this is g.w. newsline from brooklyn international concern as tensions in me and mobs boil over police use water cannon against peaceful protesters want them to leave will be dispersed by force demonstrators are demanding the return the theme ocracy following last week's military coup also on the program at least 18 dead and more than 180 missing in northern india as

a glass breaks releasing devastating floodwaters rescue search for dozens of power plant workers trapped inside the tunnel. south africa suspends its. vaccine after a study disappointing results against the local coronavirus variant. i'm doing the american huge celebrations in florida. from the very buccaneers beat the kansas city chiefs to the year's super bowl. time for a welcome to the program. there's increasing international concern about midmost a crackdown against protesters following last week's military coup police have warned people to dispersal face force after tens of thousands joined

a 3rd day of demonstrations water cannon were used in the capital to break up the rallies now britain and the european union have requested be united nations human rights council old a special session in response to the unfolding political crisis. one week on from the arrest of their elected leader me and ma has grown bolder. 'd protesters in the capital in a futile space police water cannons on monday blocking their path their only weapons a 3 finger salute which has come to represent the pro-democracy movement of thora cheese have since issued a warning on state t.v. to protesters who break the lol you know if you knew action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offenses which disturb prevent and destroy the state stability public safety and the rule of law. in addition to the street

protests a nationwide strike began on monday a campaign of civil disobedience has all the while been growing louder launched by medical personnel protests have now spread across the country after the army chief seize power on february 1st the military detained later sunset she and dozens of her party members accusing them of election fraud demonstrators are demanding her release and the restoration of her government. i'm supporting the young people demonstrating only if they fight against the military gentle can our country become better everyone must have this kind of courage for the sake of our future yet you know you know we don't want to live under dictatorship rule we want to live under mother sue the rules peep. would love and care need. them know much and have a i've decided to fashion till the end until they are released the rallies have so far been pace full unlike bloody crackdowns during widespread protests in previous

decades. francis on monday added his voice to growing international condemnation of the current vehicle with jordan in the open days my thoughts go in particular to the people of man ma. to whom i express my affection and my closeness. to the pof to wants democracy undertaken in recent years it was brusquely interrupted by last week's could a talk. with the minister. as the protests grow bigger and bolder demonstrators continued to be met with a greater show of force from authorities. as a filmmaker and activist and me and most largest city young guns he told us what he saw today on the streets is obscured his identity for his own safety. so far.

in younger there has not be any violence but then people are afraid because of the letter but other means same time some civilians they want to cooperate with police and military so we can see a lot of social media beast is that some people are trying to encourage people to provide water and food to the security forces as well and the sense of variance are against the idea because it's because of the militia ship with the security forces but one thing for sure we can see is there's a huge gap between the community and then law enforcement officers. so right now but right now things are calm despite concerns and fears today. i was no one a.f.l. make and activist yeah. as get more from journalists today growing a bomb has reported from enough many years he joins us from kuala lumpur malaysia

welcome day we're seeing the water cannons on the streets there reports of martial law and possum in my 2nd largest city man to life how dangerous is the situation. yeah it's really interesting that they've gone with martial law i should say that's a report coming from a johns france press and assuming that report is correct that martial law that cleared in 7 townships not clear to me exactly why they went with mandalay although one thing that i didn't understand natalie that i found really interesting was in addition to all the teachers and doctors nurses and laborers and students who were protesting there were firefighters in uniform part of the demonstrations in mandalay today and i saw some of them they did that 3 finger salute for resistance that comes from the hunger games so really interesting there what we've got to keep an eye on tomorrow is how do the people respond to the people in mandalay they're not allowed to congregate the protests are not allowed to meet and groups of more than 5 people outside so do they still come out in protest do they still do that

tomorrow and how do the police respond is it just going to be mass arrests potentially would it be something more violent and then what goes on across the country do we see increasing numbers of demonstrators in the end god do we see it continue to spread to more and more cities and more and more villages a lot to really keep an eye on tomorrow of the militia leader. addressed the nation a short while ago what did he have to say so from what we know so far about what he said he said the elections commission use kovan 1000 as an excuse and did not allow for fair campaigning so he's sticking with the same theme of election irregularities he says that they will hand over or after elections they will hand over power to the winner and that he says in the meantime is form the government of suitable ministers the bottom line is the majority the people me am are are not going to buy his sales pitch it's the same one that came out from the window we could go same thing now they didn't buy it then they're not going to buy it now the question is with the military starting to show

a little flex its muscle more you know we saw the water cannon his speech tonight reports of martial law and mandalay. will this scare off any the demonstrators or if they continue to build and then the military comes down with more and more force does that get people to back down some people said they are all in no matter what they will not back down to about the generations so the question really becomes is how much force is the military willing to use because back when they had violent crackdowns in 2007 and also in 1908 when thousands of people were killed it was a different world that wasn't so easy to get video of the outside world like it is now so the military is clearly aware keenly aware that their actions are being watched and so given previous history of military rule the generals likely to be concerned about the growing international pressure and indeed calls for u.n. i should well they were certainly prepared for this they would not have come forward this 2 weeks ago without being prepared for this certainly with other countries in asia they're hoping that they can continue business relationships but

they're expecting tough reactions from the west and the generals there are less concerned with what the most of the outside world says particular the west and senior gentleman on long he is all in now he has put everything all his chips on this power grab he is not going to back down. today very good about many thanks for that sure thing. now to india where at least 18 people are dead and more than $180.00 and missing in the north of the country after part of a himalayan blaze he broke off and leasing a torrent of water that crashed into a dam there was flooding so quick to have flooding happen so quickly that people had no time to react with origins in the. states a rescue workers began searching for survivors and to become a bodies. joy as

rescue workers recover several survivors but the search is far from over some dead bodies have already been found several groups of workers are still believed to be trapped in tunnels unable to get out. i just told us if it's a major since this morning we have intensified also operation in a 2nd tunnel we have information that around 30 people are trapped there and around 300 police officers are deployed there clearing the tunnel so that people can be rescued. according to information from the local authorities around 170 people are missing 12 people were rescued by a team on sunday from another tunnel. this is the moment a small dam was swept away after part of a mountain glacier upstream broke unleashing a torrent of water and a brief one hydroelectric plant was destroyed another under construction was

damaged or thora he said they were able to prevent further damage downstream by opening the gates to release water the tragedy occurred in northern india and the top of an area of the state of to recommend this region in the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides in 2013 monsoon floods here killed 6000 people and led to calls for a review of development projects in the state of florida say the main flood danger has passed but the work for rescue teams here is only just begun. well take a look at some more stories making news around the world now starting in beirut where riot police have clashed with their protesters hundreds demanded the release of anti-government activists detained in northern lebanon last month the lebanese army took 17 people into custody after rioters angered by growing poverty set fire to several government buildings in the city of tripoli. the corruption trial of

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has resumed in jerusalem is accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases the trial comes just 6 weeks before he faces reelection it's a netanyahu who denies all allegations against. our us has won a 1st round victory in ecuador's presidential election earlier estimates give you more than 32 percent of the vote will advance to a runoff shuttle for the 11th of april 2 other candidates are neck and neck for 2nd place. now south africa has suspended its roll outs of the oxford astra zeneca corona virus vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested it offered only minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the corona virus variant that originated in the country south africa and received more than a 1000000 doses of the vaccine and had planned to start not relating frontline health as in the coming days of thor's the save the vaccination program will

proceed in the coming weeks but with vaccinations by johnson and johnson and pfizer buying tech instead so how will this affect the country's overall vaccine rollout we put back to professor abdul karim he's the country's leading infectious disease specialist to the chief medical advisor to the south african government. so really developed our overall axion strategy we always wanted to have a diversity of candidates and so as a senator was one of the candidates we selected based on the evidence that was available that showed it was effective against both mild and severe disease including hospitalization however the study that was just published that was just released yesterday showed that the efficacy against mild disease is quite low and that's supported by look moderately evidence as well now we are uncertain

a bar where the masters and it go back see it also prevents the disease and hospitalization against the 5 a one y d 2 variant that is prevalent in south africa and so in that kind of uncertainty we thought it prudent to put a delay on the rollout of the ass as a nickel vaccine until we can establish the processes right aleck the information to this this speculation doesn't help us we need evidence and the way in which we propose to collect that evidence is to actually roll out the answers and go back see it in a step wise manner where the 1st group that gets the vaccine we would assess hospitalization rates and if we find it's below the threshold and we will continue the rollout of the has to select a vaccine if we find it's above that threshold we'll stop the astra zeneca vaccine because we would like the approach that we take to be based on the evidence we

would want to see as rolling this out to healthcare workers only to find out later it doesn't prevent hospitalization and severe disease as for the health care workers we have managed to secure some doses of the johnson and johnson bank scene and those will start to be all about within the next week or 2 so it's. we haven't really impacted that much on our initial starting date what we have impacted is our scale that we now have to take a more prudent approach to scale up while we scaling out the johnson and johnson vaccine we will in parallel also be doing so with the ast isn't it to assess if it is he against hospitalization. or saline abdul karim south africa's leading infectious diseases a specialist and has take a look at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic british authorities say it is likely that people will need booster shots of a covered $1000.00 vaccine and then subsequent annual vaccinations are just like

flu shots south korea has launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after it 1st reported covered 90.