if you want to help save the world. please it your own. the u.s. and e.u. impose sanctions on russian individuals and entities over the poisoning of opposition leader and excited about me. and our entire lives is al-jazeera live from london also coming up to 279 nigerian schoolgirls limped to safety as their freed days after their kidnapping in some far off state. concern for me and mas neighbors but no plans to intervene

as police again opened fire to disperse anti cooper testers. and more media workers targeted in afghanistan with 3 women killed in the latest attacks. there was talk with news that u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader aleksei of on the white house has announced sanctions against 7 senior russian officials they include the heads of russia's f.s.b. security service the prison service and the prosecutor general is also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with chemical agent production. and i'll name is the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin for seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies yvonne was jailed last month on his return to

russia for violating parole was being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to president putin. russia's foreign minister says his country will respond to the sanctions he cast doubt on iranis poisoning but didn't mention a criminal critic by name. we will let you when all those who treated him thoroughly hide all the facts which could help to understand what happened and in parallel instead of honest collaboration and not hiding they start to punish us this doesn't bring any credit to those who take decisions and will surely respond. let's cross to rosen and jordan who's at the state department in washington d.c. reason why is the u.s. taking these measures now while the u.s. government says that it is basically trying to fall into line with sanctions that the e.u. the european union imposed back in october after its own investigation into the

poisoning and attempted assassination many say alexina of all the prominent russian opposition figure the. excuse me the bite that ministration says that it's important for the u.s. to be in lockstep as it were with its european allies on a critical matter they also say that it's very important to send a message to moscow that under this new administration there will be accountability this is not price the state department spokesperson. it is clear that russian officials targeted mr of only for his activism and his efforts to reveal uncomfortable truths about russian officials corruption and to give voice to russian citizens legitimate grievances with their government and its policies we are exercising our authorities to send a clear signal that russia's use of chemical weapons and human rights abuses have severe consequences any use of chemical weapons anywhere at any time by anyone

under any circumstance is unacceptable and it contravenes international norms. what will this mean for russia of relations between russia and the biden and ministration. well senior administration officials held a conference call with reporters on tuesday morning and they all took great pains to stress to us that there is not going to be a reset in the relationship between washington and moscow the officials all said that they see very serious threats coming from other leadership at the kremlin and that they feel that they have an obligation not just as part of the u.s. government but as part of the international community to check russia's behavior and so they stress that while there are going to be some areas where the u.s. and russia can cooperate for example fighting terrorism trying to deal with weapons for for real for ration especially in less well governed parts of the world they

say that it is very important to chatt russia's efforts to spy on other countries to disrupt life in other countries and they say that this is a moment for accountability ever really taking a much harder line with moscow than what the previous administration had done reza in jordan thank you very much indeed. 279 schoolgirls kidnapped last week from a government run boarding school in northern nigeria have been freed a student said there between them and threatened to shoot them as they were marched into a forest and released for his 4 days of tense negotiations after there was amity jesus was there as the girls arrive to goose out the capital of some far a state. they arrived at dawn limits their way into the office of the governor exhausted and some too sick to watch. their serve meals in

an office where normally cabinet meetings are held. with their 1st decent meals in days they gathered the strength to tell us what happened saying it doesn't mean adam was an ally of the us or now weren't they drove us like animals some of us were falling and getting injured they made us trek for 2 to 3 hours and spent the 1st 2 days in the camp they pushed us forward threatening to kill anyone who refused to move despite the blisters on our feet they forced us to walk further into we reach the 2nd and then the 3rd camp. the 279 students i kidnapped while they were sleeping in their boarding school dormitories in the town of junk in circumstances similar to the book quote i'm kidnapping of more than 270 goes in she broke into into 14. this man a former bandage says he left several others to help bring the ghost back to put

them out of office we met and told them we came in peace to leave with the girls who for no fault of theirs found themselves in such a situation they also spoke about their grievances and why they took the girls it was a long difficult process full of tension but we also came ready and prepared for the unforeseen. the goes have now been taken to a secure location for medical examinations before they had reunited with their families but that hasn't stopped excited parents like no one has managed to get close to where they are. and my joy is indescribable i called my wife to tell her the girls are back i haven't seen my daughter but i'm relieved she's back in the past 4 days with now we can afford to eat sleep and smile. the governor of them for a state has offered amnesty to gunmen who sat and insists dialogue with the bandits will continue despite the pitfalls.

for the government. so we're going to continue with that because not all of them that. they wanted out. of their lives will be thursday. night because nobody can be able to get the kidnapping of these girls on friday came i was before the release of another set of students kidnapped in central nigeria. there's a for attack is a 6 mosque or kidnapping in northern nigeria in recent years for the girls back attention is now shifting to the future of education with schools continuously being targeted especially in northern part of nigeria there are fears that the region which has the highest rate of poverty may fall even farther behind it's not clear if these goals will have the courage to return to school or even if their parents allow them to return but for now they're happy to enjoy their freedom hoping the government will do more to protect them comedy grease al-jazeera with

a nigeria security forces and man law continuing to crackdown on protesters 2 days after the country's bloodiest day since the military coup there are reports live rounds were fired in the northwestern town of cali this is foreign ministers from the regional bloc in held talks with them in ma military representative in indonesia and said all parties should refrain from instigating violence just the washington reports from jakarta. mistreats of handgun peaceful protesters remain determined even in the face of force. many of them were hard hats and tried to protect themselves with makeshift barricades. occupying the streets to fight against military rule. this footage shows police firing it on a demonstrator. in the country's north west several people were injured

when police used water cannon and. as the attacks on peaceful demonstrations continue in most neighborhoods in southeast asia held their 1st meeting since the military came. the talks were held virtually and behind closed doors in tunisia. is the largest democracy in southeast asia and has been at the forefront of the push for the un to help resolve the crisis in me and now indonesia's foreign minister acknowledges that while noninterference isn't shined in the us the un charter so too is a commitment to peace stability and good god in. the indonesian foreign minister said her country is very concerned about the violence in manama. it's worrisome because an increasing number of civilians have lost their lives or injured. singapore's prime minister joined those calling for the release of me and

most of the democratically elected leaders do i rest go on songs flukey yes well that's our ministers and the president and charge them with. walkie talkie offenses and things that i don't think that's going to help solve the problem malaysia's foreign ministry said the resolution to what it called a political deadlock must be a domestic led process experts say on c.n.n. must come up with a plan rather than reflecting on whether it should or should not be part of the solution as they are. expected. must in the center of all. the democratic and we. must be at the. un member states trying to decide what they can do to resolve this crisis a battle with highest stakes is playing out on the streets jessica washington

al-jazeera jakarta myanmar's ambassador to the un and says he will carry on in his role despite being fired by the military joined to draw more turn was dismissed after he gave an emotional speech at the un general assembly on friday our diplomatic effort to james space has more. last friday in the u.n. general assembly jaw more toward the ambassador of myanmar to the u.n. who gave an impassioned speech condemning the events inside his country one day later the military authorities said that he'd been fired from his job and on sunday this letter was sent to all of the countries in the u.n. all the 192 other countries saying that he'd been replaced by the deputy ambassador who would now be the acting ambassador however on the 1st of march another letter was sent this time from george more torn saying he was still the ambassador both

letters have the same letterhead of this building which is the myanmar mission to the u.n. effectively the country's embassy it's a big problem for the u.n. there's a very long procedure a credentials committee of the general assembly which was meet to decide who is the legitimate representative the problem for now is the fact that both have passes to the u.n. both are allowed in the building so who is going to be recognized as the ambassador i can confirm that we've received 2 letters they're currently under review this is a meeting is it who gets to the sea 1st currently as they both have active u.n. classic we are well both can come into. both come into to the building. who is recognized. by the president of whichever meeting is going on that will be an issue of for for member states we are i mean let's be honest here we're in

a very unique. situation we have not seen in in a long time right now no one's arguing the door of this building but this is likely to be a protracted fight and an important one the generals know that diplomatic representation is key to the legitimacy of their rule. still to come this half hour mexico's president sending reinforcements to tackle violence believed to be linked to the country's deadliest drug cartel. and empty streets and shattered windows our u.k. budget how business is acted by the pandemic.

how it once again we've got some very wet weather pushing across northern parts of australia at the moment we have tropical cyclone and near and very close to cannes just off the coast of queensland there that will feed some very heavy rain we are likely to see washed by the flooding over the next couple days one of 2 spots could see 100 to 200 millimeters of rain finally it will ease a little further southwards and east was just pulling away from the east coast as we go on into thursday but certainly want to watch out for a good deal cooler down towards the southeast with a brisk wind rattling through the tasman 2021 celsius there for melbourne and for hope 26 celsius in adelaide so not too bad here because some weather over towards the western side of australia as well 25 in perth the showers make their way across doubly way we'll see some wet weather too just pushing across these areas over the next couple of days temperatures down on race that he is getting up to around 23 celsius for the most part temperatures falling to across japan over the next day or

so i was seeing some brisk northerly winds coming in as we go on into where to stay right sleep the snow sweeping through clear skies coming back in behind with some sunshine and we'll see what a weather coming into eastern china for thursday. when match day arrives the green army comes to life. but football is not all they shout about. a club where society's disenfranchised have the loudest voice. and political dissent take center stage. today from iraq owes resistance the ultras of roger cossack lanka the fans who make football on al-jazeera.

from out of the top stories here not just there are united states as out sanctions on russia over the poisoning of opposition leader and explain around the 7 senior russian officials and 14 agencies associated with chemical agent production have been targeted the e.u. has also not sanctions on 4 top officials. 279 schoolgirls kidnapped last week from a boarding school in northern nigeria have been freed they say their abductors beat them and threatened to shoot them as they were marched into a forest. and there are reports from in ma that live rounds were fired to disperse protesters in the northwestern town of kalak that's despite foreign ministers from regional bloc last year and meeting a military representative and urging all parties to refrain from instigating

violence for an asphalt school. 3 media workers have been shot dead in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad government officials say the women women were all employed by local television station any cast t.v. they were on their way home from work when they were killed in 2 separate attacks the shootings are the latest in a wave of attacks targeting journalists activists and civil service workers in recent months. unfortunately 3 of our sisters were martyred and 2 other civilians were injured more than a terrorist named caritas who led the attack has been arrested. native's senior civilian representative in afghanistan is to follow protocol who responded to the attack twitting another tragic killing of 3 professionals of afghan media in jalalabad today afghan women working in the media sector are specially targeted their voices are more important than ever to ensure lasting peace in afghanistan.

xico as president says he's ordered the deployment of additional national guard troops to hell isco state and response to a weekend of violence that left 13 dead and they says attacks are believed to be linked to the new generation cartel considered the deadliest in mexico when you're after a report from mexico city. another bloody crime scene in her state 11 construction workers shot dead in it's the latest in what has become a seemingly endless cycle of senseless violence. in the north from detroit victoria the projectiles which numbered more than 70 between short and long arms it can be seen that the people were sitting on a bench apparently waiting to be paid for the week's work but when suddenly to the calls arrived. one of the. last weekend's attack was followed by another shooting 30 kilometers away in lomas the pentagon killing at least 2 people in at least go

even authorities admit the security situation has grown out of control yesterday 13 people lost their lives into multiple homesites all signs point to organized crime . when it was a day in response to the increase in violent criminal activity in states like holly's score want to white or any gun mexico's president announced the deployment of additional troops from the national guard. ok i thought this is there already is a presence we will reinforce the presence of the national guard the army in the marines and the armed forces of the states i've instructed this i guess it was ordered a month ago and more elements are already being mobilized. in highly school state experts link the worsening violence to the new generation cartel or c j n g believed to rival the cinna lower cartel as mexico's dominant drug gang and in recent years violence linked to the cartel has spread to new. parts of the country

the announcement of more national guard troops being sent to hell east coast state is consistent with mexico's national security strategy a strategy that has been largely unchanged since the start of the country's militarized war on drugs 15 years ago. according to government statistics since 2006 mexico has recorded more than 300000 violent deaths nationwide most of which are believed to be tied to criminal activity madrid upolu al jazeera mexico city. u.s. president joe biden says he's confident he'll reach his goal of delivering 100000000 coated vaccine doses and his 1st 100 days in office this says he hailed a collaboration between 2 pharmaceutical rivals a drug company mack will help make johnson and johnson's single shot quite a virus vaccine after its own vaccine candidate failed johnson and johnson's vaccine is the 3rd to be approved by u.s. regulators. well as president biden says the increased production means will soon

be enough vaccines for every american adult when we came in office the prior administration had contract it for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in america we rectified that about 3 weeks ago we were able to say that we have enough vaccine supply for adults by the end of july and i'm pleased to announce today as a consequence of the stepped up process that i've ordered and just outlined this country will have enough vaccine supply a safe again for every adult in america by the end of may that's quest live to mike hanna in washington d.c. and mike at this it comes because of this unusual collaboration isn't it between these 2 john pharmaceutical companies that are usually rivals. well a virtually unprecedented collaboration these 2 massive pharmaceutical giants who

were deep competitors and are working with each other this is merck and johnson and johnson what is happening is that merck is going to give some of its facilities at least 2 of its was still a tease to help reduce that johnson and johnson single shot vaccine which is just being cleared by the f.d.a. what this means is that there are now 3 vaccines on the market that have been cleared now interestingly what the white house has done as well is invoke the defense procurement act in this particular case this means that the resources of the defense force can be used to help get the materials along supply lines to get the necessary materials to manufacture the vaccines to the manufacture science and then subsequently to help get to the vaccines into the field to inject into the arms of tens of millions of americans but certainly president biden's prediction that there will be enough vaccine for every adult american by the end of may will

be welcomed by all it is far far quicker than many had expected to see this rollout of the vaccine and now this collaboration between the 2 pharmaceutical giants are basically aiding this whole enterprise something that president biden as compared to a wartime effort in meantime there texas is decided to lift most restrictions or tell us more about that. well health officials have warned repeatedly and president biden himself during his statement earlier today made very clear that the worst is not yet over is that the public must not stop mitigating measures it must not assume that the threat of covert is passed and here you have a situation where the governor of texas the republican governor has now lifted the mediating measures in that state it's the 1st large state to lift the mandate tree mosque wearing so this is a serious issue in the eyes of many health officials arguing that it's far too soon

to start lifting these mediating measures the governor of texas saying that all these measures will be lifted by tomorrow they will cease to affect and this involves things like opening up all businesses no longer the wearing of masks the governor contending that there are enough vaccinations there is enough testing to take away the need for these mitigating measures insisting that it's up to each individual to decide what they want to do not up to the state to prescribe what they should do but certainly this is against the advice of all federal health officials mike hanna thank you very much indeed italy has ordered all schools in areas where hit by cabin 1000 to close and his extended restrictions on businesses and movement until after easter it's in response to a new highly contagious variants of the virus italy is seeing about $15000.00 new coronavirus cases each day and officials warn the health system is coming under

growing strain the new rules will be in place with least a month from saturday it's. the u.k.'s finance minister will set out his plan for economic recovery on wednesday or she's the next as the country's finances a under enormous strain after supporting millions of people through the pandemic and it could be bad for a region still recovering from the last recession 10 years ago trying to haul reports from manchester. the economic damage caused by the pandemic is written largely in britain's deserted city centers shuttered restaurants boarded up shops not everything will emerge intact and nor will the country's region's bounce back at the same pace last year was a really challenging year for a lot of people. but what it really showed was any inequalities that we had in our regions they've just widened and worse since joining the pandemic so for example in the north child poverty levels are the highest one in 3 more than children are in

poverty right now and unemployment it's the highest levels that we've seen since 1904. chef and restaurant owner mary ellen mcteague could only clean norma's the pandemic ripped through the hospitality sector it's an industry where it's difficult to make money it's difficult to stay afloat anyway there are so many hospitality business is even less of a healthy economic environment every struggle to keep going so it's a blog is really doing it just isn't it felt like the end i think for a lot of people and i'm constantly surprised that we still head she now prepares meals for a local food bank helping those who have suffered far more than herself mary ellen is fortunate to have weathered the covert storm many businesses haven't survived and here in the north of england as elsewhere attention begins to turn to recovery in a post pandemic era and whether the government keeps its promise of leveling up bridging the divide between north and south after

a decade of austerity and under investment we cannot continue the way that we go in right now in the qualities will concede to why didn't we have a lot of challenges in the north and right now failure is not an option but failure is reality for many of the economic victims of covert 19 normally 12 families using our service at the moment about 3435 a week on average people are in debt but they've got men through as people have got commitments of their votes for the loss of jobs so they can keep those commitments financial hardships going to really mean it is going to be on the increase no doubt about that what the government does next calls for ever greater financial help or hiking taxes to pay the all back will determine how britain rebuilds and whether as prime minister boris johnson has promised it builds back better jonah al-jazeera manchester scattered protests or broken out across lebanon as the country's pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market. protesters in beirut were seen

the setting tires on fire and using rubbish bins to block roads the dollar is trading at $9975.00 lebanese pounds on the official price remains at 1520 pounds to the dollar and to government protests began in october 29 teen but the anger has been compounded by the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a deadly blast in beirut support last august. $47.00 pro-democracy activists in hong kong will appear in court for a 3rd day on wednesday in american bail hearing the 1st day on monday lasted 15 hours and had to be adjourned when one of the defendants fainted and was taken to hospital activists are facing charges under a controversial chinese national security law they're accused of participating in an unofficial election primary for the territories legislature the international energy agency says global carbon emissions were 2 percent higher in december 2020

than a year earlier despite a reduction in industrial output and air travel during the pandemic emission slump for most of 2022 to the worldwide lockdowns the since been a resurgence in economic activity china has driven the increase it was the only major country whose emissions group compared to 2019 those produced by the 2nd highest producing nation the united states fell by 10 percent. from out of the top stories are now jazeera u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader alex and a volley the white house is not sanctions against 7 senior russian officials including the heads of russia's f.s.b. security service the prison service and the prosecutor general the valley who's the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin.