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and. we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200000000. people. u.s. president joe biden outlines his priorities as criticism mounts over a migrant crisis of the solvable. if yo p.s. prime minister ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from the all them to greater region where they've been accused of killing civilians rape and torture the conflict began late last year when the ethiopian government launched a security operation against the region's former governing party the tea great people's liberation front a group the prime minister accuses of destabilizing the country and attacking federal military bases of the ahmed has now admitted that eritrea and soldiers joined the operation in. the o.p.'s human rights commission and the united nations

to investigate the allegations most for more on this let's go live to where the kenyan capital nairobi catherine soy is monitoring developments from the ethiopia's prime minister has travelled to eritrea tell us more about the statement and the timeline for the withdrawal of eritrean forces. well we don't have timelines for that yet the statement itself is very short and it reads that the prime minister be held talks with the retreads president a size of their walkie and they agreed that the eritrean troops will be pulled out of the areas in the northwest where they are occupying it all this comes off the back of another statement of the prime minister had to parliament last week where for the 1st time of the month of denials he admitted that there are eritrea and troops in to guy and he gave reasons for their savior and he said that the reason why they were there is because initially the t.p.n.

last forces that is that the grand forces launched rocket attacks. and this prompted the eritrean forces to enter to guy he also says that if european federal forces started pushing the 2 p.l.o. forces into the central of the region that is in temecula and that created sort of a security vacuum in those border areas and it's also prompted the eritrean forces to come in to provide sort of a buffer zone so those are the reasons he's given and now that he said that they're rich and forces are going to withdraw without giving any timeline a lot of people are also saying that there should be an investigation because there are a trend forces of also being accused of mass atrocities of human rights violations we've had reports from to grab of eritrean forces accusing all return forces of killing rape and destruction of property in some parts of point catherine these

calls for a full investigation into alleged human rights violations into gray is the government likely to allow the u.n. or even its own human rights commission to carry out investigations on the ground. was going to be interesting to see whether that is going to happen in previous occasions in other areas we have seen the government very reluctant to bring in amy human rights organizations to investigate this going to be interesting to see if that is going to happen in to guy the government has or has already said that it will investigate the human rights abuses the time it has been accused of we have hired from the u.s. saying that there needs to be a ceasefire but the prime minister has been adamant saying that what is going on into gray is low enforcement and has also said that the grand forces and top

leadership of key p.l.f. needs to surrender we have also had the government saying that what is happening right now is a cleanup exercise saying that most of the basic services have resumed in to good eye but then again a lot of people like you say have come up without a lot of witnesses as the country continues as the region continues to open up as more access continues to be given to journalists and other organizations that had more witnesses saying talking about all these human rights abuses that we've talked to people who are very traumatized about what has happened so it's going to be interesting to see who that government is going to allow interesting guy to carry out this investigation on the ground 0 conference or reporting from my rotary cutter manufacturers. china has sanctioned a number of british politicians lawyers and organizations for what it calls lies

and disinformation about shin jang beijing's measures are in response to sanctions by the u.k. the us canada and the e.u. for suspected human rights violations against the weak is in the region but hong kong's government has told 14 countries to stop accepting the british national overseas passport it wants them to recognise its hong kong possible it instead a dispute over the travel document began earlier this year of the u.k. introduced a pathway to citizenship hong kong residents who want to leave let's go live out of beijing the train to you is that what message katrina is beijing sending with these sanctions. well for beijing there is a very clear red line and it's trying to send the message that the u.k. has clearly crossed that line so it's important to sanctions on nothing and individuals in the u.k. that 7 politicians and 2 academics as well as for organizations some that are

involved in human rights and we go research and china has also some in the u.k. ambassador to china here in beijing now this of course follows this concerted effort by the u.k. u.s. canada and the e.u. to sanction officials in china that they say are responsible for inflicting human rights abuses on the week of a north sea in shin john province which is in the north east here in china now china has said that the u.k. has been spreading malicious lies that this is based on disinfo mation the u.k. government says that up to 1000000 years are forced to work in the labor camps and china has repeatedly denied these claims saying that there are no human rights abuses taking place that these forced labor camps are vocational training centers designed to improve the economic opportunities of the weaker people and katrina trying to also taking action against the u.k. over the british national overseas passport tell us more about.

that's right so the hong kong government has written to 14 states around the world saying that they should no longer recognize this as a valid travel document now the british national overseas possible to the b. and or is essentially a defacto u.k. travel document which has allowed hong kong residents access to the u.k. and originally it only gave them about 6 months opportunity to live and work there but at the beginning of this year prime minister boris johnson expanded that to allow the b n o to become a pathway for people in hong kong to migrate to the u.k. and that was in response to some of the political changes beijing has made in hong kong including the imposition of the national security law which bans subversion which the u.k. government says crushes the democratic freedoms and rights that were promised to the hong kong people for at least 50 years after the handover from the u.k. now after the boris johnson government expanded the rights of you know possible to hold as china immediately issued

a statement saying that it would no longer recognize this as a travel document outside to travel outside of hong kong but that being said many states did continue to recognize it and that's this is why we're now seeing this letter now those countries that have been contacted by the government include italy japan south korea and most of these countries have confirmed that they will still continue to recognize the be a no despite this letter although one covenant hungary has said that they're currently reviewing that troubled person i was there as a trainer you live in beijing patricia many thanks indeed the u.s. president says that north korea will face consequences if it chooses the path of escalation it comes as pyongyang confirmed the test of the new guided missile on thursday north korean officials say the weapon which is believed to be a ballistic missile will act as a deterrent against any military threat to test firings were the north's 1st major provocation since joe biden took office in january. we're consulting with our

allies and partners and. there will be responses if they choose to escalate. we will respond accordingly but i'm also prepared. for some form of diplomacy. but it has to be conditioned upon the end result of denuclearization so. that's we're doing right now consoling their allies life that a soul until it is rob a bribe robots north korea been saying about its tests. north korea has been as you might expect heralding this as a major military success it has released through the official north korean news agency still pictures of the launch showing suitably jubilant north korean senior officials cheering one of the missiles on its way interestingly absent from the

picture is the north korean leader kim jong un himself normally he is depicted watching these great milestone military achievements he wasn't apparently at this launch but they have released more details about this particular type of missile saying it is a newly developed missile an improvement on existing technology also the fact that they say it's troubled 600 kilometers and also capable of carrying a payload of 2 and a half tons now military analysts are looking at that and saying that if that is the case then this would certainly be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead this is a short range missile so you're talking about hundreds of kilometers rather than thousands but the that certainly is of concern to north korea's neighbors especially japan and here in south korea looking at the pictures of this missile it does appear to be similar to a missile that was rolled out apparently for the 1st time on a military parade through the streets of pyongyang in january now that followed

a very important gathering of the ruling party in north korea which can go on had a speech where he announced a new direction a new departure promising to develop new missile technologies get new weapons so certainly during the past few years of all of this summit diplomacy while there has been a freeze by north korea iran nuclear testing or firing of ballistic missiles a bigger missiles it has been busily working away and developing its arsenal which it now seems to possess just briefly rob south korea's president has been speaking about the north's tests what is he said. it puts him in jail and in a very difficult position he is a liberal president who has been the facilitator of dialogue with the north he has basically given 1st comments on friday afternoon saying that he recognizes the concern of people here in south korea but given to surance that south korea itself

has if it has to use it in defense then very sophisticated rocket technology missile technology of its own but once again repeating the message that the way forward has to be dialogue with the north was a serious road macbride reporting live from seoul south korea thanks indeed. funeral proceedings for tanzania's former president john mica foully are underway in his hometown of chato wonderfully died on march 17th from heart complications but critics suspect he had coronavirus he was a prominent covert 19 skeptic only admitting to a problem in the country earlier this year the service is the last of multiple memorials that have been held around the country. we'll get a weather update next here on out to 0 then stuck in the sewers the stricken container ship costing billions of dollars to global trade. and struggling to survive we look at why unemployment in indonesia is at its worst level in more than

a decade and. hello there we got something of a mixed bag and i wear the still across europe it's slushy settled and dry across central pasta we have got that wintry mix down towards the southeast that key northerly wind blowing in here with some snow and it will turn colder up tools the north west got a cold front that blue line that will make its way in for the weekend in the showers say will time wintry at the moment those showers are generally of rain we've got temperatures of around 12 celsius in london starting to cool down in glasgow would be getting up to double figures here over the last couple of days 7 celsius for friday notice something of a wintry mix coming on as we go on through the course of friday some rain there into were positive fronts of course northern areas of spain fought in trying to

central parts for the most part and there's that so wintry mix and snow there on the side of the black say that will tend to ease away as we go on into sas day process guys coming in behind temperatures still struggling. with a way of wetter weather coming in across the low countries the easing across since you were poland tools about 6 days and that comsats blast of showers as we go on through the course of the weekend blustery showers and rattling in here a few stray showers too into northern parts of egypt but for much of north africa it's fine and dry. but. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy in fact. all of our teaching is you're putting more money into the hands of someone 1st taking money out of the hands of other workers their own goes to their camp he becomes a us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line are the big questions on out is the. if you want to help save the

world's. sneeze into your elbow. well again this is al jazeera the swage of the main news this is prime minister abu ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from little than 2 gray region ever trained troops faced widespread allegations killing civilians rape and torture . china has sanctioned a number of british politicians lawyers and organizations for what it was lies and dissent from ation about shin jang it's in response to sanctions by the u.k. u.s.

canada and the e.u. over alleged human rights violations against the weakness. of the us president says that both korea will face consequences if it chooses the path of escalation it comes as pyongyang confirmed that it tested a new guided missile 1st day north korean officials say the weapon will act as a deterrent. 65 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has finally held his 1st news conference he outlined his administration's multiple domestic and foreign policy priorities and his plans to tackle them but a growing refugee and migrant crisis at the us mexico border took center stage as a white house correspondent kimberly helka reports. he started with good news for americans and a new vaccination goal after already meeting his initial target of administering 100000000 vaccines in record time we met that goal last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule not

a dam set is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 100 day in office have administered 200000000 shots of people's arms but joe biden solution to the problem of migrants attempting to enter the united states from mexico is less clear he denied the surge was due to his policies it happens every single solitary year there is a significant increase the number of people coming to the border in the winter months biden reminded reporters the united states mexico border remains closed and there has been no significant change in immigration policy although it's under review he said now is not the time to come and despite promising transparency biden declined to reveal when reporters could too are overcrowded facilities housing thousands of unaccompanied minors images released earlier this week showed children asleep on

floors in crowded conditions asked whether this was acceptable biden responded angrily that's a serious question right and to accept them coming. on foreign policy biden also promised to respond to north korea if it chooses to ask ali but that the path to diplomacy remains open he also reiterated a may 1st deadline for withdrawing remaining u.s. troops from afghanistan is unlikely it is not my intention to stay there for a long time but the question is how and in what circumstances do we beat that agreement that was made by president trump to leave under a deal that looks like it's not being able to be worked out by outline his policies in detail and dispelling domestic criticism that he was too old and unfit for the job president biden told reporters he is committed to helping americans recover

physically and economically from the covert 19 pandemic that's why he says he'll be in pittsburgh next week to unveil his plan to rebuild america's infrastructure and bring back jobs can really help get al-jazeera the white house humans who think rebels have said they launched multiple attacks against saudi oil facilities and military locations fire broke out at an oil terminal on thursday after it was hit by a missile saudi arabia's defense ministry says that it will take to terror and actions to protect its oil facilities the saudi led coalition in yemen has said it's intercepted and destroyed several explosive laden hooty drones that were aimed at the kingdom it's one of the world's biggest container ships and it stuck in one of the world's most crucial waterways advisor to egypt's president says the maritime activity will resume in the suez canal within days but others fear it could take

weeks to shift the vessel shall stratford reports. 400 metres long and weighing 200000 tons stuck in what's often described as the most important shipping lane in the world a maritime accident with global implications the ever given container ship became wedged across the suez canal and choose day when high winds blew her off course about 12 percent of global trade passes through the 193 kilometer long canal which connects the red sea with the mediterranean providing the shortest link between asia and europe the vessel carrying around $20000.00 containers is registered in panama are operated by the taiwanese transport company evergreen marine it was sailing from china to the port city of rotterdam in the netherlands when it got stuck the japanese owner has apologized but says the situation is extremely difficult and there's a citizen that's present that traffic along this year's canal has been disrupted

due to the incident and local authorities are working under the issue using tugboats but there is no smith said time for it to be dissolved this image posted on a ship tracking website shows the backlog of at least $150.00 vessels stuck in the northern entrance of the canal at port side in the middle in an area called the bitter lakes and at the southern entrance at sue is the vast majority of oil from the gulf is transported to europe along the canal oil prices rose sharply on thursday. industry experts are warning of a flood of insurance claims covering the vast amount of cargo being held up including automotive palms and consumer goods but ships and officials say at least 8 tug boats are trying to dislodge the vessel which experts say could take days if not weeks well the few days of course is very very costly each day and people have made estimates of $3810000000000.00 of trade going through the suez canal

absolutely fundamental for europeans applying chains not just about oil it's just as important the goods coming from the far east china and so on china number one trade with the european union containers may have to be offloaded in order to lessen the wait ships now face the prospect of having to travel thousands of additional kilometers around the southern tip of africa a huge cost and potentially delaying delivery of goods by weeks it's a cork in a bottle and there's no way to go in as you describe the ships that are stuck throughout the canal and at the north and are in a precarious position and they name may not be able just to turn around and take another course as long as it and expensive as it is to go from the mediterranean around africa and vice versa the suez canal thora he says around $20000.00 ships pass through the canal last year on egypt billions of dollars in total fee revenue the ever given is $1.00 of the largest container ships in the world but for every

hour and every day it remains stuck and stationary there are concerns about the financial fallout and impact on global trade chance truck that al-jazeera. bangladesh is marking 50 years of independence in the sin tina of its founding father on this day in 1971 the country broke away from what was then east pakistan india's prime minister narendra modi is among the world leaders attending the ceremony in dhaka people who protested against his visit saying that he's persecuted muslims in india let's go live now to dhaka al jazeera time this child free is that time to tell us more about how today is being mobbed there in bangladesh. well it's a major day in bangladesh 50 years of center near centenary celebration for the father of the nation and 50 years of relationship with india who was a key ally an instrument and getting bangladesh liberated from then pakistan so

visit by prime minister narendra modi is very symbolic it significant and it is showing an ally and there's been a little cooler relationship plus 3 years of trying to warm up their relationship looking at neighbors fust and u.s. policy so he's going to attend the national parade in the independence 1 parade ground is going to he's already visited modulus may mario is also scheduled to visit hindu sacred temple in southwest of the country on a con the temple now this belongs to the among the world community into population which has got a significant portion of them in the state of west bengal and bangladesh that also have voting population in west bengal which is scheduled for election in 27 march critics are saying that part of his visit is to woo voters and it's west bengal's from this particular community which is why he's also going to this sacred temple in southwest of the country now as you said there's been several days of protest in

bangladesh by the left wing as well as by the religious right wing have been saying that prime minister modi and his big party has been cracking down on most lands that also critical of the citizenship act and the cracking down in kushner as well as the water sharing issue the border killing all those have been played down by the government saying it's an independence day celebration we have just inviting a head of state as of nothing to do with politics there's also a significant amount of strategic relationship between china and bangladesh india's trying to woo bangladesh into its corner china's right now the biggest supply of credit for bangladesh a country that is growing very rapidly one of the highest g.d.p. in the wall. it's status from let's double up to double up country developing country rather so both countries china and india have been playing with bangladesh to bring it into its share of influence so this visit has many implications no

major deal is going to be signed other than some small if you're a man on board or trade is some by a lot of trade agreements nothing significant. in the border. water sharing issue which is a major contentious shows this won't be discussed in this particular trait. many thanks they don't exist harvey a charter they live in dhaka unemployment in indonesia has risen to its highest level in more than a decade with millions of people out of work and a list say the economic impact of covert 19 is disproportionately affecting poor communities many still haven't received the social aid they were promised more than a year ago jessica washington reports from jakarta. in the capital traveling band goes from. here because they love music but also out of necessity. a lot of again they've got to get i really want to go back to work if it's available as

a woman i cannot rely on street performing for too long there is a lot of risk. like millions of indonesians she lost her job. according to the government statistics agency the number of unemployed people in indonesia it's at least 10000000 the highest in more than a decade. single mother hi ya she was an administration assistant at a factory but she says she never had a formal contract she lost her job when the pandemic began and is now trying to sell homemade snacks unning around 2 dollars a week now. financially it has been very hard for me i have to rely on my neighbors for food the majority of indonesia's working age population informal workers with no contracts no fixed salaries and no employment rights the official data doesn't account for the informal on registered workers who have had their hour was reduced entirely most were already on low wages to begin with and

now they face even greater financial hardship. experts say the statistic of 10000000 unemployed only tells part of the story we have on that employment of what could have been more than up to 15000000 and then your workforce almost could be 1000000 people affected by the corporate mega. millions of indonesians are classified as nia poor all living below the poverty line despite the country's progress in reducing poverty. social aid never reach to many struggling households and others say they were suddenly cut off with no warning. and said i don't know why i don't get help anymore and i asked the corn eater and he also doesn't know the government has pledged to improve its data collection so people in need are able to receive assistance. we realize there are more people who need assistance

because of the impact of the pandemic and there must be an adjustment in our poverty alleviation programme then ya lost his job at a coffee chain 3 months ago now he's using his skills to support his young family by selling drinks on the street and. buy into the income is very different compared to when i was working and i really want to go back to work but during the pandemic i think it will be difficult millions of indonesians are navigating this same challenge and doing whatever it takes to get by without knowing when things will get better jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. it's good to have you with us hello adrian said again here in doha the headlines on the o.p.'s prime minister i'll be i'll bet says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from the all the great region eritrean troops have faced widespread

allegations of civilian killings rape and torture catherine sawyer reports now from kenya's capital nairobi the statement is.