disproportionately women in care where the author a comes down to prejudice. unscripted on al-jazeera. the u.s. leads a joint western dr temple sanctions on china for human rights abuses promising fury from beijing. hello there i'm hala my hits and this is al-jazeera mine from doha also coming out with the rebels in yemen dismiss the cease fire plan by saudi arabia aimed at ending the 6 year war devastation as a rectangle refugee camp in bangladesh several are killed and thousands of homes destroyed by fire and a stray is hit by some of the worst flooding in decades mass evacuations are

ordered across the states of new south wales. the united states the european union and several other countries have launched a coordinated set of sanctions over human rights abuses in china there and start getting for chinese officials for their role in the abuse of the weaker this is the 1st time the e.u. and the united kingdom of targeted beijing for human rights abuses u.s. secretary of state and city blinken accuse china of genocide and called on beijing to end repression of the weaker is china's already announced retaliatory sanctions against 10 european politicians for severely harming its solvency and spreading lies and disinformation the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said they want to china to engage in dialogue not to continue in confrontational. rather than changes

policies and address our legitimate concerned china is against turned a blind eye and these measures are read to will and acts unacceptable there will be no change in the european union determination to defend human rights and to respond to syria for you later than abuses as they said your respective where they are committed. well let's get a more u.s. reaction on this night from gabriel elizondo who's joining us from washington d.c. he gave we've seen a coordinated set of sanctions being announced here at what's behind this tougher more unified stance. well yes and it's interesting that it comes just a few days after that very contentious meeting between biden officials and their chinese counterparts in alaska just last week meeting by all

accounts there was incredibly contentious and did not go very well at all the 1st high level meeting between biden officials and chinese officials but the white house says that these sanctions have nothing to do with the alaska meeting at all that this is separate and that they had been looking into this for quite some time now you know biden has only been in office for a little over 60 days but bottom line here is biden has been saying president biden that he wants to have a more multilateral approach to international affairs particularly when it comes to human rights issues and particularly even more so when it comes to china and i think you are starting to see the 1st step moving in that direction with these sanctions it was the e.u. that announced it at the beginning of monday morning and then by the middle of monday it was washington britain canada also announcing sanctions as well

so it was certainly a court unaided at some level and i think it's basically to send a message to beijing that times are different now unlike in the last 4 years in washington where the former president donald trump dealt with china on a very unilateral basis shunning a lot of his european countries and allies it's now going to be a little bit different than what biden i think you're going to see a lot more a multilateral ism and that's what you see with this sanction move against these chinese officials what will gabriel china's like she does on sanctions and retire and do you think this is likely to escalate. they could have. white house press secretary was asked are there more sanctions possible on the table she was noncommittal to that she won't say yes she would say no but certainly that's something that probably is very much on the table and will be discussed going forward bottom line is these are significant sanctions because it's the 1st

sanctions against any chinese officials under president joe biden it's also significant because it's the e use most strongest action against china since about 1989 so it's significant that way but bottom line is these sanctions in of themselves on a few chinese officials travel bans. freezing of some assets this in of itself will not change beijing behavior this is probably just a warning if anything else bottom line is as you mentioned the beijing is saying we have no behavior that we need to change beijing beijing saying that the the ethnic minorities in the northwest of the country are thriving and that they have nothing to apologize for. bringing us the latest from washington d.c. cape thank you i will get more now from bonnie cleese or she joins us from rests in virginia she's the director of the china power project at the center for strategic and international studies in washington d.c.

great to have you with us on the program what do you think these sanctions will realistically achieve. well it is going to be difficult to change china's calculus and behavior and particularly its policies and singe on but also in higher cond where they are undermining the autonomy of hakani in the united states and also impose sanctions there on chinese officials but the way to do this is certainly not to do it unilaterally but to do it with a coalition of other countries and this is the 1st time that the united states has worked together with its allies the e.u. and canada and the u.k. to jointly slap sanctions on china and it is a signal that there are many countries that find china's policies and syngenta to be unacceptable reprehensible they are violations of human rights and china has to

start rethinking its approach and i think this is the 1st step it's not going to change china's policies overnight we have to continue to work together and convinced that it's on the wrong path and the way you say this is the 1st sentence of coordinates is approach but is there any concern in the united states that the europeans for example aren't willing to go as hard or to go after the chinese as hard after all the the man behind the weaker cracked doesn't appear to be sanctioned by the e.u. or the u.k. is it concern that the e.u. is perhaps holding back some more it's. well there certainly a possibility that the united states and maybe some other countries alone to do more then the e.u. is willing to do it and again the key to this is not trying to compete with each other but to have a dialogue with our allies and see what we can all do to some extent maybe

unilaterally but more importantly together and the next step that i think is going to be what will these countries do regarding the planned a lympics in beijing in 2028 some people have talked about a boycott but there are many things that these countries could do more of a boycott not sending senior officials to opening and closing ceremonies not having the narrative that is shaped by china enabling their athletes or allowing them to speak about china's human rights. atrocities during the olympics and maybe even encouraging some of our companies to not sponsor the olympics his range of the united states could do with their allies so if we think of the olympics olympics are more than a year away and in terms of the week i mean they're the ones who are impacted by

this crackdown matthew what do you think just quickly if you would what do you think any of this what will change for the week who are living under truly dreadful conditions. but nothing is going to change in the next day or even weeks frankly as i said yes the olympics are year away policies have to be formulated way in advance because we have to decide how to approach this issue so i think that it is not trained or chore to make decisions about what we are going to do and signal beijing what we will do together if they do not change their policies and center ok bonnie is her favorite out of time but thank you so much for sharing your views and analysis with us on al-jazeera. now for more than a month the european union has condemned the military coup in myanmar and the lethal crackdown since then of monday it followed through with its toughest action

yet 11 people including the military's top commander min on line are no under sanctions all of their assets in the e.u. are frozen and they'll no longer be able to travel through member states. almost 6 years to the day since it intervenes in yemen saudi arabia is now offering up a plan for peace the saudi foreign minister has outlined a proposal for a nationwide ceasefire for by a resumption of political talks to end the war shiela ballasts takes a look at how there's a long road ahead before any end to the fighting you know and i limit here from riyadh and saudi arabia's political and military elite came a proposal they want to end the war in yemen and they had some carrots for the who thinks we will do all we can to put the necessary pressure on the who these to accept and to come to the negotiating table and to lay down arms because we believe that a stop to the fighting and a focus on

a political solution is the only way forward. this is who data port held by the who theses but under blockade by the saudi coalition meaning most fuel and food imports are not getting through. this is santa international airport held by the who thinks but has not seen regular commercial flights since 2015 the saudi government is proposing to ease the blockade on her data port and allow some flights to resume at santa airport to that new political negotiations and a nationwide un supervised cease fire. the romberg who thinks quickly rejected the proposal stating the opening of ports and airports is a humanitarian right and not a bargaining chip idea about what they are imposing land sea and air blockade on us we have been discussing such things for more than a year the real thing that we need is to deal with the humanitarian situation we also need saudi arabia to stop its interference in yemen and to stop its aggression and blockade on yemen and this initiative has brought nothing new. u.s.

president joe biden has rescinded support for saudi arabia in yemen and reversed a decision to label the who thinks as terrorists pointed timothy leader king is especially. envoy to yemen to renew talks with stakeholders the u.s. proposed a ceasefire last week which the wheaties rejected saying riyadh must 1st lift its see any a blockade. american will to in the conflict is high and yet it seems the prospect of peace may be fueling the war we have seen in c.d.'s as illusions. also get abs so it knows us that it seems that both partners are where they are coming to be or might be coming to an end. they are trying to. have. on the ground in order to have negotiations but. now 6 years into the war neither side wants to lose and yet as they fight to win yemenis are dying

every day succumbing to war to disease to famine shelob alice al-jazeera. sells a come on al-jazeera allegations opposing after a leading opposition figure in the republic of congo dies and we'll tell you about the iris of this world plan to clean up space junk. it's spring and we see tonight is already and you might think well there's more cloud coming from what is still a wintry mind in this area the high plains in the west and you got this frontal as i which is where the want comes up from the south meets the coast they usually wind up some fairly nasty thunderstorms and still possible down the southern states i

think on tuesday in the north this big circulations new winter low means rain for the midwest except for the north in particular in minnesota where you might see some significant snow in across the border into ontario and it's still cold though to run down through the 4 corners and even catch the texas panhandle yet this is late march snow for you but last we're going to talk about warm showers in places like dallas and to the east and then the california coast little frontal system wants to show itself at least in oregon might get further south with the time being san francisco's at $970.00 degrees. we got a better rush of light showers running through the morons in the eastern caribbean and even in past is funereal his back near a particular haiti much his big show is here and that they migrate into eastern cuba every now and again but basically to drive pictures on the walls to places like mexico and el salvador with the breeze becoming a little lighter but then the wednesday.

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and several other countries have been posed as coordinated sanctions on chinese officials for human rights abuses against weaker muslims in china for beijing immediately hit back with sanctions on 10 european politicians saudi arabia has offered up a pet plan for peace in yemen which has been devastated by 6 years of war the initiative includes a nationwide cease fire and the resumption of talks and fighting with the rebels say the planet doesn't go far enough. a large clinical trial in the us has fined the astra zeneca vaccine to be safe and effective a study of more than 30000 people showed the job is 79 percent effective in preventing cool with 1000 $900.00 sense and 100 percent effective against severe illness several european countries halted astra zeneca shots earlier this month

after reports it was linked to blood clocks but some have since resumes vaccination campaigns. japan has lifted a state of emergency in tokyo as pressure mounts on the government to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control the heads of the olympics ones of the measure in pool stench and yuri bars and restaurants been closing at 8 pm or many other businesses have switched to remote working but with infections rising for months ahead of the games experts are warning against complacency. a curfew and emergency powers have been extended for up to 3 weeks in miami beach after a chaotic scenes over the weekend thousands descended on the tourist destination for spring break pools in port officials call a serious coronavirus risk over the weekend swat teams and riot gear used pepper spray and sang cannons to disperse the crowds descended gallacher reports. miami

beach has long been a destination for those looking to soak up the sun relax and enjoy the beaches that . every year students on their spring break typically gather along the city's iconic ocean drive in what's rarely a low key affair. over the weekend however celebrations tend to chaos in a city officials deemed the overwhelming crowds a coded risk police and swat teams in riot gear used pepper balls and sound cannons to disperse largely masculist revelers as an 8 pm curfew was enforced we've done everything we can to try to to mitigate the behavior that we're seeing but quite frankly i'm concerned that the behavior is getting out it's getting a little more from us to be able to handle the tactics used by police have been heavily criticized by local black leaders says the crowds were largely african-american but the city's mayor says the risk from coburg incidents of violence and gun crime left him with little choice too many people are coming here right now and too many people are coming here with bad intentions and we have seen

images and videos 'd. i've been out there a lot of my colleagues have been as well and although at times it is perfectly fine during the day especially at night there is no question that it becomes a place that feels a little bit out of control or a lot out of control because fuz forced businesses to close restricted access to the beach and may be extended into next month over the last 3 weeks over a 1000 people have been arrested more than half in from out of state the problem with all this is that florida's aggressively encouraged visitors to come here the state's governor rod to santas openly brags that south florida is booming fueled in part by cheap flights and hotel rooms in a state that's lost over 30000 people to cope with 19 what's happening here now is seen as a serious public health risk florida thrives on tourism. and for those looking to

break free from a year of code restrictions there's disappointment it's a little ridiculous considering that now we are going to stay on the hotels on the strip and we can't even have dinner sarus back there and i understand. that it's not what i expected at that it was going to be more fun these aren't the kind of scenes miami beach wants seen across the world but in the midst of a deadly pandemic officials say they'd rather not deal with another spike in cases gallacher al-jazeera miami beach florida. hundreds of people have been rescued and thousands were evacuated as severe flooding hits eastern parts of australia the state of new south wales is battling the worst floods in decades with some places declared natural disaster areas let's go now cynical gauges and windsor north west of sydney and just looking at the scene behind those floodwaters are so ever present just tell us what's happening where you are right now bad as the situation

. yeah well flood conditions seem to be worsening in many places across the east coast in windsor we were here yesterday in flood waters same much higher than that in the rain has been coming down heavily we've seen that across an entire east coast of australia from queensland right down to southern new south wales where houses have been submerged as well as cars people have been evacuated as well and and just like we're seeing here many roads are cut off then access has been limited to many people so when we are looking to remove people and evacuate them from areas of course it's been extremely difficult but my main area of concern right now is for communities along the hawkesbury river north of c b that's where the rivers have burst their banks and wastes a lot of stock flow down rivers as well as in the mid north coast but this morning

another 4 because he's on the coal oil or thora he's have ordered an evacuation order for that area and we will be seeing rescue boats and helicopters sent to people who need to get out because more and more roads being cut off at this stage it's. adar situation indeed with homes and livelihoods risk is there any relief on the horizon. well that's what people are hoping so this system has been caused by 2 significant weather systems actually merging the weather bureau says that about 10000000 australians have been affected by these weather warnings the leaf is expected to come later on tuesday but the premier of new south wales gladys berejiklian has said

that that doesn't mean that the danger is all over it is all dependent on where the water is folding and into which catchments because obviously there is a lot of running downstream so even if the rain subsides in some areas we may still see rivers rising so the government says that this is still a dangerous situation and thousands more people are preparing today to evacuate from their areas because of this weather system that is worsening at the moment so many people are feeling externally nervous of course we are just seeing the core of it 19 vaccine rollout program here as well which is delayed so many people watching these areas of concern to make sure that people are safe and evacuated from the areas where rivers rising ok and they could gauge they're in when certain

new south wales thank you at least 5 people are feared to have died in a major fire as a wrecking a refugee camp in bangladesh the blaze at the camp and coaxes bazaar has destroyed hundreds of tents and the functions of people without shelter centers and other facilities have also been destroyed and casualties have been immediately reported it's time for charities and darker he says the farm is on to control thousands of refugees have nowhere to go home. there is no government built shelter per se with this record just can't stay over night probably have to use the triple r.c. camp which is a camp office or they have to use probably some of the family places now lot of the danger comes from the cooking cylinder they use that which is called l.p.g. gas cylinder because each family gets one cylinder for cooking this is to have

white cutting odes in the nearby forest wide and garment of destruction this is also posing danger because many a time this fire started from this gas cylinder that highly combustible and also this flimsy hard time made out of pain and gambles and toppling which is a clear danger to save the children saying that at least in a statement just brought out today that at least 80000 people could be adversely affected by this fire in the area where the lead in balad cully a lot of the children's learning center are damaged many of the schools that are temporary schools rather jolly and the children are traumatized by this incident it's here how do you tackle this sort of situation in the coming days the government has also shifted about $13000.00 refugees to an. island remote island current passion charge they want to take about 100000 clearly to decongest the camp for security reasons as well as the condition region but the safety concern in one of the largest camp in the world and densely populated is

a major issue. the leading opposition candidates in republic of congo has died the day after the presidential election he breeze perfect all of us dies as he was being transferred to france for treatment for covert but his supporters claim he was poisoned they're suspicious of president and he says soon guess so is expected to extend his 36 year rule from brazzaville markup malcolm webb reports. supporters of the breeze half a colossal don't believe that he died of coded many here outside his party headquarters think he was poisoned. they were expecting him to win the republic of congo's presidential elections so. we need change and north topsy they must do an autopsy to know if you really died from covert 19. killers had traveled to paris for medical treatment his death was announced early on monday for

a lot of the people living in a neighborhood that is so very very seem like a distant reality they watch the news it seems like it's something that affects all the people in richer countries plus there's a the mistrust of the government and that hasn't been helped by things that have happened to former opposition candidates and by things that people from the ruling party have said awkward because we want our local during the election campaigns the prime minister campaign for president any sense who. is ruled for most of the last 40 years. he made what were widely understood to be threats to kill us what we call likening him to a child who plays with fire tries to fight his father a mole suffer for it what of what. this man john marie michel macaco ran in the last election 5 years ago challenge the results along with another opposition candidate they were both accused of threatening state security

and sentenced to 20 years forced labor. and so many people here think there's no way sassier ingress a will leave power whatever happens in elections evoked it as colossus was being medically evacuated. he may be evacuated to paris to die and the government has taken measures to that effect we wish him a good recovery. center video from a hospital bed saying he was fighting with death since the announcement officials from his party trying to work out what to do next. exult the last song the political. congolese people to be karma meditative while listening for our directive and the direction of the party. becomes the jewish and says in some circumstances if a candidate dies the election should be cancelled. but for some colossal porters their hopes of change have already been shattered malcolm webb al-jazeera

brazzaville republic of congo. government says 137 people were killed in coordinated attacks on several villages on sunday it happens in the to who are region which borders mali and booking a fossil you know the 60 villages were killed in the nearby to the bury region last week no group has claimed responsibility but an eyesore faction operates in the area. a british mission to show hosts space junk can be removed from the our so orbits has blasted into space or border pressure rockets the soyuz rockets cargo includes a satellite that captures debris and another which will act as a dummy piece of junk if we experimented successful it's hoped it will become a commercial salvage venture one to have thousands use satellites are currently orbiting earth. spec to about $10000.00 satellites or more to be launched in the next decade so that's

a huge growth in the amount of traffic and congestion that we're expecting to see in space which is going to mean that satellite operators are going to have to deal with potential potential conjunctions potential collisions and also you know increasing amount of space debris that is going to be talking up those highways. this is al jazeera these are the headlines the u.s. the e.u. and several other countries have imposed coordinated sanctions on chinese officials for human rights abuses against the weaker muslims china immediately hit back with sanctions on 10 european politicians rather than changes policies and address our legitimate concern and china is against turn a blind eye and these measures are that it will the next unacceptable there will be no change in.