after the government's failure to pass a national budget up front smocked lamont hill cuts through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom. monch on al-jazeera. the un and the us say every tran forces must leave ethiopia stay great region as allegations of rape and torture continue. i am. alone barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up beating and killing and unlawfully detaining protesters the list of accusations against me and morris military continues to grow anger on the streets in senegal after opposition

leader luiz months on call is arrested he says charges against him are politically motivated the aim. and tsunami warnings go off in new zealand after a powerful earthquake 6 dreich the country's north. the u.n. and the u.s. demand that eritrean forces leave ethiopia stieg great region over allegations that they may have committed war crimes the un's human rights chief has warned that reports of killings a sexual violence and rape are still streaming in months after ethiopia's government said the conflict in te grey was over if he appeared the clear victory after launching an offensive against the tikrit people's liberation front in november but since then there have been reports that every train soldiers and ethiopian forces have continued fighting in the region hundreds of thousands were

displaced and thousands more were killed in last year's conflict riviere shamdasani is a spokeswoman for the un human rights office she says independent monitors must be allowed into tikrit. we have seen reports of quite a strong cases of call quite a quite a lot of cases of sexual and gender based violence and we have all 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. there is the platic it of her james bays is says the african members of the u.n. security council are now deviating from a trend though favoring african union diplomacy to deal with the conflict the u.n.

believes the eritrean forces are that they say they've got corroboration information that they're there and the u.n. says they must leave now the security council is not going to voice on this issue but the president of the security council the u.s. ambassador linda thomas creamfields she did speak after the meeting to express the u.s. fear the honest to prevent further atrocities and human suffering for squarely on the ethiopian government shoulder we urge the ethiopian government to support any immediate end to the fighting in tikrit and to that end the prompt where drawl of eritrean forces and her regional forces from to grade are essential steps. i do think there's still a possibility the security council in the coming hours will be able to work out a statement i think all the council members are concerned about the humanitarian

situation and the certainly been a change in the position of the african nations on this issue in the past they had been in favor of regional diplomacy a huge diplomacy but certainly now the african members of the so-called a 3 plus one they i think now believe that the security council should send a very strong message. international outrage against myanmar screw is growing just a day after 38 demonstrators were killed in the deadliest crackdown yet the country's own embassy in washington has joined the chorus of criticism stating that it's greatly distressed by the deaths of civilians the un's human rights investigator has also demanded more sanctions and the global weapons in bargo on the military meanwhile protesters inside myanmar remain defiant peskov haidar now reports. like thousands of others josten 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 continue to put pressure on the agenda on thursday again building barricades to block the security forces as they prepare for another day of protest young really is the former un special rapporteur for myanmar she and 2 other experts have started

a council to track the situation after the coup the actions. i. terrorists like behaviors they have stripers and aren't high and high rise buildings around town buildings they aren't 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 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 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. the u.s. is adding me and lars military home and defense ministries to a trade blacklist and the u.n. security council will discuss the crisis on friday a little earlier i spoke to miles army an activist and co-founder of the forces of renewal for southeast asia he says the security council will not be able to do much to stop worrying laws on the tree. security council is the permanent colmar it is into tend because it's all about geopolitics we've got 3 veto power wielders from the west at that agree that this is an outrageous situation as it was

in the genocidal case of 3 years ago but russia and china continue to call it internal issues you know a regime a un member it treaty state it committing multiple crimes against humanity and genocide you know cannot be given a blank check supporters of senegal's opposition leader have been fighting with police in the capital dhaka police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up protests and demonstrations have been throwing rocks there demanding as one song goes release after he was arrested for participating in an unauthorized rally he was due to appear in court to face a rape charge which he denies and says is politically motivated our desire is nicolas sarkozy in the capital with more on the protesters than lands. they were chanting the song go which means free song go they want to see the opposition

leader out of police custody and that's where he's being held since yesterday. has refused to answer any of the questions that the investigators are asking him and the have another 24 hours to charge. he's going to be charged well it seems from the prosecutors in charge of the case with public disorder. the security forces in the government feel that he is responsible for what we're seeing here unusual scenes there hasn't been seen that of that violence since the last election in 2012 when the former president wanted to run for a 3rd term in office so a very tense situation where a few hours away from the corona curfew where people are expected to stay indoors but it seems that these protesters will be staying out to continue to fight with the security forces new zealand has ordered coastal communities and parts of the

north to evacuate have to several powerful earthquakes sparked tsunami warnings one of the strongest was an $8.00 magnitude quake that struck me at kermadec islands earlier a 7.3 magnitude quake hit 100 kilometers off the show shore of. paula's geez we have some sound issues with that clip but we can go live now to our correspondent wayne hay who's in toronto on that new zealand's nor silence wayne tell us what's going on tell us what you know. yes well certainly has been a very active few hours in this part of the world culminating as you mentioned in that very strong earthquake happening at around 8 30 in the morning new zealand's time near the committee carlin's now that's a long way to the north of new zealand several 100 kilometers so that $8.00 quake wasn't felt in new zealand but it has resulted in that tsunami warning being issued

for several parts of the north island all of new zealand so an evacuation notice has been given out by civil defense or thirty's in new zealand asking people who live or on the coastal areas in those areas that are under that evacuation notice to go to higher ground to leave those coastal areas as soon as they can obviously new zealand being an island nation many people who live in. coastal areas so this certainly affects many people in those areas now much of the rest of the country on both coasts actually the east and the west coast are run the advisories as well including tyler on where i am right now because he's a warning they could be some dangerous tidal movements some sewage is occurring in those areas as well so we're expecting some of those that tsunami activity some of

those titles surges and waves possibly the authorities saying could be as high as 3 meters to begin arriving around now there is there are some reports coming in from the far north of the country of some revision creeks close to the ocean there in doing out which the locals are saying is very unusual activity at the moment. when hey you will of course be monitoring all developments for us for the moment when a from toronto sinking. still ahead in this half hour of the u.s. capitol on the high alert intelligence reports suggest extremist groups could be plotting another attack the deal that's sealed peace in northern ireland for more than 20 years as paramilitary support and its all breaks that.

there's been some decent rain in western australia in the wheat belt as it is cold day or just one example in northern on the thunderstorm now that rain is still falling in the falls under storms that probably you'll find that they disappear slowly science words there are 2 tropical cycle you see what are the side to be both over open water this is the most vicious when it might end up heading down towards new caledonia but it's moving away from australia temperatures further south where the sun is at least on the low side melbourne that 18 but i think that will rise to the 30 in the next day or so and the profit shows a few of them in new south wales are running up into the queensland coast as a dry looking picture and is slowly warming although i have to say perth is not particularly happy still like to be cloudy in the sky was a few showers the changing weather to any station last rain runs through china and loops itself through southern parts of japan there is cold to push it out of the

way the other cold will get as far south as shanghai and limit to about 11 degrees but it will drop the temperature in turkey from 17 down to about 10 in the next day or so hong kong is on the bottom edge of that rain temps doesn't vary but the rains in for saturday and sunday a little bit of it but more intense well inland. a diplomatic feud between australia and china is threatening one of the asia pacific my successor. when i won a speech good news it was in the middle. just. with every.

reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera the un and the us have demanded a retrained forces leave ethiopia's to great region over allegations that they may have committed war crimes the un's human rights chief has warned that reports of killings sexual violence and rape are still streaming in months after ethiopia's governments at the conflict in te great was over me and mars own embassy in washington says it's greatly distressed by civilian deaths in the country a day after 38 people were killed in a crackdown by security forces the un's human rights investigator was also accused me of mars military of between killing and the lawfully detaining protesters since

last month's coup and has the man did a global weapons and bar go on beyond. and supporters of senegal's leading opposition figure have been fighting with police in the capital dhaka there demanding that those months song called be released after he was arrested for participating in an unauthorized romney. police and other agencies in washington d.c. are on high alert for a possible assault on congress it follows intelligence that extremist groups were possibly plotting to take control of the building some conspiracy theorists and donald trump loyalists believe it is the day that he will return to the presidency authorities were criticized for failing to protect congress from rioters in january we should have them here as long as they are needed and the. silliness of this being a nod to ration day and that in may the president be. inaugurated is falls

into the realm of. let's not waste our time on it but in terms of that what we need we have to have what we need when we need it and in the numbers of that we need it but that's a security decision let's go live now to have the show castro who's on capitol hill for us obviously i suppose within reason that the threat is kind of being taken seriously because of what happened on january 6th what's actually happening where you are. right well as you can see the sun is now setting on this march 4th the threat has thus far not materialize so certainly a breath of relief for all of those who are involved but the reason that they took this potential plot to reach the capital again so seriously was because security forces were caught so flatfooted on january 4th now the genesis of this

conspiracy theory that today would be another day of potential violence that goes back to the queue and on believe the conspiracy theorists who are the extremists among trump supporters who had believed that trump would come back to washington today to be inaugurated president obviously all of that is ludicrous 0 percent of it is rooted in fact but still again the security presence here was ramped up as a result of those intelligence reports of a potential plot you still see the military vehicles parked behind me of course the capitol itself the so-called people's house the high end lockdown for nearly 2 months now you're seeing the fences the barbed wires and of course surrounding that the troops some $5000.00 u.s. national guard troops who are still protecting the capital and today the capitol police have made a request to the pentagon to extend the deployment of these troops for an

additional 2 months all of this as a security plan to address a permanent upgrades to the security to the capital is still pending we know some of the ideas being floated include hiring some 2000 more capitol police officers as well as more physical barriers surrounding the nation's capital and a rapid response team a small true small team of troops who could quickly deploy here at the 1st sign of trouble so certainly you won't see these fences here forever barbara but this is a new normal as far as the security posture surrounding the nation's capitol that is your custer with the latest from the capitol to i do think you. are. nearly all of hong kong's leading pro-democracy activists are now in jail or exile after a court ordered $47.00 of them to be kept in custody the activists have been

charged under a national security law imposed by the chinese government 15 of them had been granted bail but prosecutors have appealed against at the station they were detained on sunday over their involvement in an unofficial primary election held last year hong kong's authorities accuse them of trying to paralyze the government . chinese leaders are reportedly preparing even more sweeping changes for hong kong as they gear up for the country's largest political meeting on friday their charting out china's future in a global environment that's becoming increasingly tense catrina new reports from beijing. 2 thousands of china's most powerful political are gathering in beijing on friday to chart the country's roadmap for the next 5 to 15 years the annual national people's congress n.p.c. was perspiring last year following the corona virus outbreak this year covered $900.00 cases are under control and analysts say president xi jinping will be

touting an image of triumph as well as consolidating his power. he has been establishing his power through political and the military achievements in the future he will focus on competing with other superpowers he plans china's political future like a. strengthening loyalty to the chinese communist party is a priority beijing is preparing for the parties in 10 or even july during the congress china's leaders will release their and work reports outlining economic targets banking is expected to encourage domestic consumption and continue to push for a more prosperous society to do this they will need to address the challenges of a widening wealth gap and an aging population a g.d.p. goal is also usually sets though this is last year because of uncertainties around the pandemic and some expect china's defense spending to be accelerated the specially given recent tensions with taiwan and in the south china sea china's

strained relationship with the united states is another focal point beijing had hoped to reset ties with washington but u.s. president joe biden is continuing the tough stance taken by his predecessor from their perspective it's been disappointing they see a lot of the same rhetoric a lot of the same goals and methods means that were employed by the tropic ministration internationally beijing is facing increasing criticism over its treatment of muslim weekers as well as political reforms in hong kong it's expected to tighten its grip or. that the territory and passed to ensure only those to be able to hold office the national security subversion was unveiled at last year's. dozens were arrested under the law this week building a primary vote ahead of elections. environmental policy makers will be watching for further action on climate change the government is expected to set targets

producing carbon emissions moving towards she's goal of making china carbon neutral by 2060. al-jazeera teaching a group of paramilitary organizations which supports northern ireland staying in the u.k. says it's temporarily pulling out of a historic peace deal the loyalist communities council says it's suspending its role in the good friday agreement over breaks it they say it's destructive trade and commerce between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. in 1911 that the 3 decade conflict between catholic nationalists and protestant unionists joel holism london and says it comes down to being consulted on train. i'm not sure there's any realistic immediate threat to the integrity of the good friday agreement itself after all this is an agreement that's backed by public support as much as anything else nor is there any sense that the parties to the

former troubles really want any real return to the troubles or resumption of violence but this being northern ireland it's impossible to say where things like this might go where they might end so we're talking here about the loyalist communities council the l.c.c. this is an umbrella group that represents what remains of a number of loyalist paramilitary groups that were largely disbanded certainly disarmed under the good friday agreement of 1998 the l.c.c. as you say writing to the british and irish governments giving notice that it's withdrawing its support from the good friday agreement because of concerns about the so-called northern ireland protocol a key piece of legislation underpinning the post briggs it trade deal between the u.k. and the e.u. and you may recall the protocol involves new customs checks brand new checks down the irish sea on the trade of goods between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. remember this is meant to be one big economic entity and that was

a way of avoiding a hard border on the island of ireland and that in itself was a precondition of the peace now there's been problems brewing with this protocol since the beginning of the year concerns about a shortage of goods on the shelves some trade disruptions and so on and the l.c.c. says particular concerns in the loyalist unionist communities about a breach of their rights because this new relationship between northern ireland and the u.k. is something they were consulted on and didn't consent to which is a right of this is guaranteed under the agreement so they want their rights restored they say their protest will be peaceful and democratic but they're essentially threatening here with whatever power they may have that anything short of a fundamental change to the nature of the protocol could result in time for the destruction of the good friday agreement. germans aged over $65.00 can now receive the astra zeneca vaccine after it was approved by an independent panel it was one of several countries which initially restricted it to people under $65.00 citing

a lack of effectiveness in trial data the panel is also recommending just one dose of the vaccine is given to people who have recovered from covert 19 it's open that will stretch limited supplies after a slow vaccine rollout across the e.u. well the problems the vaccination campaign that have led italy along with the european commission to block the export of doses to australia a quarter of a 1000000 italian made astra zeneca vaccine doses are being held with the drug for accused of failing to keep to its contract with the e.u. officials of blame slow supply for their inability to speed up vaccinations and italy will only offer one short of the coven 1000 vaccine to patients previously infected with the virus the policy applies to people diagnosed between 3 and 6 months before the plant short its aimed at saving doses as the country struggles to secure an adequate supply italy is the 3rd country in the european union to take

the step following spain and france well just under 700 more people have died from corona virus in brazil in the past 24 hours it adds to what's becoming the country's deadliest week of the pandemic but as it faces this peak it's also experiencing a sharp increase in poverty monica and a kid have reports from the edition a tale. there are no people standing in line in front of the banks and increasingly more in line by the door on the sidewalk like 33 year old bad about her and her soon to be born baby boy. i lost my job as a cleaning lady when the pandemic began but at least i could rely on the government american see age now i have nothing or in me a child on the way. government handouts benefiting 60 percent of brazil's

population stopped abruptly in january but the effects are beginning to show now. 17000000 brazilians will return to poverty by the end of the year brazil went from one extreme to the other from having the most generous emergency aid program in the region benefiting 60 percent of the population to having none the question is how will people survive until we are all texan ated street vendor paul and his wife used to live in a shack in the slum until last week when their savings dried up and their customers stopped buying. it's a vicious cycle we can't pay the rent or clients quit buying or finding a job now things are going from bad to worse is almost impossible. brazil's economy minister says the solution for the disease and the economy is the vaccine but president. has always downplayed the pandemic and political infighting has delayed the not kill

a sion campaign less than 5 percent of the 210000000 population has been vaccinated in previous days real is old a slum people are wary of promises. i have a upon them we have less money food is more expensive and vaccines will take a long time to get here brazil's public debt it's extremely high and the government says it could not maintain the emergency aid but economists say that dropping it altogether can be dangerous. the specter of recession already lou. and with it the fear that the high unemployment and poverty rates will lead to an increase of violence which is already on the rise. all just sirrah rio de janeiro. on a stroll in zoo has unveiled plans to save one of the world's most unusual and endangered species from extinction their own

a zoo says it will build the planet's 1st platypus refuge in the city of dubbo to protect the mammals from disease and climate disasters the facility will house up to $65.00 platypuses and will also study their reproductive biology scientists have warned that the platypus could go extinct within 50 years unless action is taken that refuge is due to be completed by 2022. a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera the un and the us have demanded eritrean forces leave if the o.p.'s to grave region over allegations that they may have committed war crimes the us human rights chief has warned that reports of killings sexual violence and rape are still streaming in months after ethiopia's government said the conflict in tigray was.