protesters in me and mourn the dead after the bloodiest day so far and voter continue marching against the military coup. and more about this and this is all just there are live from doha also coming up rights violations in ethiopia that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity the u.n. human rights chief calls for immediate access to the t.v. region. fears of a new threat security is ramped up in washington d.c. and u.s.

politicians cancel a session amid reports of a plot to breach congress. has made history. excitement turns to despair and for a 3rd time elon musk's test of an unmanned rocket ends in flames. dusters are back on the streets across me in a day after $38.00 people were killed in the worst crackdown since the coup the u.n. says the actual death toll since the military took power over a month ago may be much higher than reported what this is say they saw soldiers firing into crowds with little warning a former u.n. envoy to me and more has told al jazeera the tactics adopted by the security forces are terrorists like scott highly reports. like thousands of others justin

nicknamed angel went out to protest on the streets of mandalay on wednesday less than 24 hours later people gathered for. a funeral she had been shot in the head. according to the un angel was one of 38 protesters who died at the hands of myanmar security forces the most killed in a single day since the coup on february 1st aid agency save the children says 4 of the dead were children. in yangon bodies were identified and collected by family members this neighborhood of the country's largest city saw the heaviest death toll on wednesday there are reports that security forces opened up with live ammunition on the unarmed protesters without warning. but the protesters continued to put pressure on the on thursday again building barricades to block the security forces as they prepare for another day of protests young dealy is the former u.n.

special repertory for myanmar she and 2 other experts have started a council to track the situation after the coup the behavior is the actions of this so called. are. terrorists like behaviors they have. and on high and high rise buildings around town buildings they are right they meet and shooting at. civilian populations is a question and she said that the international community needs to acknowledge the military's actions as being comparable to terrorism un. they should really be ashamed of what they've done we not done you know they haven't been hearing to the un charter to protect and to restore it right to maintain to secure peace in order. and the security council has have really not done its job

. she went on to say that china and russia has veto power in the un security council is obstructing action that needs to be taken in myanmar so far the council has voiced concern but has not condemned what's happened since the coup but there will be a further test of that on friday as another security council meeting has been called to discuss the crackdown on protesters this week it's got harder now to 0 out when zones the executive director of the me and my institute for peace and security he's joining us by skype from yangon is good to have you with us on al-jazeera when you and i were talking a few weeks ago about the situation you were explaining the protesters determination to keep on keep pressure on the military john to when a few weeks down the line we've seen an increase in violence we've seen deaths and we've seen an increasing number of people getting injured as well how are people feeling about this now. where people are very angry at the security forces especially our military and police people with less. the crackdown and the

use of force people fell very unproportionate to the. peaceful protests just the other hand the rejean appeared to be quite determined to use force to crack it down while we saw all of the major troop movements on. shrubbery 26 to major cities to read to see existing security forces and a nationwide crackdown started on february 28th and we noticed although the number of protest and the number crossed because of smaller people remained defiance in major cities and the military also continued the crackdowns so it seems like that both sides are in a difficult situations and the really sad for the country that it seems like we may see more bloodshed in coming days as we saw pictures recently

of one medical team being attacked by security forces because they've been helping demonstrators the u.n. rights chief michelle bachelet has just been reporting at least 29 journalists have aponte been arrested in recent days how concerned are you that support for the protest is going to start to thin out as people get more scared. you know right now the arrest speed taking place talca teen the leaders and organizers of the protests so usually what happened was the security forces rounded up the protests in the daytime and they kept them all night and in the investigate them and usually they release some protester who are not. the organizers but the continue to raid places where the thought the organizers may be hiding as well so are we also. see that some of the

journalists are also a arrested some of them were released as well so it's a difficult to define my the extent because of the lookee situations but one thing what we can tell is there really is quite different might you break it down and talk it to the organizers of the protest and also the leaders of the deal who would take you part in the parallel government challenging the regime we've heard a lot about the international criticism of what's been going on in me and mark but at the moment a lot of it seems to be words it just seems to be rhetoric what would the protesters want to see from the international community in terms of actual action against the military john to in me and mine. they are like a widespread call for the united nations at all in the end all.

but the same time the protest court in patience at the united nations in egypt ability to act decisively on b.m.r. crisis so they are dead or so understanding among some of the opposition they. are disaffected people have to take on by their own rather than relying on the international community's. is executive director of the me and maher institute for peace and security we appreciate you being with us on al-jazeera thank you thank you the u.n. human rights chief has urged the ethiopian government to let monitors into t.v. great to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michel bussell a says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing in the region if the opi declared victory after launching an offensive against the people's liberation

front in november well it's cost them our home web who's in nairobi for us it's a bit hard to get any information about that region do we know what's happening on the ground welcome. well since the government officially declared its military action over in december there's been a steady trickle of information coming out of there and a growing number of allegations of atrocities against all of the size of all of the different forces involved just last week rights group amnesty international published a report in which he said according to dozens of testimonies said the eritrean and ethiopian military responsible for an indiscriminate shelling in the town of axum and it said the eritrean troops were subsequently responsible for a massacre of civilians there that took place in late november also in the town of mike we heard initially reports of militia aligned with the tea p.l.f.

massive growing civilians and then later reports of counter massacres on the part of militia aligned with the government side and also growing reports of systematic and widespread sexual violence particularly against women and girls but as you said limited access for human rights researchers and for the press just in the last couple of weeks the ethiopian government did allow some access to some international media organizations but following those assignments many of the journalists connected with those organizations or their translators were rounded up by the military and detained most of them are now being released but it still raises very serious questions about the restrictions of access to the press in the region the level of violence that the region appears to have seen and also i believe there are reports that people are getting close to starvation in certain

certain areas for one reason and another maybe you could talk to us about that is there any sense that aid can get to these people to help them with the injuries that they've suffered and to give them food aid as well. well there is some access to some humanitarian organizations and they are built to able to reach some of the people that they say they need to just a few days ago the un's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs said that access is inadequate that the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate that about a 1000000 people are in need of food assistance and certainly the tune from the change from the government possibly since february when the new u.s. administration came to power the biden administration it certainly talked a lot more about opening up access to humanitarian organizations but according to

those humanitarian organizations the access is still woefully inadequate marcum thanks very much indeed that's marcum webb in nairobi. and u.s. house of representatives session on thursday is reported to have been canceled because of fears of a possible attack it's 8 weeks since the world witnessed the storming of the capitol by supporters of donald trump law enforcement officials have faced criticism in congress because help did arrive for hours reports from washington d.c. . there's been tight security around capitol hill since the day the complex was attacked high fences research national guard backing up several police services know there's to be increased security after the f.b.i. and others picked up reports of another possible breach the idea is donald trump will be installed as president on march 4th the date of the fust inaugurations in the u.s. until it was changed in 1933 the rumor spread on conspiracy websites understocked

of a protest to back it up the current security posture for the capitol and he wants we are working with law enforcement partners as well as the national guard to provide a robust security around the campus of course that security posture in the air we have an outer perimeter as well as an outer new security measures announced as the senate tries to figure out what went wrong on january the 6th the latest to give evidence the head of the national guard in washington major general william walker says local officials are frantically played for help he called the pentagon for approval to send troops a final decision inexplicably delayed by don't trust team at the pentagon i learned at the u.s. army senior leadership at the request of the approval for chief signs we quest would eventually come from the acting secretary of defense and be relayed to me by

army senior leaders and 508 pm about 3 hours and 19 minutes later as congress continues to investigate an intelligence failure which field to support the threat on january the 6th one leading f.b.i. figure insisted there was nothing concrete to act on none of us had any intelligence suggested individuals were going to storm and reach the capitol and that was the intelligence that we lacked. and with the new threat a warning of why defenses are being increased anytime an adversary a successful others pay attention and so we're worried that this would be an inspiration capitol police say the threat has been assessed through increased internet chatter but there's nothing to suggest that there's any group ready to head to washington d.c. with a plan of protest or violence but after january the 6th no one is ready to don't play the threat or take the risk of getting it wrong alan fischer al jazeera on capitol hill still ahead on al-jazeera germany's chancellor lays out

a cautious path out of lockdown after months of tough restrictions. and covert comics the artists capture and the ups and downs of life under quarantine. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways there's been rain developing and moving through both china and japan recently the cloud coming across the korean peninsula so it's rain on friday for southern japan and that circulation might just catch tokyo as well and there's more rain to come through central and southern china the temperatures further north have improved or markedly recently but they're about to go down once more northerly blasts will drop

temps down to single figures throughout much of japan the korean peninsula and northern china but probably that low limit is shanghai where 11 is going to be where you stick tokyo for example drops down to 11 by the time we get to sunday and the rain runs through the sun will come out afterwards. little to talk about over india to be honest there is a hint of a westerly disturbance just coming across probably afghanistan than the far north of pakistan which disturbs the air but otherwise we're still talking about a lot of morning mist and some persistent fog and poor air quality a few showers in sri lanka no more than that but i think as always the case when you just the air with this wesley westerly development westerlies turbans you tend to improve air quality so it starts off fairly poor but couldn't misandry in delhi on sunday therefore better. sponsored paul qatar airways.

amidst destruction and despair a group of friends resist. rescuing books from the rubble they build a refuge for freedom and democracy. a secret library of hope from which they endeavor to rewrite their story and that of their country. to witness. a library and a bombs on al-jazeera. we want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour a funeral is being held in me and more for one of $38.00 demonstrators killed on the weapon state and 2 protesters are back on the streets across the country after

the most violent day of theirs into struct. the u.n. human rights chief reserves ethiopia's government to let monitors into t. great to investigate the courts of abuses that could abound to war crimes he says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing. the latest u.s. house of representatives session is being counseled reportedly because of fears of an attack security has been ramped up since donald trump supporters stormed the capitol building in january. the head of the world nuclear watchdog is speaking now on iran that i felt grossi says the i.a.e.a. will hold talks with iran in april said bega is live for us in iran i said earlier on britain france and germany scrapped a u.s. backed plan for the international atomic energy agency the i.a.e.a. is bored to pass a resolution that would have criticized iran what kind of a response is iran going to make to that. well it will be welcomed by the

government president hassan rouhani earlier in the week spoke with his french counterpart president emanuel he warned that any and constructive moves. against iran would result in new challenges and further complicate the matter now we've had the foreign ministry spokesman come out just now saying that this is a result of diplomatic efforts so the government very much use this as a diplomatic victory because they are under a lot of pressure inside here in iran the parliament which is led by conservatives have heavily criticized president hassan rouhani and his government in fact the deal that was struck with the i.a.e.a. last month for that 3 month window that suspension of those additional protocols which restricted some of the. actions inside iran the parliament had said that the president hasn't rouhani had acted illegally or wanted to refer the matter to the judiciary and that situation is only calmed down when it emerged that the highest

levels inside iran meaning the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini had actually given the green light for that so the reformists led by president hassan rouhani will use this as a victory a diplomatic victory but the conservatives will say deal only reason the europeans back down was because out of fear of retaliatory action by iran because if that motion had been passed president hasn't rouhani feared that the parliament may say that that 3 month deal with the i.a.e.a. would no longer be on the table which would make any further diplomatic talks very very difficult to moving away from each other but iran is still adamant that any talks can take place unless the united states lifts those sanctions or sanctions that were imposed by previous u.s. president donald trump. thank you very much indeed as i said talking to us from.

yemen southern separatists say a car bomb has killed and injured people they've exploded in aden and is said to hit security forces of the u.a.e. backed southern transitional council medical experts in canada are recommending 4 months between coronavirus vaccinations so more people will be able to receive a 1st dose their advice applies to inoculations using vaccines made by pfizer downa and astra zeneca but critics say extending periods between doses is an experiment with unproven consequences canada's one of the countries with the largest number of vaccines ordered or capita but it is experiencing shortages for its rollout. well our jammies agreed a plan to gradually relax coronavirus restrictions chancellor angela merkel and state leaders were in talks for 9 hours of wednesday working on a step by step plan technicians measures on monday people will be allowed to gather in groups of up to 5 months some shops and the open collar support for instructions

as fallen but curbs will be reimposed if infection rates shoot up kate has more. after america than talks with ministers presidents and other american presented a plan which points a way out of the pandemic for millions of people around this country many people who've been hoping for an easing of the lock downs that are in place for been in place for many months but in agreeing that it should be a way out when numbers fall to the requisite level angle america was very clear that although there is going to be an easing there will also be the need potentially for an emergency brake to be brought in in places where the incidence reaches a particular number this is how she presented this plan when you think the off go deputy going down out task now as politicians and this is what we discussed over many hours is to take the next steps wisely that the state should be reopening

without ceasing ourselves back during this pandemic there are many examples in europe of a dramatic there'd wave and we shouldn't delude ourselves this danger also exists for us we must always keep this in mind yes i can say that the spring of 2021 will be different from the spring of a year ago some elements in german industry have reacted with dismay to parts of the plan particularly as it refers to the emergency brake that may be imposed in areas where the infection rates reach a particular threshold there's also questioning going on in germany about the vaccine program about the speed with which it's being administered people pointing to the. astra zeneca vaccine i asked angela merkel has said that she believes that maybe it would be safe to administer it to those over the age of $65.00 remembering of course that she herself is over the age of 65 these are all issues which are definitely being debated in this country and indeed in parliament on thursday the

parliament is hearing from all sides about vaccination strategies and how the government intends to go forward combating the pandemic brazil's most populous state is to close all non-essential businesses for 2 weeks as the country registers a record number of corona virus deaths for a 2nd straight day sao paulo's governor says the health system is at breaking point with a patient being admitted to intensive care every 2 minutes brazil recorded nearly 2000 deaths and more than 17000 infections on wednesday driven by a variant that originated there. loyalist paramilitary groups in northern ireland of told british prime minister bowlers jones and their temperate oddly withdrawing support for the peace deal they say it's because trade and commerce between northern ireland and britain has been disrupted by brags that the 1900 good friday agreement ended the 3 decade conflict between catholic nationalists and protestant

unionists. it's been 3rd time unlucky for billionaire in the last september's sort of successful test flight of his latest walker's prototype starship exploded a day after applications opened for the 1st commercial flight to the moon and reports lately. personally i also plan has made history it looks like a successful test flight for space x.'s next generation rocket that was until this . point. it's not clear what went wrong. the private american space firm launched a giant rocket a few minutes earlier. after a high altitude to test flight the 10 starship prototype or s n 10 touchdown in the u.s. state of texas the company called it a beautiful soft landing with its billionaire founder evo musk praising the fact it

landed in one piece 2 previous prototypes crashed into the ground. but space x. remains confident that starship will eventually replace its existing felt can rockets and become the world's 1st reuse of all space vehicle. any type of engineering feat where you are not only developing news happy potions system but a new type of few shalosh has so many testing boundaries that have to occur and say it's not emphasizing that we have seen that he cut a play out in real time but it is a good thing having set nasa astronauts into orbit last year space x. also has ambitious plans for commercial flights the 1st civilian lunar mission known it's promised a lunar excursion for japanese billionaire yes. on a starship and 2023 myself i began accepting applications for 8 others to join him

a day before the failed flight test on thursday. when i learned the name of the key to basic i want to reach out to a wider more diverse audience to give more people across the world the opportunity to join this journey. if space x. is successful private spaceflight will be the world's 1st and despite the latest failure musk says he's optimistic you'll be able to send passengers to the moon mars and beyond. to our jazeera. well i think it's fair to say that many of us around the world have felt a roller coaster of emotions over the past year sorrow joy loneliness and heartache are all feelings captured in a new comic book about life in quarantine that draws in the experiences of more than 70 artists from around the globe. reports from new york. a dystopian future vision of a plague read world a depiction of life as an asian american being blamed for the virus spread to

a hopeful message of renewed friendship during last year's lockdowns just some of the stories that make up this quarantine life a new collection of comic strip art depicting life during the coven 1000 pandemic the anthology was the brainchild of steve walker a comic instructor at the art students league of new york in may last year he put out a call to artists for their stories of this most unusual of times what surprised me about the entries were. just the breath of the work the amount of detail and love that people put into their work the the amount of craft that we got shown on you know on the page was really incredible some of the stories are vignettes on the humdrum of coron teen like this one about remote learning and several deal with the issue of shopping but there are also more sinister tales

looking at the power of conspiracies and even tender stories like the final one by about having a newborn child during lockdown every artist was dealing with the pandemic differently from feelings of extreme loneliness or anxiety. but working on the stories you. i could see that and then you would lift the lid and you've got the sense of hope underlying everything to cover work was provided by a new york artist whose work is a commentary on artists in quarantine at the very height of the pandemic in spring last year you'll see little islands with with artists on them like in their own bubbles and the sea between them is failed with these screens at least screens that are filled with like really awful scary news. that's how i felt at the pipe available as a free download the anthology provides many different perspectives on

a shared world history gabriels john doe. new york the world's 1st dedicated platypus refuge will be established in australia to rescue the animals from climate disasters so long as announced it's going to build the facility in dubosc to provide emergency care to the duckbilled mammals it can house up to 65 platypuses the premises will also be used as a research facility to study their reproductive biology. this is a disease where these are the top stories of funerals being held in me and more for one of 38 demonstrators killed on wednesday protesters a back on the streets across the country after the most violent day of the zones is cracked the un says the actual death toll says the military took power over a month ago may be much higher than the poor.