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a toe for escalates between rebels and columbia. it's threatening the upcoming election. ah, one of ours crews at the state of democracy at stake, latest from $55.00 african countries have a full agenda to deal with as they mate for the c as african union summit addis ababa is where the summit is being held, laid as we'll address a number of challenges such as conflicts with armed groups. and then more recently, the increasing number of coups in the continent coming up with concrete plans on how to tackle the corona virus vaccine rollout is also expected to be a top issue. more from mom and a t o n out isabella in a moment, 1st his report of the african union headquarters in the philippines capital the fust summit with b point instead of a video link in more than 2 years. the newly established africa center for disease

control africa cdc, is leading efforts to keep the 2 day summit covered free. the decision to hold a summit in possum. since the advent of brother pandemic was take him with the express of decision that we're going to make it safe. top on the summits agenda is how to step up looks in ation against covered 19 in the continent. although covet vaccines, supplies enough recoveries and significantly the continent is struggling to expand roll out with only 11 percent of the population fully vaccinated. african heads of state and government gathered here will also discuss another epidemic of multiple who's in the continent. emboldened by popular hunger was of the can. military leaders in marley, gideon, brooklyn, of faso, half cut it out folk who's in 18 months. they followed military takeovers instead,

done and church in 2002, and one more than 115000000 africans that today, living under the rule of soldiers who illegal is seized power. the african union with it's often much hyped slogan of african solutions to africa. problems has been unable to do much to tackle what sama calling on a polemical cruise, the now increasing calls for more auction from the continental body. the resurgence of cruise has a loved was the because remaining civilian didas on friday, cold and emergence is some of the regional economic community of west african states. of course, miss not really fall into the illusion that the military takeover will solve the problem. they cannot solve the problem and that will not solve the problem. because we have seen it in the past. the african union suspended molly guinea burkina faso answered done, but not chad. some analysts worn. the double standards could hop dire consequences . there is a break down into social contract between the government and the people,

the government for not delivering for the people. but the benefits of economic growth are going to those who are ready to reach on the poor continue to the poor. and the marginalized, continue to be marginalized with many african nations facing major security threats . relentless humanitarian disasters and millions of young people with no prospects producing the number of crews might be a tall order for the after communion. so his mom or dad are now reporting live from addis ababa. hi mohammad. let's start this now we're talking about the qu, situation. so many of them happening in many african countries is the african union to talking about a way to deal with this collective later. and it sounds like it be quite difficult . hi there, come all yes. and that is what we're trying to find a more last think solution to the problem of cruise on the continent.

we've seen fall cruise in just west africa, which was in the past, been known to a cool belt of africa. and we, apart from the cruise in sudan and chart, we've seen people celebrating the takeover of paula by the military in those countries. something that eliminates the level of public this content with the leadership in the countries. the african union in the past has only used the issue of suspending countries where coups take place from the membership of the african union. so far that is not cutting it on a diploma to a gun. he has say, there is a need for a more robust prevention because it has been put in place by the african union. starting with looking at the quality of elections on the continent. what the diplomats are saying is that it doesn't cut it when you just have

elections every for 5 years. and there is no much emphasis being put on how credible and fails to elections. so they are suggesting roughed of measures that would see fewer coups on the continent in the coming years, whether that will be adopted. here is another study altogether. okay, covered, obviously the other big situation where we were talking earlier about the fact that there's been problems in, in vaccine rollouts across many african countries. but we should point out this summit is happening in person. it's not a virtual one. so that is a step forward. yes, the center for disease control africa, which is a body of the african union, is putting a lot of measures in place for the delegates who are attending this conference. they have put booths where people are taking monday through tests every morning before they are clear to enter the plenary holes. they'll also so many workers of

the cdc spread around the venue and also in the compound to ensuring that all people i, adhering to the protocols, including wedding of mosques and sanitizing a very frequently. so all that is happening. but again, the problem that the lead us are discussing behind closed doors is more to do with the roll. out of the venetians in africa, there are only 2 countries that is se shelf and malicious, that obtained 70 per cent volition for their people. the problem is not supply of the victims, africa has received so many victims from all over the world. the problem is tickling these machines and giving it to the people who need it most. thank you. mohammed tell reporting from out of sapa onto the news. the united states waving sanctions on iran civilian nuclear program as talk to say the 2015 nuclear deal enter a critical stage. this was the way that was ended in 2020 my venue as president, donald trump,

wilson and jordan with one out from washington. essentially what to the secretary of state antony blinking has done on friday is restore one part of the deal that was reached back in 2015. this sanctions waiver allows foreign companies and governments to assist iran in the maintenance of 3 of its nuclear reactors. both share a rock which is a heavy water reactor and the terror on research reactor. otherwise, without this a waiver, these companies and other governments could find themselves in trouble with the us, possibly facing a sanctions or ra, criminal charges of their own for assisting the government. this is a purely a maintenance, a type of relationship. you're bringing in parts, bringing in the ability to monitor the amount of, of, of uranium that has been processed. and basically making certain that everything is

safe at these 3 facilities. this is a technical step, one that needed to be done just for the safety of these facilities. and to, in order to load try to, i'm make certain that all of the terms of the j c, p, away or raw nuclear deal can be complied with. you need to have the ability for other parties, not just the u. s. and a rob, but other parties, other companies, other governments to know what's going on inside these facilities have the technical information available so that they can best provide the assistance that the iranians would need to keep these facilities. running reaction has come in from teheran on twitter, ali sham honey. you, as the secretary of the supreme national security council tweeted this a ron's legal rights to continue research and development and to maintain its peaceful new critique abilities in achievements, along with its security against supported evils cannot be restricted by any

agreement. the more than half the members of the un security council, a condemning north korea for its latest series of ballistic missile tests. britain, france in the united states or among 8 countries describing the test launch as, as a significant escalation. china is urging the white house to show more flexibility though. it wants a breakthrough. more from our diplomatic editor james base, new york. she eden, and judy of she almost killed all this propaganda video has been ad in recent days on north korean t b kim john on is showing off his equestrian skills riding at speed on a white horse. but it is the speed of progress, his country's making, this nuclear weapons and miss all programs. that's worrying. diplomats, there were 9 miss are launches in january a record in a month. and the most recent launch was an advanced intermediate range ballistic missile. ambassadors came to

a closed door meeting the 3rd this year. before it even started though, the chinese ambassador made it clear he felt there was a vicious circle and the u. s. needed to do more invoking the summits that president trump had held with the korean leader in 20182019. they should come up with more attractive and more practical, more flexible approaches, policies and accents. we have all seen, we have all seen what happened in finger pool. we have all seen what happened the hanoi china and russia wouldn't agree to a joint security council statement at this stage. that clearly angered 8 other council members, which came up with their own statement read out by the u. s. embassy. the cost of the councils ongoing silence is too high. it will embolden the dpr k to further defy the international community. your chinese colleague said that the u. s

. needs to do more, and he specifically referred to the her noise summit and the singapore summit, which president trump had with the supreme leader kim. so is it time for president biden to get directly involved in the diplomacy? united states has made clear that we are willing to meet with the north koreans without pre conditions. but before we can, can met our president to meeting, we need to have a better sense of what there is to achieve. the united states would clearly like the security council to take a tougher stand on pyongyang, but china currently actually wants to ease sanctions on north korea. and it's a subject that will come up again on monday when the security council under the presidency of russia hold. so meeting about sanctions around the world, james spies al jazeera at the united nations will check the world where the next and then could, hong kong district,

covent prevention. policy be putting it status as the regional financial hub at risk. and why mike pence is labeled affected by former us president. donald trump is an american a shirley star to the day for sun in australia. hello everyone. this has been the lowest temperature so far in 2022. so camera, 10 degrees, melbourne, 14. and hobart, at 13, now there is a bush fire burning in the state of western australia. we know this area has been parts. we've had a historic heat wave here. people have been forced from their homes. there may be some relief coming, but really to be truthful. not a whole lot, just a few showers, pulling into the south was a place that has seen a lot of rain is new zealand. pouring rain here. so at westport airport since

wednesday, $277.00 millimeters of rain to put that into perspective that is twice the february rainfall average in just a matter of days. now this batch of what weather has moved into the north island, and we can expect pouring rain here for the next 24 to 48 hours southeast asia then . and we've got storms through the tropics. nothing out of the ordinary here, but i want to take you to indo china quite a temperature spread. we've got a noise. 16 degrees. hutchins city, 35 in the northeast, brushing some showers along the coast or snow. that was in the far northeast of india through nepal in baton, has moved into western china running across seeing see river valley. but we've got shower south of that and galen that's it, sir. ah. on count and the cost sanctions, again, in the plane standoff thought, well, they lee bye, busy supplies and the cross hairs to fill the gap. and the world trade organization

supports china against the west. if aging women counting the cost on al jazeera, a lot of the stories that we cover a highly complex, so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can as al jazeera correspondence. that's what we strive to do. lou ah, with al jazeera and these are our top stories, a key summit of african leaders has begun. an ethiopia, the $55.00 member african union, is under pressure to come up with a coordinated response to a spite of military coups conflict and for the full out from the pandemic. iran

responded to the u. s. waiving some of the restrictions on its civilian nuclear program, the country says it has a legal right to continue research. and that this can't be restricted by any agreement. the u. s. way those sanctions says part of reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. and more than half members of the un security council, the condemning north korea for its latest series of ballistic missile tests, britain, france, and the u. s. are among 8 countries describing the tests launches as a significant escalation, expulsion of the french ambassador from molly has been celebrated on the streets of amaco sh coincided with the european union announcing travel bands and asset freezes for molly's military leaders. lexia bryan as well. oh, wait a 1000000 slides, susan's gathered and molly's kept obamacare to protest against the former corny poor things it was. even herbert comes out of french president

emmanuel macklin, which was later set on fire. ah, the crowd was celebrating the expulsion of the french ambassador. he was given 72 hours to leave after the french foreign minister described molly's military leaders as illegitimate and anxious control media, media and media media. there are thousands of thousands of thousands of marlos today who say no to france. so what the european union and france needs to do is respect the maryan authorities. they need to understand the authorities and charged today of the only ones who can speak for our country. mellie was called by permanent nationalist activist and member of the transitional. 40 adama ben diarra . the european union says helped overthrow molly's government. in august 2020 the demonstration happening on the same day he sanctioned one of the you the his

role in the cur. the measures include several bands and a said freezes and target 5 people including the transitional prime minister, jo gail mega and members of interim president, a scenic coitus in a circle. pretty darn de la crisis. your relations with the you have soured since coy sir. put himself in charge and renamed on a promise to hold elections this month. the european sanctions are sign of rationing up the pressure, but simply follow with the africans have done themselves. i think dialogue certainly is still an option and that's the preferred course of action by both like a wash and the international community. but the yahoo described the sanctions as an honor saying expelling the french ambassador is only the latest step and getting rid of paris. his influence of a certain it up important that i live. it's an important step on the fight, but the victory must go all the way to live else. the next step must be the departure of french forces. and then we will strike to move towards economy in

monetary if sovereignty, there are about $5000.00 foreign troops in mali deployed to contain years of insecurity in the north. they include missions from france, the wider you and the united nations, them on with we don't want any foreign troops and marley, they've been here for 8 years now and nothing has changed. i. they were russian flags in the crowded fridays. reli russian mercenaries were welcomed by marley's military leaders last year. and diarra says he who rely on moscow to ensure france is forced out for good. alexia o'brien, al jazeera rescue work is in morocco, are getting closer to reaching a young boy who fell down a well a digging up part of a hillside in a delicate operation to reach the 5 year old. i've had life pictures here from the scene of that. ryan is the boy's name. he's been trapped at the bottom of the 32 meter well for 5 days. and they basically trying to, in these pictures he say, dig

a cross and into the rock to try to reach him at the bottom of that 30 meter. well, knock an issue. i'm so happy to you. to me like, are we living in a true catastrophe in this area with our son, ryan? we pray to god for good news to make us in all moroccans happy. god will love on us . there wasn't. we're praying for ryan to be alive. may his family have patience and honestly our hearts are breaking dora label graham, i hope he will come out of this. okay. it's like one of our own children has fallen . we are praying for his safety. he's one of our children. oh, hong kong leaders are under increasing pressure to change their no tolerance approach to the pandemic. as on the con infections re trickled levels, economists walnut failing to relax restrictions could jeopardize this territory. status is one of the agents financial hubs. brit clinic has more of the support. hong kong is known as asia is world city, that economists a warning that could soon change the territory as keeping in line with

a 0 coven policy adopted by mainland china. locked downs and mass testing are common place. and social distancing restrictions have been extended, at least until mid february. people have been suffering a lot in the past 2 years, and i doubt whether people can stand another 23 years in the current state. so, so to me this is definitely not ideal. according to a report by the european chamber of commerce, hong kong, international isolation could extend into 2024, or until mainland china reopens to the world. experts say, hong kong reputation could suffer long lasting damage, given that to the hong kong is the financial hub. is the headquarter of for many multinational firms in the region. ah, and therefore many experts will want to come to hong kong. but you get discouraged by this policy that is going to make on kong. last international. hong kong is one of the few places in the world. still maintaining its no tolerance approach to

coven and sticking to mainland china's policy. but as a 5th wave of infections swayed through the community, followed by another round of restrictions, people here are increasingly questioning whether the strategy is sustainable or not . a scandal over birthday party, attended by government officials, has done little to boost trust. on monday, hong kong home affairs, chief casper choice stepped down after making he behaved inappropriately by attending the gathering last month. the government is also under pressure to boost vaccination rights among the elderly, currently at just over 30 percent, with our micron infections expected to serge following the lunar new year. festive period. getting infections to 0 is looking increasingly out of reach brit clinic. al jazeera hong kong. the number of people in the united states have died from coven 19 is now past 900000. now, new infections are falling in nearly all states. but debts are still rising,

they're averaging nearly 2 and a half 1000 a day. health official se infections are up because only 64 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. the u. s. has the highest number of korean virus deaths in the world. still in the us and the republican national committee is voted to censure 2 of its own politicians. there's cheney and adam kinsey enjor, or accused of defying party leadership because they're taking part in the investigation into the january 6 rights on capitol hill. republican politicians have described those events as legitimate political discourse and largely boycotted the inquiry and formulas president mike pens, his dismiss claims from donald trump that pence could have overturned the result of the 2020 election pen said he couldn't think of anything more on american. and i heard this week, the president trump said i had the right to overturn the election president. trump was wrong. i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the

american people and the american people alone. and frankly, there is no idea more on american than the notion than any one person could choose . the american president of protest as have driven their cars through the center of the city of minneapolis to protest against the killing of black men a mere lock who was shot dead after police entered his apartment without warning. the mayor has now imposed a moratorium on the so called no knock warrants more in the story from my cannon. to put it shows the police officers unlocking the door with a key and storming into the apartment. within seconds of a verbal warning, 22 year old m l luck lying under a blanket is dead. as an emotional news conference on friday, family members called for justice and accountability. i believe that he was executed by the m p d. and i want the police officer that murdered my site here to

be prosecuted. you're in fire in the video lock can be seen holding a gun. family member said he had a permit to carry the weapon. amir was a gun carrying license in the bid you all earlier locks family appeared with the lawyers in a virtual news conference didn't announce any one's name. all they, all they announced was that they were, they're executing a warrant, waking somebody out of sleep, while lawfully possessing a gun. the minneapolis police department has confirmed that locks name wasn't on the warrant. these are wrenching videos to watch their painful but it's necessary. and i hope that it provides some answers along with the questions the minnesota gun owners caucus released the blistering statement criticizing. the police saying

mister locke did what many of us might do in the same confusing circumstances. he reached for a legal means of self defense. while he sought to understand what was happening, this latest incident comes nearly 2 years after george floyds killing by the minneapolis police spot international outrage. the depart but now finds itself at the center of another controversy. a lawyer for locks family pose this question. as he called for change, the fact that it's repeatedly black americans who end up in that situation makes us wonder. why isn't it any america? why is it only black americans that we don't give a chance to to live in these situations? the minneapolis police department is being investigated by the justice department to see if there's a pattern of civil rights violations. my kind of, i'll jazeera washington and peru,

hundreds of police officers and troops have been deployed to the capital lena in response to a surgeon, violent crime. security analysts say 70000 defaults were reported in the 50 last year of 45 day stative emergency been declared expending freedom of transport, transit and sorry, and the rights to assembly as well as other personal freedoms. now fighting between rival rebel groups in colombia is making it impossible for politicians to campaign for next months. congressional elections for the 1st time voting included, so called special electoral districts for peace. these were created under the piece deal with the former rebels, the fog, a thunder, and yet he has more farmer and congressional candidate job. i need to realize live the horror of columbia conflict. first hands a local victim leader. he's running for office for a special electoral district for peace created to give voice to under represented people like him. but the return of violent confrontation between arm groups in that

ok as made, campaigning, impossible, vicinity? i meant there were some, were just sitting still trying to work in the village, talking to friends, knocking on doors when possible. more than 60 people have been killed since the beginning of the year in a conflict between 11 rebels and dissident groups of 4 or 5 gravels. we had planned to follow giovanni, handing out flyers and visiting a perspective voter. but as we were leaving, he had a change of heart. but i'm he said, yeah, when i was, i don't think we should. it will be a nice thing for me to take you around town and be on the news telling people what my plan is. what i want to do if i win, but right now will put us at risk the little campaigning that is happening is limited to the main urban center. that's because all candidates are saying it's just too dangerous to travel to rural areas, even on main roads like this one. because the groups are known to set up

checkpoints at any time. the situation is also affecting regular candidates. older cassidy's was running for a traditional seat in the house of representatives has campaigned in at outcomes for years. initially momentos that we are putting our lives in the crossfire to campaign and we accept silencing ourselves and confinement to try to jane democracy . but unlike a man, he says, the situation is as bad as at the height of the conflict. he's running most of his campaign on social media gallery. i was organizing. a meeting in for tool is impossible going to the town of life, where i was a teacher and getting 4050 people together, also impossible. guys, however, the local human rights official says political and social leaders have become the main targets of the arm groups. and then pop in on paper. everything is great. the government has full filling its obligation to the victims who can vote. and these elections. but the reality on the ground is the opposite. when people can't

exercise their rights, when i'm running a political campaign in a conflict region region like had alca was never easy, but this time was supposed to be different. instead, threats and attacks are once again silencing this already marginalized voices, alison that impurity and jesse. our o. r g at the ivy's at the top story. the key summary of african leaders is underway in ethiopia. the $55.00 member african union is under pressure to come up with a coordinated response to the state of military coups conflicts and further fall out from the current of iris pandemic. mo, from mohammedan in a suburb, with the exception of the coo in chad. i'm the one is done, we saw people celebrating in brooklyn, of fossil guinea and as well as.