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capitol after intelligence reports of a militia prod to storm the building again last russia. has made history. excitement turns to despair for a 3rd time iran mosques tests of an unmanned rocket ends in flames. thank you for joining us the u.n. human rights chief has urged ethiopia's government to let monitors into t. gray it wants to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes michelle says killings and sexual violence are reported to be taken place in the northern region ethiopia declared victory after launching an offensive against the tea great people's liberation front in november malcolm webb has the latest from nairobi. in the weeks and months that have followed the declaration of victory that

came from the the open government at the beginning of december more information's been coming out and a growing number of reports of atrocities committed by all of the different forces involved in the conflict just last week the rights group amnesty international published a report it said that based on dozens of testimonies of people that in the town of axum in late november said that eritrea and ethiopia and forces were responsible for indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas of the town and then it said that eritrea and troops had entered the town and massacred about $800.00 men the civilian men and teenage boys eritrea has previously denied that its troops are integrated but that contradicts numerous reports that have come from there it also refuted the city's report the government of ethiopia has said that it is investigating various reports of rights abuses across the region humanitarian

organizations do have some access to some of the people they say they need to help in some areas but they say that that access is inadequate just a few days ago the un's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs was saying that the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate they say about a 1000000 people are in need of food support provino some to shiny is a spokeswoman for the un human rights are face she says they need to be accountability from the field and government. we as well as several other organizations have managed to establish you know through corroborating information that eritrean troops have indeed been involved in many of the most severe violations of human rights that have taken place on the ground including extra judicial killings on the ground right now unfortunately there are no independent human rights monitors the high commissioner for human rights has been pushing for

independent access for us for the un human rights office to the to gray region so that we are able to carry out an objective assessment of the facts on the ground failing that all we are seeing is very serious allegations and reports and blanket denials and finger pointing on all sides seen reports of quite a strong case is quite a quite a lot of cases of sexual and gender based violence we haven't we've received reports of some 136 cases of rape that have been reported but of course you as you may be aware in cases of sexual violence the number of figures that are actually reported tend to be the tip of the iceberg because many of these cases do not go reported we're also seeing door to door searches of individuals we are seeing continued killings and continued fighting is in many parts of to agree what we are seeing so far is that there is limited access humanitarian organizations need to be

able to establish that the aid is actually reaching those who need it most human rights organizations need to be able to establish the facts on the ground to be able to help towards accountability for these violations. to senegal now where supporters of the leading opposition figure go has been fighting with police in the capital the car they've been demanding his release after sancho was arrested for taking part in an unauthorized rally he was due to appear in court to face a rape charge that he denies and says is politically motivated and speak to our correspondent in the car nicholas hock and make the there were some tense scenes earlier in the contest about the situation right now have things calmed down a bit. still very much the same here this is one of the major arteries of the capital the road called shaken to jump and look right behind me police and gears still in front of the university and in the distance protesters throwing rocks this is true on this side as well as behind me there today since

opposition leader has been arrested in still the security forces have not been able to enter the university premises in there are demonstrators that supports suncor they say they'll continue these protests in these demonstrations and till he is freed he's currently being held inside a police station that's being guarded by the military such is the level of violence and fear that has come on to the streets. of the capital the car here this is very unusual fully this country doesn't usually have riots like this and so it has really brought the capital to a standstill fully indeed very unusual scenes for the car nick was due to appear in court to face a rape charge that he says is politically motivated tell us a bit more about him and the kind of influence he ha ha's in.

so. stand by. the police are still charging here behind me i'm sorry fully response on cocaine 3rd in the presidential election he's seen as the political outsider giving voice to the voiceless and he's very popular among young people specifically those that you see inside the university and that have been badly affected by a year of pandemic and restrictions imposed by the government and so that's why you have so many young people that support him he's also been very outspoken in regards to the level of corruption he sees in the government accusing the for instance the brother of the president of corruption corruption around the contracts of oil and gas and so we've seen since the arrest it was months on that his supporters have targeted specifically french companies like a supermarket chain or the gas station total that have been burned down through the

night that's because some court has been quite vocal about this relationship that he accuses the government to have with france the former colonial power and also french companies but there's also behind all of this are people who are just frustrated with this year where there has been such restrictions put on to them public gatherings have been banned people here most of them live on the day to day business basis earning 2 dollars a day with the restrictions put in place they haven't been able to go out and earn a living so there's a lot of pent up frustration towards the government and there's a sense for the protestors that they're not being heard or represented by the government and so the demonstrators that we spoke to say they'll continue this protest movement they'll continue rioting in till we sponsor is freed and until their voices are heard fully nicholas thank you very much for that nick hockey's our correspondent into costs and. in myanmar protesters were back on the streets

across the country on thursday a day after 13 people were killed in the worst crackdown since last month school the u.n. says the actual death toll since the military took over a month ago may be much higher than reported when mrs say they saw soldiers firing into crowds with little warning scott hi there 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 her 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 giant 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 behaviors the actions of this so-called military. are. terrorists like behaviors they have snow. and on high and high rise buildings around tall buildings they are a me and shooting at. civilian population this 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 to maintain order 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 concerns 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 scott hyder al-jazeera. and there are reports that u.s. capitol police have requested an extension for the national guard state program and security agencies in washington are on high alert following threats that extremist groups are planning a new attack on the capitol building as is u.s. house of representatives session has been canceled because of those concerns

followers of the bank can on conspiracy theory believe march 4th is a day donald trump will return to the presidency that speak to casseroles outside capitol hill for so heidi. tell us 1st about these reports that u.s. capitol police have requested this extension for the national guard to remain at the capitol building what more do we know. well this request wasn't a surprise fully there have been 5200 some national guard troops who have been protecting the u.s. capitol complex since january 6th the day of that rioting and you can still see those troops standing guard today this new request coming from the capitol police is being made to the pentagon for these troops to remain in place here for an additional 2 months originally the plan had been for them to end this deployment on march 12th in 8 days' time but given the continued security threats the high

temperature of discourse within the united states again it's comes as no surprise that this request has been made for the troops to remain here longer of course their presence though not likely to be something that's permanent they're still sort of the bandage the banded aid solution to this given that there has been obvious focus on the need for more permanent security measures around the u.s. capitol with a draft report on how to do that pending now that will soon be delivered to congress some of the ideas being suggested are hiring some 2000 more capitol police officers to guard this complex as well as lawmakers offices across the country as well as a smaller but very localized force of national guard troops who have you be part of a rapid response team that could almost instantly take into action whenever a new threat is assessed tell us about the atmosphere around the capital today

heidi and do you get a sense that this heightened sense of security is going to be the new a normal now. right well today march 4th in the original us constitution was supposed to be when the president is inaugurated that was done away with 88 years ago and now you're a should move to january but the extremists among the supporters have seized on today's date as again another a last hope in their eyes of donald trump returning to washington and returning to the white house that is obviously a conspiracy theory nowhere at all rooted in fact trump is still in florida likely on his golf course for the day but that is part of the the lore that has been feeding the extremist chatter which led to that intelligence report that there was a far right extremist militia group that had been planning to breach the capitol

today well it's already past midday here in washington and there has been no indication of any sort of street protest whatsoever but of course the security forces here are not taking any chances after obviously being caught so flat footed 2 months ago and that's why you're seeing this increased security presence also lawmakers in the state capitol they rush through their business late last night in order to have everything done and not have to be in session today although house speaker nancy pelosi the top democrat in the house said earlier today that the reason they moved this timeline wasn't to just because of the thread she certainly didn't want to give encouragement she said to the trouble makers who may have thought they could change the scheduling of u.s. government business she said it was also a matter of expediency in order to have the republicans move forward to their virtual conference but as to whether or not this is the new norm it certainly is as far as the heightened security posturing whether or not you'll continue to see then

seeing and barbed wire and soldiers that may not be so visible prominently into the future but whether it's to the naked eye or behind the scenes this building the people's house behind me will certainly be more guarded far into the future thank you heidi for that update how does your cost your live in washington. and still ahead on al-jazeera dispute we'll have more on why loyalist paramilitary groups in northern ireland every now and the good friday agreement and calm comics the artists capturing the ups and downs of life under quarantine. once again it's time for the levant to not feel quite as dire says it could do this bit of a blast coming in front of clouds and show focusing more on maybe lebanon syria and

the far north of iraq this is jury exists in the whole lot is moving east was leaving the sunshine behind a bit of a breeze the same time interesting quite a strong breeze down through the gulf that'll be the start of a sham wow which will affect the weather all the way from kuwait down towards the u.a.e. so particularly dusty one but it will at least be windy otherwise it's sunshine as you can see going to change take place i think in northern turkey come saturday that's cold air coming out of europe. now we have seen attempts at circulation in the mozambique channel mis is the picture on the day this is a forecast chart and we expect this thing not to form into a proper tropical anything really just a low but it will increase the rain to potentially flood levels on the western side of madagascar market across from the capital as well it's red place of mystery but this is particularly heavy rain now given it's going in that direction it's leaving

behind just a rush of a few showers from mozambique and a good part of zimbabwe's zambia and even south africa had over adjacent countries where you look at dry and fine weather. frank assessments the world is on the brink of a catastrophic model failure is that a fair assessment you could be a catastrophic failure to twice valuable back saying informed opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on outages iraq.

welcome back a recap of our top stories on his iraq the u.n. human rights chief has urged ethiopia's government to net monitors in duty great to investigate reports of abuses that could amount to war crimes commission says killings and sexual violence are reported to be ongoing in the northern region in senegal supporters of the leading opposition figure it was months on call have been fighting with police in the capital the car there demanding his release up he was arrested for taking on an unauthorized to run. and there are reports that u.s. capitol police have requested a 2 month extension for the national guards the growing meant security agencies in washington are on high alert after threats static string these groups are planning a new a time on the capital go. $47.00 hong kong pro-democracy activists facing charges of conspiracy to commit subversion are to stay in prison that

decision came after 4 days of bail hearings that led to some defendants falling ill the court granted bail to a 3rd of the defendants but sent the whole goal back to prison after the government appeal. the chief of the un's nuclear watchdog says iran has agreed to hold a meeting in april that's after european nations said they would drop france a condemned tehran overage suspension of some inspections efforts are underway to revive the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and world powers president joe biden said he is willing to bring the u.s. back into the agreement after former president trump withdrawal in 2018. starting this process. of focused. is of this you 2 asian with technical meeting which will take place in iran the beginning of april. which i hope will be followed by other technical or political

meetings as agreed by both site we have to start the process and see how far we can go. there is a big as this update from tehran. well it will be welcomed by the government her president has and ronnie early in the week spoke with his french counterpart president emmanuel macron and he warned that any and constructive moves at the i.a.e.a. 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 will 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 has not ronnie 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 has said that the president hasn't rouhani had acted illegally and wanted to refer the matter to the judiciary and that situation is only calmed down when it emerged that from the highest levels inside iran meaning the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei had actually given a 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 the deal only reason the europeans back down was because 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 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. loyalist paramilitary groups in northern ireland have told british prime minister boyce johnson they're temporarily withdrawing support for the peace deal they say it's because trade and calm commerce between northern ireland and the u.k. has been disrupted by bricks set in 1900 good friday agreement brought and brought an end to the 3 decade conflict between catholic nationalists and protestant unionists donna carney is the director of research at the school of law and government at dublin city university explains our concerns around the northern ireland protocol could widen briefs at all levels. the british government is presenting this is something technical that is simply having teething problems with the provision of goods and services between britain and northern ireland which are

both of course part of the united kingdom there are many however in the european union and indeed here in ireland who suspect that perhaps this is something political that this is hungering to elements within the british conservative party and the g.d.p. in northern ireland who are on hockey with this northern ireland protocol which is a part of the the whole agreement that breaks that agreement and i think it's the fact that this is only expected that this was on herald it's i think the economy herm's that you are managing the european union indeed an art and that is a johnson that government does is an unpredictable government it's a moderate government and it's one that cannot be trusted to keep the commitments that it enters into you know reification of our and is now a talking point in a way that it was never before greg said and there is an argument there the logic of united ireland has much greater force now whole sprague's and not art and as an economic unit it's something that's accepted in the india with all that being that there can't be a hoarder our border 'd and you are structural border 'd between north and south

now just nation that was on here what these dogs this is this particular act that we're talking about today what he does is that he deepens divisions within northern ireland loyalists in northern ireland withdrawn their support with fright agreements because of the protocol national supporters have reacted out so both sides are mobilizing and of course when both sides mobilize and norton armed it's never good news. now space x. has managed to land one of its ship rockets after 2 previous attempts failed and crash landed but the billionaire behind the project on musk why not be celebrating too hard given the space vehicle exploded after coming back down to earth i mean he has a story ladies and gentlemen i am very vocal person i also heard his made history it looked 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 the 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 a ball space vehicle. any type of engineering feat wait you are not only developing news happy potions system but a new type of fusion lies just so many testing boundaries that have to work and say it's not on surprising 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 moen 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 although under the name of the key to basics 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 0. how many people have felt a roller coaster of emotions over the past year or so alone joy loneliness

heartache are all feelings captured in a new comic book about life in quarantine is drawing on the experiences of more than 70 artists around the world given his own dog has a story 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 end ology was the brainchild of steve walker a comic art 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

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