from the angle it is possible that the military is trying not to be too brutal not to stoke too much anger they've also arrested high profile protest leaders people who lead protests in the past activist who are still prominent activists and the popular figures were known to support including cygnus rights as so anyone they see who might be able to rally people who might potentially motivate the uprising so with all of that it doesn't feel like that it means going to happen imminently but who knows what could we could see in the coming days and weeks republican senators in the u.s. say they're hopeful lot of bipartisan coronavirus relief package can be passed that's after they met president biden to discuss an alternative to his $1.00 trillion dollars plan and they're proposing on the cost of about a 3rd of that. up to 20000 refugees have gone missing in ethiopia's to grey region after 2 camps were destroyed most of those affected are from eritrea only 3000 made it to a new camp which the u.n. has access to according to the u.n. high commissioner for refugees felipa gurn de others we

myanmar's military has retained power. the military says the overthrow is temporary, it has promised elections in a year. the coup is drawing international condemnation. the u.n. called it a serious blow to democratic reforms. joe biden has warned military leaders they could face sanctions. a group of republican senators in the united states are hopeful of bipartisan -- after meeting with the president to discuss their alternative. they are discussing a plan worked about a third of the 1.9 trillion dollars joe biden is aiming for. susan collins spoke after the meeting and says she is happy for how it went. >> it was a very good exchange of views. i would not say that we came together on a package tonight, no one expected that in a two hour meeting. but what we did agree to do is to follow up, talk further at the staff level, and amongst ourselves, and but the president and vice president, on how we can continue to work together on this very important issue. anchor: the un's high commissioner for refugees has called on the

this is a military takeover, but it is, they have to say, an astonishing move by a military which managedemocratic transition and which are kept many of those levers of power. it was upset about the election, it only dumbing alleged irregularities but it is going to be very difficult to justify, is going to be very difficult tojustify, it puts is going to be very difficult to justify, it puts myanmar on an extremely perilous course of action. remember, aung san sui kyi remains enormously popular. she has, herself, gone out of her way to defend the military against international criticism over the treatment of rohingya muslims and this move by the military is going to shock people who came out in large numbers during a covid—19 pandemic to vote or aung san sui kyi last november. can we clear someone _ sui kyi last november. can we clear someone up _ sui kyi last november. can we | clear someone up straightaway. the justification given so far by the military for detaining aung san sui kyi and others is, irregularities with the election. is there any justification for those claims of fraud i

secretary general called the military takeover a serious blow to democratic reforms and u.s. president joe biden has warned me and miles military leaders that they could face sanctions once again a group of republican senators in the united states say the bipartisan credit of our us relief package can be passed after meeting with the president to discuss their alternative they're proposing a plan costing about a 3rd of the $1.00 trillion dollars that joe biden is aiming for republican senator susan collins spoke after the meeting and she says that she's happy with how it went. it was a very good exchange of views i have when say that we came together on a package tonight no one expected that in a 2 hour meeting but what we did agree to do is to follow up and talk further at the staff level and amongst ourselves and with the president and vice president on how we can continue to work together on this very important issue the un's high commissioner for refugees has called on the ethiopian government to do more to protect civilians trying to escape fighting and to grow a region

has said on a military t.v. that they had carried out this coup in response to electoral fraud and this really is what the military has been saying for days that they think that there has been electoral fraud that is in essence it is it could really just be the military just not being happy that it has to share power with a civilian government and seeing its power diminishing from term to term with every election to be fair to be clear though there has been no evidence of electoral fraud we've not heard of we've not had an observer say there has been any issue of ballot stuffing or any international or any electoral fraud but this is consistent with what the military has been saying right the national league for democracy the n.m.d. as you say 180 percent of the seats in november elections i wonder how will this coup now and the detention of she and the figures go down with the people in myanmar it's an extremely popular audience and sochi is popular is there likely to be public dissent. there will very likely b

coup the fiji has always been very real people here and 'd the military is full of. the military so i don't think anyone has a rule that there was a lot of skepticism about whether they you know the classic military plays that they don't normally imagine what they're going to be hit by normally give warning so a lot of people did feel that this might be rectal posturing from them in order to say that if things go through such people could be incredibly worried and you know there's a lot of tension on the street. they need to protest quite a minute to people and from the majority of the end of the school to most of the population things have been quiet but. d popping up around the city and the flags. d going past. cooking up in the streets people are really showing that the pool and i think there will be a very negative reaction from the public. has reported extensively. seem to become a reality now is obviously this communication blackout was to the. well as you heard from ali the certainly sounds like the beginnings of a coup to have the leader of a country and the

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for the military to reimpose direct military role. fair for all this outrage to be happening now from the international community, when one could say the writing has been on the wall for a very long time? >> that's true that the constitution does give an avenue for this action. that being said, this is an action against the will of the people, over 83% of people who voted for the nld in the last election. i don't think that we can say that this is a purely legal move by the military. i do have to say, i want to emphasize that the grave threat that civil society and the people of myanmar on the right now, we have colleagues who are in hiding. there are tanks on the streets. they just called for people to come out and to resist the military. there is a real danger that based on past experiences, we could see bloodshed and violence. i think there is a responsibility on the part of the international community, on the part of china and other neighbors to call for the military to exercise restraint, to abide by the rule of law. kim: we are

it is possible that the military is trying not to be too brutal not to stoke too much and they've also arrested high profile protest leaders people who led protests in the past activist who is still prominent activists and now the puppet if they go to the known to support including saying those rights is so anyone they see who might be able to rally people who might potentially motivate a popular uprising so with all of mats it doesn't feel like enemies going to happen imminently but who knows what could we could see in the coming days and weeks russian police have detained more supporters of the kremlin critic and opposition leader alexina validate they've gathered to protest as he appears in course the valley was arrested on his return from germany in january he's accused of violating parole while he was recovering after being poisoned at least 2 people have been killed in palm attacks in kabul afghanistan a series of explosions were sort of by so-called sticky bombs attached to cause and japan has extended a state of emergency in tokyo and other regions to cut the spread of coronavi

well the military has said on military t.v. that the president not the acting president now is the vice president he is a former general min sway and minutes way has apparently over reportedly handed over power transfer power to the military commander in chief that's general min on hurting which means the military is now effectively in charge of the country and it was reported on state t.v. that there is a state of emergency now in myanmar and it's going to be in place for a year so under those circumstances i would expect that parliament will be suspended for as long as emergency in is in place i think we can do away with with the pretense that still some form of democracy in myanmar now that this is happening initially when we were just getting reports that the state councilor and son suchi the de facto leader of the country and the high ranking officials had been detained that it could have been something else but now we are there's no there's no more gray area this is a military coup that's happening in the military is back

using to do that what under the military will they were using to work directly for the military and so we've seen that there's a call for it across all governments organizations all civil servants we've seen calls from the youth a young gun youth network which is an activist group that where it's had the most impact and the thing that everyone's talking about the most is in the hospitals there are 17 hospitals and medical clinics that have reportedly signed up to today campaign for civil disobedience a group of opposition parties need peace to grey region says the ball and 50000 civilians have been killed in the conflict between regional separatists and the ethiopian army it's not clear what the estimate is based on the government as previously said the federal forces have been killed any civilians. inspectors from the world health organization a visit to the varanasi verona ji institute in the chinese city of who han where the corona virus was 1st identified the team is investigating the origins of coke at 19. dollars 4800 people are reported to get arrested in protest against a court

lots of different powers that cancel his majority military so it's parts a 1000000000 military but they would have the majority vote on any kind of decision including the extension of minong lines. and so because they haven't been able to do that he hasn't had any legal way of doing that and i think it's important to note that the military are very unlikely to want to get rid of this constitution they spent years writing it they spent years implementing it and getting to the stage where they are quite comfortable i mean a lot of them they still have a huge amount of power and influence all the former generals have great business interests they're all living quite comfortably so i think it does really come down to men on lying and his personal ambitions and the way he sort of doing this so he the military is saying that this was done lead. really under comes the constitution but they've had to stretch that a little bit because under the constitution you can hand power to the military in a state during a time states see or a national emergency but the president has to allow that so what's

the military have a clear interest in keeping the l.t. very nervous keeping them toeing the line if you want if they feel that they might lose power and they're less likely to cross the military there more likely to do what they say and there's really no logic to this it's going to be incredibly unpopular the n l d and the last 10 years of democracy all or you know moving towards democracy whatever you want to call it a day at you know that's gone dine very well with the public and this will not go down well it's all and so i think yeah i was it was quite a shocking moment and it was very on the think it fails extremely boring to have people really rests that not just the military officials also high profile activists and some writers and a filmmaker so you know really he's bringing a lot of incest in medicine and around generalistic community and activist meeting many of whom i know well so it's not a popular. people to protest it will lay. it's a good question and i suppose we'll have to wait to see and i think one of the reasons they h

that military has seized control and arrested her replacing her with a military general it says the action is legally justified but many reject their concerns as an institution that the election results will trigger government policies that will weaken the military's power system i think everyone in myanmar understands that that they're using the law to their advantage the coup is a culmination of a turbulent relationship between fucci and the military that's been going on for decades suchi is the daughter of the late nationalist leader aung sun and she spent much of her youth overseas. she returned home in 1988 when she joined student that protests against the military the taken power in 1962 who. lived and who was crushed and hundreds of protesters killed. a year later she was imprisoned in her family home and with her. and 15 years in detention. in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a lot of work and we have to take things slowly

the military _ countries? so now we need to know. the military now - countries?ries? so now we need to i know. the military now is more, it's more advanced and so it has obtained sophisticated access to the more sophisticated technologies and military equipment and everything else from d, as you said, from russia and perhaps from china as well. so as you said, the military is more advanced in many ways and again, with the technology as well. i think we really need strong support from the western countries to stop this military and to immediately take appropriate and comprehensive holistic action against the military coup.— military coup. wai wai nu, thank you so _ military coup. wai wai nu, thank you so much. - military coup. wai wai nu, thank you so much. thank| military coup. wai wai nu, - thank you so much. thank you. around the world vaccines are being produced that might help us return to something like the lives we had before covid. here in the uk more than 10 million doses have already been given. but at the same time, the virus is mutating. so scientists

military generals resign and then form its own party so the military even though the military they gave up power but they also made sure to retain it so they were still very powerful the generals were still very powerful they still had very important business interests so i really don't think it's so much of that but it was just you know seeing that it doesn't pay to only have 25 percent of seats guaranteed you always only just have 25 percent of seats were even less so really it is just a matter of coming back and saying well we tried democracy we tried to give people some freedoms but i'm afraid it's not working out because we find that we have fewer powers then we started out with and really what is there what is in it for us and i just want to read you a quote that the asia advocacy director of human rights watch john sifton said about the military he said they never really said to civilian authority in the 1st place so today's events in some sense i'm merely revealing a political reality that already existed where do we start the thinking about what and sons to choose next move wil

leaders now that military has seized control and arrested her reply. in her with the military general it says the action is legally justified but many reject their concerns as an institution that the election results will trigger government policies that will weaken the military's power in the system i think everyone in myanmar understands that they're using the law to their advantage the coup is a culmination of a turbulent relationship between suchi and the military that's been going on for decades suchi is the daughter of the late nationalist leader aung san and she spent much of her youth overseas. she returned home in 1908 when she joined student that protests against the military the taken power in 1962 coup. the movement was crushed and hundreds of protesters killed. a year later she was imprisoned in her family home and would spend 15 years in detention. in 2010 the military released suchi who walked free among large crowds of supporters. it is difficult to achieve democracy and after we achieve democracy it is hard to maintain we have to do a

military anti could movement so this is not just an old devera says military alone on anymore this is will be all the democratic forces now united against a coup so the democrat to muster forces will be the power with the highest so that a combination of these and turn out an extra on a precious could work marcos tell me if we look broadly at the impact this will have on the whole region when there are ethnic conflicts on the borders with china bangladesh how might what we're seeing now destabilize the region and will that spur regional powers to act what are the calculations that will be happening regionally no. oh right now this is this is going to be bad for the peace process dealing with the ethnic minorities tonight i think what foreign pit mentioned about the military having lived in the past the idea that the military has returned the country to exactly the same kind of leadership and happy for the previous episodes of military rule means that they can expect less concessions fewer concessions and and more more russian from the government in the years ahead so this will be very

owned companies the military these military companies are notorious for some of the worst human rights violations including wide scale then grabbing in the country and it's time that the retiree's didn't make human rights violations a profitable business running could you tell us a little bit more about me and more economic cold ings public company this is this conglomerate with ties to me and more is military what do we know about its ties to the military and also its ownership structure. well ties the machine are incredibly close the military has. worked for 6 decades to pilfer money from ordinary. people they've constructed a raw wide range of companies and there's hundreds of the of business interests in me and ma 7 that are controlled are owned and directed by me and mas military and any national company that does business with them is helping to put money into the pocket of me and my trade and importantly to put money into the pocket of the hangers on the crime and he's associated with military leaders family members and other people who have managed to become rich through their

military vehicles pickup trucks with military personnel in the back ground just going past the window of the hotel that i mean at the moment just trying to get a wife by connection and when i'm on the road that goes on the way down to the city hall which is an area that is quite often the focal point for both protests but also for the military takeover and the city hall has a lot of. important government press now so young gone and there are also police base that quite interesting to see that i can also see people. more people on the street a little bit of a more tension and basically yes so more tension visible right now in young gone naypyidaw yes is the capital there's a big military presence there a base that's where the parliament is also is also sitting and was supposed to be reconvening today after the elections in november. what is the military's plan now going forward i mean you talk about this this presence on the streets sets becoming it seems more important is it to stop any any sort of protests that might happen as a result of this school. it's not completely clear at thi

this is news coming to you live from young large military rulers block social media platforms alleging they're being used to the stabilize the country following this week's truth protesters continue to take to the streets calling for the release of arrested leaders including 2 cheap she's being you can use of illegal imports the walkie talkies also coming up. german military medics arriving to help battle the president virus crisis the country's health system has been overwhelmed as factions final out of control and ukraine shuts down several t.v. channels allegedly finance but oligarch with close ties to the prevalence country's president says the closures are necessary to limit russian propaganda. see it as an attack on free books. oh i'm terry martin good to have you with us people in myanmar have been cut off from facebook what's up and instagram the military blocked platforms alleging they were being used to the stabilize the country the disruptions come shortly after police formally charged alstad leader aung san suu kyi who is currently in custody the authorities accuse her of i

., , , military? the military is famous _ military? the military is famous for _ military?y is famous for cracking - military? the military is. famous for cracking down military? the military is - famous for cracking down on protesters in the past, in their history. yes, i am very fearful of another crackdown by the military. we don't want to see that again in this time. we need immediate response and protection for these protesters and civilians. the protection for these protesters and civilians.— and civilians. the military have one. _ and civilians. the military have one, essentially, . and civilians. the military| have one, essentially, the military is in control of the country. what to expect the protesters here to actually be able to achieve? the protesters here to actually be able to achieve?— able to achieve? the goal of the protesters _ able to achieve? the goal of the protesters is _ able to achieve? the goal of the protesters is basically i able to achieve? the goal of the protesters is basically to go and call for the end of the queue at the transfer of power to

the military are the people doing the pushing, they're the ones that control the military defence and border affairs agencies and everything else. and there is very little she could have done to stop it. nonetheless, she has taken the blame for that. she's become a sort of persona non grata in capitals around the world. and i guess she's not seen as the thought of saintly figure she was five years ago. so where do you see this ending up now? well, i mean, the myanmar government, or rather the myanmar military have plenty of experience of withstanding international sanctions and international pressure. i mean, they had a coup in 1988 against similarly resounding results for what was then the opposition, and they basically stuck it out for 20—plus years. so a lot will depend on what myanmar�*s immediate neighbours think, i'm thinking china, india, and the southeast asian countries. interestingly, china, although not a democracy in itself, probably gets on better with aung san suu kyi than it does with the myanmar military. meanwhile, india, which is a democracy, ironically, gets on bett

well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper couper for us maybe a black box for observers i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with this power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with d n l to having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian deny such as labor policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of businesses. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests back. but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that this it's a military mindset you know. it's a military thinking it's about having you can they still control the process in the way they wanted and this goes back to my own statement i mean they never wanted to add to have a liberal democracy what they wanted to have was what they called discipline flourishing democ

asia desk she thinks the military see.sure of power could lead to deadly violence the military will reinforce a culture of abuse and impunity threatening to end human rights and economic stability in myanmar. so let me go straight away to use. with that mention of deadly violence in your opening statement so far the streets appear to be relatively calm so how would you assess the potential for bloodshed going forward the way that i see it that the reason people are not protesting just yet on mass is i think for the reason that they are very scared and they know that the military has had a very brutal history of violent violence and the people in the generation that saw the 988 uprising and violent crackdown on anti-government protest is and witnessed their family members slaughtered before their eyes they will this is a sort of deja vu for them and this is just a reminder all of what the military is capable of and that the reason they are not protesting get i think they will find more creative ways only time will tell but

well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper of course for us is maybe a black box for a purpose i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with this power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with the n.l. having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian jemaine such as labor policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of businesses. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests back. but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that it's a military mindset you know. if the military thinking it's about having to do can they still control the process in the way they wanted and this goes back to my own statement i mean they never wanted to add to have a liberal democracy what they wanted to have was what they call discipline flourishing demo

well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper of coursefor us is mainly a black box for observers i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with the power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with d n l to having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian to my labor policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of baseness this. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests back . but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that this it's a military mindset you know. it's a military thinking it's about having to do can they still control the process in the way they wanted and this goes back to my own statement i mean they never wanted to add to have a liberal democracy what they wanted to have was what they called discipline flourishing demo

, assurances from the military, assurances from the military, assurances from the military that they4 abide by the constitution only 2a hours ago, and then suddenly this. do you think people inside the country, inside the ruling party would have had any inclination that they would be rounded up entertained this morning?— rounded up entertained this mornin: ? ~ .,, i. morning? well, as you were sa inc, morning? well, as you were saying. there _ morning? well, as you were saying, there has _ morning? well, as you were saying, there has been - morning? well, as you were | saying, there has been room morning? well, as you were i saying, there has been room of coup preparations. we saw armoured vehicles driving around some of the city streets on thursday and increasingly talk about it and the army saying they wouldn't rule anything out —— rumours. they could say they are going to do this within the spirit of the constitution, the state of emergency. technically that has to be called by the president, but with the present apparently being arrested presumably he could be pressured to formal

measures could push me in mars' military rulers closer to china a u.s. adversary something the new president wants to avoid can't really help at al-jazeera washington where the united nations plans to hold an emergency meeting on me and mob tuesday diplomatic at a jays base with more on what the reaction has been so far real shock at the united nations the move that had been taken the secretary general had warned about the possibility of a coup now he says he's gravely concerned about the situation and we've also had in the last few hours a new statement a very strong statement from the u.n. high commissioner of human rights michel paschal a which was read out by her spokeswoman we echoed the secretary general's call for the military leadership to respect the outcome of the elections the high commissioner is alarmed by reports suggesting that at least $45.00 people have been detained including elected parliamentarians under confinement and we call for their immediate release. the high commissioner urges the international community to stand in solidarity

on the military government to step down and to give the power. we're back to the elected leaders but that whole other country here the situation is different there are a lot of people who genuinely don't want passion as their leader just as there are a lot of people who still support the incumbent prime minister so the minute but the military they are of course tempted right now and this is why i think nicol passion and is calling on all his supporters to come to the streets and to work to rally under his banners to show to show just to just to show the the army do show the military that they better not they just better not because that because then the people will be angry that a military coup will not have the public support this is why this is this is the message he's sending to everybody to everybody in the army because again he's not enjoying that he's lost a lot of support there when it comes to the offices and so on then also it's does it's not clear where the minister of defense stands right now because obviously he hasn't said anything a

question was who to blame for that the military in the build up for many years of not harming the military probably. going to. physically move him. to intervene. in a normal sort of military coup they would. continue to think. is the best for everybody including for 0 and just opposition has a very good chance of winning if they have certain. because we don't want. demonstrations perhaps. sort of elections is the best solution for everybody. meaning is coming off this break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. small seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to shape out these days to come out ahead and engage me because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. according to a new gallup poll over 60 percent of those asked are just satisfied with the 2 major parties the country is divided politically but the parties themselves are divided with it down to this the fact most voters do not belong to either party is i

the military even been tried to reach out their current. generals and also try to seek some help from the potential allies at this point i don't think the military have many allies in the international community so people are still watching where the military can hold on to the power so at this point the military for the reason they know that this is that case so they are focusing more on the consolidating their power this is one of the reason they don't even care to crack down on this protest and now it's become more like a festivals in many major cities where you talk about consolidating power while other signs are there within me and my beyond what we're seeing on the streets that the generals are in this for the long haul i'm talking you know the stacking of the courts or political appointments of people in positions of power are we seeing signs like that that was what do you mean we do see the fossil like. yes 1st of all i can if you don't know even though they are a lot of internet sensation about this civil disobedience new fence and

a military basically ceased power and a letter to governments. that i don't like you know like the ending up my mother was in and. out out into. it grasping at straws because not just typing journalists they're actually trying to target a whole population. a rebel essentially in the. since 2011 and the return to civilian rule in me and mar the military has remained uncomfortably close to power pulling the strings from behind the scenes on policies like the persecution of rohingya muslims prior to that the army had ruled the country on its own for almost half a century dissent was not tolerated censorship was a fact of life but the hunter's authoritarian playbook is in need of an update the country and its people have changed myanmar is now connected and the new generation is so much more sabia when it comes to using social media and technology. they understand the importance of need a good logan and even you know the use of this 3 finger salute from the hunger games a lot of that you know organizing was done on social media and that's critical be

pro-military us g.p. and another small party that filed that complaint we don't actually know the sort of full content of the complaints that they're alleging just that you know they're saying there may be as many as over 8000000 irregularities you know it's so i mean without evidence you know to engage in this sort of war of words and you know real saber rattling that the military has done with you know sending armored vehicles onto the streets it's outrageous and it's unacceptable been i want to take a step back for a moment and look at the issue of a transition to democracy in me and more we hear a lot about this but broadly speaking how has this transition actually been going there. the transition to democracy adam as it's often called i mean it starts well short of full democracy. under the constitution not. the military itself or when he was reading the country does have the military a. quarter parliamentary seats which in turn allows it to all changes to the constitution it also allows it to contro

military meo are the military media upgrading it's really difficult for the people of myanmar to receive actually accurate information and to act to gather and to congregate there is a big challenge as current moment yankee leave very good to get your thoughts there former un special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in me and my speaking to us from seoul thank you very much. still ahead on al-jazeera why pro abortion activists in honduras could be fighting a losing battle. and i was on founder jeff bezos stepping down as c.e.o. as the latest quarterly profits hit $7000000000.00. i'm sure you're aware of the big winter storm is one where through the the east coast of the states this is what happened during daylight hours on tuesday central park a lot of snow the wind did pick up i think temperate we could call it there's a conditions time square you may be used to that picture but not necessarily with the snow you know there weren't that many people out and about certainly traffic wise and the most the snow is going to go spend most of the night and then wednesday up in canada

news live from berlin man laws genter cuts off internet access amid protests against the military coup crowds of people took to the streets of the largest city jammed on on saturday to denounce the army's takeover riot police blocked protesters using barricades and water cannon also coming up with some countries like brazil suffering a much more than others from coronavirus we ask how much a nation's culture affects the effectiveness of its response to the pandemic. and before they head to warmer climes and cuts up find new nick sign off with a narrow win extending their blunder slagle day we'll bring you the reaction. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program man myles military join to has cut off internet access across the country amid growing protests against this week's cooed crowds of people took to the streets of the largest city yang gone on saturday to denounce the military takeover riot police block the straits using barricades and water cannon many of the protesters will read in support of the rest of laeta songs or. resistance appears to be growing this demonstration in yango

well the military said on military t.v. that it is taking this action because of electoral fraud now there has been no evidence that there was electro fraud in the last elections held in november last year also a party the national league for democracy had won by a landslide there was also a big turnout unexpected the big turnout at voting booths and. it was testament to the fact that people were very happy with the democratic transition they wanted also in cities party to continue ruling the country now the military has said in the last few days that they believe that there was electoral fraud and there were rumors that they would say that the rumors that they were thinking of. of conducting a military coup there were comments hinting that they would do everything that's necessary job hold the constitution and now they've said they are doing this because of electoral fort despite there being no evidence that the military was in charge of men for many many decades until in 2010 when they handed over power to a new stance of

about for democracy the military takes power in myanmar haunting international condemnation and calls for sanctions. and they are money inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. president biden holds talks with the 10 republican senators who proposed a slim down covert 19 relief package. the u.n. refugee agency chief calls the humanitarian situation in ethiopia is too great a very grave valve to visit the conflict with the region. and iran launches a new satellite carrying rocket propelled by its most powerful engine to date. beyond miles military has tightened its grip on power purging key ministers in the hours following the detained leader aung sun suu kyi has called on people to rise up in comments written before the takeover bot her whereabouts remain unknown off to she was taken in the middle of the night instead the army's resting power in the hands of the commander in chief and 24 government ministers have been removed and 11 replacements named. a u.n. security council meeting is now set for tuesday the u.s. has threatened to resume sanctions that were lifted ba

it is thought that it was targeting a military base. u.s. officials have told reuters news agency the strike was approv by president joe biden. the strikes come after a series of recent rocket attacks against u.s. targets in iraq. we will bring you more of this as we get it. there are fears that brazil's health care system could be close to collapse. health minister says his country is facing a new stage of the covid pandemic with a mutated variant of the virus that is three times more contagious. the variant first identified is now quickly spreading through other brazilian states and is threatening to overwhelm local health facilities. brazil is the worst affected country in latin america. it just reached a quarter of a million deaths. there have been more than 10 million positive cases. the government has distributed around 40 million vaccine doses and has plans to inoculate half the country's population of 210 million people by the middle of the year. we have more now from rio de janeiro. reporter: on friday, it will be the anniversary of

well i think on this point we can really only speculate because the military the military proper couperfor us is maybe a black box for up to i mean he has been the army chief of staff for a long time already and he seemed for a while as you said to be comfortable with this power sharing arrangement with the military holding the security relevant ministries with the n.l. to having the ministries and the functions that relate to the purely civilian to my labor policy economic policy well we know that he and his family are also involved in a lot of business this. hold monopolies over certain businesses have interests. but i think the main which perhaps also relates a bit to the question of whether the military is irrational i think what we really have to understand that this it's a military mindset you know. if the military thinking it's about having can they still control the process in the way they wanted and this goes back to my own statement i mean they never wanted to add to have a liberal democracy what they wanted to have was what they called discipline flourishing democracy so you

yes that's continuing the military vehicles have continued to go there's obviously movement of military personnel happening in young gone as well as reportedly in other cities as well. as i mentioned are full the roads have also been blocked some major roads been blocked the road i'm on seems to flowing traffic flowing reasonably know me buses have also been causing as well as military vehicles so it's not a total shutdown of everything but there's definitely movement happening meanwhile in a battle of the capital where most of this is playing out those still limited communications that but i'm hearing from people who have i mean members who are m.p.'s there with the family members of m.p.'s here and young go on the m.p.'s and maybe they haven't been able to contact them and i will say hearing. i've also not been able to contact journalist friends of mine in and gone via internet or by phone obviously all the phone lines are down at the moment most of the my phones are on the phones and most of my friends although i have heard my tell which is the military. telecoms operator is still wo

military members it has a majority military members and so they would be able to have the majority vote on almost any kind of motions that passed so they've been resisting calling that meeting and there's been no other opportunity for a min on line to extend his term so this is possibly what this whole thing is a fact and how are people reacting where you are at least the young gone now that there is a military coup and also a state of emergency. well there's obviously a lot of fear and a lot of tension this time there are so many on knowns this room is going everywhere about you know more people being arrested we've seen not just political figures arrested girl 6 high profile activists people who were. key leadership roles during protests of the past in 1988 for example when there was a huge uprising and there were many high profile student leaders who then spent years in prison but it's there right now and they're still very very popular and they're seen as the sort of people that could mobilize. public support similarly we've seen popular saying those rights. film of the make-a at pe

n commander-in-chief and the military and large.— military and large.nd large. i don't know how on _ military and large. i don't know how on as - military and large. i don't know how on as you - military and large. i don't know how on as you can l military and large. i don't i know how on as you can be, military and large. i don't - know how on as you can be, but where you taken by surprise with this action from the military? we know that they are incredibly powerful in the country. they retain power, but they must�*ve felt that was under threat and have taken action. but it seems were taken many by surprise. it action. but it seems were taken many by surprise.— many by surprise. it did take me by surprise. _ many by surprise. it did take me by surprise. the - me by surprise. the constitution and given the economic prerogatives, the security prerogatives, 25% of the parliament. a lot of that interests were protected. but this is in some ways very personalfor this is in some ways very personal for this commander—in—chief and his relationship with the sta

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the knowledge i learned about the military, and i have not been around the military since i was in thewhich was in the 1940's, that was absolutely illuminating to me. i know it sounds like a lot of hogwash and something else, if we were not on television, i could say, but it is true, you know? the army, being an establishment of its own, it is very hard to make a step forward to change things, because it is a system. so when i see the changes in the army or in the military between 1943-1970, i am amazed, because i thought it would have made the kind of a step, if that much, but it is so much better than i expected. i cannot repeat that enough. if you are going to ask me, do? you think of the army as a country club? hell, no! is it going to be a drag on the average cat that's on the street, whether he'd be black or white, to get in the military? i would say yes it is, because we live in a society that promotes total freedom. everybody better thank god that the military has its head where it is and is trying to improve itself as opposed to where it was. this is all i am saying. ain't no

military to have to lift her house arrest and grant democratic concessions 5 years later in l.d. party one an absolute majority in the 1st 3 elections suchi became the country's minister of foreign affairs and de facto head of government but the military led by army chief men long retained its grip on power meaning that suit she remained a head of government at the mercy of the military. as a result of basic democratic freedoms like freedom of the press and protection for minorities remain elusive during her time in power. is this the end of. physics let me pass that last question right on to you is this the end of the the end of her ability to influence political developments in her country well i wouldn't say so. i think there we must differentiate between the formal political process and there i agree was yes need a very much looks like these trumped up charges would quite possibly lead to her becoming essentially becoming boss from running for public office. that includes actually the wide end of the leadership she won't be the only one that's what i expect that will be charg