karen national union is one of them. they have signed it. that military outpost and killed a few of the soldiers and captured some of them, so military attacks, we talked about this area per garment, under the marching towards those and karen are pushing these refugees towards the thai burma border. bud are pushing these refugees towards the thai burma border.— the thai burma border. and so how eas is the thai burma border. and so how easy is this — the thai burma border. and so how easy is this alliance _ the thai burma border. and so how easy is this alliance between - the thai burma border. and so how easy is this alliance between the i easy is this alliance between the protesters in the city against the coups and these ethnic armed groups, because these groups after or are looking for more autonomy from the central government, and some of these protesters in the city want to give power back to the democratically elected central government.— democratically elected central government. ., , ., ., , government. yeah, but for now they have a

already been displaced in cairo and state after previous ass trikes over the weekend and the karen national union rebel group says thousands of troops are advancing towards the area with reports of more airstrikes many people have fled the region for neighboring thailand but say forces that $10000.00 of them away thailand's prime minister says they chose to return to me in march and his country is ready to shelter anyone fleeing violence largely reports from kuala lumpur she says there are growing concerns about the situation on the border with thailand. clear escalation of violence following days of air strike reports say and 10000 people have already been sprayed many thousands are trying to cross the country into neighboring thailand to seek shelter and to seek refuge also getting reports from activists groups saying that these 5000 people have been turned back from entering thailand. we know that people who have been wounded have been trying to go into the country to seek medical assistance and dozens of them were allowed to go into the time and that to seek medical assistance but clearly wha

happened in papua district which is controlled by the arm that karen ethnic group earlier the karen national union said it killed 10 soldiers after overrunning an army base . the delivery of vaccines to developing countries through the un backed kovacs programme could be pushed back by several weeks because of the slowdown of exports from a major indian producer the indian government has told international buyers they will now have to keep more available doses because of a rising new infections are india correspondent elizabeth pour on them reports from new delhi. for more than 3 months indian made cod 19 vaccines have been delivered to countries around the world 60000000 doses have gone to 76 countries as part of aid and commercial agreements bought india recorded its highest number of cars on a virus cases in 5 months this week and the government says it must now prioritize local supply the director general of the world health organization says that's understandable but it's important and the it continues to export vaccines we're already in discussion to keep a balance sort out they can use loca

to me i'm on now where the ethnic group the karen national union says the military sending thousands of soldiers towards its territory and strikes are also reported to have hit one of the group's bases and a village in karen state thousands of people have been displaced following similar attacks on the weekend hundreds of fled to neighboring thailand and in another development 3 more on groups say they'll join the counter to revolution if the military doesn't stop its crackdown on protesters rawnsley has more now from kuala lumpur clear escalation of violence following days of air strike reports say and 10000 people have already been raised merry thousands of flights across the country into neighboring thailand seek shelter and seek refuge also getting reports from activists groups saying that these 5000 people have been turned back from entering thailand. we know that people who then wouldn't it have been trying to go into the country to seek medical assistance and dozens of them were allowed to go into that type of religion to seek medical assistance but clearly what's happening in

already been displaced in karen state after previous airstrikes over the weekend and they karen national union rebel group says thousands of troops are advancing towards the area with reports of more airstrikes many people have fled to the region from neighboring thailand but say forces there turned thousands of them away months louis has more from kuala lumpur she says concerns are growing about the situational a border with thailand. clear escalation of violence following days of air strike reports say and 10000 people have already been razed many thousands of flights across the country into neighboring highlands and seek shelter and to seek refuge also getting reports from activists groups saying that these 5000 people have been turned back from entering thailand. we know that people who have been wounded have been flying to go into the country to seek medical assistance and dozens of them were allowed to go into that type of image to seek medical assistance but clearly what's happening in myanmar is now extremely worrisome it's not just the fact that there is no. unmarked military is crack

saturday reuters reported that the karen national union, this armed faction, targeted a military outpostborder with thailand. in response there are air strikes and an aid group reports three people were killed as a result of those air strikes. this is a dangerous new chapter in this ongoing crisis. the protest movement is evolving. we are seeing armed student groups, now armed ethnic factions involved. guerilla tactics are in play. they have access to lethal weapons. they are manufacturing their own weapons like molotov cocktails and targeting security outposts and military outposts. the resistance is rising and they are responding with lethal force. >> all right, kristie lu stout there in hong kong for us, thanks. >>> joining me now is tom andrews, u.s. special rappateur on myanmar. "the military celebrated armed forces day by committing mass murder against the people it should be defending. the civil disobedience movement is responding with powerful weapons of peace. it's pastime for the world to respond in kind with and for the people of myanmar." it has been a horrific day for the pe

the karen national union are the oldest.rious recent target -- the military targeted the rohingya with scorched-earth. they are accused of genocide and war crimes. the conflicts between the state and ethnic groups go back 75 years. >>another piece of history made with the signing of the burma treaty. nick: in 1947, the burmese government obtained independence, but not immunity. >> the karen did not really upset -- union. they started fighting against the newly formed government. nick: priscilla cop is the former u.s. chief of mission in myanmar. she said they kept ethnic armed groups apart and pitted them against each other. >> the country is very heavily armed. it is awash in 9 -- nonstate armed groups. if they are operating separately, the military is able to keep them more or less under control, but that may be changing right now. nick: changing because of horror across the country, where protesters are targeted for death. soldiers are beating and shooting people in the street. this past saturday was the deadliest day sin

were injured in the attack which happened in the popcorn region controlled by the karen ethnic group the carin national union said it killed 10 soldiers after or running an army base. chile has begun its strictest coronavirus don so far as it tries to curb a spike in cases more than $80000.00 of the population is under mandatory isolation the president says it's necessary to ease fresh air on the health care system about 40 percent of the population has been vaccinated the most of any latin american nation able to cure level you know we have restricted transit through drop downs and symmetry controls today more than 16000000 countrymen around the core and train we are fully aware of the difficulties and 2nd for us is that this measure means to chile and families but to protect health to protect the lives of citizens is definitely the 1st priority. meanwhile the number of corona virus cases and deaths in brazil the deaths rather have topped 3000 for the 2nd day in a row the country now accounts for a quarter of the world's over 1900 targets he's in health experts are warning the worst could still be ahead the

karen k. and you the korean national union. in kitchen state in the north that they would step in if the violence went too far well it has clearly gone too far this weekend we've seen a couple of isolated attacks on myanmar army installations and so this may be the army trying to strike back 1st but one wonders if they are going to stretch themselves you know they are now fighting a war effectively on many fronts both against their own people in their main cities and towns in the villages but now in these areas which admittedly have been at war for decades and decades so it is nothing unusual but we've also been through a period over the last 5 years for example in the qur'an areas where there has been an uneasy peace but a peace which is largely held now the myanmar army seems to be going becoming very proactive you know the airstrikes for example we haven't seen those for years but there are concerns about that too people in those areas say they haven't seen strikes in the past but these were the 1st ones were strikes at nigh

current national union says the military sending thousands of soldiers to areas it controls in the south east airstrikes also reported to have targeted one of their bases in a village in karen state thousands of people have been displaced following similar attacks on the weekend hundreds of fled to neighboring thailand. so those are the headlines here the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story states you are watching. it's been described as a strategic deal china and iran have signed a long term agreements worth billions of dollars but in a volatile region what do both countries stand to gain and what does it mean for the middle east and beyond this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dead you know it's been in the works since 2016 and a comprehensive strategic partnership the deal signed between china and iran is expected to boost their long standing economic and political alliance the corporation would cover a wide range of chinese investments in iran's most important sectors including energy and infrastructure it's the 1st long term agreements if its type to be signed by iran with a major world power and comes at a tough time for iran's economy