farewell the queen elizabeth and a small group of course family members say goodbye to prince philip and eritrea admits for the 1st time its troops have been fighting in ethiopia is to dry region where they're accused of committing atrocities and i'm we're hearting with sports major league soccer has started its new season aiming for financial comeback after losing close to a $1000000000.00 during the pandemic. we begin this news hour and it's a labor a judge has ordered former interior minister and deputy prime minister matteo salvini to stand trial the right wing lead party leader has been charged with kidnapping in a case involving a ship carrying refugees and migrants in 29 scene let's get more night from nuri chalons he joins us live from london morning what more can you tell us about this case. well basically the actually being 2 very similar legal cases the salvini has been embroiled in and they are both of them links to 2 separate incidents where ships that herds try to dock. on the italian coastline with migrants on board that have been rescued at sea were prevented from doing so by the

both ethiopia and eritrea and military personnel will probably be held accountable. ukraine is expelling a russian diplomat after a ukrainian diplomats was detained in st petersburg russia accuses oleksandr saluki of trying to classified information and has ordered him home ukraine rejects the allegations which come at a time of already high tensions russian troops have been amassing along ukraine's border. britain's prince philip has been laid to rest in the royal vaults at windsor castle that you could edinburgh died at the age of 99 last week only 30 family members were able to attend the private ceremony because of coronavirus restrictions prince philip was the u.k.'s longest serving concerts to be narry to queen elizabeth for more than 73 years the fokker has more now from windsor and. according to some reports that may be water prince philip would have wanted a man who wasn't all that keen on standing on ceremony however there was a significant amount of pageantry in this funeral his body was brought to st george's chapel within the confines of windsor castle o

minister of the need to stand trial for leaving a group of refugees and migrants stranded at sea in 2019 eritrea admits for the 1st time its troops have been fighting in ethiopia's to grow a region where they're accused of committing atrocities. and britain's prince philip is birds a final farewell by his widow queen elizabeth and a restricted harmful of loyal family members and on time the one must now have all the day's sport including reigning world champion lewis hamilton has taken pole position for sunday's immediate oh man you're gone and italy. well it's been more than 14 months since the 1st known case of covert 19 was detected no the world is once again confronting a staggering toll when a 3000000 people have died of the virus world why it's a 3rd of those deaths were in europe which has scaled up its vaccinations so fights a deadly 3rd wave in germany were near the 80000 people have died chancellor angela merkel is pushing for a new paris to enforce locked ends and curb infections in brazil the virus has taken a toll on mostly young people grave diggers are working round the clock to c

and china for example come in at number $142.14 respectively last is the small east african country eritrea falling this year behind north korea. and its good mall from tristan may he is the executive director of the german branch of reporters without borders welcome to day starts at the bottom of the ranking how did eritrea full behind even north korea what's going on there. i mean if in fact they see changes there in the end of bottom of our index our other message the logical then really in-depth still element in these countries so it happens that in some of the countries who there happens that relieves us but in fact the situation if you go into the methodological details there it didn't change . christan why is the pandemic making the work of fiction this. i mean it's a pandemic is no global scene and you we see said there is a decision from a nation that globally is screening as well and all over the world in many counts reese who we see actually that's a pen dam make is at used against independent journalists we can start for example in brazil of it so he allowed we're actually state

just back from eritrea and sudan.cent report headlined "'two bullets is enough': analysis of tigray massacre video raises questions for ethiopian army." next up, dr. martin luther king was assassinated 53 years ago. we will hear dr. king in his own words. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. we end the show today with the words of dr. martin luther king. he was assassinated april 4, 1968, at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. just 39 years old. while dr. king is primarily celebrated as a civil rights leader, he championed the cause of the poor and organized the pooreople's campaign to address issues of economic justic he was also a fierce critic of u.s. foreign policy and the vietnam war. we are going to play a part of his "beyond vietnam" speech, that he gave a year to the day before he was assassinated here in new york at riverside church. >> i speak as a child of god and other tohe sferingourt vietnam i eak for tse whoseand is b

for example come in at number one $142.14 respectively last is the small east african country of eritrea falling this year behind north korea and its get more from christian men he is the executive director of the german branch of reporters without borders good to have you on the program christian why is the pandemic making the work of journalists harder. damn it is a global city and all over the world we see gallon and trailing gallon and sometimes even spreading this information on on on on on met medicine or some seeing us all of worth and journalists actually need a questioning actually do you think to see if it efficiency of governmental politics so there's a craving policies of governments fighting zip and damage and when he really questions is actually they are persecuted just for seeking to truce and holding governments accountable and this is happening those in democracies and dictatorships christian which country concentrated the most of this year i mean really bottom of our index they are asked in the last years north korea eritrea to camillus towns these are the countries whi

in response, government troops arrived in the north, aided by neighboring eritrea.here has led to accusations that the government and troops are committing human rights abuses against civilians. after months of denials, the prime minister has admitted troops from neighboring eritrea have entered tigre. >> the reason they show their presence is because they have a national security concern. we also informed the eritrean government they are being accused of wrongdoings, looting, and other things. the eritrean government strongly denounced these allegations and said it will take strong measures on any of its soldiers who are found guilty of these accusations. >> the decision by the government to allow us and other foreign journalists cover the conflict follows months of international pressure. aid agencies were blocked from delivering humanitarian aid for four months to nearly 3 million people still on the brink of starvation. many in the camps are in the sprit need of more support. >> we started on food, on nutrition. the most important need for these people is to get

your lane live between sudan and eritrea if you'll be i was i was curious and i'm saying you know calling someone today but you're not ruling out the possibility i guess i'm not ruling out by the way as far as i'm concerned it's not just about having being landlocked or whatever it was about that criticism when the people think i have become an independent state there is nothing whatsoever that would stand in the way that's not a stretch is not acceptable to my my my you'd like i thought i i i was one of the proponents of. the fed on the open stage but even myself a staunch proponent of the difference can you have difficulty coming out in public in support of because i don't believe it is the option at this point in time what i'm saying is i'm not the person you're voting out of. hiding from taxes but if it's more idea and more romantic than i am it has you read it thank you so much for joining me on a fraud. matters. to mass shootings in the space of just one week have reignited the debate about gun control in the united states on march 16th 8 people were killed in a shooting spree in at

in troops in the seagrave region despite reports from the united nations of human rights abuses by eritrea in the region last week he finally admitted that ethiopian national forces and every tree and soldiers had been fighting side by side he also announced on twitter that they returned government agreed to withdraw its forces and that the ethiopian national defense force would take over guarding the border hold immediately have to retrain forces left to help they haven't left the fact that it's not encroaching on the part of the editor had written to record forces despite the protestations. that. the time forces have not been involved in the fighting have to come forward and that means that it was in fact the true that in return for this matter i think a long time it is going to seem to now when the international community the school for on the issue of the afghan government had to come forward and say government and that. none of us hadn't heard anything government was that it was an indication of the part of the afghan government forces the fact. announcement of. the streets about. who

says thousands of people fled pollin many of them unaccompanied minors eritrea has admitted that its troops are fighting in ethiopia's north integrity region but has vowed to withdraw them so fast time one of the african nation is explicitly knowledged its role in the conflicts eritrean forces are reportedly dressing as members of the ethiopian military by the governments of previously denied that presence that and prince philip the late husband of queen elizabeth has been laid to rest in the royal vault at windsor castle he died last week at the age of 99 his funeral was a relatively low key affair with no units of speeches and just 30 people attending because of the color of it 19 restrictions. al-jazeera world is coming out next looking at the doorman of egypt. now let's try to fill it with in the thing a 2nd. i mean i'm out of the market in shanghai. over. some sort of them have the test and it's had been less than a. little integer volatility. we are how that was you look at the. number one. and this wasn't out of the. look a lot different i thought what is your opinion on. what

the gang rapes, that are being carried out against young girls in tea , in tconflic i ethiopia and eritrea it has been called ethnic cleansing by the united states. why haven't we heard from president biden and vice-president harris about this concern? what is the u.s. doing? >> well, i think you have heard from president biden because you've heard from me and you've heard from secretary blinken. president biden has engaged with the ethiopian government. secretary blinken has engaged with the ethiopian government. president biden sent senator coons to have discussions with the ethiopian government and lay out our concerns about the horrific situation in tea gray. and as the u.s. representative on the security council, i thought it was important that the security council's voice also be added to the voices of concern about the situation there. we had seen -- >> brennan: well, you're clearly saying what is being done is not enough. >> it is not enough. and that's why i raised it in security council, because i think we have to make sure that the victims hear our voices, but also the perpetrat

eritrea has admitted that its troops are fighting in ethiopia's northern region but has vowed to withdraw them it's the 1st time the one of the african nation has explicitly knowledged its role in the conflicts eritrean forces are reportedly dressing as members of the ethiopian military both governments have previously denied that presence the u.n. says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities and prince philip the layout of queen elizabeth has been laid to rest in the royal vault at windsor castle is funeral was a relatively low key affair with no unities or speeches and just 30 people in attendance women make science as the program coming up next. the climate is changing and production now is paramount the challenges are immense but overcoming that is crucial will president joe biden galvanized efforts for stronger action stay with the just 0 for special coverage of the media's summit on climate. it's going to be choppy bias ok 2 of them i was kind of lead to the 2 teams and then always want to experience and then within just. and when we observe we observe all kind of as well but

both ethiopia and eritrea and military personnel will probably be held accountable. and italian court has ordered for maintain minister to stand on trial to stand trial on kidnapping charges for refusing to let a migrant ship dock in sicily 2 years ago but salvini has the leader of italy's and he immigration party is confident he won't be going to prison or a challenge has been on for several weeks in 2019 the open arms board done to the hot sun over sicily and some are on board around 100 mostly african migrants italy didn't want them but nor did any other european states then italian interior minister matter really wouldn't let the rescue ship dock until european leaders relented and took the migrants in to his dismay when italian judge has just ruled so must stand trial for the migrants kidnapping this is not. to be taken from a kidnapper absolutely not the idea is simply ridiculous it's simply ridiculous i am sorry for my children because now i'll have to reassure them that the dad will be going to prison tomorrow morning or that next week saturday god willing i'

ethiopia says troops belonging to its neighbour eritrea have started to withdraw from the tigray regiont tigray�*s ruling party — the tplf. on friday the g7 group of industrialised nations called for their withdrawal and condemned the killing of civilians and other abuses in tigray. it also demanded immediate and unhindered humanitarian access. flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall, have left at least 44 people dead on the indonesian island of flores and the neighbouring state of east timor. a landslide killed 11 people in the east timorese capital, dili, as homes were washed away. in one village in eastern flores, a mudslide buried dozens of houses. power supplies were cut and floodwaters also engulfed the presidential palace. dozens of young activists in myanmar have decorated easter eggs with anti—coup slogans and pictures as part of a coordinated social media campaign. some protesters were seen handing out the eggs in yangon, but most posted anonymous photos in a bid to attract international attention while avoiding police brutality. street protests against the military coup have

your lane like between sudan and eritrea if you'll be i was i was curious and i'm saying you know calling someone today but you're not ruling out the possibility i guess i'm not ruling out by the way as far as i'm concerned it's not just about having being landlocked or whatever it was about that criticism when the people think i have become an independent state there is nothing whatsoever that would stand in the way that's not a stretch is not acceptable to my my my you'd like i thought i i i was one of the proponents of. president if you can stay but even myself a staunch proponent of the difference can you have difficulty coming out in public in support because i don't believe it is as high as an option at this point in time what i'm saying is i'm not the person you're running out of. hiding from taxes but if it's more idea and more romantic than i am it has you read it thank you so much for joining me on a fraud. matter. to mass shootings in the space of just one week have reignited the debate about gun control in the united states on march 16th 8 people were killed in a shooting spre

eritrea is bottom of the cross coming $180.00 out of $180.00 g. bush he is not far behind neither are nigeria and zimbabwe doing better gonna and south africa they come ahead off the u.k. it's ranked in africa is. now one country that has and has specially poor record when it comes to press freedom is mozambique journalists they are all subject to intimidation basing abductions and extrajudicial killings now we have the story of one journalist who has been missing now for more than a year. barrueco hasn't heard from his brother for over a year. who is a radio journalist who was kidnapped by a unknown abductors on his way home from work he sent a colleague a message just before hand saying he was surrounded by soldiers. from the most east . to. see the people for their. mother who we as his family are very sad swe have no idea what might happen his brother has 2 children and there's also his wife right now the kids go through a bad time we as his family demand information why was he kidnapped where is he a big if we were going to police it was that

it was attacked off eritrea. the irani and -- the iranian news agency says it was escorting commercial vessels. a u.s. military spokesperson says it was not involved. ♪ the use of force and how police officers should try to de-escalate crisis situations has been the focus of the seventh day of evidence in the trial of former minneapolis police derek chauvin. he is accused of the murder of george floyd, a black man whose death sparked months of protests demanding racial equality and an end ( to police brutality. tuesday, expert witnesses outlined the force's procedures, including the fact that all minneapolis police officers were trained in dealing with a crisis. chauvin's defense argued the circumstances surrounding floyd's death were extraordinary and stressful. the prosecution alleges chauvin didn't follow official guidelines for use of force. >> is this an mpd trained neck restraint? >> no, sir. >> has never been? >> no, sir. >> is this an mpd authorized restraint technique? >> a knee on the neck is something

troops from eritrea are also involved, backing the ethiopian government.ict has largely been hidden from view as access has been severely limited. the un is currently investigating numerous allegations of atrocities committed by all sides. we can't say for sure when these videos were filmed, but the armed men are wearing uniforms that match those used by the ethiopian national defence force, or endf. they are heard speaking amharic, one of ethiopia's official languages. the victims are dressed in civilian clothing and are heard speaking the language of the tigray region. for those trying to piece together what is happening on the ground, this is more evidence of shocking violence. i mean, since the beginning of the conflict in the tigray region, we've documented a whole magnitude of very serious abuses, including extrajudicial executions by ethiopian government forces and their allies, and this is absolutely an incident which will require further investigation because what we are seeing here in the video could amount to war crimes. we put the videos and cl

troops from eritrea are also involved, backing the ethiopian government.s largely been hidden from view as access has been severely limited. the un is currently investigating numerous allegations of atrocities committed by all sides. we can't say for sure when these videos were filmed, but the armed men are wearing uniforms that match those used by the ethiopian national defence force, or endf. they are heard speaking amharic, one of ethiopia's official languages. the victims are dressed in civilian clothing and are heard speaking the language of the tigray region. for those trying to piece together what is happening on the ground, this is more evidence of shocking violence. i mean, since the beginning of the conflict in the tigray region, we've documented a whole magnitude of very serious abuses, including extrajudicial executions by ethiopian government forces and their allies, and this is absolutely an incident which will require further investigation because what we are seeing here in the video could amount to war crimes. we put the videos and claims t

we've actually been hearing about babel mand straits problems in the context of ethiopia and eritrea bizarrely but them given that you you personally have been involved in conflict resolution across the tables from conflicting parties. just before we get back to what we're talking about what do you do what did you make of the language meeting when the chinese finally came out on the world stage as it were and read the riot act to joe biden's administration about actions on human rights. i think we'll look back on it in a few years time as a real turning point in history it really surprises me in a way because through chinese of being very cautious i mean i talked to chinese officials and they've been always very cautious and very cautious about what they said but i mean what was most significant after that was then there was a very important strategic meeting between the chinese foreign minister him about 2 days after the anchorage talks and the and mr lavrov the russian foreign minister in which they discussed the yet closer arrangement between the 2 a strategic partnership associat

eritrea has admitted that its troops fighting in ethiopia is no integrity region but has vowed to pull them out is the 1st time the one of african nation has explicitly knowledged its role in the conflict eritrean forces are reportedly dressing as members of the ethiopian military both governments have previously denied that presence the un says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities and prince phillip the late husband of queen elizabeth has been laid to rest in the royal vault wins a costal he died last week at the age of 99 his funeral was a relatively low key affair with no units speeches and just 30 people attending because of restrictions around 19 so the listening post is coming up next examining media outlets in brazil joining forces to take on president gyro all sinatra news off that in about 25 minutes time i'll see you then. or silence bracing for what could be just as cash. for such a source here that's why it's hard. to brazilian president also down to the threat of reality and how important stock up i have. hello i'm richard gilbert of you're at the listening post w

demanding that covert 1000 precautions are taken inside prisons and that adequate medical care is ensured eritrea has admitted that its troops all fighting in ethiopia's northern to grow region it's the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly explicitly knowledged its rule in the conflict or a trend forces are reportedly dressed as members of the ethiopian military both governments of previously denied their presence contradicting testimony from aid workers refugees residents the u.n. says the air tran forces of commission has atrocities. the u.n. says that hundreds of children were separated from their families when a town in northern mozambique was attacked by a group last month many of them arriving in pemba from. reports. when an armed group attacked the town of palma in mozambique province some of these women got separated from their children their plan was to reach the provincial capital hoping this sons and daughters had also managed to get here as well on the border and you know it was i want this war to end i can't take it anymore people are left with nothing people are sufferi

there have been human rights violations, and there is a real challenge in getting eritrea and troops out of ethiopia and preventing the kind of really horrific collapse of a federal republic that many happen in europe and the balkans and yugoslavia in the 1990's. i was happy to be given the opportunity to represent president bynum it -- by them. the prime minister of ethiopia gave me his time and i pressed president biden's perspectives very hard and got some commitments. so far, there have been encouraging actions. this is a tough situation in a nation of 110 million people. one of the biggest countries in africa, and one where i expect to remain engaged. jake: that was my next question, i anticipate you will do more of this as time goes on? sen. coons: likely, yes. one of the things i am eager to do and i have discussed with the folks i just mentioned. as it becomes more possible to safely travel, because all of us are vaccinated, i think having a bipartisan and bicameral delegation will go to some of the more challenging regions of the world is important. the senate is really slow

is reporting the man fled the country before the attack on the natanz plants last sunday eritrea has admitted its troops are fighting in ethiopia's northern t gray region it's the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly acknowledged its role in the conflicts both governments said previously denied their presence contradict in testimony from aid workers refugees and residents the u.n. says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities britain's prince philip has been laid to rest in the royal vaulted windsor castle which you can read and read died at the age of 99 last week 30 cos while family members were able to attend the private ceremony because of coronavirus restrictions. ukraine is expelling a russian diplomats after ukrainian diplomats was detained in st petersburg russia accuses as xander a source a nuke of trying to taint classified information and has ordered him home ukraine rejects all the allegations and large numbers of people have rallied in chicago in support of a teenager the teen a boy who was shot dead by police and rage to the shooting of a young black a

grey he also contradicts the statement from the the european prime minister that eritrea and troops have been withdrawn from t. grey he says i must say neither the un nor any of the humanitarian agencies where we work with have seen proof of an era trend with drawl and he even says that there are trained troops they think are now being put into ethiopian defense force uniforms you also hear from the north or it is the humanitarian situation is improving he says it is not he says the vast majority of tea craze completely or partially inaccessible to humanitarian agencies he said that there are $4500000.00 people out of a total population of $6000000.00 in tikrit who need humanitarian assistance and most of them aren't getting it so what's the un going to do about all of this in the last few minutes i put that to the spokes person for the un secretary-general. what should be done one is increase humanitarian humanitarian access to see real movements on human rights investigations given the horrific reports we're seeing from our own people sometimes even from the ethiopian government's own

both ethiopia and eritrea and military personnel will probably be held accountable so loud for you on the program. another cry for justice after another police shooting u.s. communities. and man was running genter announces a mass prisoner release but if any afford to be anti could protest is. how we've got some pleasant spring wald's across many parts of europe over the next couple of days not particularly high temperatures for many but a fair bit of sunshine coming through nevertheless a little more cloud spilling in from the atlantic towards the british isles little more cloud to where it was that eastern side of europe calls a cloud here producing some outbreaks of sherry rape absa little bit of snow still in place there just around the balkans but not too much to speak of still a warm side for moscow 14 celsius average for this time vs around 10 degrees civil war side down towards the southeast ankara could touch $24.00 celsius but again notice a few showers coming across parts of greece and into further west this is what we have more in the way of sunshine than showers some plea

agencies from other countries had recruited people from within iran so this could be a similar case eritreahas admitted its troops are fighting in ethiopia slower than t. growing region it's the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly acknowledged its role in the conflict and trained forces are reportedly addressing this members of the ethiopian military both governments previously denied their presence contradict in testimony from aid workers refugees and residents the u.n. says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities. the u.n. says hundreds of children were separated from their families when a turn in northern mozambique was attacks by armed groups last month many of them arriving in pemba from where. for instance the reports. when an armed group attacked the town of parma in mozambique kabul dug out of province some of these women got separated from their children their plan was to reach pemba the provincial capital hoping this sons and daughters had also managed to get here as well and for them here are the final i want this war to end i can't take it anymore people are

now eritrea has admitted that its troops are fighting in ethiopia's northern territory region but has vowed to withdraw them this is the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly knowledged its role in the conflicts eritrean forces are reportedly dressing as members of the ethiopian military both governments have previously denied their presence there contradicting testimony from aid workers refugees and residents the un says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities. now an italian court has ordered the former interior minister mattel's salvini to stand trial on kidnapping charges for refusing to let like when ship dock in sicily 2 years ago but salvini news leader of the gratian league party is confident he won't be going to prison or chalons has more. for several weeks in 2019 the open arms bob done to the hot sun over sicily and summer on board around 100 mostly african migrants italy didn't want them but nor did any other european states then italian interior minister. wouldn't let the rescue ship dock until european leaders relented and took the migrants in to his di

troops from eritrea are also involved, backing the ethiopian government.is currently investigating numerous allegations of atrocities committed by all sides. we can't say for sure when these videos were filmed, but the armed men are wearing uniforms that match those used by the ethiopian national defence force, or endf. they are heard speaking one of ethiopian�*s official languages. the victims are dressed in civilian clothing and i heard speaking the language of the tigray region. for those trying to piece together what is happening on the ground, this is more evidence of shocking violence. since the beginning of the conflict in the tigray region we have documented the whole magnitude of very serious abuses, including extrajudicial executions by ethiopian government forces and their allies and this is absolutely an incident which will require further investigation because what we are seeing here in the video could amount to war crimes. we put the videos and claims to the ethiopian government, who said they were open to independent investigations in the ti

a cnn investigation compiled eyewitness testimony, claiming that soldiers from eritrea were carrying, extra judicial killings, and deploying rape and sexual violence as a weapon. >>> jordan says it's uncovered a plan to destabilize the kingdom, and the government is pointing a finger directly at a member of the royal family. >>> and u.s. president president biden has another big plan in the works. his next focus, a bill to create jobs and rebuild america's crumbling infrastructure. i've always focused on my career. but when we found out our son had autism, his future became my focus. lavender baths always calmed him. so we turned bath time into a business. and building it with my son has been my dream job. at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com see every delivery... every yikes... and even every awwwwwwww... wait, where was i? introducing self protection from xfinity. designed to put you in control. with real-time notifications and a week of uninterrupted recording. all powered by reliab

for months now, we've reported on the atrocities in eritrea. in this video, we see men in ethiopian military uniforms. the distinction is important. why? >> reporter: absolutely, because the implication has been, when these world leaders and most notably president biden's envoy, chris coons, when he went to ethiopia the emphasis was around the withdrawal of eritrean troops, which ethiopia hadn't acknowledged were in the country until very recently. what this video shows, when you see those young men surrounded by ethiopian soldiers who are utterly brazen about asking the whistle-blower who we were able to verify was a soldier, when you see them calling the whistle-blower forward and you see what happens to those young men in this video and what we were able to verify with families in the area and local villagers, that young men had been dragged from their homes prior to this massacre. it gives you a sense of the impunity of state actors, of ethiopian soldiers carrying out an extra-judicial execution and brazenly filming themselves. that has to

to do their job is being made worse by the covert 1900 pandemic so who all the list of feigned is eritrea is bottom of the cross coming 180 out of 180 g. bush he is not far behind nigeria and zimbabwe doing better all gonna and south africa they come ahead off the u.k. base ranked in africa is. now one country that has and has specially poor record when it comes to press freedom is mozambique joined in this they are all subjected to intimidation. abductions and extrajudicial killings now we have the story of one journalist who has been missing now for more than a year. hasn't heard from his brother for over a year. who is a radio journalist who was kidnapped they are known as doctors on his way home from work he sent a colleague a message just before hand saying he was surrounded by soldiers. stories to. the. sea the people of france. who we as his family are very sad it's we have no idea what might happen his brother has 2 children and there's also his wife right now the kids go through a bad time we as his family demand information why was he kidnapped where is he before we begin to pol

let's get a quick check now of some of the other stories making news this hour ethiopia says that eritrea has started withdrawing its forces from t. crime a rebel group launched attacks in the northern ethiopian region in november prompting or trained troops to cross the border or train forces have been accused of human rights atrocities and clubbing the massacre of civilians rape and looting. flash flooding and landslides have killed over 50 people in indonesia and east timor and more heavy rain is forecast electricity and transport routes have also been affected video footage shows a building being swept away in east timor's capital dili. well security has been stepped up across sri lanka on the anniversary of the largest single terror attack in the country's history on easter sunday in 2019 suicide bombers targeted churches and hotels killing more than 260 people the islamic state claimed responsibility but despite an investigation no one has yet to stand trial for the attacks chilling surveillance footage shows a suicide bomber with a backpack striding into a parked church on easter s

war against tigray's ousted regional leaders for the last five months with the help of neighboring eritrea is not mainly tigray's doing. here's why that's not true. we know these are ethiopian soldiers because of the ethiopian flag here and here and examining the camouflage clothing, the uniforms match those of the ethiopian army. in addition, the soldiers are speaking the official language of the ethiopian army distinct from the local language. we also know the location by analyzing the video and geolocating the footage. we know it's in central tigray by the mountain range and terrain just south of the city. this developed by amnesty international confirms that through spacial. you can see the mountain range as much as the footage. we know the captives were moved from 1.7 miles away. key geographical features were mapped on basis of the site. by pinpointing the location cnn was able to speak to local villagers who confirmed their family members were dragged away by ethiopian soldiers and have not been seen since. some believe their loved ones are in this video. you can hear soldiers askin

attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence christian salumi al-jazeera eritrea has admitted that its troops all fighting in ethiopia's northern to grow region it's the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly knowledged its role in the conflict eritrean forces are reportedly dressing as members of the ethiopian military both governments have previously denied their presence contradicting contradicting testimony from aid workers refugees and residents the u.n. says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities. well the u.n. says that hundreds of children were separated from their families. because attacked by a group last month many of them arriving in pemba from. reports . when an armed group attacked the town of palma in mozambique's kabul delgado province some of these women got separated from their children their plan was to reach the provincial capital hoping this sons and daughters had also managed to get here as well wouldn't you know it was i want this war to end i can't take it anymore people are left with nothing people are suffering a lot of