gap is helping women in. it keep positive. that they trying to break these barriers and she's mount by giving women access to myself. meet the women leading the way. women make change on al-jazeera. the people of myanmar i guess. a call for international action against min miles military security the possible crimes against humanity that cracks down on anti keep protesters. out on a cloud chris is al-jazeera life it's and also coming up when joe biden signs his massive covert 930 minutes bill into law ahead of an address to the nation calling for vigilance in the fight against the virus. struggling to support themselves and

forced to eat leaves concerns grave for thousands of people facing food shortages in ethiopia to grow rich. and several countries suspend the use of the astra zeneca k.v. 1000 vaccine over concerns about blood clots but europe's medical agency says the shots are safe. so that mere miles military is being accused of torture and persecution everett's brutal response to peaceful protests the un special rapporteur says it's likely they've committed crimes against humanity thomas andrews is calling for sanctions against senior gentle leaders and members or and gas sector the military has dismissed his claims saying their forces are maintaining order a diplomatic editor james based reports from u.n. headquarters in new york. given the pictures the world seen in recent weeks the statement. to the human rights council from the generals in

myanmar claiming their 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 and standing opposite countries pressure of it which ran on tried to their principles of universality impartiality objectivity now solidity and borders as asian address in their home or issue of the country concerned however as the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry chan oh i previously worked closely with. the state council one of her jobs was foreign minister observers are now wondering whether someone who was 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 same thing

in the military led by changing your leadership is now engaging in crimes against humanity including the actual murder inforce disappearance 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 you know i said 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 a well mammals military has leveled new accusations against deposed leader aung sang suu kyi has it defends its decision to seize power a military spokesman says while in government she accepted illegal payments worth $600000.00 plus gold and they claimed followed as we've been hearing the un report

saying the gender had murdered about 70 people during anti coup protests at least 9 were killed on thursday professor michael charney from the university of london is a is the author of a history of modern burma earlier we discussed how plausible the claims are against him since it's in what could stop the military crackdown. you have to put what's happening into a particular context and that's 1st of all the burma has been under or has been under sanctions and that kind of thing for a number of years and its banking system is still not completely clean accounting practices aren't perfect and there's a great deal of a possibility that things won't recorded correctly or are otherwise that's one of the reasons that they that they grabbed all the papers and assets from the dock congi. foundation the own son suchi sent set up in 2012 they have they will be able to find. the military will be able to find people who will who

will verify that. on behalf of their charges but that's to be expected they they will always find somebody who will who will be able to. to to verify those things but how far their testimony is accurate is there's a great deal of doubt in this kind of circumstance we just have to look at that i see change doesn't change and they were they've killed 70 people now and that's a tragedy they killed well over 10000 case the ring and that didn't deter them that didn't lead them to stop from engaging this right now i don't think that will have too much an effect where it might have an effect is where they pressure might start to be put more heavily on china and russia an ozzie on states on to conform to international standards and get on board sort of blocking action against moammar actually cooperate in action against him or.

president joe biden is less than 2 hours away from making his 1st primetime speech as u.s. president at the heart of it is his action plan on the coronavirus pandemic that's killed more than half a 1000000 americans in the past year the president has signed off on a $1.00 trillion dollars co-pay relief package is build it is rebuilding the backbone of the country most americans will receive a one off direct payment of 1000 $400.00 and it includes billions to spend on health care unemployment payments and even 19 testing let's get more from alan fischer in washington d.c. so alan the bill signed and ready to roll a day in a day earlier than expected. exactly went through all the processes that it has to do up on capitol hill arrived on the president's desk and so he sat behind the resolute desk in the oval office just a couple of hours ago and put his name to the bill it's no into law of course he did it with a single republican vote it is very popular in the country though there are people

both republicans and democrats who believe that this is a very important measure and we can see just how important it is by the fact that the president who hasn't given a joint address to congress yet is actually hitting the road next week he's firing up air force one he's going to be taking it around the country heading to eating is that he says will benefit from the fact that this american rescue package has been put into place $1.00 trillion dollars it's a lot of money signing that bill on these 50 be in office remember all through the election campaign he said he was going to take action like this he promised people that he would take quick action he wanted to do it with republican support but that wasn't forthcoming so now he's going to go out and essentially sell it to the rest of the country when he speaks to the country in just a couple of hours time he will talk about the lives that have been lost remember a president's job is also to be comfort in chief he'll talk about the families that

no longer are fooled around the dinner table how they have been impacted by the last year exactly one year since the world health organization declared a global pandemic but he's also going to lay out his vision how the u.s. rebuild from here how the economies get stronger how families can recover and a large part of that is going to be the $1.00 trillion dollar relief bill it's interesting i was speaking to someone just the last couple of hours i said how quickly is this going to get out and the country said it's going to go really quickly for a couple of reasons one we've done this before and to this time the president isn't insisting on his name being on the checks all right allan thanks for that there in washington d.c. . denmark norway and iceland have suspended use of the astra zeneca vaccine after several cases of blood clotting including one death the danish health agency says it has not established a link between the clots and the vaccine but we'll stop using that you have for 2

weeks to investigate austria has stopped using vaccines from the same batch after a woman died soon after receiving the shot a stone yet lithuania luxembourg and latvia have also stopped inoculations from the same batch britain has more now from london. it is worrying on the basis that 1st of all yes there have been some blood clots but the danish the norwegians and the iceland and the icelanders who've decided to suspend the use of the astra zeneca vaccine altogether are effectively going against the advice of the european medicines agency which is saying that as far as they're concerned the number of blood clots related to those people who have the vaccines are not out of the ordinary what you would normally expect in a general population they've they've reported some $22.00 events thromboembolism events out of the $3000000.00 people who've been vaccinated up to march the night so there is the sense in some quarters that janet denmark norway and iceland there

are being rather over cautious and that is not going to help when you're trying to get as many people vaccinated as possible where the european union now has 4 coronavirus vaccines it can use after the blocks health regulator approved johnson and johnson's single shot jab the e.u. is trying to speed up its sluggish immunization campaign which has been hampered by production delays it's ordered 200000000 doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine with deliveries expected in the 2nd quarter of this year but the company has warned is also experiencing supply issues. germany has recorded its largest daily increase in corona virus cases in more than a month one of france's health minister there says the situation in the greater paris region is especially worrying he's warning new measures may be needed if the situation continues to worsen it also there's a new place but what it calls for. the best sure that is what we are already preparing large transfers of patients to other regions which could take place as 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. now the united nations is holding a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen and parts of ethiopia the head of the world food program is seeking private donations the agency needs an extra 500 $1000000.00 to provide aid to yemen in the next 6 months nearly half a 1000000 yemeni children need immediate assistance to save them from starvation david beasley says those who make it to hospitals have no guarantee of being treated it's a horrific situation it really is i went to what would be the best hospital in sabah room to room to room with us so children literally die any day for the lucky ones that actually get into the hospital i called the doctor and i said how many yes you had here and he said 25 us joe what do you do with the one that you

know that curve and you don't have room for should we stop them oh so what happens . will food supplies are running dangerously low in ethiopia's northern region of take millions are in need of support people arriving at camps for the displaced in the region say they survived by if he leaves aid agencies say there is not enough space for the thousands tony up every day the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has spoken out about the ongoing violence in ethiopia tikrit region she's called on all sides to find a solution ongoing violence helps prevent it humanitarians from helping a desperately hungry people. act as an ethiopian including eritrea and forces from across the o.p.'s borders have restricted humanitarian access to the rural areas where the most europeans live. we cannot allow the situation here it's harder we call on all sides and i'm stressed all sides to stop the fighting and

allow this man made humanitarian situation to be addressed. still ahead here on out syria. they want to control us they want to put this muscle our face. the campaign against coronavirus restrictions so now it has links with pro trump protesters who stole the u.s. capitol. digital art that sold for $69000000.00 week school wide such works are becoming some valuable. we've got a change on the way for the weather across the eastern seaboard of the u.s. got a big bank of cloud just rolling across the plains at the moment very active area of low pressure just sweeping across the lakes dragging in cooler air behind this

cold front that sinks down across the plains is going to continue making its way further east with some heavy opposes the prime coming through here across the kansas easing of its rewards the tennessee valley and that western weather will slide over its was east and sable behind that got some snow and right clearing out of welcome rifle tearing away from california just maybe across the rockies as it were to continue making its way through ace was some more snow coming back in here some heavy rain there just around oklahoma grass feeding over towards the carolinas just nice have a temper just fall back in new york and they say freshening up significantly 9 celsius that for new york on saturday afternoon we want to stick our parents watch a funny drive because some heavy rain there just around haiti and the dominican republic some showers coming through want to show us a ridge to the east in august but not too many as we go through friday they're more widespread as we go on into sas they will see wanted to share was there into jamaica and across

a good part of the central america but not too heavy. when afghan filmmaker has done fuzzily catches the taliban's attention a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his family desperately seeking sanctuary they journey across continents chronicling their multi-year saga on their phones. the midnight traveler an odyssey of hope resilience and ultimately one family's love for each other witness on al-jazeera. the rules already.

are going to watch on through my mind about top stories as i mean most military is accused of engaging in torture and persecution against anti people un rep or turf of the country says the action man amount to crimes against humanity the military rejects eclipse at least 70 people have been killed since the coup on fabric for. u.s. president joe biden is signed off for not $1.00 trillion dollars caveat 90 relief package she's building is rebuilding the backbone of a country that includes billions for health care and employment testing and one paints one of payments to one of $1400.00 to make it work. the u.n. has held a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen in ethiopia to grab a region where food supplies attention to the wealthy program is seeking private donations for an extra 500000000 dollars in aid to yemen for the next 6 months.

china's top legislative body has approved an overhaul of hong kong's electoral system that would allow beijing to screen and veto candidates critics say it's an attack on the territory's freedoms and another nail in the coffin of the democracy movement between the reports now from beijing. in beijing's great hall of the people almost 3000 communist party officials closed china's national people's congress by voting on a road map for the next 5 to 50 years the priorities achieving 6 percent g.d.p. growth increasing the domestic market and creating 11000000 new jobs. lutea we would certainly be happy to see. robust growth but we are also aware of the uncertainty involving china's economic rebound global economic development is also uncertain also approved by nearly all of the delegates with just one abstention a bill to overhaul hong kong's political system. the reforms will see seats added

to the territories legislative council allocated mostly to prove beijing figure is a committee will be established to vet those who hold public office ensuring them loyal to the chinese government or considered patriots by beijing ted why a former opposition politician who fled hong kong fearing punishment unabating is new national security law has just arrived in a strange and says he's heartbroken by the reforms it took lie decades. confirmed to develop. a finish that is in the design of our hostages but it only took 2 or 3 months so happy to have that whole industry sides and so we feel betrayed of course the traitor and we feel miserable of losing our freedoms the us is leading growing international criticism about the changes saying they're an attack on hong kong's democratic freedoms strained ties

between the 2 countries were a focal point of this year's national people's congress washington has called beijing a strategic threat china's leaders have responded by pushing for more innovation driven economy china has much more focus on using damasio resources and increasing demands to a mass amount in basic research like biology semiconductors so i think now the competition between china and the us would stay for a long time our age make economic sense for china to be more self-reliant president xi jinping has called for an increase to china's military capability china's reduced i don't want to work with the biden administration to expand into this top officials from the west and china are expected to meet in the last the next week to discuss the rings and this is the long list of disagreements that is to overshadow the talks the builders and also with those concerned china's communist party says

its approach to the weakest and hong kong are strictly domestic affairs and it would be swayed by so-called foreign difference between e.u. al-jazeera bating. cutters foreign minister has held talks with his russian turkish counterparts in doha meeting for goosed on finding a way to deliver humanitarian aid to people impacted by the vote in syria russia and turkey bank opposing sides in the conflict now in its 11th year well turkey's foreign minister expressed hope for breakthrough. we are contributing with our efforts for a sustainable political stability for syria of course unfortunately the conflict has been going on for 10 years and we have witnessed many unfortunate events our wish is to see that serious legitimate request will find a result within the criteria of the united nations and turkey and speaking about afghanistan current foreign ministers said russia's plans for a meeting of major plans this month will complement peace efforts. we

are constantly coordinating with our counterparts in russia and that's why we do not see any bilateral meetings as. to the diplomatic process all the efforts at peace all the bilateral meetings are supportive in other words they are meant mainly to support the collective efforts towards lasting peace and they are all belt on transparency between cutter and russia and with fully appreciate the support provided by the russian 2 words the doha efforts with respect to the afghanis issue. from bernard smith who has more in those talks. well we're 10 years on from those 1st and the acid protests in syria and we're 4 years on from the russian led a start the process is bringing together russia iran and turkey to try and find

a political solution to the crisis in that country but we seem to be no further on the survey lavrov russian's foreign russia's foreign minister said today this meeting between the 3 countries was another way of trying to achieve a political solution for this start a process if the russians had their way would ultimately lead probably with the assad regime staying in charge we have the m.r.i. artie's yesterday or earlier this week calling for syria to be real out reintroduced into the arab league the catheters when asked about that weren't interested in seeing syria at this stage back in the arab league and turkey which of course is not in the arab league but it said never to have a soul of the foreign minister of turkey said that the syrian regime wants a new military solution it doesn't believe in a political solution so despite least 3 countries getting together no indication that there are any closer than they ever have been to finding a political solution to what's happening in syria also on the agenda was afghanistan talks started here in september peace talks between the afghan

government and the taliban they've been on off here in this very hotel since then they haven't achieved very much the u.s. last week sending a letter to the afghan president saying they want to find a new political solution to afghanistan so they can withdraw their troops and now the russians saying that next week in moscow they're going to have a meeting to try and find is another way forward for afghanistan but they were keen to point out that that was not taking away from the talks that are happening here in doha. thuds in his opposition is demanding information on the health and whereabouts of the president who hasn't been seen in public for nearly 2 weeks the opposition leader has suggested that john make a foodie is in a coma and receiving treatment for corona virus in india the government minister has denounced days of speculation is nonsense my family has been criticised for playing down the threat of covert 19 and claiming steam therapy would protect tanzanians from the illness. footstools tough pandemic restrictions will be

gradually lifted from monday the lock down it was imposed nearly 2 months ago trying to tackle what was then the world's worst coronavirus surge chemical weapons and primary schools will be among the 1st services to reopen high schools and universities will follow next month and now with cinemas theaters and shopping malls the u.s. vaccination campaign is now administered more than 93000000 doses on average 2000000 people are being vaccinated per day but a large number of the population are still reluctant to be inoculated and as rob reynolds reports it's tangled up in party politics and conspiracy theory. in recent weeks and months coated skeptics have stormed shopping centers denouncing customers wearing masks. others disrupted a major vaccination center in los angeles claiming the vaccine is harmful and part of a left wing plot. people in idaho rallied to stage

a public mask burning ceremony. coppa deniers are busy spreading their message on social media this is the covert deception guys they want to see of us they want to control us they want to put this muzzle our face this mask now researchers and lawmakers say anti-vaccination groups and covert deniers are merging with the pro trump armed groups whose father worse attacked the u.s. capitol in january many anti vaccine leaders and braced conspiracies lights. and joined good white supremacist groups like the proud voice so you see this alignments with these other conspiracy groups and right wing organizations. anti-vaccination propaganda is partisan in nature growing partly out of ex-president donald trump's repudiation of mass wearing and his repeated denials

that the coronavirus caused serious illness the seeds of science denial and then to intellectual ism run very deep in culture it's her stronger right now among republicans a february poll shows 42 percent of republicans say they will never get vaccinated some of the covert conspiracy theories are outlandish on a par with the beliefs of q. and on at harriet's about a global kobol of satan worshipping pedophiles or that the vaccine is being manufactured to oh oh bill gates to microchip people it's not a matter of intelligence it's not a matter of mental illness or friends that these are mistakes that you've been even very. well educated very intelligent people can make dr richard pan is a california state senator and a practicing pediatrician he says the conspiracy theorists endanger millions the

dangers of allowing people to spread lies about back scenes actually endangers all of us and it slows our ability to stop this disease which has already killed over half a 1000000 americans pan and others call for stronger social media fact checking and removal of conspiracists material online is a large group of americans continues to reject reality the by did ministrations goal of near universal adult vaccination and a return to some semblance of normal life may prove elusive rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. if you're wondering what to digital is all about get this one work has just sold for a whopping $69000000.00 and another sign of its popularity $22000000.00 people tuned into the ocean in new york or bud manley has more on a priceless moment this is the 3rd most expensive on what ever sold by living out

his that auction but it's not actually attend to plight it's a digital who inspired by the daily news but 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 that's $5000.00 days it's one image for each $5000.00 days that i've been doing that every day you know 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 ended this thing was and

it's also a play on the estimate on requests that we typically publish for items avatar of procedure we know we're going to sell for. it i'm certainly steep price so if this is something we can all through online why is it so. it's become an asset thanks to an f.t. shorthand for a non fungible token the works authenticated using a digital signature block chain that's a program that creates a unique bond code the cons because pete 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 after other valuable auctions using similar technology. to this 10 2nd video with metallic seen and what seems to be donald trump has been bought by collect

a pap lowered regress frale for about $66000.00 he sold it for months later for 100 times that same argument as you know you can going to into look at the picture of the mona lisa and you can have it there but it doesn't have any value because it does have the provenance or the history of the work again the reality yes but this is a very very valuable because we hine at the end of the auction the window walks away with a digital file and rights to display the work but how all wet that would be displayed is anyone's guess nor about manly al-jazeera. this is out 0 these are the top stories and mammals military is accused of engaging in torture in particular against and to keep protestors unit reporter for the country says the action may amount to crimes against humanity the military rejects the claims at least 70.