march on al-jazeera. there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global media scrutiny this is on al-jazeera government shut off access to social media. at least 2 empty cooper testers are reportedly killed in me and more as demonstrators use smoke grenades to escape the police crackdown. there watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters and. also ahead warnings of a health catastrophe in brazil authorities call for a locked on on the same day the nation recorded its highest quote with 1000 deaths . the chairman of the australian mining company rio tinto says he will step down

next year after criticism for the destruction of aboriginal rock shelter us. the day donald trump supporters stormed the u.s. capitol the f.b.i. chief calls it an appalling act of domestic terrorism. hello we're hearing reports 2 people have been killed that an antique to protest the me and maher 2nd largest city of mandalay local media say police backed by soldiers have been trying to break up a demonstration there is across the country are still defying an escalating crackdown to demand an end to the military takeover more than 20 people have been killed during weeks of protests most of them in the past week and that says charges against me and mars deposed leaders continue to mount the ousted president when man has now been charged. urged to

a breach in the constitution which is punishable by up to 3 years in prison he was arrested along with the democratically elected head of government who is also facing several charges scott heiler will bring us up to speed with all things me and more he's joining us from bangkok scott 1st of all what can you tell us about these reports that 2 protesters have been killed well that and we know that local media some local media sources have been reporting that 2 protesters were killed it appears to be from live fire we're getting earlier in the day reports of live fire being used in mandalay on protesters there and they say it sounded as though they were trying to use live fire to disperse them and then now later in the day we're hearing that 2 protesters this again from local media and from witnesses saying that 2 of the protesters there died again this is something that's not confirmed by doctors or officials yet but this is how we're normally at these protests as you can see one once things really escalate and get

violent it's quite chaotic so information is a bit spotty and you need to verify reports but so far several local media are saying that 2 of the protesters in mandalay have been killed here scott and meanwhile the us the president has had more charges laid against him what more are we hearing about those charges and why now. no women yet know this is another there are another 2 charges against him now announced by his attorney today wednesday now this is something similar that happened to own song suchi the leader of the civilian the civilian leader of the government who was ousted in that february 1st coup she had a hearing on monday and then just after the hearing which was supposed to be against related to the 2 charges that were already put against her 2 additional charges were put on and it sounds like that's what they're doing with the president as well now when you look at this as kind of a i guess a format that might be using it clearly is an attempt to try to keep them in

detention is long as possible by continuing to add more charges thus hearing dates down the line to kind of keep things kicking the can down the street if you will legally judicially while they try the job to tries to gain control on the streets across me and more but by today's example and several days before that's not happening the protesters are still coming out this increasing crackdown by the security forces. potentially right now it needs to be confirmed to more fatalities on wednesday that continues so clearly even though there is that threat of violence the people are still coming out they're still very angry about what happened on february 1st so they're coming out in the risking their lives that they're trying to hold onto power in any way possible it seems like what about the international pressure any sign that it's having an impact at all. not really when you look at the international pressure we look at what the united

nations has been doing what you look at some superpowers the united states even japan has hopped in really trying to distance themselves economically from any company connected to the military in myanmar the u.s. has imposed sanctions the united kingdom has so you know you have those kind of screws being tightened international screws being tightened and it really hasn't had any effect you look at what's going on on the streets today what is believed to possibly have a impact down the line it hasn't happened yet on the regional bloc of 10 nations here in southeast asia they had a meeting yesterday tuesday with the foreign ministers video conferencing to try to deal with the beginnings of dealing with the situation in myanmar there is no definitive statement by the body that came out of it to try to leverage their regional influence in myanmar to try to stop the violence on the streets clearly that hasn't happened today but what observers feel as though that might be

a step down the path where that could ultimately happen in other words myanmar is more likely to hear and react to pressure coming from inside the region than from outside the region now can the international community at large and the regional bloc work together to leverage man more that's something that's possible but again it's going to take quite a long negotiation to get there the major concern for the regional players for the international players is to stop the violence in myanmar and so far that hasn't happened ok scott thank you so much for that update from bangkok and iraq a military facility that is also used by u.s. forces has come under attack multiple rockets have landed on the ins and airbase in anbar province it comes just days after the u.s. president joe biden ordered an air strike on facilities used by iran back groups in syria pentagon says it was retaliation for attacks on american and coalition forces in iraq simona fulton has more from baghdad. the latest rocket attacks on iraq's

western anbar province could be in response to the biden administration's 1st strikes against iranian backed armed groups last week in syria we have had no claim of responsibility so far but these latest attacks on analysts which of course houses many u.s. troops does bear the hallmarks of previous rocket attacks that we have seen which the united states has blamed on the iranian backed armed factions now we have seen several statements come out from these groups over the past few days and they have of course condemned those u.s. strikes against their fighters they have claimed that those fighters are based at iraq's border with syria to protect iraqi soil from iceland they have also called on the iraqi government to condemn those strikes which they see as an attack on iraq the fighters on iraq's sovereignty but of course the iraqi government has not done that last friday the ministry of defense did issue

a statement in which it claimed that it had no involvement in those u.s. strikes that it did not call aberrated the united states on that matter but that statement stopped short of criticizing the united states for its actions and that is that is of course further angered these armed groups who may have then decided to take actions into their own hands now there were no casualties or material damage as a result of today's rocket attacks which is why we don't really expect the united states to immediately retaliate but it remains to be seen whether we will see an increase in these kind of incidents over the next few days especially as pope francis is expected to visit iraq on friday. was facing its worst moments since the coronavirus planned. on shoes they had

surpassed the united states and the daily number of deaths close to 1700 in one day meanwhile intensive care units and more than 2 thirds of state capitals are on the verge of collapse. reports from rio de janeiro. a battle of wills in the midst of tragedy one that has killed more than a quarter of a 1000000 brazilians in a year the 2nd highest death toll in the world local authorities shut down brazil's capital city brasilia to save the health system from total collapse more than 90 percent of intensive care beds are occupied and covert $1000.00 infections are on the rise by. emergency lockdown was met with anger by some who took to the streets shouting we want to work and president. took their sign he threatened to punish governors and mayors who are pushing for lock downs in

curfews by cutting off federal assistance was given to us you know. this from now on the governor who closes his state who destroys jobs will be the one who pays for the emergency aid. but he offered no solution to the health crisis the worst since the beginning of the pandemic 20 out of brazil's $27.00 state capitals have run out of beds in their intensive care units and an estimated 70 brazilians are dying every hour from covert 19 meanwhile vaccines are slow in coming in only 3 percent of the population has been inoculated so far. if we do not stop the outbreak will face a total collapse of the health system we can increase the number of intensive care beds all we want but if the number of infections continues to grow they'll never be enough the only solution is

a forcing nationwide lock down like other countries have imposed with success but here we face a lack of leadership and total denial. several brazilian states and the capital brasilia have been posed restrictions to fight the 2nd wave of the pandemic but here are wary of the janeiro life continues pretty much as usual people are making the most of their summer staying on the big as you can see until nightfall but fears of a 2nd wave in the total lack of unity in fighting the pandemic are affecting business cattle fury says he rarely leaves the house but has decided to enjoy one last night out he's sure things will get much worse before they get better monica not give al-jazeera rio de janeiro. the u.s. states of texas and mississippi are lifting almost all their coronavirus restrictions despite warnings from health officials from next week all businesses

will be able to fully reopen and no one will be required to wear a mask this week the head of the centers for disease control warned against such a rollback saying it could lead to a surge in infections the number of cases in the u.s. has been slowly declining which many attribute to tighter restrictions. i'm issuing a new executive order that rescind most of the earlier executive orders but fact of next wednesday all businesses of any type. are allowed to open 100 percent then include any type of entity in texas also by him in doing this state wide mask mandate. to have an al-jazeera. empty streets and shattered windows how would the u.k. budget how business is battered by the pandemic. victims of another round of drug related violence in mexico the government orders urgent action.

for the perfect jenny. sponsored plan qatar airways hello it's such a cold out across parts of northern europe over the next couple of days it's still a lot of fine and dry weather around to go high pressure across central and eastern parts now all the way up towards a scotland northern parts of the british isles you see this little area cloud that we do have across central and southern parts of france into the western side of the many see the similarity of low pressure as well just rolling across the southwest approaches of england that'll bring some wet weather into wales across southern parts of england and also a good part of northern parts france temperatures at 12 celsius therefore we're at london 17 celsius there for paris with that continues to make its way it across the continent will see what the weather coming in across the low countries across

a good part of germany and temperatures well down so 7 celsius in london at this stage but 12 degrees there for paris further south generally try and show as we do have across the eastern side of the med will gradually clear for the notice some wintry weather there into that western side of russia and still a few showers down towards northeastern parts of spain portugal also seeing some wet weather in that wet weather running across portugal will gradually fade a few showers into northern parts of morocco northern areas. i'll share as we go on through the next couple of days so talking about the wet and cool. sports of paul qatar airways jump into the story there was a lot going on in this show and julian on global community when i thought of all the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are aware be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land

we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear from you in the to be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is there a. by the way on the top stories on al-jazeera this hour local media are reporting that 2 people have been killed at an antique you protest in the city of london another is said to have been killed in gang gone protestors across the country are still defying an escalating crackdown to demand an end to the military takeover. in iraq a military facility that is also used by u.s. forces in anbar province has come under attack multiple rockets have landed on the

i and i said air base just days after the u.s. president joe biden ordered a strike on facilities used by iran by groups in syria. there are calls for a nationwide lockdown after brazil recorded its highest number of deaths from corona virus in a single day more than $1600.00 per presidential year balsa narrow poses further restrictions. the u.k. finance minister is expected to set out his plan for economic recovery in a few hours' time soon x. as the nation's finances are under enormous strain off just supporting millions of people through the pandemic jonah reports from manchester. the economic damage caused by the pandemic is rich in britain's deserted city centers shuttered restaurants shops not everything will emerge intact and nor will the country's region's bounce back at the same pace and last year was a really challenging game for a lot of people. but what it really showed was any inequalities that we had in our

regions they've just widened aware since june 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 flow anyway there are so many hospitality business is even less of a healthy economic environment every struggle to keep going so supply 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 have and 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 got we might now if 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. the director of the f.b.i. has told us senators there is no evidence to support claims that fake trump supporters took part in the scenes at the capitol building on january the 6th christopher a describe the attack as domestic terrorism and promise to hold the rioters to account alan fischer reports from washington d.c. for this is the 1st time christopher reeve has testified before a senate committee since the insurrection at the u.s. capitol 8 weeks ago i was appalled like you at the violence and destruction that we saw that there was appalled that you our country's elected leaders were victimized right here in these very halls that attack. that siege was criminal behavior plain and simple as behavior that we the f.b.i. view is domestic terrorism. some republican senators have claimed among those who

stormed the capitol and to trump agitators supporters bent on causing trouble and idea dismissed under questioning by directory based on your investigation so far do you have any evidence that the capitol of terror was organized by quote fake trump protesters we have not seen evidence of that at this stage certainly christopher ray has been director of the f.b.i. since 2017 he was a donald trump appointee after he fired james komi he says in his time in office he's seen a tripling in the number of cases involving white supremacy that has been the most deadly area of attacks domestically in the past 10 years he also says there's been a dramatic increase in the number of arrests of people who self identify as anarchists. the big question for e was the january 6th attack an intelligence failure by the f.b.i. he pointed to a report sent by

a local field office on january the 5th it was as you noted raw unverified uncorroborated information that had been posted online and my understanding was that that information was quickly as in within an hour. disseminated and communicated with our partners including the u.s. capitol police including metro p.d. not one not 2 but 3 different ways. directory says an internal investigation is underway to see if the f.b.i. could have done more should have been more proactive in protecting lawmakers from threats that were being widely circulated before the attack alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill. rio tinto chairman says he will resign after his mining firm destroyed ancient cables in australia simon thomson is stepping down nearly a year after the mining giant blew up a 46000 year old indigenous site to expand an iron ore mine thomson says he

holds himself accountable for the event because again ladies from camera this has been extremely damaging paul rio tinto his reputation and the significance of what happened here really can't be underestimated these caves with 40 seats 1000 years old and contained some of the oldest boring tools to be discovered in astronomy and rio tinto you knew about their cultural significance when they blew them up so while this is welcome news to many people it will buy some the same as another step in the process of rio tinto are you trying to show you that it is accountable for its actions here in terms of simon thomson stepping down pressure has been building all on him to take personal accountability from environmental activists and

shareholders and that's exactly what he has done in a statement issued by rio tinto to the stock exchange he says that ultimately he is accountable for the actions that did take place that led to the destruction of these caves but one interesting thing here that some indigenous organisations have taken note of is the timeline the national native title council has questioned why simon thomson should be staying in that position until next year given he was in that position and over the civil war the destruction of these caves so these indigenous council is calling for his immediate resignation. voting has begun in pakistan senate election members of the provisional provincial and national assemblies are eligible to vote half of the $104.00 sitting senators are reaching the end of their terms it's a secret vote but prime minister imran khan had wanted the electorate's ballots to

be made public to prevent vote trading a pakistan supreme court rejected that moves come a high there has more from islamabad elections phobe august on the senate our underwear did a better go on dates between the combined opposition known as up august on democratic movement and the august on daddy can solve richard the ruling party the government of god had warned didn't open valid for drunk bear didn't see because india bought the senate elections have been marred by allegations of corruption or if there's a board or didn't order while the buggers gone dead you can solve the ruling party really be a breakthrough emerge as the single largest party where did the houses still really need crucial support from key allies and also correlation partners or indeed all eyes on the senate the prime minister of course are canceling all of the engagements for their day and of course he will be watching this election very

closely it is going to be important to see who emerges from that seed bridge is reserved for its lama bod dead or gone dexters between an extreme minister use a rather gailani and the country's finance minister 3 media workers have been shot dead in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad government officials say the women were all employed by a local television station and he casts t.v. they were on their way home from work when they were killed in 2 separate attacks the shootings over the latest in a wave of attacks targeting journalists activists and civil service workers in recent months eisel has claimed responsibility for the shootings. troops have been sent to the mexican state of jalisco after the latest round of violence linked to a drug gang 13 people have been killed and one of the most violent cartel in the country is being blamed on the reports from mexico city. that. 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. body 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 when suddenly but into the calls are right. on that. last weekend's attack was followed by another shooting 30 kilometers away in lomas the pentagon killing at least 2 people in her lease go even authorities admit the security situation has grown out of control yesterday 13 people lost their lives into multiple home he cites all signs point to organized crime. and he llamas the. one of was a day in response to the increase in violent criminal activity in states like how least want to what do any gun mexico's president announced the deployment of

additional troops from the national guard. ok but he says there already is a presence we will reinforce the presence of the national guard jani in the marines and the armed forces of the states i've instructed this i gave this order a month ago and more elements are already being mobilized. in halley school state experts link the worsening violence to the new generation cartel or c.j. and jeep believed to rival the sin aloa cartel as mexico's dominant drug gang and in recent years violence linked to the police call cartel has spread to new parts of the country the announcement of more national guard troops being sent to hell east coast state. it's 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 nigeria's president is the point troops of the northwest and has imposed a no fly zone over the state as. it's part of an effort to end the wave of mass kidnappings in recent weeks that follows the release of $279.00 schoolgirls kidnapped from a school in some far last friday david also is a defense and security and consultant who specializes in african political instability terrorism and organized crime he's concerned that paying ransoms could encourage more kidnappings. this is becoming embarrassing and you know it would be ridiculous that these kind of much nothing is happening in this day and age and nobody really say anything about it so there is a complicity which the president really needs to address the whole idea the runs has a counterproductive impact we've seen again this is the 6 months now being we

we had about the issues in chibok that cheap you had become corrupt the country and now the gibbet you cannot be so people are complaining that these be given runs full doing the same thing all of what i gave so it's almost like an established industry but if you want a victim and you are a parent you would want your child to be free to respect the oath without iran's on speed or not what is important is that the go to release and as long as the government or the security agencies a lot of these kind of musky not to happen you know with the logistics that it takes then i would advice that you know to do all the right ticks to release them including being a ransom 6 books by the popular children's author and illustrator dr seuss will no longer be published that's because they contain

a racist stereotypes dr seuss's est said the books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong it made the decision after months of consultation with teachers and other experts there was a rush to buy the books after the announcements where the title is rocketing up the amazon bestseller lists. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera we're hearing reports 2 people have been killed at an antique protest the me and maher 2nd largest city of mandalay local media say police backed by soldiers have been trying to break up a demonstration there protesters across the country are still defying an escalating crackdown to demand an end to the military takeover more than 20 people have been killed during weeks of protests most of them in the past week and scotland has more from bangkok some local media sources have.