legitimately that comment me on maher about how to handle more power and that's going to be a sticking point and that that might drag on for some time so i don't tell see. i don't have a lot of hope on that front phil idea of handling more power is china pivotal here because the apart from slightly apart from other regional ministrations regional prime ministers and presidents they seem to be signaling we realize this could not only end up with a failed state it could also destabilize the entire region. well i think china does have a very key role to play and they also recognize that their china myanmar economic order which is part of their belt road initiative is potentially at risk if this instability continues so they have a strong self interest in trying to stabilize the situation and i expect china may try to work behind the scenes with some of the governments that are trying to move this forward like malaysia indonesia and singapore you know it's very possible that we will see china playing that behind the scenes role but at the same time china is also playing a very negative rol

special envoy for me and maher has warned of a possible civil war in the country following clashes between the army and ethnic minority insurgents christina shiner bergner expressed concerns over an imminent bloodbath and condemned the arrest of on armed protesters since the military staged a coup 2 months ago crowds have gathered gaily defying the regime's violent crackdown in which more than $535.00 people have died in neighboring thailand has called for an end to the violence and germany's foreign ministry is advise and its citizens in me and maher to leith. let's talk more about the situation in myanmar right now with david he is an activist and he's joining us from the city of mandalay and we're not using david's full name in order to protect his identity david we mentioned the violence has been escalating for weeks now what more can you tell us about what you have been observing on the ground where you are. oh. i just happen to be able lawyers are this often do 2 or 3 pm and what i saw was astonishing and quite surprising because the holy bible wasn't protesting they were just money

my first guest tonight is katherine maher.cutive of the wikimedia foundation, the nonprofit that runs wikipedia. we talked about relying on its army of volunteers to provide accurate information and more. and what the future may hold. katherine maher, welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> hey, it's great to be here. thanks for having me. >> trevor: i remember a time and i'm sure you do better than me where we wikipedia is a place where celebrities went to lie about how tall they were, and it's become the place people use for information. how did wikipedia become so trusted as a valuable source of information? >> well, it surprises us, too, to be totally honest with you, trevor. i think part of the reason wikipedia has become so trusted is we're available for any question you might have and we never judge you for what the questions might be so to your point we can look up how tall is that celebrity or is this movie we're watching real or we can look up important things like what's going on in the coronavirus pandemi

one powerful man was still pulling the strings general thomas way ruled man maher with an iron fist until 2011 he had ordered the disbandment of the military junta and the shift towards disciplined democracy his aim the lifting of international sanctions before leaving office in march 20th 11 he divided his power between president tain say and men on the plank whose destiny was written in the stars. last. noon on hi i was appointed commander in chief by tang shrank on the advice of astrologers. he called the jump because the stars were favorable. to any military prowess is. this guy. at the top. monks and astrologers are deemed the nation's guardians and have long played any role in myanmar. you. general tonge way was most fearful of the woman who had defied him ever since the 1990 s. . even when she was under house arrest he had consulted for astrologists to ward off any potential danger that she might pose. the entire country was waiting for the 2nd general election to be announced. tonge way and his backers realized they could face a crushing defeat but article 59 guaranteed that their

in me and maher the who is further tightening its grip deposed leader aung san suu kyi has been charged with violating the country's colonial secrets act according to her lawyer this comes as the un special envoy for me and maher warned of a possible civil war amid intensifying clashes between the army and ethnic minority insurgents since the military staged a coup 2 months ago crowds have gathered daily defying the regime's violent crackdown in which more than 535 people have died neighboring thailand has called for an end to the violence. let's talk more about the situation in myanmar right now with david he is an activist and he's joining us from the city of mundelein and we're not using david's full name in order to protect his identity david we mentioned the violence has been escalating for weeks now what more can you tell us about what you have been observing on the ground where you are. oh. i just happened to be able to get this off of you 2 or 3 pm and what i saw was astonishing and quite surprising because the holy bible wasn't protesting they were just minding their own busine

country's colonial secrets act according to her lawyer this comes as the un special envoy for me and maher warned of a possible civil war amid intensifying clashes between the army and ethnic minority insurgents since the military staged a coup 2 months ago crowds have gathered daily defying the regime's violent crackdown which more than 535 people have died in neighboring thailand has called for an end to the violence. let's talk more about the situation in myanmar right now with david he is an activist and he's joining us from the city of mandalay and we're not using david's full name in order to protect his identity david we mentioned the violence has been escalating for weeks now what more can you tell us about what you have been observing on the ground where you are. oh. i just happen to be able lawyers are this often do 2 or 3 pm and what i saw was astonishing and quite surprising because the holy bible wasn't protesting they were just minding their own business and military force sneaked in from different alleys and started shooting randomly and so far there that 5 people were shot

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we've seen this kind of thing play out with one guy dough in venezuela with awesome chee in me and maher is is this the same in some ways a similar narrative playing out here with what we're seeing with alexina volley. yeah absolutely and also there are opposition later and by the way i think that's one reason why nevada came back you knew the threat that was being he was being faced with that he was afraid he would end up in the political wilderness and perhaps being given brand by russian people or the regime as a foreign agent but yeah you know the sad thing right now you mention for example i'm sense who chewed that diplomatic tool box is very empty right now for the west there aren't beyond sanctions what else can they do so i think you know if i were a western policymaker i would be confused at the moment and what the next move is and you know when it comes to me or when it comes to the brutal regime and men maher and other places i think. rhetoric statements of concern don't work anymore you have to go through the hard core stuff and what i mean by that in russia is case is removi

of the people here are sure that the trial is already leaving its mark on syria and the lawyer on maher albany is one of them he has helped prepare many of the lawsuits but i am sure they do this day separately i am. sure the crimean that is now. up to it. would be gone. through with a wife. but. no one on the other hand doesn't believe the trial has changed anything in syria so far. here at home in copeland's she jots down her thoughts from the courtroom and marks the locations of mass graves on maps luna who has asylum has been in germany since 2015 she and her children are safe here and that makes her happy the trial in koblenz is changing her life. i think about what has happened to other prisoners in syria all the time. for example what happened to the women who were in my cell. service their fate. i don't know nobody no use. the regime is still torturing tens of thousands of syrians you know what is documenting this process for them to so that she can say he did not stand idly by while this happened. audacity minutes he's afraid to go. too often toxic masculinity escalates to a fo

maher the 76th anniversary of the liberation of both involved death camps he warned against forgetting the crimes of the nazis and the 60000 people were killed. and at satellite camps. chad strong arm leader idriss deby is set to win a 6th term in office votes are being counted after election polls closed main rivals were either barred from running or dropped out blaming intimidation they be is a key ally to the west in the fight against jihadist groups and the side. very come on the. president to do is to be is one of the wrong being greedy does he know if. i'm going to have the security he was the 1st to cast your vote it is this 6 schools so i could leave because woods who didn't. none of the. we're done we have voted we have going to go home now and then wait for the voters to decide their fate. on this planet and disappointed. this man says he has voted in 5 elections over the last 13 years on sunday he decided to break or to pull because he believes his war to never count is jane funny i have a family and the situation is but if you think you know they've been really addicted but

daddy navigator with a check on your world headlines at least 5 more people have been killed in me and maher in the latest crackdown on and protesters more than 2 months since the military deposed the civilian leadership security forces shot and killed protesters in 3 different cities on saturday to spite that demonstrations are continuing in major cities including gang gone and mandalay the military has also issued arrest warrants against 18 prominent online critics tony chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand. those protests are still ongoing they have been pretty much every day since the coup happened on the 1st of february. in money in the town and months state and embargo we understand the security services have opened fire and killed a number of protesters 5 being reported at the moment of the specter that number will rise we also saw protests on the street of young go on and mandalay myanmar's 2 largest cities which also saw the security services cracking down in mandalay they came out early in the morning initially on motorbikes this is a tactic the protesters have been u

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also coming up demonstrators remember the hundreds of people killed since jan maher's military takeover in february this as security forces old.

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. >> hbo's bill maher said florida's governor did better protecting senior citizens than andrew cuomoof covid-19 connected to cuomo's order. putting patients back in. that is still being investigated. listen to florida governor ron desantis says here. he says he wishes he did less what dr. fauci advised. >> i think it took me a few weeks, march, into april, to get enough data okay, we're not doing fauciism, we'll make sure our states are open. we'll get the kids back into school. we'll focus our protection on elderly people. >> you've taken all the crap for not locking down. you are saying in retrospect you would have locked down less? >> i think some of the restrictions we did were ineffective. elizabeth: what do you say? >> i think fauci is the guy at the party you're chatting with. you think he knows something initially, the more he says, the more he realizes he knows nothing. desantis was absolutely right. the whole focus should have been to isolate people who were at risk. let the rest of us go about our lives with reasonable restrictions. the old ben franklin line has never been

separately hbo's bill maher even says the media and democrats are badly misinforming, misleading the public with quote, panic porn getting facts about the pandemic wrong. biden administration is getting doj to go after a republican whistle-blower who called out fbi spying abuses in the trump-russia probe that led to the conviction of a fbi attorney, a probe even the justice department watchdog said the fbi botched. also more on the government now investigating a fiery car crash in texas over the weekend involving a self-driving testsa the car had nobody at the wheel. two are now dead. tesla is being allowed to beta test self-driving cars that don't yet have government approval. we'll break that down. also tonight, climate envoy john kerry in a new fight involving china, russia, south korea, environmentalists like greenpeace. they're outraged john kerry and biden administration supports japan releasing water from a failed nuclear plant in japan into the ocean. why are you letting japan turn the ocean into a sewer with radioactive water? is this story. we'll get to the facts in this st

liz: getting back to the hbo bill maher he is also saying democrats and the media have been misinformingcrats say if you get covid, half of you get hospitalized, is 1% - 5%, you have a quick few seconds, go ahead. >> these people claim they follow the science but covid is a religion and science isn't in their favor and they cannot handle it. liz: thank you for joining us, we do want people to be careful, there are variants out there, covid-19 is a virus that can get you sick and in numerous cases it is deadly. be safe, were staying on the different angles. the federalist, senior editor chris bradford on the u.s. intelligence committee, are they fully on board with climate change at the top u.s. national security threat, later in the show texas border mayor don mclaughlin junior back with usli on arizona, now declaring a state of emergency over the escalating border crisis. he is going to tell us what he seen in his neck of the woods. that is next. >> i've never seen such a terrible example of leadership, this is a national security crisis in a humanitarian crisis. ♪ but that's the import

and i disagree with much of what bill bill maher says, lisa, but he makes a good point there.e ideas we know, we see that when police officers, the numbers go down, crime goes up in every instance across the board. your thoughts. >> well, yeah, and it's minority communities that end up suffering as a result of the very people that a lot of these individuals who are, you know, say that they're in this fight to, you know, try to protect black lives purport to care about. but the problem in america right now is we have too many people that are benefiting from exploitation of racial divisions in this country. we have certain networks who are exploiting it for ratingsing, we have politicians who are exploiting it for votes. nancy pelosi thanked george floyd for dying. we have people like leaders of the black lives matter movement going out and spending millions of dollars on houses or cashing in off of this, creating a crisis in america, and all you have too look at the ma'khia bryant situation to realize the situation police officers are in in america. a white cop saves a black li

before being appointed the 1st civilian president of man maher after the dictatorship general tain sanehad been involved in overseeing the creation of a new constitution. but how does he or she write about why john mitchell before 20. the country was under the control of a military dictatorship and the result was widespread poverty because the state was bankrupt and the winced imposed sanctions upon us. and there were many other problem and. you have an idea. but no one really ever had the intention of good hearing to democratic principles rather despite a few reforms they wanted to stick with military rulers it will become your my whole new model where. the reforms have the sole aim of improving relations with the west and underground so how you could call on. the top priority was the lifting of sanctions. but it would have been difficult for the new government to win over the international community without involving that then opposition leader aung san suu kyi with just a few seats to fill in parliament it was decided that aung sang suu kyi should be allowed to stand in the 2012 by e

and state media in me and maher says pro-democracy protests leader while more naing has been charged with murder and treason he was arrested this month when security forces rammed him with a car as he led a motorbike protest rally in the central town of morning since the coup soldiers and police have killed more than 750 and protestors. south africa's president has told a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor that the governing a.n.c. party could and should have done more to prevent graft the so-called state capture inquiry is looking at allegations that former president jacob zuma allowed members of the controversial group that family to secure government contracts and influence policy from a poser was deputy president under summa he testified that he wouldn't make excuses or defend the indefensible but he didn't name zuma the south african president has faced opposition from within his own party over how to deal with corruption and those accused of it we must acknowledge that the issue of state capture was a matter of great political contestation in the. differences over whe

and help them as they go around the world claiming that they are the legitimate government of me and maher not the state administrative council and to think created by the military as you know brutalized population over the last 2 months and this is a much wider group of people than the bab's the the n l d the that the ousted governing party would have assembled isn't it. it is they've reached out to for instance the vice chairman of the chin national pride and the chin are an ethnic minority group in western me and maher and so this is a group that is spot for more autonomy from the center than the n l d a sense the chief party has traditionally believed is appropriate so they are reaching out to some ethnic minority communities in a bid to try to be more inclusive it's also notable that the national unity government was announced by i mean kona who are really is 2nd only taniguchi in terms of the prominence of the leaders who came out of the 988 failed revolution and it's of the fact that he was there and he and his crew had really been pushed aside by oncet she you know you know the ove

one powerful man was still pulling the strings general thomas way ruled man maher with an iron fist until 2011 he had ordered the disbandment of the military junta and the shift towards disciplined democracy his aim the lifting of international sanctions before leaving office in march 20th he divided his power between president tain say admin on class whose destiny was written in the stars. last. min on hi i was appointed commander in chief by tom shrank on the advice of astrologers. he called the jump because the stunts with favorable. to any military prowess is. disguise and. at the top. monks and astrologers are deemed the nation's guardians and have long played an important role in myanmar. general tonge way was most fearful of the woman who had defied him ever since the 1990 s. . even when on song suchi was under house arrest he had consulted for astrologists to ward off any potential danger that she might pose. the entire country was waiting for the 2nd general election to be announced. tonge way and his backers realised they could face a crushing defeat but article 59 guaranteed th

has accused me and maher of bullying its own after the envoy was locked out of the embassy in london min has been removed from his job after condemning february's coup. there's anger in turkey after the italian prime minister mario draghi compared president. to a dictator his comments followed an all could meeting on current tuesday which left the european commission president. without someplace to sit votes have been counted for the day in a landmark unionization push. in the u.s. so far the numbers are showing workers have rejected forming a union up next football rebels kim we'll keep you company from 3 i will see you very soon for the moment but. first major legislation for president joe biden is getting the pandemic under control with. our money we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in now while the pandemic has devastated many industries to give it a huge boost to the videogame sector counting the cost on al-jazeera. i'm going to. study this until. one time it was for me to see. that you don't. miss this. there is a serious. emoti

holding flowers in me in maher hundreds have marched in the southern city of die away in protest against february's military coup it was just one of a number of rallies across the country to show support for the national unity government announced last week by protest leaders today the honcho said it was outlawing this shadow government. germany's chancellor angela merkel has said she is very concerned about the health of jailed russian opposition leader alexina hallie and calls for him to receive adequate medical treatment her statement follows reports that mr vali was on the brink of death after 3 weeks on hunger strike. after a bruising power struggle germany's governing or conservatives have agreed on a candidate to succeed chance uncle america in the country's elections this fall i mean lash has received the backing of both parties and the center right bloc after a week long battle with his bavarian rival marcos or. he came out victorious from the conservative power struggle now i mean lush and wants to focus on battling other parties he appears say what counts from now on is which

security forces and me and maher have arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule it comes after the army reportedly opened fire on medical workers who were taking part in a pro-democracy protest in the city of mandalay hundreds of people have been killed and many more injured since a military coup in february overthrew the elected government this week marks me and mars traditional new year festival but instead of celebrating many are opting to continue the protests. they should be celebrating the new year festival of 10 jan instead they're marching against a coup. that proved that saw the overthrow of their elected leader aung san suu kyi and replaced her with a military dictatorship. but cross me and my protest is holding flowers are using this week as a rallying cry. but they know the risks security forces roam the streets. dissent is quickly and brutally stamped out. just ask these people in current state forced into hiding in paves after the military join to carried out airstrikes in their region. the military seems intent on intensifying its pitiless pol

in the city of go north east of gone that's according to a monitoring group and local media outlets maher has been in turmoil since the military seized control in february. china has fined the world's largest e-commerce company alibaba over 2000000000 euros for breaking the rules on fair competition regulators said the company founded by the billionaire jack ma had quote abused its dominant position in china's communist party is cracking down on tech companies and says enforcing anti-monopoly laws is a priority and 2021. a volcano has erupted on the caribbean island of st vincent for the 1st time in 4 decades 20000 people have been evacuated but the coronavirus has complicated the operation neighboring islands say they will only accept a vaccinated people. and archaeologists in egypt have unveiled the ruins of an ancient city dating back nearly 3 and a half 1000 years the site located near the valley of the kings and looks or is the largest ever discovered in egypt experts are calling it the most important find since the discovery of 2 incomes 2. and police in greece have launched a manhu

so it is just yesterday for example on the other hand we have a statement denny they sent the bill maher considerable down to this imposed multiple measure of late night was 24 hour 24 hour x. nation drives as well as just actions on bars and restaurants and any kind of market gatherings because these new venue devised ask users to use it as a given all those challenges that you think you've highlighted there how high is the optimism that these measures can indeed be effective. but aren't you to look at behavior and just see. this is something that national government has pointed out you need to eat but once again even mild distinctions are ruled out on the other hand we have. to leave it out i'm not religious that's what that is do we make now with thousands gather and get or do you get books coming out that many of these people who don't last that 8 neck shoot going on in the states as we speak and what these is not a massive political jackies including those hated by the national body the part you don't that why do you keep to wind it is so much we want to be still finding out how why

also nominated from maher rainey's black bottom is a bio a vicious costar chadwick boseman who recently died of cancer but his final performance as a blues trumpeter to determine to make it to the top could earn him a posthumous academy award for best actor i read all the chicago supporters would be a. bit overrated to be working with 6 nominations aaron sorkin's the trial of the she coude was 7 is one of this year's most political contenders a group of activists protesting the vietnam war face a kangaroo court and this real life drama sasha baron cohen as activist every huffman has a good shot at the oscar for best supporting actor i heard of you judas and the black messiah and now the sixty's said drama has to supporting actor nominees daniel as black panther leader fred thompson. and like keith it stands for years as the informant who betrayed him to the f.b.i. this year's oscars are the most diverse ever 9 non white actors are nominated. including steven ewan he's the 1st asian american to receive an oscar nomination for best actor for his performance in me natty as a korean immigra

she will appear on "real time with bill maher" tonight.er a heated exchange about racism with a co-host. cbs put the show on hiatus while it conducted a review. "the retned to the air hat on monday. >>> and california -- a california man is drawing attention as he walks all the way from los angeles to san francisco. 33-year-old jesse larios is making the more than 400-mile journey in a teddy bear suit. he goes by the name bear son. he left l.a. monday and is expected to arrive in san francisco by next wednesday. bear son is camping out without any gear during his journey, and he's raising money on a gofundme page for a second bear suit and a yet to be designated charity. >>> and nashville is getting ready for this weekend's academy of country music awards. it will be held in three different venues, including the grand ole opry house. each location plans to have up to 150 spectators. performers include carrie underwood, blake shelton, chris stapleton, and lady a. >> yeah. we're getting to do our new single "like a lady," which is a super fu

i want to play some sound from bill maher last week who once in a while just nails it in my opinion.es hollywood is putting out these days make you want to crawl up into a little ball and cry. >> academy nominations used to say look what good movies we make. now it's about suffering, yours. if your movement is so woke, how come i'm falling asleep. jesse: you and i grew up taken in era where they had great films and blockbusters and feel good about what they saw. i haven't heard of anything nominated and each screenplay looks like it's written by a guy who needs a pro zeak -- a prozac prescription. >> i think hollywood is operating within its own echo chamber. i love it and i am lucky to be a part of it for 30 years. but it's becoming more and more -- it's like it's making content for itself. when i go out to middle america people say i didn't see that movie either. and i get the screeners. it's closing the circle. jesse: they are making movies for themselves. your movie, "last call," i don't think it's like the things they are putting out. it's a feel good movie. it's about a man who

what was bill maher right about? >> he was right about everything.. he said the oscars should be called the downers for debbie downer because, all the movies are films american people largely have not heard of or seen and they're all depressing. he went through, you know, he went through the list. it wasn't so much the politics, though there was a lot of politics. regina king started it off making a reference to the derek chauvin vote, jury vote in minneapolis. but it wasn't really the politics that killed it. it was just that it was so boring. i think bill maher said you know if it is so woke how come i'm falling asleep when i watch these things? stuart: i never thought that i would agree with bill maher on things but i guess in this particular instance he was absolutely dead right and he called it correctly. bill mcgurn, thank you very much, sir. thank you. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: get back to the market. no big impact from those very strong consumer sentiment numbers, consumer confidence numbers that we saw in the top of the hour. susan has been

found an oil spill in the location where the submarine was last detected a protest leader in me and maher has been charged along with 40 other demonstrators for the murder of 2 policemen video released shows a vehicle ramming into a convoy of motorbikes the man was then taken away by armed men the un human rights chief says the violent crackdown following the february coup has left close to a quarter of a 1000000 people displaced. the hurdle strong because roman catholic church is accusing the government of stalling investigations into the 2019 easter bombings commemorations are being held to mark 2 years since the attacks on sore legs catholic community 269 people were killed and hundreds more were injured nearly $200.00 suspects were arrested but 2 years later no one has yet been charged those are the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next is earthrise to stay with us. it was about troy it's pretty calm albeit rather windy out here amongst qatar's mangrove forests but the has been a real sense of urgency making this in the middle of a pandemic that's brou

and exposer welcome to the program german president frank falter sean maher is making a rare appeal for national unity this easter weekend steinmeyer is asking germans to pull together and set aside a crisis of trust in the government there is growing frustration as corona virus infections rise despite months of restrictions on daily life if they already are also under fire over the slow pace of vaccinations the president is urging people to remain positive despite the setbacks. isn't enough some months ago after the 1st wave we were already complacently deeming ourselves a pandemic world champions and now it's the opposite we are practically vying to outdo one another in doom and gloom does everything really have to be a super little of in germany as good to put it now shouting in triumph now sun can despair we're not pandemic world champions but we're not a not a failure no we're the federal republic of germany we may often have our doubts but there's plenty we're capable of and it's our capabilities not our doubts which matter now compass in. chief political correspondent linda crane

security forces in me and maher have arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule it comes after the army reportedly opened fire on medical workers who were taking part in a proto mock receive protest in the city of mandalay hundreds of people have been killed and many more injured since a military coup in february overthrew the elected government and this week marks myanmar's traditional new year festival but instead of celebrating many are opting to continue the protests. they should be celebrating the new year festival of 10 jan instead they're marching against a coup. true that saw the overthrow of their elected leader aung san suu kyi and replaced her with a military dictatorship. across me and my protesters holding flowers are using this week as a rallying cry. but they know the risks security forces roam the streets. dissent is quickly and brutally stamped out. just ask these people in current state forced into hiding in caves after the military join to carried out airstrikes in their region. the military seems intent on intensifying its pitiless policy

intentionally racist no more policing incarceration and militarisation it can be reformed congresswoman elano maher laid out what her agenda is for dealing with the police 1st demilitarize the police with protests becoming more intense some argue now is not the time to tie the hands of the officers then there are steps to criminalize violence against protesters now we can all agree about peaceful protesters but what about those who burn buildings or engage in property destruction next stage disband and deconstruct police stations now in some parts of the country they are taking that literally and portland we saw protesters disengage and a light a police union building on a grand scale if it's what they want which is the reduction or elimination of law enforcement you can see on the streets you will get survival of fittest you will get the american who knows them to find themselves defending against those who don't in the lesser of it you're going to get a complete lack of morale which is going to lead to just men and women who sit in their cars and collect a paycheck and the proactive law enforceme

look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world sources in me and maher say the military has bombed villages in territory controlled by ethnic minority qur'an forces the strikes came hours after the rebel group attacked an army outpost near the thai border the rebels are close allies of the resistance movement against february's military. spain's foreign ministry says 2 bodies found in brooklyn afonso appeared to be those of spanish journalist who were abducted on monday alongside an irish national and a local soldier the group was ambushed while on an anti-poaching patrol in the palm of forest reserve in burkean is east region. or did he say that british prime minister boris johnson is under pressure as he heads into regional elections after a series of damaging leaks multiple media organizations are reporting that johnson said that he would rather see bodies piled high in their thousands than impose a 3rd coronavirus lockdown the prime minister denies the report and says his all this is investigating the source of the leaks this follows allegations of c

protestors in me and maher once again on the streets to mark exactly 2 months since the military seized power they continue to defy violence to demonstrate against the current was deposed and santucci elected government and then gone people are gathering to remember more than 500 people were killed by security forces since favorite 1st. earlier security forces kept up the pressure on and to coup activists by carrying out more night raids several people were detained in mandalay activists say night raids are conducted to terrify people and they intensify when the military faces pressure. it's called hudna joins us live from bangkok in neighboring thailand scott obviously being neighbors of me and ma the thais have become involved now the foreign minister is speaking out what are they saying yes kim you know we the thai government and the joint to have had relations actually the 1st visit 1st and only visit from represented from the joint of the come outside of myanmar came here to thailand for meetings so there is a relationship between the 2 but what's interesting that has shifted a bit

or earlier we spoke to me and mark or spondon dave grusin about them and we asked him if we had maher really is on the brink of civil war as the u.n. envoy is warning. when you look at how the situation has deteriorated there in the past few weeks the massive uptick in violence the security forces attacks largely on unarmed civilians. now you may see more on death and groups potentially getting involved in the fight different fronts the fact that students and office workers from the main cities have been going to the jungles to get the subsea crash courses in guerrilla warfare all of this just shows you that this really does have the potential to turn into a full blown civil war how quickly we get there is a little difficult to say but as this develops we could something to looking at suit shortages. the public health care system in myanmar which even before the pandemic was greatly under resourced well now it's barely functioning that could get much worse this could absolutely turn into a complete humanitarian disaster and myanmar countries who just a couple years ago people were tal

downstream fears a drop in its water supply while sudan is concerned about the dams safety in me and maher protesters in the city of daraa where i have held a candlelight vigil to remember those killed since the start of the military as dawn broke a march through the town observers say security forces have killed at least 570 people since the beginning of february. hundreds of people have marched through boss we have capital say we're a vote demanding the government resignation they blame political leaders for these slow for humans of vaccines has reported around 7000 coronavirus the town with these one of the highest per capita death tolls in europe. indian state leaders are calling for a wider vaccination rollout as the country faces a record surge in corona virus cases nearly 97000 new infections were reported on tuesday that's close to monday's record of 100008 senior health official has warned that the fight against could 1000 over the next 4 weeks will be very very critical . hospitals across india are seeing an influx of patients with covert 1000 and they're turning up in record num

between the cane you the korean national unions armed factions and of the tatmadaw that's the me and maher army this is kind of been really kind of turned up since the coup back in february 1st and what's interesting about this one though is these images we're seeing come out because it was right on the border with thailand there have been videos posted to social media that shows exactly what was happening there is some video that shows predawn hours still dark the sound of gunfire and then after the sunrise you can see the outpost was in fact burning we've been speaking with some thai officials ministry of foreign affairs spokesman saying that they are closely monitoring the situation and obviously if there's going to be any impact particularly if there's going to be any impact on the side of the border on province official is being quoted as saying that one thai was injured during this attack but not much more information so obviously a very tense situation right along the border here we're thailand thailand closely monitoring what's happening this is only a couple of days ago that the.

monitoring group in may and maher says the torture and murder of pro-democracy activists will continue if the international community doesn't act the assistance association for political prisoners made the play it says local t.v. images show detainees bearing signs of how rowing abuse meanwhile supporters of a newly formed pro-democracy government rally didn't die away the national unity government says it should be included in crisis talks with neighboring countries it's criticised the invitation for the military leader to attend the special summit in jakarta on saturday. joins us now live from bangkok in neighboring thailand so tony let's start with the claims of abuse of detainees what do we know about that. did well we've seen lots of those claims lots of testimony coming out from people who have been detained but this is referring particularly to the night time news broadcast on sunday evening on state television that showed a group of 6 protesters who've been detained. and they used slightly different form here showing them before their detention and pictures that appeared to hav