imitation and charges of said dish shift the focus covering the way the news this culture the listening posts on the just. plain important role ringback. i am. 2 months on from ian miles military coup protesters remain defiant despise a relentless army crackdown now the men warns of a looming civil war. there and give them hell this is and is there a line from dalhart also coming up. several pro-democracy activists in hong kong are big convicted for their role in the 2019 mass protests. france gets ready for

another lockdown after reporting more than 30000 covert 19 infections in just one day. i think. video of george floyd's arrest proves distressing for witnesses at the trial of the former us police officer accused of his murder. it's been 2 months since 1000000 miles military seized from its elected leaders and unleashed a violent crackdown on some of the largest protests seen in decades. now the un special envoy for me in ma is warning of a civil war unless the security council acts to restore democracy in the past few hours britain has imposed sanctions on a major conglomerate links to the military on the ground despite the increasing

bloodshed a diverse group of protesters is keeping the pressure on the generals to give up power copies of a 2008 constitution which allowed the military's role in politics were burned on wednesday a group of deposed politicians scrapped the document entirely and promised to set up a federal government and the military is also under pressure from its regional ally thailand where hundreds of refugees a sheltering to escape airstrikes by the military. and it's very troubled by the reports of casualties among them in my people. during this past weekend. we reduced our path. for the exercise of utmost restraint. the escalation of situation. and to violence and for the release to take place. scott heard the reports now from bangkok. this is

directly related to what happened over the last couple of days particularly this past weekend that's where myanmar army military carried out air strikes in some territory held by the korean ethnic army and this is something we haven't seen for about 20 years or more so what it happened is that obviously injured people that had to seek medical attention and they came across the border into thailand but also about 3000 initially 3000 people fled across seeking safety there is a difference of opinion of exactly what happened some human rights group says that thai authorities pushed about 2000 of those people right straight back across the border into myanmar the thai government here said no they went back because it was safe but what we do know is over 200 people are here still getting medical attention by thai authorities right along the border there obviously you know this is this is a distinct case of violence going on in myanmar that can be related to the coup you

know they have been these ethnic army conflicts with the central military for decades but this is the definitely related to a spike of what's been happening since the coup that now has flowed across the border so it's bringing in a regional neighbor and as we heard that statement from the spokes person been from the thai foreign ministry that those are the strongest words we've heard yet from the administration here in tallinn on what's going on next door. meanwhile campaign is a warning of up with the intensifying crackdown some protest is all being pushed into joining. the korean national union is one of the largest among men miles almost 20 groups known as the k. and you had fred presents ethnic minority korean communities that border thailand upon self-determination for its people in that region ok news military wing waged in rebellion against the military fanelli 70 is a ceasefire agreement was signed in 2012. now all still seems to have reignited

following febreze coup mccain u.s. bearing its fighters on several fronts last week military jets launched airstrikes on k new territory for the 1st time in 20 is ok new has also responded to protest is calls for supports by standing fisons to protect them attacking military positions and causing all this supply routes well it's my wealth is the regional director with the human rights organization fortify rights he says the decision to turn to the ethnic groups the training is born out of frustration this is a culmination of 2 months of brutal crackdown by the burmese military in me a momentary against unarmed civilians so it's not necessarily an unexpected development but it is concerning and i think the impacts are great in the sense not just in terms of whether the civil disobedience movement of protesters may start seeking to turn to more extreme methods to resist the coup but also what we're

seeing there is this sort of extension of the fighting out into the ethnic areas you've seen that the sort of de facto or parallel government under the name of the c.r. ph for this constitution and it's really trying to seek to bring in the ethnic groups that have long had the initial long standing tensions some cease fire agreement so that they will lapse actually over the last few weeks this concerns as has been raised already that this may escalate and they will see increased fighting and that's going in in the ethnic areas but it's also going to have a severe impact on the safety and security of the of the wider population if this is an escalation from the military side the concern i think for the military will be that they could see themselves opened up on many different fronts. and that really is not just a concern as you say for the military but also for the entire populations have before so there are a very deep concerns i think the military may not have predicted such a unified potentially unified response against the top model and this crew. a

course in hong kong has found 7 pro-democracy activists guilty of an authorised assembly in 2019 that's when anti-government protesters marched against the now repeal to extradition bill the veteran leaders of the opposition movement face up to 5 years in prison but they remain defiant from hong kong has sarah clarke. they arrived at court flanked by their supporters defiant in the face of a crackdown on the movement they have represented for decades these are some of hong kong's most high profile veteran activists including 82 year old martin lee who is known as the father of democracy in the territory who many of my brothers and sisters so maybe britain. consider a better morning. please one of 9 people who were found guilty of organizing and participating in an unauthorized assembly in august 29th in join the anti-government demonstrations the rally was given police approval but this group

was accused of aiding protests is out of the designated area into central hong kong veteran activist lead chuck young says peaceful protests are not a crime and they sed charges a beijing's attempt to silence its critics i think it's. inevitable that we in such a political environment of oppression that we pay the ation that we have to go to jail too. you know he paid a price media tycoon jimmy lie as well as barrister and former councilor margaret well also convicted and face up to 5 years in prison this group of probe aging supporters rallying outside the court wants a tough a penalty they are trading this treason so today we're witness the trade out to the center's life sentence this is a major blow to democracy movement every major voice of dissent in from the inside in exile on trial already behind bars for the $2400.00 people have been charged as

part of this project and police have told us more arrests even so the pro-democracy activists say they won't give up the game it's not over we will continue to fight for some we don't want to see really for the money and how far we want to do it and that was know and not about anyway. but we were. at least 3 in this group will be back in court on trial for the charges the court is expected to hand it sentence on this case later this month sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. tech says it's vaccine is highly protective against the south african variant of corona virus strain has caused concern because of its resistance to some jabs pfizer has also released new dot is showing its vaccine is overall 91 percent effective even after 6 months the company is seeking full approval for the shot in

the united states it's currently only approved for emergency use france is entering its 3rd national law as its daily infections a false 30000 health officials are expecting the number of patients in intensive care units to increase by the end of the small under the new measure schools will be closed for 3 weeks domestic travel is bad for at least a month reports. shut down by saturday with the death toll from cope with 19 nearing 100000 french president emanuel was forced to act. we will lose control of we do not move now. macro has tried to keep the country open as a way to protect the already battered economy but with many intensive care units at breaking point and a slower than planned vaccine rollout the economy had to wait. if you want to remember this bigger 44 percent of patients in intensive care are today less than

65 years old. for the next 4 weeks schools in nurseries will be closed along with non-essential businesses a curfew will be in place and travel will be restricted to 10 kilometers from home earlier this week macross said regional lockdowns like in paris would be enough scientists disagreed saying partial lockdowns won't stop such a fast spreading virus is putting me to disappear when you realize what we must prevent the virus from spreading we can't do it with half measures these 50 shades of measures for now are not producing results and in 2 weeks we still won't see any result so we must go back to a lockdown and unfortunately this lockdown will last for several weeks then on wednesday mccrone changed his tune. of a new for the coming months each one of us must make an extra effort this is what i ask of us collectively this evening the surge of covert $1000.00 cases in france is

linked to the slow rollout of vaccines across the european union along with disputed fears surrounding the astra zeneca vaccine only cement of new lows and. in the coming weeks will excel or it further the number of doses that we will obtain and we will gradually become the 1st continent in the world in terms of vaccine production. but for now months after the 1st vaccines were approved only 12 percent of the french population is an ocular lated hardeen al-jazeera still to come on al-jazeera. i'm all in a real hard time of being around a dip in places. where in the us people are. struggling to get covered 19 vaccinations. the secret behind a rocky goals country lines from shore more is done to protect a centuries old this.

time for the perfect. sponsored point qatar airways probably because some lovely spring sunshine can tuning in across much of japan we've got a nice area of high pressure in charge here but we have got some wetter weather starting to push its way in from china little area of cloud in the rain here this stationary front that will continue to bring outbreaks of right into central and eastern china rather more clout a little further north as well lots of them making their way further eroding through the sea towards the korean peninsula there you go japan 5 and dry not as warm as it has been recently in support but 15 celsius still not too bad we'll see temperatures around 40 celsius here on saturday staying dry 400 for huge lovely 21 celsius in tokyo but there's that wetter weather starting to slide across the korean peninsula to increase the wet as we go on through saturday and that will

eventually ease out into the sea of japan we got some rather wet weather to say making its way just around the nicobar islands the adamancy we've got some very wet weather coming in here possibility of developing cycle and that's certainly one to keep an eye on lively downpours either way much of india stays hot and dry the heat wave continuing a look at the temperatures we could have to 42 celsius there in chennai over the next couple of days i'm out about 41 and 40 for the north. sponsored paul qatar airways. goodbye. when the boneless struck many died and many wrist to end the epidemic. this is their story through the lens of local filmmakers we see people making sacrifices walking off a mission this is what i want to see survivors

a witness documentary on al-jazeera. your geologist there are a minder of our top stories and meanwhile there are protests marking 2 months since the military seems part of the past few hours person has employer sanction from the can almost corporation a major group of companies and industries linked to the military for human rights violations. 7 veteran pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been convicted for taking part in an unauthorized protest 2019 they include a media tycoon for the legislators and a prominent democracy activist. pfizer biotech says its vaccine is highly

protective against the south african variant of corona virus strain is caused concerns because of its resistance to some jabs pfizer has also released new dosser showing its vaccine is overall 91 percent effective even after 6 months. at least 30 people have been killed in ethiopia's overall mia region gunmen are suspected of carrying out the attack on a village in the west while it goes on on wednesday witnesses have said some of the victims were ethnic. the massacre is the latest al break of ethnic violence which the government has been struggling to control catherine sawyer reports from neighboring kenya. this incident happened on tuesday night at around 9 pm local time that's $800.00 g.m.t. and it happened yes in that area called a leg. or a media right at the border with mara and people who live there are mainly ethnic amar's these are 2 areas that are occupied by 2 of largest ethnic communities so

we're being told by people in that village that was attacked is that gunmen came force people out of their homes and started shooting indiscriminately now the regional authorities there have blamed the oromo liberation and this is a breakaway faction of the larger or roma liberation front which until very recently when prime minister abbott took power had been fighting the government over the same issue over the years at this particular area there's been a lot of clashes over land and resources or left has also by been fighting over the same issues and grievances of my generalization now officials like i said have blamed disparate coa faction overlay but we've also had from officials who have denied any responsibility that saying that in areas they've had both a mara's. people from them our community and our army as have existed

peacefully but this is also causing a lot of concern with people saying that it seems the prime minister. his government is a the overwhelmed and able or unwilling to deal with the situation in the country because we're not just talking about our marriage and we've seen clashes ethnic clashes over same disputes land disputes. in different parts and people are particularly concerned of the impact this might have on the parliamentary election in june. it was another day of emotional testimony in the trial of former police officer derek shelves and the jury was shown video from body cameras showing the last moments of told floyd's life forward with same crying and pleading with offices of his own the reports from minneapolis. day 3 of the derek show vun trial saw yet

another eye witness take the stand another view of george floyd's death and another for whom the emotion of reliving that day became at times too much to bear. proving that some of the most powerful moments in the trial can be would nothing is said. to 61 year old charles mcmillan can be heard here urging floyd to do what the police say but the restrained floyd can't move at one point he can be heard calling for his mother. to your concerns increase over time.

and. in the. earlier prosecutors focused on the events leading up to that confrontation trying to add context to the moments before he was pinned to the ground store clerk christopher martin testified that floyd had handed him what he suspected was a counterfeit $20.00 bill which eventually led to the police being called. later when martin went outside and saw floyd pinned to the ground under chauvinists knee he was distraught. not. in cross-examination the defense focused on floyd's state of mind while he was in the store based on your observations of his behavior his speech patterns that's what caused you to form the impression he was under the influence. and jersey. indeed

the day seeing floyd's arrest again and again as one by one the footage from each of the officers body camera was played in the courtroom this trial has shown that so many people who are witnesses to floyd's death are still suffering from trauma now trying to relive it and it's even affecting the jury at one point on wednesday the trial had to be briefly halted when one female juror while listening to testimony suffered from what the judge called a stress related reaction. gabriel's on doe al-jazeera minneapolis the u.s. border patrol has released video showing children being dropped across its southern border by small. in the infrared pitches an adult can be seen dangling and then dropping a child from the top of the fence along the mexican border. they drop another at a pier them to hole of a surprise the children assistance from ecuador and are now in the care of all

forces and a statement to u.s. border patrol said if not for the vigilance about agents using mobile technology these 2 tend to age siblings would have been exposed to the hostile events of the desert environment. we are currently working with our law enforcement partners in mexico and attending to identify these ruthless human smugglers well bennett his mom who is a political analyst to at the national university of mexico he explains why so many asylum seekers are trying to reach the u.s. . with the change of the government there isa kind of a buy than hope they had a speech of joe biden during the campaign and even of his government they made that they want to change the name migrant immigration issue and biden says. he want to change to 2 words i wonder woman tyrion policy and one of the key of this of human touch in the new policy i'm in the new commentary policy are the

treatment of the of the not companion of my nerves or or people who aren't you see traffickers is mahler's to send their children from of honduras from little or whatever to california to texas and this is a big crisis because they migrants increases the amount in the last 2 months the smaller side of the only who are winning with the situation this is about the tremendous humanitarian crisis because involve many governments. are people from the roof remake whether from colombia to central america central america on a course in mexico or am in the border. many people are within 20000 or 25000 in mind yours in their war there's the elephant excess in one month and this is terrible. the price of cardinality backside has dramatically picked up in the us

but distributing the jobs to everyone has been a challenge in baltimore black americans make up the majority of the population but the bank backs that i say that follow our rights than whites after castro has more . inside this baltimore factory brews the viral vector that will train immune systems to neutralize the corona virus truckloads of the ingredient leave the factory operated by emergent bias solutions regularly destined for faraway facilities for further processing into the johnson and johnson vaccine and eventually even further away places where arms are waiting that's despite plenty of people in need of the vaccine much closer to home. but you know it is not. to me it mars will be a 1000 miles away tanya gros lives just 2 kilometers from the vaccine component factory she's 56 years old and diabetic but she says she's getting nowhere in her

search for a vaccine a moment a real hard time a been told in the round of different places they could help me in the sis me with it in bolton more city black residents are being vaccinated at less than half the rate of whites that is troubling in a city where african-americans are the majority and as the johnson and johnson vaccine began its rollout in early march baltimore's mayor made a direct appeal to the drug maker to sell 300000 doses to the city where it was produced when you're talking about a city that has that already before covered head to help this varies and probably just further exacerbated those in a city that is 60 percent african-american or people black people like that cobi and they're making a vaccine of course people here should be the beneficiary of that is that simple to me but baltimore didn't get the extra doses that the mayor requested meetings in

order instead it's have to rely on the federal government to secure the shots and scott says the situation is improving we've seen of any interest in our mouth now and that which is all part of this vaccination plan that we have that's very robust and reaches us it reaches out people where we like here aboard a multiple vaccine clinic operated by the baltimore city health department and med star health it's parked outside a community center in a heavily african-american neighborhood and nurse practitioner kelly mccallum has been busy inoculating people all day coming to them in their neighborhoods is in addition to show of faith and trust that if they can't come to us to bring things to them 79 year old joan smith a retired machine operator and cancer survivor just come. pleaded her vaccination a woman called my food if you got her a fit and. she's been nursing so that he would know he had been fit into that and.

now that both have been vaccinated a reunion is in order i do joe castro al-jazeera baltimore maryland japan's prime minister has announced that the olympic torch relay scheduled for the city of all soccer has been canceled the decision was made due to resurgence in covert 19 cases in the city because gov warned dolls' an emerging 4th wave of infections on wednesday the olympic torch relay is regarded as the 1st major test for the games under the global pandemic. south korea's capital seoul has sent the international olympic committee a proposal to co-host the 2032 games with north korea the leaders of both countries have agreed to pursue a joint bid to have a summit in pyongyang in 2018 but disputes over misako drills and cross border propaganda have soured relations since on gold has become one of iraq's

top exports despite there being no gold deposits last year it exported nearly $8000000000.00 worth of gold to turkey alone so what's the secret sum of binge of a reports from baghdad. in an old baghdad bookshop the same melting pot has been used for decades. now job i mean convert all gold into $21.00 carrot bars in the chemical process each element is carefully measured and added according to the weight he's been doing it for years but business is not what it was before the 2003 u.s. invasion. now with rising demand for newer and final designs most of his orders go to turkey or gulf states or local goldsmiths it's difficult to compete with modern machinery cheap electricity and labor and it meant i don't have the naomi we hope the government supports us with new machines we want support for the workshops and we demand to stop exporting to alt. gold is now among iraq's top 3 exports after

oil the trade with turkey alone has reached nearly $8000000000.00 in 2022 point 5000000000 in 2019 rock doesn't produce gold but imports it from other countries and gold traders export it for processing into jewellery was so not and the local gold industry has died not just cool but all the cool industries there's a lack of electricity iraq is not attractive for investment and not business friendly traders and business men go to turkey and other countries because it is better quality and cheaper. so how much gold goes in and out of iraq apparently there is no clear data we asked the ministry of trade who directed us to the ministry of finance who told us to us to central bank which in turn said that data must be kept by the ministry of planning required i love to be. in fact this issue of how much is imported is not our job we only plan for the quality and legal

imports the organization for quality and standards monitors goldsmiths all over iraq also we have offices of border crossings and airports to guarantee quality and reduce smuggling deep rooted corruption and a weak economy makes it easier for black market operators to move things across borders diplomatic sources told al-jazeera the due to lack security of crossings and more listeners is gold being smuggled from neighboring countries. and iraq's economic uncertainty leads to increased local demand despite the current coronavirus pandemic. this bar of gold costs about $55000.00 in today's market because of iraq security many families are investing in precious metals rather than keeping their money in dollars. from glittering religious sites to important social occasions iraqis have had a centuries old relationship with gold and the precious commodity is now a major economic and.