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democrats and republicans visit the u.s. border with mexico the politicians blaming each other for the migrant crisis and china expands a boycott campaign targeting western fashion brands as tensions rise about allegations of rights abuses in change and. welcome to the program miramar has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power only 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against cooper testers. now that's on top of the $320.00 deaths rights groups have confirmed since the start of the military coup although the true number is likely to be much higher the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the ruling joined pledge to safeguard democracy. let's get the very latest from tony chang who's in bangkok in

neighboring thailand just monitoring events for us from there tony joy in the last few hours we've been getting an ongoing increasing death toll as that crackdown continues by the military. indeed and it's rising quickly we've been very hard to get a really accurate impression we were trying to do that earlier in the day trying to double check and confirm these reports we were getting of fatalities but as the day has gone on the numbers have just been increasing faster and faster it is of course very difficult to access information in addition to which the internet is still blocked in many areas but we do know the protesters went out very early this morning in yangon they've been out since 4 30 in the morning. 2 30 in the morning then the security services moved in at 4 o'clock we understand that 4 people were killed in clashes there. gone in. state

several people were killed again when the protesters went out on the streets they were met as they have been day after day by volleys of tear gas rubber bullets and live rounds and in yangon on in me and mandalay 2nd city the city is basically removed in smoke because the security services went in 1st setting alight . barricades the protesters have put in place around their neighborhoods to try and stop the security services getting on getting in and since then we've seen lots of people both injured and dead follows a chilling warning that went out last night on men man state t.v. people should not throw their lives away the warning said but if they did come out in the streets they would be shot in the head or the back and that's what we're seeing a lot of these injuries and fatalities appear to be gunshot wounds to the head and

we've also seen on social media lots of images of snipers in high emplacements all over the country of course this news all comes on the day that the armed forces parade actually happened as well a show of my to the messages about who we are as a military what we can do. absolutely and frankly not that subliminal we were expecting this to be a big day from the military i think the protesters were also expecting that they came out very early in the morning before the sun had risen in the capital and in this huge parade we saw armed vehicles missile launches tanks and then as the sun rose the thousands and thousands of soldiers representing. all of the armed forces but of course while this is a day that celebrates men miles military glories of the past the biggest battles of

day concerning the military is the battle against its own people on the streets of towns and cities all across the country we saw the. leader general minong like come out he said that the military was put in this position to try to paint the military as the guardian of democracy saying that they've been put in this position and they carried out the coup illegally because of unlawful acts by the end of the party led by our own son suchi but of course he presented no arguments as he hasn't done since the coup and again i think we can see from the reaction of the protesters out on the streets who are risking their lives to oppose this coup that no one really believes that to the cheering in bangkok for us thanks very much. now the delivery of vaccines to poor and middle income countries through the kovacs program could be set back weeks because of delays from

a major indian producer and the indian government has told international buyers that it will have to keep more of any available doses after a rise in new infections or friday saw the highest number for the year at almost 60001 of the countries impacted by that decision as iran it was expecting a shipment of 375000 doses present her son rouhani has criticised india for halting the delivery of the vaccines also accuse the kovacs program of failing to live up to its commitments after yielding to international pressure elizabeth product has more from new delhi. the situation in india the rising demand as covert cases to go up here now there is already the gap between rich and poor countries is when it comes to be an occupation rollout is already with the director general of the world health organization saying calling vaccine and equity grotesque but there has been criticism and india because as well as being passed on callbacks india has sent

vaccines it's to other countries with other arrangements both for aid and also commercial arrangements that sent 60000000 vaccines to 76 countries and the criticism is that with the rising number of cases and it has exploited more vaccine than the number of people it's inoculated which is 50 $8000000.00 and the indian government is running behind its own shadow on vaccinating $300000000.00 people in the 1st 6 months of this year states elections in india's west bengal and on the way polling is taking place in multiple studies as last prime minister b j p has been going to campaign to secure a win in west bengal for the 1st time both the states are in the east and bordering bangladesh the to the core of tensions between a new law that grant citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. iran and china are expected to sign

a 25 year cooperation pact that comes as chinese foreign minister wearing years into iran meeting iranian president hassan rouhani and the foreign minister jarred series that he said to have political economic and strategic components iran's economy has suffered from international sanctions after the u.s. withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal china remains part of that agreement. u.s. politicians have been visiting my group facilities in texas near the mexican border the number of arrivals has reached near record levels and recent weeks and many are unaccompanied children is being called a crisis and democrats and republicans are blaming each other she had returned to the reports from the calendar in texas on friday dueling congressional delegation has attempted to frame the u.s. is latest border crisis right 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 and turned 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 . making the decision that it's more important to militarize the border. drones and more money for. the border wong. instead of actually

finding. welcome people to the united states president biden has vowed to act swiftly to resolve the overcrowding at the border this 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 to meet the u.s. is not legal humanitarian obligations and give all migrants due process. mccallum texas of apollo is on the other side of the border of mexico. still hopeful to get into the u.s. while. well we've been returning to this migrant camp at in check but i'd port of entry really just a few meters away from the us mexico border where there are somewhere between 80058500 migrants that have been camped out here some of them for over a month others new arrivals in the time that we've been here over the past few days

we've seen a steady flow of people continuing to arrive in in fact this 1st line of tents that we have behind us here is actually just popped up overnight and people here are abreast of the news a lot of the folks that we've been speaking to say that they did actually listen to that press conference yesterday where president biden made it very clear that the border is closed where he said that he expects mexico to share in the burden of taking care of migrant families that will be inevitably deported from the united states back to mexico but the overwhelming sentiment the common theme that we hear from families whether it be central american families from countries like honduras and guatemala or families from southern mexico states like me truck gun and one haka and psychotic us fleeing violence linked to cartels there is hope they hope that by the grace of god by u.s. authorities border authorities will change their minds will open the borders give them opportunity to plead their asylum cases to u.s.

officials well still ahead here on al-jazeera the latest attempts to free the thank you ship booking the service can now sales as maritime traffic builds and put both ends of the waterway hit by kind of at $92.00 why many artists on the island of bali say they're struggling to get by those stories after the break. there has been gone past the spring equinox week start thinking of shifting the reins not just through malaysians newsy but up into wards india is east an arm of what will eventually become the monsoon rains this stuff here is certainly creeping slowly north not yet substantially except for the end of man and man and nicobar islands so it's malaysia and indonesia the showers not so much illness in vietnam laos or thailand not yet and it stopped raining in australia sure you're well aware

that the flood is subsiding the fronts are still running through now more normally from the bite and across towards the tasman sea catching tasmania on the way that's where the significant rain will be but again not as much as recently no more water falls for who are afraid tropical showers as normal in the far north of queensland and much of western australia will see cloud merits of light is right but. in the same system but with a tropical feed of rain into this western side of science island that's going to be wet and the consequence of the wind going up over the high ground then that's the most ground is that tris church registers 28 in the forecast that is pretty high for late march and once the rain goes through it doesn't drop that much still 27 on monday. and counting the cost to the rich countries and big pharma give developing

countries the technology speed up the momentum back to. the banking and mental health could be good for mobile economic growth plus as large find that doesn't cost the religious text counting the cost on al-jazeera. we know what's happening i region we know how to get the playfield that others cannot fires are still going on the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. woof. talk about what you all deserve me so robin a reminder of our top stories miramar has seen its worst day of violence since its military scenes power nearly 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50

people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against anti coup protesters the delivery of vaccines to developing countries through the covert sharing scheme could be set back by weeks because of major delays from a major indian producer india is also reporting its highest number of new cases this year. democrats and republicans are blaming each other for a purchase people crossing the u.s. border from mexico the number of the rivals has reached a record levels in recent weeks. president joe biden has described new voting restrictions in the state of georgia as outrageous and that atrocity the law will curtail voting hours and make it a crime to provide water to voters while they wait to cast their ballots democrats say the law is intended to suppress the voice of minority voters alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . from the white house condemnation of georgia's new voting wants to crush it

you don't need anything you. know this is nothing but. by people from both. demonstrators gathered in the state house as the republican governor signed this weeping measures behind closed doors why is the governor trying to sign something in private one state legislator was arrested for banging on the door. on a. georgia voted for joe biden in the presidential election then sent 2 democratic senators to congress in a runoff election is panty 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 an 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 t.v. ads mailers in radio spots attacking this commonsense election reform measure. in fact left wing groups funded by the state billionaires are already doing that now they're using outrageous false read it to scare you into millions of dollars in their own pocket there was no bribe this is not about the only thing there is a response to is the increase will return our black and brown voters 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 imagined by donald trump and his supporters it

will put pressure on politicians in washington especially democrats to come up with a national baseline for voting rules and regulations and to do it soon alan fischer al-jazeera. and the company which supplied most of the electronic voting machines for last year's us presidential election is suing fox news for defamation hosts and guests on the conservative network repeatedly ab falsely accused dominion voting systems of helping to rig the election so joe biden could be donald trump to 1000000 is now filing a $1600000000.00 lawsuit its machines were used in $28.00 of the 50 states including most of the crucial swing states. residential building has collapsed in egypt's capital cairo it's unclear how many were in the multi-story building when it came down in the middle of the night local media reports say at least 8 people have died and 23 are injured. well the building collapse happened just hours after

2 trains collided in central egypt killing at least 32 people and injuring another 165 others the ro authorities says someone triggered the emergency brakes on the 1st train and the 2nd one crashed into it from behind president for the r.c.c. is promising to punish those responsible. the japanese owner of a container ship blocking egypt's serious canal says crews will attempt to refloat it again during high tide on saturday but experts are holding out little hope with some warning it could take weeks in one card explains. 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 su is 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 series can now 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 the ever given container ship became wedged across the so is canal on choose day when high winds blew it 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 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 backlog of many vessels stuck at the exit and entry points 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 a vast amount of cargo being held up automotive parts and consumer goods containers may have to be offloaded in order to lessen the wait the su is canelo authority says around $20000.00 ships pass through the canal last year and in egypt billions of dollars in toll 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 him on card. front spares overwhelming responsibilities for the rwandan genocide but was not complicit in the events of 994 that's the main finding

of a commission set up by the french government that says the state was blind to preparations for the slaughter of about 800000 mainly ethnic to seize during a 3 month period france actively supported the hutu led government at the time. a growing number of western retail giant sink looting hate shanab and nike are facing a boycott in china there are rising concerns about the suspected use of force labor by weekers engine jones cotton fields the company has made the statements last year but they were repos steered by the communist youth league after western governments impose sanctions on chinese officials that created a backlash on chinese social media richard mcgregor is a senior fellow at the lowy institute he says western brands are not willing to take a political stance if it means losing the chinese market. the 1st time we've had sort of a 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 the shin judge in this case which of course is something that's going to be happen 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 $550.00 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 friends in western countries have taken stances against racism against sexism and the like and they quite willing to take political stances but they're 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 they last for and how long

they persist for as you can see with the power of the state the communist party and its pressure on institutions they can take your brand offline in 2 seconds and that's what's happened i wonder whether it might be a short shoppin a pain this time but it could last longer in the future. britain is also being targeted by china as it hits back at sanctions imposed on chinese officials by western governments now 90 u.k. citizens politicians lawyers and an academic have been banned from entering china hong kong and macau or even doing business there and recent reports. lies of the century is the way the chinese embassy in london described the u.k.'s stand on the human rights of we go is enjoying jang the foreign ministry in beijing went further saying actions imposed on china by the u.k. and other western powers had been outrageous then the interest hack who now. runs

on chinese individuals and entities so-called human rights issues in changing a based on lies and disinformation it breaches international law and basic norms governing international relations and interferes in china's affairs and undermines bilateral relations among the 9 individuals sanctioned by china is ian duncan smith former leader of britain's conservative party he said the chinese action gave him a badge of honor for speaking out in a tweets u.k. prime minister boris johnson supported those who had been sanctioned writing freedom to speak out in opposition to abuse is fundamental and i stand firmly with them johnson's foreign secretary says the criticism of china will be stopped. he will be summoned and we will explain in very clear terms the position data in relation to the m.p.'s and the other figures are spoken out but also that we will not be silence. among the issues is the detention and reported abuse of week as in

camps which china says are reeducation centers the rift between china and the west on this issue has a new low some analysts say it's likely to get worse. he will not back down. this would damage the authority of general secretary sitting on but neither can western liberal democracies afford to give ground when it comes to dealing with what is effectively a genocide in india this isn't so much diplomatic spats but a major with andrew symonds algis the indonesian island of bali has been a cultural hub for centuries with galleries and museums displaying the work of traditional artists but the pandemic has forced many to close their doors and some artists have found ways to keep selling their work but many say they're struggling to get by just to call washington reports now from jakarta on the island of

bali in the village of 5 to one lion mark through has been making and selling masks for more than 50 years they're used for traditional dances and are often sold as souvenirs too but with only closed to foreign tourists because of the pandemic he struggled to find customers walk up why young. there are 300 or 4 families in this film 95 percent of us are masks craftsman because of covert or cells or council. some artists in the village have turned to other jobs but that's not an option for everyone so you know that when the going in. i'm ultimately i cannot do anything else i can't walk across structures site i don't have the strength. and in asia shut its borders he earns 30 dollars each month from sales. nearby another experienced artist works in his studio eco soucie is one of

a group of artists who created this style of painting. i paint to maintain balinese culture i want to show people overseas about bali the island the harvesting paddy fields cultivating the land cows ducks flowing water this is bali his granddaughter set up an instagram page to help sell his paintings online although he's forced to sell at a cheaper price he says he's fortunate. that. these days many people are stop painting entirely because it's so hard to sell their work gallery owners are also feeling the impact with almost no walk in customers at this wood carving showroom nothing has been sold in months yeah. this is the darkest moment for the tourism industry there were incidents like the

bali bombings and the volcanic eruption that impacted tourism but it's worse now. he's determined to stop his business from closing down like many galleries have. they noticed but he took we will never shut down even if there are no customers i want the world to know that we're fighting. even though he isn't making any sales he still orders new sculptures from local artists to keep the industry alive while they all wait for better days just to washington al-jazeera to counter. your job as there had been so rob the reminder of our top stories me about has seen its worst violence since its military seized power the 2 months ago media reporting at least 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against anti coup protest as tony chang has the latest.