go down sally that russia is a very challenging place to work from as a journalist you're always pushing boundaries part of the time from moscow we don't go along down we are the ones grabbing the extra mile where are the media going to go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story there were a. room. a security forces a man market at least 7 whole protest as a senior one to official tells the un they've been exercising the utmost restraint . i'm charlie angelo this is al jazeera zaya from london also coming up the e.u. approves johnson and johnson's one shot covert vaccine as infections rise in italy france and germany. president biden signs his $1.00 trillion dollars of it released

bill into law and the fight for chile's future candidates jockey for position as the country prepares to rewrite its constitution. the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar says there's growing evidence the military's crackdown on protesters may constitute crimes against humanity including torture and persecution the junta meanwhile says it's showing the utmost restraint at least 7 more antique to protest as were killed on thursday and security forces opened fire on them the un human rights investigator has accused the winter of murdering at least 70 people since the february 1st coup hundreds more have been injured and an advocacy group says more than 2000 protesters have been arrested including hundreds of student and media workers for diplomatic editor

james bass reports. given the pictures the world seen in recent weeks the statement to the human rights council from the generals in myanmar claiming they're using utmost restraint was far from convincing it was made in a recorded address by a veteran diplomat who sounded nervous and mumbling his words was a standing country special. which ran on trying to the principal's office universality impartiality objectivity. in addressing the homa issue of the country concerned however as the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry chan i previously worked closely with she a state counselor at one of her jobs was foreign minister observers are now wondering whether someone who is a close aide of the now detained leader was speaking freely or perhaps was in fear

of reprisals the statement was in very clear contrast to that of the un special rapporteur tom andrews who said at least 70 people have been killed by the military since the coup on february the 1st there is growing evidence that this senior military led by changing your leadership is now engaging in crimes against humanity including the actual murder in forces appearance persecution tortured and imprisoned in violation of fundamental rules of international law the human rights council meeting highlights an ongoing battle over diplomatic recognition while the position of the generals is read out at the un in geneva here united nations headquarters in new york ambassador george moore turn has denounced the military continues to hold the country's seat in the general assembly james al-jazeera of the united nations. when members military has leveled new accusations against the pows leaders and. a military spokesman says she accepted

a legal payments worth $600000.00 plus gold while in government scott hyla has more from bangkok on those claims and thursday's protests. oh. protesters in myanmar again fleeing bullets on the streets of yangon live ammunition used elsewhere to protesters and several other cities and towns are facing a stepped up violent crackdown and more cases of security forces shooting unarmed protesters in the head the protest peacefully but a crackdown on ask why and then to me the mahdi cracked a strong good of revolution in the happy side of the view continue until we've been in a news conference the military judge to restated its intention of holding on to power only until new elections can be held. election fraud in november's polling was its reason for the power grab yet the generals have provided no evidence of it. they

also accuse deposed civilian leader aung sang suu kyi of taking bribes and others in her cabinet of corruption. i did you know young go read you know mr peel mean said he gave. himself $600000.00 in cash and 11 kilograms of gold between december of 2017 to march of 2018 so i'm watching the news conference at a yangon tea shop call it one sided and question the jump to placing blame on protesters for starting the violence when they have no weapons. and they are saying that the whole country is carrying out acts of violence it's horrible it's hurtful we have given our time we have given our lives that military does not care and say whatever they want. in another movie just a has taken the eric an army off its list of terrorist groups it's one of 2 dozen ethnic armed groups in the country it's been removed from the list according to the joint because they have now stopped attacks in order to help establish peace some

of the other ethnic armies have sided with the antic who protesters and across its eastern border thailand is preparing for the possibility of a refugee flow from ian maher those looking to flee the military's crackdown thailand's immigration department is converting a football arena into a processing center with health screening for now there hasn't been a large number of people trying to cross the border but in anticipation the time military has increased its patrols along the area it's got harder al-jazeera. the u.n. has had a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen and ethiopia's teague a region with food supplies are running dangerously low the world food program's chief has just returned from yemen is seeking private donations the agency needs an extra $600000.00 to provide aid to yemen for the next 6 months a recent donor conference failed to raise even harder for the $4000000000.00 needed to avert a famine there. it's a horrific situation it really years i went to or what would be. the best hospital

is some room to room to room with our social group literally a diy. the lucky ones that actually get into the hospital what called the doctor and i said how many years you had or here and he said 25 or so what do you do with the words that you know that term if you don't have room for should we stop them oh so what happens. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has spoken out about the ongoing violence in ethiopia a region linda thomas greenfield called on all sides to reach a solution that ongoing violence helps prevent it humanitarians from helping a desperately hungry people activists in ethiopia including eritrean forces from our past if you will be as orders every strip of humanitarian access to the rural areas where the most europeans live we can that somehow these situations

if you're a part of we call our of sides and i'm stressed of fights to stop the fighting and i'm allowed this man made humanitarian situation to be addressed. it's exactly a year since the world health organization declared the current virus outbreak a pandemic every country has been touched by the virus but with the introduction of vaccine some nations are beginning to see hope according to bloomberg more than 326000000 vaccine doses have beat administered globally and 100000000 of them have been given in the u.s. more than 200000000 a day now and the 7 day average number of deaths has ha since january when it recorded more than 4000 new deaths on sundays in brazil though it's a different story about 12000000 vaccination doses have been administered but on wednesday the country suffered its worst day for coated related deaths recording

more than 2000 for the 1st time and it looks like a 3rd wave could be sweeping parts of the e.u. just 44000000 vaccine doses have been given across the blog and infections have risen 50 percent in italy in the past 2 weeks germany has recorded its largest daily increase in current virus cases in more than a month but in france the health minister says the situation in the greater paris region is especially worrying and new measures may be needed if the situation keeps getting worse it also there's a nucleus behold it calls for. we are already preparing large transfers of patients to other regions which could take place as all of this weekend when i say large i mean that we are talking about dozens even hundreds of patients who could be evacuated from the great to paris region to other hospitals in other regions of the country the e.u. now has 4 coronavirus vaccines it can use with its regular c bori body approving johnson and johnson single shot medication the block is trying to increase the

speed of its sluggish immunization campaign which has been marred by production delays affecting its other diet scenes the e.u. has ordered 200000000 doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine supplies due to begin delivery in the 2nd quarter but the company has warned it's also experiencing supply issues. denmark norway and iceland have temporarily suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine off to several cases of blood clots including one death the danish health agency says it's not a stoppage to link between the clots and the vaccine but it will stop using that for 2 weeks to investigate austria has stopped using vaccines from the same batch after a woman died soon after receiving the shot the studio in lithuania luxembourg and left of course use of the same batch and italy has withdrawn another batch of the vaccine after 2 men died in sicily there are no link has been established between the vaccine and the deaths. zimbabwe has eased its coronavirus lockdown and

overnight curfew which were imposed in january businesses and now allowed to reopen after the rate of new infections slowed but health officials are warning of a 3rd wave if the rules aren't followed and as harry metasearch reports many business owners say they can't afford another. tasty girl to burgers some chicken and anything else on the menu will soon be ready but not for a sit down meal cloven 1000 mr actions in zimbabwe don't allow that for now it's only takeaways part of the government's plan to bring down infection rates for restaurants and fast food outlets also known as quick service restaurants or. this is not good for business as you can see now are an empty restaurant will only be able to trade till 7 pm and even then we might have a few people who will come through but restaurants are not primarily catered for takeaway business and even if you look at some of the logic u.s. our businesses there are only still operating in 50 percent because they have

designed themselves to allow saddam patrons so it's a significant impact in the business and going forward significant impact and we're looking at job losses and companies closing other businesses have fully reopened as a country tries to recover from a 2nd wave of corona virus infections lockdowns in 2020 and early this year back to zimbabwe is already struggling economy we certainly are past the worst in terms of quality 19 and unfortunately at the beginning of the 1st return of the law. and what really looking forward to. the coming in the box we may not have to resort to lock downs i. should see you know performance in profile for companies. that zimbabweans are taking advantage of being able to move around without restrictions there is high unemployment most people here live hand to mouth . this is about

a one of the oldest and busiest open air markets in the capital harare informal traders can. understand the way muslim practice social distancing but not everyone is a. threat as winter approaches in this region health officials are warning of a 3rd way is called 1000 regulations on followed business owners on the brink of closure say they can't afford another lock down. al-jazeera. still to come this half hour a record $22000000.00 people tuned in to watch this piece of art go under the hammer for a record price. for bela roosts while the eurovision song contest has ordered the country to change its entry.

we got a fair bit of what weather into australia over the next couple of days is saying some very heavy rain recently just around brás been 55 millimeters of rain coming down in one hour and one of our reporting stations in solemn brace been still quite a few showers a just around the eastern side of oz as we go on through the next couple of days and what's the weather see still hugging that east coast there of new south wales and rolling across the mountains and i've it's was the pill brother northwest seeing some rather wet weather over the next dial to the southwest is lousy fought a dry perth around $27.00 celsius with more sunshine coming through that sun side pushes the right across south australia will see some wet weather grassy making its way into victoria as we go on into saturday russia has for many a little further north northern territory into queensland. added to new zealand you notice lossie father dry temperatures here around 900 and pleasant sunshine little

bit of fat whether cloud clouds in the process of making its way across south korea pushing across into japan over the next couple of days some really heavy rain on this one actually in fact it will turn to snow over the high ground possibility has some localized flooding heading towards tokyo on sas day as that rain makes its way further north. and if i. want to when east is. investigating what it means to check this out. analogy see. if you want to help save the world. into your own.

a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the un human rights investigator for me and maher says there's growing evidence in the trees crackdown of protesters may constitute crimes against humanity the military says it's been exercising the utmost restraint. the un has held a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen and ethiopia's tikrit region the world food program is seeking private donations for an extra $600000.00 to provide aid given for the next 6 months. and the e.u.'s drug regulator has approved the use of johnson and johnson single dose covert 900 vaccine as infections rise in a number of european countries. u.s.

president joe biden has signed into law his $1.00 trillion dollar coded relief bill the massive economic aid plan passed in the house of representatives on wednesday most americans will now receive a one off direct payment of $1400.00 for expected to be rolled out in the coming days it also includes billions to expand health care unemployment payments and cope with 19 testing. well that's going out and fisher who's live for us in washington d.c. allan an historic bill a win for biden in his 1st 50 days. exactly he said he was going to do and he managed to get it done he didn't get a single republican vote but that didn't stop him he was going to sign it as soon as it hit his desk the whole process of getting it from congress to the white house went much quicker than we expected everyone thought he would say no on friday but that was brought forward by 24 hours also coincides with the fact that he's going to make his 1st national address in just about 3 hours time he's going to talk

about the one year anniversary of corporate been declared a global pandemic how it's impacted on the united states the families that have lost loved ones he's going to talk about how the corporate relief bill will actually help families and help the economy recover but it's also going to be a look forward he's going to talk about how he thinks the united states can go forward from this point how it can get better from here how it's going to be easier to get vaccines how the economy is going to recover and then he's going to fire up air force one and start taking that message around the country normally by this stage in the president's 1st term he's made an address to congress normally it's called the state of the union but not in the 1st year he hasn't done that this time around normally after that address he hits the country to send to sell his message well this time he's going on t.v. and then he's going to go around the country highlighting areas that will benefit

from this deal that's gone through 1.9 trillion he said he was going to do it and of course he's no delivered and separately in the last year as democrats have approved to gun control bells how significant a day. well we've been here before and $29000.00 the house passed similar measures which would mean an increase background checks on sales of weapons but it didn't go anywhere then because once it passed the democratically controlled house it went to the senate which at that point was controlled by republicans and they simply didn't entertain any sort of debate at that point it could be different this time around because of course it's going to go to a democratically controlled senate would be one extra vote the thing is this is a pretty popular measure in the country not with just democrats but with republicans as well but there's going to be a difficulty getting enough republican support many of them are concerned about voting against any sort of gun control measures against putting in favor of any gun

control measure because they believe that could mean the base of their party at home with then primary them then put them at risk for their political future a point made by speaker nancy pelosi on the floor of the house it's hard to imagine legislation being more popular than the rescue plan 75 percent labor this legislation background checks closer to 90 percent bipartisan support across the country receiving the support of gun owners hunters and the rest they've all had to do a background check why shouldn't others and as i say about the members of congress there is no if you are afraid to vote for gun violence prevention because of your political survival understand the political survival of the us is more important than the survival of our children. so what happens next well it

will go to the senate and chuck schumer who is the leader of the democrats in the senate says he wants to have a vote he wants to make sure he gets republicans on record voting against what i see is a very popular measure across the united states to increase but grow checks on gun part just is no will they get the votes to get it through well this isn't like the corporate relief bill where you can use the rules and managed to get through with a 5150 vote this isn't the same sort of thing you'll need 60 votes to get this through the senate and it's unlikely that there are 10 republican votes to push it through but it may well be seen as a starting point of negotiation to try and tighten gun laws here in the united states and in fashion following events 1st in washington d.c. thank you the u.s. judge's reinstated a 3rd degree murder charge against the former policeman accused of killing george

floyd that's in addition to 2nd degree murder and manslaughter charges the trial is due to start in a minneapolis court later this month derek shoval is accused of killing joyce floored by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes floyd's death sparked global protests calling for racial justice and police brutality. and exactly a month chileans will head to the polls and historic election to choose delegates for the body that will write a new constitution but while this face social pressure to elect a large number of independents to the constitutional congress they're competing on an even playing field from piney beach in human reports. i think constitutional congress candidate comedian organizes her husband her toddler and a group of supporters as they set off on another day of campaigning this time at a popular market in the rural municipality of planing on the outskirts of chile's capital she's no stranger here the 25 year old has been an activist for as long as

she can remember especially for water rights in this area hard hit by drought and i think we've launched the new constitution to guarantee our social rights a dignified life and to protect our environment. you never do is an independent candidate which means she gets practically no campaign financing or television airtime from the state as do candidates from established political parties. we've had to scratch for money from friends and family are face masks we donated by my sister in law we had to gather thousands of signatures to qualify to run as an independent. she isn't alone. at another food and vegetable market benito brando who is well known for his work with the homeless is campaigning in lapin than half a mill income area. i'm still going to be and i'm an independent he votes 90

percent of chili inch don't belong to the country's highly discredited political party last properly or. last year the majority voted in a referendum to rewrite their constitution and next month they'll head to the polls again to elect the $155.00 member body that will draft it the referendum confirmed that 80 percent of chileans didn't want members of congress to have that privilege but it's still an uneven playing field for those pushing for citizens representation. we aren't allowed to form a law and says or pacts with the of a political forces which the political parties can the but. parties who wrote the rules. despite there are enormous disadvantages independents are actually hoping to capitalize on what until now has been an extremely high abstention rate and apathy on the part of voters this time their bet here is that millions of chileans will actually come out and vote for anyone that doesn't

represent the status quo when it comes to writing their new constitution. not into violence will is one of them through the phone call in all my 52 years of living voted but now i will for an independent who's one of us. hundreds of independents have running chillies complex electoral system has been designed to favor the country's mainstream political blocs which have long resisted calls for profound reforms to guarantee basic social rights. the biggest danger is that unless this process is viewed as credible the social crisis and uprising that led to calls for a new constitution will get worse you see in human al-jazeera bahrain it. a piece of digital art has sold for a record breaking $69000000.00 the auction house christie's has sold some of the world's most expensive and famous paintings but has any just starting to dabble in

the world of digital art a record breaking 22000000 people tuned in to see the end of the sale nor about money reports this is the 3rd most expensive artwork ever sought by a living artist at auction but it's not actually a tangible item it's a digital who are inspired by the daily news but artist mike winkleman also known as people. until october he'd only have a soda print for $100.00 this walk went to $69000000.00 so here is the piece again it's $5000.00 days it's one image for each $5000.00 days and that i've been doing that every day. this is the 1st one in the upper corner here and then in the bottom here we have the last one that was just earlier this month. the sale at christie's auction house it peaked interest around the globe a record 22000000 people tuned in to see the end of the auction we knowingly went

into this with a kind of. estimate unknown published on the website it was a very self-aware way of gesturing to just how impressed it ended this thing wise and it's also a play on the estimate on requests that we typically publish for items avatar of procedure we know are going to sell for an absurdly steep price so if this is something we can all through online why is it so valuable it's become an asset thanks to an f.t. that's shorthand for a non fungible token the works authenticated using a digital signature on block chain that's a program that creates a unique barcode the cons because heat it turns the work into an exchange of asset so who have a buys it knows they have the original piece the n.f.t. sale comes months off to other valuable auctions using similar technology. to

this 10 2nd video with metallic scene and what seems to be donald trump has been bought by collect a pap lowered requests frail for about $66000.00 he sold it for months later for 100 times that same argument as you know you can going to into the lake a picture of the mona lisa and you can have it there but it doesn't have any value . because. the provenance of the history of the work again the reality here is that this is a very very valuable because we behind at the end of the auction the window walks away with a digital file and rights to display the work but how all that will be displayed is anyone's guess lured out to 0 the european broadcasting union has rejected better as his entry for this year's your vision song contest saying the nominated song contravenes the competition's non political nature.

by the. way the entry was by a band known for songs mocking the protest against part president alexander lukashenko the song features lyrics such as i will teach you to toe the line i've received tens of thousands of dislikes on the your vision you tube page that has been taken down the entry spot backlash from opposition figures and even field calls for better risk to be suspended from the contest the e.b.u. says the country risks being disqualified if it doesn't change the entry we used to say that sports it's not politics and music it's not politics but when it comes to belarus sport it's politics music is politics the state t.v. channel if the propaganda that megaphone for the dictatorship to look at. the president of the state of t.v. company if the sanctions least for crimes or for want from human rights

so it's to involve them in such an event it is to make politics not root where you are now up to date with the news on our desire you can find much more on our website especially on the situation in myanmar and many other stories the address for that is al jazeera dot com they stay with us. the top stories on al-jazeera the u.n. human rights investigator says me and says the country's military has murdered at least 70 people since seizing power and perpetrated offenses that may constitute crimes against humanity the rights expert is calling for multilateral sanctions against military leadership the military has rejected the reform creating group which.