one of the few western journalists and me and maher alley foul gave us this update from yangon. from around 4 in the morning they phone connection was cut off there so for the 1st few hours of this it was really unclear what was going on which is agreed to be on moving lots of people lots of rumors lots of people worrying about what's going on when they're hearing that most of the people who have been detained being detained within their own homes or their own compound the m.p.'s for example all stay in one big compound together so it's reasonably easy to keep them detained and rounded up but it seems that this still able to communicate so there is some information coming out from. under the constitution you can hand power to the military in a state during a time states syrian national emergency but the minute the president has to allow that so what's happened is that the president has been arrested in the early hours of the morning and the vice president who is a military nominee has become acting president and then he has put that close of the constitution into effect he's han

now, even bill maher is warning the left that cancel culture is becoming too crazy s. >> the liberalsel culture. so that when the woke mob comes after you for some ridiculous offense, you'll stand your ground, stop apologizing because i can't keep up anymore with who's on the [bleep] list. memo to social justice warriors. when what you're doing sounds like an "onion" headline, stop. sean: i've got to tell you, i'm not a big fan of bill maher, but he has these moments where he actually has these moments of common sense where as a conservative i have to applaud him for pushing back. i want to get back to that in a little bit. i want to go to you first, lisa, and talk about louden county, it's in virginia. their schools aren't open. they've been closed for 11 months, but here the school district is going to cancel green eggs and ham, they're going to cancel mr. brown can moo, can you, cat in the hat. so it was all by dr. seuss. do you think it's racist? lisa: no, i don't want, and this is insanity. -- i don't. same thing with the san francisco school board. those kids aren't allowed to g

well i'm terry martin good to have you with us the un special envoy to me on maher has told the country's military junta it will face quote severe consequences for any crackdown on protesters and demonstrators are back on the streets for the 15th straight day after the military seized power in a coup earlier this month the hunter has deployed extra troops across the country as it intensifies efforts to quell a popular uprising local media reported that security forces opened fire to disperse crowds in the city of munda lay on monday and there are fears the situation could escalate despite international attention. mian mars military junta has sent in the big guns soldiers are patrolling the streets a sign that the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters could escalate. since this month screw the military has given itself sweeping powers allowing it to detain people without court order. to imagine what you've done today here we can see military vehicles not police security like before they've tightened security at the central bank because this is the mainstream of the country's money in circu

can be tapping your toes to broadcast news it's been almost 3 weeks now since the military in me and maher staged a coup against the democratically elected government the army is alleging that the recent landslide victory by suchi and her political party was a fraud the new regime says it wants to establish a disciplined democracy journalists there understand what that means they remember the almost 50 years of military rule that ended in 2011 when blanket censorship was the norm international. and private domestic t.v. channels are now off the air there have been rolling internet blackouts many reporters and activists have been forced into hiding fearful that the night raids conducted by security forces will soon be coming for them however a lot has changed in me and mar since 2011 a civil disobedience movement powered by young people who came of age in the internet era is using social media to organize and keep citizens and the outside world informed this winter is being outgunned online but elsewhere in the real world the military is well armed for this fight our starting point this wee

you know over the past years we have seen mixed results from the international community on me on maher there was limited action following the crackdown against the hinge of muslims for example in the country and in 2017 is it just because of a lack of consistency with regard to me on maher or is it something else. well i think it's a lot more not causal in the sense that they have i think at least 2 main factors here not just one being surely this inconsistent messaging. they are countries. like china. who are more reserved in persuading other countries into fact this also if you look closely at the aussie on the association of southeast asia. where you can already see a split between countries like malaysia indonesia. who are more forceful when it comes and more or. quite a coup and there are other countries for it if you can check the statements by the government but also by the philippines who kind of treated as an internal affair and kind of share a from putting pressure on myanmar so if i sit on this and that's the one factor the other factor is domestic there is a long history of

since 2011 and the return to civilian rule in me and maher the military has remained uncomfortably close to power pulling the strings from behind the scenes on policies like the persecution of wreckage of 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 hunters authoritarian playbook is in need of an update the country and its people have changed myanmar is now connected and the new generation of 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 because the military what they want is the world forget about it's a tiny nation just ignore what the young people are trying to do is to make that joke really difficult by keeping myanmar in the news they're coming out just as as . in driven. civil disobedience movement they've grown up in pretty much regime conditions onl

well me and maher woke to the news today that the military is seizing control of the country the move followed a landslide win by the country's civilian leader aung sun suu g.'s party in an election in november that the military claims was marred by fraud the takeover was announced in a statement aired on a military owned television station suit she has urged her supporters to not accept this and to protests against this coup. as you just heard there the white house offering condemnation of last night's military coup in me and maher and threatening sanctions against the country this is the 1st foreign policy flash point for the biden administration after 4 years of donald trump how much credibility does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy adviser on capitol hill johnson's going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me and maher pre

you knew was a lie right from berlin an increasingly bloody crackdown against protesters in again maher police open fire with live rounds after stun grenades and tear that has failed to disperse the crowds look at the latest from yang gone also coming up on the show. dozens of pro-democracy activists in hong kong turn themselves into the police and are charged under china's national security law look at an update from california spawned. and a soccer player safe stake their claim to the bundesliga title edging much of black box in a 5 a gold for l.r. we'll bring you all the highlights. hello i'm claire richardson welcome to the show more bloodshed on the streets of man maher as security forces you was increasingly violent tactics to deter protests the u.n. says at least 18 people were killed and over 30 wounded on sunday civilians are demanding the return of their elected leaders and an end to the military junta. were protesters try their best to smother clouds of tear gas. to wash out their eyes. security forces are becoming more aggressive in their determination to really in protest a

a military coup and me and maher army general say they're seizing power for a year alleging fraud in last year's elections. this is al jazeera live from the headquarters and. also coming up the de facto leader and other political leaders are detained her party is calling for protests. as military says the power has been transferred to the commander in chief general men on flying. also ahead al jazeera investigation uncovers a criminal network colluding with bangladeshi security forces and profiting from links with the prime minister. thanks for joining us we begin in myanmar where the military has seized power and declared a state of emergency the democratically elected leader. has been detained along with other senior politicians from the ruling party her party is calling on the people to protest against the coup we'll get more from shortly she's one of the few western journalists based in me and maher but 1st here's. myanmar was supposed to mark an exercise in democracy on monday but instead the military rounded up the nation's democratically elected leadership including on song su

had me and maher is drawing international condemnation the u.n. secretary general called the military takeover a serious blow to democratic reforms and u.s. president joe biden has warned memos military leaders that they could face sanctions once again. but biden has met with a group of 10 republican senators to discuss their alternative to his coronavirus relief package they're proposing a $618000000000.00 plan about a 3rd of the $1.00 trillion dollars of aid the u.s. president is aiming for. now the un's high commissioner for refugees has called on the ethiopian government to do more to protect civilians trying to escape fighting in the 2 grow region filippo grandees says civilians driven from their homes told him their ordeal continued in camps where they sought safety ground has just returned from a trip to figure out where almost 100000 people are displaced a further $60000.00 have taken refuge in neighboring sudan he says aid agencies are not getting enough access to those in need. some of them told us and told the minister that they had res

the hours of darkness are dangerous time and me and maher. stories of the military kidnapping people at night are circulating on social media. and yet the will to keep up the fight appears unbroken. for the 8th day in a row demonstrators took to the streets to call for democracy to be reinstated. and now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body the human rights council passed a unanimous resolution urging me and mars' military to release aung san suu kyi and other civilian government leaders. our office is tracking more than 350 political and state officials activists and civil society members including journalists monks and students who have been taken into custody several face criminal charges on dubious grounds some remain missing with no information as to their whereabouts or wellbeing. the military's crackdown on dissent is getting harsher by the day. the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of mommy and. arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered salu

news ition and record producer who lives in yangon he's part of me and maher subculture scene which is taking a stance against the military the protesters are young angry and apparently fearless oh we don't want to be seen as we more people have to join the protests we the students the young generation have a future we have to resist so we won't have to live under a military dictatorship. the film yangon calling from 2012 gave an indication of how strongly political me on mars youth culture is it shows rebellious young musicians willing to take risks the punk band rebel riot and darker side effect tell of life under dictatorship. when the film was made gen tan shwed was still at the helm of the largely isolated country but then came democratic reforms and me on maher began opening up in 2012 side effects were able to tour broad. for the 1st time ever their gig in a berlin club was their 1st time playing in freedom other concerts in germany as well as france and the united states followed. as a try i will finish. going to be off. gosh i wish make you show you know what you could do. if

and journalist dave green a bomb has been covering me on maher for several years he told us why many believe the economic sanctions are unlikely to have much impact. well if the past is any indication of what could happen in the future well then economic sanctions are only likely to have a significant impact on any decisions that the generals make a case in point this country during the military dictatorship that ruled the country until about 10 years ago there were crippling economic sanctions from the west and most of the population it lived in absolute poverty because of it but the generals and their cronies in the business elite were still rich now you could have targeted economic sanctions where you'd just pinpoint the economic interest of a few generals or many generals but some of them already facing those type of targeted sanctions including the commander in chief of the military senior general not on one he's already facing targeted sanctions and he still went forward the coup on monday so again any economic sanctions are likely to have little impact of the generals make the

results is here and these are the top stories the un's human rights investigator for me and maher says there is growing evidence security forces of you've used live ammunition on protesters tens of thousands of demonstrators have been rallying against the military coup for a 7th day. instead across the finish presenting their case against donald trump in his 2nd impeachment trial they say there is overwhelming evidence that he incited a capitol hill riot last month. and the u.k.'s economy's reported its biggest annual contraction in more than 300 years driven largely by the impact of the pandemic g.d.p. shrank nearly 10 percent and 2020 the largest to climb amongst g 7 countries. the families of $35.00 men thought to be trapped inside a tunnel in the indeed spoke of a truck so only a miracle could save their loved ones now and as with as this from the site of the . rescue work is continuing at the top of on tunnel with digging machines being used to remove the sludge that filled the tunnel when it flooded on sunday i spoke to the engineer who built the tunnel and he said that rescuers

well me and maher woke to the news today that the military is seizing control of the country the move followed a landslide win by the country's civilian leader aung sun suu g.'s party in an election in november that the military claims was marred by fraud the takeover was announced in a statement aired on a military owned television station suchi has urged her supporters to not accept this and to protests against this coup so dim it seems. as you just heard there the white house offering condemnation of last night's military coup in me and maher and threatening sanctions against the country this is the 1st foreign policy flash point for the biden administration after 4 years of donald trump how much credibility does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy and visor on capitol hill john is going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me

crowds are out demonstrating against me in maher's military coup for a 9th consecutive day the generals are granting themselves new powers to monitor search and detain people involved in protests. health officials in guinea have reported the deaths of 3 people from ebola at least 11000 people died during an ebola epidemic in west africa between 20132016 the virus has also been reported in the democratic republic of congo. the rebels have attacked security forces in the d r c s 2nd largest city there's been heavy gunfire at a military base in the city of lubumbashi the military says separatist fighters stall weapons after storming both a military base and a presidential guard units at least 9 people have reportedly been killed and. as more from kinshasa he just feel very tense in some areas you know. it big city a very big town. i think these militia on the right now. so soldiers are trying to follow them they report is also saying that some soldiers of the well were killed. but as additional bodies. because 2 business were cut and one of them we have to mention that it's worse. than. di

well me and maher woke up to the news today that the military is seizing control of the country the move followed a landslide win by the country's civilian leader aung sun suu g.'s party in an election in november that the military claims was marred by fraud the takeover was announced in a statement aired on a military own television station suit she has urged her supporters to not accept this and to protests against this coup. as you just heard there the white house offering condemnation of last night's military coup in me and maher and threatening sanctions against the country this is the 1st foreign policy flash point for the biden administration after 4 years of donald trump how much credibility does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy advisor on the capitol hill johnson is going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me and more p

toker is the director of net walks the group that's monitoring the online crackdown a man maher he says the internet restrictions are tougher than ever. mirror military has always been pulling the strings in some one with the other and we've found that they were quite easily able to control internet connectivity itself through a variety of mechanisms now 1st of all some of the internet providers in myanmar already aligned with the military so. having them switch off the internet or restrict services isn't such a big deal but there are other providers as well present this tenant of which is and we generate a national writer which doesn't really want to switch people off it's got commitments to its investors to the outside world and operators have been pressured by the military and they've been forced to switch off services and the internet so beyond this we've seen really various forms of restrictions made with full range full suite of research into this this week to the pins worked this is a method of circumventing censorship with your own restrictions in the last few days but more rece

thousands of people around on the streets a man maher off to the worst violence yet in more than 2 weeks of demonstrations soldiers fired tear gas and live rounds killing 2 people injuring dozens on saturday voters are choosing their next president tunisia's runoff election outgoing president mahmoud do sue food has voted in the 2nd round after the 1st attempt failed to find this success. and investigation is on the way all 3 u.s. passenger plane was forced to make a dramatic emergency landing its engine caught fire and it showed large chunks of debris flew over denver in colorado kristen salumi has the story. this wasn't a fenian on board united airlines flight 328 shortly after takeoff from denver international airport troy lewis had just closed his eyes for an hour when he heard a loud bang knew that that was not good and felt like it was on our side of the plane and i was over the wing and i flipped up the shade and saw the ascent of that engine missing or blown up and the smoke and pieces were flying off of it and that was not a good feeling and this is how it looked from the ground

well me and maher woke to the news today that the military and seizing control of the country the move followed a landslide win by the country's civilian leader aung sun suu g.'s party and then the election in november that the military claims was marred by fraud the takeover was announced in a statement aired on a military own television station suchi has urged her supporters to not accept this and to protests against this coup. as you just heard there the white house offering condemnation of last night's military coup in me and maher and threatening sanctions against the country this is the 1st foreign policy flash point for the biden administration after 4 years of donald trump how much credibility does america have in the world when it preaches democracy and the rule of law let's pull in jonathan katz now from the german marshall fund in washington d.c. jonathan served as adviser at the u.s. state department and he was a foreign policy and visor on capitol hill johnson is going to have you back on the show the united states as you know has condemned the military coup in me and more

began and man maher by the military has seized power and declared a state of emergency the democratically elected leader unsung suchi has been detained along with other senior politicians from the ruling party the military says it's a response to alleged fraud in november's election that returned the national league for democracy to power and says it will hold new elections and hand over power at the end of the one the state of emergency. l d policy is calling on the people to wholeheartedly protest against the coup it's got to hide the reports. myanmar was supposed to mark an exercise in democracy on monday but instead the military rounded up the nation's democratically elected leadership including on song suchi it then announced a coup on military run t.v. . in the name of the state to the merge and see is in effect nationwide and the generation of the state of emergency is set to one year military chief men playing now rules the country monday was to be the 1st session of a new parliament after on songs to cheese party the national league for democracy a landslide victory in november.

in me and maher the banging of pots and pans is regarded as an act to ward off evil . police used live ammunition on protesters in mandalay the worst violence yet in more than 2 weeks of demonstrations. began i put out. a plan to soldiers beat and shot my husband as well as others. he was just standing on the site and watching the protest but the soldiers took him away out of. the. protesters in the capital of naypyitaw held a minute of silence for a 20 year old woman who was killed in demonstrations last week. now the number it's possible that many more people will die we ourselves can't even know if we will survive or not but we need to fight until the end regardless of our own lives in order to succeed in getting rid of this military dictatorship. marches from all over the country are joining the protest against the military coup . digit facto leader of the democratically elected government in sochi remains under house arrest the people of me and maher display their solidarity with the 3 finger salute a symbol of their resistance to. look at some of the other storie

special rocketeer on me and maher it's good to have you on the program let me just start by asking you what would you like to see the international community do right now in reaction to this military coup. well number one strong strong voices of condemnation unequivocal statements rejecting what has gone on and we've seen that now across the world very strong statements coming in as you noted there is a security council is going to be meeting in emergency session tomorrow i think it's really important that the words of condemnation as welcome as they are be followed up by by action and we're talking about about sanctions the imposition of the reimposition of of economic sanctions a arms embargo other options that the international community will have before it but it's very very clear that the international community of as an extraordinarily important role given the fact that democracy advocates as you mentioned political leaders government leaders but also democracy advocates human rights defenders they've been locked up and they've been silenced inside the country so it's a very impo

it for so long and the culture of impunity that is ridden and infested within the society of me and maher and that we can actually do some little bit of revamping and that knowing that the n l t will not be the silver bullet of the democrates movement debbi one of the other things that's really striking on social media right now is there's a lot of post by rohingya refugees in the camps in bangladesh and they are making 3 finger salute they are showing their solidarity with protesters in myanmar here's a population that was so brutalized by me and more as a military they are so marginalized and so warm rable and yet they are standing in solidarity with protesters in myanmar what does that say to you it says to me that there are in those camps all the really been displaced and expelled and subjected to genocide of violence by the in the midst military they still feel they're very much part of me and mom and they feel a kinship with the people with all communities there even though they have been rejected by them i think that is a generosity of spirit and a form of solidarity which mustn't

wasted no time calling the overthrow of me in maher's democratically elected government on february 1st a coup a wednesday president joe biden said it was time for the military junta to pay the price to begin imposing consequences on the leaders of the coup the us government is taking steps to prevent the generals from improperly having access to the $1000000000.00 in burma's government funds held in none of the states and today have approved a new executive order. a new executive order name attached immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup their business interest as well as close family members by also called for the immediate release of state councilor on song suchi and president when met. and praised the thousands of bernie citizens demonstrating for an end to the clue violence against those asserting their democratic rights is unacceptable and we're going to keep calling it out the people of burma are making their voices heard and the world is watching will be ready to impose additional measures at the state department a recognition of just how much diplomacy

offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arm sales on the weekend coup in me and maher the mermaid's military should relinquish power they have seized release the advocates and activists and officials they have detained lift the restrictions on telecommunications and refrain from violence. and on russia's imprisonment of the political activist alexei novelli he should be released immediately and without condition biden's speech which also touched on china and on reversing the trumpet ministrations dismantling of u.s. refugee policy was short but specific a reflection of the years he spent leading the senate foreign relations committee a former u.s. diplomat says he supports biden's action on yemen the u.s. going to be considerably to that war now the u.s. is saying i will no longer continue to this war i will not she will and with weapons shipments year i would like you all the big followers and the regional powers to do the same and that was something you do the other part of biden's foreign policy agenda repairing an agency that lost hundreds of experienced employees

a military coup and me and maher army general say they're seizing power for a year alleging fraud in last year's elections. this is al jazeera live from a headquarters in doha and daddy navigator also coming up the de facto leader and son suchi and other political leaders are detained for part.

this is deja vu news live from berlin and international concern as tension boils over at me on maher police use water cannon against peaceful protesters and warn them to leave or be dispersed by force people are demanding the return of democracy after a military coup we will go live there. also coming up at least 18 people are dead in northern india as a glacier breaks on leashing devastating flooding the search continues for more than one.

brewing company has already announced that it will terminate an agreement for a joint venture with me on maher and there's also a major investment from thailand but spend similarly. with your own so this could escalate considerably if the military leadership don't make take concrete measures to reinstate the elected leadership raj of china is myanmar's closest economic ally the leadership in beijing is yet to denounce this coup how will the situation in memoir impact their relationship between me i'm are in china going forward. well china is the biggest straight partner for me and my husband for a very long time and has a very extensive trading relationship both as the biggest export destination for me on most exports and also for imports so i think the relationship. if there's sanctions from the west. the military government may turn more towards china it's possible the dog is what will evolve and iraq war starts a consideration that the west needs to take into account when your friends and you know sanctions measures raw just because of his markets thank you for insight. and now to some of t

here's what's coming up in the next 60 minutes a military coup in me and maher army generals say they're seizing power for a year alleging fraud in last year's elections the defacto leader aung san suu kyi and other political leaders are detained her party is calling for protests mean more as military says the power has been transferred to the commander in chief general playing. also ahead in al jazeera investigation uncovers a criminal network colluding with bangladeshi security forces and profiting from links with the prime minister. and. all the sporting polluting. schools his 650 it's a goal for barcelona despite details of his contract it being leaked to the press. welcome to the news hour it's just past 10 g.m.t. that's 430 in the afternoon and me in mar where the military has seized power and declared a state of for emergency the democratically elected leader and he has been detained along with other senior politicians from the ruling party the military says it's a response to a legit fraud and november's election that richer and the national league for democracy to power it says

man maher's military junta has suspended laws that place restrictions on the country's security forces the change will allow them to resume detaining suspects or searching private property without court approval it's part of a series of announcements after more than a week of countrywide protests against the coup. germany has been travel from regions and neighboring austria and the czech republic after a surge of infections involving more contentious variants of the coronavirus only essential travel into germany will now be allowed from the austrian region of tyrol from czech border regions as a result there are worries about the negative effects on trade and industry. starting sunday stick travel restrictions will be in place between the varia and to roll where the highly infectious south african variant to cope at 19 is spreading in austria travelers tests are controlled by authorities improve area occurrences of the variance a more and more frequent. better to be on the safe side i feel that we are taking the right path. from monday the border between germany and the czech republic

the country he also hinted at plans for his political future crowds are demonstrating against me in maher's military rulers for a 9th consecutive day the generals are granting themselves new powers to monitor a search on detain people involved in protests 4 people have died from ebola and guinea at least 11000 people died during the epidemic in west africa but last of between 20132016 the virus has also seen a resurgence in the democratic republic of congo kossovo is holding parliamentary elections on the outcome could affect relations with serbia and the rest of europe and anti establishment party is likely to win the most seats but its leader has ruled out any talks with serbia a country kossovo broke away from after a year long war in the late 1990. those are the headlines on al-jazeera viewfinder asia is coming up next. if you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own. if you find fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the globe. you bet that you have no. child. or a child. your wife again. yes i thought so was hell yeah let's have time for jail while our

the country's internet access has been severely reduced independent monitor net block's says meehan maher is in the midst of a 2nd nation scale internet blackout with connectivity at almost half of ordinary levels other reports say the military government ordered the shutdown of facebook and twitter claiming the spread of fake news protests against the military coup have also spread to other countries in melbourne australia hundreds of demonstrators expressed their concern. right there show you know why this is to let the military knows that we're not gonna stand back and let them do whatever they want him. off. and in taiwan hundreds of members of the me and mark community there also came out in force. the woman who. had more than 30 years of repression from the military government with and frankly we don't want to go back to that it'll be pool play with a few months and so we hope our next generation can live in a country like taiwan where everyone enjoys civil rights would think i was right we are here today and i like it. despite efforts to silence protesters in myanmar calls for an e

protests in me and maher have entered their 3rd week with demonstrators demanding freedom for those arrested and to return to democracy people took to the streets of the cities of mandalay and yang gone in defiance against the military coup this comes as it was confirmed that a protester shot by police earlier in the week had died of her injuries. u.s. president joe biden says he'll approve a disaster declaration for the state of texas paving the way for more federal aid to deal with a crippling winter storm nearly 15000000 people have been facing disruptions to water supplies and at least 2 dozen deaths have been attributed to the storm in the southern state. severe flooding in the indonesian capital jakarta has forest over a 1000 people to flee their homes floodwaters have reached nearly 2 meters in some areas authorities warn the conditions are set to continue as the country expects the heaviest rain of the season in the coming days. nasa's rover perseverance has sent home spectacular images from mars this selfie shows the rover descending from the sky crane that lowered it the final few

marked and poor people are to be provided with $8000000000.00 euros to buy a vaccine you're up to mr maher asked that they need it 60 to 70 percent and the goal of vaccination of the whole population robey are achievable within this year i wouldn't say that no i think. that would probably be a goal that would be achieved in 2022 i think you know globally. but. certainly from our perspective reaching those 1st 20 percent that are the most for all that will. go and we're on track to do. the pandemic aside what about how awful fishel intelligence is changing our lives it's doing some great stuff but it's also creating an even unfair world the systems are mostly made by a bunch of white guys so the decisions made by the bots or algorithms a based on biased information if you're not a white guy the social impacts can be extremely far reaching on health education and economic status for example in some cases it can be a matter of whether you live today or not. a drone attack artificial intelligence decides on the target the size of a life and death. increasingly it also selects who is going to b

you know over the past years we have seen mixed results from the international community on me on maher there was limited action following the crackdown against we're going to muslims for example in the country and in 2017 is it just because of a lack of consistency with regard to me on maher or is it something else. well i think it's a lot more not causal in the sense that they have i think at least 2 main factors here not just one want to be surely this inconsistent messaging. they are countries. like china. who are more reserved and present other countries into other paths but it's also if you look closer there's the aussie on the association of southeast asia. where you can already see a split between countries like malaysia indonesia. who are more forceful when it comes and more or. quite a coup and there are other countries for it if you can check the statements by the top government but also by the philippines who kind of treated as an internal affair and kind of share. from putting pressure on myanmar so if i sit on this that's the one factor the other factor is domestic there i

record producer who lives in yangon he's part of me and maher subculture scene which is taking a stance against the military the protesters are young angry and apparently fearless oh we don't want to be seen as we more people have to join the protests we the students the young generation have our future we have to resist so we won't have to live under a military dictatorship. the film yangon calling from 2012 gave an indication of how strongly political myanmar's youth culture is it shows rebellious young musicians willing to take risks the punk band rebel riot and dark side effect tell of life under dictatorship. when the film was made general tonge well was still at the helm of the largely isolated country but then came democratic reforms and me on maher began opening up in 2012 side effects were able to tour broad for the 1st time ever. their gig in a berlin club was their 1st time playing in freedom other concerts in germany as well as france and the united states fallen. head to try i will finish. going to be off. that's right. gosh i wish to make you shocked that nobody could show

i'm sumi so much got to thank you for joining us local media reports in min maher say security forces have fired shots on protesting crowds in the city of mandalay there's still no official confirmation of injuries or deaths now the military junta has deployed extra troops around the country as it intensifies its efforts to qual of popular uprising a coup 2 weeks ago triggered mass protests and a torrent of international condemnation but so far the junta leaders appear on move . mian mars military junta has sent in the big guns soldiers are patrolling the streets a sign that the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters could escalate since this month's who the military has given itself sweeping powers allowing it to detain people without court order. to it i don't know if you've done it today here we can see military vehicles not police security like before they've tightened security at the central bank because this is the main stream of the country's money in circulation they are afraid the central bank will stop working so that's why they have deployed the military vehicles here almost

well me and maher is witnessing some of its biggest protests in more than a decade hundreds of thousands of people have joined the nationwide pro-democracy marches including people from all walks of life like students teachers and lawyers well now the country's footballers are also lending their voices to the protests 6. these footballers are demanding democracy and they're not just any footballer as they are players from the media and more national team they have taken to the streets to protest the military coup refusing to represent the country under a military government from our current although they 6 know that our overarching are with yours and i go with what i want to only play football on the streets until we get democracy and. we won't play for the national team under the military dictatorship. we are protesting to send that message to. your god we're going to work. to do it. and they're not bluffing pay us gay fans a taste of what football might look like under a military government as the streets replace the stadiums many of the football a say they'd give each of the country h

the democratically elected government and son sochi remains under house arrest the people of me and maher display their solidarity with the 3 finger salute a symbol of their resistance to. time now for a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. protesters in thailand held a noisy rally outside the parliament building in bangkok to demand an end to the law that makes it illegal to criticize the monarchy they banged pots pans and drums to make their anger known law has been used to target anti-government protesters in recent months. the italian coast guard has launched a search for survivors after a vessel carrying migrants capsized off the mediterranean island of lampedusa overnight officials say around 40 people have been saved the survivors of the accident said 5 people are still unaccounted for. at least 5 people have been killed in a series of blasts in the afghan capital kabul in one incident a magnetic bomb was apparently attached to a car belonging to a local political leader but he was not inside no one has claimed responsibility. new zealand has kicked off i

the outside world they want to make it tougher for us to know exactly what's going on inside me on maher keep in mind the military before they went forward this coup they had already worked out a playbook of what they would do step by step based on what they saw the public react got the playbook ready and now they're using it does i'm curious are these protesters a vocal minority or rising ground swell well some of the more than a falcon people on the streets of yangon marching that was the biggest that we've seen so far overall the number of people actually doing street marches to demonstrate they're clearly in the minority but we see the powerful images at night of people banging pots and pans from their arms but even the street protests are slowly picking up momentum and they clearly have the majority of the population on their side interesting tactic don't today's demonstration in yangon they ran into a police roadblock when the police were standing in a line there was a barricade set up with barbed wire fencing the demonstrators off at the police water i saw one report where they we

the hours of darkness are dangerous time and me and maher. stories of the military kidnapping people at night are circulating on social media. and yet the will to keep up the fight appears unbroken. for the 8th day in a row demonstrators took to the streets to call for democracy to be reinstated. and now they have been given backing by the un's top human rights body the human rights council passed a unanimous resolution urging me and mars' military to release on sense hoochie and other civilian government leaders. our office is tracking more than 350 political and state officials activists and civil society members including journalists monks and students who have been taken into custody several face criminal charges on dubious grounds some remain missing with no information as to their whereabouts or wellbeing. the military's crackdown on dissent is getting harsher by the day. the red cross said 3 people were wounded on friday when police fired rubber bullets in the southeastern city of mommy and oh. arrested protesters gave the 3 fingered s

tonge was still at the helm of the largely isolated country but then came democratic reforms and me on maher began opening up in 2012 side effect were able to tour broad for the 1st time ever their gig in a berlin club was their 1st time playing in freedom other concerts in germany as well as france and the united states following. try i will finish. only to be off. that's all right. gosh i wish to make you shocked that nobody could show it that kerry is going to. try just right there's still a chance for them just like generations to do show. and that's exactly what myanmar's young people don't want to accept recent weeks have shown how political rebellious and creative generations e. is they very quickly established symbols of protest such as the 3 finger salute from the hunger games film series and of course they use social media to organize protests and share the results of their protest culture like the song one day by punk band rebel riot a direct challenge to the country's military. and this song got hundreds of thousands of clicks shortly after its release revolution by rapper flo gr