meeting the people in the places and hearing some writers and musicians who composed the songs from north africa on, which is era oh um. this is al jazeera ah, hello marianna mazda. you're watching the news, our life from london coming up in the next 60 minute. crowds rally in molly's capital and shows support for the military. cuz in the international isolation and pressure with ton 1000000 rules, small groups have gathered in hong kong to mark the facts and 2nd anniversary of its yanna min square massacre. in defiance the police ban on commemoration is writing forces 5 duncan aids activists and occupied east jerusalem running

between 2 neighborhoods, west palestinians on the threat of force eviction and rough seas. salvage assets off shall anchors coast as cruise scrambled to contain the country's worst. as a man made environmental, there's all kinds of hires for the sport. the key for america starting to fresh down that's off to brazilian, plays threatened to not play at home and raise may a warns that some games could be cancelled. ah, we begin with the crisis, and molly, as a country becomes increasingly isolated, following its 2nd coup in 9 months. the west african nation is being locked out of major international alliances as pressure grows for retention, civilian leadership tension the escalated one,

colonel. i see me. goiter who also like the 1st, who in august 2020, ousted the transitional presidents and prime minister last month, going to declared himself interim president and was approved by the constitutional court that same week. the diplomatic reaction has been swift, the internal mac community of west african state suspended molly after holding an emergency summit. the african union followed suit just a few days later and threatened the country with sanctions. and then on thursday, france declared it was suspending joint operations with molly and forces. both countries have been fighting on groups in the sa hello region. well, now the world bank has made its latest announcement saying it's pausing payments to the country, adding even more pressure on the military. ah. meanwhile, inside the country, hundreds of supporters of the military who have gathered in the capital bomber cars . the raleigh was encouraged by the influential part of the co. it is the 1st

demonstration since kind of the coin has seized power last month. when nicholas hock is in panic, pamlico, and joins us now. those scenes that we were seeing of people rallying in support of the military leaders. i mean those is that sort of opinion isolated or does it reflect back to a more widespread view in the country? well, it's certainly not the ground that the military didn't. i wanted to see essentially this protest was organized to mark the one you're under versity of the m 5 move made built with to try to get the temperature of how the country were feeling towards the military into. that's because the ability to head out the m 5 to choose a prime minister and that name has been floating around for almost a week. now. she's got my guy, the leader of the n 5. what's interesting is the civil society movement that started off a year ago today. sounds more like

a political movement. when we heard chicago, my go take to the stage, addressing the small, the small car, it was a 100100. the people that were gathered, he talked about the relationship between friends and molly. he tried to reassure, he said that he had a message from se me going to international partners that molly will keep a commitment to those international partners. mentioning friends that there the, the recognizes friends efforts, the french effort to have intervened in 2012 too much more of a conciliatory tone because this person shall go, mike has, has quite a pass he's, he's been very critical of the algiers peace accord, signed in 2015, he says that it's given too much room to certain arm groups in the north, notably the tour rags. and he says that perhaps molly or the 1000000 government should be negotiating or discussing with arm groups in the center of the country,

leading to al qaeda affiliate, your maintenance to the plan. one between mean and that's not going to go down well with, with paris in paris have come out already imposing temporary sanctions with, with the holding of the military operational cooperation with the maryan army marion. right. so how does over effect colonel assuming going to calculations? what is his next move now? well, it's going to be quite interesting. and since he's taking overpowers he's never made a public statement. and since the 2nd qu even less, he rarely rarely shows up in public. we saw a couple of days ago, he swapped his usual military fatigue for a business suit, trying to appease this idea of the military in charge, but make no mistake. he's a curdle from the special forces and he has been taking quite

a drastic decision. notably last week, when he detained both the prime minister and president of transition, accusing him. we're in a conversation with the chief negotiator for echoes. the west african body echo was good, like jonathan. he accused them saying that there was the interference of a foreign power in domestic affairs, and he has pointed any fingers to anyone, but certainly the word on the street is that he was talking about friends. so that's quite a bold move to see someone who is at the home of military gentle here in belma, co, so much dependent on the french forces in the north, in the center of the country. and the criticism towards the june to the semi go to is that he's fighting for power in positions in burma, co wells. other people, west african forces, french forces of the un forces are putting their lives on the line to fight off arm groups in the north, in the center of the country. and the message is clear,

those from paris and that has a fall out of flag effect on the morale of the troops. the frontline troops in the north, in the center of paris, that there won't be any military cooperation until there's a return to civilian rule. so there's pressure not just from the international community, there's also pressure, perhaps within the army within molly itself. and in this latest protest in gathering it was clear that they weren't the numbers that they had hoped for, that showed up to in support. what millions want want security piece and return to sibling rule, and have a say in these, in the future of molly with free and fair elections organize as soon as possible. marian. alright, thanks so much for the latest from bama coat. nicholas hag. going to her other headline this hour and hundreds of people in hong kong of defied a ban on a memorial. mocking child is deadly cracked down into animal square. thought he had bound the vigil for a 2nd straight year and even arrested one of the organizes. but i didn't stop,

protest is from turning on the flashlights and lighting candles in memory of those killed by china's brutal repression of pro democracy protested hundreds. if not, thousands of people died during that crack down in beijing in 1989 fridays vigils in hong kong were nowhere near as large as the mass memorials that took place before china imposed a harsh new security. on the $57.00 clock report sealed off and surrounded by police, victoria park was one see assembly point in hong kong for the annual candidate ritual to mark the piano and square massacre. but for the 2nd year in a row, that gathering was banned. one of the organizes of the rally was arrested charl hang tune has been charged with suspicion of organizing and illegal assembly because they were found to have used the social media account to advertise or publicize a public meeting that had been hit by the police. but the risk didn't it,

her students at hong kong university cleaned a pillar of shame, statue as part of the anniversary event. we want to educate students of the history of our university. we want to commemorate the people with tech revised to resolve easy then we want to events event defense at hoko often use it and we believe that the university could judge that today's event is totally legal. and for the last 31 years, the annual vigil has attracted thousands of supporters gathering to remember those who died fighting for democracy in kiana square. the rally was the only one held on chinese soil to remember chapter in history. the chinese government would prefer to forget, critic sale authorities using the pandemic as an excuse to bandy event, and silence pro democracy voices in hong kong. who say many people who want to commemorate the debt and of course some people are saying the span could be an

eternal bang. it will never come back this week. the museum in hong kong dedicated to the $989.00 cracked down on pro democracy protests was forced to shut down just 3 days after it reopened. government inspect it are investigating whether it holds a license to host public exhibition. of course, we are very supplies and totally free to come by the police. of course we will then they have some political motives, china, the introduction of a national security here in hong kong has no time to put an end to st. demonstration. it's also proven to turn many who would normally come to victoria park on june for tomorrow. the piano min message is convicted if i heavy penalties or the last sentence. memorization of the military crack done strictly bend on the mainland, hong kong, semi autonomous status. under the 997 hand over agreement between china and the u.

k. permitted freedom of speech and civil liberties under one country to systems deal. but some academic se, restrictions on those rights now apply in hong kong. ever since the protest in 2019 with the hong kong government failed to manage properly, the communist party has taken over here. we have the national security law. and under the national security law, there's a very new draconian regime. with more than $100.00 pro democracy figures arrested under the national security law, the cities voice of opposition is on the decline. sarah, clock out or 0 hong kong. let now speak to steve thong, the director of the china institute at so us university here in london. and were you at all surprised by some of those scenes in hong kong, the, the level of perseverance in light of that new secure zillow. i was slightly surprised that hundreds of people were still showing up,

knowing full well that they could potentially phase of the consequences. very admirable, brave people. they are there. i think that we're likely to see any more protests in the coming weeks or months. could this be a trigger or some sort of renewal of unrest against the authorities or people just is that just perhaps too intimidating? well, i think is much too intimidating. now, the remembrance of d. tellerman, mexico is something that people in hong kong have been doing for 32 years, is largely a remembrance of what happens in beijing in 989 is not meant to be anti chinese government or anti chinese communist party. but with the passing of the national security law, in the event

a new which is put in place for the administration of justice and is a very harsh routine. i understand what you say that it's, it's different in nature from the protest. they're not necessarily being anti china, but it does evoke sentiment in terms of a deteriorating human rights situation in hong kong. a thus, but then to a chinese government, i think more important problem with the remembrance of the tenements square mexico was that the chinese government presents faith company if you lose shoes of history . and it really doesn't want that version of history to be challenge facts has nothing to do with it. and how do they prevent that from happening? well, in china, practically overwhelming majority of the people under the age of 40 will not know what happened in beijing in 1989. and you could do dash 214 be didn't people.

they believe they can do that. to 7000000 people in hong kong course, tiana is grandma in 1989, and it is marked on a regular basis. can you help us understand how it affected the psyche of many people was changed within many people and why there is such emotion around it. why people refuse to forget or can never forget what took place? well, in 1989, when the potash start to in beijing, people you know, comb did not pay much attention to it. and then very quickly, they realized that was something really magnificent happening in beijing. and they sole, in, in that, in that period, that the future of hong kong may well the highest. and what was the movement in

china democratic, china will respect human rights in hong kong. so when the test was crushed in a chain, people in hong kong, foul, a kind of survivors. cute and for them, it was very important to remember those who had fallen. what is the difference in the weight? hanniman square is marked or commemorated on the mainland comparison to hong kong. well, the contrast is present and earth in hong kong for 32 years. you would have something like tens of thousands of people coming out every year. sometimes higher, sometimes lower in china, nothing. total bang as if it never happened at all. thank you, steve. time director of china students. so i appreciate it. you're welcome. or to

him and he's our life from london much more glad for you on the program. let him pretend, invites the while to russia and says, the countries happy to help with vaccine shortages for an undisclosed fee getting ready for combat. the young protest is in me in law, who are in training to take all new military rulers. and russian tennis player is erected at the french open for allegedly much fixing ah, now is there any forces of fights, don grenades at palestinians running a martha in solid? darcy, with the residents of cher, euro and neighborhood is at the heart of recent tensions where jewish settlers are trying to forcibly expel palestinian residents. yeah. unrest box, a war between israel and garza last month killing more than $250.00 pounds simians,

and 12 people in israel on the bill. her me reports. well the day started very cheerfully. i would say you had these marathon runners who gathered in jefferson raw. they chose the route all the way to ceylon and to and in, but now how aware it is a sort of a sitting 10 that's been there for a while in solar, the families who live on that street, who are also facing for the eviction. now we followed them during their route and nothing was happening. they were young people, teenagers, all were one. t shirts with the number is 7850 under back. because according to them, that's the number of palestinians in occupied teachers who are facing the fact of eviction. now they arrived in this small alley way down there. there was a group of israeli forces waiting for them. what we saw that they were still standing, singing, being cheerful, and all of a sudden israeli forces and moved in,

started firing, stun, good days to disperse them. and it's been ongoing since then. they come back and then israeli forces again, throws done good. a question. i still don't have an answer for is why because really there was nothing happening. and these young people who were just standing there being cheerful and thinking and happy that they did a marathon elsewhere, at least 15 palestinians have been injured in anti settlement protests in the occupied westbank and into abraham has more on this now from nobliss we've been seeing ambulances coming here, carrying the injured and taking them to hospitals in nablus. this is a haley area. it's not easy for ambulances to make it through, which is why we've been seeing palestinians take those the injured and carry them in their own cars. no, that has been a field hospital that was established here. 23, those who suffered from tear gas in relation oh,

this is a site where many palestinians have been coming for the past month or so. since this illegal is really outpost was established. we've been talking with palestinian officials who say, oh lord, these outposts are not authorized by the israeli government. they still receive services from it's such as electricity, water, and security. they should have that in the foot of these railey army which confiscates this land for military purposes. negated international laws and even its own laws, which says that once the purpose of convocation ends the land, it should return to its original status. since the beginning of this year, 7 outposts where established in different areas in the occupied westbank. no, those are the ones that stayed. there are others that were dismantled or even burned down. bypass teens. some of the illegals really supplements that exist now have started off as being outputs that were neater,

authorized and recognized by the israeli government. under international law, of course, all supplements are considered illegal. and boston, you say the sucking expansion has been on the rise and with it comes more subtler attacks. just to give you an idea, since the beginning of january, more than 2000 tender is for is really supplement units were announced. and that's why palestinians are saying they have to take all to the streets and protests because they don't want the lance to be taken away from them. when our egypt is then having machinery to garza help clear, the destruction caused by 11 days of his reading on boardman. the material came through the rock crossing entry point between egypt and the causes strip. at least 2000 and buildings were completely destroyed. and 15000 r unusable. let's not speak to rashid highly d. a professor of modern arab studies at columbia university joins us now via skype

from chicago. and as you are seeing with those images a little bit early, attentions remaining high in and around east jerusalem with the attempts to forcibly despise palestinians in the neighborhood of shaft ra, a course that might be a sci fi. and now between mass and israel and a plan you government in israel bought. what do use, what happens if we don't see any attempt to ever, to address the issues at the heart of this conflict? well i think that even if a new government is formed, given what we know about it composition, we can expect no major change for palestinians. i think that there's no possibility . ready of a government headed by back including a lockheed and the specific coalition that they put together doing anything to end the occupation doing anything to help the continued expansion settlement. you

mentioned $2010.00 for units and settlement since january. and they'll be no lessening of this heavy handed, brutal. ready repression in the occupied territories that has been going on now for the 54 years this months. and we saw a great deal happen in israel in the occupied territories in a very short space of time. there were the police actions taking place and alex the evictions in east jerusalem. then came the gods a war. then at the marches in the protest in the west bank and then the violence inside israel's mix. cities. what were you? what were you thinking as you saw all of this? is it just another brief spasm or the start of a new chapter or some kind of new phase? no, i actually think that this mark something new. i think that the kind of unity that was displayed across multiple palestinian communities, in spite of the divisions that the occupying authority has imposed on that is to say the general strike that included east jerusalem postings inside israel and the

west bank. the gaza strip. hausteen's 11 on passing in jordan is the 1st time since 1936 of the things that a unified general strike. and i think that the fact that you have what looks like the beginning of the father and the territories combined with the unrest that you mentioned inside israel, among policies. they are protesting support of their brothers and sisters in gaza. and andrew stone is an indication of a new level of unity at the popular love these, in spite of, as i've said, the divisions impose occupying the authority and the divisions between austin factions. so i see this as something quite different to earlier spasms of violence, which in each case i think could just be described as oh, that's just her mouth and israel. this is much bigger than that. i think and much more significant in that you really have a new generation of young people who seem to be operating on the same wavelength

across palestine. and in the ask for. and is that likely to change anything for the palestinians in, in the west bank, inside israel, even garza in terms of equality and human rights? can it be harnessed effectively in some way? well, that will depend on the change of leadership, which it certainly time for that to happen. but i think what this is shown is that israel's assumption that the occupation is painless and costless and can just continue as it has been. since $967.00 has once again been proven to be a false illusion. as was the case during the 1st intifada, following 987, the israelis fell asleep. they assume that they had a benign occupation, that things were sheep and they could treat them as they pleased. well that was disproven by the 1st and the father and i think it's been disproven and even more disturbing way in the last several weeks because it wasn't just jerusalem. it wasn't just the west bank. it was not just past the in israel,

it wasn't just past things and gods, it was something everywhere. so israel has the same problem that it created when it ethnically cleansed, palestine in 1948, and then occupied the rest of it in 967. but it's at the front of the burner of the, of the, of the, of the, of the political agenda, whether this new government deals with or not. and whether it leads to any change in the short term for the policy. and i don't think that we should necessarily expect that, but i think it portends a change in policy and politics. and it pretends to change in the way in which international public opinion is looking at this issue. i think there has been a shift in the mainstream media in the united states and elsewhere in how this conflict is regarded as a result of this level of policy and unity. ready across all sectors of passing society. but is there a road us diplomacy without deep engagement? short answer. no, absolutely not. united states has not changed. it's fundamental policy. which is

essentially to support finance and arm israel in its occupation. i think we have to look at what people do rather than what they say. united states provide the weapons israel uses to repress the past things under occupation. united states provides both the funding through tax re 5 a one c, 3 charitable organizations for the settlements themselves. it's capital from united states that is flowing tax free to israel. that finance is this huge infrastructure project. it's more than just the colonization. it is the extension of israel into the occupied territories in east jerusalem. and, and the west bank, the united states government makes those things possible. so american, believing about a 2 state solution or about diplomatic efforts or a secretary of state lincoln meeting with a few on representative individuals this morning is worthless when it's not combined with actual action to roll back everything that israel has done

systematically to prevent a 2 state solution ever since 967, israel's imported 10 percent of its population illegally into the occupied territories. there's almost 3 quarters of a 1000000 israeli jews living in settlements in the occupied territories. that's about 10 percent of the jewish population of israel and lesson until that changes a talk about a 2 state solution or american involvement is frankly meaningless. actions speak much louder than words and i think that the new israeli government should be held to the same standard. it's not important what this or that minister says it's whether israel actually act differently. be the pulse things and i don't think we can expect up with this, but what we expect to be a new government props next week. all right, thank you very much, professor. she'd holiday for joining us on the news. our thanks for having oh, now ross caesar hampering efforts to slow down an environmental disaster on falling

off shoreline because coast a massive ship carrying containers and chemicals is no longer on fire, but it is sinking. andras areas, men al fernandez, sent us this report from the area where the vessel ran aground last month. i'm basically around a kilometer and a half away from the wreck of the and we what you can see just over there, we can show you is mangled, wrecked, obviously the remnant of that inferno, which basically gave us through the 1486 containers on both that went around again, the number of vessels. these are obviously the salvage vessels that have both the coast guards if she could coast guard as well as the counterpart. also just so, but my other showed us navy for a boat as they ensuring that no one gets too close. we've been warned off so

that some of those containers that well overboard, toppled overboard. essentially mangled, wreckage of container is just on the ocean floor cable. so it's quite dangerous. they have told us to maintain a safe distance from the wreckage. the in the seems to be holding steady. he doesn't have any way to go. quite frankly, he the the bid and one part of the is supposed to have dug into the mountain. but this is what is such a dilemma for everyone concerned. how do you get on board a determine what exactly the situation is whether the structure is weaken. you can see, obviously in this little while, how unsteady it is, where obviously on the ocean, not even quick, but we'll have to dive to the base of the west. we'll have to look at the structure

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