and is only the 2nd woman to win the

award the 1st was barbara streisand in 94 a film that young told them had learned was also named best drama. and black panther star chadwick boseman won a posthumous golden globe for best actor in a drama film who won the award for his role as a trumpet player in the film mom raney's blackwater has been died of colon cancer last year at the age of $43.00. top stories on our 0 governments and donors have pledged $1670000000.00 to help fund the response to the humanitarian crisis in yemen u.n. chief antonio tara she warned that after 6 years of war famine is bearing down on the country with terror she is calling for a $3850000000.00 in international assistance with her said $50000.00 yemenis are

already starving in famine like conditions and 2 out of 3 need for humanitarian assistance to destry is.