making the healthy a world. every. 279 schoolgirls are released in northern nigeria days after being kidnapped by gunmen. who are watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and. also coming up. more violent protests with neighboring countries due to hold talks with the military to find a way out of the crisis. the biden administration defends its decision not to sanction saudi crown prince mohammed bin cited for the killing of journalist. hundreds killed thousands displaced

allegations of war crimes being committed against civilians in northern mozambique . hello thanks for joining us we begin with breaking news from nigeria that's where the government is saying 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwestern zamfara states have been released gunmen took them from a state run school on friday straight to either degrees in the. forest what can you tell us about the release of the girls and the circumstances surrounding their release. well basically all the 279 go some been released the governor said no one is left in captivity and that all of them are safe no one was killed what we saw actually were girls limping

because they had to walk when they were taken from the beds for 5 days ago and they had to walk long distances one girl was telling me that she walked more than 60 kilometers they spent the night and the 1st come. for 2 days and then moved to another camp from where negotiation process have taken place and i've also spoken to one of the people who was the intermediary between government as well as the bandits now the governor said it was hard work it was challenging and some point. nearly gave up that. are you still with us. all right apologies we seem to have lost our oh my there you are we lost you for a for

a 2nd you were saying that you've spoken to the governor of the states let's listen to what the governor had to say we're going to continue with the truth all of them . because nobody can be able. to. do. this today as so after and that is the governor who you spoke to shortly just a short time ago in fact. have all the girls been accounted for and what more can you tell us about the reaction from the from their families presumably a huge relief. well early on we were reporting out of 317 number of girls taken this was the figure the police was walking with in the initial days or the last days of the kidnapping now the

government said no one is left in captivity no one was killed the 279 in fact all the girls that have been taken and all of them are safe now basically they are yet to meet their parents they just met to the government here government officials and as you can see you know they're being taken in buses like this one and from here. to an accommodation. health will be looked after by the shows before they are finally reunited with their families now what the government was saying that there was a process between the government for a state and people who are engaged in banditry and kidnapping so run some he said negotiations peace deal has been signed with some of them and that he will continue the process not good probably set him on a collision course with federal officials here who are saying that they need to take action to stop all the criminality happening in the northwest of the country

and north central parts of nigeria because under treat and kidnapping for ransom is actually spreading like wildfire in fact it is one of the leave not the biggest criminal enterprise the fastest growing criminal enterprise in nigeria today ok thank you so much for that update from nigeria. now the u.s. state department is threatening further sanctions against me in juarez military for its crackdown on protesters i. so those were the street battles that took place between security forces and demonstrators in cities right across the country on tuesday and that's despite security forces using increasingly violent tactics to disperse the crowds at least 18 people were killed on sunday. we condemn burmese security forces brutal killing of unarmed people its attacks on journals and activists and ongoing unjust detentions the united states in close coordination with our partners and allies we

have made clear to the burmese military that violence against the people of burma is a whore and the recent escalation in tactics by security forces is reprehensible the united states stands in solidarity with the 10s of thousands of people in burma who once again came out peacefully across the country with courage and determination to reject this military coup and to voice their aspirations for a return to democratic governance peace and the rule of law let's bring in scott haidar who's joining us from bangkok in neighboring thailand and the protesters appear to remain defiant scott despite the crackdown by the military and meanwhile . they do daddy and we know that for sure in yangon i was speaking with someone on the ground there in the largest city in myanmar and the protesters are gathering into areas right now they say for now it's in the hundreds but they expect that to get a lot bigger one of the areas is the area where they've been they've essentially

the 1st gathering spot in yangon right in the central part of the city of main intersection near the university and they're starting to gather there one thing that's different about what the protesters carry with them now are more protective equipment you know you almost have rows 2 rows in the front of protesters with shields makeshift shields and everyone is wearing a helmet so a different posture from them similar posture from the security forces that we've already seen there have been some concussion grenades thrown at the protesters in yangon so far today again that's expected to increase i spoke with this person on the ground there at one of these 2 main protest sites in yangon today and i asked what the mood was you know because the last 2 days have seen increasing violence we saw a very deadly day on sunday increasing violence crackdown again on monday so i asked him what the mood is like today said everybody's up there not down so be interesting to see how things go when more people start to gather in those 2

locations and yangon but there are also other cities that are having protests as well that in yeah and scott the regional countries foreign ministers from meant to be holding talks on me and more with the military what do we expect to happen there . you know that's going to come in just the next couple of hours now this is being fronted that primarily by indonesia the internees and foreign minister actually came up here to bangkok last week met with her counterpart here in thailand as well as the foreign military appointed foreign minister from e.m.r. he came over as well so this is more a more official meeting if you go for those 10 members and that it be done via video conference now you know it speaking to a lot of experts and having a lot of experience with ossie on meetings this one is obviously amid a crisis. is barely slow in the way they move and talking to a lot of people who have years and years of experience on the inside with us on that is that almost by design because most of the time when the on hold meetings

it's after there's already been negotiation and this whatever issue has already been worked through that is not the case today so will be interesting to see how the dynamics work coming out of this what's interesting that we're already starting to see indonesia and singapore singaporean foreign minister has already said a couple of things ahead of this meeting against the military justice so it'll be interesting to see if there is a kind of a division within the osce the un members and what they say coming out of this meeting but again this is the very 1st step for this blog for the 10 nations of the on to deal with the situation in myanmar i would imagine it's going to be quite a long road that involves a lot of negotiation and i think i'm sure you'll stay cross all the developments there thank you for the time being for that update from bangkok well president joe biden's administration has sidestepped any direct action against the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman that's despite a u.s. intelligence report on friday revealing his involvement in the murder of journalist john mattes national jean al-jazeera state department correspondent roslyn jordan

reports. 3 days after the bike ministration declassified an intelligence report on the murder of journalist jamal 2 officials say they're taking a hard line regarding the mastermind named in the report saudi arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler mohammed bin solomon we have also conveyed very clearly and candidly through diplomatic channels that this absolutely can never happen again that our relationship will be different from what it has been in the past and that we are going to be of course hold the option of holding saudi arabia to to their commitment to to take reforms in place and make progress moving forward but critics aren't buying it they say the u.s. should have imposed the same punishment on the crown prince that it has imposed on $76.00 saudi individuals whom the u.s. believes have sought to threaten dissidents overseas including those implicated in

these murder at the state department spokesperson argued the u.s. considers king solomon not his son to be the country's ruler and that officials are trying to preserve a critical relationship in the middle east it's important to u.s. interests and it requires continued progress in reforms to ensure that this important partnership rests on strong fundamentals and continues to advance our shared objectives in the middle east we seek to accomplish a great deal with the saudis to end the war in yemen and ease yemen's humanitarian crisis. ending that civil war is one of president joe biden's top foreign policy priorities he's already taken a harder line with riyadh by cutting all future of fence of weapon sales the saudis have long been accused of using u.s. provided bombs to kill again many civilians on monday washington announced at an

aid conference for yemen that it would give a new. other $170000000.00 in humanitarian relief still not enough said aid workers to help the people suffering from 4 years of war they need to lift the blockade on the blockade preventing food medicine and essential goods including fuel from getting into yemen that solution needs to be changed so it's inclusive fair and just by the administration specifically needs to stop linking the iran negotiation with peace negotiations in. meantime another human rights question has been left unanswered whether in light of the national intelligence community's report the u.s. will ever give crown prince mohammed bin solomon and his family a waiver to visit the u.s. congress passed a law banning all foreign officials in their relatives from the u.s. if they were involved in cases of major corruption or a gross violation of human rights which many would argue includes. murder

rosalyn jordan al-jazeera or saudi arabia civil defense says 5 people have been injured as a result of a whole famous all attack on its territory a rocket fired from yemen had a town in the border region on monday attacks have increased in the last 3 weeks as fighting intensifies in the region the united nations secretary general says that his disappointed by the outcome of a global donor conference for yemen roughly 1700000000 dollars was raised but that's less than half the $3800000000.00 targets the u.n. says the money is urgently needed to avoid a famine. still ahead on al jazeera back in school after nearly 18 months why there are fears for the mental health of children in indian administered kashmir. and a new coal mine project in the u.k. could undermine its credibility ahead of

a climate summit. how high that there's lots of lovely spring sunshine across a good parts a few of them at last a clear skies high pressure in china does mean some early morning mist and fog to contend with this summer the chilly start as well but this time of year looking at a decent amount of strength to the sun so any mr folk we do get will burn off quite nicely around our high we do still have a brisk wind bringing some wintry showers i was at west the side of a russia that's in the process of pushing out of the way moscow 4 degrees celsius and it's mild even from moscow so we're looking at a lot of dry weather into central parts of its walls the west a chance of want to see showers just sliding into the southwest approaches of england maybe around the press but then tossed and showers to just around spain as

we go on through chews day on the side of the med also a little unsettled a few showers rattling through here but nothing too much to speak of although it's a pet pop a little as we go on into wednesday by wednesday as that fine and dry weather across much of central year showers there pushing across some well southern parts of england into northern areas of france will see some wet weather it's in northern parts of morocco over the next day i also want to see the breeze just blowing in across the egypt as we go on through each is day temperatures falling back to 98 celsius for wednesday. from. the latest news the decision here means that donald trump will not be excluded for running from political office in the future he could run again for the presidency in 2024 details coverage this is now the only official crossing that is functioning and it's strictly only open to allow him to be up and workers to work in farms hearing about of spain from around the world

a detail study by soul city has shown just how much life has been transformed. on the way down the top stories on al-jazeera this hour 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwestern nigerian citizen fara have been released gunmen took them from a state run school on friday it's the latest in a series of abductions in the region. u.s. the department is threatening further sanctions against me in lies military for its crackdown on protesters there were street battles between security forces and

demonstrators in cities across the country on tuesday. the biden administration is defending its decision not to sanction this saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin for the killing of journalist. it says it wants to recalibrate not rupture the relationship with riyadh. amnesty international is saying that war crimes are being committed in mozambique's kabo delgado province in a new report the rights group says hundreds of people have been killed since 2017 it's documented extra judicial executions human rights violations and discriminate attacks the u.n. says the violence has forced more than 500000 people to leave their homes while the amnesty report says many parties are responsible for the killings. fighters have beheaded civilians and they burn villages state security forces have also been accused of rights violations in an effort to crush the rebellion and the report

says government troops arbitrarily arrested civilians torture of detainees and committed extrajudicial executions and it also accuses the government of recruiting south african mercenaries to help in its military operations let's discuss the report with david matchy who's a researcher for a southern africa at amnesty international he's joining us now from johannesburg thanks for your time with us on al-jazeera let's 1st talk about the report and the methodology that was used to. this information and document the evidence that you outline. absolutely let's begin with the mental or the methodology since 2017 we have been monitoring and documenting the human rights violations and abuses taking place in camden guide to using the videos photographs that have been coming to us directly from people affected in camp little guy do. as well as you know the interviews and information given to us by people embedded locally in the

area and we have also used such a light image just to see the extent of damage in the areas you know where the conflict is taking place so that's some of the methodology now let's get to the real substance now we we're talking about people who are caught in a triple bind of violence on the one side you have insurgents who are committing atrocities beheading people burning their villages looting their property abducting women and girls forcing them. to marriages basically so you have sexual physical and emotional violence again against women and girls now you have also the muslim rikan you know government forces that are involved in extrajudicial killings. imprisonment and torture of those

that they are accused of providing aid and comfort to the insurgents and you have also a south african military company that was hired by the most american government to assist in the conflict that is shooting indiscriminately from air using machine guns and grenades without being able to distinguish between civilian and military targets light and on the issue of the south african group they have released a statement saying that they are going to investigate. the allegations that have been put forward by the amnesty report but what about the officials in mozambique have you gotten a response from them after the accusation that they've effectively used use violence and you're accusing them of human rights against human rights violations against civilians we have written to the ministry of defense the ministry of interior that is responsible for the police and we have written to the ministry of

justice and we have not had any response from them and as for what the company is saying what we are calling for is an independent impartial and exhaustive investigation on all of this critical allegations of violence involving the military forces from the government in the south african company and what more are you hoping to achieve by putting out this reports. we want the government on was to investigate to allow journalists and human rights organizations to monitor what's happening in cup delgado we want to the united nations to also monitor what's happening in the capital guard international community at large to take interest in what is happening we also want humanitarian organizations to increase their efforts in dealing with the humanitarian crises that dressing in. all right so we thank you very much for speaking to us from

johannesburg thank you thank you. in the u.k. to build the 1st new deep coal mine in 30 years have brought criticism from climate change activists it could also be a potential embarrassment for prime minister boris johnson who set to host the climate conference later this year but his anger simmons reports from white haven in northwest england and opinion polls suggest nearly 95 percent of locals support the plan. a coastal town in northern england who would want a coal mine built next door the answer nearly everyone living so what else is that on live. employment was just think you know it's about what we need around the you know papers losing their jobs and it's not looking bright overlooking white haven a disused pit it is a reminder of what was once the lifeblood of this area generations of miners and

their families dependent on coal now comes this futuristic looking plan a promotional video here for a project promising $500.00 new jobs here and an estimated 2000 more in the supply chain west cumbria mining says it's called wouldn't be fueling power stations it would be for steel production and steel will be in big demand for the planned green infrastructure. the green energy projects going forward be the. wind we have nuclear all going to need stale now to produce stable at the moment we're importing call from all around the wealth you know from places as far away as australia however protesters say the companies p.r. campaign and the mayor's views are flawed jobs are a good thing but jobs in a coal mine producing coking coal for a steel industry that is moving away from coking coal that is moving towards

electric out furnace is away from blast and this is moving to hydrogen away from coking coal that's not a good thing that's not going to deliver permanent jobs for our local people people in the town have been told by the government that plans for a mine are a local matter and then local decision but it's hardly a local issue it's a national war and with the u.k. hosting the cop $26.00 climate change conference in november aides are telling boris johnson the prime minister that it could all be an international embarrassment but now the local authority has agreed to review the plan could it be off to all the deep mining in the u.k. stays as it was 30 years ago confined to the history books and drew simmons al-jazeera whitehaven cumbria. the former french president nicolas sarkozy has been found guilty of corruption isn't sentenced to 3 years in jail although 2 years were

suspended so cozy has appealed and is facing at least 2 other cases the united arab emirates for us the bastard to israel has met with the country's president reagan rivlin and western most of them. presented his because that could to the president who said israel welcomed him with open arms in august the 2 countries agreed to normalize ties under u.s. brokered deal the u.a.e. was the 1st of 4 arab countries to renew or establish ties with israel el salvador's president is set to secure an overall majority in parliament president has claimed victory for his party in legislative elections has been accused of being authoritarian if confirmed the win would give him sweeping new powers including the appointment of judges to the supreme court peru is easing its coronavirus restrictions with some health experts warn it's too soon as cases surge

large crowds could be seen on the streets of its capital lima as businesses reopen on monday thousands of new infections are being recorded every day with more than 40000 diagnosed in the past week president francisco sagacity says people need the economy to reopen in order to survive. the head of the world health organization is warning global coronavirus cases are on the increase again for the 1st time in 7 weeks ted rose gaboriau says says it's disappointing but not surprising some of it appears to be due to lack of proper you can measure use. violence. vox use to save lives but if countries. on vaccines they are making a mistake. basic public measures remain the foundation of their

response the philippines has reported its 1st cases of the more contagious covered 1000 variant that was 1st detected in south africa the discovery could complicate its recovery effort just a day after it began rolling out its vaccination program its 1st batch of $600000.00 cin about doses arrive from china on sunday schools in indian administered kashmir are reopening a year after the pandemic forced them to close but even before the students were ready confined to their homes because if a military crackdown. has more. students in indian administered kashmir are once again back in school this is the worst it's the 1st time they've been in a classroom in nearly a year after schools were shut down at the height of the pandemic which things are different now and students are readjusting to life under covert 19 to be honest i

had gone have a choice of staying at my home now or coming out of my room but then the news came out that the schools are reopening and i was quite reluctant to come to school but then. when i wore the uniform and when i stepped into the school i had a different feeling but even before the pandemic the students were already forced to study at home when india revoked kashmir's autonomy in august 21000 the move led to more unrest in the disputed territory and it also led to a log down in the area such we're told look at me again for the last 2 years kashmiri children have not been to schools the kashmir valley was going through a cycle of lockdowns after it simeon autonomy was revoked then came the pandemic for the rest of the world the lockdown has been for a year but here in kashmir it's basically been 2 parents who worry their children will fall behind with so many gaps in their education but there's also a fear of the long term effects of social isolation i would certainly get depressed

because again the corridor of getting out of the home again and then being shot in the home again that that takes out of a person it's moral and everything. india is expanding its vaccination drive and some are questioning of politics and longstanding tension in the region will again trickle down to the education system students have already been the biggest victims i think they're on the edge against their perspective will be dormant if the situation doesn't improve the students say their day to day priority is not about politics but rather getting an education katia lopez. al-jazeera. people in indonesia as northern car region are being urged to keep a safe distance from an erupting volcano announcing a bang sent columns of ash up to 5 kilometers into the air in its biggest eruption since august the volcano became active 10 years ago after being dormant for centuries since then more than 30000 people have had to leave their hopes.

you can always have online to find out more about that will cain oh and they will find the day's top stories on all the latest headlines right here on al-jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwestern nigerian state of zamfara have been released the gunman took them from a state run school on friday it's the latest in a series of abductions in the region the dream's has more from the scene in forest that the government said no one is left in captivity no one was killed the 2.