and everything in between if tech companies are the ones with the power what do we do with the solution get organized what are world leaders or governments missing we're talking about targets in like 2040 or 2050 when we need targets we're now up for it with me walk a mile here on al-jazeera. the arab the in. at least 4 more protesters are killed in myanmar as a military puts on a show of strength on armed forces day. i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead democrats and republicans visit the u.s. border with mexico the politicians painting starkly different pictures of the challenges there. china expands a boycott campaign targeting western fashion brands as tensions rise over

allegations of abuse inching john and brazil's worrying coronavirus strained and alarming increase in infections and deaths among young people. we begin with myanmar where several anti cool protesters have been killed on the day the leader of the ruling giunta promise to protect the people in a speech at a military parade. the annual show of force by the military comes almost 2 months after it ceased power rights groups say they've confirmed the deaths of $320.00 protesters in that time but the true number is likely to be much higher as bring in tony chang who is following developments in myanmar for us from neighboring thailand is live from bangkok tony so more protests today in myanmar this fight the brutal crackdown in the warnings by the military bring us up to speed with the latest 1st. the

stark warning from the military on state t.v. yesterday evening that protesters would be shot in the head or the back if they went out on the streets but again we've been saying this since the coup they were not deterred in fact in young gone they went out 2 30 in the morning that's a new strategy they've tried to employ to stop confrontation with the security forces they were able to protest to 4 am local time when the security forces intervene and we understand that myanmar now is reporting 4 were killed in the dark . since then we've seen protests around the country but in mandalay we're getting reports 2 confirmed on 38 and 7394 and 42nd street and 2 confirmed dead in the shan state as well that said the protesters are still all across the country in kitchen state in yangon in who all

over the country and i think while the military have chosen this state put on a show of force big demonstration in the capital the protesters are also using armed forces day to show that they are absolutely adamant these these this military coup has to be reversed the military is cracking down very hard all over the country we've been looking at pictures going on all of the country snipers but also in temples in men today where they've been shooting and arresting monks even yamuna to boo in the display in the military display of this military of its might earlier during the armed forces day parade what message are are they sending and who is it intended for. well

clearly a massive show of force they were also the crack of dawn as we fight even before do we saw thousands of troops marching across this parade ground followed by a display of military hardware rockets helicopters. from the minong lie who said once again as he has done since the coup that the army was forced to intervene this was due to the unlawful acts of the n n d a nonsense uchi leader but he also said that. democracy would be restored no date given of course i think this was just he says holding the line at this stage he did also refer to the russians support he said they were great friends of men maher russia was i think the only delegation that sent a group of infighting clued in the deputy defense minister to this military parade

they've been reinforcing the support of myanmar's military hunt but other international support seems to fade away if there ever was any so i think they're pretty much on their own but they are maintaining this line and from what we're seeing on the parade ground in the pit door and what we're now seeing on the streets seems you know we could see you can see these clashes again and again as the protesters and the military but it's tony chang in bangkok thank you u.s. politicians are sparing over there say jane migrants crossing the border with mexico including the arrival of unaccompanied children which has reached near record levels in recent weeks both democrats and republicans have been visiting facilities in texas and blame each other for the crisis shabba tansey reports are mikael in texas. on friday dueling congressional delegation has attempted to frame the u.s. is latest border crisis light across the river we heard coyotes human smugglers

saying we're coming republicans have been using social media to bolster their narrative of a free for all being taken advantage of by traffickers and undocumented migrants we have an upside down border policy in america what do i mean we have open borders on the southern border there's no doubt by the way the people come in and were released immediately almost without testing at all open borders no testing for kovan but in fact president biden has retained the most draconian of donald trump's migration policies for asylum seekers in violation of domestic and international humanitarian law only unaccompanied children and in the last month parents with children under 7 are being allowed to claim asylum migrant rights groups say this is the reason why families faced with the uncertainty of homelessness in dangerous mexican border towns are choosing to send their teenage

children across the border unaccompanied in the hope that at least they will find safety when asylum seekers are released those not sent to government run refugee facilities are sent to border cities like macallan texas the refugees release here have to rely on a local catholic charity which gives them a covert test in that tent over there and then helps reunite them with their family members in the u.s. the democratic party congressional delegation said the fault lay with donald trump we need to be clear about something. president biden inherited situation where the previous administration had sought to dismantle the infrastructure for processing asylum seekers and settling asylum seekers in the united states the reality is more complex unfortunately us here on the border have to bear witness to . multiple administrations making the decision that it's more important to militarize the border. drones and more money for fear pools and the border wall

instead of actually finding humane ways to welcome people to the united states president biden has vowed to act swiftly to resolve the overcrowding at the border there at his press conference on thursday he suggested his main strategy was pressuring mexico to take in more asylum seekers but migrant rights groups say the short term solution is to flood the border with resources to process refugees and to meet the u.s. is no legal humanitarian obligations and give all migrants due process. mccallum texas. yes president joe biden has described new voting restrictions in the state of georgia as outrageous and an atrocity and all will curtail voting hours and make it a crime to provide water to voters while he waits to cast ballots then a crowd say the law is intended to suppress the voice of minority voters alan fisher has more from washington. from the white house condemnation of georgia's new

. prosody you don't leave me here oh. no this is nothing but. i think people from both. demonstrators gathered in the state house as the republican governor signed the sweeping measures behind closed doors why is the governor trying to sign something in private once the legislature was arrested for banging on the do not piling on of. georgia voted for joe biden in the presidential election then sent 2 democratic senators to congress in a runoff election is democratic. is un-american. to try to make it harder for people to vote. rather than making it easier. for people to vote here are some of the. key measures in the new law there will be voter id number required for absentee voting that replaces the old signature checks there will be a limit on the number of drop boxes for early voters in each county so it will be

less convenient the law makes it an offense to hand out food and drink to those waiting in line to vote and those lines get long but it does expand in past and early voting the man who signed the bill into law says this cuts the chances of electoral fraud georgia's will no doubt be soon overwhelmed with fancy t.v. ads mailers and radio spots attacking this commonsense election reform measure. in fact left wing groups funded by out of state billionaires are already doing that now they're using outrageous false rhetoric to scare you into millions of dollars in their own pocket there was no bribe this is not the only thing this is a response to is the increase voter turn our urban motors in the state of georgia georgia's election process is already seen as one of the most efficient in the country so critics claim this is the solution to

a problem that never existed one of magic and by don't trump and his supporters it will put pressure on politicians in washington especially democrats to come up with a national baseline for wanting rules and regulations and to do it soon alan fischer al-jazeera. a growing number of western retail giant sink looting h. and m. and nike are facing a boycott in china for expressing concerns about the alleged use of wiggle force labor in change on the companies made the statements last year but they were be posted by the communist youth league after western government imposed sanctions on chinese officials that sparked a huge backlash on chinese social media with a hashtag i support change on continent getting more than 5 and a half 1000000000 views several e-commerce platforms also join the boycott by pulling h. and m. products from their online stores be include ali baba and j.d. dot com and dozens of chinese celebrities have cut ties in terminated contracts

with the bronze one of them wrote the country's interests are above all and the lists is growing with state backed newspaper china daily naming more companies that vowed to stop buying cotton from ching john spoke to richard mcgregor who's a senior fellow at the know institute he says western brands are not willing to take a political stand if it means losing business in china. first time we've had sort of state lead consumer boycotts in china against japanese south korean goods in the past but i feel it's different this time for a number of reasons this is an explicit response to western sanctions against china and. this case which of course is something that's going to be happened more happening more and of course china is a much more important market for western brands i think h. and m. sweeney still had about 550 outlets in china enough that these companies china is the growth market so it's a real threat to their business and so it has

a real impact we know that a lot of western brands in western countries have taken stances against racism against sexism and the like and they quite willing to take political stances but they really done affect their bottom line now we have a case in china where if they do take political stances it's a big whack to their bottom line so that's the 1st thing is difficult for the companies in that respect the 2nd thing is the extent to which these current sort of the takedowns against the brands in china how long that last fall and how long they persist for as you can see with the power of the state the communist party and its pressure on its traditions they can take your brand all climb in 2 seconds and that's what's happened i wonder whether it be a short shop at a point this time but it could last longer in the future. still ahead on al-jazeera . in bangladesh protests against an independent state visit by india's prime minister turned violent.

how is that we've got warmer weather at long last coming in across turkey still a fair amount of cloud. we have seen some very snowy weather recently still a little bit snow to get out of the way just pushing across that eastern side of turkey towards georgia just around the caucasus south of that stone refine and try temperatures haven't out how to run 38 celsius a brisk wind system lifted dust and sand to watch out for over the next couple of days with that wind coming in from a northwesterly direction that schmall way and temperatures pick back to around 32 degrees on this sunday further north america clear skies coming back in and around the black sea at around 8 degrees celsius at long last getting up some went near

double figures the wintry mix that's making its way across northern parts of afghanistan i think it was the fall north of pakistan as we go on through the next couple days a westie disturbance coming through meanwhile across the whole of africa we have got largely clear skies more sunshine coming through one of 2 showers into uganda will see wanted to show was there into tanzania northern parts of mozambique could see some wet weather a nice shower stretch all the way up into the gulf of guinea now just a little bit more cloud just around that east assad off south africa is going to be rather wet here with the rank gradually moving away. from football or a jump on the pioneer british pool he lost the chance to play for his country one a legal battle that paved the way for a generation of brazilian players. footballing legend eric cantona introduces off one seed of penalized by his club for his political beliefs he took power into his

own hands and blazed a trail for players rights football rivals on algis the. order . welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera several on tycho protesters have been killed in myanmar the morning crackdowns in at least 3 cities coincided with a military parade in the capital where the need of the engine to pledge to restore democracy. civil rights groups are suing the u.s. state of georgia after the republican governor signed sweeping new voting restrictions into law one democratic state representative was arrested to make

protest against the bill which activists say all restricts the voices of minority voters. and u.s. politicians have been visiting border facilities in texas following a surge of migrants arriving in recent weeks democrats say they have inherited a broken system from the trump administration while republicans accuse president biden of encouraging asylum seekers to make the journey. that mexico's president has committed to working with the united states to stem the flow of migrants but it remains unclear whether mexican migration officials will be able to handle the volume of asylum seekers. reports from the us mexico border. hundreds of migrant families continue to wait in crowded conditions on the us mexico border for a chance to plead their asylum claims to u.s. officials. dr delores buddies an expert in immigration policy says confusion over cross border politics could lead to larger numbers of undocumented migrants piling

up on the border or cie those thick as our darkest than their true policies that are worsening the human story and situation one of them is title $42.00 which cites health concerns as an excuse to get expel people from the united states that is the policy to reject and deport migrant families. there's also another non official policy that seems to be comp. keating the efforts of asylum seekers. people is from honduras and says that she and her 4 year old son crossed into the united states through the texas border 3 days ago but was deported to the juana more than 2000 kilometers from where she was detained you know how to get there. they catch a migrants in texas and send in their california and then to t. juana they check migrants into getting on a plane saying they will be sent back to their families but it's a lie they bring you here instead of experts warn that it's not only u.s. policies that are hurting migrants and refugees in response to pressure from the

u.s. mexico has deployed nearly $9000.00 national guard troops to stem the flow of migrants heading north mexico also recently closed its southern border with water mala to all nonessential travel human rights observers say that while the u.s. and mexico have pledged to address the root causes of migration from central america the policies currently being enforced by both countries are violating the rights of asylum seekers. on friday mexico's president traveled to sudan what is near the u.s. border in reiterated his commitment to respecting migrants rights that we that is but they have we need to care for the protection of human rights and one way to do this is to promote an orderly flow of migration and not to open the southern border of our country without considering the risks migrants face on their journeys. as the governments of the u.s. and mexico try to balance hardline immigration policies with international

humanitarian law more migrants are arriving on the border every day each with hopes that an exception will be made and there are silent cases might finally be heard. when you get up a little al-jazeera on the us mexico border. demonstrations against a proposed crime bill in the u.k. have turned violent thousands of people in the city of bristol ignored coronavirus restrictions to vent frustration over the bill that would give police new powers to limit street protests some officers say they were pelted with glass bottles and eggs as the 3rd protest against a proposed bill in a week. the japanese owner of a massive container ship blocking egypt's suez canal says crews will attempt to break floated during high tide on saturday but i expect so holding out little hole with some warning it could take weeks imraan khan reports. confusion about the fate of the ever given a team of salvage experts flew in from the netherlands to help the so far

unsuccessful attempts to dislodge the vessel while egyptian officials seemed confident the suez canal would reopen soon the dutch expert said they wouldn't commit to a specific time frame saying it could take days or weeks it's a mammoth task the ship is 400 mi is long weighing 200000 tons and it's stuck in what's often described as the most important shipping lane in the world a maritime accident with global implications shipping analysts already predicting disruption and price hikes the suez canal i'm a feat of amazing engineering that the world has taken for granted for 150 years what has happened is very unusual i can't remember it happening before. they have a given container ship became wedged across the su is canal on choose day when high winds blew it of 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 and operated by taiwanese transport company evergreen marine it was sailing from china to the port city of rotterdam in the netherlands when it got stuck this image posted on a ship tracking website shows the buck log of many vessels stuck at the exit and entry points and in the middle the vast majority of oil from the gulf is transported to europe through the canal global oil prices have risen as a result industry experts are warning of a flood of insurance claims covering the vast amounts of cargo being held up automotive parts and consumer goods containers may have to be offloaded in order to lessen the weight the su is canal authority says around $20000.00 ships pass through the canal last year and in 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 on a reef and stationary there are concerns about its financial fallout and the impact on global trade among current. france bears overwhelming response abilities for the wand and genocide but was not complicit in the events of $994.00 that's the main finding of the commission set up by the french government it says est was blind to preparations for the slaughter of about 800000 mainly ethnic to seize over 3 months france actively supported the hotel led government at the time the report says it could have done much more to prevent the killings. a car bomb has exploded in a town in southwest colombia injuring at least 17 people it happened outside the mayor's residence in corinto the region has seen an increase in violence in spite of a 2016 p.c.l. between the government and fox rebels president has condemned the attack as an act of terrorism and ordered a military response. brazil has reported more than 3600 girls

a virus that's a new record for a single day and as the death toll mounts there's alarm over the growing number of young people becoming seriously ill and dying from covert 19 it's one of several worrying trends that are for state and local authorities to take action when he came back here for reports from rio de janeiro. in unusual holiday in rio de janeiro with empty streets in a crowded sidewalk protesters angry at the latest government to addict the mayors of real ones who have decreed an extended holiday and shut down brazil's 2 major cities keeping only essential services open and hundreds took to the streets saying they want their jobs back. informal workers see they're being punished for mistakes made by others much damage the med we represent 50000 beach vendors who are left with no income the lack of vaccines and public policies to encourage the use of

masks and control can destroying parties have led to this chaos and we're the ones paying the price. more than 300000 brazilians have lost their lives to qubit 19 since the ben demick began a year ago hospitals across the country are running out of rooms medicine and oxygen for the growing number of patients and what's more worrisome the virus and it's more infectious variants are killing young people since january been a number of brazilians in their thirty's infected by cope of 19 has increased by 500 percent infections among those in their forty's have risen 600 percent. doctors in this intensive care unit say they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of patients below 60 years of age our house how cool this tendency began in february and callable the festivities were cancelled but people partied anyway especially young people who are now getting sick and

spreading infections to others just this month a huge open air festival was held in the modest slums of rio de janeiro. and the police had to break up this plan this time party in a middle class neighborhood. on friday the federal government announced the brazil was developing 2 national vaccines one of them to build them back is ready for clinical trials after slow start there is hope brazil me jump start it's a mock elation program targeting not just the old but increasingly the youngest well monica you know all just 0 rio de janeiro. parts of kenya will return to lock down to fight what the president is calling a devastating coronavirus death rate the country is experiencing a 3rd wave of the virus with nearly a quarter of tests coming back positive as up from just 2 percent in january people in the capital nairobi and 4 avocado counties have been told not to travel to other

areas restaurants bars and most schools have been ordered to close and curfews are being extended. say to elections in india's west bengal and assam states are underway polling is taking place in multiple phases over a month prime minister narendra modi's b j p party has been mounting an aggressive campaign to secure a win in west bengal for the 1st time both west bengal and assam are in the east bordering bangladesh the 2 states are at the core of tensions over what over a new law that grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims and there's been anger in bangladesh sponsored by a visit by india's prime minister as narendra modi attended the country's 50th independence celebrations protests turned violent tanveer chantry reports from dhaka. prime minister sheikh hasina welcome india's leader with warmth and praise gloating nor in their modi for supporting bangladesh especially through the global

pandemic. for the government of india has always been the side of good and bad times this time india has handed over 109 ambulances to the people up and the dish i extend my heartiest things to prime minister narendra modi his government and the people of india. but violence flared among opponents of modi's visit some clashes turned deadly as police fired on protesters. still narendra modi was keen to honor his country's role in bangladesh's emergence as a new nation 50 years ago following a brutal fight for independence from pakistan are. today in bangladesh the blood of those who fought for their liberation in the blood of injured soldiers are fluent together this was such a relationship that will not break down under any type of pressure and will not fall to any kind of diplomacy. all these hated figures for some

groups in bangladesh they point to what they see as is anti muslim policies in india and they influence the whole. old or bangladeshi politics penalty all agression it did as the current ruling party is still able to hang on to power because of the aggressive policy and support given by india this is clear to the people now and to protect their own interests they've nakedly attacked the interests of the citizens to dish out to the least those who are currently in power are involved with modi to cling on to their seat which is why the ruling party now needs modi support to stay in power they commie has stabilized and boomed in recent years under prime minister has enough. but activists say as those fortunes have grown human rights have deteriorated this is betty on. the dish today we are supposed to celebrate gold into the nation but on this day to day in. tact just parked outside the station and just forward this to. a mr

not the prime minister of india bangladesh as leaders have criticised demonstrators for overshadowing an important independence milestone involving an ally they see an increasingly important. dhaka the bestselling american children's author bethany caylee has died at the age of 104 she was behind the cactus ramona quimby and henry huggins she produced more than 40 books selling more than 90000000 copies kerry became a writer after hearing a young reader speak for more realistic cactus. again i'm fully back with the headlines on.