he the difficult relationship between aung san suu kyi and the armed forces. ere seems to be very little personal chemistry between aung san suu kyi and the senior general in charge of the myanmar military. they reportedly haven't spoken for months or maybe even longer. the main issue is that she wants to see the military formally out of politics, and the military are absolutely convinced that they are the only thing that stands between, you know, normality and disaster. they think that they are the backbone of the country, they embody the soul and the spirit of the nation and that, therefore, they are required to make sure that myanmar stays on a true path and that theyjust don't trust civilians, frankly, to get on with it. so it's hard to see why they've chosen, you know, decided to go on this particular issue, because the constitution guarantees them a 25% representation in both houses of parliament, which means that the constitution can't be changed without their say—so. but it seems that relations have become so bad with the civilian party that they feel t

people watching around the world know aung san suu kyi well. party have the sufficient strength to withstand that pressure? >> they are more than aung san suu kyi, but you are absolutely righ i remember five years wheey came to power. on election day, you ask people who they are voting for and a lot of people will say the party but so many people will say they were voting for her, even though she was not running in their constituencies. she is definitely the face of it the main reason they vote for the party is because of h. ros: now let's turn to china, because a team of scientists from the world health institute has visited and institute of religion in wuhan, researching the source of covid-19. you have to remember that officials in the trump administration speculated it had escaped from a lab inside this facility. >> this institute does have high security bio labs which have that viruses in the. -- in them . so far, there is not evidence that suggests the virus escaped from here and that is how the pandemic started. nevertheless, a lotf inte

they have detained the de facto leader aung san suu kyi, and just the de facto leader aung san suu kyites we have heard from the us secretary of state, calling on myanmar, military leaders to release aung san suu kyi. as well as other myanmar officials that were detained in the military takeover. plenty more, stay with us. hello. it may be a new month but the weather pattern, for now, is staying the same. so in the week ahead, there will be low pressure systems coming our way, there will be more rain to flood—affected areas, some snow as the wet weather pushes north, causing some disruption, and although milder for some of us, that's not going to last. a damp start for some to the south, close to this area of low pressure for monday morning. this is a much more vigorous weather system coming our way with that rain and snow monday night and into tuesday. monday not starting as cold as sunday morning. still, the coldest parts of scotland close to minus double figures. quite sharp frost in scotland and northern england under clear skies, but with some sunshine for monday morning. icy wher

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the de facto president aung san suu kyi first charged of importing walkie-talkies used by her securitym. the general seized power after losing the election in november to aung san suu kyi's party by a landslide. so, she is again under house arrest having been held for 15 years at her own home while trying to bring democracy to myanmar, formerly of course called burma. >> myanmar 's deposed leader has not been seen in public since her arrest two weeks ago. aung san suu kyi is set to have appeared tin court hearing by video and a new charge was filed against her. >> the first one is as already mentioned, she was charged with import/export acts. in the second one is disastrous management acts. >> in the first case, aung san suu kyi is accused of owning walkie-talkies which had not been registered. the new charges which have yet could be. related to covid-19 restrictions, allowing authorities to keep her behind bars indefinitely as they change the penal code last week allowing detentions without court permission. across the country, dozens of protest were held again on tuesday with people

have they lent some support to aung san suu kyi in that movement as well? aung san suu kyi in the past and there have been expectations that she would be more hostile to china, but she has played a very canny game with china and they have no complaint against aung san suu kyi and havejust said hands off, you know, we do not interfere in the internal affairs of another country. they have massive investments in myanmar — oil pipelines and gas pipelines and infrastructure and access to the bay of bengal, and are really trying to straddle both sides here. 0ther neighbouring countries, big powerhouses, india, pakistan which is a chinese ally, they all going to be affected by this further destabilisation but, again, the question, partly, for many, comes back to the rohingya. are the muslim states supporting the rohingya people now tragically stranded in bangladesh in camps? how are these military manoeuvres going to affect the power balance? it really touches on what is| really the defining moment in the world in which we are. the proliferation of platforms on soc

numerous reports that there are numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including aung san suuve country including aung san suu kyi have been detained by the military, very early this morning, before dawn, that the capital, naypyidaw, which is not the name city, that has been cut off —— man city. people have been having trouble getting through on phones. naypyidaw is where they have a bigger space and it was where parliament was due to convene today for a second term of office for aung san suu kyi after her party won even more resounding election victory last november. it was contesting that election victory and complains regularity by the military which appears to have driven this action. remember, the military last week made some alarming signals talking about replacing the constitution or even possibly a coup, then backtracked at the weekend, saying it would abide by the constitution, but still insisted that his grievances over the weekend was still valid. what's happened this morning, really, can't be overstated. it is an extraordinary move. you have to remember that the co

what about aung san suu k i's from here on. what about aung san suu kyi's whereabouts? . what about aung san suu kyi's whereabouts? what - from here on. what about aung san suu kyi's whereabouts? what state| from here on. what about aung san i suu kyi's whereabouts? what state is she in as far as we know? and what about the key reaction of china? aung san suu kyi, we believe, is in her home under a kind of house arrest. we know she has been charged with this ludicrous case of apparently having a legal walkie—talkies. nobody takes that seriously. it seems they will pursue that. they may apply other charges. i think the military is trying to work out ways in which they can finish her off. nobody doubts that is the game plan. the military complained about the election. its own party was pretty much wiped out with 6% of the seats. if it holds another election and corrects what it believes was an unfair election, it believes was an unfair election, it will have to stop aung san suu kyi from running. we expect her to stay in custody. i kyi from running. we expect her to stay i

if they are to hold another election, the military needs aung san suu kyiout the military needs aung the picture. this is a continuation of a more than 30 year battle the military has fought to get rid of this enduringly popular figure. fought to get rid of this enduringly popularfigure. they have not succeeded yet, we'll have to see in the year of emergency rule they have given themselves whether they can finally finish off aung san suu kyi as a superb vote winner and leader of the country. from a political prisoner to a peace and anti—discrimination activist, wai wai nu joins me now. what do you worry about the most? right now, i am worried about the safety and security of the activists and civil society activists and further arrest of the politicians. and i'm worried about dictatorship again. a military dictatorship began. i5 again. a military dictatorship bean. , again. a military dictatorship beian, , ., , , again. a military dictatorship bean. , ., , ., began. is it easy for people to contact each _ began. is it easy for people to contact each other— began. is it easy for peopl

amy: aung san suu kyi aung san suu kyi so talked about's -- so talk about aung san suu kyi's ro le.he latest is being charged a saver having a legal radios got from abroad, finding that in her home. but the role she has played i mean, she was considered freedom fighter for so long, won the nobel peace prize under house arrest for so many years by the military, it's chief credit, then became the chief spokesperson and justified what happened to the rohingya muslims that were forced ultimately about a million of them into neighboring thing the --. now they have turned on her, the woman who has definitive for all these past few years? >> as you know, i was afoot soldier supporting her and campaigning for her release and then the development of boycott campaign under the u.s. for the longest time. i saw her at the international court of justice in a different room when she was defending the military and denying the charges of genocide. it is really painful as a dissident to see, you know, the metamorphosis of aung san suu kyi from the human rights defender, democrat dissident, to becomi

our south east asia correspondentjonathan head has more now on the charges aung san suu kyi is facingactually — look — on the surface, transparently absurd charges. the police are saying that when they detained aung san suu kyi in her own home they found that some of the walkie—talkies used by her personal security were unauthorised. absurd though that is, there is method in what the military is doing. because if she is convicted of a criminal charge, however trivial it might seem, she can no longer run as an mp. when the military seized power, it had to promise at some point it would have another election. i think the real problem here is last year in last november's general election, aung san suu kyi's party won a resounding majority, even bigger than before. the military�*s own proxy party did disastrously badly — that has gotten in the way of the long—term political ambitions of the armed forces commander. if they are to hold another election, the military needs, somehow, to get aung san suu kyi out of the picture. and in many ways, this is a continuation of a more than 30—year ba

in myanmar, aung san suu kyi has begun the trial -- aung san suu kyi's trial has begun.d via video link. wenow she is facing a second criminal charge and that her lawyer hasn't been able to see her since she was arrested. we heard from him outside the court. >> aung san suu kyi has been charged with an extra fence, under section eight -- an extra offense, under section eight and section 25. when judge asked her, she replied that she wished to have a lawyer arranged by her executive committee. ros: the new charge is obscure. we think it relates to breaking covid-19 restrictions and that the ousted president is facing the same offense. aung san suu kyi has been charged with illegally importing communications equipment, which is related to walkie-talkies that were founin her villa. she faces a possible prison sentence of up to six years. the next trial session is march 1. we are told the whole thing could last up to a year. also, importantly, the military gave its first press conference since the crew began 15 days ago -- the copu began -- the coup began 15 days ag aung san

what is the latest on aung san suu kyi and the other - aung san suu kyi and the other politician to haver residence. she is kept in the house, with charges against her. yesterday we heard that she has got the first covid vaccination. the doctors from the main hospital went and gave her the main hospital went and gave her the first dose of covid—i9 injection. apart from that, we have heard very little about her and other leaders. some leaders who have been taken away from their homes since early monday morning. the families said they are quite concerned, they don't know where they are some people have to take their regular medicines, so they are also several dozens of the top leaders still in detention, who the families cannot contact or families do not know where they are. thank ou so do not know where they are. thank you so much _ do not know where they are. thank you so much for— do not know where they are. thank you so much for that _ do not know where they are. thank you so much for that update - do not know where they are. thank you so much for that update and i you so much for that

democratic reforms by aung san suu kyi ended their control. she spent 15 years under house arrest. internationally, aung san suu kyi was hailed as a beacon of democracy and was awarded the nobel peace prize. now her leadership and reputation has been tarnished by the army's ill treatment of myanmar's rohingya a minority, but she still enjoys great support throughout the country. reporter: an army reverting to autocratic type. swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elected leader. somewhere behind the guns, aung san suu kyi is once more a prisoner of the generals. and even if people never trusted the military, they are still shocked at what has happened. >> the army assaulted people as a carried out a coup on the civilian government, elected by our people. our country is just a bird learning to fly. now the army has broken our wings. >> i am surprised and shaken. i fear that prices will rise and people will revolt. i hope that aung san suu kyi and her colleagues will be free sooner rather than later. reporter: the crisis began when su

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san suu kyi and her supporters see that. within the country is massively popular still. anchor: let's look at the relationship between aung kyi and previous american administrations. >> i think the view in washington has been that she had to work with the generals. the generals never relinquished power. they knew she was walking a fine line. when sheefended their campaign against the rohingya a muslims, her reputation was tarnished. you see that in the reaction of bill richardson, this former governor and diplomat. he basically said she lost her moral leadehip and he kind of broke with her. saying she should step down and let another democratic leader come forward. that is not the government position. the administration has taken quite a broad view, wanting to support a tition to democracy, which is complicated and fragile. you see a call for aung san suu kyi as well as the others who have been detained to be released. anchor: urgent testing for the south africa variant of coronavirus is beginning in parts of england because cases were found with no known links to travel. over sixteens in areas of london and warsaw are be

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tonight, or government overthrown, not aung san suu kyi could go to prison.he ousted civilian leaders accused of illegally importing walkie-talkie radios. also coming, portugal welcomes german military medics arriving to help battle the coronavirus crisis. portugal's health care system has been ovehelmeds infections spiral out of control. and the vaccine that does more than protect people from covid-19. the astrazeneca shot may also help stop the virus from spreading. and a new united nations report says modern agriculture is the biggest killer of biodiversity and that changing the way we eat is key to saving the planet's wildlife. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs and the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. police in myanmar formally charged aung san suu kyi, a step that could lead to prison time. authorities say she imported walkie-talkies and they were found inside her home. if convicted, she could face up to two years in prison. a national campaign of civil disobedience has been brewing since this week's military coup. protestin

so who is aung san suu kyi? ghter of general aung san, who helped negotiate the country's independence from british colonial rule in 19118 before he was assassinated. she spent nearly 15 years in detention between 1989 and 2010, fighting for democratic elections. she was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1991, while still under house arrest. more recently, she has received criticism for not doing more to stop the rape, murder and possible genocide of rohingya muslims who fled from myanmar to bangladesh in 2017. but she is still very popular amongst most buddhists in the country, who make up the majority of citizens. tom andrews, the un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in myanmar called the situation an outrageous assault on democracy. we're talking about overturning a constitution by the generals that the general themselves wrote, that they said just yesterday that they would abide by. so this is notjust an assault, an attack on an individual, on a political leader, a political party. this is an

its head, and the country's de facto leader, aung san suu kyi, and other seniorfigures in the party, have been arrested. state radio and television are off air, and phone and internet connections have been cut. let's speak to our south east asia correspondent jonathan head. what more can you tell us? no more than _ what more can you tell us? fir? more than that really, we only information from the military information from the military in main city areas, and things are pretty calm, people are focusing on trying to get food and money out of atm machines would seem to have stopped working nothing from the political capital, where the coup took place in the early hours of the morning, and we believe that aung san suu kyi and all of her leadership allies in the national league for democracy are being held in detention by the military, and where power is now being transferred to the military powers, so we're still waiting to see what the impact of this announcement will be. it an extraordinary move. the military has been complaining about electoral fraud floors, and has not been satisfie

democratic reforms by aung san suu kyi ended their control. eviously she'd spent 15 years under house arrest. internationally aung san suu kyi was hailed as a beacon of democracy — she was awarded the nobel peace prize. now her leadership and reputation has been tarnished by the army's ill—treatment of myanmar�*s muslim rohingya minority. but she still enjoys great support throughout the country. our special correspondent fergal keane reports. an army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically—elected leader. somewhere behind the guns, aung san suu kyi is once more a prisoner of the generals. and even if people never trusted the military, they're still shocked at what's happened. translation: the army assaulted i people as it carried out a coup i on the civilian government elected by our people. our country is just a bird learning to fly. now the army has broken our wings. i am surprised and shaken. i fear that prices will rise and people will revolt. i hope that aung san suu kyi and her colleagues will be fr

the military needs to get aung san suu kyiout military needs to get aung san suu kyi out of the picturebattle of the military has fought to get rid of this enduringly popular figure. they have not succeeded yet and we have got to see in the year of emergency rule they have given themselves as to whether they can finally finish off aung san suu kyi is a superb vote winner and as a leader of her country. —— as a superb vote winner. leader of her country. -- as a superb vote winner. jonathan, thanks for “oininu superb vote winner. jonathan, thanks forjoining us- — the children's charity childline says it's carried out nearly 21,000 counselling sessions with children across the uk during the pandemic because they've reported having suicidal thoughts. the nspcc, which runs the service, is calling on the government to increase its mental health support in schools. the department for health says it's providing an extra £2 billion to help young people. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott reports from a school in middlesbrough where 50 pupils have lost a close relative during the pand

time. >> while on the surface the chargers may seem minor, experts say the military -- will block aung san suu from standing for elections in a years time. >> theame plan is to silence aung san suu kyi, to event are having a political future ando prevent her having any influence on future elections. >> in the immediate aftermath of the coup, the people of myanmar seemed stunned into silence but tuesday night was a different story. a chorus of banging pots rang out in defiance of the takeor. >> we joined in last nig until they went out of shape. we d it because it is the only thinwe can do right now. because we are not in a position to fight back against the military. >> during the day, they joined the civil different obedience campaign wearing a ribbon in aung san suu kyi party's color. with three fingers raised. >> >> >> we are watching all the developments there in myanmar. and earlier we were joined by the un's special rapporteur. this is what he told us. >> the health care workers, several health-care facilities are participating in this action. i understand there were communication worker

aung san suu kyi's party won by a landslide with 82% of the ballot.eporter: an uneasy calm as myanmar's commercial capital wakes up to news of a power grab by the army. but signs of disquiet are on the streets. a heavy police and military presence as people queue at banks and atm's to access their cash. later, truckloads of military supporters drove through the streets, waving flags and playing the national anthem. in the capital, surveillance helicopters hovered and armed vehicles blocked off major roads close to government buildings. earlier, internet and mobile networks have been temporarily cut off. rumors of a coup had been simmering for days. and they were confirmed when the former general appeared on national television reading from a statement. military has declared a state of ergency for a year, citing "electoral fraud" over the result of november's elections. aung san suu kyi's national league for democracy party won a landslide 80% of parliamentary seats in that boat. the -- that vote. the army has called to investigate voter irregularities

what about aung san suu kyi's whereabouts? is she under house arrest? the key reaction of china? aung san suu kyi, we believe, is staying in her home in naypyitaw under a kind of house arrest. we know she has been charged with this ludicrous case of apparently having illegal walkie—talkies. i mean, nobody takes that seriously, but it seems they will pursue that. i suppose they may apply other charges to her as well. i think the military is still trying to figure out ways in which it can finish her off. nobody doubts that is the game plan now. the military complained about the election. its own party was pretty much wiped out, only got 6% of the seats, so if it is to hold another election and correct what it believes was an unfair election, it is going to have to stop aung san suu kyi from running, and so we expect her to stay in custody. the headlines on bbc news: the chairman of the vaccines task force says he's confident the uk will be able to offer coronavirus jabs to everyone over 50 by may. thousands of people take to the streets in myanmar to prot

that condemns the coup and calls for the immediate release of aung san suu kyi. w, the secretary general special envoy on myanmar addressed the security council andalled for the immediate release of suu kyi. she said that recent developments were a serious blow to democratic reforms in myanmar. during the security council meeting, fresh information came out that suu kyi is now at home under house arrest. the u.n. secretary-general spokesperson said the results remain the same and that the u.n. is calling for her to be released. those calls were echoed by western powers. the u.k.'s ambasdor, barbara woodward, said the u.k. condemns the military coup and detention of myanmar's elected leaders. she said the hope is that we can all speak with one voice. that is not the case at the moment, while the u.s. state department has charactered what happened as a coup. china is remaining tight lipped. the hopes that the security council will be able to meet again on myanmar. n.g.o.'s have been really critical of the lack of response from the security council. a spokesperson to

in an lerlly-morning raid, the military detained aung san suu kyi and other senior government leaders for what it called election fraud. the military also detaining a member of parliament and declaring a one-year state of emergency. the white house has warned, quote, the united states opposes any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impede myanmar's democratic transition and will take action against those responsible if these steps are not reversed. cnn's will ripley joins me now from hong kong with more. there are those saying that this is a violation of a constitution the military actually helped write and just days ago said it would abide by. what are you hearing? what's the latest? >> reporter: it's extraordinary, michael, to think that this civilian government came into power just five years ago led by aung san suu kyi, who for so many years was this kind of darling of the movement for freedom and democracy around the world because she was kept in house arrest on and off for 20 years by the same military that has now once again detained her after she was at the uni

calls for the release of aung san suu kyi grow as the military reach takes power in man ma the us is threatening sanctions. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.n. says that as many as 20000 refugees are missing after 2 camps in ethiopia's war torn region were destroyed. the reality of a crippled health care system in zimbabwe where covert infections and deaths have doubled in the last month. and iran launches a new satellite carrying rocket propelled by its most powerful engine to date. the day after me and mars military seized complete control of power the ousted party is urging for the release of government officials the tabe leader aung san suu cheez whereabouts remain unknown her party won by a landslide in the vendors election it's calling for those results to be recognized instead some $400.00 would be members of parliament detained in a heavily guarded compound power is now in the hands of senior general men on hiring who is appointed his own capital as the u.n. security council is meeting later on tuesday to discuss the situation

somewhere behind the guns, aung san suu kyi is once more a prisoner of the generals. an when aung san suu kyi's party won a landslide victory in elections last november. that win may have convinced the military that their hold on key security ministries, the real root of power here, was threatened. this was their response, related to the public on state television. allegations of election fraud from an army notorious for its human rights abuses. there will be a state of emergency for a year with limitless powers to detain political enemies. the queue has an air of dark familiarity. for decades, the military has tried to maintain a monopoly of power. this was in 1995 when aung san suu kyi was released after her first six years of house arrest. the woman i met then was a global human rights icon. i then was a global human rights icon. ~ , ., icon. i think i became more political _ icon. ithinkl became more political after _ icon. i think i became more political after i _ icon. ithinkl became more political after i was - icon. ithinkl became more political after i was put

they also called for aung san suu kyi's immediate release. they held a second meeting after failing to agree on a statement in a previous session. we will hear from our diplomatic reporter at the u.n., but first this reporter: -- small protests and the second largest the immune are. these students and activists are speaking out against monday's military coup. but with the military clamping down on internet and social media providers, it is hard for people to come you kate and organize protests. >> we have no access to any news. no news about aung san suu kyi. i feel so sad it gives me a pain in my chest. i would rather go out and fight, but that would be against her wishes. reporter: facebook is in essential part of myanmar. the military has shut it down. >> they've gone after the primary social media platforms, which is the internet in myanmar. most people use facebook almost as if it is an email system. so it will be terrible in terms of organizing a response to the coup but also in terms of conducting day-to-day business. reporter: but tha

after democratic reforms, aung san suu kyi was in partial control with the military�*s agreement. awarded the nobel peace prize. now her leadership and reputation has been tarnished by her backing of the army's brutal and deadly treatment of myanmar�*s muslim rohingya minority. but she still enjoys great support throughout myanmar. our special correspondent fergal keane reports. an army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically—elected leader. somewhere behind the guns, aung san suu kyi is once more a prisoner of the generals. and even if people never trusted the military, they're still shocked at what's happened. translation: the army assaulted i people as it carried out a coup i on the civilian government elected by our people. our country is just a bird learning to fly. now, the army has broken our wings. government offices are still running but most of the telecommunications have been cut off completely. so, i fear in the next couple of hours, we might all be disconnected from the rest of the world, and this is my biggest fear right now. th

kyi _ fact that the position of aung san suu kyi is— fact that the position of aung san suu kyi e— and her defending and standing up for the way the military behaved means— for the way the military behaved means it's — for the way the military behaved means it's not entirely clear. the americans— means it's not entirely clear. the americans are trying to be as tough as they— americans are trying to be as tough as they can— americans are trying to be as tough as they can on the burmese junta, but it's_ as they can on the burmese junta, but it's not— as they can on the burmese junta, but it's not where we were ten years a-o but it's not where we were ten years ago with— but it's not where we were ten years ago with the — but it's not where we were ten years ago with the burmese leader anyway, in terms _ ago with the burmese leader anyway, in terms of— ago with the burmese leader anyway, in terms of the world's sympathy. but clearly — in terms of the world's sympathy. but clearly this attempt at years in 'ail but clearly this attempt at years in jail for— but clearly this attempt at

i well, let's put aside our concerns i about where aung san suu kyi stands when it _ about where aung _ all the people of man tout myanmar, we condemned the coup. _ all the people of man tout myanmar, we condemned the coup. they- all the people of man tout myanmar, we condemned the coup. they spent| we condemned the coup. they spent the last— we condemned the coup. they spent the last elections _ we condemned the coup. they spent the last elections by— we condemned the coup. they spent the last elections by the _ we condemned the coup. they spent the last elections by the landslide i the last elections by the landslide still has _ the last elections by the landslide still has a — the last elections by the landslide still has a lot _ the last elections by the landslide still has a lot of— the last elections by the landslide still has a lot of popularity, - the last elections by the landslide still has a lot of popularity, some | still has a lot of popularity, some would _ still has a lot of popularity, some would argue _ still has a lot of popularity, some would argue even _ still has

what about aung san suu kyi's whereabouts? is she under house arrest? sort of state is she in as far as we know? and what about the key reaction of china? aung san suu kyi, we believe, is staying in her home in naypyitaw under a kind of house arrest. we know she has been charged with this ludicrous case of apparently having illegal walkie—talkies. i mean, nobody takes that seriously. it seems they will pursue that. i suppose they may apply other charges to her as well. i think the military is still trying to figure out ways in which they can finish her off. nobody doubts that is the game plan now. the military complained about the election. its own party was pretty much wiped out, only got 6% of the seats, so if it is to hold another election and correct what it believes was an unfair election, it is going to have to stop aung san suu kyi from running, and so we expect her to stay in custody. here in the uk, scientists are warning the government against easing lockdown measures too soon, despite the continued roll—out of the coronavirus vaccination prog

they have had a good relationship with the lnd and aung san suu kyi.tionship with the military. they have not liked that chinese support for groups that have been fighting groups against the military. this may push the regime and the military towards china and it might be an opportunity for china to take. derek mitchell there. let's move on to the coronavirus pandemic now and where we are with vaccines. drug company astrazeneca says it believes its covid—i9 vaccine will protect against severe disease caused by the south african variant of the coronavirus. but, the drugmaker admitted the vaccine appears to have limited effectiveness against milder illness caused by the south african variant. so what should we make of this and when will we know more? dr ingrid katz is an infectious disease specialist and associate faculty director at the harvard global health institute. i think we'll get more information in the upcoming week to really help us understand what is going on, particularly with these new variants as noted in south africa. and how concerned are

in myanmar — the trial of the detained civilian leader aung san suu kyi has begun behind closed doorsk — is alleged to have violated the country's natural disaster law, in addition to earlier charges on possessing illegal communications. protests against the military coup have continued across myanmar, but a military spokesman claimed ms suu kyi was being confined for her own safety. 0ur south east asia correspondentjonathan head reports. when you have lost the monks in myanmar, you're in trouble. they led the last big uprising against military rule. now some arejoining the protests against the coup. it is the diversity and inventiveness of this civil disobedience movement which has stumped myanmar�*s new military rulers. this impromptu painting shows a young woman who was shot in the head by police last week. the involvement of so many professional groups is also challenging the authorities. these are engineers, refusing to co—operate with the new regime. here peoplejoined railway workers to ensure that the trains don't run on time under military rule. public services are beginning t

democratically elected leader and perhaps people have also been emboldened by the statement attributed to aung san suu kyi said to have been drafted before she was detained urging people to reject the coup and a surly an advisor to aung san suu kyi is reported to have been arrested and the lawyer acting for her and the former president has been speaking about their detention what's he been saying. well i think these reports haven't been confirmed yet according to reuters the last communication they had with sean to now he's an economic adviser to aung san suu kyi he's been advising her for many years now and he's according to linked in profile he's been living in a 2 door since 2017 now he sent a message to reuters as he was being detained and he also said that he was being charged but he wasn't sure what with he had enough time to act but he was fine that he was strong and he was not guilty of anything. he is just the he's one of the many top advisers well he's one of the he's just one of several who've been arrested we also know earlier in the week a very senior figure of the national league for dem

of course there has been serious damage done to the reputation of aung san suu kyi and it is very sad was a symbol well beyond myanmar. but i would not expect world diplomacy to take that into consideration. after all, what matters today more than ever is the respect of democracy and she has had a resounding mandate from the electorate to lead the country. and this must be defended and upheld, regardless of what are, probably, serious flaws in her leadership at times. celia, china referred to the coup. the myanmar military said it was not a coup, they said it was a corrective for a defective election that they say was fraudulent. the chinese called it a major cabinet reshuffle. that's a bit like calling the english war of the roses a small family dispute. is it possible that this is actually a coup that was approved in china? that china may have seen this as something that was beneficial from its perspective? there have been questions raised about that, but i don't get that feeling, because the chinese ambassador to myanmar came out yesterday and said, look, we had fairly good relatio

calls for the release of aung san suu kyi grow as the military respects power and beyond all the u.s. is threatening sanctions. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russian police detained several supporters of kremlin critic but opposition leader alexina vali as he appears in court. the u.n. says that as many as 20000 refugees are missing of the camps in ethiopia as war torn region were destroyed. and how the debate over data privacy is setting up a battle between apple and facebook. a day after man was military seized complete control of power the us to posses urging for the release of government officials to take lead to aung san suu cheese whereabouts remain unknown a posse won by a landslide in november's election it's calling for those results to be recognized instead some 400 would be members of parliament but detained in a heavily guarded compound powerless not in the hands of the senior general men online who has appointed his own cabinet the u.n. security council is meeting later on tuesday to discuss the situation the u.s. has threat

the country's defector leader aung san suu kyi is under arrest. ., , ., , leader aung san suu kyi is t what happened. so _ arrest. people not sure about what happened, so they're _ arrest. people not sure about what happened, so they're staying - arrest. people not sure about what l happened, so they're staying indoors and that's really necessary. door—to—door testing is under way in parts of england to stop the south african variant of coronavirus. ii african variant of coronavirus. if you live in one of these postcodes where _ you live in one of these postcodes where we — you live in one of these postcodes where we are sending in enhanced testing _ where we are sending in enhanced testing than it is imperative that you stay— testing than it is imperative that you stay at home and that you get a test even _ you stay at home and that you get a test even if— you stay at home and that you get a test even if you don't have symptoms. in test even if you don't have symptoms-— test even if you don't have symptoms. test even if you don't have s m toms. ., ., ., symptoms. in china, world heal

we are hearing doctors working in government hospitals will strike on wednesday to push for aung san suuse. it accuses aung san suu kyi's party of fraud in a recent election. the military appears to be in full control. there's a heavy police presence. we are told some politicis are being held in esthouses in the city, but have not been released. we don't know where aung san suu kyi is being detained. this is the scene in yangon. the streets ampty and nighttime curfews are enforced. let's hear the latest from the re. >> this city of more than 5 million people is trying to get back to normal, but has yet to digest the previous days' events . the streets are quieter than usual. telecommunications services are back. private banks are resuming their services after temporarily closing down on monday. many people are withdrawing cash to brave the uncertain times ahead. in the capital, naypyidaw, troops with tents and trucks still surround the -- tanks and trucks still surround the country's parliament. it is a time of economic downturn amid the covid pandemic. ros: today, the military coup lead

somewhere behind the guns, aung san suu kyi is once more a prisoner of the generals.n if people never trusted the military, they're still shocked at what's happened. translation: the army assaulted i people as it carried out a coup i on the civilian government elected by our people. our country is just a bird learning to fly. now the army has broken our wings. translation: | am | surprised and shaken. i fear that prices will rise and people will revolt. i hope that aung san suu kyi and her colleagues will be freed sooner rather than later. the crisis began when suu kyi's party won a landslide victory in elections last november. that win may have convinced the military that their hold on key security ministries — the root of real power here — was threatened. this was their response, relayed to the public on state television. allegations of election fraud from an army notorious for its human rights abuses. there'll be a state of emergency for a year, with limitless powers to detain political enemies. this is the husband of one woman mp asking the soldiers what they want