mool. a container ship blocking one of the world's busiest waterways has been partially refloated. alarms the whole robin you're watching out is there and on my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes thailand says it's bracing for an exodus of refugees from be about as thousands flee a surge of violence also hundreds of scape of 5 day seeing all the mozambique but

there's concern that dozens of others have been killed while trying to escape. plus we ask of isolates making a comeback of it concerns that it could be slowly regrouping in the deserts of syria. welcome to the program the container ship that's bought the suez canal for nearly a week has been partially refloated but it remains unclear whether the ever given will be able to continue its voyage now the giant vessel ran aground one of the world's busiest waterways costing billions of dollars in trade every day alexia bryant has this update. she is of celebration in the so is canal and horns blaring . as the every given finally appears to make a move back you guys have bad days and despite a multinational rescue effort the vessel has had lee budged now finally it's been

partially refloated. waged across the suez canal the scale of the problem has dwarfed the machinery seen as a solution dredges and diggers have removed thousands of cubic meters of. from underneath a giant container ship and a team of at least 10 tug boats has been trying to dislodge it for days since it ran aground to tankers and cargo ships carrying oil gas and grain have stacked up at either end of the canal delaying global trade and costing billions of dollars every day around about 70 percent of the world's oil trade goes through the series canal and it can't any any ship has the choice of taking the longer route round the south of africa takes around 2 weeks longer obviously cost more because of the additional i'm shipping cost so ships are having to make their decision do they whites are in that queue of $300.00 or do they take the a longer trip the crisis is

a weirdy having an impact on syria the authorities forced to announce a few rationing of supplies from iran a stock the news coming out of syria is deeply deeply worrying the country was already heating crisis point with cannot make collapse hitting syria and the daily lives of syrians and now these delays to fuel shipments will make going to really bad situation worse there had been fears an operation would be needed to lighten the ship which is $20000.00 containers on board requiring a crane and other equipment that's yet to arrive but it appears a flotilla of tugboats and a higher tide may have deemed that unnecessary alexy o'brian al jazeera. the guy plots and is the secretary general of the international chamber of shipping he says it will take time to clear the backlog of ships around the canal. it does look like they've made substantial progress or the thing is she's quite finally free yet but

certainly the pictures i've seen she's the sterns moved 'd about 100 meters or so into the 2 ascent of the canal so one would hope the next high water they can really finally free it completely so let's fingers crossed for that and then get to the canal trying to clone again they exact a professional that things are going to happen next obviously they want to move her that she's not that far from the sun then transfer the canal anyway is my understanding so i suspect they will move down there and then allow the traffic to flow the sound like the engine 50 ships or plus which is now back lot. i think they've manderson from eye contact there they'll be doing on the the people who turned up 1st will get their ships the 1st with the exception perhaps of livestock ships which will be given some property for obvious reasons but it's always a plan b. anyway which is to go around that the south coast the south tip of south africa the cape of good hope and come up that does that 3 and a half 1000 miles to the to the journey 300500 nautical miles each day that passes is about $7.00 to $8000000000.00 worth of goods which would usually pass through

the canal so we are talking 4550000000000 of delays really as much that you think will catch up on some of that but there will be ongoing place it's hard to put a figure on it and of course some carcasses may have perished because they were time critical they'll be in no doubt some big insurance claims going in and this certain to get some resolution going forward we must remember some context this is a very very very rare occurrence it's been 18000 transits a year over 50 usually per day so this is been some time since the last time a ship was blocked so but nonetheless it's really important a full investigation is carried out and lessons learned where they need to be learnt. mabel's military has hit current state with more airstrikes forcing thousands of people to flee their homes many cross the border into thailand and prime minister player channel chart says that the government is preparing for a flood of refugees mere miles military has been targeting the current national liberation army the armed ethnic group is one of dozens fighting for greater

autonomy. well because please let this be an internal issue for us we don't want to have an exodus into our territory but we will observe human rights to. how many refugees are expected we've prepared an area for them to stay 1st after they cross over we can talk about the numbers later we're not going to talk about a permanent shelter years we're not there yet this is a matter for the department of national security to deal with tony chang is following developments from bangkok. this may be the myanmar military trying to seize the initiative we've seen them. conducting these airstrikes on the qur'an the k n u down in the south there's been clashes up in the north think a chin state overnight in callin in a strategically important town in the chin state there were clashes to the army fighting local residents not armed insurgents of the local residents but using

things like r.p.g. screen aids so they really have decided to step up the attack that may be folly they're opening up another front in. front sentient against an armed aggressive while they're already trying to deal with a general populace who are deeply unhappy. protesting every day we've seen most of the major urban centers many of the towns even out in the countryside people still continuing to protest and that must be using an awful lot of military resources but maybe they feel and they're so confident in their strength that they feel this is a fight they can win and win relatively easily foreign companies are being told not to mix business with politics if they want to keep operating in china the warnings come from a spokesman for sure john's regional government at a news conference where he was asked about the alleged use of ethnic weaknesses forced labor to produce cotton now

a growing number of western retail giants including. facing a boycott in china for voicing their concerns now that sparked a backlash of chinese social media with dozens of celebrities dropping deals with the brands. of. the chinese people including those in have already expressed their anger at these companies are just harming themselves we hope global enterprises like it can open their eyes to what's right and what's wrong not just blindly impose these measures they need to be reasonable if they want to continue doing business in china. well adrian brown is in hong kong he says should join officials are warning the world not to mess with china the message was quite simple and it was basically this don't believe what the western media is saying about the situation in shin jang it bears no comparison with reality where's the evidence of sexual violence against women in these so-called vocational training centers which human rights groups call labor camps where is the evidence of forced labor in the

cotton farms and cotton mills and cotton factories where is there evidence of of people being repressed when it comes to religion there is no evidence and that was the message that came through loud and clear and there was another i think theme throughout and it was this don't mess with china we've had you know years decades of being humiliated by the west we're tired of the smears we're tired of the lies the media who were in attendance were actually invited to go to sion jang to see for themselves but of course as we've seen from the past when the media go to shin jang they tend to be heavily chaperoned so this was an attempt also by the not just the shin jang government but also by the the central government to respond to these sanctions that have been placed on china those targeted sanctions by the united kingdom the united states canada and the e.u. because of the well documented repression they say is taking place and changing and of course china in the last few days has responded with sanctions of its own so

this media conference was part and parcel of that. mozambique's military says dozens of defenseless civilians have been killed in a 5 day siege among them 17 people ambushed as they tried to escape a hotel in the northern town of parma foreign nationals are among those caught in the violence between security forces and an armed group however tulsa has more. survivors from the siege in parma arrived in the port city of pinback just along the coast but many others weren't as fortunate defense officials say dozens of others were killed trying to escape the fighting and some of them were ambushed as they tried to leave by road in a convoy one of the courage to call. the defense and security forces regret this loss of human lives and a drive that they continue to develop at this moment concerted actions of pursuit with the aim of eliminating some pockets of resistance. since wednesday when an armed group lost its attack on parma communications have been down and many

families are still waiting to hear what's happened to their loved ones are you going to see it's been the situation of losing someone it's hard he don't know where this person is he can't reach them or know what condition they're in this is horrible and it's destabilize humanity it's really not fair. this is the only footage that has emerged from inside the hotel where up to 200 people have reportedly taken refuge hundreds of others have attempted to flee the town running into forests and nearby villages mostly. we don't know how we will get out of here if we can get to the sea or if we will be rescued by whom there are helicopters flying over the hotel they checking to see if we can reach the beach to get a boat out but as you can hear we don't know if it's possible the situation is critical we have no food just water we're in god's hands no. gun

battles have been going on for days between the armed group that calls itself al-shabaab and government forces trying to take back control of the coastal town. there's been fighting in northern missouri and beak mainly in carbondale gado province since 2017 this is a region major gas discoveries have been made in recent years but the town of parma has been relatively safe for foreigners working on africa's largest liquefied natural gas project until this week the french in the g. giant hotel has now evacuated $1000.00 of its workers at a suspended its operations it was due to restart a 20000000000 dollar project after stopping work in january because of security concerns that's now on hold. on. we're. trying to. project.

more than 2500 people have been killed and half a 1000000 forced to leave their homes during years of fighting in the province it's really a toxic mix of various issues it is programmed the northernmost province or is marginalized people feel frustrated they have been people who are of the land. mining activities they ruby mines specifically amnesty international blame several parties for war crimes it has accused armed groups and a government backed private south african military firm are being responsible for the deaths of hundreds of civilians it also says government troops have made arrests without reason torture detainees and carried out extrajudicial killings security forces say fighting is still ongoing with army officials are trying to eliminate pockets of resistance humanitarian workers say it could be days before

the actual number of dead is known and they warn they'll be even more internal displacement as people try to escape the fighting. out either. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. i'm john hendren in minneapolis where opening arguments begin in the trial of derek showmen the man accused of killing george floyd with live video police have carried out raids in relation to sunday's attempted bombing of a cathedral those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways. now if you take just the evidence from space this satellite picture you think that is not a very promising looking picture for early spring a lot of cloud is rushing in from the atlantic is bound to be accompanied by rain

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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me the whole run a reminder of our top stories the container ship that's blocked the suez canal for almost a week has been partially refloated canal solid he's saying that they hope the advocates will be fully freed during high tide in around an hour and a half's time. be about as military has carried out more airstrikes targeting separatists fighters in corrent state thailand is preparing for a flood of refugees as thousands flee across the border and there's a big military says dozens of defenseless civilians have been killed in a 5 day siege among them was 7 people on bush as they try to escape a hotel in the northern town of park. police in indonesia have discovered explosives they say are linked to sunday's suicide attack on a cathedral in the city of macassar offices raided several places including the home of the bombers 19 people were injured in the blast jessica washington is joining me now from the capital jakarta jessica really more details emerging about

the incident the bombers and their affiliations. that's right to hell just in recent hours we've heard from into the asian police were given us just a bit more information about the bombers we know now that the 2 bombers were in fact a married couple but only been married for 6 months before they carried out this attack on a cathedral in the city of madrassa we also know that these 2 individuals belonged to the local chapter of the militant organization known as j a g o jamal unshadowed the law that is a militant organization in indonesia that has a violent history of targeting churches and also police stations it's the same organization that was responsible for the church bombings in the philippines in 2019 and also church bombings in syria by a. in 28 this is an organization which has launched these small scale attacks and the style of yesterday's attack in terms of involving 2 spouses is quite

characteristic of this organisation now in terms of the security landscape in engine asia as i was telling you guests today in the immediate aftermath of this bombing the situation has really changed in these type of bombings did not happen at the same sort of frequency that they did 15 or just 10 years ago but this organization as a result of the pressure from security forces has resorted to these small scale attacks and often holy planned attacks if the intention of the bombers was to cause a huge amount of damage and a high number of casualties as you mentioned earlier we have seen raids carried out not only in the city of maka sad but also in all those cities in job of a policy trying get on and here in jakarta as well not far from our office we saw a patrol of security forces so warning to some of the individuals who might be part of this organization that security forces are taking this issue very seriously

indeed we've seen enhanced security around places of worship and we've also we do expect further information in about an hour from into the asian police when they do have their press conference later today of course we'll come back to you for that update to jessica washington for us in jakarta now the u.n. is hoping to secure $10000000000.00 from international donors to support syrian refugees at a conference in belgium but today meeting is being co-chaired by the european union and the u.n. hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in syria's decade long war more than 10000000 have been displaced. our response by hysteria covering both refugees in neighboring countries and syrians inside their own country is the biggest one we've ever had for this crisis we're trying to raise money $10000000000.00 and it's bigger this year than ever because the the crisis is worse there is a in particular a huge impact of the global economic contraction and syria's own economic problems on malnutrition and hunger and declining elsevier some like the country last year

we raised $5500000000.00 i would like to be able to raise more this year we'll see what we don't stray able to do most of the don't know as i know are going to say there are obviously it's well known as one of 2 unfortunately you caves that back but we hope people will act in a way that reflects not just a need to be generous to the syrians but also reflects the national interest of other countries because we don't keep these problems stable we're going to spread the u.n. special envoy to syria has told us there are other there are worrying signs that eisel is trying to gather strength in the desert but the warning comes as u.s. secretary of state and city blink of isn't to each other foreign ministers to discuss what washington calls the ensuring defeat of the armed group our diplomatic editor james baker reports now from the u.n. . they created their own defacto state carved out of parts

of syria and iraq and ruled in the most brutal way justifying their actions with their own interpretation of islam. 2 years ago president trump declared eisele had been defeated that after a long military operation some of it human rights campaigners say also carried out in a brutal manner involving kurdish fighters the iraqi military american special forces and u.s. bombardment from the air. now their former capital racker lies in ruins but experts say eisel may be slowly rebuilding themselves in the deserts of syria and what we witnessed in central syria in particular is a robust and growing isis campaign that is applying pressure on the military and oil infrastructure 'd that is actually forcing the russians the regime and the iranians to respond and try to figure out how to stabilize the security situation

is such talk alarmist not according to the u.n. special envoy for syria pederson you should or should be worried about what you see as increased direction activity is in the desert and in certain areas in syria and i have never before as you know the members of the security council now we need a collaborative effort there fight the terrorists that are still active in syria i mean. the fact that i'm going to be. on top of this there's another problem related to isolate the world is not confronting there are thousands of prisoners some of them foreign fighters but mainly women and children being held in camps in northeast syria in the largest camp i'll hold there are nearly 30000 children the conditions a grim they risk being alienated and further radicalized james pays out his era at

the united nations national civil rights leaders in the u.s. are calling for justice for george floyd they held a press ervice alongside insanity before they start a direct evidence murder trial later on monday a show of our nation. minneapolis police officer was accused of killing floyd in may last year by beating on his neck for almost 9 minutes to 100 houses from minneapolis. george floyd's death reignited the u.s. civil rights movement and set off a racial revolution in american streets. it energized the black lives matter movement in harden the country's racial divide now the trial of the police officer accused of floyd's murder could either close a bitter chapter in american history. or rekindle the arson fueled riots of the summer of 2020 across the united states and have been will be similar to what took place when this happened you know we felt it all the way in chicago. you know

people angry. venting their frustrations will say they know how the murder trial of fired police officer derrick children is perhaps the most anticipated civil rights case here in the u.s. in the 21st century it will mark a test case of racial justice in 2021 in the case of a black man who died beneath the knee of a white police officer who held him there for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. that jury will see show that in this disturbing video as floyd cries out for his life at the bridge. these are the images we don't take anything for granted we have to keep our eyes on the prize to make sure that he doesn't get away with murder as so many other police officers have done to people of color in america not since the racially charged trial of the white police officers charged in the 1991 beating of rodney king has one legal case so captured

a moment in american racial history. when a largely white suburban jury found the defendants not guilty the streets of los angeles a rock did in violent fury in black america police are now often seen in the darkest light now people are not viewing the police as a welcome. rather as an unwelcome presence as it's been referred to over the years an occupying force. as minneapolis anxiously boards up for new demonstrations many fear what could happen if children is allowed to walk free people gonna be outraged because it again has proven that the system is not protected and fellow i think people gonna be upset and down why. we have 15 this time a racially diverse jury of $12.00 and $3.00 alternates 9 white 4 black into mixed race will decide the fate of another white police officer. and that could set the

direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. now the president of chile says that he lost congress to postpone next month's election because of a surge in current of ira's cases sebastiaan pinero wilde's the vote for assembly to write a new constitution to be moved from april to may not chile seen a new wave of covert $900.00 factions it's the end of the summer holiday season last month on sunday the government announced new laws measures to curb the spread of. the australian city of breastbone is going into a 3 day snap lockdown after 4 new locally transmitted credit virus infections were detected queensland's state's premier says the cases are of the highly infectious u.k. strain under the new restrictions people will only be allowed to leave their home

for essential work shopping care duties or exercise schools will also be closed the 1st batch of astra zeneca vaccines from the us backed kovacs scheme has arrived in kosovo the 24000 doses will be used for health care workers and elderly people kosovo is the only country in europe that hasn't started inoculating its population one of the main elements of the global rollout of covert 900 vaccines it's the cold chain the network of freezers and refrigerators used to protect vaccines from degrading and becoming less effective the oxford astra zeneca vaccine remains stable at refrigerated temperatures of between 2 and 8 degrees for at least 6 months the pfizer biotech vaccine requires special freezers providing temperatures of minus 90 to minus 60 to remain stable for up to 6 months unicef hopes to have $65000.00 solar powered fridges in low income countries by the end of the year pfizer is also working on

a powder to fall of its vaccine ilario is of all ages to director of the one health center of excellence at the university of florida she says wealthy nations must end what she calls the weaponization of vaccines. many world leaders have advocated for vaccines for all and this is because we do not want pockets of viral circulation in areas where there are largely unvaccinated populations and the only way to achieve this is actually investing now in technology so that we can do without the cold chain because as you know there are parts of the world where the cold chain just cannot work what i can say is that i fear weaponization of vaccines and this is something that i really think we need to fight against so we know that there is a lot of talk about how the united states has exported no dose yes europe has

exported approximately half of its doses so i don't really think that we should have different positions we should be united and make sure that vaccines are not weaponized and are not used as a way to exercise. difficulties or hardships on certain countries. your job as they are with me so whole rob a reminder of our top stories the container ship that's bought the suez canal for almost a week has been partially refloated canal authorities say the hope of the ever give it will be fully free during high tide in around an hour and a half's time in other news be about as military as carried out more airstrikes targeting separatist fighters of karen states tile and.