unity government is a first for the country, which has been riddled by ethnic divide. have come together with one aim -- to rule out military rule in myanmar. >> i support the government of a national unity for the future. support the national unity government for the future of our children. on the people will take place in the final battle. i believe we will win. the uprising must succeed. reporter: myanmar's military has yet to halt -- has yet to comment. met council hopes they will garner international recognition and support. wyatt has -- while it has announced the takeover, dave yet to unite a common respon. the militaries bloody suppression continues an expert say some 700 people have been killed since the start of the protests. julia: france 24 spoke to the new head of the unity government. here is he had to say. >> the way to prevent kind of civil war that could add up to genocide is to support and organize this national unity government we have formed. this was formed by the people of myanmar for the people of myanmar so that the international community and the governments around the world which are free and democratic recognize us, the earlier we will stop this violence.

me out miles out of political parties ethnic leaders and to keep protesters have formed a national unity government they say it's aimed at restoring democracy up to the military overthrew the elected government and a coup in february. iran says it has successfully enriched uranium to 60 percent which is far beyond the limits set on that the term of the 2050 nuclear deal on thursday iran attended more talks in vienna aimed at reviving the accord where president joe biden wants iran to stop violating the terms if the u.s. is to rejoin to her arm once u.s. sanctions lifted a setback has more from to her on iran is doing that because it's a reaction to what they have called the act of sabotage last sunday their main nuclear facility not tons now iran announced that they would be enriching to 60 percent as well as installing a 1000 more advanced centrifuges now that attack happened on sunday iran said it was nuclear terrorism and the called on the europeans yesterday to condemn it and actually cuse them of having a weak response now yes that is above the limits allowed in the 2015 nuclear deal but iran

larter buddhist monks march through the city of mandalay holding up signs supporting the national unity government the shadow civilian government was formed to reverse any acceptance of the military genter at home and abroad the protesters have been outraged in the past week by ass chance decision to invite senior general minong lie to the leaders' summit. for those pushing neighboring governments to take a stand against the coup and the crackdown that followed it's a grave disappointment we are very very upset and sorry what is happening. is. welcoming. gender is killing its own people the chaos that's been seen on the streets of myanmar over the past 3 months has been disturbing for many within r.c.m. individually countries like singapore indonesia and malaysia have condemned the bloodshed and urged restraint the possibility of a failed state within the bloc threatens our claims of economic and political stability but others have remained relatively quiet expecting the protests would be limited and quickly suppressed within thailand is the country that has the best relationship with your most ge

also from the democratic forces so that you know but unfortunately anyone found the the national unity government was worth in no one from the national unity government was invited to the meeting but needed disappointing. for a 3rd day india has recorded the world's highest number of new infections more than 346000 the health care system is close to collapse under the pressure hospitals are short of everything beds medicine and oxygen at exit this crisis a fire killed 14 people of a hospital in the hardest hit states elizabeth pradhan reports now from new delhi. overcome with grief and anger this man and other family members of 14 people killed in the fire at this hospital in maharashtra state broke down as they confronted staff the place where through the intensive care unit all i see you from what i would recommend are unfortunately a major fire disaster happened at our hospital at about 3 am there was a sudden spark from the air condition and since there was a lot of oxygen supply in the i.c.u. it was completely. and gulf within 2 minutes. 2 days ago in the same state a lake and an oxygen tank

mammals and take a movement form an alliance with alsa politicians and what they're calling a national unity government. pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lie is one of 9 people sentenced in hong kong for their role in 29000 anti-government protests. we begin with breaking news russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he will last 10 u.s. diplomats to leave his country responds in kind for the u.s. expulsions and sanctions against the kremlin and he says russia is looking at painful measures aimed at u.s. businesses president joe biden announced a new right of sanctions on thursday for what he says is russia's election meddling and cyber attacks the scale i saw correspondent but ed smith in moscow but at this very much a case of tit for tat took us through in more detail what russia has announced today. yes we're just getting some more clarity on what's. said in the in the last half hour or so as well as expelling 10 u.s. diplomats they're also going to sanction 8 u.s. administration officials their names will be revealed later that sort of matches the individuals that the u.s. the number of individ

not maybe a month and a half so this is more kind of a formal step by them to form this national unity government and what it is is they are looking for recognition right at this stage they have created this parallel government themselves so they're looking for recognition by parties in their national in the international community that's the kind of political leverage and recognition they need they feel to really fight the joints and the joints power in myanmar right now what does it mean to those protesters on the streets the military still in control of me and most of myanmar so right now what does that mean of those who want to go back out to the streets in protest like we saw 4 or 5 weeks ago that's not necessary going to change because the joint is still in control of the main cities what's interesting about this unity government and as you mentioned that there will be ethnic participants in the cabinet level there are leaders of the ethnic groups inside myanmar now this is something that's been a challenge for peace in myanmar for decades so the approach to this unity government is to invo

who organize started to organize a parallel government if you will this step forming this national unity government was a further move by them to organize themselves they have assigned certain people certain titles on song suchi is still the top of the government state council or so what they've done is they kind of organize themselves a little bit better and what they were trying to do their effort yes goes right along with what the protestors are trying to do and that is to get back to democratic krav critically elected government in myanmar but also what they're trying to do kind of a medium step this unity government and that is gaining international recognition so they can essentially get a seat at the table when there are political status questions dialogue hopefully dialogue hopefully in the near future about the situation in myanmar so right now that is what they're looking for it's not as though this is a government that's going to be recognized by other governments recognized by or anything like that this is something that's happened in myanmar before when there has been political turmoil

coop and form alliance with us to politicians about that calling a national unity government. i get i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. pro-democracy media tycoon jimmy lai. a shocking body count footage reveals yet another us police shooting an officer gunning down a 13 year old boy. at this team's hopes of returning to the rink put on ice of the more than 20 players test positive for covert 90. groups opposed to the minimum military join to have joined forces to form a national unity government outside the country as part of the ongoing resistance to military rule they include ousted members of parliament ethnic leaders and protest figures hundreds of civilian demonstrators have been killed since the coup at the start of february the unity government is promising to end people's suffering 0 scott hyde has more from bangkok. what it means actually on the ground probably not that much different quite honestly they're still going to face this intensified crackdown by the security forces on the streets across myanmar as they go out so that wo

be on mars military has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government which was formed the week ago it's led by own son suchi who was ousted as the country's leader in a military coup in february she's already detained on several charges the unity government says that it should be attending an emergency regional summit on the crisis this weekend the coup leader has been invited which opponents say lends him legitimacy to the chang is following developments in myanmar for us from bangkok tony how are these arrest warrants likely to affect the operations of this national unity government. well frankly not very much at the moment the national unity government is a government in name only some of its most senior members including the president when mint and son suchi the state council are still in detention as they have been since the coup probably isolated by their military captors and may well have no idea that this government has been formed others are in hiding around me amar some are in border areas they had in fact been talk that should be pushed to create a

also from the democratic forces so that you know but unfortunately anyone found the the national unity government was. no one from the nation a unity government was invited to the meeting. so let's talk about this with michael but the cure to sue is the asia regional director at the center for humanitarian dialogue he is with us from singapore michael thank you for your time it is historic in the sense that. a lot of countries are coming and they are getting together to talk about this one country but with really almost 3 months now since the coup 700 people dead as you are acting a little late here. well i mean if people of course are complaining about that and . worried that you know us humans moved too slowly there was of course a foreign minister's meeting held in march indonesia then proposed a leaders' summit and of course a lot of this is being complicated by the covert 900 situation the reluctance of leaders to travel the lack of face to face diplomacy but all that aside yes they have not moved as quickly as many people would have wanted so the military leaders coming there he will be par

they would like to see local governments within the region to be speaking to the national unity government i suppose in the sense that presents a problem many of the members of the national unity government are in detention or in hiding under arrest in some cases so it would be very difficult to open a dialogue with them but i think people feel that particularly in the case of a country like thailand for example that announced that men on ly would be attending the meeting in jakarta on saturday they feel they have a very cozy relationship with the joint to the generals here know the generals are there and i think they're very concerned that if minong ly is accepted into the fold that this leaders meeting it will make it much easier for the military than to impose control over myanmar and to legitimize their military coup all right thank you for that tony chang there cost about meant to me and mark from bangkok russia has expelled $20.00 diplomats from the czech republic it's a reaction to a similar move by prague accusing russian spies of involvement in a 2014 explosion at an arms depo 2 o

of political parties ethnic leaders and antic you protesters have formed a national unity government they say it's aimed at restoring democracy after the military overthrew the elected government in a coup in february. is the spokeswoman for the national unity government $750.00 people of myanmar have been killed but these are less military in the us. these volunteers against the people of myanmar describe crimean those activities military operation against the people of myanmar has to end now so we form these national unity government that is truly of all ethnic nationalities our president acting president will be good she our prime minister is for koreans and the rest from different part of the country we came together or to our 2 days the military dictatorship and to have all the power back to the people of myanmar 9 per a democracy activists in hong kong have been sentenced for taking part in anti-government protests in $29.00 among them is a veteran campaign a mountain lady who was given a suspended sentence 11 months. iran says it's successfully and rich to you raney him to 60 p

is the union minister of international cooperation and spokesman for the national unity government he joins us now live via skype from an undisclosed location good to have you with us so what is your government aiming to achieve and how will it gain legitimacy internationally and with the people of myanmar we have to add. these buttons now. 715 people of myanmar have been killed but these of the less military generous these. against the people of myanmar. crimean those activities military operation against the people of myanmar has to end now so we form these national unity government that is the clooney of all ethnic nationalities our president acting president will be catchin our prime minister is for careens and the tears from different part of the country we came together are to file to end these military dictatorship and to have the war the power back to the people of myanmar has but how are you going to do that and how are you going to gain legitimacy with the international community international common in demarches chose be turned evil and good be turned him across the end it

you know you know the over the past 10 years the fact that he was there announcing this national unity government is particularly resonant inside me and not ok what about to talk to sauces role in this unity government what will he be doing. because it will probably be as ubiquitous as ever he has been the face of the c.r.t. age the committee representing natural some believe it or miss national unity government today he's received a kind of promotions been appointed minister for international cooperation so no longer just a special envoy federal minister but i don't anticipate that you know is activities will really change in their character at all over the next several several weeks or months and he talks about this group reaching out to ethnic groups and man ma. of course said it has no army but of course these armed groups could represented on the ground couldn't. they couldn't there been a lot of conversations over the last 4 weeks or so about a federal democratic aren't most of these ethnic are organizations traditionally their goal has been to hold territory they gauge and i'm quite a bit

finding common ground groups opposed to me and mas military form a national unity government. and it's a country where one name has moved large for 50 years as a row castro steps aside and find out what lies ahead for cuba. welcome to the program russia is moving to expel 10 u.s. diplomats from the country in response to u.s. sanctions against the kremlin this week russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov also announced the addition of 8 u.s. officials to its sanctions list and further moves to restrict the activities of u.s. and geos moscow's response was widely expected following sweeping measures by washington which included sanctions against several dozens of people and and companies and the expulsion of russian diplomats in response to interference in last year's presidential election which of course russia has tonight but as smith reports now from moscow. the russian government says its response to u.s. sanctions is tit for tat 10 u.s. diplomats will have to leave and a senior current and former administration officials are banned from entering russia that includes former

the national unity government is a government in name only some of its most senior members including the president women and son suchi the state councilor still in detention as they have been since the coup there are probably isolated by their military captors and may well have no idea that this government has been formed others are in hiding around me and my son are in border areas and they had in fact been told that should be pushed to create a safe zone somewhere along the borders where these people could gather free from the fear of arrest by the military and actually start the operations of a proper government it's really been formed in part to stop other countries giving recognition and legitimacy to the military that hasn't worked in the case of assy and we know that senior gentlemen onli will be going to carter on saturday for that meeting and it may explain somewhat why c.n.n. hasn't communicated i think the asean leaders are unsure what this national unity government is who to contact indeed but there is an awful lot of anger within me and most certainly that we're seeing o

has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government formed a week ago it's normally led by aung san suu kyi who was ousted as the country's leader in a military coup in february she's already been detained on several charges the unity government says it should be attending an emergency regional summit this weekend the current leader has been invited which opponents say lends him legitimacy. and in defiance of the military crackdown on protests dozens of demonstrators have again marched against the genter in young gone they carried banners supporting the national unity government they also called for the release of detained civilian leaders head of an important regional summit. and that summit takes place on saturday it is the meeting of the association of southeast asian nations or as the un has been widespread criticism internationally off their decision to invite me and mas military leader the coup and the brutal crackdown there followed are on top of the agenda tony chain reports now from bangkok. buddhist monks marched through the city of mandalay holding up sign

panama's military has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government which was formed a week ago it's nominally led by aung san suu chief who was ousted as the country's leader in a military coup in february she's already been detained on several charges the unity government says that it should be attending an emergency regional summit this weekend the coup leader has been advices which opponents say lends him legitimacy but in defiance of the military crackdown on protests dozens of demonstrators of again marched against the joined in young gone they carried banners supporting the national unity government they were only able to stay on the street for a few minutes before fleeing to reports that security forces were approaching 30 chain reports now on the and surrounding the military's invites to the afghan summit. ah you all are modest monks marched through the city of mandalay holding up signs supporting the national unity government the shadow civilian government was formed to reverse any acceptance of the military genter at home and abroad the protesters ha

groups opposed to the myanmar military jinsa have joined forces to form a national unity government site cite the country as part of the ongoing resistance to military rule including i said members of parliaments ethnic leaders and processed figures hundreds of civilian demonstrators have been killed since the coup at the start of february unity government is promising to end people suffering the likes of politicians up to sassa has been a point since the i said government's envoy to the un he says this new move will help show the world who are the rightful leaders of myanmar it is the time for international community to recognize another very bad mother rose. they are the killers so to today i have not see any international community recognize military generals as government of myanmar so now we are given a very good chance which it has in a community trickle going to us of course there will be some challenge. we that challenge that a venue to mind to go no matter what you take scott high that has more details from bangkok. what it means actually on the ground probably not that much dif

election of november 2020 to be recognized and they want the new national unity government to be seen as the legitimate government of myanmar observatory chang reporting live from bangkok tony many thanks indeed. u.n. ambassador who's an outspoken critic of the military and was sacked by the joint hopes the progress can be made the u.n. hasn't recognized his dismissal he spoke to our diplomatic as a james bays whatever that did the asian made by the leaders of the earth. this should take into account of saving lives or in north sensibility and. buying the millet saving life or in north and say billions in ma and they're providing humanitarian assistance to the people in need. we need to stop the atrocity the inhumane act committed by the military this 3 point that the need to take into account whatever decision that the mit because that is very important saving lives in north and civilian is very important for the everyone that is there nobody touched for the human kind please see life or in your sensibility that is the visit point that take into account one never did take that positi

politicians opposed to military formed a national unity government and includes ousted members of the parliament young leaders of the protests an ethnic minorities the animal has been gripped by a political turmoil and bloodshed since the military deposed elected leaders in a coup in february security forces have killed more than 700 people since then. an organization that has opposed the takeover by myanmar's military on february 1st have announced the formation of a national unity government a body that will work to remove military control and restore democracy it will operate inside and out of the country. the leaders have been named including elected members of parliament ousted by the coup and who protest leaders and members of ethnic minorities they feel they have a better chance of being recognized as the real leaders of the country and not those heading the junk so no you give me a very good chance he has no good need to be of cause don't be some change the. venue to mind the to go moment. the announcement won't change much for the protesters nor is it expected to change the p

they welcome the creation of this national-unity government.ntially, it could give hope to those who are fighting, back, against the military coup, which happened on february 1st. so, what we understand, at this point, is that some of the positions have been listed. we know that aung san suu kyi, the ousted leader, will be state counselor. but, of course, she is detained. we know that she is currently going through a -- a court case from the -- the military. so, it's very difficult to see how they can physically form. most of the people who are named as -- as having significant positions are outside of the country. others are within the ethnic areas. but the -- those that have formed this national-unity government say that the key, now, is to make sure that they can get international support, and international recognition. we know that conversations have started, also, with the u.s.-state department. and certainly, that is what they are pushing for, now. let's listen to -- to one of the main people within this national-unity government, dr. sas

the world behind the united states politicians opposed to me and miles military formed a national unity government that includes members of the parliament young leaders of anti coup protests and ethnic minorities meanwhile has been gripped by political turmoil and bloodshed since the military deposed elected leaders in a coup on february the 1st security forces have killed more than 700 people since then here scott hietala an organization that has opposed the takeover by myanmar's military on february 1st have announced the formation of a national unity government a body that will work to remove military control and restore democracy it will operate inside and out of the country. the leaders have been named including elected members of parliament ousted by the coup and who protest leaders and members of ethnic minorities they feel they have a better chance of being recognized as the real leaders of the country and not those heading the junk so no you give me a very good chance he has no good need to be of cause don't be some change the. venue to mind the to go moment. the announcement won't change

you know just to go back to your point about having a representation from the national unity government i actually have been arguing for some time for the last few days if not weeks is that as you insert 1st send a misson to myanmar before having any summit outside of myanmar and if you have sent us misson that mission sort of met with the military as well as arms will she and you know m.l.d. a national unity government that robin eager to meet both sides and also have immediate press or to stop the violence. so i think that's sort of been done 1st and missed and and there is precedent for this. and also i would like to also remind people that in 1911 r.c.n. moved away from nonintervention postponed cambodia's access into r.c. i'm because there are military coups in cambodia by the current telly the hun sen so r.c.n. actually acted in violation of its traditional nonintervention principles and there was a president for us to actually do something right there. and understand that misson before having this summit now now what happens is i don't really it's hard to tell because i think con

hasn't communicated i think the asean leaders are unsure what this national unity government is who to contact in the but there is an awful lot of anger within me and most certainly that we're seeing on social media. c.n.n. has turned to the generals and seems to be shunning this new civilian government. russian opposition leader alexina valmy is ending his hunger strike after 24 days the supporters and doctors had him to end the protests to to his deteriorating health he's demanding access to his own doctor to address a numbness in his legs and arms a prominent kremlin critic is serving a jail sentence for breaking parole conditions by traveling to germany for treatment after being poisoned more than $1500.00 of his supporters were arrested during widespread protests on wednesday calling for his immediate release. france says it's anti-terrorist prosecutor is heading the investigation into the fatal stabbing of a police administrator the attack took place at a police station in the town of. 60 kilometers southwest of paris peace officers shot dead the attacker who was a tunisian natio

not maybe a month and a half so this is more kind of a formal step by them to form this national unity government and what it is is they are looking for recognition right at this stage they have created this parallel government themselves so they're looking for recognition by parties in their national in the international community officials have released body count footage of a chicago police officer officially shooting a 13 year old boy last month out until lead to appeared surveys his hands just before shots were fired incident suspense protests. there are multiple casualties after a shooting in the u.s. city of indianapolis it happened a fed ex facility in so far at least 8 people are confirmed to heads police say the gunman took his own life officers responded to reports of shots fired at the fed's accents are just staffed 11 pm local time. u.s. presidents has called for dialogue with the kremlin after signing off a new sanctions against russia called sanctions or it's a punishment for interfering in last year's u.s. election and orchestrated cyber attacks or scrutinize the accusations sayin

senior general us military forces to attend this summit in jakarta he said that you know the national unity government needs to be involved they represent the elected government of myanmar and if they're not involved it will be problematic for the future i think of the sea the hoping that they will be returned to paris some stage it is difficult for the governments of the southeast asian nations because many of the the members of this national unity government are still in detention and most important i suppose uncertain suchi who remains in detention as she has been since february the 1st. in a location known nonetheless i think the great fear is for many people in myanmar that this will smooth the process by which governments in this region and more generally around the world start to accept this military hunter and that the actions of the coup slowly legitimized we're going to turn a chang thank you for that update from bangkok chad's military says it's whole to add an advance on the capital and german are from its northern region a spokesman says hundreds of rebel fighters were arrested or killed

finding common ground of groups opposed to mere miles military form a national unity government and we look at an important scientific advance all the stuff of nightmares research is create the 1st embryo from human and monkey sounds . and i'm sign of how much would the oldest sporting colluding with rafael nadal's bid for a 12 monte carlo masters title has ended the spaniard to a stunned by a rush and 3 in the quarter finals. welcome to the program rusher is moving to expel 10 u.s. diplomats from the country and response to u.s. sanctions against the kremlin this week the pharmacist sergey lavrov also announced the addition of 8 u.s. officials to its sanctions list and restrictions to the activities of u.s. and geos in the country the measures were widely expected following the expulsion of russian diplomats and u.s. sanctions targeting individuals and companies accused of conducting cyber attacks to interfere in last year's presidential election which russia has denied and it smith reports now from moscow. the russian government says its response to u.s. sanctions is tit for tat 10 u

plenty more coming up on the news hour including opponents but if he didn't form a national unity government aimed at restoring democracy. a dire situation unfolding and most aid agencies want of severe ferry shortages. and of sports a disastrous day for red bull and the 2nd formula one race the season said it will be here with that story later. it's the end of an era and cuba after 6 decades cubans will finally have a leader who is not a castro or raul castro the brother of the late for the castro is stepping down the leadership of the old powerful communist party is passing to a younger generation and little else is unlikely to change america at a time and reports. from his seuss navarro and his wife haven't missed an episode of the series conquering a dream a special state t.v. production about the cuban communist party. it's part of the lead up to the end of the castro era window castro renounce is his last and most powerful position for a moment by the secretary general of the only party that has ruled cuba for nearly 6 decades that means that throughout the battles entire life a castro

the national unity government made up of the ousted parliamentarians and some of the civil disobedience movement leaders say that they sent a letter to interpol saying he should be arrested once he gets to jakarta and it should be the national unity government that is invited to the summit, not min aung hlaing himself. but we did speak to one former high ranking official within the ministry of foreign affairs in bangkok, and he says if min aung hlaing is not at the table, then there's not much point talking about myanmar. >> his attendance is very crucial because i think right now we need to get the message directly across to the general, you know, on some very important points. first, you know, the gravity of our concern about the situation in myanmar, how it's impacted asean and also the region, and also the need to bring an end to the violence as soon as possible because, you know, the scale of the violence that we see right now is really unacceptable. >> reporter: he also said that in an ideal world, you would also have the national unity government at the table. but in that respect

political parties ethnic leaders and anti coup protesters a form of what they're calling a national unity government it will operation exile as part of resistance to the ruling generals or exam politicians doctor has been appointed the ousted government's envoy to the un he says this new move will help show the world who the white full leaders of myanmar is the time for international community to recognize another side a very bad mother owns the articulates so to today i am not see any international community legal tonight military generals as government of me among so now we are given a very good chance which now has no community tonight. of course there will be some change but that challenge will be added to mine to go the moment. iran says that it successfully enriched uranium to 60 percent that's far beyond the limits set under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal on thursday around attended more talks in vienna aimed at reviving the accord but the president of the philippines is warning that the worst is yet to come in the coronavirus pandemic we're drink of the 30 says that it's uncertain whethe

ousted political parties ethnic leaders and anti coupe protest as for what they're calling a national unity government that will operate in exile as possible resistance to the ruling generals stopped the saucer is the union minister of international cooperation a spokesperson for the national unity government he says that at home with the broad there's a concerted effort to push the jumper from power. 750 people of myanmar have been killed by these a little less military in the us. these. against the people of myanmar these are criminals activities military operation against the people of myanmar has to end now so we form these nasty unity government that is truly of all ethnic nationalities our president the president. our prime minister his book. and the rest from different part of the country we came together to bow to the military dictatorship and to have all the power back to the people of myanmar a government has killed 8 people and wounded several others and a late night shooting near indianapolis airport in the us police say he then took his own life it happened at a facility run by the logist

memory's opposition groups come together creating a national unity government to challenge military leaders to control of the country in a cocoon. other than i'm home he and this is al jazeera my friend doha also coming up shocking body camphorated reveals yet another u.s. police shooting officer gunning day in a 13 year old boy. comes.

recognizes the national unity government the government they say that represents them represents the results of the november 2020 elections we've seen them marching on the streets of yangon again today out in the in the south in my own state in cairo state up in the far north following very much a pattern that they have every day since the coup happened despite the bloody crackdowns that are going on in certain parts are going on mandalay they are out on motorbikes that's a new tactic they've adopted to try and escape as quickly as the security forces turn but they have been incredibly determined and i think this is the message they're trying to get across to which is that they will not back down tony chang in bangkok thank you tony meanwhile myanmar's u.n. ambassador who's an outspoken critic of the military and was sacked by the joint to host progress can be made the u.n. is not recognizes this missile he spoke to our diplomatic editor james space whatever the vision made by leaders of the earth. this should take into account of saving lives or in north sensibility and. buying the

myanmar's military has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government formed a week ago it's normally led by own son suchi who was ousted as the country's leader and in a military coup back in february she's already been detained on several charges the unity government says it should be attending an emergency regional summit this weekend if you're a leader has been invited which opponents say lends him legitimacy. and in defiance of the measure a crackdown on protests dozens of demonstrators have again marched against him young go on they carried banners supporting the national unity government they also call for the release of detained civilian leaders head off an important regional summit and that saturday's meeting of association of southeast asian nations or as c.n. there's been widespread criticism internationally of their decision to invite me on miles military leader the coup and the brutal crackdown that followed are on top of the agenda tony chang reports from bangkok. buddhist monks marched through the city of mandalay holding up signs supporting the

turn to me and man now the military genter has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government formed a week ago it's normally led by unsung suchi who was ousted as the country's leader in that military coup in february and detained on several charges the unity government says it should be attending the emergency regional summit this weekend instead myanmar's gentle chief jew to participate which opponents say lends him recognition. and in defiance of the military crackdown on protests dozens of demonstrators of again marched against the genter in the city of yangon they carried banners supporting the national unity government but they were only able to stay on the street for a few minutes before fleeing after reports that security forces were approaching. the 10 member regional assy and group will discuss the crisis and myanmar on saturday in that emergency summit just mentioning but as tony chen reports those divisions of how best to respond. but it's monks marched through the city of mandalay holding up signs supporting the national unity government the shadow civilian gover

memorability johnson has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government formed a week ago it's nominally led by own sensor chief who was ousted as the country's leader in a military coup in february well she's already been detained on several charges government says it should be attending an emergency regional summit this weekend the coup leader has been invited switch opponents say lends him legitimacy and in defiance of the military crackdown on protesters and demonstrators have marched again against the unions in gone they carried banners supporting the national unity government's room able to stay on the street for a few minutes though before freeing after reports security forces were approaching 20 chang reports now in the anger surrounds in the military's invites to v.s.e. and summit. the. monks march through the city of mandalay holding up signs supporting the national unity government the shadow civilian government was formed to reverse any acceptance of the military genter at home and abroad the protesters have been outraged in the past week i asked jen

also from the democratic forces so that you know but unfortunately anyone found the the national unity government was. no one from the nation a unity government was invited to the meeting jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny is ending his hunger strike after $24.00 days now families supporters and doctors had urged him to end the protests today his deteriorating health he's demanding access to his own doctor to address the numbness in his legs and arms the prominent kremlin critic is serving a jail sentence for breaking parole conditions that was when he traveled to germany for treatment after being poison's russian president vladimir putin meanwhile is back to proposal by health officials for a 10 day nonworking period in early may to try to curb the spread of corona virus the health minister says the current situation is stable but warns it may worsen when people start to socialise in the warmer weather russia has reported almost 9000 new cases in the past 24 hours well below the 29000 a day at the peak in december. it is a word she just wishes i will urge all of my colleagues to lis

rounded up by police opposition groups and ethnic minorities have joined forces to form a new national unity government. our main job is to and does a military dictatorship once for all to restore democracy in the freedom. well people near. the summit does give the region the chance to deal directly with me. but is unlikely to bring any early end to the people's nightmare. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world now the indonesian navy says hopes of rescuing dozens of sailors from a missing submarine a fading searches have recovered to bring apparently from the vessel the submarines oxygen supply is also thought to have run out $53.00 sailors are on board a strategy and the u.s. have joined the search off the island of bali. i mean in late is a commemorating the estimated 1500000 of their ancestors killed by autumn and turks in 1915 the u.s. is expected to join around 30 other nations and formally recognizing the massacre as genocide historians largely regard the killings as the 1st genocide of the 20th century however turkey rejects the term. all travel between new ze

rounded up by police opposition groups and ethnic minorities have joined forces to form a new national unity government. our main job is to end does a military dictatorship once for all and to restore democracy in the freedom for the people of myanmar as expected the summit in jakarta did not produce any immediate breakthrough leaders agreed on a 5 point plan to resolve the crisis including an end to violence restoration of democracy and the release of political prisoners. meanwhile in myanmar itself and he could demonstrate his have carried on their daily protests staging marches and a motorbike rally to insist on the return of the deposed civilian government. you're watching news from berlin next up militias who rule through fear and violence in the north eastern congo that's in poor or news headlines at the top of the hour and they mean you're in girl and thanks for what. we heard of the important numerous. smoking his healthy posts decides are good for the beings global warming doesn't exist. if you don't believe us.

last week opposition groups and ethnic minorities joined forces to form a new national unity government or main job is to and does a military dictatorship once for all to restore democracy in the freedom. a lot of people mean that in addition to deaths and arrests the crackdown has also displaced an estimated quarter of a 1000000 people the u.n. says the situation in myanmar poses a regional security risk and is urging as he and countries to take action. as it was rolled is more crucial than ever as the region faces an urgent crisis in yemen secretly why is a robust international response good only on a unified regional effort pro-democracy activists have been calling for a tougher international response to the coup. the summit will be a test of what me on mars neighbors are willing to do. as an countries haven't condemned they are expected to call for an end to the violence at this summit earlier i asked correspondent david greene about why the block is taking such a soft approach. so the association of southeast asian nations often gets criticized because it has a policy of not interf

last week opposition groups and ethnic minorities joined forces to form a new national unity government our main job is to and this is a military dictatorship once for all to restore democracy in the freedom. a lot of people. in addition to deaths and arrests the crackdown has also displaced an estimated quarter of a 1000000 people the u.n. says the situation in myanmar poses a regional security risk and is urging as countries to take action. as it is role is more crucial than ever as the region faces a little crisis in the sea which will require is a robust international response good only on a unified regional effort pro-democracy activists have been calling for a tougher international response to the coup. the summit will be a test of what me and mars neighbors are willing to do for more on this i'm joined by journalist dave byrne about his following this story from kuala lumpur dave let me i'm not pro-democracy movement and human rights organizations have criticized the as countries for inviting later so why has it been given a state at the table. so you know he's going to spring up

of the countries that appear to be adding the just in the sea to his his coup government the formation of the national unity unity government i think is being seen within me and mar as a sign of hope nonetheless it is very difficult for those that group to get any legitimacy because many of them are in hiding it's very difficult for them to communicate. with each other and with the wind a public none the less men on light does seem to be determined to go and knowing what we know c.n.n. he will probably be well and turning thanks very much to change their reporting live for us from bangkok. china is urging the united states and japan to stop meddling in its domestic affairs and harming its interests the message came after the u.s. and japan issued a joint statement expressing concern of issues such as hong kong jang and the south china sea china's foreign ministry says it has quote indisputable sovereignty over islands in the south china sea and said hong kong and xinjiang are its own affairs . ukraine is expelling a russian diplomat after ukrainian diplomat was detained in st petersburg russia accuses or xa