the big stories and reports on the big events are going on but we also tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice and a member of the charm or that's going to be afraid to go on the last question and i think that's what i'm sure we don't we all see the questions that people should be accountable and also if we get people to give their view of what's going on. we can't learn our garden. is for it is for for moving a warning from us president joe biden to americans reminding them that the fight against the coronavirus pandemic is far from. hello there i missed on the tape this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up south korea says it's banning arms exports to myanmar as the joint is accused of torturing and persecution of peaceful protesters. machines of war or innocent

children the colombian government under fire after several miners are killed during a military operation. in south africa is due to good will sway the teenie the most influential traditional road that dies at the age of 72. well we begin this with breaking news out of nigeria there are reports that gunmen have kidnapped students from a college there that abduction happened in could do not state and the northwest school attacks have become much more frequent of late with the most recent of them being a mass abduction of 279 pupils in zamfara state last month we'll be getting you more on all of this as we get says and in fact right now we can speak to fidesz

he's a journalist joining us on the phone now from the nigerian capital abuja for dennis what do we know about this latest abduction they seem to be coming thick and fast. well the letters abduction happened in the early hours of friday so far the government has not made any official statement as to the number of people who were kidnapped or those who are behind the kidnapping the school authorities of also thought he should have a statement with calista waiting for the big 3 authorities to issue a statement as formal the kidnapped girls were taking probably college hires clearly in cardenas state which is just a few kilometers from the nation's capital of culture and this is like the 1st time that this kidnapping it's been a part of the action of the else is happening in a higher learning we have always targeted secondary schools where younger girls

attend but this is the highest you should be learning and this is more like a new development from multiple creation and there's so far i want to know is that the kidnapping happened this morning but how many people were taking and which group has been behind these people have been has not been made public yet fidelis are watching pictures now of some of the girls who were released from another abduction i mean the last few weeks and now obviously we've been seeing multiple school attacks over the course of the last few weeks and months how are people there feeling about the security situation i know there was a lot of anger to begin with. well there is good and anger about the security police in the country especially in recent months where our abduction of school kills or schoolboy creep we've also heard our comments were processed in taking

people in private vehicles taking among the highway which is why that little government. experience in the park lead to hierarchy the right. because it's changed but then we have. an increase in the number of abductions. are to be governed her that he is not like more. people. had a subplot because. we could then the question what active parent now people are really worried as to what the government is doing to ensure that these kidnappings are not going on that's frequent in the nazi fidelis and there with all the latest for us from a bridge in nigeria thank you so much for that us. on the fire against the current virus is far from over that's the warning to americans

from joe biden in his 1st primetime address since becoming u.s. president he's urging people to get vaccinated to keep social distancing and to continue wearing masks alan fisher has more now from washington d.c. from the east room in the white house joe biden's 1st national presidential address good t.v. my fellow americans when you don't from the global pandemic being declared the president took time to consider the human cost the growing number of deaths the families torn apart the lives left to be rebuilt we all lost something a collective suffering a collective sacrifice a year fill with the loss of life the loss of living for all of us. but in the last we saw how much there was to gain an appreciation respect and gratitude biden was somber but also hard to provide hope coming he believes in the form of the american rescue plan the massive 1.9 trillion dollars act he signed

into law just hours before the plan to give hope to people struggling to kick start an economy to expand a vaccination program so desperately needed i'm announcing that i'll direct all states tribes and territories to make all adults people 18 and over. eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1 we do this together by july the 4th there's a good chance you your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate independence day there's overwhelming support across the country for the relief plan even among republican voters but republican politicians think it's not targeted and it's too expensive this isn't a relief well it's pretty much a payoff for palosi is political allies and it will be the american people paying the bill we can't let our guard down by going appealed for unity for americans to

work together we don't want to go back he said and the arch people to wear masks as the man who became the face of the u.s. covert response has lamented how much politics got in the way of doing the right thing we had such divisiveness in our country that even simple common sense public health measures took on a political connotation and look forward to seeing the president will feel up to force one and start tuning parts of the country to take the benefits of his 1st major legislative success it is essentially a victory lap and he hopes the country will start looking more normal by july 4th more like the america everyone know its and hasn't seen for a year alan fischer al-jazeera washington. one hour south korea has announced its suspending defense exchanges and banning arms exports to me on law and the latest country to cut ties after the military coup on february 1st security forces are being accused of torture and persecution in their response to weeks of peaceful

protests south korea says it's also reconsidering aid to payments on our un special rapporteur at saying that it's likely that myanmar's military agenda has committed crimes against humanity he is calling for more sanctions against me on law senior leaders as well as its oil and gas industries the military has dismissed his claims are diplomatic editor james bay is reports now 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 they're using most restraint was far from convincing it was made in a recorded address by a veteran diplomat who sounded nervous and mumbling his words and lies was a standing opposite countries pressure of it which ran on tried to the principles of universality impartiality objectivity now solidity and what it does as asian

address in the home or issue of the country concerned however as the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry chan oh i previously worked closely with she a state counselor 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 senior military led by changing your leadership is now engaged in crimes against humanity including the actual murder in forces of periods. torture imprisonment 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. more turn who's denounced the military continues to hold the country's seat in the general assembly james 0 at the united nations. now tributes have been pouring in for south africa zulu king who has died at the age of 72 officials in the zulu nation say good was well a teeny have been treated in hospital for weeks for diabetes when his health and worsened kings while a teeny was the leader of the country's largest tribe well that's not speak for me the miller she joins us from johannesburg at the media can you explain the significance of king's one detainees role and the legacy that he's leaving behind. well the king's realty had been in power since about 1968 so for many south africans specifically loose south africans he's been the only king they've ever known and this is the 1st passing of that significant figure while he hasn't had

official a professional political role in south africa if his political influence i don't think can be ignored we saw that in the 1990 s. when there were tensions between people within the zulu nation ally and to the in-car to freedom party tensions between them and the now governing african national congress at that point former president nelson mandela had to appeal to the king to quell those tensions because they might have been in a potentially catastrophic we also know that the king is was one of the largest land owners in the world in south africa specifically in puzzle natal province the kings in going to try to stop it was in control of almost a 3rd of that land in the province and now that is becoming quite a contentious contentious issue in that there are moves by the government to take land from different entities and redistribute without compensation this was

potentially a sore point for the in trust for the king specifically as well as the loop zulu nation in that people within the zulu nation were taking the england yama trust to court to them rather than be tenants of the land and pay rent to the king they wanted to own the land themselves so the king had been battling a number of important issues in south africa and now that he's passed these will continue to be discussed and i think this is where his legacy will remain an issue given who might take over and how talks around land and also the position of people in south africa will be in the spotlight given the political influence the king it had for me there for us in johannesburg thanks so much for meeting. still ahead here on out as they're trying to get their own protection order the campaign to end attacks on lawyers in the philippines. and a mom on a mission and she's one of

a number of independents facing obstacles and a major vote in chile. it's the time of year to watch out for the philippine sea now things are getting a bit more active it's just a mess of thunderstorms on the satellite picture not amounting to much but because they persist in being drawn into the central philippines there are flood warnings there at the moment and a hint to the west might even be a proper circulation that will mean heavy rain over the water you will notice in malaysia there are still a few showers around the end the rainy season is still pretty wet daily in indonesia and there's a fairly obvious change in the weather type in australia now things are more active it's not really feeling like late summer so much is early autumn which is to be

expected this frontal system on its way through adelaide and melbourne has already dropped the temperature in adelaide by about 10 degrees it will the same in melbourne they will produce rain possibly thunder and the wind shifts so the wind changes the same for droughts in $24.00 to $17.00 but try to get to sunday in melbourne and then it goes quiet and temperatures slowly rise to 20 so it's sunday sydney's to pursue pretty active weather i think new south wales will see a pretty good wetting will be flash flooding from that behind it all the sun is out it's already cooled down as you know but in perth it's still up to $29.00. for. you to take over a 1000000 miles of us can see the streets one a one east is on the ground investigating what it means for the future of the southeast asian nation on out you see. this thing to say that

it's time for a different approach so let's leave them closely to the headlines join me as i take all the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions are marc lamont hill and it's time to get up for. hello again i'm a saucy attainder hunt let's remind you about top stories here with our there are reports that government have kidnapped students from a college in northern nigeria the abduction happened in could do mistake it's the 1st time a high institution of learning has been targeted no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. joe biden says the u.s. vaccination campaign is on target and has ordered states to ensure all adults are

eligible by may fast by more into the fight against private 19 though is far from over and americans to remain vigilant. south korea is suspending defense exchanges and banning arms exports to me and it's the latest country to cut ties after the military coup security forces are accused of torture and persecution in response to peaceful protests. now the u.s. says some hopeful progress has been made towards a cease fire and yemen but it says more commitment is needed from the rival parties special envoy timothy linda king made that assessment after visiting the region yemen has now been at war for more than 6 years the government backed by a saudi led coalition is fighting who the rebels who control the capital sanaa want to be a whore is a former u.s. diplomat and also the former deputy chief of mission in yemen he says the u.n. security council should be tougher on the warring sides. the leadership. are.

seen on lifting the siege. and stopping the aerial bombardment from saudi arabia 1st before they stop that seems to that's unrealistic and it seems like they are just biding for time so that they can finish taking over matter in their own media channels they are talking about a victory they feel victorians i think this is very on realistic and very unfortunate the un security council should take it off or stand but that has been disappointing as well as this goes on regardless of which side wins matter it will only cause the war to continue and the suffering in yemen has already reached beyond any limits that we know off in this current international environment the yemeni population is being starved and this needs to and then and urgently. well human rights lawyers in the philippines are saying they

fear for their lives they're demanding protection from the government dozens have been killed since president took office 5 years ago warning viewers may find some of the images and report to stopping. angelo carluke elian is a human rights lawyer who was stabbed in the head in pan island in the province a week ago even in the philippines long accustomed to violence the images were a shock to many police say this may have been a case of attempted to grab a ring but billions colleagues say it was a deliberate attempt to kill a lawyer who has been representing 16 indigenous farmers including 9 who were killed in last year's raid by state forces the farmers were accused of having links with communist rebels and is recovering in hospital but not all lawyers who were attacked survived benjamin ramos a prominent human rights lawyer in negras province was shot dead in 2018 his death

was a blow to marginalized communities including the farmers he represented for decades but 2 years on his killers remain at large. it was not elected since president or a very good authority took office in 2016 at least 54 lawyers have been killed and some of those who died were government prosecutors and judges others were likely in lawyers representing activists journalists and indigenous people from impoverished communities these lawyers have also been exposed to what's called red tagging the once accused by the government of being communists or you. know. the interest of serving those are in danger or boys. what the. nurses say

there are you. know. what we're. what we've. all but the justice department says investigations are proving difficult because most of the attacks were carefully planned and committed by professionals but many years see it is simply not enough and the fear that the killings will continue unabated government data shows that only 5 out of the $54.00 killings actually reached the courts this is why critics say the government should not be surprised if we believe in due process in the country is at an all time low this is expected they say specially when those who are mandated to administer justice are themselves killed dogon al-jazeera manila well the u.s. judge has reinstated a 3rd degree murder charge against

a former policeman accused of killing george floyd that's in addition to 2nd degree murder and manslaughter charges legal experts say it will have the jury an additional option for a conviction derek chauvinists accused of killing george freud by kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes floyd's death sparked a global protests calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality well the new u.s. attorney general merrick garland has arrived at the department of justice for his 1st day in the role the former supreme court nominee was approved by the senate with bipartisan support on wednesday galland has promised to run an impartial justice department the only way we can succeed and retain the trust of the american people is to adhere to the norms that have become part of the d.n.a. of every justice department employee those norms require that like cases be treated alike. that there not be one rule for democrats and another for republicans

one rule for friends and another for fodor's one rule for the powerful another for the powerless one rule for the rich and another for the poor or different rules depending upon one's race or ethnicity when the u.s. house of representatives has now voted in favor of legislation making background checks mandatory for all gun buy is the bill will now go to the senate and if passed those new laws would tighten regulations that currently allow gun sales to proceed without a background check if 3 business days of pasta house speaker nancy pelosi has members of congress to pass the bill. so hard to imagine legislation being more popular than the rescue plan 75 percent whatever 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 3rd vibe of the us is more important than the survival of our children. human rights organization in colombia says it's outraged by reports that up to 12 children might have been killed in an army bombing against fock dissidents the denunciation has sparked further anger aimed at the defense minister has called the mind as machines of war. reports now from bachata. these are the few available pictures of the march 2nd bombing by the colombian army of a dissident faction of fark rebels in southwest colombia in which human rights groups say up to 12 miners could have been killed one teenager is known to have died in an open the government acknowledges there were young people at the rebel

camps but not the children were among those killed defense minister added to public outrage saying that any young victim should be regarded as a machine of war while insisting the operation followed international protocols. it's clear under international law that recruited mine is a victims but after being trained to prepared that becoming young competence the active student disposition of affecting life and generating terror against the population we can't afford that many criminals who started as guerrillas at 13 and committed all sorts of crimes. you know that's not a position politicians say that if confirmed the killings are shameful and that the minister should resign. throwing bombs over defenseless children being victims of force recruitment who are sleeping in the camp is a clear violation of the principle of proportionality is not

a military triumph it's a failure of the state. this is not the 1st time the government of president has been criticised for its use of force in its effort to thwart dissident rebels in drug trafficking groups in 2019 then defense minister guillermo but there was forced to resign after several children were killed in a similar strike incidents like this one were often the norm during the worst years of civil conflict with that even our miners considered collateral damage but since the signing of a peace deal in 2006 things colombians have become less prone to accept. a recent report shows that more than 200 miners were recruited last year alone political analyst said hugh guzman says public outreach is important but will not be enough to prevent this from happening again the structural problem is the lack of state presence in areas on top of the pandemic and the closure of

public schools so it's important to recognize that the recruitment of these child minors is a crime against humanity but also the state has been has done a huge disservice to them if confirmed these deaths promised to reignite accusations of human rights abuses in a country still reeling from decades of war alice and then 50. porsche months owned by the late argentinian football legend diego maradona has sold for nearly $580000.00 that's 3 times the estimated price marathon i would often drive horses to and from stadiums and playing for a spanish club sivia f.c. has 1900 or so of the $911.00 was sold at an auction in belgium by french collectors on thursday 4 months after marathon us death people in chile a will be heading to the polls next month and a historic election they'll be choosing delegates for a congress that's writing

a new constitution from pioneer use in human reports. constitutional congress candidate comedian a bottle organizers 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 piney 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 want the new constitution to guarantee our social rights a dignified life and to protect our environment. you know about who 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 face masks were

donated by my sister in law we had to gather thousands of signatures to qualify to run as an independent. she isn't alone again. at another food and vegetable market benito but enda who is well known for his work with the homeless is campaigning in lapin bana and low income areas. i'm pleased and i'm an independent he boasts 90 percent of chile inch don't belong to the country's highly discredited political party. last year the majority voted in a referendum to rewrite their constitution and next month they'll head to the polls again to elect a $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 that says or pacts with the of a political forces which the political parties can the but the parties who wrote the rules. despite there are norma's disadvantages independents are actually hoping to capitalize on one until now has been an extremely high abstention rate and apathy on the part of voters this time there bet 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. your insulin swill is one of them through the group who in all my 52 years of living voted but now i will for an independent who's one of us. hundreds of independents are running but chile's 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 the very listless process is viewed as

credible the social crisis and uprising that led to calls for a new constitution will get worse you see a human al-jazeera buying it. mauritania's former president mohamed old and 10 senior political figures have all been charged with corruption they relate to an investigation into these as finances during his decade long rule one of his sons in law to former prime ministers and 5 former ministers are all among those facing charges. that this is al jazeera these are the headlines there are reports that gunmen have kidnapped students from a college in northern nigeria the abduction happened and could do in a state in the 1st time a high institution of learning has been targeted no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but scholars like her.