terrified that they may be forced to return to myanmar. the all the the all. indonesia recovers the culprit voice recorder of the jet that crashed almost 3 months ago killing all 62 people. this is al jazeera lot from doha also coming up several ethnic groups are threatening to join the revolution and fight against me and miles military. emotional testimony at the trial of george floyd's killing from an off duty

firefighter who says he repeatedly offered medical assistance but was denied. frustrated. and a growing humanitarian crisis on colombia's border with venezuela as a battle with armed groups intensifying this. there's been a significant breakthrough in the investigation into why an intern the passenger plane crashed and nearly 3 months ago investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder the boeing 737 belonging to swerd jaya air went down shortly after taking off from jakarta all 62 people on board were killed officials say it could take up to a week to listen to the recording jessica washington has more from jakarta. this is

a significant breakthrough and in incredibly challenging circumstances for the teams involved in this search operation we know that early on in the search they were able to recover the beacon which is attached to this cockpit voice recorder they were also able to recover the casing what they found more difficult was recovering the recorder itself that was because of a number of factors including very difficult weather conditions heavy rains created a an additional layer of mud over the seabed in that particular search area off the java sea and that made it particularly difficult for divers to try and retrieve this device in the end authorities ended up resorting to a technology which they described as sort of a vacuum for the seabed they ended up absorbing a lot of that mud and having to comb through everything that they found and eventually today they were able to find that cockpit voice recorder they brought it out to tundra portion of this is where the search operation has been coordinated

for these past few months and we could sense that that sense of relief that finally we may be one step closer to getting answers we did have the flight data recorder a few weeks ago we know that from the early findings of the investigation there was the sense that there was some technical difficulties including issues with the auto throttle now what we'll be able to hopefully realize is what exactly went wrong what was the pilot's responses true those technical difficulties. the u.n. security council is set to hold a closed door meeting on me and wednesday the situation in the country is getting increasingly unstable john to has launched an air and ground offensive against the current national liberation army in the southeast thousands of people have been displaced 3 of all groups say they will join what they're calling a revolution if the military doesn't stop killing civilians own means at least 6 ethnic groups have now threatened to retaliate against the job to take control regions mostly around me. board is the current national liberation army is in and

around southeastern current state the our economy is fighting for ptolemy in western rakhine state 3 other groups control territory in the east from the shan state on the in the south to the ton national liberation army and the mean man national democratic alliance army in the final of the kitchen independence army has also spoken out against agenda and has reported they attacked police and military posts in recent weeks may just cities here in the center of me in ma where the military is concentrating its crackdown on civilian protests scott had led more from bangkok in neighboring thailand that a lot of these ethnic armies are now fully stating their position with the protesters on the streets and across myanmar that is something we've seen a little bit more of a more of a who he's in if you will with these ethnic armies no you when you look at them

it's a very kind of convoluted situation you have more than 2 dozen ethnic armies across me and my are fighting for different things for in different ways in different regions but overall they are fighting for more autonomy and they have a fair amount of autonomy as it is now they want more and they want the government to to recognize as such so it's very difficult when you see ok they're going to all come together and fight the tatmadaw the myanmar army that is a very difficult situation because even within these ethnic armies sometimes they fight each other but right now what we're seeing a groundswell from these ethnic army saying that what the myanmar army is doing military is doing is wrong and they're backing the the protest movement and also they have these individual fights with the tatmadaw now as we saw with the karen you over the weekend so that part yes has escalated the can you also saying that they are seeing troop movements tatmadaw troop movements toward their positions that's something we're keeping a very close eye on. diplomatic editor james bays tells us what we can expect from

the un security council late on wednesday. the security council has already issued 2 strong statements on the situation in myanmar but they've been ignored and the violence and killing has continued in the streets the secretary general of the united nations antonio good terrorists in recent days has issued fresh condemnation and his call for united international action. we need more unity in the international community with more commitment international community to put pressure in order to make sure that the situation is reversed what's your message to the generals right now. my message to the military is very simple stop the killings stop the repression of the demonstrations really is the political prisoners and return power to those that have the receipt of their rights to exist lies it. saturday was the day with the highest death toll yet

at least 114 people killed in 24 hours. saturday was also myanmar's armed forces day an event attended by representatives of 3 members of the security council china russia and vietnam all of which have a degree of leverage over the generals but russia's deputy ambassador to the u.n. told reporters his country is reluctant to consider further action including sanctions we as you know russia is not big down on sanctions russia is not units it matters and again i say that there is a lot of controversy in there is it being willing young we made me see it one way but the reality is on the ground might be a little bit different and then you know i. everybody would be quite cautious because we there is a very thin line. between. condemning and blaming and inciting war in general well during the meeting the security council will be

briefed by christine fran a burgen to the u.n. envoy for me on marsh she wants to visit the region and to visit the country itself but so far she has not been granted permission. i have emotional testimonies have been heard on the 2nd day of the trial against a former police officer charged with killing told floyd in the us city of minneapolis a teenager and a child were among those who spoke in course off camera because of their ages witnesses described how they tried to intervene and became increasingly angry as they demanded their children take his name off lloyd's knock down had been has more . as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police. and why did you do

that because i believe out with a murderer. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the man a move yet bro the man on whom they're growing the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officers show ven testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's been nice i stayed. apologizing in. the palace. for not doing more in not. facing. not saving his life but the fight. is not what i said and if what he said to me she was followed by her 9 year old

cousin. and. current in her right is. a catholic cardinal. she watched she said as paramedics had to push over an often unmoving floyd. prosecutors use the witness video to show jurors that what plays out on the video is really all they need to know in the words of one prosecutor you can believe your eyes the defense seems to be building a case that the officers felt they couldn't move george floyd because of what they perceived is a growing hostile and on. ruly mob around them do you recall saying i dearly to touch me like that i swear i'll slap. both of you here i've been. made. so again sir it's fair to say that you grew angrier and angrier

now i've proved professional and professional i stayed in my body. came out to be angry prosecutors are expected to wrap their testimony sometime next week that's when defense lawyers will present their case possibly including the testimony of the officer children is the one on trial but for many inside an l. side the court room what's on the docket is racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. the pfizer who was off duty at the time of the incident that led to floyd's death also testified genevieve hansen describes how officers prevented her from intervening. in my memory i offered to walk kind of walk them through it or or talk that if he doesn't have a pulse you need to start compressions and that wasn't done either. is this or these things that you wanted to do. it would it it's what i would have done for

anybody. when you couldn't do that how did that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated. yes. and now the reaction to the black lives massah movement politicians in the u.s. state of kentucky have approved a partial ban on so-called no doc warrants it happened about a year off to briana taylor was shot and killed by police during that type of raid on her louisville home a case like that has told floyd seal nationwide protests against police brutality to conduct a no knock warrant to kentucky police now made clear and convincing evidence of a crime and to beat several other requirements. still ahead on al-jazeera. the reaction to the report by the u.n. . plus.

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a little further south into nature still very much in the mix and that'll be the case we go on through the next couple of days the potential for a little circulation just bring up there that may well develop into a tropical low could bring some flooding rains very close to the far northwest of australia but for much of us it's fine in trial and the clear skies high pressure dominating proceedings so not too bad now down towards that southeastern corner it is generally set there was some decent spells of sunshine $25.00 celsius in sydney a $27.00 there for melbourne and we could touch 31 in adelaide 35 for perth again fine and dry a similar picture as we go on through friday could touch 31 in taba notice the showers not too far away from the top in and around the cape york peninsula with more showers to come. legal come through on to the pitch is. special moment for any football to do it as a palestinian woman is

a remarkable achievement. footballing legend eric cantor no introduces. who broke through social and political but it was too much by a generation of female players across the middle east. could go let's do it. on algis the. rule. you're watching are just there are reminder of our top stories this hour in tunisia has recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a passenger jet that crashed in january and hope to could provide clues as to why the plane went down killing all 6 to 2 people on board. be it miles military is

intensifying an offensive against rebels a car instinct thousands of people are fleeing into thailand to escape the fighting the u.n. security council will meet later on wednesday to discuss the rest. of the 2nd day of the trial of the former policeman accused of murdering george floyd has taken place several bystanders gave emotional testimony including an off duty firefighter prevented from giving 1st aid to families. of the humanitarian situation on colombia's border with venezuela is getting worse as fighting intensifies 5000 venezuelan refugees are already in temporary shelters in colombia. the reports from the ball or a town about a tough. 9 days after the start of venice well as military campaign against colombia's rebel forces the situation in the colombian border town of i'll keep is critical they have. almost 5000 refugees are housed in shelters

but that number only tells part of the story hundreds more are staying in overcrowded private homes got a c.e.o. fled from the vinous walen town of lovett daria says she's sharing this space with 63 other people and they haven't received any help. they say assistance is primarily for the shelters nothing is a right yet for us we don't want to go to a shelter we have many people with diabetes high blood pressure many kids and we're scared of call that. refugees are crossing the border into rural areas to at least $100.00 share this farmhouse and are extending it to protect new arrivals from the rain. to me pneumonia from the united nations refugee agency says under reporting is an issue but a proper camp for at least $500.00 people will soon be ready. for the contrast the

places which are the moment are very full of people and all sorts for those people who live with families very crowded environment that will remove them here the base revealed prioritization of the basis of vulnerability many of the refugees are colombians who fled to venezuela decades ago at the height of colombia's conflict between give the u.s. paramilitary and state forces most now say even a swell as government help create this crisis by long tolerating the presence of colombia's rebel forces in their territory. rebels really like this one fail appear on the walls of houses here and the colombians but the violence associated with the conflict has been greatly reduced at least in this region while the delicate balance there maintain the peace on the various well and now broken down. we had heard rumors that the government was going to confront the guerrilla but

would have never expected such a brutal repression against the civilian population especially by government that pretends to be revolutionaries we lost everything for years that river dividing the 2 countries helped contain fighting in colombia it appears the economic and political crisis in venezuela has allowed that conflict to resume on the other side a confrontation that one sparked might again prove difficult to tame alison with impunity i'll just keep. all the $120.00 prisoners loyal to libya's wall holly for health are said to be released by the new unity government was not an official prisoner swap but it is seen as a gesture of goodwill but more on the smaller training joins us from misrata so why exactly is the new unity government doing this what does that hope to achieve. well kim when this new interim unity government came into power they were tasked

with a few things one was to lead a serious reconciliation process now libya has been divided for years between rival governments in the east and the west they're also tasked with unifying state institutions they'll be tasked with removing over $20000.00 foreign fighters and to also bring together the libyans for elections later on this year so this move like you said is a symbol of good good will it's part of the reconciliation issues of this particular move was led by tribal leaders in western libya now the 120. fighters loyal to have to that were will be released today were actually involved in the fighting in the very beginning when have launched his military campaign on tripoli on april 4th 2019 these fighters from western libya were loyal to have to or they came into the city of zawiya from the south they took over a checkpoint once they met a little bit of resistance they all surrendered peacefully so that they weren't

really involved in any fighting they're not they're not believed to have you know have committed any crimes or murders so they've been they've been imprisoned since since since then since 2019 and this is a move by the new unity government for reconsideration to bring libyans together to try to forget the past start a new page bring the country together and move and move towards a lections later on this year. and i thank you so much for that update them. heavy gunfire is being heard near the shares presidential palace in the early hours of wednesday 2 days ahead of president elect mohammad barzan swearing in. witness video carries the sounds of a large battle taking place details are not yet known and these years government has not been available to comment the country has a history of military coups and has struggled with instability from attacks by

armed groups by block a whole realm of editor says in a budget in neighboring nigeria he says local reports suggest the incident was an attempted coup. a lot of people in egypt believe that it was an attempted military coup that has been pulled down the incident started actually around 3 o'clock local time around 2 g.m.t. and by 3 am local time 3 g.m.t. local time everything went quiet now what every 2 years whether it's a military coup or not it looks like things have been wrapped up for now things are calm from the reports we are receiving from and yet made these attacks or this incident happened 2 days before mohammad. use of mohammad bows out of office and he said mohamed for my tutor mr 44 former foreign minister whose election by the way is marked by violence by stupid resistance by the.

community which held power for a very long time in the general public shortly after it was declared we know of that election in the 2nd round there was violence across in them a the capital targeting light skinned out ups and tourists who had businesses running across the country and now that incident is snowballing into some form of resistance as you may be facing is not only the insurgency out only its border areas with nigerian digit and booking a fossil nigeria mali and birkenau fossil but also the internal resistance you will face from those who had held power in that country for a very long time for much of its 60 years as an independent country in the. who the rebels are rejecting a u.n. report indicating their responsibility for an attack on yemen's aden airport in december which killed 22 people report contains evidence the missiles used worse similar to those in the who the arsenal and were fired from areas under their

control the rebels say any findings submitted to the un security council of biased and lack credibility. the attack on aden airport was seen as an escalation in the 6 year war targeted members of president hardy's government as they landed to meet u.a.e. back to southern separatists are forming a unity government who these denied involvement and blamed the attack on saudi backed groups the saudi led coalition responded to the attacks with airstrikes on the who the held city of so know the following day the aid in airport attack also prompted then u.s. secretary of state my pompei you to designate the who these as a foreign terrorist organization that was reversed by the biden ministration for the journalist hussein al because he has more now from santa. this is still not over shall i report released by the united nations still some leaks released by the way to them by some other side that's why we can take it as a fact but as muhammad ali al jose said yesterday that any conclusion or any

reports that come from the united nations or you in security council with the say without any independent. committee to verify those results he said are rejected on of the world he said any facts that. these reports that are most. as he said feel debased he said they cannot be actually true or for the fire and i just want to add that after the attack on the airport just maybe $3.00 to $5.00 days. united arab emirate with side based in the united states called a cad he has released the same report as it is could be based there but to be honest with who is actually will benefit from the against the government of the so-called legitimacy of heidi is only the united arab emirates and just days ago united arab emirates supporters for themselves in several states have actually kicked out the government that's why they are actually the only one who are

responsible for benefit for this attack yemen has received its 1st supplies of covered 900 vaccines unicef says it caught 360000 doses through the international cover acts program to receive 1900000 doses this year humanitarian organizations say yemen's health care system has been crippled part of war so far the country has reported around for thousands infections but experts say the real number is much higher. brazil's president has signed an executive order to provide more than $900000000.00 in pandemic relief he authorized the package on the same day the country hit a record tally of more than $3700.00 deaths march is expected to be the worst month of the pandemic for brazil with deaths on course to hit 60000 miles an hour has been criticized for repeatedly downplaying the pandemic in south america's worst his country. more than a dozen countries are raising concerns about a report into the origins of covert 19 world health organization investigation sent

to the chinese city of one home found the virus most likely passed from bats to humans through another animal some governments say china should have provided better access. the criticism is an attempt to politicize the pandemic. a life in the remote region of gil good baltistan in northern pakistan is taking on a festive look at annual sports and cultural events marking the end of wood to ahmed el has more. than the rose dar since kabul kept up the northern pakistani province of get up to stop the festival but marks the coming of spring dates back to ancient persia. but during the last days of this region is a harsh winter and i think equally joyful event takes place it's the extreme winter sports season participants and tourists posting from around like a star and the world just is going to all of you most of them on the list

just in the beauty of the last years the mountains and the national guard the environment the forest the bulldozers number one i think if you talk about them i would certainly get it but these are so 100 percent of the businesses are that it would have to visit get back to study is a part of the greater himalayan chain with snowy peaks that age from 7 to 8000 metres in height skiers and mountain climbers come here to test the limits of your belly the fact that even the harm the ice traversing is unique in northern pakistan skiers from italy took part in making this possible they also came to pay tribute to pakistan's legendary mountain near ali sub par a and to showcase the natural beauty of this area to attract more tourists and benefit to the locals are part of a team of 6 to tie luminous became rich across the deal side nice to talk. to some

ski ski touring. what we found was a greek landscape. of walt adventure something that. i think a lot of people would be interested in a very unique place special memories is serious winter and spring events. held in memory of pakistan's famous claim i'm humble. who went missing last month while trying to scale the world's 2nd highest peak in the karakoram outer range otherwise known as k 2 he was officially declared dead after several rescue missions by pakistani military failed to track him at the food of them out of range the town comes alive with visitors. every imaginable type of goods could be seen on display here from art to machine guns. the festival of lights a clock the old and the young and there are hardly any signs of the cold night to the strictures and prevention measures seen elsewhere for many this remote region

is an escape from the pandemic and a place to enjoy the traditions of old and new. jersey. and a sure sign spring has sprung in the u.s. capitol cherry blossoms have picked early in washington d.c. the normally a tourist draw card but of course there's a lower turnout because of the coronavirus to make the cherry trees were given to us by japan and 912 as a gift of friendship. results is there and these are the top stories indonesia has recovered the cockpit voice recorder to why the plane went down killing all 62 people on board jessica washington has more from jakarta this is a significant breakthrough when in.