treat your conflict in yemen we meet with the global news makers and about the stories that matter on syria. if you want to help save the world. enduro. a very young. age of 5 tears through part of a reading account in bangladesh that houses more than 850000 refugees. i money inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the e.u. imposes sanctions against me and most gentle chief over the last months to the violent crackdown against protesters. after

a rough week faster zeneca over its corona virus vaccine a new study gives the company a much needed boost. the border looks like it's going to come up very very. we decided we'd better get a. national disaster declared in parts of eastern australia as people are forced to flee severe floods. let's begin in bangladesh where a major fire house went through a camp housing rangar refugees and started a few hours ago and still isn't under control the place is in the camp which is in conses bazaar that houses about 5000 families come professionals believe the source was a cooking gas cylinder let's go to our correspondent there is live in dhaka talk us

through what you're hearing about this fire. well i just got done talking to our contacts in the refugee camp fire finally has been put under control it has been challenging situation because many of their hearts are in a military range where the fire trucks can access there's no any kind of fire water system within the camp to douse the fire so the un experience mobilized a lot of volunteers along with the firefighters to put the fire out which was challenging because of the wind and because many of them contain l.p.g. cooking gas cylinder which is usually the case where the fire starts from there basically pilings blameable and combustible so it's quite dangerous to use days without precaution now we know from reliable sources in the camp that there has been casualties we can give me any. number of people still missing in that camp and it has been one of the most devastating fire in the largest refugee camp in the

wall at least 5000 people live in that environment in bulk ali part of the camps thousands of shelters have been damaged or totally been destroyed by fire now this . shanty wood and toppling there is no protection really in one way you can skate very easily but they're really highly in playmobil as well and the government has been taking many of their anger refugees to a remote island and passion charge for decongestion and security reasons because the camp is really congested per square kilometer there are thousands of people living there and because when it's dry and windy if there is a fire incident it could easily spread very quickly this is the 2nd fire incident within a month couple of months rather in january this year there was another major fire at least $500.00 damage again on may last year there was another similar fire from this combustible l.p.g.

gas cylinder because of the terrain and the structure not everywhere the trucks can access the fire trucks. so it becomes very challenging to does this fire out in timely fashion but luckily in previous location nobody died but unfortunately in this occasion there have been casualties we'll bring you more information later in the day just looking at the pictures that we've gotten mean it looks it's a devastating fire and this is a very very important camp many thousands as you say of ring is living in this camp i mean talk about the potential impact this could have well 1st of all to rebuild this is going to take time and also the fact that a lot of these people at least $5000.00 plus will have to find a temporary shelter for right now what the camps context told us many of them are taking shelter in their family or friends places that the u.n. aid here is mobilized volunteers to help relocate them and say for

a zone there is no major shelter to relocate them temporarily afraid has to be within other running up families the congestion and lack of water supply in certain areas and also unable to access those areas any to any fire incident could potentially be very devastating and dangerous for the camp it's a challenging environment no doubt for right now and we'll see how things are piers by tomorrow when all those who were displaced and all those who are missing are accounted for many thanks for that update tom very very the 1st live in dhaka. for more than a month the european union has been condemning the military coup in myanmar and the lethal crackdown that followed on monday followed through with its toughest action yet 11 people including the military's top commander min online and now under sanctions all of their assets in the e.u. a frozen will no longer be able to travel through member states. the e.u.

also announced sanctions on 4 chinese officials for their role in the abuse of we good muslims he says the scene if it isn't responsible for the detention of thousands. has more from paris. foreign ministers and mounting sanctions against levon military leaders in myanmar all connected to the coup that took place in february and to the or ongoing violence as well as their companies and their businesses now what the e.u. foreign ministers say is that these leaders will have any of their e.u. linked assets frozen they will be visa and travel bans imposed on all of them and it means that any e.u. businesses or banks or investors will not be able they will be banned from working with the companies belonging to any of these military leaders so they are of the toughest response by the european union to the leaders in myanmar and of course one

of the main the main military leader many lange has been sanctions imposed against him as well he is the head of the joint or so certainly a very strong message from the e.u. that any rights violations and violations against a democracy will be punished foreign ministers are also decided to impose sanctions on officials individuals and companies in a number of countries where they say that human rights violations are being carried out they most significantly of imposed sanctions against or for top chinese officials for rights abuses against the muslim we go minority in china. as are seneca's coronavirus a vaccine has received a boost after data from a trial showed it's safe and effective the study involved more than 30000 people

from the u.s. chile and peru and showed the job is 79 percent effective in preventing kovan 1900 symptoms and 100 percent effective against severe illness several european countries halted astra zeneca shots earlier this month after reports that it was linked to blood clots some have now resumed inoculations and has more on the story from london. a war of words that still going on between britain and the e.u. and astra zeneca the british swedish company in the last couple of hours we've heard an erroneous e.u. officials saying that the u.k. is not to blame the e.u. is not to blame clearly pointing the finger at the company for not meeting can crush contractual obligations now we know that prime minister boris johnson in the next couple of days will be phoning his counterparts in the people like president michel of france and chancellor merkel he is also going to talk to is it up on the

lion head of the european commission who at the weekend floated the possibility of the european union imposing what amounts to an export ban on all vaccinations from the e.u. from that bloc to the u.k. now everyone saying that they don't want that to happen but the. noises out of brussels today are that they really do want astra zeneca to start committing to what it's promised the company says it's all because the e.u. signed contracts much later than the u.k. did last year and of course we know what's happened since the year u.k. has steamed ahead with its vaccination program compared to the e.u. which is stalled the current figures are that roughly 10 percent of the u.k.'s adult population have at least received their 1st job compared to that's the e.u. 10 percent of the population having received at least one dose compared to over 50

percent of the adult population here in the u.k. . china has held a closed door trial for a former canadian diplomat he's been detained in the country for more than 2 years diplomats from canada u.s. and about 20 other countries gathered outside the court in beijing to show solidarity among. he's been accused if you notice he was detained in 2018 soon all to canada arrests of a senior executive from how way china's hell separate proceedings for another canadian facing some of the charges both michael spambot and coverage's trials have ended without a verdict despite. the international agreement that china has signed under the vienna convention that would allow. consular officers access to hearings for their citizens we are being denied that

access we've made we've requested access to michael equal rights hearing repeated repeatedly but that access being denied. as you know. michael clover has been detained for more than 2 years now. he's been arbitrarily detained and now we see that the court process to itself is not transparent well china has defended its handling of the covered case on the keys is counted a meddling and it's a fast she was released it was actually how she went in canada has brought together some other countries diplomats in china and point fingers at china's handling of individual cases that is interference in china's judicial sovereignty we were ject that and will by no means accept such interference michael covert and michael spade or are suspected of in danger in china's national security and china's judicial organs will handle the cases and guarantee their rights and interests between

a you how small a story from beijing. this is really the climax of what has been a long drawn out legal process michael coverage along with michael spade will they were both arrested in december 28th seen and it took 18 months for them to be charged with espionage formally and now it's been more than $800.00 days that they've both been detained with very little access to the outside world and as we heard earlier canada is extremely critical of the way these cases are being handled by china in addition to what they say is a lack of transparency they've also raised questions about the amount of access both have had to chinese lawyers before the trial both respectively on friday and on monday today for michael crawford now of course this case has also a tract of a lot of international attention for one the business community is really watching closely these cases sense chills down the spines of many who are involved in

business and lived here in china as foreigners working here both corporate and they were well known in the ex-pat community and other governments of course have also been critical of these cases we had earlier today more than 20 diplomats from various countries including australia the u.k. the u.s. show up outside the court where coverage was being trialled and they stood there in solidarity with him their u.s. president joe biden has also weighed in saying that the u.s. will do whatever it can to support canada and trying to have these men freed and turn biden said that these men should not be used as bartering chips as it's widely suspected that this really is a case of hostage diplomacy incomers another hearing is expected in the extradition of proceedings for a while way executive men wangle she's been detained since 2018 the u.s. is seeking her deportation of allegations of fraud relating to ways business dealings with iran earlier beijing canada to release men who they say has been

unjustly detained. the leading opposition candidate in the republic of congo has died a day off to the presidential election the breeze puff a clear last was being transferred to from the treatment the cove of 19 after being diagnosed on friday he was the main challenger to veteran leader denis assume whistle. right now very sisto being counted denis assumed gesso is widely expected to be announced the winner extending his 36 years in power and nationwide internet blackout on sunday has been added to concerns over transparency. so ahead on al jazeera hundreds of thousands of people have fled violence in mozambique now they face some could be radicalized by. washington d.c. pushes to become the country's 50 states we'll look at how the state of debate is

likely to play out in congress. now i'm not sure of the state of the cherry blossoms in japan after the wind the rain just gone through but i know that in china they are being enjoyed it's quite it's warming nice it's not been too windy for the most part however that wind direction is more southerly is warming things up for lying to warm up to 20 in beijing or to 40 in harbin and turkey will warm up nicely now in the sunshine now that last chance was gone through the flow of heavy rain possible in for jan and maybe even for the north later on wednesday and then the sun is back for almost all of china includes go right back into you know it was no more than the big cloud now is increasing like it is showers in vietnam that breeze is now full of moisture through the south china sea that might continue and an increasing likelihood of

showers struck the philippines as well but the bigger showers big thunderstorms are still further south in malaysia and into these increasingly i think in the far south the thailand as well again seasonal rain moving slowly north and although most of india is dry just discussion light showers now and there are a few showers in sri lanka this is active weather in northern pakistan snow in the foothills of the himalaya rain otherwise and eventually to come diver islamabad new delhi but it's good news it changes the equity. welcome to doha from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey.

body. and when you leave with a smile we know la day's work is done qatar airways welcome to our home. you're watching al-jazeera mind our top stories this hour in bangladesh a major fire has swept through a camp housing rangar refugees started a few hours ago but is now under control blazes in the baloch ali camp in cox's bizarre that houses about $5000.00 families camp officials believe the source was a cooking gas and. top john to the chief is among 11 military commanders being

sanctioned by the european union bloc announced a series of penalties against alleged human rights violators in myanmar as well as china and the rest of the world. as a result of his corona virus vaccine has received a boost to data from a trial it's safe and effective the study involved more than 30000 people from the u.s. chile and peru show the job is 79 percent effective in preventing cave at 19 and. parts of the east coast of australia have been declared a natural disaster with homes destroyed and rescue operations underway the state of new south wales is battling the worst flooding in decades the forecast is due to improve by wednesday but for now people of bracing for more heavy rains make a gauge has this report from the town of windsor west of sydney. region's

under water and many people at breaking point days of torrential rain have turned parts of eastern australia into an inland sea ruining homes and destroying one. several areas have been declared disaster zones and tens of thousands of people ordered to leave others are on standby watching what happens next is only one bridge at the moment one road and one road in the future up we all know and emergency services have been inundated with calls for help dozens of people trapped by rising floodwaters have been rescued but many farm animals washed away as rivers burst their banks and dams spilled. communities are becoming increasingly cut off here in windsor west of sydney this is the main bridge completely under water along with buildings and more rain is on the why people get to evacuate are writing to protect homes sandbagging properties and hoping for the best. the

wind is pretty bad others are already counting the cost sorry where is your business just over the bridge patrick muskets business is under water 100 acres of lawn that he commercially grows flooded destroying all of this season's stock a loss of millions of dollars. it's very scary not knowing what's going to happen and not knowing. what's happening. yes we just got a light to say and if we haven't siphoned everything say from the farm it's been a year since precision to bushfires burned across this region before that severe drought one emergency its aims after the next some communities who were battered by the bush tries and now being battered by the floods and drought prachi that and i don't know any time an astronaut's history when we've had these extreme weather

conditions in such quick succession in the middle of a pandemic some are calling this a one in 100 year disaster and weather experts are predicting the worst could be yet to come because the gauge al-jazeera winsor. people displaced by armed groups affiliated with i saw in mozambique could become radicalized if the international community on the government don't intervene soon that is a warning from the un's refugee agency which has been meeting with some of the worst affected communities. reports the numbers keep going up in northern mozambique according to the un's refugee agency nearly 700000 people have been forced to flee their homes and more than 2000 have been killed we're lucky learners village in standard came under attack one night he fled with his wife children and grandchildren. they left because of the war that affected us it wasn't mine so we fled into the bush we stayed for days in the bush looking for

a way out and running away from the conflict mozambique's government says fighters affiliated to eisele operating in parts of cardboard. the militant group stage its 1st attack in 2017 since then the attacks have been bigger in scale and frequency taking on the army and the times seizing entire towns humanitarian workers reports beheadings rape abductions and other human rights abuses i spoke to a grandmother. daughter was killed during the conflict and the father of the child was beheaded and the grandmother is now caring for that child another woman i met is caring for a stranger's child who is now off and so this is common in this community now where the women are caring for each other's children where the parents have been lost.

the government has started moving people to resettlement sites where it's believed to be safer but conditions there are basic and more funding and planning is needed to cover food medicines and other necessities the covered 19 pandemic has made an already die economic and humanitarian crisis worse a lot of resources are needed we do not expect looking at this situation i would not expect the amount of people the number of people being displaced through the flood to stop unfortunately for the time being and therefore more assistance is needed the u.n. is warning poverty frustration and unemployment in this gas rich region is making it easy for armed groups to recruit the united states says it's special forces will help train soldiers in mozambique to fight the insurgents portugal the country's former colonial power has also committed to changing the military for now people

waiting for help to arrive say they feel abandoned by the country and the international community. al-jazeera jury selection is continuing in the case of the police officer who killed george floyd in the us city of minneapolis last year and looking at live pictures here of a course in minneapolis shaven is charged with murdering floyd who of course said he couldn't breathe when the police officer pinned him down with his floyd's death led to weeks of protests against police brutality and racism expecting that trial to start on march the 29th. people in washington d.c. are about to see the latest push for statehood play out in the house of representatives many have long complained that the u.s. capitol has not elected representatives who can vote in congress now with democrats in control of the 3 branches of government there's new hope statehood is possible

shepherdstown see reports from washington. national attention was drawn to just how callous the residents of washington d.c. are when the city's mayor was only able to mobilize the national guard during the capitol hill rout in january and subsequently when they have no say sections of their city were fenced off the polls now show unprecedented nationwide support for d.c. stated and activists feel this is the moment the fight at 1st they heard a much bigger than. the national guard really several 100000 plus americans who pay for talks with democracy who represent the military that we see. representation in. the u.s. constitution decreed that the us is capital was to be hosted not in a state but in a federal district that would be controlled by congress and have no voting

representation but today washington d.c. has a larger population than the states of wyoming over months and pays more in federal taxes than 22 states nonetheless republicans still argue the d.c. citizens owns worthy of representation wyoming is a well rounded working class state a new state of washington would not be. romber right owns a small business in d.c. for her it's pretty clear what cotton is saying wyoming is 93 percent white if washington became a state it would be the only state in the nation with a plurality of black residents i'm a real person the people that i know in d.c. are real people we are not only real people but we are very diverse city we're one of the most diverse cities in the entire country i think that there is a very real. effort to squelch the voices of people of color last year the house of representatives overwhelmingly voted to make d.c.

a state for the 1st time a similar bill has now been introduced in the senate where the democrats have a majority but with a republican party fearful of the creation of a state from i have. to take a listen because saudi arabia's foreign minister prince faisal been for han is holding a press conference he's talking about initiatives to bring peace and yemen let's have a listen yemen this and this. is support the united nations in. the european in avoiding the positive role of the sultan it's of a man. first to reach a solution and you have it under the supervision of the united nations. rebiya. is calling up all the government there are with this to accept it. and to deal with the humanitarian situation the commitment situation in

yemen to do with the sufferings of the many people to be partners in achieving and bringing peace to the country. we need to get yemen away from the aggression of iran and this should be on the subversion of the not today should the take them asunder arabia confirms its riot to defend its terror traitors and its citizens again is that tax of the. militia supported by iran and the kingdom of saudi arabia is having the right to protect its economy and the international awards a code of those naval code those the kingdom of saudi arabia rejects completely the iranian interference is in the region and in yemen because the or rather the intervention of the main reasons why the situation is getting worse and worse

in yemen through the violations of the you not that this is a solution is the kingdom of saudi arabia continues its. coalition with the m. and a government and its commitment to listen to the problems that facing the many people and supporting old efforts to bring peace and stability to yemen the 1st question. how to be. cinematic man was you know these be upon you your excellence a question from a lot of the. when this agreement and initiative will be implemented is it you know that the saudi decision over it was decision to call the nation with the government or with the host is.

think you then the ship is now taking place but it depends on the acceptance of the whole it is as is far and this is it dates the proven. part is and we have seen before that the kingdom of saudi arabia and the coalition . and launching an initiative there are with is are not accepting this so we hold these tie in the whole it is we'll accept it in order to keep the safety of yemen and to deal with the humanitarian situation there in the m.n. we have called the need to do with the many governments and with old in the coalition countries and. these parties up.