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coronavirus restrictions. hello we begin in nigeria where the government says all 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwest far as they have been released gunmen took them from a state run school on friday it's the latest in a series of recent abductions are students in their region. when we were sleeping at night when suddenly we started hearing gunshots they were shooting and listen we got out of our beds and people said we should run that they are thieves everybody fled and there were just 2 of us left in the room the other girls from my town i told her get up so we can run away she said i swear to god i will not leave the bed at that stage they were pointing guns at our heads i was really afraid of being shot. nigeria's president mohamed says he feels overwhelming joy at news of their

release he tweeted we are working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping the military and the police will continue to go after kidnappers they need the support of local communities in terms of human intelligence that can help criminal plans in the bud. there as a why did the reeses in the forest they where the governor told him no ransom was paid for the girl's release. we met one of the men who led the team of negotiators who met the kidnappers and after tens 3 or 4 days of negotiations the girls were released late last night and they were driven here to do so he the leader of the team in fife was a former bandit himself who surrendered to the authorities and accepted an amnesty along with others so he led that particular team because they know the terrain better and so the security services allow them to move in that's what he told us he

said they went in there hoping that they will get the kids in time and in peace but they were also prepared for any unforeseen situation that may arise that he said there went and asked them to hand over the girls because the girls have nothing to do with their own grievances the bandits he said mentioned that they have their own devices they're all scores to settle with your focus because of the blacks because of human rights abuses and all so that's the situation with the bandits and now the governor who was 100 this gallup from day one when he came into office in 2019 said he's going to continue with the galaga in such a way that there will be peace in them for the state but that is such too so good that that is going to set him on collision course of the federal authorities who are now saying that the time for negotiation is time for talking with criminals is over time for action so will that we will i will love to see what happens in the next few days 2 weeks or few months or kidnapping is

a common tactic used by our in groups on criminal gangs in nigeria and most international says it's been escalating since january there were 2 mass abductions of school children in less than 10 days in february 27 boys and their teachers were taken in niger state on the 17th before they were freed on saturday officials say the attacks are being carried out by bandits loosely formed armed. gangs rob and kidnap for money nigeria denies paying ransoms but many believe regional instability in north western states has allowed kidnapping to become a lucrative source of income some believe boko haram. kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of chibok in 2014 prompted more armed groups to turn into mass abductions of children. who is a geo political and security analysts at afi politics that's a security think tank he says the key to addressing this issue is for nigeria to

invest in its police force. the kidnapping is lurie's can have reward because less if you look at let's go back to the you know the incident didn't know that because in the heart of it by a 1000 students in the school or boys' school the school is it's suckered in not fixed it one is close to you know do these bushes are in areas where the government knew that this criminal elements or prick from saudi hiding these forests are from those who formed before the law and attack on the communities so one of the main issues anybody who i agree with your on is the fact that the mom power is the major major problem for inciting and you know we have 219 police meant 510-0000 citizens 219 others who are less than 300 which is sub-saharan africa as average that'll see you that's a large extent the government the government cannot even prove by security even if

it wants to because the demarc part is is just nor did you know and therefore the funding for the from our last crisis and we would be buying the tree i think a lot of the has to do do with the police and because if you begin to draw on then into those or that distort our conflict then you become to all of us traced on the men in new battle or book around which is really territorial integrity trips they might not be able to address that as well as they put on force really invest more in policing. security forces a man mark continued to crackdown on protesters 2 days after the bloodiest day yet of the unrest there are reports that live rounds were fired in the northwestern town of ken lay. there have been street battles between security forces in and demonstrators in cities across the country on tuesday that's despite the use of increasingly violent tactics to disperse the

crowds at least 18 people were killed on sunday we have 2 reporters following the story for us just a washington is in jakarta with the latest on a virtual meeting of foreign ministers who are discussing developments in me and i'm our 1st let's bring in tony chang tony you're following the crackdown for us from neighboring thailand what can you tell us about what you're hearing about the situation on the ground right now. as you mention in color. to the west of the border with india. security services were using live rounds against protesters there medics say that 4 people have been admitted to the local hospitals with bullet wounds on the other side of the country in the eastern shan state in tongue the more than 60 protestors have been arrested again in violent clashes in dar way down in the south where a number of people died over the weekend there have been more clashes in areas all

across here and go on there have been clashes with the security services no live rounds reported in yangon today but lots of tear gas images coming out of the crowds surging forward when they can bring for the push back by the security services so the situation remains very fluid i was speaking to a contact in men the just now who said that in the south of the city the security services now put in a checkpoint where anyone going into the city is having their phones checked the security service is going through social media if there's any evidence of they've been engaged in the civil disobedience movement or in the protests they're being carted away and that's i think a pattern that's now being repeated all across the country these harsh measures which we saw introduced over the weekend are being imposed the live fire is we're not seeing it everywhere all the time but it's certainly being used by the military and the police in their attempts to scare the protesters and keep them back of the

street protesters on the other hand clearly not backing off of this that all right tony thank you so much for that update from our so foreign ministers from the regional bloc as they are holding a virtual meeting to discuss what's going on in me and more in the situation there just a washington is following that meeting for us from jakarta what are you hearing about what's been said so far jessica. i mean we know that that meeting has just wrapped up a short while ago and we've heard. so about some of the points that. other countries raised during this meeting but we know that indonesia has been at the forefront of trying to organize these meetings between foreign ministers and trying to organize some sort of meeting at the in the end it ended up being a virtual meeting between the on ministers in tunisia and all the asean countries have stressed for heatedly during this process is that this meeting does not confer

any sort of legitimacy on the me and my military it is not showing any support but this is the start of a dialogue and the start of normalizing the situation in me and you know that into the asia has been the biggest advocate in the on going back to. democratic transition to be back on track some of the stated aims we heard from the foreign minister. is that the safety and welfare of the people of myanmar should be at the forefront that. should allow humanitarian access and that asean should stand ready to assist in the process this must also added that political prisoners should be released and that violence should come to an end she condemned the violence on the part of the me and my military she also stressed that is a family that there is an opportunity for this organization to prove that it has a role to play in in resolving disputes such as this but that can only happen if me

and is willing to open the door now she said that this has to be a dialogue that the democratically elected leaders me and not to have a role in that process as well she said i'll see on sons ready to facilitate the process of normalizing the democratic transition in me and mom but that me and mom has to make that make allowances for that to happen in the 1st place so it is a long process ahead you know the foreign minister of indonesia. her stated aims are but we always get to hear from the on the countries depends what they say and that will really dictate whether us again will have a unified approach to combating this crisis or i just got thank you so much just a washington reporter from jakarta. president joe biden's administration has sidestepped any direct action against a saudi arabian crown prince mohammed bin sandman that's despite a u.s. intelligence report on friday revealing his involvement in the murder of journalist john. jordan reports. 3 days after the bike net 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 it 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 offensive 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 know. 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 is preventing food medicine and essential goods including fuel from getting into yemen that. 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 yemen 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

rosalind jordan al-jazeera still heads on which is iraq. thousands turned out in support of armenia as embattled prime minister under pressure to resign for his handling of the conflict with azerbaijan. and a new coal mine projects in the u.k. could undermine its credibility ahead of a climate summit. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went on sponsored play qatar airways and i once again welcome to another look at the international full cost with say some very heavy right into the korean peninsula recently big bank of cloud here now in the process of moving through right state and snow again making its way across southern all the house of japan but it will improve as we go through the next

couple of days. bright skies coming back in but with the winds coming in from a northerly direction it's going to freshen up to temperatures in tokyo to around 13 souses but at least be plenty of sunshine around that sunshine stretches across the korean peninsula to northern parts of china because some right in the south on this west the weather will gather a move towards the east coast easing out across east china say they'll be some rain then for shanghai temperatures around 15 degrees celsius but so much right in the forecast across south asia maine while this losey settles and find we have got a few showers just around the fall north of pakistan pushing across the northern areas of india but elsewhere a sunshine all the way and warm sunshine as well temperatures running around $45.00 celsius about the seasonal average plenty of sunshine save across iraq empennage the lousy set there with a good deal of sunny weather coming through but we've got some showers in the full cost for the eastern side of the med the be some wet weather pushing into lebanon and syria over the next couple of days. at

ways the politics of division have pushed india into the grip of a historical reckoning i'm afraid to be crossing on my neck you mean to me i'm pretty good where do these ideas come from the tragedy of what human lives and how much people try to sanitize getting to school a happy family oh no you couldn't join me on dish now see you on the final part of my journey when i can become a target of the hindu 1st policy in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. well again the top stories on al-jazeera 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the

northwestern nigerian state of zamfara 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 security forces in myanmar continue to crackdown on protesters 2 days after the bloodiest day yet of the on the rest there are reports that live rounds were fired in the northwestern town of cali. the biden administration is defending its decision not to sanction saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman for the killing of journalist. it says it wants to recalibrate not rupture the relationship with riyadh. armenia's prime minister says he's ready to call a snap election to bring to an end the country's political crisis they call passion and dress thousands of supporters in the capital on monday just hours earlier protesters who want him to resign stormed a government building from year of robin forestier walker reports.

the street power is how our media as prime minister forced a corrupt government to resign 3 years ago street power old monday was his way of answering calls for his own resignation he stands accused of failing all media in its war against azerbaijan you have been marked by ravin are you i throw this challenge to the parliamentary opposition let's call for snap elections let's call for snap elections and i beg you to support the school. has played his card a democratic solution to a political crisis yet by contrast the opposition hopes the play a role so far the president has refused to sign passion. to dismiss media's to. general. everyone is today armenia is reviving the army's reviving we must stand strong here so that the president and the

constitutional court do not decide to dismiss the chief of the generals toff. to trigger elections mr will have to stand down as per the opposition's de-boned but they want an interim government 1st not an election for the prime minister's supporters that is hypocrisy part of our opposition is calling us to transfer power to then we doubt the lections bypassing the people so they call us illegitimate but they think we're legitimate enough to hand on the power to them bypassing the people that's not going to happen. what happens they shouldn't have been saying that because pressing the on is are unfit for office finally these are answered his detractors say it's up to the armenian people to know cues who should govern this country at the ballot books.

monday's rallies also marked and important and if the series 13 years ago the former government used force against protesters 10 people died passion yan has told armenians that that chapter in the country's history must not be repeated robin 1st you will catch al-jazeera yet about. us pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has confirmed it will test its coronavirus vaccine on children and so also planning to include newborns and pregnant women in expanded trials johnson and johnson's vaccine has become the 3rd to be formally approved by u.s. regulators nearly 4000000 doses are being delivered across the country in the netherlands thousands of restaurant and cafe owners into southern cities are preparing to open their doors in the finds of a lockdown pubs and restaurants have been closed since october since then the dutch government impose more restrictions to control the spread of

a new more contagious kovan 1000 variants but some business owners until berg and breda say they've had enough and will open outdoor terraces they face the threat of large fines stuff and has this update from tilburg. many people here in the netherlands. and especially now. it's a nice day and what is happening is that many people are actually. rules and go to the parks. drinking and having a beer so business owners are very much complaining they say why can't we open in a safe way so we can actually provide services and actually run less risk than people gathering violating these rules and i'm here at a fairly remarkable protest where a business owner has opened his terrace and it looks maybe there are people here but they're all american dollars so this is a symbolic protest and some business owners are actually really violating the rules

and they're risking a fine of 4000 euros but this business owner has decided not to risk a fine so he has done it in a different way the reason for adults and real people girls if the government keeps us close. for damage because we are close for medical reasons. or. or or or or or. also good for want to know if you keep us close for medical reasons. girls a 2nd chance or a 2nd. bit of. open. same great last summer is that. again right so many people also say why don't you after the summer after the summer. didn't happen in the summer we were in the we were opening july and august and this group of numbers didn't ground up that because we did it

on the show in a safe way and we can do it from the server interestingly also some discussion among the mayor who are also getting more defiant against the government rules. business get more opportunities to make money because it's getting too difficult and also questions of. 2 weeks from now. the government has said that it's safe to hold these elections for 3 days so many people are wondering why is that. so many are. increasingly irritation. germany is set to extend its national lockdown until march 28th but some restrictions will be eased earlier chancellor angela merkel will discuss options with the leaders of the federal states. the country has been under lockdown since november it has so far reported more than 2000000 cases and at least 70000 and. $47.00 pro-democracy activists

in hong kong are back in court where they're facing subversion charges under a national security law monday's 15 hour hearing was adjourned when one of the defendants fainted and had to be taken to hospital the court is set to decide whether they'll remain in jail or be released on bail they were accused of participating in an unofficial election primary for the territory's legislature. phone lines and internet have been cut off and chad's kept song on sunday security forces stormed the home of opposition leader and presidential candidates yeah dello they've been accused of killing his mother and son nicholas. defiant and no longer afraid supporters of opposition leader yeah do you know attempt to block a tank from the presidential guard from moving closer to his home says elite forces killed his elderly mother an 11 year old son in an attempt to arrest him on sunday

he spoke to his supporters from his home police officers game without a warrant and fired on my relatives killing my mother and others it shows the nature of president davies regime we need to continue our movement so that we can get a democracy and justice chaldeans deserve i will not be intimidated after this declaration deal though a candidate in april's presidential election escaped from his house undetected despite the heavy security presence in 2005 dealer mounted a failed armed rebellion against president idriss deby who has been in power for the last 31 years and is running for a 6th term in office last april published this video where you queues is debbie's family of corruption and miss appropriation of public money a case was filed against which prompted this operation. i mean you know so documented and turned it off so.

chad and the charred. child parts and. despite the accusations of rights violations france has been backing these governments since 1990 and germany is home to a major french military base with charging troops providing support in the fight against armed groups in this a hell regional stability is important but opposition protestors say so is the call for freedom from the increasing voices of dissent nicholas harkey al-jazeera. plans in the u.k. to build the 1st new deep coal mine in 30 years have brought criticism from climate change activists but as andrew symonds reports from white haven in northwest england an opinion poll suggests nearly 95 percent of locals support the plan

a coastal town in northern england who would want a coal mine built next to the answer everyone living. employment was just think you know it's what we need rounding up 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 sure when we have

nuclear all gonna need stale now to produce stale at the moment we're importing call from all around the wealth you know from places as far aware as australia however protesters say the company's 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 climate change conference in november aides are telling boris

johnson the prime minister that it could all be an international embarrassment. but though 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 andrew simmons al-jazeera whitehaven cumbria. color again the headlines on al-jazeera the nigerian government says all 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwest far a state have been released gunmen took them from a state run school on friday it's a latest in a series of recent abductions of students in the region dominican new zealand.