for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. the generation identity was at one time the fastest growing far right organization on the continent now watch the investigation that led to the french government funding the group. generation hate . too with a special 2 part investigation on the. diplomats loyal to meon miles military seized control of the embassy in london and lock out the ambassador of a 5. 100 there i missed on the attain this is al jazeera life and also coming up the african union becomes the latest bloc to drop more orders for the astra zeneca vaccine and is looking at johnson and johnson's instead. africa's leaders meets to combat the

threat of iceland fighters in mozambique. and we look at why sri lanka is using china sign of vaccine on chinese ex-pats but not on its own citizens. but we begin in myanmar where the military has again stepped up its campaign against critics calling for a return to democracy manaus a former ambassador to the u.k. says he has been locked out of the embassy in london by there's no oil to the military he had earlier with his spokesman who the british government to take steps here. that you get government where continue to mostly very just shoot off to an awful. military regime and for both working to bring democracy in yemen. he's trying to walk in the middle ground but there is no doubt which is the

right side the military council has good nearly 600 people including 40 children. they have adept at doing the detained. 1000 the united nation reporter for human rights have didn't mind that action likely to meet the league that's for the prying again humanity while the british foreign minister has condemned what he described as the bullying actions of manaus military ajanta called for an end to the crew and the appalling violence in the meanwhile the military has widened its crackdown a time in the past few hours piling talk on a leading actor who backed the protests was reportedly detained now earlier this week the gentle also put 120 celebrities on a wanted list. appeared again outside the embassy and was questioned by our correspondent. what is it you'd like the british government to be.

taking the gold i'll. take them out yeah yeah. well our correspondent joins us now from outside that embassy in london john a it does appear that this is turning to a bit of a standoff that. well that was told to a minute a short while ago maybe half an hour ago outside the embassy here and as you saw there making a very clear in response to my questions that he wants the british government to intervene he wants them to unlock the doors of his embassy and expel those inside including allegedly the deputy ambassador and the military attach a who he says last night locked him out in what he described as a mini cooper on the streets of london incidentally a short while before that the military attack she himself arrived here in a van with heavily blacked out windows he was set upon by the fuel the fan was set upon by the few activists on the street here who made it very clear they didn't want him anywhere near the building and he probably drove off while the ambassador

himself also drove off still in his official vehicle with diplomatic plates he told us that he was on his way to a meeting at the foreign commonwealth and development office one of the reporters here had asked him was he still the ambassador he said i'll tell you later well it does rather appear that if that meeting takes place it may not go as he's hoped because the foreign office is going to have to explain their position to him as we understand it which is this according to a spokesman earlier that the u.k. has been formally notified by them in march also rotis that the position of their ambassador in london has been terminated and that's a decision the f c d o must accept and that presumably on the basis of the long standing tradition of the foreign office here recognizes states not governments of them that are not on that basis in this matter recognizes the authority of the military told me in just to remind you last month himself a former military colonel broke ranks with the military thereby decrying the coup

calling for a restoration of democracy the release of leader saying his country was on the brink of a civil war what happened here last night was removed the military's reprisals and as you said that the response from the british government from dominant on the ground the foreign secretary we condemn these bullying actions of. military regime yesterday i should be to tour ministries coverage the u.k. continues to call for an end to the coup be appealing violence and for a swift restoration of democracy very interesting developments there jonah hill outside that embassy for us in london thanks so much jonah while florence a lawyer is looking at things within me and mark from quite a long haul and leisure and she says the arrests of high profile individuals has not discouraged protesters from continuing their rallies there against the military jointer pontac on is the latest public figure to be detained by security forces his family members said he was taken away in the early hours of thursday morning security forces had entered their family home and they don't know where he's being

held he's a well known actor know not just in myanmar but also in neighboring thailand now and a couple of days ago security forces also arrested a well known comedian zarganar who's famous for being politically outspoken he was critical of the military june term military authorities even when they were running the country up till the democratic transition in 2010 and he's been arrested several times before and he is now back at behind bars again now on the tactic i suppose is to strike fear in the hearts of protesters to show that no one is safe from a rescue a public figure state is not going to protect you but that hasn't been enough to deter people from coming out on the streets to protest against the military coup we're seeing that again on thursday now protests in myanmar across towns and cities in the country they are now into their month and we're also hearing that these civilians the protesters are now and some of them are beginning to fight back local media reports are saying that in the town of tarzi protesters were fighting back

using hunting rifles firebombs knives and at least 11 people were killed in fighting continued into the early hours of thursday morning. well turning now to the oxford astra zeneca vaccine which was hoped to be the answer to and not kill asian the developing wild it's cheaper than the other options and also relatively easy to store the african union there says it's dropped plans to buy shots of it from india and says it will switch to johnson and johnson instead and the head of the africa centers for disease control says it's not because of concerns about a potential and extremely rare link to blood clots the serum institute of india will still supply the astra zeneca vaccine to african nations there through the kovacs global vaccine sharing facility well let's speak to catherine soy she's joining us now from nairobi catherine can you talk us through this decision by the aid if it's not about these blood clotting concerns what's behind it.

well this issue of vaccinations came up during the weekly briefing by africa c.d.c. and the director of this organization was asked by john a list about concerns that have been raised in regards to astra zeneca and the issue of blood clots and he did say that they still recommend that african countries continue using this vaccine because. benefits greatly outweigh the risks and it's important to note that most of the african countries are using astra zeneca then the issue of this shift from procuring astra zeneca from the seram instituted in india to johnson and johnson came up and he said that last week the african union signed a deal with johnson and johnson to secure a 400000000 doses of vaccine in the 3rd quarter of the year but he

said this is in no way linked to the concerns in the problems that are being seen with astra zeneca he said that the program astra zeneca vaccines will still continue being distributed on the continent through the cover program but what is happening is that the african union wants to. you know secure more and more. scenes from different quarters wants to send more bilateral deals because this is all complimentary he says that they want to get in as many vaccines as possible on the continent about as many people as possible can get vaccinated and even if there are some success stories here in africa the vaccination drive is still very low and they want to change that catherine sawyer there with an update for us from nairobi thanks so much catherine well that might all be moot because

india has temporarily put a hold on. astra zeneca exports in order to meet demand at home it's battling a bigger and more severe 2nd wave of the corona virus a record 126000 new cases were reported on thursday but rising cases has even prompted new zealand to temporarily suspend entry for all travellers from india for the next 2 weeks elizabeth product has more now from the indian capital new delhi. over the past 2 weeks we have already seen the number of vaccines whether it's the seal and to choose manufacturing of the oxford astra zeneca or even the indian manufacturer of buyers biotechs clothes vaccine we have seen the number of exports come down drastically exports to foreign countries over the past 2 weeks and that's after the indian government decided it had to prioritize that's amazing people at home amidst a 2nd wave with cases of rising much more rapidly than the 1st wave and the indian

government was under criticism for export more vaccinations than the number of people it had inoculated at home and over the past few days we are now hearing reports of vaccine shortages in india the worst affected states modest for the health minister has said that the state's going to run out of that for nations in the next 3 days we've seen $100.00 vaccination centers in one of the worst affected settings a modest ripple in a have to stop their operations so have 2 districts a modest draw on wednesday was capital momus mayor has said they're running out in the next few days and we're also hearing reports of shortages in other states and he is most populous. odisha and even among those reports of shortages we have maastricht delhi the indian medical association asking the indian government to remove the low age limit for that nation's just only $45.00 so that any adult who wants to be vaccinated can and so the priority in india right now for the central

state governments is very much that's amazing as many people as possible in india as the cases go up. well still ahead here on al-jazeera the u.s. commits to removing all remaining combat forces from iraq but without setting a timeline. on the plight of palestinian refugees in lebanon made worse by this pandemic and the financial crisis. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point cut some ways how the weather sloshy fought and drive for japan at the moment we have had some outbreaks of rain pushing away now into the open waters shouldn't be too bad as we go on through the next couple of days and we'll sit well as you drive to southern parts of the country some wintry weather a possibility into that western side of japan having said that low the merest could

also see a flurry or 2 as well fought in try across the korean peninsula 18 celsius there for so bits and pieces of cloud and rain just around northern and western parts of china as we go through friday and on into sas date by saturday notice the skies clearing nicely for much of japan it stays fine interop across the korean peninsula will see some wet weather just started to ease its way towards southern parts of china by this stage and we could see some wet weather to its eastern areas of india chance of one of 2 showers just bring up here just about under protest pushing up towards addition to share with 2 to know the possibility i should also up towards the pole maybe into bhutan want to see the showers to the southwest of india elsewhere really it is about that pretty monsoon hate continuing to build we are getting into the forty's quite regularly 41 celsius there for a moderate amount about as we go on through the next couple days and that heat also extending its way into central parts of pakistan wish i was further north.

at ways. the story goes that the statue of an ancient greek going to meet the waves for millenia. until a palestinian fisherman of the priceless relic. the story continues that has the world's attention was drawn to her as mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apollo of ca's. on a. hello again i'm home let's remind you the top stories have us out. to the u.k.

says he has been locked out of the embassy and london by those loyal to the minute tree he appeared with a spokesman of the british government not to recognize the ministries and boy. the african union says it's dropped plans to buy the astra zeneca vaccine from india and says it will switch to johnson and johnson instead the head of the african centers for disease control says it's not because of concerns about the cuts that. were india has reported more than 126000 new coronavirus cases just on thursday that's a new record and struggling to contain a 2nd wave of infections even come to new zealand to temporarily suspend entry for all travelers from india. now let's return to one of our top stories the instability in myanmar now a humanitarian crisis is also emerging in areas near the border with thailand thousands of people have recently fled airstrikes in corrent state as the government targets that area as part of its crackdown there are reports of schools

and homes being destroyed on wednesday clashes were also reported between the army and fighters from the qur'an national liberation army became you has been a vocal opponent of the military judge into well i spoke to saul to be the spokesperson of the corrent peace support network he's in corrent station says the displaced people there need immediate humanitarian assistance. yeah. brawl obvious market that's not been any jet fighters fly over the. territory but we have a lot of drones continue to serve in the areas and right now we have more than $20.00 in their internally displaced piece for. gender because they don't know where the jet fighters are coming again and they don't know where and when they're going to drop the bombs again so. this more than 20000 can only display 3 of us

currently in it humanitarian affects. thailand has. very restricted border access so humanitarian aspect coming from thailand through a crowd is very much the control of thai authorities and we have not. been alone by the past or the march so these people need immediate human here actually acts right now and we are requesting thai authorities as well to along through these people and the jokes are coming they're going to continue to drop bombs in this area and rule also requires the thai government to allow them to take refuge in paris i well most of the 600000 doses of china's sinus enclaves of vaccine sent to sri lanka are sitting on ice that the government hasn't approved it so you say the only people getting jobs so saw a chinese nationals were living in sri lanka melting and as reports now from

colombia anyone thinking the scenes in china could be forgiven it's actually conveyed 19 vaccines into the chinese national living and working in chile. they were the 1st to receive vaccines from the 600000 doses you need to do the south asian island might be using this tactic to give only for the chinese city sense while living here working and living it and the families and those who love working in intil and after the next thing i think there is no more i don't have any heart so for now i feel good but these reactions are not enough to sri lanka's regulator the national medicines regulatory authority to clear the use assign a farm on locals it's demanding more detail it will meet new decision we had to go over the scientific evidence and then only give the poor for anything like over the it's a diagnostic method or drug or rexy so it is therefore the sign of

a morsel if the if a good data is available regarding the efficacy and the safety then there's no problem with that but without those that are definitely we cannot because we can't risk of giving something to other people. off with 3 are not the doolies causing displeasure within the government would present good to have been his brother mine the rajapaksa have worked closely with china in recent years the president received a shipment of vaccines from the chinese ambassador in colombo we need to arrive last week our finest are just pandemic out all countries under 2 people's power will be always standing for money together under us the plenty are hardly a friend to each other we face many difficulties during the last 2 to 3 weeks

to bring this to sri lanka due to certain unexpected. influences from radius parties how we were all these influences and ultimately make it to success not going as the regulatory authority refused to be pushed to grant approval the government removed civil of its 13 board members describing it as a move to reform the body but a senior doctor cleaned then removal was connected to the same firm next. at a time when covert vaccines around the world are coming under scrutiny regulators fears they cannot approve the sign off from dos until this study all necessary data they say the sooner they receive this the sooner they can make a decision without fernandez or dizzy or colombo now 6 southern african leaders are currently missing in the puter mozambique to address the growing violence and

instability in the region the latest in a series of attacks by iceland on the groups has forced thousands of people from their homes the 16 men the southern african development community has called those attacks an affront to peace in mozambique and the entire region as following that meeting for us from johannesburg in neighboring south africa. given that these regional actors have in their words recognized the increasing security threat it wasn't beacon one that affects the region it's clear that they'll be mounting pressure on mozambique to look at the proposals put forward by the southern african development community with regard to an integrated regional approach there has been some concern that the most a beacon military has had difficulty in containing these attacks in the north of the country we know that after that attack in palmer that has been one of the most devastating that some analysts have questioned the muslim beacons army ability to

secure the area the government has ceded that they've retaken parma specifically but they are questions around how that happened and whether or not these militants these fighters tactfully withdrew on their own accord rather than being pushed out by the army so they really are questions about how much mustn't we can't do one its own what's why now one of the southern african development community members has said that no member in that group should be or can fight that battle against terrorism alone and so that the community is coming together to see what they can to put forward his proposals and we're waiting to see if they'll be a concrete plan put together sometime today or in the coming days whether or not we'll see foreign troops on the ground in wasn't weak to contain those insurgents while the u.s. has now agreed to withdraw all remaining combat forces from iraq which was a point to fight against i saw there but talks with iraq's government haven't

settled on a timeline mike hanna reports from washington d.c. the u.s. was represented by secretary of state turn to be blinken in his 1st direct or virtual talks with the iraqi government. foreign minister fired hussein head of the iraqi delegation emphasizing the high level nature of the discussions and his national security adviser made clear that the u.s. military presence in iraq was top of the agenda. the 2 sides agreed that there will be no american military bases in iraq and therefore there will be no foreign bases this is what was agreed upon today at the end of the 3rd round of the strategic dialogue relations between the 2 countries have been fraught particularly following the u.s. airstrike in january last year that killed top iranian general custom sort of money and an iraqi militia leader near baghdad airport. in the wake of the attack

iraq e lawmakers passed a non-binding resolution on u.s. led coalition forces leaving the country and the relations have improved slightly off to mystify me took over as prime minister some parties like the iran backed fatah bloc continue to demand u.s. withdrawal. the calls for the field after president biden ordered an air strike on a militia base on the syrian side of the iraqi border in january. u.s. soldiers and contractors are the targets of regular attacks by militia groups and the biden and ministrations says it will not hesitate to respond if the iraqi government doesn't. despite all these factors the u.s. does not in visit imminent withdrawal a pentagon spokesman making clear that though this is a subject of ongoing discussion there is no timeline. the mission still

valid the invitation by the iraqi government is still in place and we're continuing as we have been even before today's talks to talk with the iraqi government about what that what that mission in that footprint supposed to look like all u.s. troops were withdrawn from iraq by december 2011. president obama ordered their return 3 years later to assist iraqi forces in the battle against i saw some 2 and a half 1000 troops to remain at what the pentagon says is increasingly a training capacity. following the latest round of talks it appears they will leave the question of is when mike hanna washington. on the us is also resuming aid for palestinians to the tune of more than $200000000.00 that's angered israel american funding was stopped by former

president donald trump this new plan includes 150000000 dollars to the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees known as honor and $75000000.00 for the occupied west bank and gaza israel's government says the agency should be reformed before u.s. funding is restored meanwhile palestinian refugees who are living in the boonies camps are in desperate need of help they already difficult lives have worsened as lebanon's economy has crumbled santa hala reports now from beirut. life inside a palestinian refugee camp and levanon misery is everywhere there's little infrastructure or services that would allow for a decent living many of the 200000 refugees are poor making survival even more difficult and that was before the country's economy began to collapse more than a year ago. the local currency lost its value one kilo of me he's $34.00 a carton of eggs $20.00. palestinians live in overcrowded built up areas that

decades ago were 10 camps marginalised and vulnerable the community has been hit hard by lebanon's financial meltdown particularly the sharp devaluation of the local currency. the country's. suffering in the camps as well because we are perceived. lebanon doesn't make life easy for palestinians authorities argue that is the way to discourage them from staying the restrictions in place deny refugees some of their basic rights and that includes working in jobs they are qualified to do. for my studies photography but i haven't been able to find a job no matter how hard you try it's difficult in lebanon aid agencies say they can no longer cope as more people rely on food donations. but lebanon's lady ministry obliges them to obtain a visa. then came the current virus pandemic and then the date of the currency.

the un relief and works agency under water provides health education and social services it also provides cash assistance to the nearly 30000 palestinians who fled war in neighboring syria but they transfer he says it doesn't have enough funds to cover the needs of those 11 or only $61000.00 refugees receive cash handouts the amount is $130.00 a year or $12.00 a month and the payment is made in lebanese currency this affects purchasing power in a country which imports almost everything. and we can afford to buy many things now i have no one but god it's been crisis after crisis for a people who struggle is not new so who their beirut an expert in the use of force has testified at the trial of the former police officer who's accused of killing george floyd jodie steiger said derrick 7 used an appropriate deadly force when

kneeling on for its neck for more than 9 minutes allen says reports from minneapolis. back in the witness box on day 8 the man employed by the prosecution as a use of force expert sergeant jody steiger what's with the los angeles police inspector general's office he investigates police wrongdoing he analyzed what happened to george floyd his verdict this was the unnecessary use of lethal force you have an opinion to a degree reasonable professional certainty how much worse was reasonable for the defendant to use on mr floyd after mr floyd was handcuffed placed in a prone position and not resisting. yet is in my opinion was that i know for sure once. he was in that position. the defense has argued the police officers attending to george floyd were distracted what about a growing frustrated crowd that insisted mr steiger was not an issue because i

did not perceive them as being a threat. and why is that. because they were merely filming and they were most of it was their concern for mr ford. the agent in charge of the investigation of the death of george floyd told the court the size of the investigation dozens of agents hundreds of statements in reply to defense question he agreed that on tape george floyd seemed to suggest drugs was a factor but then later corrected himself saying he was no clear about what he had hair harry heard in context to tell. mr foreigners. mr for saying i do not drugs. little different than what you were asked in a. portion of the video yes thursday it will start with legal arguments can the man who was with 2.