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them pics in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. we begin in myanmar with reports at least 20 people have now been killed an antique 3 protests and what is now the deadliest day since demonstrations began last month police backed by soldiers fired live ammunition in an attempt to break up demonstrations in a number of cities protest as they are defying an increasingly violent crackdown to demand an end to the military takeover scott hyper reports. new tactics and new equipment for the protesters as the crackdown from myanmar security forces escalates. but despite this wednesday's protest again turned deadly with live ammunition being used along with rubber bullets and stun grenades the protesters now wear helmets use homemade shields and even create smoke

screens themselves to hide from snipers and gunmen. but when the smoke clears the protest barriers their line of defense are gone. in mandalay a regular scene for gatherings during the month of protests they have also increased their protection against the police and military but even with the added measures there is little they can do against live rounds. and in the southern city of da way the red flag of on song and all the party was hoisted images of the military leader men on by pasted on the ground. as the protests continued on wednesday also present when men will face 2 additional charges his lawyer describing what it could mean she'll be bunnies with imprisonment i the description for a time pushed me extended 3 years as a with 50 with. some feel that the charges against women and young songs hoochie are trumped up possibly to prevent them from ever returning to politics despite

women being detained since one degree you don't know doesn't exist was lawyers and his lawyers haven't even received a copy of the child to see the case file so these are fundamental trouble right. on top of everything else so as the protesters continue their stand against the coup on the streets across myanmar their elected leaders are facing their own battle in a judicial system that appears to be working against them scott hodler al-jazeera. well let's bring you some breaking news now the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says he has now opened a formal probe into alleged crimes in the occupied palestinian territories this is a move strongly opposed by israel we'll bring you more on that as we get it. now the u.s. states of texas and mississippi are rolling back coronavirus restrictions despite federal health officials warning them not to do so republican controlled texas is

now the biggest state to end their mosque mandates its governor greg abbott says infections are forming and it's now time to reopen texas 100 percent for the south brazil had its highest single day death toll since the pandemic began nearly 1700 people died on tuesday while many governors and mayors are calling for more restrictions president i able to morrow has said he'll punish states deciding to go into lockdown well in the netherlands there is growing anger at restrictions including a curfew there have been protests enough to several weeks and there is also now been an explosion at a code that 19 testing facility in the u.k. the chancellor has now unveiled the latest budget. has extended emergency aid programs and announces it has announced a tax hike for many businesses well for more on those developments in the united states that's now speech white house correspondent can be how it can be most squaring in the us became so politicized during this pandemic how is all of this

going down in texas. well you know texas is a changing state in terms of its demographics and its politics there would have been a time when this would have been embraced by all texans but now that's changing because largely this is been those that favor no mask no government intrusion as they see it freedom. they tend to be conservative and then on the other side of the political spectrum particularly cities like austin texas and dallas people are less excited about this and this is really as you point out an issue of politics as much as it is about medicine sensually this is an ideology whether you believe that the government should make the choice for you to wear a mask or if this should be an individual choice and so that's what we have going on in texas as well as mississippi and you have to remember too when it comes to the united states it has a unique system of government so the c.d.c. the centers for disease control federal body can recommend that these restrictions

not be lifted but the states have the power into the constitution to completely ignore that advice and that's what's going on now where there becomes some concern is that the argument being made for removing these masks and opening up businesses is that the therapeutics are so good in other words the way to treat it if you catch covert 19 is now effective enough that the risk is much less great then say the risk of mental health of keeping people at home the problem with that argument is that there are many in the south of the united states that don't have the same access to health care but peculiarly when it comes to communities of color and so this puts those populations some argue at higher and greater risk so this is controversial the texas governor refer to his state he says look at we're monitoring this the trend is going in the right direction but if things tick back up in other words if we have 15 percent capacity of hospital beds over a 7 day stretch what will put the restrictions back in place you're talking about

some encouraging numbers that can be and they've been declining all through the united states i mean because they say in a fairly successful and rapid vaccine rollout but i see experts are warning that the numbers are declining because of tighter restrictions potentially rather than the vaccine so is there a worry that the numbers could creep up again. absolutely and so we're going to watch very carefully there is going to be another briefing cope with $1000.00 white house briefing happens on a daily basis in the next hour or so and so we'll see if they have any response or if they've adjusted or even given new numbers that might discourage the states from moving ahead with lifting these restrictions we also know that the white house press briefing is the white house press secretary could be talking about this is well but the bottom line is that the united states feels it's moving ahead the by the administration says look at we're ahead of schedule when it comes to getting these vaccines out by 2 months we now believe that by the end of may that all americans are the adult americans who want this vaccine will be able to get it so

that's why they're asking these states just hang on a little bit longer we're almost there but as i've pointed out it's clear that there are many states that choose to ignore that federal advice white house correspondent candy how it got there across all those developments in the u.s. for us thanks so much. as i was saying britain's. has been setting out his latest budget as the economy that continues to reel from the impact of this pandemic what was originally thought to be a temporary disruption to our way of life has fundamentally altered it people are still being told to stay in homes businesses have been ordered to close found signs of people are in hospital much has changed but one thing has stayed the same on i said i would do what ever it takes i have to and i will do so. well that's paid to worry challenges outside

westminster forest rory some huge challenges had not just the pandemic but also even the really feels very long time ago now. yeah i mean these are these are unprecedented issues that the u.k. is having to deal with at the moment so you could say that of the 2 cove it is significantly more severe in terms of the economic impact it is also i think the government is a more of an act of god essentially the brics it is something of the government's own volition but yeah these are problems that british business is british people are dealing with at the moment certainly bret's it is hitting any company that has a kind of import or export responsibility when it comes down to covert in the government's response so this budget was pretty much about how the government is going to carry on offering the assistance that it has been doing over the last year

into the middle part and beyond 2021 then the 2nd part of the next 3 point plan what's is going to happen to try and correct this huge amounts of public debt that the u.k. has got itself into right now basically public debt is now approaching 100 percent of national income and the last time that that was the case was in the early sixty's we were in a contraction of the economy that the u.k. hasn't seen for 300 years and the government is borrowing more money than it's ever done in peace time before so these are situations that said cannot endure there has to be a correction at some point as we return to normality so he was trying to say that he can do that over the ensuing years and also he was saying he is going to try to restructure the u.k.

economy in some way so that this is a crisis that is not missed you shouldn't miss a good crisis is one of those kind of maxims in politics in economics so he's trying to say that. can come back better than it was before but it's going to take . the crisis management to the initial in the in the near of making sure that those employees who have been furloughed to that they continue to get their wages paid by the government through until september that freelancers or the self-employed can keep on getting their packages of financial assistance that businesses that are starting up again can get loans etc and then after that you can start looking at balancing the budgets again and how you're going to restructure the economy but that is something for the years to come or a challenge there with all the latest for us from westminster thanks so much rory on our india has announced the results of its 1st domestically developed 1000

vaccine baratz biotech says its shot has 81 percent efficacy at preventing symptoms and late stage trials the government struggled to convince health workers to get the vaccine in january when it was approved without that data earlier this week prime minister narendra modi was among those who got himself inoculated with that vaccine while speaking of vaccines worshipers wishing to make the hard to saudi arabia this year will be required to show proof of vaccination the saudi health ministry says being inoculated against hiv in 1000 will be compulsory in order to get a permit to attend to that religious gathering the pilgrimage will take place in july . i'm moving on to other world news and an iraqi military facility that is also used by u.s. forces has come under attack multiple rockets have landed on the base just days after u.s. president joe biden ordered a strike on facilities used by iran backed groups in syria the bases around 180 kilometers northwest of baghdad. now for media workers who were arrested recently

in ethiopia's more than tea great region have been freed no reason was given for their arrest 2 of them were journalists too would translate his access to t.v. gray has been severely restricted since the government launched its military offensive back in november well still ahead here on al-jazeera a 7 year old gal course up in police raids offices are accused of being heavy handed with chile's indigenous mapuche a community. undergoing in the dog newly discovered luminous shocks that could help scientists are not more about life in the depths of the ocean. however whether sloshy fought in try for japan at the moment we have got some wet

weather in the forecast over the next couple of days but currently we've got this must be gary of high pressure dominating proceedings keeping it settled and sunny with some decent warmth about it as well at least as we go on through the next couple days but here comes a change will see western weather coming out of southern china pushing across the east china sea south korea saying some showers longer spells affright and that west the weather karate making its way across southern parts of the whole machine through q. issue ahead of that temperatures in tokyo getting up to a very agreeable 80 degrees celsius it will cool off through the weekend fair not but a dry weather warming up there in sioux where the korean peninsula by this state 16 celsius in seoul is really not too bad here so watch as well across a good part of south asia largely clear skies we have got a few showers across northern parts of the region some showers there just rotting horse northern pakistan wintry mix that just around the foothills of the himalayas pushing across northern parts of india bhutan also seeing some showers but they go

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hello again i'm just on the attainder that's remind you about top stories this hour there are reports 20 people have now been killed in wednesday's and t.q. protests and miasma security forces fired live ammunition in an attempt to break up demonstrations that took place in several cities. the chief prosecution of the international criminal court says she's opened a formal probe into alleged war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza this is a move strongly opposed by israel. the u.k. chancellor ritchie student has extended a scheme to protect workers' income until september he's been laying out the new budget and has promised to do whatever it takes to achieve economic recovery including a tax hike for businesses. german media reporting the opposition alternative for

germany party that's the a if he is being put under state surveillance it's suspected of links to what officials are calling far right extremism germany's intelligence agencies already put the party's youth wing under surveillance back in 2019 the government is refusing to confirm or deny the station's reports the f.d.a. is the biggest opposition party in parliament and this move comes ahead of general elections that are set for september 26th well rio tinto as chairman has announced he will step down after the australian mining company destroyed ancient aboriginal rock shelters last year the sacred caves were blasted despite warnings of their cultural significance and as nicholas cage reports there is pressure on the mining giant to do more. this video shows the irreversible damage caused by rio tinto when it blew up the ancient you can go or drop caves in australia's remote pilbara region. countries be disappearing. nearly a year on after pressure from investors its chairman simon thomson has announced he

won't seek reelection as a board director saying he's ultimately accountable for the caves destruction but he won't be leaving until next year and there coles for him to step down immediately. started thomson was one that i just say i am a coach at that and the. exploration which i am ready to pay the $1.00 that actually you know it's late 3 for. the rock caves contained evidence of human activity 46000 years ago as well as some of the oldest examples of boeing tools in australia rio tinto as chief executive john sebastian jacques has already quit along with other executives some are saved significant payouts despite being forced to leave i believe that there are still some on the board who should be reflecting very carefully about their role in the actions subsequent to the destruction of

cape and gold in the enabling of that culture other companies have also been accused of damaging aboriginal heritage slots in australia without the permission of traditional owners the western australian government has promised to update indigenous heritage laws that allowed for rio tinto to legally destroy this you can go it caves we want to shift the power dynamic we want to put some control back in the nation's paper today and have a stand by what happens here each of reaction kerry jeanette country rio tinto says it's taking steps to change its processes and approach to cultural heritage gauge al-jazeera. well as i was saying earlier the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says he's opened a formal probe into alleged war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza let's discuss this more with our correspondent harry force that he's in west jerusalem for us harry there's been talk of this potentially for some time so this doesn't

come as a massive surprise right. no and indeed since the the 3 panel of judges the 3 judge panel made its decision last month that as far as it was concerned the criteria had been met for such investigation to go ahead this is the formal confirmation of that investigation and even before that had been in the works for well over a year with the the work of the the lead investigator for the burn sort of who since been replaced she had been trying to get this investigation off the ground for some time in its investigation which would cover both the actions of israel especially during the 2014 war but also more broadly in gaza that is also more broadly within the occupied west bank it would also cover the actions of hamas as well it how was the decision last month already brought

a good deal of criticism from the israeli government from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu accused the court of being politicized institution of course it was hit with sanctions by the trump administration which the indications are going to be unpicked by the by did ministration but the new presidency in the united states is also set out its opposition to such investigation taking place however a very different message coming from the palestinians just as you came to me i got the the official palestinian state a statement coming from the ministry of foreign affairs saying that it welcomes the decision by the i.c.c. prosecutor to pursue the investigation and that the situation the state of palestine this is a long awaited step that serves palestine's tireless pursuit of justice and accountability it says so that is the message coming from the p.l.o. and we're expecting a very different reaction from israel and we'll be across that for you here on al-jazeera herefore set there for us in leicester eastern with all the latest

thanks so much. now a state of siege could be declared by chile's government in a region that's home to the indigenous people president sebastian pinera is currently seeking approval for tougher anti-terrorist legislation that would cover the central southern area called. he is saying it's to help with armed groups who are carrying out attacks on america at least in yemen has more now from the capital santiago. but these images show some more than $800.00 police intelligence officers carrying out an unprecedented rate in south central chile in an area dominated by indigenous mup which is. on this farm police searching for marijuana were tapped by an adult a fight gunman. one of the officers was killed although his death dominated national news it wasn't the only violence that took place that day these photos show police operatives using what human rights experts call illegitimate use of

force and abuse against minors here the target was the 7 year old daughter of my pooch activist comedian got the young gun he was killed 2 years ago by special forces police her mother and grandmother were also thrown face down to the ground and detained if the missed me gee maybe this is not an exceptional or isolated case it's part of institutional violence practiced against the mapuche a people in which children are also victims police intelligence director italy spinosa denies that the child was detained and insists the chilean police don't mistreat minors but all of the little oh rather well that was. but this recording of a map which a teenager reportedly being grabbed by police suggests otherwise you can hear the girl being told to get killed if she doesn't shut up. the prosecutor is now

investigating charges of alleged police abuse against minors on the day of them. grade but with the government now under strong pressure to declare a state of siege in the rest of region a lot of people are afraid that things will get worse in fact the army has already been given the go ahead to carry out roles in the area alongside special forces police. you know. the situation today's of uncertainty and fear for the safety of the children. honestly 1000000 says the violation of the polluted children's human rights is an intergenerational problem in the media the children will yesterday experience violence from the state the parents of the children experiencing it today so the job of ripper ation and reconciliation is very complex. the sharp increase in attacks by an identified armed groups who claim to fight for my land rights has taken the conflict in southern chile to

a new level. and with no solution in sight a new generation of children is growing up with violence fear and anger you see in human al-jazeera santiago now reports in japan say the government is planning on stopping international spectators from attending the summit lympics in order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus david starts has. the tokyo game starts in 5 months but now seemed destined to take place without overseas friends a japanese newspaper is reporting that the government has already made up its mind as it looks to allay the fears of an increasingly skeptical public about hosting a medical lobel health crisis a final decision is expected within the month meanwhile the international olympic committee says it's trying to get as many participants as possible vaccinated before the games although it's not mandatory a considerable number of. national olympic committees.

already secured the talk you're very soon asian not all athletes will take up the offer jamaican sprinter you know how like earlier this week said he'd rather miss the games than get the vaccine but others like german canoeists brendel are prepared to do whatever it takes to get to tokyo. to the cave workers should get their vaccines 1st so the sporting world doesn't want to shove its way to the front of the queue but of course it would make it a lot easier for us as far as preparations go. here randall competed at both the london and rio olympics and won 3 gold medals he's expecting a very different type of games this time around in fact as a start i assume that it will happen without fans and there will likely be no olympic village but we've all been told that it's happening and this is really important for a lot of the disciplines. back in tokyo the games organizing committee has now ratified the appointment of 12 new female members which means 42 percent of the

board and now women the change was prompted by the committee's new president seiko how she moto she took over last month after her predecessor resigned of a sexist comments is unique as you have a school the new council is now formed of experts but rich experience in many different fields including academics with insight on gender equality and also medical experts. to enhance our coded 19 protocols to lead the games to a success with diversity we also have people from the i knew tribe more than ever but this is where idea of opinions can be reflected in the management of the games . when her new look organizing committee have their work cut out with lots of questions still hanging over the games and only 142 days to come up with the answers david stokes al-jazeera. now a japanese billionaire is looking for 8 people to join him on a trip to the moon on board a space x. flight in 2023 you saw who my is alice says he'll pay for the entire journey and

wants to recruit people from all kinds of backgrounds and what he's calling the day american mission is a fashion mogul and also an odd collector he was named as space x. as a fast private passenger to the marine 2 years ago those interested have until march 14th to apply where scientists have discovered 3 new varieties of shock that can glow in the dark the numinous fish were found by scientists during a survey off the east coast of new zealand now these sharks live in the deep sea with very little light gets in earlier i spoke to one of them sure and he's the lead researcher on the shark project and also a research associate at the national science foundation of the university of nevada he explains the significance of this discovery. to shout out glowing because you know if you are living and are living below 200 meter the 200 meter of deaths you still have to have seemed a moment of light i mean from the surface so. there is

a bluish atmosphere down there decreasing but if you are swimming in that bluish muster and you have a predictor which is below you even east looking at the surface you will see the shadow of your body and then only knows that the food is ready in picture book you but if you produce and you can see it on those image blue lights eventually of course you disappear because you are bluish on a blue light surrounding you and that's the main purpose of the sharks bonus and we believe we just just discovered a pattern of light emission the shaft was no need of family containing some new new stuff some new new species but we didn't know at all that they are producing an underdog and the reason why i used to italy unknown for dish are for another shark goodness i'm not so easily i do know this line which is there close

to good also if you but has no spine so why is a glowing underdog an underdog so things we don't know so we still have question marks and still have research to do to understand maybe there is a difference between male and female and they can signal then each other we don't know. had an affair out of they are there for the headlines the international criminal court as opening a formal probe and alleged war crimes in the occupied west bank and gaza the palestinian authority welcomed that announcement calling it a long awaited step towards justice it's a move strongly opposed by israel there are reports.