prison lies inside and out a tailor fingers and murders on alger there. oh, be the hero, the world. ah, marsha, in the washington says the conflict in ethiopia as t gray region must end accusing government forces of collective punishment. ah, hello barbara, how are you? watching al jazeera life in london also coming out of the un human rights council backs and international investigation into crimes committed during the recent, the israel palestine conflict. the french president of norma crone ask for

forgiveness for his country's role in the london genocide and a message to the international community. family of a detained bell of lucy journalist appeals for help cure his release. ah, the united states is wanting a few faces. have these functions if it doesn't end fighting in the t gray region, a senior white house official says the region faces the real risk of famine if the conflict continues. that was one finding of a hearing of the senate foreign relations committee in washington dc from where alan fisher reports fighting broken t o p s t 3 region 6 months ago. you'll be in trips back by allies. the energy and army claimed the t great people's liberation front was behind the tax on your p and military bases. u. s. s. in the us government has

a strong ally in the horn of africa, but is growing frustrated at the scale of the fighting. the senate foreign relations committee was told, the situation is heretic with thousands dead. we estimate that there are approximately 2000000 internally displaced persons. 63000 refugees, and 5200000 people in urgent need of assistance. the united states condemns in the strongest terms, the brutal killings, sexual violence, including gang rape, forced removals, wanton destruction of civilian property. and there's a stock warning. the war could spark ethiopia sparse famine in more than 40 years. in key gray, after more than 6 months of hostilities, approximately 5200000 people are in need of assistance out of a total population of 6000000. approximately 2000000 of them are children. joe biden, once an immediate cease by the senate, has unanimously called for the withdrawal of if you will be in troops, secretary of state antony blank and says what is happening at the great amongst 2

ethnic cleansing. but with testimony brittle sexual assaults as well. the us isn't ready to declare war crimes are being committed just yet. we are acutely aware of the need to determine whether the conduct meets the legal standards for across the crimes. and then we are a gated lead, and we are acutely waiting for that determination. as we have in any of us, we believe in fact these are war crimes and crimes against humanity. so and i understand the concerns of such a designation, but we cannot turn blindly away when such things happen in the world. yoyo has been one that is strong economic sanctions if the fighting continues, but it has dismissed us interference in its internal affairs. us invoice to the region is headed back the next week, hoping strong messages from washington. force a change on the ground island fisher. i'll just see the capitol hill israel and the

us have rejected a vote by the top you and human rights body backing an international investigation into violations. during the recent the 11 day conflicting garza earlier, the, you and human rights chief michelle bustling said that israel is targeting of densely populated areas could amount to war crimes, especially also said mass rocket fired during the conflict was a clear violation of the rules of war is found to be in 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 them. however, the actions of one party do not show the other from its obligations on the

international are desirous christmas salumi is that the united nations and explains why the council voted to launch an investigation. this is the 9 session on gaza since 2006. but in this case, the council took the toughest tool and it's toolbox to use on the conflict in the middle east. it called for the creation of a permanent commission of inquiry. it allows them to keep this investigation ongoing. of course, israel is saying it won't cooperate, it claims that it was acting in self defense against the terrorist organization. and as we just heard from michelle boshoway, the high commissioner for human rights, she doesn't dispute that hamas was in a violation of international law by firing indiscriminately into civilian areas. she also said using civilians as human shields would be considered

a war crime as well. however, she said more information is needed to determine whether or not israel was acting appropriately, namely whether or not the response to guys as her marsh is attacks was proportionate or indiscriminate, given the large number of casualties. $266.00 of them on the palestinian side, some 60 plus of them were children. and given the large amount of damage to infringe structure, she said, despite israel's claims that many of these buildings were housing terrorists or terrorist organizations, we have not seen any evidence to that yet. well, israel's caretaker prime minister benjamin it now says the vote pro proves an anti israel obsession. and his senior advisor, a said it whitewashed, the actions of us another shameful day for the un human rights council. which not only defamed democracy, trying to protect its people. but it,

what washes a brutal genocidal terrorist organization that don't only indiscriminately attacks is ready civilians, but abuses palestinian civilians in gather using them as human shields. and the palestinian authority. he said the resolution reflects that the termination of the international community to address and investigate israel, systematic violations of international law, including its protracted race, this policies and repression of the palestinian people. neither abraham sent us this report from rama low and how palestinians they are reacting to the investigation. and how many people gathered around they turn on the tv, walter and events such as the president, beaches you one security council session next interest over the years today. for example, this green is road casting the human rights council session at the un. what the tv

is on mute and people are just going about their lives. why they're not wanting it? what's the use of those meetings? who's standing with us palestinians? no one the world is against us. we're fed up with empty talk. the u. s. talks about israel's rights of self defense. when it's the only nuclear power in the middle east, the u. n is doing nothing. and the security council doesn't have a say that all united nations security council resolution, this sort of all or then some of the people here we spoke with. basically the majority of the decisions which i'm finding where it's implemented, that's a loan the human rights council. so across generations, we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community, the ability to change things on the ground for palestinian. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on syrian president,

bashar al assad has been reelected for a 4th, a 7 year term. that's despite a decade of war and then economy that's in freefall. voting was only in government controlled areas and the side stood against 2 largely unknown figures who are in considered considered serious rivals and whose candidacy required the regimes approval the exile. but position was not allowed to take part i the french president has asked for forgiveness from the one the thing he recognizes his country's role in the 994 genocide and manual mccrory made the comments that of vigil in the capital kigali on his 1st visit there as president, but as malcolm web reports from kigali, he stopped short of a formal apology. rwanda's relations with franz have warmed up after a quarter of

a century of tensions. french president emanuel macro visited with london counterpart pool could call me in the capital kick ali. 27 years earlier, companies were one than patriotic front or p. f was fighting a civil war, france back to the enemy. the government of juvenile, heavier amana many officials in that government organized the massacres of ethnic tutsis and modern hutus. to carry subsequently said france was responsible for genocide. and so micron began his tor kigali genocide memorial. the phones the funds did not understand that by wanting to block a regional conflict of a civil war. it started the fact code by a genocidal my dream in memorial documents the role trans played in the genocide and the events leading up to it. the captain of this image thought about the military support that the french government gave to the regime of president javier

amana. the way that the history is told is very much according to the r p. f version of events and not the narrative that micron and the government of france had now come to accept. but that wasn't always the case. the french government accused the r p. f of shooting down happy ramona's french crude plain. in april 1994 triggering the genocide, it also accused the p. f of massacring hutus. they're both things that kick me and the r p. f. have always, vehemently denied. and france has now stopped talking about london activists have been jailed or killed for questioning the official narrative opposition politician victor lying a bit, a spent 8 years in prison. i was surprised to hear that tomorrow talk about the, the back end there feature. but if you want to talk to best reach out for rhonda, you have to include democracy. we've had to effect of human rights. we've got it.

she piece and the stability icon stopped short of actually apologizing for from his role in the genocide. that kind of message would likely have been attacked by the far right home. but what he said was more than enough for president kick me his was well, something more vulnerable than an apology. the they were the truth in its earlier years to gummies government switched when the schools from french language to english during the commonwealth launched a national cricket team, the u. s. and u. k. were in here trans without not any more. malcolm web out is era, kigali rwanda still to come here on al jazeera warnings over 2nd

volcanic eruption and goma thousands of residents leave the city and uniting 3 religions under a single roof. the foundations are laid for a unique building project in berlin. ah ah hello, the weather is largely fine and try across australia, but that's not the complete story. we have got some wet weather coming into w i as we go on through the next couple of days and we got some pretty wild weather down towards the south east, a little bit of a squeeze on our supplies here. the winds coming in from a south west direction and if i can quote to your straight and bureau of major realty monstrous ways, and a howling wind across that eastern side of austria. as we go on through friday, it should be largely dry. but one or 2 showers love is the coast of new south wales

as they drive their way through. the said, much of us is looking fine and dry. 14 in melbourne. no great shakes on the temperature is cool. so we pick in temperature, back in hobart to around 12 degrees says i was weather coming into western australia for friday, some heavy rain here. as we go on into sas, they picking up around the west side of w. a lot. you drive by the state over towards the east, but really nasty weather coming in across these alien horizontal rainfall. driving winds coming through, looking pretty pause. he go one through the we came damaging winds here. wet weather, windy weather. now in the process of pushing away from japan is looking largely fondest. read through the next couple days, but cloud and rain moving across the korean peninsula. the bundle the filipino workers with a big portion by landlord to make them pay norman and prizes to lead overcrowded

one. what a made of nick didn't expose is the one al jazeera ah ah ah ah ah. turned off for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, a senior us state department official has warranty fuel piazza, those soaking tension into t great region, shouldn't dissipate further action if they don't dream. first course, roberts go,

their calls for said the security situation has worse than been recently weeks, and i'm calling for an immediate and to the conference. you in human rights counselors voted to launch an independent investigation surrounding the latest. the violence michelle says targeting densely populated areas could amount to war crimes and highlight that so far there's been no evidence to suggest the presence of her math in homes or media offices that were destroyed by israeli forces and french president them on when the cross has asked for one the for forgiveness, for his country's role in the 1994 genocide, but chronic knowledge that france ignored warnings and in his fords stood by a genocidal grecian ah. the u. s. a. v ation body is launching an investigation into the forced landing of a passenger jet in belive, roof. this comes is more you states joined the blockade on bella roof and aerospace

in response to some these grounding when an opposition journalist was arrested as his flight was diverted to amidst air france and austrian airlines. i've had to cancel flights to moscow after russia failed to approve an alternative route around valuables. meanwhile, e u foreign ministers have been meeting to decide how to sanction bela bruce. western governments have called on belive, roof and president lucas shanker. to immediately release during listed on the progress of a child, his girlfriend hears war. chapman's. a nice conference in warsaw on thursday, remained practiced, save his parents, made an impassioned plea for help in freeing their son. and they said that country look up we, his parents were asking the people, journalists, the president of the government, some kind of influence on lucas shanker on his regime so that he can stop torturing the wonderful young bright youth. and stop all of the evil things that he is doing at the moment. well though, the

e u has yet to put new economic sanctions against better routes into action. their intention is clear in lisbon. foreign ministers discuss their options. and at the moment, at least the talk is tough. what is clear is that we want to show that we will not be satisfied with small steps for the sanctions. rather, we want the sanctions to put significant pressure on the better russian economic structures and financial structures to the repercussions of felt. the liquor shank regime is made to understand that the moment dialogue has passed as long as things like those of the last week as to what the sanctions will be better if his foreign financial transactions could come under fire. also its oil sector, and one of its key exports lavish potassium. i think that the key word is potash. we know that by the rece produces a lot of potassium is globally ones, the biggest exporters. and i think that this would hurt shanker if we manage, and i do assume that we will manage this by june. the 21st, when we have

a foreign ministers meeting in luxembourg. and that is the most important thing just to be some transfers in. yes, and we are starting and so, but you got a reason president denies the western allegations of piracy, and the keys is what he calls the ill wishes of waiting a high britain war against his country. he's on friday, he travels to russia for a meeting with his main financial and political support. let me putin. russia has started to refuse, landing permissions for european plains, avoiding better russia, asked bass. it's a sign moscow wants to push back against what it sees as a shad threats the batteries, russia and the west. the economic costs of this stand off or increasing will reach helen's. how does era? tens of thousands of people are fleeing the city of go mind the democrats, republic of congo. after warnings of volcano cooter could erupt for the 2nd time. mountaineer gone good. wrapped it on saturday, sending rivers of lava flowing towards the city, with hundreds of homes destroyed. dozens of people were killed. many more are still

missing. same bas robbie has won. the less than a week after mountaineer gone, go, one of the world's most active volcanoes, killed dozens and destroyed entire villages. the government has ordered a mass evacuation of goma city in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo. fearing a 2nd direction. the population of an entire city seems to be on the move. i'm fleeing the volcano. i'm going to be true because i have no choice. the governor told us to evacuate the town. lava flows have already killed dozens of people and caused widespread destruction. the governor of north cuba province ordered a mandatory evacuation after seismic data showed magma rising beneath the city. a sign another erection could happen at any time. we're taking our belongings. the governor told us on the radio that we have to evacuate and leave go my we don't

have an exact destination. hundreds of earthquakes that followed the 1st direction, leveled buildings across the city. continuing tremors, leaving open cracks in the earth. i'm going to call galley as a situation seems to be uncertain. and goma, 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. many of gomez residents have abandoned any effort to salvage their lives from the charge landscape. the threat of another volcanic eruption added to the already swelling numbers of displaced people. now the only priority is to out run the lava. then the thriving 0 marley's military says the prime minister and president have been freed from detention after resigning from their positions. colonel a see me go into one of the military officers who lead last year's coo arrested. the 2 transitional leaders on monday accusing them of violating government

agreements. that un security council used an emergency meeting to call for their immediate release. when they close our case in the money and capital bama coal, he says molly, as are hoping for a 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 and gets a grip and gets a job, going to return to the civilian rule that they wish for as quickly as possible. the global kovacs facility needs $2000000000.00 by june to secure vaccine supplies for the rest of 2021 and early 2020 to the scheme to provide vaccines to poor nations is also facing a shortfall of at least a 119000000 doses of coban 1900 vaccines by the end of june because of the virus surgeon india. meanwhile, russia has agreed to supply unicef with enough doses of the sputnik vaccine for a 110000000 people. the delivery of the job to the un children's fund this subject

to approval for emergency use from the world health organization, the russian direct investment fund, which markets the vaccine abroad, says it will hold, talks to gets included in the kovacs facility. meanwhile, australia is the 2nd most populous state that victoria is back under a one week lock down after a spike. in cases it comes as both taiwan and malaysia, which now has more cases per capita than india impose restrictions as the case numbers rise there. florence louis reports now from calling them for jimmy chang has been home on unpaid lease since tie ones. government tightened its pandemic restrictions last week. the gym, he managers will be shut until mid june at the earliest. over there though, it worries me a lot. if the situation gets worse, my income will be effect that i may not be able to support my family. until this

month, the island had been reporting single digit cases. it reported around $670.00 infections on thursday. malaysia is also battling a surge. there's been a 5 fold increase here since the start of the year. this week, it recorded an average of 60 deaths a day since monday. its health services on the strain and the director general has warned the country must prepare for the worst. the government has tied into restrictions by, among other things, banding domestic travel and social activity. but it has resisted a full locked down fighting fears of an economic disaster. the government has instead urged malaysians to go into self imposed to lockdown and stay home as much as possible. in australia, southern state of victoria, people will have to remain home except for a central business. a new cluster of infections was detected in melbourne this week

and cases i expected to rise in the coming days. many countries in the region appeared to have the virus under control last year, but they fallen behind on vaccination. you know, of as a nation is, is only way to lead us out of defend damage. unfortunately, the surprise of a scene in the whole a discipline 40 normally all because you will have to take one or 2 years for the whole region to reach the her immunity. the pace of inoculation is slowly picking up japan set to host the summer olympics in july during a worsening cove at $900.00 crisis is ramping up its vaccination campaign. vietnam once a success story, but now battling its largest outbreak of the virus has set up a special fund to drive its vaccination program. florence lea al jazeera loom 4th police in hong kong have band next month,

vigil marking the anniversary of beijing gentlemen square massacre. last year's event marking the $989.00 crack down on pro democracy protested was also cancelled due to the corona virus restrictions. tens of 1000 turned out to defies the band. hong kong security chief has also threatened bankers with jail if they deal with accounts of media tycoon jimmy ly. that's according to the reuters news agency. the pro democracy activists stand. billionaire is in jail serving a 14 month prison sentence for taking part, an antique government protests. secretary for security. john lee has reportedly brightened up to us, had threatened up to 7 years. jail time lies. assets were frozen earlier this month under sweeping national security laws. now ceremony has been held to mark the official start of a unique it building project in berlin,

costing nearly $16000000.00. it's called house one. and there's another barber report for bringing various phase together under one roof the celebrating the starts of a multi faith adventure 10 years in the making, in the heart of berlin. they've laid the foundation stone of a building, housing, a mosque, a synagogue, and a church. it's called house of one is what is representing the 3 abraham religions . the idea is to provide a space for events involving people of other faith. so none situated close to the city, sprang up is actually on the site of the famous st. peter's church bell in landmark finally destroyed by the germans in the 1900. 60 s. after lying in ruins, out of the 2nd world war the projects past us. so he's god, they're not just rebuilding the old house of worship building. so we have enough churches here in berlin, it's much more exciting to explore something new. what's changed in our society? what must be the laga?

how can people of different religions and cultures live together peacefully? and how can we respond to that? we couldn't get off and during the recent escalation of violence in israel and palestine since the community tensions increased in germany, the president of the buddhist target parliament focus. so we want anger over his radio strikes with spinning over into anti semitism. spoken those days event use undistributed. recent anti semitic riot is following the escalation of violence and israel misuse. religion for political ends. that's why dialogue between religions is so important and why we need more exchange, more education, more knowledge about each other and more interest in each other to survive the last 2000 years without optimism. so yes, we will also get here a new start and something new where muslims, christian truth can respect each other. maybe also love which i believe is home to

more than 18 mosques and islamic prey spaces. but this will actually be the 1st in the city center, the house of on the passive 11. so of all the problems fully, we need to acknowledge there are political responsibilities involved and how task is to provide people with prayer and teaching. convey a vision of peace, so they recognize the different, where one human family, the house of one is partly funded by the federal and berlin state governments. it's expected to take at least 4 years to complete, but it's package hope it will be a place of peace and dialogue for many generations. nadine baba al jazeera ah the pope. stories now allow just 0. the united states is warning e. c o p a faces heavy sanctions. if it doesn't end fighting in the t grade region . the senate foreign relations committee held the hearing on washington's response to the.