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after the president removes the prime minister from office rising corbett cases and a population that is barely vaccinated. democratic republic of congo health system is again under threat in sport, a record number of english premier league players and staff of tested positive for cobra. 19 manchester united a bark playing their 1st game in more than 2 weeks following a corona virus outbreak within their school. ah, we begin in myanmar where the military offensive against ethnic karen armed groups is intensifying and civilians are increasingly caught in the crossfire sh for years . these groups are fought for self determination. and since the military took control in a cool early this year, the groups have joined forces united against the common enemy. well, in the past few days, the military camp has gathered pace and the government has been accused of

committing atrocities against civilians. and as the casualties mount more and more people are seeking refuge in thailand. well, the korean people live mainly in calion state in the southeastern part of me and my heavy fighting has been reported around the town of my why the about 5000 people have fled across the river into my soul to in thailand, from where tony chain sent us this report, the small arms and automatic gunfire echo across the banks. the river concise, me in a plume of dark smoke rising after not tillery strike, a few 100 meters away on the tie side and make shift shelter for refugees who fled across the river. for the moment, they don't want to move too far away so they can monitor what's happening in their homes. they can also hear the ferocity of the fighting. so it's obviously in the

market situation is very bad. they're using helicopters to drop bombs and all had to run to survive the children and adults to get into the site. it's not safe to go home because they are playing or hate to teen. we don't feel safe to go back. the border police and thailand say the fighting, broke out at dawn as it has done to the last 2 days. now, the time military have returned fire on a number of occasions. just warning shots, they say, some munitions have fallen on the tie side. this farmer, pointing out damage from shrapnel of the several motors fell in his fields. those wounded in the crossfire have come across to thailand for treatment. as have thousands of refugees, a number that's growing every day. main common in the last 2 or 3 days, they have been serious clashes with planes attacking villages. and there been several wounded people crossing over the border to get treatment. but thailand is not keen to encourage people to cross. this is one of the places where people have

been coming across, but the tie army had put res was all across the top of the bank of the river for the moment that pretty happy to stay over there. ready to come across the border. the fighting gets any closer. children play on the river bank as the evening sets in. but the battle is that a raging along the river between yemen military and armed qur'an groups, shows no sign of letting up or letting them return home. tony cheng al jazeera on the time, me on my border or the chain of events which led to this latest escalation began in february, just a few months after uncensored. she's national league for democracy, sweat to power. the military took control and detained sushi, as well as members of our government within days, protest her as were on the streets, demanding her release, and of return to civilian rule. a campaign of civil disobedience began, which triggered a deadly crack down by security forces. in march,

the un security council called for a reversal of the military coup condemning the military's violence against peaceful protest hers. 5 months later, military leader general min hung lying declared himself prime minister, promising elections by 2023. and this month announce uncensored. she was found guilty of inciting descent and breaking coven rules. she was sentence that 254 years in jail, which was then cut to 2. she is still waiting on a verdict on other charges or tom andrews is the you and special repertoire on human rights in me and marnie joins us live now from virginia in the united states . sir, thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. we'll talk about here, but let's start up with a guest. we called the escalation or vice of for violence. certainly, the violins are getting worse between the military and ethnic karin, armed groups from what you know of the area. what do you make of that escalation?

well it's, it's very, very dangerous that we know that the fighting is, is increasing when are the tensions have increased? and we know that attacks against entire villages have also increased. so the number of innocent men, women, and children that are facing a catastrophe, of course, increases almost exponentially. which of course is, is exactly what we're, what we're fearing. it's, it's there on the tie border, but it's also in other areas of the, of the country as the military tries to seek out villages where that they believe are harboring opponents armed opponents. and they're punishing all these villagers because they believe they are the enemy. so it's a very, very warrant worrying a development, and it's only intensifying with time. and speaking of time, i mean we're about 2 months away for from the one year anniversary, if you will, of the military coup. and then in march, the security council called for a reversal all the cool was still to see any sign that toward that. i mean,

how do you envision any kind of breaking of the deadlock of what the situation that we're seeing now and me and my well, i think frankly that the international community just has to do more. i think the kind of atrocities that we're seeing in me and more are only going to intensify and in time. and i think what's important is that men on lying, the leader of the hunter and, and his, his colleagues understand that the international community is simply not going to allow this a to continue with impunity. i think it's because of the lack of holding him accountable. that's led to all of this. so for example, i think he needs money to continue these assaults. he needs weapons to continuously these a soft, and he needs legitimacy. he's looking for international legitimacy. i think it's really important that we increase the ability of the international community to cut off revenue streams, going to the hunter that we cut off weapons, and that we make sure that we do not in any way legitimize this illegal regime.

these are the 3 keys that is important for them, that is the hunter to stay in power. and those are 3 leverage points that the international community can conceive. and i think we need to see them a lot more aggressive. what do you think of the main stumbling blocks of blocks towards that happening? and when you speak of the international community, there is obviously a different dynamic between the immediate neighbors of me and martha regional powers. and i suppose the sort of at the main, a western powers, especially within the security council, were clearly those of neighboring me and more have the most at stake here. because as you reported the, the pressure on the, the, the border of me and more is just gonna increase as people desperately try to escape with with their lives. so they have the most at stake. but listen, this is a, a regional conflict that has international implications of the general assembly of the united nations is called for all nations, for example,

to stop the flow of weapons going into me. and more of that has simply not happened . we know that there are countries that are willing like the u. k, the united states, canada, the e u, that have made very strong statements against this crew. but what we've yet to see is all those nations come together in a coordinated fashion to stop the revenue streams going into the pockets of the hunter that allowed him to continue this, this reign of terror. so i think what we have to do is take the foundation of support that we have for strong action, intensify and build upon that support and do what we can to eliminate the ability of this hunter to continue a train of terror against the people with me assuming if that does happen, it's obviously going to take her quite some time. and in the meantime, we're seeing thousands of people escape from me and my this time at to thailand. we're also hearing that talent has put a barbed wire across the river to stop people escaping to the country. what would

your message be to thailand? i think it's really important that, that all people in this region, all the neighbors of, of me and more of be prepared to provide a safe haven for people who are just who are absolutely desperate the richly in a very, very dangerous situation. and we as an entire international community need to be there to, to support those people and save those people and those countries that are on the, on the border. i need the full support of the international community as these conditions continue to worsen. and as we see more and more people are running for their lives, i think the key here is to get at the root of this problem, which is the hunter itself. and we need to work very much, much harder to increase the pressure on this one to, to stop its attack on ins. when the co 1st happened back in february 2020 of the site at 2021. there was a lot of reaction from the people of me and mar,

had themselves out of fighting against her, or at least peacefully demonstrating, and then facing the military arrests of the genta. there was a tension initially and then that attention seemed to wayne from the international community. i mean, obviously this cove at lots of other things that we all know are going on right now, but has the international community failed me and my by taking its days away from what's happening there? yes. in a word. yes i, i believe so. i mean that the horror, the terror inside of me and more has, has only gotten worse, not, not better. and yet you're right at the very outset of this when the, when the, when the qu occurred, or the attention to the world was on was on me and more. and i, and i think frankly the, the, the massive demonstrations of millions of people all across the country, peacefully demonstrating, calling for the end of this qu, capture the, the hearts and the attention in the imaginations of people. what's happening now, or there are millions of people continuing to engage in that protest. they've

established citizen sanctions, for example, to cut off their own revenue. they're, they're not paying their, their withholding taxes. they're withholding payments of, of, of energy bills. they're not buying anything. it's remotely connected to the hunter, and there were demonstrations that continue across this country, but this is all outside of the attention of the international community. and therefore, the military has been, i think the hunter believes that it can simply withstand, with, with this, this pressure from inside the country. hoping that the international community loosens its attention and allows it to get away with these atrocities the people of me and more. they have the country of me and more in their hands, but they need the international community to help and support them. and we can't, we can't divert our attention away. um, from the incredible situation unfolding before our very eyes commanders, un special repertoire on human rights in myanmar joining us from virginia in the us, sir. thank you. thank you,

barbara. still to come on the news hour as we look at what 2022 holds for in your opinion, only takes as a new era in germany and a presidential election in plus in sport. another and batting collapse, leaves england on the brink of a 3rd grade, the seat against australia. ah, iraq supreme court has ratified october's parliamentary election results. demonstrators clashed with security forces, new, the court, which earlier rejected an appeal to overturned the result. they support arraignment back, she a groups which suffered heavy losses in the vote and the leg over the license. shia cleric knocked out a sub that is the elections biggest winner. his block secured at $73.00 seats out of $329.00. rockland, a bit of a heat is mona,

from baghdad. but why protest her is, are upset about the results following the endorsement of iraq's parliamentary elections results. these are protesters, supporters of the political parties that last many seats in the election, se they will continue protesting. here, occupying areas need above that heavily fortified greens own until their demands are met. they say that the supreme court has admitted that there have been mistakes that have been irregularities in the electoral process that could have led to vote rigging. and they say that they belong to an umbrella of our political blocks and political parties, and then they go by their decisions. on the other hand, there have been talks between arrival of political parties, other than the legal path that have been negotiations to reach

a consensus in regard to forming the, the upcoming parliament and the upcoming government. according to iraq's constitution, the 1st parliamentary session should be convened. within 15 days, from the day the supreme court induces the parliamentary elections results that have been talks between the rival factions that have been of negotiations to reach a consensus on ah, the prime minister, the new prime minister on naming the new speaker of the parliament. if they reach a consensus on that, then these protest her as may leave this area. if not, then escalation might happen. the iran nuclear talks have resumed in vienna after a 10 day pause european union,

deputy secretary general and post coordinator and recon mora says hard work in the days and weeks ahead should lead to a positive result. he wouldn't speculate on target dates for an agreement, but suggest that it could take weeks rather than months. well, this is the 8th thrones of talks designed to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. the accord began to disintegrate in 2018 when the u. s. with grew and began imposing sanctions on iran. iran says that discussions need to focus on the lifting of sanctions, including the ability to easily export its oil and on guarantees of the u. s. will return to the fold. the u. s. negotiator says there are only weeks left to revive the agreement if iran continues its current pace of nuclear activities. but the coordination of the talks, things that is possible. we have co, my loan lo ways is the beginning of the negotiation. now we have incorporated the sensitivity of a new iranian government. so from the point of view of the coordinator,

we had exactly at the point where we should be, if we want to get the final successful resolved. if we work hard in the basin weeks ahead, we should have a positive result. because again, we are exactly what the main coordinator we should be to get. that's a successful result. it's going to be very difficult. it's going to be very hard, difficult political decisions have to be taken both inter on washington. but again, this is what this negotiation is about. somali as political crisis has deepened with the country's prime minister accusing the president of an attempted coup. both men have been blaming each other for delays in national elections. the move has intensified a months long constitutional crisis. and raised the fears of violence. bernard smith has more. smalley as president says,

the prime minister is suspected of corruption and is now suspended mohammed of the law, him a 100 excuses mohammed robel of stealing land owned by the army. the prime minister says the move is in direct to washington castle murray. yet, i would like to clarify to the somali people that the government indic transitional faith is responsible for leading the country and running the affairs various state institution to the armed forces should take orders from the government and the prime minister's office to anyone who disagrees for dis, we'll have to present it to did your dish area that going to do. and it's the latest round in a long running dispute between the 2 leaders. the 1st class in april, when the president, unilaterally extended his boy by 2 years that prompted army factions loyal to each man to seize rival positions. in margaret issue. the president's constitutional mandate expired in february, and he stayed on and tried

a very similar power grab in april this year, which led to fighting in the streets of mogadishu and, and would have it probably concluded in his overthrow, if a deal hadn't been negotiated to produce elections for parliament in president by the end of this year, the u. s. embassy in somalia has urged de escalation from both sides. bernard smith al jazeera, the u. s. president has admitted his government has more work to do on test thing and stopped short of announcing additional measures. joe biden, how the virtual meeting was state governors to discuss the rapid increase in virus cases or than a $100000.00 reported each day on average across the us. kimberly help get reports from the white house. in the u. s. cases of coven caused by the i'm a crime very, and are soaring,

had expected to get worse in the coming weeks. the stream is being felton hospitals. new records are being fat, with daily infections rising past. last winter's pandemic peak. in ne states like delaware new jersey, new york, and massachusetts, but also white and puerto rico, there is no federal solution. ask is solved, state level of speaking to the nation's governors in a virtual meeting on monday. us president joe biden admitted white house efforts to combat the highly contagious. i'm a crime very. it have been insufficient, but it's not enough. it's clearly not enough required. read, know, we would have gone harder quicker if we could have but new reporting indicates the biden administration was pushed to ramp up, testing as far back as october in anticipation of a holiday. cupboard surgeon, but declined. bided denies the report. we did reject,

it still will biden announced a half 1000000000 at home. rapid tests would be distributed to americans, free of charge. the tests won't be available until january, too late for those wanting to test before holiday gatherings. but we have to do more. we have to do better, and we will local mayors and governors are waiting. in some states, the national guard has been called in to support hospitals in washington, dc, the mayor called for volunteers to assemble rapid test kits. hundreds lined up for hours at libraries to receive one lines that airports are even worse. hundreds of flights have been canceled. airlines are struggling to maintain staff, as workers are getting sick or having to quarantine. that's why travel groups are requesting public health officials reduce the recommended 10 day quarantine period

to allow expose workers back to their jobs after just 5 days with a negative test. it's a plan president biden says he'll follow if public health officials recommended. kimberly hell can al jazeera, the white house, russian foreign minister said gay lover of his said that talks will take place with the us. so for security concerns in an interview aired on the foreign ministry website. lovegrove said that russian diplomats and military officials will take part in the talks in january. washington has yet to comment on the meeting. let's go more on this from mike hannah who is live in new york for us on this. by what else do we know about this? well, we've all state department for a response to the comments made by sir g. a lab rather than to there is no direct confirmation of lab rubs intention to hold a meeting between experts from both the us and russia at the state department

simply says that it's willing to engage in diplomacy, whatever the forum direct talks or through nato allies. however, it says as well that any talks must depend on the fact that russia addresses us concerns about security. and also such discussions have to be on the basis of reciprocity. so there's no direct confirmation from state department. apart from that comment, saying that that is open to any form of dialogue with russia on condition as well. it adds that it is in consultation with its nato allies. now we do know that jake sullivan, the national security advisor, held a talk with his russian counterpart early last week. not clear whether that conversation del to this upcoming meeting or potential meeting. we also know that president biden held a telephone conversation with the russian president a short while ago. once again, discussions there appeared to center on the possibility of a summit at some stage,

but no clarity as to whether this meeting between an identified and as yet unnamed military officials and diplomats is going to take place where it will take place. or indeed, when it will take place my camera with the latest on that from new york. my thank you. this is ralph 0 live from london still to come proposed new laws for the world's oldest profession. while legal changes could spell the end of things constitutes. and so forth, there's still no action on the ice and the national hockey league. who's here with that story. ah, ah, hello, that it's a divided picture weatherwise across europe. we've got cold air cleaning on to the

north pretty for that north, east and corner. we've seen some extreme cold here, but down in the south it's more settled with lots of wound pushing in from the west . and we are going to see the temperatures in london and paris climb by the time we get to wednesday. so lots of unseasonal wounds on the way, but ahead of that, we've got more wet, windy and wintery weather, with weather systems pulling into france some heavy rain expected here. heavy snow on the outs and those wintery conditions pulling across to more central areas. down in the south, however, it dries up nicely for italy, but we've got some blustery winds blowing in its grease. that's going to see the wet weather. by the time we get to wednesday, that will push on to turkey some heavy rain expected that. but it's going to start to warm up for the balkans as it is for some of the northern areas are, remains bitterly cold in that northeast corner smudges of snow pushing through scandinavia, the temperature, very cold in places like reagan and minsk for bella roost. now for the northwest corner, we got rounds of rain moving across britain, an island,

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life unequalled broadcasting. some nelson have been on august night, he was born a happy al jazeera english proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year award for the 5th year running. lou ah ah, a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera fighting between me and mars, military and ethnic karen, or groups as continued close to the thai border around 5000 people had fled across the border. demonstrators flashed with security forces up to racks. a supreme court ratified october's election results. iranian backed groups alleged irregularities

after suffering heavy loss in the man, coordinating the nuclear talks between world powers and derives says he remains hopeful for a positive result with 8 round of talks resumed earlier in them or such a bar. he has more now the last frank out. they one of the 8th rounds of the nuclear negotiations between iran and the p 4 plus one that's friends, u. k. germany, russia, and china, and indirectly the united states have wrapped up here in vienna. all parties are optimistic on this 1st day that this rounds will move forward much quicker than the previous ones, because there seems to be a general consensus about what needs to be discussed. moving forward, these talks will go on until friday, where there will be a 3 day break for the new year, and they will resume next monday and they will keep going until there is some kind of a resolution. the russians ambassador has said that he's hopeful this could be possibly

the final round of the negotiations. and of course, we are here because the united states left a deal in 2018 and impose a series of crippling sanctions on iraq or the banking sector. the radian foreign minister, entire on monday said that that is the 1st thing they really want to see remedy. they want to see those sanctions lifted so they can sell their oil on the international market yet again and be paid for it. the process of the way these are looking for to is very specific. and i asked that question to the lead the chief negotiator here in vienna, from the iranians, the deputy for mister alibaba, connie, and this was his response very much. that was, in my opinion, it's been a good beginning all sides emphasize the importance of lifting sanctions and the issue of verification and guarantee should be on the agenda. so based on this, it was a great the 1st issue that's going to be on the agenda in this round is the issue of guarantees and verification. and then the working groups will continue their

work in the area of lifting sanctions in the banking and financial sector. so that is the position by the iranians and the deputy for mr. also said that the res wouldn't be in vienna if they weren't optimistic that these talks will get somewhere and that they, j. c, p. o. it could be salvage, that this point, the americans are much more pessimistic at this stage because they say that what the ratings are asking for is very difficult to guarantee on their part. but for now, all parties are optimistic moving forward and into a new year that there could be some kind of a resolution in the 8th, 8th round of the talks, which could hopefully be the final round for you more now on the current of virus pandemic. an africa is the least vaccinated continent and the human toll has been significant less.