you be present and make sense, sustain presence throughout te grey not to stand in urban centers is necessary to ultimately help provide protection services. thank you. center issue. thank you mr . mess regarding i like lots of people around here been visited by all of the parties involved in the gird and the feeling of the dam and the concerns surrounding that. what, what are your thoughts as to what the current conditions on the ground have done as far as the negotiations to, to try to come to some resolution to that? thank you senator. so obviously there is a substantial effort underway to get all of the parties to come to a resolution to an agreement. we do believe that there are what solutions, technical solutions to the concerns that the parties have. and that

would allow, are, frankly, a resolution of this problem. i'm assuming we talk about the different parties involved and have mentioned the gibbons, but i assume that they get offended by this and get somehow gauge. that's going to complicate the situation even worse in the area. my right or wrong. i'm sorry, 7, right? if they, if they get involved airily militarily or, or whatever, i guess is that going? i assume that's going to complicate things worse. there's absolutely, obviously, senator, you know, there that would be a catastrophic if there were some sort of military engagement over this. you know, the united states supports an african union process to resolve this dispute. we, we support the negotiations which are being undertaken by the african. we are prepared to provide significant support special envoy,

feltman has already been engaged on this matter. we believe again that there are solutions to this problem in really the 1st instance, what we would be looking for is sort of a 2 stage process. so initially we some sort of agreement around the immediate concern about the, the feeling that would be likely to happen in july and around which the certainly be options and the sudanese have a lot of concerns. and then a 2nd stage that really provides a longer term solution around the water and it's, it's use and, and the damn. so we are working very hard on this, but it does need to be a peaceful my, my sense is, is in listen to the, to the parties, summer, more enthusiastic about the african union involvement than others. but also some of them seem to be begging for our assistance to, to,

to get more engaged in this than what we are. am i correct on that? yes, you're correct on that. i think what i would say, senator, is the challenge is that it can, there are kind of technical solutions to the issues that the parties raised, but there is an absence. we are looking at other sanctions on individuals obstructing humanitarian assistance. what they're of robert go that the acting assistant secretary of state for african affairs addressing whether or not question he was answering a question by robert menendez, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. what we're watching now is a hearing taking place on the foreign relations committee to assess the situation provide in ethiopia, particularly the t gray region where reports were highlighted there by sarah clark, the assistant to the administrator in the bureau of humanitarian affairs, about

a very grave humanitarian situation, she summed it up, in her words, saying the severity of abuse is the worst i have ever seen. and the trajectory of the crisis is clear. widespread famine, june, spring in our fisheries, following all this life for us on capitol hill. and i said, pointed out the out, and i think perhaps the most significant thing with the warning that the u. s. is preparing other sanctions. right. well clearly they see there is a double threat in the area. they see a threat to democracy. anything here they think that the recent democratic government, they will be undermined by what's happening in the great thing. they'll be an economic issue because the horn of africa will be impacted. and of course then there is the whole idea of security stability as well. the us is what he did, that becomes a much wider conflict and of course opens up the possibility of groups that he would define his terrorist getting

a grip in the area and perhaps even expanding the influence. and then on the other side, the say that was really going to get a grip of what's happening here because that is a humanitarian issue. we're talking about a white spread famine, the 1st time, and the theo p. s in the 1980. you're talking about millions of people being impacted. and then you're also talking a sensually about people being sexually assaulted in huge numbers as a weapon of war. and the trauma, the war, the war is leaving behind as well. and it's just becoming a great issue and it could well lead to an influx of refugees into neighboring countries, which on terribly well equipped to deal with this sort of thing. so essentially, the senate foreign relations committee wants to find out where the administration is going up to this point. the senate has actually been quite grateful for what joe biden has done and we knew in the last 24 hours. busy he says there has to be an immediate cease fire. he sending his envoy to the horn of africa and next week the believe that they can put pressure on all sides to come sort of some sort of peace

deal. but of course, what we've heard from the peons is that the us, they should back off the shouldn't get involved in the internal workings of ethiopia. and they really have no place to criticize. now, when you start talking about economic sanctions beyond just the travel, thanks, is that in place just now, perhaps even restricting age to ethiopia, that becomes a major driver to get people around the negotiating table. and i think what the senate foreign relations committee is doing is flagging up. this is what down the road, and not that far down the road, unless all parties come to some sort of sci fi in the t great region. in addition to the sci fi, you mentioned alan, when you listened there to robert go. dex shall we say, list of demands from the c o, p, and things like an international and independent investigation calls for accountability. i wonder when you chat with politicians, there's any sense of hope that e c o peer would actually come through with some of those demands. well,

at this stage, i think politicians here in capitol hill are making those calls fairly believing that they can be followed through. and they will see that if there is going to be the spot, then the has to be accountability for the potential of war crimes. and you had, how did the acting assistant secretary wouldn't go as far as to say, war crimes have been committed in this conflict. but there certainly looking at an illegal determination will come from the secretary of state in due course, the secretary of state antony blinking has said that there is ethnic cleansing going on in the t great region and not as something that deeply can sends them. and that is why it's not unusual for the u. s. capital to be exercised by something that many people would regard as a very long way away from the united states. but certainly senators and those in the house. see this as a strategic issue for the united states. here is an ally of the united states over

the last 20 years. so if you've had been regarded as an anchor in that area and suddenly the 2 sites are very much at all. but you can hear from robert min and this is the chairman of the committee that you can turn the blind di to human rights abuses that are being committed in plain sight. and so he's very keen that the administration steps off its action against the government and not to sub or suffer from allan fisher. i was run the now where the french president is asked for forgiveness for his country's role in the 1994 genocide. it happened during emanuel microns 1st visit to kigali as president. the french leader stopped short of a formal apology. ties between the 2 nations of long, been strained off, drank his ations, france was complicit in the killings. france had banked president gar. ms. rivals in the previous government during the civil war and no longer to know. so in

putting myself with humility and respect on your side today, i am recognizing our responsibilities in gang involved since 1990 in a conflict in which it had no precedence. france did not know how to hear the voices of those. they warned, get in. it also overestimated strength to be able to stop those who were already there with france and not understand why wanting to obstruct a regional conflict or civil war was in fact, staying alongside a genocidal regime in an historic sign of reconciliation. president cami praised microns acknowledgement, his words were something more vulnerable than an apology. they were the truth. speaking,

the truth is a risk. but you do it because it is right. in the democratic republic of congo, tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the city of goma. after warnings of volcano may erupt again, mountain. yeah, to gone, go, erupted on saturday, sending rivers of lava flowing towards the city and destroyed hundreds of homes along the way. thousands of people were killed and many of phil missing. i'm going to kick galley as a situation seems to be uncertain in coma. the volcano may erupt again, and we're scared. we were told by the authorities last night that we had to leave with our families. how to be monitoring the story from zimbabwe. she says, authorities are dealing with the threats of regional violence is why does displace them from the volcano? authorities of ordered a partial evacuation say, looking at about 10 neighborhoods in garden city and this panic. so people seem to

be moving, try to get out of the city by road or by boat because of the chaos in some places, parents are being told to write down on pieces of paper. i've been names and the phone numbers in case that gets separated from the children and families. i've been told to carry a much they can in case it could be a while before they get to come back into the city. i thought he's doing this now raised the law because they could have 5 last time back in 2002. when the volcano erupted, they will qualify for having reacted to lay to thousands of people back to the time is thought they trying to get ahead of things where the credit for the time seems to be that they having people to leave goal my go to. so called area, but people are asking if we get to the areas what, how will be going to get where we got to stay? what we going to say trust that seems to be on the back of everyone's mind. now this is an area that known for a lot of problems over the rate of ok,

no erupt in this insecurity in the region as well. overnight in been, he was about 200 kilometers from going my sample villages were attacked by a melissa group from the 80 s people. they are saying that they came in over night . they attacked these villages, killed people using knives and mazetti. people say to be a kid that see of authorities were not already dealing with insecurity in that part of the country, but also with afraid of this. okay, no, erupting. molly's transitional leaders have been released after being removed by the countries vice president. according to the military colonel. i see me go to one of the military officers who lead last year's coo arrested, the prime minister and president til monday through and security council used an emergency meeting to call for their immediate release, who held in the military base in the town of cathy want to go to representative says they've resigned from that position, is nicholas huck isn't banneker. he says molly and hoping for return to normality

as soon as possible. the theme. according to the resignation from the french president of transition into prime minister, the strong man, the one in charge is no other but the vice president, the, the leader of the military who toppled a very move arcade in august. i see me going now. it's in the release has to be made official of the government, the president of transition by and, and the premier to most are once there's been a relief among many miles to see perhaps that the situation is slowly returning to normal. but there's also a lot of anger about the grievances and the presidency. by the way, my cold doing this during the did the removal of the president, the transition, the prime minister call this occur within here among the volume that you speak to

on the street. they feel that this situation has put a reset button and perhaps that it will be an opportunity for molly institute gets a grip and gets a job, going to return to the civilian rule that they wish for as quickly as possible. fella had an al jazeera, the us president, or there's an investigation into the origins of covey 19. and that out of control cove, at 900 crisis in thailand's presence fronting some to call it a ticking time bomb. ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored like cattle airways. hello. their china is bracing for a particularly heavy flood season. we've got more than 70 withers already exceeding

warning levels and the may you front bringing more of that wet weather to eastern areas as well as central areas. we could see some more floods happening here. the may you front working its way to the east for now it misses japan, but there will be wet weather as we go into the weekend from this weather system across the korean peninsula. as we go into saturday, things do clear from south korea but northern areas of japan, ricardo, seeing some pretty wet and windy weather up north things are looking fine and dry 27 degrees in beijing. the weather weather is certainly towards the east and south of china. and as wet weather as well as south east asia, we've got those monsoon rains dominating across indo china. we could see some flash floods across the southern men law as well as areas of southern thailand where those rains optically heavy. but for the philippines things, it's a cloudy picture. we've got some scattered storms and, and sunshine with a wet weather will come in as we go into the weekend. and it's

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back watching, i'll just hear a time to recap our headlines now. the us has condemned rights abuses in ethiopia, t gray region. i was calling for an immediate end to the conflict. the senate foreign relations committee holding a hearing in the us capital, thousands of died in 7 months of fighting while millions have been displaced. in the democratic republic of congo, tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the city of go miles to warnings. a volcano may erupt again. dozens of people were killed and many, a still missing french presidency. matthew micron is all through wanda's full forgiveness for his country's role and the 1994 genocide from back president pulled could gamez rivals in the previous government during the civil war. a special session of the you and human rights commission has resumed in geneva,

members are expected to vote on an independent investigation into possible human rights violations in the occupied palestinian territory. you are the un human rights chief, michelle. bunch of that says israel, their strikes in densely populated areas and gaza could amount to war crimes. she says so far, there's no evidence to suggest the presence of hamas in homes and media offices that were destroyed by israeli forces. i should, i'd also say rockets 5 by how my steering the 11 day conflict was a clear violation of war is found to be in the sky to be on this proportion and what's the impact on how to make on war crimes. on the other hand, it is also a violation of international humanitarian law to locate military assets in the

populated areas or 2 lounge attacks from however, the actions of one party do not show the other from its obligations on the international. let's remind you of the scale of destruction in garza. this is the immediate aftermath of 11 days of his re bombardment. the un says more than 58000 palestinians have been displaced. officer is re the strike damaged at least $450.00 buildings. they include hospitals, schools, and other critical civilian facilities. it's also been a virtual security council meeting that's been held to discuss the crisis. kristen salumi has more from the un. we are hearing in the remark today, reference to the long standing issues that underlie the most recent conflict tore advantage line. the special coordinator for the middle east for the secretary general gave his briefing, and he described a tense ceasefire. one that he felt he stressed that the pressure from the

international community was crucial and bringing about and he made an appeal for continued pressure on some of the underlying issues that led to attention. he described simmering tensions on both issues around religious sites in jerusalem. he talked about, forced eviction. he talked about inflammatory comments on both sides of the fight there that led to the hottest. so it is the most recent bombardment. and he said that it would be a mistake to go forward business as usual without addressing some of those underlying issues that lead to this situation. so while he talked about a pathway towards negotiations and resuming hope for a 2 state solution, we know that the united states, one of the key interlocutors in the region for past peace efforts has been

reluctant to go that far. we heard from secretary of state anthony blinking in the region recently that he's very focused on the humanitarian aspects and sees fire and restoring piece indignantly. yes, but an unwillingness to wait in on those trickier issues. diplomatic attitude. james bases in west jerusalem with more the problem i think with the commission of inquiry and with much of the un human rights architecture, is that israel doesn't really cooperate. there's a special raptor, for example, for the situation human rights situation in the occupied territories. and israel doesn't let him in the let him do any investigations at all. so there is a potential problem that, but there's one thing, there's different this time around. these are not just human rights reports that are going to be filed are going to be put on the library shelf and get dusty. because this time around, there's a very new component which is the fact that palestine signed up to the rome statute that jurisdiction was accepted,

meaning that palestinian territories are subject to the international criminal court jurisdiction. and they are going to take action, whether they're going to actually make a case is not clear, but they already started an investigation that was decided on the 3rd of march. that makes this all very different. when the high commissioner for human rights, michelle bachelor says that what has happened may constitute war crimes will actually, there is a body potentially, that could bring those war crimes to a court hearing as talk now to him. the sage joins us live from gaza and newman. judging by the scenes behind you, looks like that memorial service for the destruction of the al jazeera and 80 building in garza has already begun. take us through what's happening well, here today, the journalists have gathered and they have they have made the ceremony, which is

a memorial service and come admiration of police 253 people who have been killed in the war, including the during the list. you as her say, need, they have chosen this location, the building which has or had al jazeera and the offices because these are the 2 international offices. that's where also targeted in this war. this war had witnessed the targeting deliberate and direct targeting of lots and dozens of media offices in because this strength, which was very, very like strong message that is conveyed by these railey tory, to actually try getting media voices in because the strip so be during the list today, incorporation with other human rights centers come here today. as the spokesman was saying, in the opening, worried that opened this, terry many,

he said that they want to hold, they ask or, and they call out the international community to hold these really story is accountable for targeting the deliberate targeting of read your offices in because the strip and they have come from this location in particular, where to international offices important international offices have been targeted as well. and they tried getting of the offices will not make them stop from delivering their messages or covering what is really happening in because it's chip by the occupation. that's even save from garza me. president joe biden has ordered us intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the kind of virus. he's expecting them to report back in 3 months by them says

the intelligence community is divided on whether the virus emerged naturally or whether it's escaped lab in the chinese city. of wilheim got helpers, rianne has more with more than 50 percent of us adults now vaccinated. president joe biden is turning his focus to the origins of covered 19th. he's given his team 90 days to investigate how and where the virus 1st emerged. perhaps most controversially, the report will look at whether the virus was leak from this chinese lab in walk on china. i needed to provide more access to the lab corporate more fully with the scientific investigators. and we don't think that they have met that standard once dismissed as a conspiracy theory. now leading scientists say the possibility of the lab leak should not be ignored. we're hearing about people who work at the institute of i ology,

becoming sick with an illness. we know that this has been spreading since november . we've seen the chinese government been very reticent to allow pressed to investigate the origins of this virus. we know the wall street journal reporters have been detained by police. we know the b, b. c has been chased out of certain areas where people are looking for the origin. so i think that raises question back in march, a joint investigation by china and the world health organization concluded the probable source of the virus with animal to human transmission from a work market, an accidental lamp leak, it said was highly unlikely. many governments have criticize the reports, credibility, they say access was limited, and the chinese government withheld data. they argue china, the parent influence on the w h. o has painted the reports. validity, china denies the virus league from one of its slabs, saying its critics are playing politics. may what single and with 33000000

confirmed cases, and about 600000 deaths from covent 19 in the u. s. which are the highest numbers in the world. the u. s. isn't reflecting on its own problems, but rather attempting to make a scapegoat out of china. my question is, what are they able to find? can they sleep at night with an untroubled conscience? good biting administration says knowing the origins of coven 19 is a matter of global health, a way to stop and other pandemic in the future. but the report could have far reaching consequences that go beyond the help sector. katia lopez or the young al jazeera thailand struggles to contain is 3rd and strongest. wave of cove is 19, it's crowded. prison so become inundated with cases half of all the new infections are inside the prison system. human rights groups are alarmed that warning authorities are acting quickly enough to control the situation. go hide le reports from bangkok. pro reform protests later upon us. they are cit, t g,

r watson, a cool, known as ron, was held in a bangkok prison for 2 months, denied bill 6 time before she was released earlier this month. like thousands of inmates in prison. she tested positive for covered 19, but i think on wednesday the guards tried to hide the news about the outbreak, so the inmates wouldn't panic. but by not telling the truth, the inmates weren't careful enough because they thought everything was fine. even the guards kept saying no one was infected. she was put in hospital care when she tested positive a few days after she was granted bail. but her entire family became infected. public attention of her case and several other protesters also in prison prompted broader testing, exposing just how bad the situation had gotten. the tie justice minister recently toured a bangkok prison hospital visiting the cobra, 1900 ward, the ty corrections department admitted that over crowding puts limits on hygiene

and disease control. last year, a group of human rights organizations sent a letter to authority, saying prison over crowding is a corona virus ticking time bomb. one group now sees that not only was the warning ignored, but political maneuvering made the outbreak in prisons even worse. it has led to a situation which is totally preventable. but now thailand have super cluster. in major prisons in bangkok, an ad for wednesday is numbers of infection have been increasing by hours. chronic over crowding has been an issue for years. repeated promises of judicial reform have been sideline. according to one former attorney general, more than 80 percent of the $300000.00 prisoners are in on drug charge at the capacity of all the prison is supposed to be a 3rd of that. at 110000. the justice department is considering early parole as

a way to stem the rapidly spreading virus. it denied our request for an interview as did the health ministry. like prisons all across thailand and not to worry prison here has a rapidly growing cluster. over 80 percent of the incarcerated population has tested positive. for coven, that's dangerous for those inside, but also for the community here. inconsistent messages from the government on a vaccine rollout have many ties concern about when and how this latest wave can be controlled. but one thing is certain. if there's not drastic change inside thailand's prison system, the cycle will keep going and put the general public at risk skyler al jazeera banker. ah.