ethiopia's prime minister says that eritrean troops will withdraw from the northern tier grey region after 5 months of fighting. again this is 000 live from doha also coming up china says that it sanctioned organizations and individuals in the u.k. for reports on the abuse of muslim weakness. the u.s. warns of a serious threat to international peace as north korea tests new ballistic missiles

. and try to find a shed path out of a shed crisis european union leaders discuss how to get that vaccine supply going. be theo peers from minister ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from the all the great 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 forward governing policy the to agree people's liberation front group the prime minister accused of destabilizing the country but attacking a federal military base has now admitted that eritrea and soldiers joined that operation ethiopia's human rights commission and the united nations are to investigate the allegations for more on this let's go live to kenya's capital nairobi al jazeera is catherine soy is following developments from there catherine

. ethiopia's prime minister is in eritrea tell us more about the statement and and the possible timeline for the withdrawal of eritrean forces. well we've been talking to some of our colleagues in the south of the capital of ethiopia just about those timelines and they say that they're all waiting from prime minister to come back to ethiopia from aznar the capital of red retract to give more details on that statement the statement itself was very short and it said that after discussions with a redress president a size of their work it was decided that the eritrean troops are going to we drove from the area as it has occupied in the northwest off to grab and this comes off the back of another statement that was made by the prime minister earlier this week to parliament where for the 1st time he admitted after many months of denials he admitted that there are eritrean forces in to guy he give reasons for

this is said 1st there is a trail was worried because a rocket was launched into asmara the capital a very trap and also when the federal if european forces started pushing back. p.l.s. forces that the 2 grand forces pushing them into the central of the region into the capital makola then that. sort of created a security vacuum along the border areas and that's how they're retrained troops came in to sort of provide a buffer zone to protect the capital and other areas in eritrea he said that these these the pullout this withdrawal of the forces as going to be immediate but we don't have like i said any timelines and a lot of people are saying that beyond the eritrean forces pulling out there needs to be an investigation because those forces are also being accused of human rights

abuses adrian would have his government allow an investigation into human rights violations from the u.n. or even. its own human rights commission is going to allow those organizations to carry out investigations on the ground into great. well you go fish all of that in ethiopia have said that they are investigating the human rights abuses we've had from plenty of people more and more journalists are now being allowed access into to and other human rights organizations as well we've seen more eyewitnesses and victims than people who've lost loved ones who are very traumatized who have been talking to us and just talking about the atrocities from all fighting side people are talking about every tran forces the federal forces are regional forces as well who they say have been committing these human rights abuses killing

destruction of property rape and so once it's going to be interesting to see who is going to be allowed which human rights organization is going to be allowed into to great to independently investigate what the reports that we've been hearing in the past when you know the ethiopian government is accused of atrocities in other parts of ethiopia the government has been very reluctant. to allow human rights organizations to come in and investigate so people are watching to see whether this time things are going to be different but all this reports coming out. really people thing are calling for this an independent investigation from independent bodies so like i said very interesting to see whether finally the government is going to allow that to happen catherine soy reporting live from nairobi cusser many thanks china has sanctioned a number of british politicians lawyers and organizations for what it calls lies and disinformation about what's happening in the region it's

a response to sanctions by the u.k. u.s. canada and the e.u. for suspected human rights violations against muslim weekers inch and jack. thembi inches high who now. runs on chinese individuals and entities so-called human rights issues in shin jang a based on lies and disinformation it breaches international law and basic norms governing international relations it interferes in china's affairs and undermines bilateral relations the foreign ministry has summoned the british ambassador to lodge representation and express opposition and condemnation have decided to sanction individuals and for entity's and hong kong's government has told 14 countries to stop accepting the british national overseas passport it wants them to recognise its hong kong passport instead a dispute over the travel document began earlier this year after the u.k. introduced a pathway to citizenship for hong kong residents who want to leave life out of

beijing trading you. start with these sanctions against british officials and organizations what message is is beijing sending. i think for beijing they're trying to send a message that there is a clear red line that other governments should not cross and that the u.k. crossed this line also we're seeing that the chinese government is becoming less sensitive to criticism from overseas forces and that they're not afraid to impose their own sanctions that will have ramifications for bilateral relationships in order to defend what it considers its own interests so we saw these sanctions imposed on you 9 individuals in the u.k. 7 politicians and 2 academics as well as 4 agencies some that are involved in human rights and we go research as you mentioned earlier there are also some in the u.k. investor to here and china to really express how angry they are at the u.k.'s moves now this of course is in response to the actions that the u.k.

took with along with along with the e.u. the u.s. and canada sanctioning government officials that they say are responsible for enforcing human rights abuses in shin jiang which includes the interning of up to $1000000.00 we go muslims in forced labor camps now china has deny that this is happening so that they're spreading lies that this is based on incorrect information and therefore they have put these reciprocal actions on these 9 individuals which includes a travel ban and the freezing of any assets on china's mainland as well as hong kong and macau and we all seeing this trend of the chinese government becoming more aggressive in its criticism of other governments you mentioned not just governments but also corporations china also taking action katrina against the u.k. of hong kong the british national overseas passport. that's right so we've heard that the hong kong government has written letters to 14

states saying that they should not use that this british national overseas possible as a valid travel document now the beano possible is essentially a defacto u.k. passport given to many hong kong residents that grants an access to the u.k. now originally that only gave them about 6 months access to live and work in the u.k. but in january british prime minister boris johnson expanded the rights of being the holders said that they would be allowed to use this document as a pathway to migrate to live and work permanently in the u.k. and this was in response to many of the political changes that we've seen recently in hong kong from beijing specifically the imposition of this national security law which bans subversion and under which we've seen dozens of pro-democracy activists journalistic cetera imprisoned under this law in which the u.k. has said really crushes the democratic freedoms which beijing promised to the territory for at least 50 years after the handover from the u.k.

now after the boris johnson government made this move expanding the rights of being no holders china acted quickly saying that they would no longer recognize this as a valid travel document to leave hong kong but in spite of that we saw many governments continue to use this document and as a result we've seen this letter from china demanding that they do not do so but in spite of this letter these governments including italy ireland south korea japan they've said they will will continue to recognize the be in a pos board although we have heard from hungary that has said that they are currently reviewing their purses 00 as katrina you reported live from beijing katrina many thanks. the u.s. president says that north korea will face consequences if it chooses the path of escalation on thursday pyongyang confirmed that a test of the new guided missiles north korean officials say the weapon which is believed to be a ballistic type will act as a deterrent against any military threat it was the 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 her allies now from out of there as well but pride and soul. 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 traveled 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 that certainly is of concern to north korea's neighbors. weather update next here on al-jazeera then thousands of on his way to escape to colombia after fighting between the military and a rebel group. i'm scott idler on the tide myanmar border high authorities are saying they are preparing for the possibility of

a flow of refugees while on the other side and ethnic army saying they are sheltering hundreds fled the violence. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways the weather slushy quiet across central parts of europe at the moment family outs of sunshine just coming in here because you still have our area of high pressure and chachi scratchy going to get squeezed out of the way down to a southeast still some storms rumbling away here some wintry flour is there still affecting a good parts of turkey that was the southwest we got this little circulation just around the canary settle bring some light showers in here over the next couple of days but the wettest weather the windiest weather that is in the process is a streaming across the british isles it will bring outbreaks of rain blustery showers are rolling through as we go on through the next couple of days actually

cooling off a little as well as those winds start to come in from the north westerly direction so a chance of some snow the over the high ground the rubble persistent rain will clear away from me staying in the southeast moving down across the low countries northern parts of france a good part of france seeing some showers but there we go for central areas it is generally settled and fine 16 celsius there in vienna a good deal colder than that down into turkey and chris still struggling to get above freezing those temperatures slowly recover as be gone through the course of the weekend to 4 celsius in ankara by that stage west of weather will make its way across germany which was a boat takes days making way for the next weather system which will bring further spells of wet weather to the northwest. sponsored paul qatar airways when freedom of the press is under threats demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish and the state line becomes the default the media namely the images that that leak let

it get to these guys that just how did he create a new system makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. hello again this is al-jazeera the main news this hour ethiopia's prime minister ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from little integrated region ever trained troops to face widespread allegations of killing civilians rape and torture . china has sanctioned a number of british politicians lawyers and organizations for what it calls lies

and disintegration about suspected rights abuse engine jang several western nations have taken civil actions against beijing. and the u.s. president says the north korea will face consequences if it chooses the path of escalation confirmed on thursday that it tested a new guided missile north korean official said the weapon will act as a deterrent. 65 days into the job u.s. president joe biden has 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 crisis at the us mexico border was the main focus as our white house correspondent kelly holcomb 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 in what circumstances do we meet 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 outlined his policies in detail 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 kimberly helped at al-jazeera the white house. thousands of people have fled to a colombian border town to escape the fighting between the military and rebels more than 4000 people have made the same journey since last sunday and such protection. reports. they skate carrying whatever they could from their battered homes 4000 venis where seeking shelter in colombia's border town. following days of clashes in bomb being speak military in a colombian armed rebel group many say the venezuelan soldiers were abusive during . it was very painful to see how the soldiers aimed a gun at

a mother the government is taking away our lives in one house a grandfather died an 8 year old boy a 9 year old girl and her mom the situation was terrible. among the refugees are indigenous people children seniors and sick people they're being hosted in makeshift camps that are overwhelming the capacity of this small town to help them and more arrive every day. in the last 36 hours another 800 people arrived and have been screened but her capacity to respond to this wave of migration this humanitarian displacement has already been exceeded. these are the few available pictures of the aftermath of one of the attacks inside beneath. the venezuelan government says 2 soldiers died in the operation and at least 32 people were arrested blaming colombia for its failure to control the armed groups operating at the border. and military forces are hitting drug

trafficking organizations that are useful to the colombian government and the north american empire in their assault on venezuela the river separates the 2 countries that have cut diplomatic relationships in 2019 the colombian government has. of harboring in their territory residual rebel groups from colombia such as. the former fired but some experts believe that these latest fighting show that the relationship between venezuela and at least some of these groups is now breaking down. only by the old and new groups operating in venezuela fighting to control cokes and mining gold and cocaine trafficking the fact that they're fighting each other recruiting children and threatening people has broken a fragile balance and the venezuelan government's tolerance of their activities would force them to intervene colombia announced it has increased the number of

troops at the border to 2 tauzin locals say clashes continue in the venezuelan side in an escalation that promises to further inflame tensions in an already volatile situation. alison wouldn't be at the. bible ministrations restoring aid programs for palestinians in the gaza strip in the occupied west bank the state department says that $15000000.00 will be made available for health care facilities and emergency food programs on the pressure to use the pandemic former president donald trump suspended aid after the palestinian leadership rejected his middle east peace plan israel remains in political deadlock with final results showing no party winning it outright majority in tuesday's elections benjamin netanyahu could party and its allies fell short of a 61 seat but george c. a coalition of parties against him won 57 seats israel could now face its 5th election in 2 years i was going to amos in west jerusalem and says prime minister

netanyahu might have a plan in place. there are a couple things that are expected to be happening on election night netanyahu came out and said that he would be making overtures to members of the knesset who shared the likud party's ideology that was taken as a signal that now netanyahu is trying to win back formerly crude members who defected to other far right parties look there is a possibility that if they you mean a party joins his coalition that would mean that he has $59.00 seats so then he'd only be looking for 2 former likud members to defect and he could lure them to defect by perhaps offering a minister seat there's also the united arab list it's a conservative newcomer party that can bring 4 seats there's been discussion under way that perhaps. the leader has said he might support netanyahu but again the far

right elements of that in yahoo block strongly oppose any arab support efforts are continuing to dislodge one of the world's largest container ships that's blocking the suez canal it's been stuck for 3 days now disrupting one of the most important global shipping routes oil prices have started to increase as a result of ships having to change course and take a much longer route around africa european union leaders have voiced frustration about a shortfall in covert 19 vaccine deliveries but they failed to back a plan that would have blown some exports produced within the e.u. a virtual summit the leaders said that manufacturers will have to on of their contract sponsor there was no consensus on how to penalize those who don't the touch of buff live reports from paris. after a meeting by video conference it became clear that e.u. leaders were not united behind a proposal by the e.u.

commission to curb exports of covert vaccines having promoted the plan e.u. commission head ursula von delenn made little reference to it after the summit preferring instead to focus on the use exports track record let there be no mistake the european union can be proud and is proud to be the home of vaccine producers who are not only delivered to european citizens but export around the globe vandelay and said there was a shortage of vaccine doses in the e.u. because pharmaceutical companies including british swedish giant astra zeneca had failed to deliver the promised doses e.u. council headshell michel said the blocks priority now was boosting the vaccine rollout if you used the urgent imperative is to queue porking in europe to improve the production and distribution of stored member states that is the priority we are totally mobilized the rising cost of it infections and deaths in many countries of

put european governments under increased pressure several parts of france including paris are battling a 3rd wave the government has tightened restrictions but unless a ramps up its vaccine rollout some doctors say that the country could be heading into another national lock down one in 10 people in france has received a 1st coded vaccine dose compared to half of the u.k.'s population france's president said that the e.u. needs a fresh approach or purple for the i believe very deeply this is one of the lessons of the crisis for europe as for france we must drastically simplify our responses we are too slow we're too complex with you stuck in our own bureaucracy cutting coded vaccine exports would be a controversial move for the e.u. and it's not off the table yet for some though the proposal is a sign of desperate. as european governments try to end the health crisis for others it would send

a strong message to pharmaceutical companies that the block means business natasha al-jazeera paris at least 9 people have been killed in a fire that spread through a mall in india's financial capital mumbai more than 70 patients who were being treated on the top floor of the building had to be moved an investigation has been launched to determine the cause bangladesh is marking 50 years of independence of the centenary of its founding father indian prime minister narendra modi is among the world leaders attending a ceremony and dhaka people have protested against his visit saying that he's persecuted muslims in india. as man law security forces intensify their crackdown on anti cooper tester's people have begun to escaping to neighboring countries thailand is preparing for the possibility of a large number of refugees arriving at its border al-jazeera scott hyder reports now from a source near the thai me on the border mojo was a student leader in the 1988 uprising in me and. for that he spent 12 years in

a yangon prison. at a mason museum dedicated to myanmar as political prisoners he shows us the brutality of everyday life. torture techniques that myanmar security forces have used for decades in their attempt to squash dissent the judge is accused of continuing these methods today but he thinks the protests happening now on the streets of myanmar are much different than past uprisings so this is going to be the last fight to end the dictatorship in a fight of judgement even though the civilians do not want to become refugees fleeing from the situation might arise they might have to become refugees. along this section of the border there's little preventing people from crossing over because of the volatile state in myanmar thai authorities have stepped up

patrols but have also intensified contact with those on the other side when you get paid and we are monitoring this situation and we have been communicating with out maybe us especially and think groups along the border we have been checking information the movie a river here serves as the border between thailand and myanmar one of the korean ethnic armies you can see one of the camps right across the river they say in there they are sheltering hundreds of people who have fled the increasingly violent crackdown by me and more security forces. we met the head of m a saad refugee committee in a football stadium and local officials were used as temporary housing if refugees start coming across the border as many as 1000 would be housed here. he's concerned about resources as the area has been home to me and most refugees for more than 40 years fleeing fighting and economic hardship. not in love with it many new refugees come to thailand there might be a strain on resources for the existing refugees if they don't organizations provide

funding for the new arrivals will probably lose out the sun sets on friendship bridge ending a day in these uncertain times from a sought a community that's for decades served as the main gateway between thailand and both physically and culturally but with the unrest now unfolding in myanmar the differences are becoming more evidence the separation becoming more defined it's got harder al-jazeera may stop. it is good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines from al-jazeera ethiopia's prime minister i'll be ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from little the integrated region eritrean troops of forced widespread allegations of killing civilians rape and torture catherine sawyer reports now from kenya's capital nairobi this statement.