pulled the number 2 stories from asia and the pacific on al-jazeera. ethiopia's prime minister says the eritrean forces will leave the conflict to reach the t. great where they've been accused of committing war crimes. a lot of adrian forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out british prime minister weighs into an escalating round with china saying he backs those sanctions for speaking out about the abuse of muslim weakness. france accuses britain of vaccine blackmail is even leaders meet to discuss the global pandemic and regional challenges. and struggling to survive we look at why unemployment in

indonesia is on its worst level in more than a decade. ethiopia says that eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from the golden tee great region where they've been accused of killing raping and torturing civilians from a distance i'll be ahmed has just returned from talks in the eritrean capital as mara that the growing calls for air tran troops to pull out of t. great if the opium launched a military offensive there in the venda accusing the region's governing policy of destabilizing the country well the allegations against eritrean forces began to emerge soon after ethiopia launched its military operation but for months from it is to be ahmed denied eritrean forces were in the country but changed on tuesday when he had knitted their involvement that that international calls for an investigation into the violence the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken disk. it is acts of ethnic cleansing the u.n.

estimates that there are 2300000 people or nearly half of te graves population who are at risk of starvation or in need of emergency food aid and nearly 60000 people of the scaped in the neighboring sudan the un has just reached 2 camps eritrea refugee refugees inside t. gray and found them destroyed let's go live that algis is katherine sawyer is monitoring developments from kenya's capital nairobi what's the un saying catherine about these 2 refugee camps. well the u.n. refugee agency that you have just released a very detailed statement about this 2 camps they said that the teams finally. got to this comes that have been completely destroyed these are comes that homestead about 20000 eritrean refugees people who had fled for eritrea years before and the u.n. also saying that it's unclear where much of the 20000 of them are only about

$7000.00 right now can be accounted for some of them are hiding out in towns neighboring towns but most of them it's unclear where they are other aid agencies saying that they could have been forced back to eritrea so those are the concerns that are being raised and this obviously comes off the back of this announcement by prime minister be saying that. troops will be withdrawn from areas. where they have occupied the prime minister has been under a lot of pressure to explain what has been going on in tigra and to explain the presence of the of the eritrean forces in this area in that region he has for months denied there was any presence of foreign troops but finally just at the beginning of this week he made a statement in parliament where he gave reasons why there are trends out there in the 1st place saying that they have sort of created

a buffer zone especially after the if you open forces started pushing. forces that city ground forces more to the central part of the region more to the capital mecca and that sort of created a security a security problem in those areas and it caused a lot of concerns in eritrea and that's why the troops had to be brought in but a lot of people are also saying that bjorn this troops being being withdrawn there needs to be investigation because they've also ringback. when accused of human rights abuses so it did right now we're waiting for more information from their prime minister's office especially about the timelines of the withdrawal and modalities of that as well will the ethiopian government allow the u.n. for example or even its own human rights commission to investigate these allegations of war crimes were out during in the past when you know there

have been. i'm sorry we seem to have lost catherine the way that was that was catherine sawyer the nairobi let's move on william davidson is a senior ethiopia analyst at the international crisis group he says that the multiple reports of rights abuses integrate. the mounting evidence of eritrean involvement has been a definite factor in the reports by the likes of amnesty international human rights watch about eritrea atrocities axum city also plenty of media reports and then we saw a report by and once upon a special institution that you can human rights commission that confirmed those eritrea atrocities and acts so became a very hard thing to the night and then of course we have the international pressure led recently by the new u.s. administration and calling for the eritrean withdrawal so i think a combination of those events are to explain this this announcement that the prime

minister's office has made today it is difficult to understand exactly what is happening inside the greatest telecommunications blackout there not much reporting going on but if the eritrean troops withdraw and that is a it and if they totally withdrawal which is a big if then that would mean that it would be very difficult the egypt is better military to completely crush this rebellion by the socal to great defense force it's so it's really not clear what the implications are or what the military strategy here is from the federal government that they are also looking to pursue some sort of suspension still it is which is very much needed because that would allow the rapid expansion of humanitarian access that is so desperately were quiet and. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson says he supports the british politicians lawyers and organizations who've been sanctioned by china johnston says they've been highlighting gross human rights violations perpetrated against muslims . beijing is accusing those targeted of spreading lies about what's happening in

its region then who now. runs on chinese individuals and. so-called human rights issues in jang. and disinflation it breaches international law and basic norms governing international relations and interferes in china's if it is an 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 entities at 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 but as fears 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 let's go live to beijing or to serious katrina you is there for us but you know what messages

beijing trying to send with these sanctions and what will it make of prime minister boris johnson's comments. i think beijing is trying to say that it's becoming less sensitive to criticism from the west and it warrants take any attacks lying down and we've quickly as a result seen these escalating tensions between beijing and london so the latest comment we've had is from prime minister boris johnson who said he stood by those individuals who sanctioned who were sanctioned recently by beijing saying that they play a vital role in shining lights on gross human rights violations in china and these comments were in addition to comments from the foreign secretary dominic robb who said earlier in a tweet that if china has nothing to hide essentially they should invite international human rights experts to inspect conditions in now this of course follows the sanctioning by beijing of 9 individuals in the u.k. that 7 politicians and 2 academics as well as 4 different entities and those

sanctions include travel bans against these individuals and their families for the mainland hong kong and macau as well as freezing of any assets in those locations now this all came of course after the u.s. u.k. canada and the e.u. made a coordinated attack sanctioning. officials and 4 chinese government entities that they say are responsible for inflicting gross human rights abuses in shin john now walt boris johnson made his tweet as well as dominic we've also had concurrently in london taking place right now or said by the chinese embassy a press conference where the chinese embassy is saying that will basically defending its policies engine junk some of the things that they've been talking about for example is denying that there's any sterilization taking place in shin john they're also denying that there's been any demolishing of muslim mosques in the region showing pictures of that and they've also had

a student in sion junk talk about hugh's new work opportunities so china very much on the offensive and the defensive. when it comes to issues of course the u.k. government says that there is gross human rights abuses taking place in changing including the internment of up to $1000000.00 wiggers in forced labor camps china has denied this repeatedly saying that these labor camps are actually vocational training centers tell us more about the controversy over the british national overseas hospitals that's right and beijing is not just angry about they're also angry about the u.k.'s approach to hong kong we've had hong kong government write letters to 14 different governments saying that they should no longer accept this british national overseas possible to be and over as a valid travel document now this b. and o. or is granted to a number of hong kong residents and it essentially gives them access to the u.k.

and in january boris johnson and his government expanded the rights of holders saying that they could use this as a pathway to migrate to the u.k. and this they said was a result of beijing failing to uphold its side of the bargain in providing democratic rights to hong kong residents for at least 50 years following the handover of course we've seen beijing in this past year in a number of political or the whole actions in hong kong including the national security law which banned subversion and under which we've seen dozens of dissidents pro-democracy activists and journalists arrested now we haven't heard from these 14 countries as to whether they're going to reply to this letter those countries include italy japan and south korea and so far the signaling has been that they will continue to recognize the be a no or they will simply ignore this letter from hong kong government although hungary has said as one of the countries that it is at the moment reviewing its travel policies as it was katrina you're reporting live there from beijing the

trade of many thanks indeed. the u.s. president says that north korea will face consequences if it chooses the path of escalation on thursday pyongyang confirmed that it attests to the new guided missile both korean officials say the weapon will act as a deterrent against any military threats it was the 1st major provocation says joe biden took office in january. we're consoling 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 conditional upon the end result of denuclearization so. that's we're doing right now consoler allies south korea's president will jay and has called for talks.

about i'm aware that the people are deeply concerned about north korea's missile test firings yesterday now is the time for the south the north and the united states to make efforts to continue dialogue creating difficulties for dialogue is never desirable or whatever about as it was rob mcbride who's in seoul. 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 i'd 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 as well get a weather update next turn around to 0 then stuck in the sewers oil prices start to rise as one of the world's biggest container ships blocks of crucial trade routes. and why conspiracy theories mistrust are affecting mexico covert 19 vaccine. it's time for the perfect channel. sponsored plan qatar airways

hello there the weather's looking a little more mobile for to pan over the next couple of days you've got some clouds spilling out of china that will run its way further eastward at the moment we have high pressure in charge so acting as a lid on the atmosphere pleasant sunshine coming through across the korean peninsula for a good part of saturday but later on in the day the rain will set in. that whets of weather coming out of the yellow sea easing across the korean peninsula make the most of the sunshine that we have in japan there for saturday because come sunday that wet weather will make its way across q shoes through honshu most of the country seeing some rain by the end of sunday it will be heavy at times bright skies come back a behind 15 celsius there for seoul with korea could see want to 2 showers at this stage should be dry there and to beijing the high of around 80 degrees will be a few showers just coming into southern parts of china at a few showers too just stretching the way across southern areas of india through strong lanka much of india is set fabro for the next day or 2 the warm sunshine of

that i'm at about $41.00 degrees celsius pushed further north we have got wintry flowers now the west a disturbance just rolling out of afghanistan through northern parts of pakistan eventually bringing some outbreaks of snow into northern areas of india. at ways you are dealing with a very powerful people people in influential positions in government where we know there were elements within the police completely evidence that we're getting screwed that we were getting too close to some people higher up the line to get. to the job itself. is essentially the perfect crime you have a diplomatic bag that part be open to the search al-jazeera investigates the poachers pipeline.

or. well again this is all serum astrologer the main news this hour ethiopia's prime minister abu ahmed says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from little the grey region eritrea troops and face widespread allegations of killing civilians rape and torture. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson has come out in support of british politicians morrisville denies ations were sanctioned by china he says they were highlighting gross human rights violations against muslim weakens beijing says they were spreading lies. and the us president says the poles korea will face consequences if it chooses the path best collation. from the thursday that it's tested a new guided missile this korean official say the weapon will act as

a deterrent. saudi arabia's defense ministry says that it will be taking action to protect its oil facilities after yemen's hooty rebels launched a series of drone attacks on saudi military in the oil sites one sparked a fire at an oil distribution station near their shared border the saudi government has condemned the incident as an act of sabotage the military spokesman says the attack marked the 6th anniversary of the saudi led offensive on yemen france is accusing britain of trying to blackmail the european union over the delivery of coronavirus vaccines for ministers or leave the 3 says the u.k. is under pressure because it doesn't have enough doses to give people a 2nd shot the e.u. is also facing a shortfall but leaders have failed to come up with a plan to protect distribution there are fears the rivalry between the e.u. and u.k. could damage global efforts to combat the pandemic al-jazeera tasha beth butler has

more from paris of the e.u.'s efforts to step up its vaccination campaign. 27 leaders of the member states meeting a by video conference only discuss the covert pandemic they all agreed at the end of the summit it is clear that pharmaceutical companies that have promised doses to the e.u. must deliver those doses o'sullivan delaying the commission head said that the british swedish for master seneca had only delivered 30 percent of the 90000000 doses it had been contracted to deliver in the 1st quarter of this year's have on delay and made it very clear that pharmaceutical companies must must adhere to the commitments in their contract they must deliver those doses but the question is what will the e.u. do if they do not because that was the question she failed to answer because it is clear that leaders failed to unite behind a proposal that had been put forward by the e.u.

commission to curb exports of covert vaccines e.u. leaders have been pretty divided on this you know you have countries like italy and france who fully supported to say that pharmaceutical companies should face severe penalties if they do not fulfill their contracts but other countries like the netherlands germany belgium far more cautious they didn't want to be employed in what would be seen as vaccine warfare so agrees appends on your perspective but some are saying that the e.u. in fact really failed to deliver on its threat to put in these export curbs others saying that perhaps the e.u. is ramping up the rhetoric ramping up the pressure on these pharmaceutical companies giving them a little bit more time argentina says that it's suspending flights from brazil chile a mexican to prevent the spread of new strains of the coronavirus the measures will come into effect on saturday the government says it's concerned about the rising number of infections in neighboring brazil which is recorded more than 12000000

cases argentina has reportedly 2300000000 tractions so far. more than 200000 people have died from the virus in mexico since the start of the pandemic the government there is facing an uphill battle to roll out vaccines particularly in rural areas john holdren reports stuff from mexico city. i some miguel is a small minister politician so the mexico where news and updates about the coronavirus pandemic can be limited. but rumors about the government's covert 19 vaccine program appeared to be everywhere. somebody goes home to several indigenous communities and not everyone his speak spanish through an interpreter recover them and also tells us she stays abreast of pandemic news through the radio but she says she has no plans to get the covert 1000 bucks in the end you'll see these happens when people don't know how to find traditional medicine which exist for many

illnesses i believe in god he gives me life and he will protect me. recalled is not the only person in town feeling hesitant so p.p.o. garcia says he also sees no need for the vaccine adding that kobe has not affected his community so put a cue for me as i say to each his own i tell my family to not get the vaccine if god says our time is up then our time is up there's no need to run and hide it's good that the government is worrying about the people but on the other hand we are free to make our own choice. local leaders say that while everyone over 60 years old is eligible only about half of registered to receive the job you see you ever see you there i think people should just accept a vaccine this community needs it and why because there are no doctors and there are no hospitals close to us. some again isn't the only place in mexico where people are refusing the vaccine since the country started its national vaccination program dozens of communities in the south of officially expressed opposition to it

but that isn't the biggest obstacle to everyone in mexico getting the job. though the overall rate of corona virus contagion in the country is on the decline experts warn that vaccination efforts are full and sure what's needed to curb the outbreak in the enjoyment and. i think the lesson developing countries must learn mexico latin america africa eastern countries is that we have to produce our own vaccines we can't be relying and waiting on the goodwill about this disembark scenes because that's what's going on. there were several towns in southern mexico like some ago that been largely spared from the worst of the coded 19 outbreak but authorities are still asking residents to ignore conspiracy theories about the vaccine and get the job to continue to keep this region free of the virus john homan how does either. tugboats such a specialized figure of being used to try to dislodge one of the world's biggest

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 dozens of vessels are waiting for the canal to clear spencer welsh is vice president of oil markets with i.h.s. market a global information and analytics company he says the mediterranean oil refineries rely on the suez canal for the liver is a crude and their concern the blockage may outlast their reserves. so the series canal is i'm a feat of of amazing engineering that the world has taken for granted for 150 years around 1012 percent of global shipping trade goes through that series canal around 5 percent of global oil trite goes through it and it's not just crude oil coming from the middle east into europe it's also oil products under the going from europe and heading towards asia things like natha and fuel oil and some gasoline so it's a 2 way artery that keeps the global economy or helps to keep the global economy

going so there was initial spike in oil prices by a couple of dollars per barrel that's as may be by 4 percent that has that has reversed and one of the reasons why it has reversed is it as you said the pandemic so so oil stocks around the world both of crude oil and of refined products are pretty high because of low demand in 2020 i'm so if we hadn't of just been coming out of cove its stock levels would have been low and it would have been a bit more of a slightly bigger impact but even so this is this is not it's not totally critical the alternative fright routes and to turn to suppose it is a source of supply and shipping companies right now are making those decisions you've got a queue of ships around about 40 ships whiting to go through i'm sure those companies are thinking do we white or do we now reroute. reports of multiple

injuries after 2 trains collided in the egyptian province of sohag. 3 persons or carriages are reported to rail these are the latest pictures from the scene. activists are calling for major nationwide protests across me on ball on saturday but been near daily demonstrations since february 1st when the military seized power in a coup local rights groups say that at least 320 people have been killed in the crackdown on protests with thousands more arrested saturday marks on forces day when the military is expected to hold its annual parade. bangladesh's marking 50 years of independence and the centenary 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 a bubble of people were injured when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at

people who were protesting against his visit they say that modi has persecuted muslims in india. unemployment has risen to its highest level it will been a decade with millions of people out of work out a list say the economic impact of covert buying t.v. is disproportionately affecting poor communities ready still haven't received the socially that they were promised will that a year ago jessica washington reports. in the indonesian capital this traveling band goes from village to village. they perform because they love music but also out of necessity. a lot of again they don't go together 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 last year. 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 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 $2.00 a week. 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 are in for one because 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 1000000 up to 15000000 and the new workforce almost cut the 1000000 people affected by the gulf and millions of indonesians are classified as me a 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. they said oh 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 i saw. my end of 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 a navigator 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 a celebratory and sort of get here in doha the headlines a lot as they are ethiopia's prophetess of the albert says that eritrea will withdraw its forces from the all the grey region eritrean troops are faced widespread allegations of killing civilians.