general min aung hlaing was speaking at a large parade in the capital, naypyidaw, to mark armed forcesdisplay of strength comes almost two months after the army seized power. anti—coup activists have called for a huge show of defiance, but the authorities have warned that protests will be met with deadly force. the annual military exercise involved hundreds of soldiers, marching in formation with large flags, as well as tanks and other military hardware. the event marks the anniversary of burmese military resistance to japanese occupation in 1945, led by the country's independence leader aung san, the father of aung san suu kyi. our correspondent nick marsh says much of the military general�*s speech was him repeating the lines he's been saying to justify the military takeover. yeah, general min aung hlaing came out with most of the classics, really, that we have been hearing over the last couple of months since that military takeover on the first of february. corruption allegations against the national league for democracy, claims of voter fraud in the november election, the idea that

we those live pictures from naypyidaw in myanmar.ing across what is said there and bring you the latest as it happens. the republican governor of the us state of georgia has signed a law restricting voting access. president biden said the new law amounted to "jim crow in the 21st century" — a reference to measures used to prevent black people from voting in the past. the law tightens voter identification requirements and makes it harder to register. it also says people can't be given food or water while they wait to vote. victory in georgia last year helped the democrats win the white house and control of the senate. president biden had this to say. it's an atrocity. the idea, if you want any indication that it has nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with decency, they passed a law saying you cannot provide water? for people standing in line while they are waiting to vote? you don't need anything else to know that this is nothing but punitive, designed to keep people from voting. if you can't provide water for people about to

thura is an accredited bbc journalist with many years of reporting experience covering events in naypyidaw called on the authorities to confirm his safety: he was taking in their capital by unidentified men in plain clothes and we don't know where he has been taking too and we don't currently know where he is. he was with anotherjournalist know where he is. he was with another journalist from know where he is. he was with anotherjournalist from another another journalist from another organisation anotherjournalist from another organisation who was also taken at the same time and we really are appealing to the authorities in myanmar to help us locate him and confirm to us that he is safe and well. we know that since the coup in february a number ofjournalists february a number of journalists have february a number ofjournalists have been detained and some remain in detention and media organisations in detention and media organisations in some cases are having a really difficult time. it's really important that we know where he is and that he is safe and he is an accredited jar working with

local monitoring group it was the deadliest days since last month's military coup in the capital naypyidaw military commanders put on a show of strength to mark the annual armed forces day hundreds of people have died since pro-democracy rallies began. police in bellerose have detained dozens of protesters and several journalists the opposition are calling for more anti-government rallies the protests have been simmering for months after president alexander lukashenko claimed victory in disputed elections last summer. operators of egypt's suez canal say technical or human error could have caused a huge container ship to run aground engineers are working round the clock to reflect the ever given they hope to free it in the next few days the vessel has been blocking one of the world's busiest shipping lanes for 5 days. this is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram n t w news or visit our website that's d.w. dot com. oh. oh. oh but. you. can't. stop. ok wouldn't it be great if you could silence noise just like that we all know this only works on t.v. let's face it if

news around the world myanmar's annual armed forces day parade has been taking place in the capital naypyidaw activists had called for a show of defiance but the country's military rulers warned the protestors would be at risk of being shot meanwhile in the commercial capital yangon security forces shot and killed 4 protests people protesting outside of a police station. violence broke out in the southern english city of bristol after demonstrators gathered in defiance of covert $1000.00 restrictions several arrests were made after projectiles were thrown at police the gathering took place to protest a new bill that would allow police to restrict street protests. tanzania has buried former president john michael fully who died earlier this month reportedly from heart failure not before he was one of africa's most prominent deniers of the coronavirus crisis and opposition leaders claim the disease played a role in his unexpected death. u.s. president joe biden says china's she's in ping and russia's vladimir putin are among 40 world leaders that he is inviting to a summit on climate change bid

myanmar's annual armed forces day parade has been taking place in the capital naypyidaw activists had called for a show of defiance but the country's military rulers were warned that protesters would be at risk of being shot meanwhile in the commercial capital young gone security forces shot and killed 4 protesters outside a police station. u.s. president joe biden says china's xi jinping and russia's vladimir putin are among among 40 world leaders that he is inviting to a summit on climate change biden has made the climate crisis a top priority of his administration the virtual summit is planned for april. questions are being raised in the united states about how the suspect in the boulder mass shooting was able to pass a background check allowing him to buy a semiautomatic weapon that's even though he had been convicted of assault 10 people died in the rampage which has reopened the debate about gun rights in this poll reports from boulder. what started as a regular day at the supermarket ended in a nightmare. the shooter opened fire and killed 10 people. residents of boulder has co

military regime staged a major show of force for his annual armed forces day parade in the capital naypyidaw. tanzania has buried former president john michael fully who died earlier this month reportedly from heart failure to fully was one of africa's most prominent deniers of the coronavirus crisis and opposition leaders claim the disease played a role in his unexpected death. a car bomb has wounded at least 17 people in corinto colombia the explosion occurred near the town hall and several municipal employees were injured in the blast it's the latest in a wave of violence that is spreading in the country's rural regions. u.s. president joe biden says china's cheatin peeing in russia's vladimir putin are among 40 world leaders that is inviting to a summit on climate change biden has made the climate crisis a top priority of his administration the virtual summit is planned for april. violence broke out in the southern english city of bristol after demonstrators gathered in defiance of covert $1000.00 restrictions several arrests were made were made after projectiles were thrown at police th

mean mars annual armed forces day parade has been taking place in the capital naypyidaw activists had called for a show of defiance of the country's military rulers when the protesters would be at risk of being shot meanwhile in the cat in the commercial capital yangon security forces shot and killed 4 people protesting outside a police station. tanzania has buried a former president john mica foully who died earlier this month reportedly from heart failure to fully was one of africa's most prominent deniers of the coronavirus crisis and opposition leaders claim the disease played a role in his unexpected death. u.s. president joe biden says china's xi jinping and russia's vladimir putin are bunk 40 world leaders is inviting to a summit on climate change biden has made the climate crisis a top priority of his administration and the virtual summit is planned for april. questions are being raised in the united states about how the suspect in the boulder boulder colorado mass shooting was able to buy a semiautomatic weapon records show he passed a background check even though he had been

protests continues as you can see an annual parade is being held in the capital naypyidaw in a speech the gintas leader criticized demonstrators that promised to hold elections u.s. politicians have been visiting border facilities in texas following a surge in migrants arriving in recent weeks democrats say they've inherited a broken system from the trumpet ministration the republicans accuse president biden of encouraging asylum seekers to make that journey manual rappler has more now from tijuana and mexico in the time that we've been here over the past few days we've seen a steady flow of people continuing to arrive in in fact this 1st line of tents that we have behind us here is. actually just popped up over night and people here are abreast of the news a lot of the folks that we've been speaking to say that they did actually listen to that press conference yesterday where president biden made it very clear that the border is closed where he said that he expects mexico to share in the burden of taking care of migrant families that will be inevitably deported from the united states

a televised media briefing in naypyidaw uncensored she was arrested after being deposed in a military coup last month at least 7 people have been killed and thousands left homeless after a major fire at a will hang a refugee camp in bangladesh hundreds of tents were burnt down leaving thousands of people without shelter health centers and other facilities out also been destroyed in australia authorities are warning they may need to order more people to evacuate as heavy rains sweep the east coast thousands of already been told to leave their homes and hundreds have been rescued in the state of new south wales and go on a virus cases a surgeon again in india for the 1st time in november the country recorded more than 40000 new infections in the last 24 hours those are the headlines coming up next here on al-jazeera it's witness. that in america is a region of wonder noise of tragedy and yes of violence but it doesn't matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition you come to seem to be trying to break away mr anderson you know i think it's a light and it's my

local monitoring group it was the deadliest days since last month's military coup in the capital naypyidaw military commanders put on a show of strength to mark the annual armed forces day hundreds of people have died since pro-democracy rallies began. police in bellows have detained dozens of protesters and several journalists the opposition are calling for more anti-government rallies the protests have been simmering for months after president alexander lukashenko claimed victory in disputed elections last summer. operators of egypt's suez canal say technical or human error could have caused a huge container ship to run aground engineers are working round the clock to reflect the ever given they have to free it in the next few days the vessel has been blocking one of the world's busiest shipping lanes for 5 days. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram and t w news or visit our website that's t w dot com. life can be a hop skip and jump for the young. but as we get older we may need to invest a little more effort to stay fit physically and mentally and so i ju

in the capital naypyidaw a fitness instructor filming her exercise routine unwittingly captured the unfolding 2 as a convoy of armored vehicles rolled into parliament. and all of jesus will watch them at the moment and uncensored cheesy is charged with offenses that could see her jailed for up to 9 years putin also faces 2 charges. and to go let alone one. or a money. to go out. as you know it's already looked at was a local law so i thought maybe she was even. after declaring a year long state of emergency. chief minimum lying now has absolute control of the nation and says fresh elections will be held. here today but that. the new regime did not respond to requests for comment but speaking anonymously a key figure in the ruling administration told me the coup was unavoidable. breaking the law being irresponsible they want to but not by large political power . what we want to see is variety and diversity in the model. that night residents of yangon feel atypical for me of some. loud noise is traditionally used to drive away eating spirits. he. was. 50. 0. 000000. despite instant demonstrator

local monitoring group it was the deadliest day since last month's military coup in the capital naypyidaw military commanders put on a show of strength to mark the annual armed forces day hundreds of people have died since pro-democracy rallies began. police in bellerose have to.

we all are in the city called naypyidaw. day, when we wake up, we found our phones are dead. all the signals are down. television was dead. and all we saw was the military men with the guns, the smoking guns — guns pointing at all the elected members of parliament. and then we found that it was being taken by guns — the will of the people of myanmar was once again silenced by smoking guns. and i was told by top advisors to leave as soon as possible so that i can speak on behalf of the parliament and our leaders, who are being illegally detained. and i dress as taxidriver. it took me three days and three nights in the freezing cold. and i thought i will be also arrested on the way, because so many military checkpoints. it was terrible night, it was terrible. but i survived and now, i'm in a relatively safe place. how come you were told to flee, told to escape, and you managed to escape, and so many others did not, including aung san suu kyi? were they not given the same information as you, that they should flee immediately? w

this on a day meant to celebrate myanmar's armed forces but celebrate they did outside the capital naypyidaw on an enormous parade ground and or inspiring display of military hardware and might the gentle leader in his address avoided the fact these soldiers are now fighting their own people and reinforced his statement that members of the army are the guardians democracy. the armed forces unavoidably assume the state responsibility by lawful means due to the unlawful acts of the n l d led government in the 2020 election after the accomplishment of the state of emergency provision a free and fair election will be rerun and the handover of state responsibility will be continued while the military has faced little opposition so far manned mars armed ethnic groups have been threatening to intervene if the violence continues. they continue to shoot at protesters and bully the people i think all ethnic groups would not just stand by and do nothing but it's civilians who now face the military's role 7 year old bone man was shot in the head inside his home in mandalay don't worry everything will be

videos uploaded to social media show large crowds of people in the country's capital — naypyidaw — fleeingsince the 1st of february — though the actual figure is thought to be much higher. large numbers of mourners in tanzania have been paying their respects to the late president, john magufuli, who died on wednesday. thousands have been filing past his flag—draped coffin at uhuru stadium in dar es salaam. there is no social distancing and few of the mourners or security officials were wearing masks to guard against the potential spread of covid—19. mr magufuli had played down the risk posed by the disease, and his government stopped providing figures early in the pandemic. the official cause of his death was heart failure. the uk government has been warned that its decision to slash billions of dollars from its overseas aid budget is illegal. britain's former top prosecutor ken macdonald said the commitment to meet a un target of spending 0.7% of national income on foreign aid was enshrined in domestic law. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale told us more about the case. it comes

cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidawade shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yangon to clear the streets. and there have been further allegations of police brutality. it's been over a month now since the protests erupted against the military coup on february 1st that overthrew aung san suu kyi's elected government. in that time, the people of myanmar have faced internet blackouts, night—time raids, unlawful arrests and death. 38 people were killed on wednesday alone, the deadliest day since the start of the coup. hundreds gathered in mandalay on thursday for the funeral of one of the victims. angel was just 19 when she was shot in the head during anti—coup protests a day earlier. she was wearing a t—shirt with the phrase "everything will be ok" when she died. the pressure is being felt globally. on friday, the un special envoy to myanmar urged the security council to hear myanmar�*s desperate pleas, and called for swift inte

continues to put down demonstrations against its rule right now a parade is underway in the capital naypyidaw to market forces day this event commemorates the army's resistance to japanese occupation and wild war to the military there has warned protest as they'll be shot in the head if they interrupted this annual event. and that's the 1st acknowledgment of a shoot to kill or divide the army another 3 people were killed in and protests on friday rights groups say they've now confirmed the deaths of $320.00 protesters since the military seized power 2 months ago but that the true number is likely to be much higher. now the u.s. says it will provide $30000000.00 of a bowl of assistance to democratic republic of congo and guinea that pledge came at a virtual summit on the disease this continuing threat in west africa african leaders have also been urged to follow through on their promise to contribute to a pool of 2000000 health care workers to deal with future health emergencies since february at least 9 people have died from a boat in guinea and 6 and democratic republic of congo where george

we saw on sunday peter and is it your sense from from the region school that the military the in naypyidaw will kind of carry on doing what they've done so far despite condemnations from wait wait see individuals like the u.n. secretary general the u.s. secretary of state and to me blinken you know they will under react if indeed they won't even do that they won't react a toll to that international condemnation. peter there really hasn't been any indication that the military judge is responding to any of this strong increasingly strong international condemnation and sanctions and private companies with ties to the military pulling out there hasn't really been any relaxation in their posture on the streets nor the rhetoric coming from nato or the capital what's interesting when you look at the regional reaction to this 10 nation bloc of southeast asian nations they had a very quick meeting last week with a couple of the foreign ministers the foreign minister point about the military flew here to bangkok they had quick talks in speaking to analysts here they are saying that you know you real

strength as its crackdown on anti crew protests continues a parade has been taking place in the capital naypyidaw to mark forces day the event commemorates the army's resistance to japanese occupation and wild war 2 the military has warned protesters that they will be shot in the head if they interrupt this event. ethiopia says eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from the northern tier a region where they've been accused of killing raping and torturing civilians it was only this week that ethiopian prime minister of the ahmed finally admitted that eritrean forces are in fact and after months of denials all those the headlines follow you will have more news after up front. i'm half scottish and half lebanese so diversity is really important to me and al-jazeera is the most diverse place i have ever worked we have so many different nationalities and this is east brought together in this one nice organization and this diversity of perspective is reflected in our coverage given a more accurate representation of the world we report on and that's a key strength of al-jazeera. as turkey pulls out

public opinion against aung sun suu kyi now on top of that they also showed a video of the mayor of naypyidaw alleging that her party the national league of democracy had committed electoral fraud by inventing voters including in one township tripling the number of voters there now if you remember one of the reasons or main reason that the military side to do for ford for conducting the coup is because they believed that the election last year had been carried out in fraud in the carried out and i hear is that they are just trying to shore up their case in carrying out this coup whether or not people believe what the military is saying is completely it another matter completely florence thank you very much for that foreign story live in kuala lumpur. saudi arabia is proposing a nationwide cease fire in yemen nearly 6 years after its military intervention began the plan includes a resumption of talks to end the war that's led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis at home the rebels say of riyadh proposal doesn't go far enough details and i limit here from riyadh and saudi arabia's political

videos uploaded to social media show large crowds of people in the country's capital — naypyidaw — fleeing people have died since the 1st of february — though the actual figure is thought to be much higher. large numbers of mourners in tanzania have been paying their respects to the late president, john magufuli, who died on wednesday. thousands have been filing past his flag—draped coffin at uhuru stadium in dar es salaam. there is no social distancing and few of the mourners or security officials were wearing masks to guard against the potential spread of covid—19. mr magufuli had played down the risk posed by the disease, and his government stopped providing figures early in the pandemic. the official cause of his death was heart failure. details of every adult and child in england, wales and northern ireland are being collected today as part of a once—in—a—decade census. by law, everyone has to be accounted for — in order to provide the government, local authorities and other organisations with information needed for future planning. the bbc�*s home editor, mark easton, has the details

local monitoring group it was the deadliest day since last month's military coup in the capital naypyidaw military commanders put on a show of strength to mark the annual armed forces day hundreds of people have died since pro-democracy rallies began. police in bellerose have detained dozens of protesters and several journalists the opposition are calling for more anti-government rallies the protests have been simmering for months after president alexander lukashenko claimed victory in disputed elections last summer. operators of egypt's suez canal say technical or human error could have caused a huge container ship to run aground engineers are working round the clock to reflect the ever given they have to free it in the next few days the vessel has been blocking one of the world's busiest shipping lanes for 5 days. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram and news or visit our website that's d.w. dot com. well all. this week on world stories. grief untold in karuna stricken virgo. fighting for the rights of people with disabilities in brussels but we begin in m